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[srah on Twitter] Ypsilantian and Michigoose. J! class of 2014. I like tea and sleeping, but not at the same time. I like Gilbert & Sullivan, icebox plum memes, baking and writing. She/her. Writing stuff: https://linktr.ee/writermcnaughton
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"Do we want to lose the country over defending trans people," is a deeply unserious question with only one right answer: We either stand together and build a country worth defending... or we, deservedly, fall.

So it goes without saying, but let's say it anyway: the concentration of attacks on trans people isn't because trans people are the only people fascists hate (although they absolutely do hate them). It's because they're the people they think non-fascists are least likely to defend.

Does Amazon profit in any way if I read a library book on the Kindle app? Just wondering if that’s also part of the blackout.

As requested by a third grader in a letter to my office: Happy Third Graders Day, Minnesota!

Hulu ruining the Oscars is really poetic coming after Sean Baker’s speech about streaming services killing the movies

You only remember to wish your mom a happy birthday the third time you go up there? On behalf of moms, I am offended. Amateur-hour sonning right there.

Stop saying you’ll be brief and then not being brief.

I want this Bond montage to be Oops All Lazenby!.

wow! wins, losses, it’s a big, big night for Hollywood! and we can all agree, no matter what side of the political aisle we’re on, we’re all ready for movies to be back! and for someone to finally figure out what it takes to impress jodie foster!

God, take JoAnn's pain and give it to Hobby Lobby

Resisting comes in all forms. Here is a very creative one starting to pop up.

All of the budget will go towards the eggs they use on the frying pan

we may not agree on much, but I agree with Trump here. make those planes with haste, boys. cut any corner necessary!

🧵 on learning from the process, rather than the answer:

In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.

Ten years ago we had Bob Hope, Bob Jobs, Bob Cash, Bob Constitution, Bob Vaccines, Bob Air Traffic Controllers

“It is difficult to be sat on all day, every day, by some other creature, without forming an opinion on them. On the other hand, it is perfectly possible to sit all day, every day, on top of another creature and not have the slightest thought about them whatsoever.” Douglas Adams

This is from the middle of the thread but I recommend reading the whole thing. 🧵

On top of enjoying Silicon valley very much, I recommend it (particularly now) because over, and over, and over.... idiot billionaires get completely screwed.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

(In my fantasies where I win the lottery) Architect: the house exactly meets your requirements, including the panic room Me: The what? Architect: You know, you said you wanted to be able to hide in for hours. Me: I said pancake room Architect: …you said you wanted to stay in it for days Me: yes

will no one rid me of this meddlesome social media billionaire?

You know what really bugs me? If we manage to turn the car around and avoid becoming a failed state, the Average Voter will get Y2K amnesia and say "see? It wasn't that bad" and use it as an excuse to keep voting for billionaire failsons with pseudoephedrine addictions

I don’t know about y’all, but I’m starting to think the only thing that kept the planes from crashing before was diversity.

this recipe calls for capers but i don't think any dish is worth criminal activity

This is it. This is the take.

Googles response basically being “it’s not making things up, it’s just incapable of telling facts from made up bullshit” would have destroyed a product in the days before the economy was propped up by a thin framework of scams lashed together with investment capital

I would also benefit from a squad of four women following me around all day talking me out of my decisions

Hey folks if you got the most recent iOS update, it’s real simple to turn off Apple Intelligence (which has been toggled on by default in hopes you’ll just go with it) Right there in settings you have “Apple Intelligence & Siri” with a toggle just for AI Flip that switch babyyyy

Call your R reps. If you have a regional accent, make the most of it. Tell them you didn't vote for CANCER and ask them what the hell they're gonna do to stop Musk and Trump. reps.fyi

For God’s sake thrust him down stairs. I cannot endure such a fustian rascal.

This is a false dichotomy. It’s important we say “We understand and we welcome you to complete the work necessary to reconcile, with the safety and protection of the people you targeted at the fore front “

Elon: Catch me, Captain Wentworth! Wentworth: JUMP!

ok I wrote my own script mentioning recent anti-trans executive orders and SB 9 and called Senators Cruz/Cornyn. I actually got through to Cruz's staffer for the first time EVER so they are definitely not getting as many calls as usual. #DidThisToday

Every safety regulation was written in blood, frequently with a body count higher than one, and it’s not political to put the blame on people who want to “move fast and break things” when they start breaking human lives.