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Bumping this bc it has done some numbers on IG! The people are so hungry for ways to get AI-ification out of their lives.

As tick season ramps up, keep in mind importance of preserving any tick that attaches. In theory, a tick not engorged cannot pass on disease, but there can still be infection and for peace of mind I always send them to the Tick Report. Testing is fast and not that expensive. 1/2 www.tickreport.com

Why are some agave brands so sweet and others I can barely taste? How is that possible if it’s just one ingredient? Can’t be low glycemic if you have to use half the bottle to get any flavor!!

All of this. For always.

I’m seeing some underrated ways to protect creative work from AI theft. I want people to know we aren’t powerless!! The latest edition of my newsletter covers the best bot blockers rn. Go forth & be informed! mailchi.mp/bf71d3b8566e...

Had an interview today and they said I was the best freelancer they’d ever seen. Makes the toil, trials, and rejections worth it. So grateful to have clients who get me. 🥹🥹🥹

I cannot wait to never have to hear about Rahm Emmanuel again.

If the board/admin of a nonprofit is all white or has just one token person of color, RUN. There is no way they have done the work to create a space that is safe and accessible for everyone.

More proof that gender norms are just made up nonsense.

Cutting off Medicaid to Minnesota is social murder. People will die without healthcare. People will become disabled without healthcare. This is a policy choice meant to inflict maximum suffering. Healthcare is a human right.

If my followers have been inspired by the fierce resistance the Twin Cities has put up to ICE, you should make it a point to take a trip here (April through October 😬), enjoy the wonderful things MN has to offer and support our small businesses. It continues to be a really tough time for them.

Should they reply to you telling them that Olympians are still taking precautions by pointing out that you are not an Olympian, reply that like an Olympian you too are competing in a historic event, and when they ask what it is, tell them: it’s called the surviving the pandemic.

At this point, I think it’s safe to say that every single person in the Twin Cities, MN knows someone who has encountered ICE, or directly experienced a situation themselves. They really are just everywhere.

Dealing with fraud on two different accounts. They appear to be unrelated, but should I be concerned? Seems weird to have two happening at once. One is check fraud and the other is $$$$ in fake Venmo charges.

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What an absolute legend!

EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected. Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43

Does anyone know why or how that song “Favorite Things” from the Sound of Music became a Christmas thing? There’s no holiday in the movie. I guess the references to packages and winter? Seems pretty secular to me though.

Really needed this story today. Proof that no good deed goes unpaid.

Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions. To manually turn off go to: Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under “How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off

One of my kid’s closest friends is a wheelchair user who desperately needs a motorized chair in order move more freely, as her disability effects her wrists and elbows - meaning her current push chair limits her independence. Please consider donating!!! justgiving.com/campaign/sop...

As a long time Bari hater (god she is insufferable), this is the funniest takedown I’ve read in forever.

Why does basically every Libra I know have a birthday in the same ten days in October? Clearly I love this particular varietal, but phew the parties will have me worn out and broke bc a Libra will always do it UP🤣

I used to be confused why people wouldn’t get their neighborhood stray cats fixed, until I tried to trap a cat myself. It’s really not easy!! I’m gonna end up with a teen mom on my hands at this rate, sheeeeesh!

Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.

Gig alert! Looking for a senior level Project Manager/Producer for a 2-3 month contract with a really cool #Chicago organization! It’s work from home and paid hourly. Send me a dm with your email & LinkedIn or similar & I will connect you with the team.

This Buttigieg nonsense shows how misunderstood HRT is. In tgirls, it’s a performance reducer, eliminates any “biological” advantage. She has 0 testosterone in her body, which is less than cis women. This scrutiny over gender makes everyone unsafe and is just a way to control women. Full-stop.

No one should die by drowning. Swimming and water safety are human rights and should be taught like any other subject. To EVERYONE. So much preventable loss.

Faith Ringgold as painted by Alice Neel in 1977

in a world so consistently hostile to larger bodies, I must once again give props to my besties at Seattle’s Sea Wolf and Oxbow bakeries, who ping me from time to time to help them make sure their seating is inclusive normalize asking your fat friends for advice on furniture! we appreciate it!!!!

Aging is such a trip, man! Weird meeting adults out in the world half your age. Like I was already a whole ass adult when you were born! How is this possible?! 😂

Schrodinger's Left. Simultaneous have no impact and All The Impact.

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.

Guess where he caught Covid? At the chemo infusion center bc none of the staff wore masks.

There is a special place in hell for people who go out sick and don’t mask. Even if it really is just a cold, it will still spread and ruin someone else’s week. We should know better by now.

My brother in law says people wearing masks have been infected by the mind virus, so I sent him articles about how Covid damages the brain and told him people wearing masks are trying to avoid being infected by the mind virus, and I could tell he did not like my response.

I’m also annoyed with the discourse and one-upping of web platforms in general. No software is perfect, or best for every situation. They’re all valid, even the controversial ones. If it works for somebody, that’s great! Not everything has to be my business.

Why do we still have snobby tech dudes in 2025? Your way isn’t inherently better or more correct. You gotta earn the right to criticize a CMS by putting in your time first.

$720/mo for a Blue Cross Affordable Care Act plan that is no longer accepted at CVS. I’m so mad! Means no more access to a 24 hr pharmacy. Walgreens is awful, private equity narcs, so I guess Costco it is. This county is vile.

These calls do make a difference. R’s generally call their reps much more and much more consistently than left leaning people(since the 1990s and contract w/ America days).Calls matter for how reps gage public opinion.Calls shape who they think is watching&who they think will hold them accountable.

I’m on the bargaining team for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Non-Tenure Track Faculty union. We’ve been bargaining for nearly 19 months—grueling. Now we’re ready to say: we are preparing to possibly strike. We’ve launched our strike fund today app.betterunite.com/aicwufaculty...

Temporarily broke my TikTok boycott to learn people are absolutely ripping Coke to shreds for calling Ice on their own employees. Millions of views & doubling down on boycotts. Pepsi is loving this!

This is why I have 10 Covid vaccines. If you’ve had Covid several times, or any other pre-existing condition you are immunocompromised. Time to re-up in case rfk slashes access.

Evergreen request: For @motherjones.com, I am always looking for stories of local projects led by disabled/chronically ill people to help other disabled/chronically ill people. These days, we need hope. If you have any leads. My email is [email protected]