I was in a state of mild confusion but not at all disbelief for several minutes until it dawned on me that they meant 'Closed Beta Test'.

It’s crazy how much US politics is just this with different words for jazz, and swing. Replace iazz with rap, and swing with tiktok and that will be today’s version.

We have such an unimaginative tech industry. They just put cameras on everything. Where are the AR glasses that let me see the world the way various animals do? What about the ear buds that let me hear frequencies beyond normal human range? I want to see infrared.

[slaps roof of country] “This thing can fit so many nadirs in it!”

They hate women and devalue fields that they perceive as "women's work".

If CEOs have such demanding jobs that require such high compensation, why do they have so much time to be whiny little piss babies in every media form and venue? Shouldn’t they be reviewing strategies or talking loudly in an airport lounge about partnerships?

Every CEO is Schrödinger’s asshole: they are in a superposition of asshole and not an asshole until they open their mouths. like, just be rich and unobserved and let me enjoy my little fan in peace.

The secretary of health and human services talked openly woth national public radio about taking disabled Black children from their parents and putting them on a plantation. i would appreciate at keast a tenth of the claudine gay coverage about this.

Kinda burying the lead here, NPR

As a chaos goblin I think the 5 cousin siblings should do a reality tv Jackson 5 reboot.

He could have had this knowledge without harming a child by just believing the Black people who have been talking about it for hundreds of years. Black people have provided compelling accounts of their experiences in all forms of media and all available venues. White people just refuse to believe.

I can't believe that these are available in Detroit. Are the COGIC girls sleep?

I just want every waking moment of life to be as comfortable as my bed when i am supposed to be somewhere.

Witness the power of a fully operational lesbian facility.

The most radical political act in the United States is presuming that Black people are full citizens who should be served by their government.

So many Black, Jewish, Romani, Disabled, White, Asian, Muslim, Christian, or just Phenotypical men have not had a nazi phase. It would be easy to dunk on obvious white fragility and move on, but i do think we should examine the number of white people who think being racist is “default”.

Indian Village / Boston Edison / Palmer Woods

This onion article was written in January 2001 and it predicted everything Republicans would do over the next 25 years.

reverse consent?!

Rhythm Aryan Nation over here

One of the most clarifying passages I've ever read on what "polarization" actually means in the U.S."

Love a major incident at 4:30 PM.

Imagine getting read for filth in your own house by King Tampax I.

Do they mean like Virginia Wolf or like sailors?

You got hantavirus in that room You got shingles in that room You got endometriosis in that room

Can’t Stop (Kink Remix) by Duck Sauce, A-Trak & Armand Van Helden The vibe is you are rich and euoropean and you paint

I just skipped A 40 dollar cover because i was telling the door guy about Columbo.

If you realize that a lot of journalists on here are positioning themselves for their next job... a lot of things start making sense.

Cecile Mclorin-Salvant singing Sondheim & Bernstein's "I Feel Pretty"

My hottest take is that a lot of race and gender grievance is people confusing being excluded for being ineligible. Incels are not being excluded from sex, their behaviors and attitudes make them ineligible for most women. non-black can't use the n word, because they are ineligible.

Being able to turn off reskeets per user would be enormous.

if @bsky.app needs something to do, let me turn off retweets and approve followers. Also, do you understand what a nightmare this site is on firefox ios? Y'all are trying to provide self-actualization when we need safety.

Since it is Sen. Louise Lucas appreciation day, I would like to remind everyone of the time she smugly stood on the steps of the VA capitol while Governor Youngkin cried about her killing his stadium deal.

Dufry Institute of Technology

saving this for peer evaluations

Ive experienced it even as a tourist. A hotel doorman in Berlin stopped and asked me if i was a guest when i went to use the bathroom, but not anyone else headed there. I said “excuse me?” in my american accent and it was “oh sorry sir!”. I pointed out the inconsistency and he got so defensive.

Between this and the Israeli moral injury story, I think I need a little break.

This is super helpful information because I was trying to figure out the cutoff date for working there when I look at resumes. If they seem nice, I'll even give them till '24. But if I see Palantir '25 or after...

Imagine if the nytimes, the atlantic, and the entire uk press spent as much time talking about interpersonal violence against women as they did on the 3 trans women playing sports. They couch their transphobia as concern for women while ignoring the actual danger to women (cis men).

This was a difficult and powerful read. Compulsory military service to participate in ethnic cleansing means that Israel harms its own people through moral injury more than their enemies ever could. Archive link below. archive.is/H6v8U

The twitter accounts I miss the most are theshrillest aka Ezekiel Kweku. such a good, thoughtful, funny poster who put me on to a ton of music that I love. fooler initiative/metroadlib - Amazing storyteller. I hope her parents are doing ok and that her brooches are magnificent.

I don’t ever want to hear or see James Carville again.

Peggy Guggenheim - lived in a palazzo in Venice - had one of the best art collections in the world - is the only non-Doge interred in Venice proper - would take your man. We don’t just stan, we ASPIRE.

Went to the Peggy Guggenheim museum in Venice and learned she was a bad bitch! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_G...

A lot of people think they are chaotic, but have never said something catastrophically ambiguous and then gotten on a long flight and stayed in airplane mode.

Its interesting to watch a nation that relies on detachment—ironic, commercial, cynical, savvy, or survivalist—meet a moment that requires community and engagement. Like, we are so fucked. I can’t even comment on it without two layers of detachment (savvy and ironic).

It’s wild how much europeans hate ice cubes and air conditioning. Train/restaurant/shop is 75F and they just serve the sparkling water raw. Whole continent unrefreshed.

Greetings from Venezia, free Luigi!

Also, this could be a male mental health discussion but I think the bigger discussion is men and violence. Fairfax being accused of sexually assaulting two women and then later murdering himself and his wife are part of the same problem and I don’t think that problem is mental health.

The core grievance (as usual) is with humility, community and interdependence. Showing your work helps teachers understand your thinking and correct misunderstandings. Reading ahead robs you of lesson context and class discussion. This is why so many "gifted" kids are socio-emotionally remedial.