Between Fern Brady and Abby Howells I think we can all agree that the autistic baddies are killing it on Taskmaster

Being a bit of a governance dork right now, I’m intrigued how Honolulu is both a city and a county and has the same geography as the MPO. Also the school board is statewide. That’s got to be wild. Any good articles on HI school board politics?

And because that extra work is invisible to nondisabled people who don’t have to engage with it, it leads to the belief that disabled people are self-segregating or somehow aren’t doing enough to make ourselves part of the world.

Rewatching episodes of #DowntonAbbey and I forgot how Thomas and O’Brien are such cartoonish villains. Because why did Thomas just steal someone’s pet? On O’Brien’s advice?

Shiitake mushrooms are too sweet for my taste

Manny Jacinto posted this bc he knows how sad and anxious we all are

Someone I knew in college is doing some pretty interesting stuff now!

Lenin Riefenstahl had a scheduled visit to Hollywood, but the Nazis did Kristallnacht the week befofe her trip, so everyone boycotted her EXCEPT WALT, who gave her a whole day long tour of his studio (although he wouldn't show her new work because the projectionists might realize what was happening)

won't you take me to

I don’t know how people drink alcohol or caffeine with any regularity. Had a boba tea at 1, and I won’t get to sleep tonight if I don’t take something. Is that how you all function? Caffeine in the morning and then alcohol in the evening to counteract it?

9/ I had launch with Paulina Borsook last month in Oakland. Her life is hard, but she still has a lot to say! She's trying to raise funds to get a new version of the book reissued on the Internet Archive. Some of her friends have a running GoFundMe to support her: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

gives lie to the whole “but no one knew they were like that back then” (also would be nice to see someone bring her book back out)

Episode 28 of Pamela Price Unfiltered is live! We’re talking gentrification, homelessness in Oakland, and the Supreme Court’s ruling on criminalizing the unhoused. 🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/3iXN5W4YzfM #PamelaPriceUnfiltered #Oakland #Homelessness #Gentrification #SupremeCourt

Voting feels kinda like setting the temperature on my 30 year old toaster oven. Like I can turn the knob but it’s gonna do what it’s gonna do

Getting ready for the last new toothbrush day of 2025 Thanks @humblecore.bsky.social

calling autism a “tragedy” and saying that there should be fewer autistic people are eugenicist talking points. Everyone who opposes such views also needs to recognize the ways in which everyday ableism left the door wide open for a person like RFK Jr.

Cat’s new fav spot is the center of the living room floor

a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...

BART full of Giants fans

Ugh, is this guy’s Lububu is going to be staring at me this whole trip?

Sent a mass email to friends about an upcoming concert series and it’s been interesting to see who responds. Not at all who expected (other than my mom)

Shana Tova to those who celebrate! 🍎🍯

In news that the HHS should be shouting from the rooftops: Availability of the RSV vaccine for pregnant people and RSV shots for infants lead to a 50% reduction in RSV-associated hospitalization of newborns during the last year! 🥳 Spread the good word, folks! #Episky

Just now, I asked my husband, "Do you ever think of how much richer you would be if you were evil?" *gestures in the general direction of stock market manipulation with a side of ableism and misogynist mother blame*

Shanah Tovah, New York City. Here's to a sweet and hopeful New Year.

boiling up some thistles for a snack

Earthquake is our uncle

We should stop killing people

Olive green isn’t really the color of olives, is it?

My Dinner With Andre the Giant would’ve been cooler

in Seoul, I fell wildly in love with the work of Gala Porras-Kim, a Korean Colombian artist who imagines expansively beyond fights around museums’ return of artifacts often considered stolen who(!) is this brilliant person & how do I talk to her, I thought, & I’m grateful INTERVIEW let me do so

Guy on bus: where are you all from? Couple: I’m from here, he’s from Seattle Guy on bus: all the people I’ve met from Seattle are very friendly, I guess maybe you guys have something else going on this morning #RudeStrangers

How is this Bart train crowded?

Neat. Sweet. Petite.

I’m in the Covid vax line, I’m in the flu vax line, I’m in the combination Covid and flu vax line

good morning, if you live in Georgia I highly recommend double checking your voter registration today!! mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/ (they sent out a bunch notices over the summer & if you didn't login, it auto moved to you over to being inactive and you won't be able to vote in upcoming elections)

Not even a little tired

Finally watching this Vincent Cassel Gauguin movie from 2017, and woooeee was he a piece of shit

I looked really cute today, didn’t take any pictures so you’re just gonna have to believe me

I know a lot of people are being doxxed by the far right because they were too honest in public about how they felt about the Kirk assassination. I wrote a quick guide about the first things you should do if this is happening to you. (Not paywalled) www.patreon.com/posts/85220523

Martin Luther King Jr. was so sick of white moderates that he went to the Caribbean, rented a house, and locked himself inside for a YEAR to write about how civility and quiet are the tools of the oppressor

Why aren’t we talking more about Nepal? This has been wild!

I went to a place and saw friends today, it was nice.

Robert D. Richardson is not convincing me that it was TOTALLY NORMAL for Emerson to dig up his (Emerson's) late wife and open her coffin.

The mother of the baby in my family teaches 1st grade in NYC and has put together a list of things she'd like for her classroom if you're so inclined. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Please respect Fury's pain and his privacy.

Happy start of classes! Don't let your landlord take advantage of you! Go to unionize.berkeleytenants.org to start unionizing and force your landlord to keep your home safe and clean!

Are you on the job market this year in an area that could be considered data science adjacent (any field/discipline, incl. humanities)? If so, UVA’s school of data science will be hiring for several posts this year—send me a mesg if you’re interested and I can tell you more about the timeline/jobs👍

Saturday's geology walk in downtown Oakland has tickets available! The sales cutoff was an operator error. Get tickets now til then!

Speaking against this today, wish me luck!