@parkroseperma.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/ZHhbb... this piece on a pre-emptive silencing/censorship by the BBC is yet another nasty sign of weakness and capitulation. As you say, authoritarians need us to cede our rights… and here falls another institution, bending the knee.

Kudos to the artist(s) and the person or people who thought of this. Just a sweet ode to some old buddies. So sweet🫶 youtu.be/fs_DAxQXqc8?...

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If anyone’s looking for new music, my friend David just dropped a new album today 🥳 Please share and, if you have a minute, click through and check out the tracks. It’s under $10 on iTunes for the full album. davidspann.hearnow.com/dont-let-it-...

This is lovely. Of all the weird stuff that the internet has birthed, I am forever indebted to its shrinking of the world for me, and introduction to so many amazing people. youtu.be/8RRPzV8dLAk?...

Amongst other obvious things, the literal president of the US should have actual limits on what they can put out on social media. FFS this modern-era “(lack of) diplomacy by random midnight sh*tpost” is unserious, unprofessional, and so deeply dangerous.

GEE WHO COULD HAVE POSSIBLY SEEN THIS COMING

Among a bunch of other things, bananas tariffs on goods from China are a tax directly on disabled people. Masks, feeding tubes, specialty food, durable medical equipment. I know this is bonus for this admin but incredibly fragile systems being disrupted means we’ll die.

Your wallet is being cleaned out by expert pickpockets. This is criminal. Literally criminal. I call for an IMMEDIATE investigation into who knew what, when, and what they did with the info. You can bet the Admin and many here in DC are considerably richer tonight than they were this morning.

If you ever have the opportunity to fly Avelo Airlines—don’t.

2 things: a) this is so many SaaS companies b) this is what the inside of my brain looks like right now

Meet the first black secretary of state in Wisconsin. Women's History Month: Vel Phillips open.substack.com/pub/sonsofli...

This matters in the 2025 sense because if it's not on TV likely not to be on YouTube. Here's a good TikTok that throws it in there.

I have long COVID. This is both harmful eugenicist rhetoric and utter horseshit. Before COVID, I ate healthy foods, walked 5-7 miles every day and ran half marathons and hiked. I literally climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. You cannot “health” your way into preventing disease or disability.

A Skadden attorney resigned today, citing the firm’s decision to strike a deal with Trump amid pressure campaign on law firms. “[I]f my employer cannot stand up for the rule of law, then I cannot ethically continue to work for them,” the former Skadden lawyer, Brenna Trout Frey, wrote on LinkedIn.

Musk's sense of humour and massive sense of entitlement always reminds me of the old Mel Brooks like "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die"

Splendid! Remembering this: “America’s leading universities have remained virtually silent in the face of this authoritarian assault on institutions of higher education. That must change. Harvard must stand up, speak out, and lead a public defense of our freedom to speak and study freely.”

You know what makes university campuses unsafe for Jewish students? Fascism.

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation. Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:

To be clear: I disagree with the paper of record, in that I am of the firm conviction that Kraft American Singles are a form of peaceful free speech, not vandalism. That shouldn't change just because Elon Musk sells cars that are unable to withstand contact with a single slice of processed cheese.

Got the extended clip

keep stacking those cases, fellow patriots, our founders left us the Right To Bear Kraft American Singles because they knew a day would come when this nation's fate rested on the micron-thin paint of one brand's terribly-made cars... on processed cheese product we shall re-found this proud republic!

I will work 100 hours a week for whoever is gonna run the Nuremberg trials against these fucking monsters

Ever so timely

To the Trump supporters saying “this ain’t what we voted for,” yes it is! When you say that you’re letting us know that we listened to your guy more than you did.

Meet the first flight nurse in a combat zone. Women's History Month: Jane Kendeigh open.substack.com/pub/sonsofli...

Democrats can no longer be the Milquetoast Party of Harm Reduction. The leaders we need for THIS moment are ACTUAL FIGHTERS. People who will be LOUD and take and hold ground everywhere they can to stop this unraveling of our country. Do every town hall & podcast they can. Show us Gov’t FOR THE PPL!

