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this would be my final destination death

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Not exactly the same, but my local radio today used “Scientists say…” to introduce an explanation of what the summer solstice is. What?! Scientists don’t have to say anymore! Because everybody who isn’t a flat-earther knows and accepts it!

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Happy 50th anniversary to #Jaws, one of the best movies about municipal politics ever made.

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

PSA Neck gaiters are not masks. Neck gaiters are not effective at stopping the spread of airborne viruses. Masks, especially well-fitting ones are effective at preventing infection. Conflating the two is bad because it can encourage politicians to ban masks for the general public.

submitted 2 days ago • 35 comments

Eating popcorn in my office like an absolute maniac, secure in the knowledge that I finally have access to a vacuum cleaner

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Getting my news from the radio is weird sometimes. It doesn’t help when dumbasses give their social media companies stupid names. What I heard was “Elon Musk’s ex is suing the state of New York…” And I’m thinking, which woman? Why?

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

It was so humid this morning (100% but not raining) that one of the wooden outside doors on my house was swollen shut. I had to ram it with my shoulder to get it open.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Frederick Douglass had some thoughts on this in 1854.

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The NAACP has filed an intent to sue xAI “over concerns about air pollution generated by a supercomputer located near predominantly Black communities.”

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Just discovered that my U.S. senators require a “prefix” on your name to submit a contact form, meaning you must tell them whether you’re a Mrs. or a Mr. (etc.) and you can’t write in your preferred prefix, only choose from a drop-down list. There are a few professional options, but none of the (1/2

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

when you want to join the fun but can't quite get down with the nomenclature (ht @davelevitan.bsky.social)

submitted 9 days ago • 77 comments

"If food is destroyed because it cannot be sold while people go hungry, that is not considered violent under the norms of capitalism. If a person’s belongings are tossed on a sidewalk during an eviction and consequently destroyed, that is likewise not considered violent..."

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

My latest scoop: ICE has rescinded its accountability policy for warrantless arrests, giving agents “free license to make any arrest,” per one lawyer representing victims. It follows @theguardian.com exclusive that the agency was told to “push the envelope” to meet Trump’s 3k arrest quota.

submitted 10 days ago • 59 comments

members of an organization that kept a secret list of hundreds of pastors and church workers accused of molesting children did something, but it wasn’t leave an organization that kept a secret list of hundreds of pastors and church workers accused of molesting children

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments

This is devastating. Sweeps should be obviously immoral, but many people think of camp sites as visual blights, inconveniences, or places that make them uncomfortable. This is what your comfort costs.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Happy Pride Month 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Be gay do crow stuff #pridemonth #pridecrows

submitted 22 days ago • 275 comments

Happy 8th bday, covfefe 🤡

submitted 23 days ago • 227 comments

Finally received my bird strike deflecters and got them installed on the window that gets the most hits. As you can see, it’s very reflective at midday. We don’t get a ton of hits but hopefully this will zero them out.

submitted 21 days ago • 6 comments

It’s extremely hard to find common cause between people whose primary policy worry is people who don’t need to suffer and people whose primary policy worry is people who don’t deserve to thrive.

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

I don't like being alive during the death of complexity

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

It takes nothing away from the brilliance of this show to acknowledge that this character was often humiliated and harassed in ways we would now recognize as totally gross, and it was Swit’s job to be plausibly so above it and so hyper-competent that she wasn’t pitiable or hateable.

submitted 23 days ago • 28 comments

saw a really good bumper sticker at the gym today

submitted 23 days ago • 15 comments

These are straight up gestapo tactics from ICE. They’re going after Democrats trying to scare them or provoke a response to justify a further crackdown.

submitted 23 days ago • 35 comments

Good news! HR says it’s not too late!

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.

submitted 30 days ago • 236 comments

Novavax shouldn't be "Exceptional Circumstances." Why? 1. Ppl with disabilities and immunocompromised rely on Novavax’s protein-based shot as it reduces the risk of adverse side effects to which they're disproportionately vulnerable. Making Nova hard to get suggests these individuals don't matter.

submitted 30 days ago • 4 comments

the argument that genocide in Gaza and the cold-blooded murder of two Jewish people are somehow legitimately or explicably linked is itself plainly antisemitic, because it depends on the indefensible idea that there could be any plausible reason except hate to target someone simply for being Jewish

submitted 31 days ago • 7 comments

Hard not to notice that ICE isn't breaking up drug rings or gangs (because we would ABSOLUTELY hear about it if they were), but instead are dressing up like bank robbers and doing the laziest shit possible, like hanging out at immigration court or grabbing people for busted taillights. Worthless

submitted 31 days ago • 535 comments

The famous ferocious hound of the Táin Bó Cuailgne, which in the Ulster Cycle of Irish legend protected as watchdog the house of Culann the blacksmith

submitted 32 days ago • 3 comments

Today we hit 250 orders of these shirts (designed by @franzanth.bsky.social) which absolutely rocks. Thank you to everyone who ordered one! I can't wait to see you all wearing them! Pre-order is open until June 1, then I'll send 'em to the printer. Look hot, get a shirt: Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

submitted 32 days ago • 12 comments

Thread about how the distinction between asexuality and censorship is bafflingly difficult for some people to grasp.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

A fantastic piece by @caseycrownhart.bsky.social + ‪@jamesmodonnell.bsky.social‬ at @technologyreview.com On why the total lack of disclosure from tech companies means we have to rely on estimates - and even those conservative estimates are huge. Imagine what the actual numbers are.........

submitted 33 days ago • 4 comments