If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)

🥲 I was diagnosed abroad after growing a large ovarian cyst. However, even with the cyst, it was considered possible endometriosis. The confirmed diagnosis was after surgery. The doctor I had is working on developing a blood test to help diagnosis endo.

Your favorite stair girl is here. I went to see an apt in a building that's about 5 to 6 floors. I was inquiring about a low floor. The assistant property manager said it was against policy to take me on the tour via stairs. 🙃

He's really hopping for one hit, I see.

lotta ppl sayin wild things rn

And the tech companies wonder why people hate them so much.

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Never in my life did I think about the possibility of a random being in the room during a potential surgery. Horrifying.

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Hotels only giving water to "premium" members also blows my mind. They can get water from Costco. I don't want to use sink water in the coffee pot that someone warmed up a steak dinner in. My trust issues are big.

These airlines are probably paying like $4.00 per customer for snacks. What is the reason for this cut?

"Democratic accounts were shown significantly more anti-Democratic content than Republican accounts were shown anti-Republican content ... The algorithm wasn't just giving people what they want; it was giving one side more of what the other side says about them."

Idk if y’all are following the Canvas hack story, but apparently whoever hacked it is holding each uni’s access to canvas for ransom. Grades are due for graduation and no one can log on. 😬

Gifted a Tatcha skin kit for my birthday. Gotta say, my skin was glowing after one use.

Attending the virtual Stillwater Awards, honoring incarcerated journalists. It's a beautiful event, and it's especially moving to see Rejon Taylor, once under a federal death sentence, recognized for this extraordinary, gutting essay. Congrats to Rejon & @solitarywatch.bsky.social. So well deserved.

what a terrible day to be able to read

My villain origin story ⤵️ "We've been a little bit too romantic about the idea that we should have employees and give people long-term job security."

I stayed at the Washington Hilton when I returned to the area. It was a process to figure out how to navigate the stairs, which aren't obvious from the ground floor. If nothing else, I'm your hotel stairs girl!

Why would all of them attend a party together?

Y'all wouldn't believe how afraid of dogs I used to be 12 years ago. (I'm not always unafraid of dogs, tbf.) One of my dog friends wrote, "We appreciate Baxster for helping you love dogs the way you do. I know this is hard." That's one of the many ways Baxster changed my life.

Re: nostalgia for VHS tapes and other analog media, I saw someone say like "a VHS tape never sold my information to a nazi" and yes that's true! But the reason it's true is actually because Congress passed a law in 1988 specifically making it illegal for video stores to sell your rental history

Could use some prayers up for this little guy.

TRUMP: Do you think men should play in women's sports? DOORDASH DRIVER: I really don't have an opinion on that. I'm here about no tax on tips.

Not dunking on Zack or this post, I’m just always struck by how easily American journalists will admit that the media shapes public polling and political outcomes when they’re not talking about America.

Narrator: it was not a landslide. For the millionth time.

Not the "pope is weak on crime" 😭

Magyar’s speech is powered. From a contact in the audience: “He’s basically just asked all the puppets, all the supreme justices, all the heads of media, all the heads of the ministries to leave their jobs tomorrow and not wait to be fired.”

I hope more people focus on the import of this turnout last year. Not least bc standing up to bigotry can itself be a rallying cry.

this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built

This is also how dozens of groups with names like the Pinkerton Institute for Economic Morality end up filing amicus briefs at SCOTUS arguing that the CFPB should be executed

Whoever Flance or Flusk endorses abroad typically loses.

Orbán heads for heavy loss in Hungarian election, according to early results

The blatant intimidation tactic is the first of its kind ever made by American officials to the Catholic Church. It was so bad that Pope Leo changed his plans to travel to the U.S. trib.al/sP6TCHf

I wondered how he was tight with Pam.

Tens of thousands chant “Russians, go home!” at tonight’s anti-Orbán concert in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian election.

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This should not be allowed.

If only you could also be automatically registered to vote at 18.

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This is catastrophic.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

I’ve said this before but I truly think that reading shit you’re not ready for is how you learn to sit with discomfort. By forbidding the next generation from pushing their boundaries, you’re doing them an immense disservice

I think one of the things about bluesky is that for a lot of its users, it represents a kind of retirement from social media. Like I’m tired and I want to get out of the game

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18

Is there a Sleep No More of 2026?

Same graph, but with the time series expanded to three years. Honestly, it's a minor miracle that a social media company not backed by oligarchs or the state, with no attempt at establishing a revenue stream, and with multiple established competitors, had so much growth in such short time

the one thing that might help in getting new users is not having the same discussion about the site dying every few weeks

Ngl, the season finale of Paradise pissed me off.

"Bolsonaro—who is currently serving more than 27 years in prison for plotting a coup d’etat following his 2022 election loss—has joined Brazil’s pioneering program Remission Through Reading."

Good editors do not let 24-year-olds publish this kind of thing