I found this passage particularly striking: “Truth is intersubjective, meaning that we need other people — their testimony, their experiences, their rationality — to be well informed. And chatbots are not people. They don’t have experience. They are not witness.”

It's officially October 1st so that means you all have to repost Assorted cheese hell.....yes

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯 I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨ youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

Two weeks is far too fast to lose someone you love, even if it isn’t a person you’re around all the time.

Fuck cancer.

slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross

Middle schoolers walked out www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/l...

A California union of 30,000 nurses, pharmacists, therapists and other health workers at Kaiser Permanente have authorized a strike. Kaiser is one of the biggest health conglomerates in the US, and their contract with these workers has expired. A strike could begin at any time.

A top Mamdani adviser tells me internal data shows taking on Trump's authoritarian abuses resonates. It appeals to working class voters across all demographics, countering the frequent claim that this is a "distraction" from issues working people "really" care about. newrepublic.com/article/2011...

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

BREAKING: Federal agencies are blaming Democrats and leftists/liberals in Congress for the looming shutdown. That appears to violate the Hatch Act -- my latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I loved the way the shell of this snail caught the sunlight

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why is it legal to take out a loan in order to buy a company and have _the company_ be the one responsible for repaying that loan anyway

The US military is only 50% white (and it's 15% female) so Hegseth launched an attack on the majority of troops.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have unveiled a promising new vaccine that generates a powerful immune response against HIV and other viruses including SARS-CoV-2 and influenza with just ONE dose. By combining immune-boosting adjuvants, the vaccine encourages the body to generate more antibody variations.

starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news

Donald Trump’s decision to invade Portland on the basis of video from five years ago raises new questions about Joe Biden’s mental state.

*wanking motion*

The stuttering on "we have to allow for that" is a pretty major tell.

I would like every single member of the local Democratic Party apparatus who started shit with me over my Charlie Kirk “sowing/reaping” post to watch this and then think long and hard about where the fuck you want to direct your attention these days

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

It's way hotter in the house than it is outside, so of course I opened the windows to cool it off. And of course that means a neighbor decided it was time to smoke right outside said window. Please, my dude, go do that in front of your own house.

canon

I’m a better writer than JKR could ever dream to be. I’m so powerful I’ve made people weep over the death of a mosquito. Put my latest on the stack of books by trans authors you could buy from and tangibly support right now.

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Obviously this is unconscionable, but I think it’s worth always stressing that even it they’d been drug traffickers, it would ALSO be unconscionable. We don’t summarily execute criminals

This whole section really.

Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.

SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.

so: what do we need you to do? two things. 1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵

These scripts are GREAT and these calls are EASY and ESSENTIAL. Call your senators and reps today and tell them to vote against ANY bill that contains cuts to trans health care. #DidThisToday

Please note that, unlike the president, the deputy chief of staff does not have immunity from prosecution for official acts per Trump v. United States

Brandin Podziemski on Valkyries fans: "Definitely louder than our games, for sure."

🧵*9/29/2025 noncooperation thread* A daily-ish thread of acts of noncooperation, noncompliance, & defiance by individuals, communities, &/or institutions. * "The Hawaii Constitution’s due process clause 'offers safety to HI's ppl that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections'."

It’s official: EA is going private. The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years. www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

Just a little orange guy 🍊

IT'S DECORATIVE GOURD SEASON MOTHERFUCKERS

“Am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening?” is a great line to be whispered in a hushed, scared voice over an assaulting montage of glitching warping FOX news footage for the trailer to an A24 horror movie about the next few years.

no Nazis in PhysEd

Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge

Sept 28th update: Wastewater daily inf estimate are cratering, just as anticipated via the model. This trend should continue for at least the next month. 🔸510,000 new infections/day 🔸1 in 66 currently infected 🔸1 in 165 highly infectious

I have been haunted by this statement all day www.kgw.com/article/news...

Who knows what hotel companies are housing ICE and the National Guard in the cities they are being deployed in. We should not be frequenting any of those businesses in any part of the US. Asking for a friend.

Boy. That dude having nothing behind the eyes really continues to strike true, huh?

To the Daily Beast staffer who put “79” into this headline, know this: We salute you.

Yet again, the Onion not being fake.

Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar