Working for pennies in a Maine textile mill seemed preferable to being a subsistence farmer in Yorkshire.

This gets incredulous looks every time I say it: Reese's. For that matter, ANY combination of chocolate and peanuts. Why do this? There are far better things to do with both chocolate and peanuts.

- the history of reading and writing - Shakespeare in film - mathematical knitting - authority and legitimacy in Tudor England - a comparative study of the Inklings I was a biochemistry major.

Because the airline lost my suitcase, today I got to go to a Wal-Mart in rural Appalachia to buy socks and underpants. It was a very "rural Appalachia Wal-Mart" experience.

#maythe4thbewithyou #starwarsday

Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.

I’m struck by how close we’re getting to finally curing some of the world’s worst diseases—sickle cell, Alzheimers, pancreatic cancer, etc.—at the same time that the world’s worst people are destroying medical research and care around the world.

Chuck Schumer looked Ady Barkan in the eye and said he was going to work really hard to include home care in Build Back Better. He had already signed a deal with Manchin to exclude it. Ma'am, if you decide to run, I'm all in.

The grimmest realization is not the very old one that Trump is a hyper-sensitive narcissist who thinks criticizing him should be illegal. The grimmest realization is that a substantial number of Americans are born serfs, best suited for a monarchy, who thinks that’s manly and admirable and right.

reminder: set your clock forward one hour tonight before going to bed unless you were born before 1985 in which case it does not matter because you are near the end anyhow

how it feels to read the news nowadays

you don't have to call it the gulf of america. just don't do it. keep calling it the gulf of mexico. you don't have to do things just because your fascist government tells you to

I was hasty here. He is also blaming disabled people. And probably women. I’m not gonna listen to the presser. Probably some combo of all of the above. Because he’s an ableist, misogynistic, racist dude. He’s not blaming DEI, is the point. He’s targeting specific marginalized groups bc he’s a bigot.

I know this isn’t a new thought but today of all days, to run headlines with that line about blaming DEI, when he’s just being fucking racist is absolutely disgusting. This industry has a major problem and is not prepared to meet this moment. It’s awful.

Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.

It’s wild that there are some internal medicine docs who spent the entire TikTok ban rounding

Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

good afternoon

Alright, I've got plenty.

A man in Indiana made an AT-AT costume for his horse, intending to only get a few pictures before removing it. When he took off the headpiece the horse got upset and insisted that he put it back on, which made the horse happy again. Now the horse isn't allowing him to remove any piece of the costume

Who decided to call it a family tree and not a relatable

I tell sleepy people not to rub their eyes.

One doctor’s recommendation to deny a 43-year-woman coverage “contained errors on practically every aspect” of her condition, the Labor Department said in 2012. United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade. propub.li/3BQjJ1e

For reasons I cannot explain, the song "Little Drummer Boy" makes me ugly cry. Is it a good song? No, not really. Does it hold ~deep meaning~? No. But still. "...me and my drum" 😭😭😭

What a day to be alive.

Um...how do I put this delicately? ...

It’s very funny that Elon is such a dipshit that even his new maga buddies hate him now

Man, there were rules for the tiny ass message boards dedicated to web comics that only a dozen people read. And they were enforced. This "we have to allow everyone saying anything" business is actually relatively new!

The four nations lived in harmony Until it was time for someone to do dishes

One group of people who aren’t buying the “think of his family” moral scolding about not feeling much compassion in response to the assassination of the health insurance CEO are families of loved ones who’ve suffered under the the system he represents. This woman has a terminally ill four year old:

Annual gripe: (1) the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's "Messiah" oratorio is not a Christmas song. Stop playing it at Christmas. Unless, I suppose, if you're playing the entire oratorio. Rock out then. (2) Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is ALSO not a Christmas song. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.

Seems like the thing to start with I guess (image from @rhiannonrevolts.bsky.social )