just logged on to post that critical update. okay bye love you

saving pictures of Jim Morrison to show my hairdresser

the number of bangers I don't post because they involve topics I don't want to get into on this account

I think I learned the concept of pathological demand avoidance years ago, but somewhere along the way my brain forgot the actual word and I started conflating it with "oppositional defiance." or referring to it as "like, mild oppositional defiance?" because I'm aware that ODD is much more serious

do people actually wink at other people? to like, flirt? like is this a thing that actually happens naturally in the real world, or is it just a way for authors and Hollywood writers to evoke flirtatious intent in lieu of dragging the audience through hours of dialogue?

Has our brain tried a GC collection algorithm that doesn’t have a stop the world mark and sweep phase? Could be interesting. Hmu, biology, I’d like less sleep pauses please

Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps. I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.

*extends battered tin bowl* plz may I have money for room and food and poasting tomorrow

*wisely* your cuticles are like 3D printers for fingernails

bangs are just a mullet but femme

okay the helicopters are much more intense than usual. unless they're prop planes?

NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.* A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”

bsky has drafts now??? dangerous

If you want to understand why so much of the Epstein coverage feels so weirdly icky and bad faith, this article gets at the main dynamic I’m seeing. The takeaway is that men use allegations of rape as a domination contest. Yelling “rapist” doesn’t always translate into care for survivors.

Just one more if statement bro

Heroku was a lot of things to a lot of people. It jump-started the careers of many very smart people. It pioneered a lot of cloud architecture that we now take for granted. It hasn’t been relevant for a while now, but Heroku’s impact on the industry is undeniable.

DAILY MEMO: A New CA State Bill is Introduced To Hold Private Detention Centers Accountable, Border Patrol Spends The Week in Meetings, and ICE Continued Targeted Arrests @eltragon.bsky.social

You know, having touched my university founder’s collection of books— It was sure a lot easier to be a “polymath genius” back when everything you needed to know was like music, a guess at chemistry, superstition, religion, and which plants will kill you if you eat them.

this one gets a lot of use in our household

screamed rice

"please tell me when the rice is screaming"

there's a tacit "compulsory" in "trad" which, once you see it, reveals how much it's always been about control and the removal of choice related: Wilhoit's law

rip heroku o7 www.heroku.com/blog/an-upda...

Every time you log into X, you are signing a contract that allows Elon to sue you, for any reason or no reason, and have the case assigned to a court where he’s virtually guaranteed a win

my partner just shared this with me. y'all have probably already seen it but just in case

Just because good news is worth celebrating: There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection. HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

Along these lines, if you want to read a fascinating book about how genocide/war/political repression fucks with foodways, including but not restricted to indigenous americans (Pueblo Nations are specifically featured in it) check out The Last Sweet Bite by Michael Shaikh

thebitenm.com/the-last-swe... "authoritarian regimes have long relied not only on the murder of civilians and the demolition of neighborhoods but on the suppression of language and traditions and the deliberate disruption of foodways."

six word story of the day

Every single culture in earth now uses Native American ingredients, but there are a *literal handful* of places where you can find those ingredients served in their original recipes. Because ingredients are not recipes.

I know of one youtube channel using native ingredients and recipes, compared to a dozen channels for any other cuisine

stranger: what do you do for work? me, shamefully: computer

and most of our medical system is not prepared to help you deal with how mentally destabilizing it is to lose weight and have everyone treat you like a better, more worthy person, as if you DID SOMETHING RIGHT when all you did was finally get treatment for a hormone imbalance no one took seriously.

is it a systemic issue or are there just 3-5 shitty men with too much money

wrecked

supposed to be 86°F here tomorrow 🫠 not good y'all

“In fact, many people who would aspire to the role of an organizer drop off simply because they do not have the energy, the stamina, to knock on doors day after day. That is why one finds many such people sitting in coffee shops talking and theorizing instead of organizing” 👀👀👀

false dichotomy but if you have to choose, which is worse? - someone who occasionally does good, meaningful, impactful work but the rest of the time is alienating, counterproductive, or downright harmful - someone who sits on their ass and watches from the sidelines but also doesn't stir shit up

Grok (paypig) / Claude (service top)

I'm not saying it's what this person is doing, but it's notable how many (white) Americans pose this question as if everybody has a pleasant Mayflower or Ellis Island story

when the author is *pissed* and he has receipts

Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs “This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me

A PSA:

not quite this but it's been refreshing to read romance lately where the characters are solidly in their 30s. independent adults with lives and history, navigating the prospect of being vulnerable and opening up their world to someone

YA fiction has had its time to shine, now is the time for 42 year old fiction, middle adult fiction, where all the plots and romance involve cheese and heartburn and back pain. The climax of each novel is finding a really nice sandwich, or finally figuring out where that thing went.

it's funny when I get zero sleep* and then I attend a meeting and end up sounding more confident and coherent than I have in years *self-inflicted

what's the bsky equivalent of taking someone's keys away because they're too drunk to drive?

“It’s not a good public policy decision and it wasn’t well thought out in my opinion,” said LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell during a press conference for the release of 2025 citywide crime data. The full story: lataco.com/lapd-chief-m... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

has anyone ever replied to you without liking your skeet??

I wonder if I'm destined to die on the toilet