Hey, Dems? Yes, you are the party most aligned with my values, but that’s a really low f’king bar w/ only 2-parties, esp. now the other party is actively working to unmake our country. BUT if you personally want my money/effort toward your re-election, VISIBLY *FIGHT* FOR US, or its Primary Time.

Much like the collective amnesia growing around importance of vaccines and its implications in the new measles outbreaks in the US, so much of our public health infrastructure, as with many Federal programs, will only be truly appreciated by some in its absence. This is needless danger to toy with.

That H7N9 report made me think about how much harder detection and surveillance, not to mention research and containment, are going to be as we continue to slash thousands of USDA, NIH, and CDC workers.

Just got update about an outbreak in chickens in MS of a lesser-seen HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) NAmerican strain, H7N9. 1st in poultry here since 2017 (endemic in migratory birds). This stuff matters because flu recombines and mutates readily, changing things like susceptible species.

The fact that this asshole is misquoting MCTP 6-10A is pissing me off. The Corps does 3 things: “make Marines, win battles, and return quality citizens.” Dumbass.

My Quote for the Day “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.” ― Rachel Carson

saw a video that asked what your most unhinged neurodivergent productivity hacks are and saw this one: “if I really need to get something done, I will make one of my socks wet, I can only change them when the task is completed.” 😖

There I was, minding my own business reading a journal article in my field, and *BAM* called out. Why you spying on my *life*, JAVMA?

Want to join me for this Vote Save America PAC event?

Good morning Bluesky! Here is some whopping #GoodMorningNews— Egypt has been declared officially malaria-free. They’ve been working toward this for over a century www.bbc.com/news/article...

there isn't some kind of metaphysical moral taint that attaches if you vote for someone you don't particularly like or who has some bad policies or who once did, or later does, something bad, the only relevant consideration is "is this person winning a preferable outcome to the other one"

Women Fixing the Lonely Men Problem Transcript and description of #PoliCartoon: www.patreon.com/posts/90009860

[women are lonely]: well, women just need to lower their standards, change themselves, and put other people's needs first [men are lonely]: well, women just need to lower their standards, change themselves, and put other people's needs first

So,today is #LightsabersForLeia day. I’ve never managed to make it happen, and I’m not sure where my lightsaber is so that’s not changing this year either. But it was Carrie Fisher’s birthday. Also early voting in Texas. So, I engaged in a Carrie-approvable activity today. Screw L’Orange!🌊

This is apparently an older video, but so good and just made me want to share. Poor people aren’t poor for any moral failing on their part. WE, American society at large, fail THEM. She asks people not apologize for their privilege, but to see past it. youtu.be/xvQ1V2WLJt0?...

Oops; accidentally double linked one vid. Here’s the other Classic SG-1 x Arrogant Worms video. Thanks hoodatwhatzit, wherever you are. 💜🇨🇦 youtu.be/BmZLDthJccw?...

In honor of The Arrogant Worms’ campaign for a new album on indiegogo, the first two Gateway (lol) Songs, in the form of Stargate SG-1 vids, that got me into them like 20 years ago (the vids are reuploads; they are def older than 14 yrs). youtu.be/30I1vn_Ur9o?... youtu.be/30I1vn_Ur9o?...

Help My Good Friends™️** The Arrogant Worms fund their new album! Quality Canadian comedic croonings ahead! **(totally parasocial; my one standout performance was being a weirdly enthusiastic fan in a tiny crowd at a Ft Worth Texas street fair like 15 years ago). www.indiegogo.com/projects/the...

Meanwhile, New Mexico is looking out for their own citizens, & gearing up to take care of their neighbors from draconian forced-birth states. Also, the only reason “leave it to the states” flies is the rich can still travel in a crisis, & they don’t care about the poor. apnews.com/article/new-...

they are going after the right to travel apnews.com/article/abor...

Happy 70th Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 36 senators and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.