Caste is such a powerful driver of dynamics within Silicon Valley that they were able to get Newsom to veto a bill banning caste discrimination in California even though it had widespread support.

Like a set of glowing eyes in a dark forest or a shimmering orb that drifts across the misty moors, shine your weird light and show other weirdos where to find you.

But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, and ruin weighs heavy in the scale.

Absolutely beautiful as the sun disappears

When your community removes a racist statue, do like Charlottesville and melt that fucker down. Because if you just stash it in storage, it becomes what @artcrimeprof.bsky.social calls “America’s strategic racism reserve” — ready for redeployment. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/s...

It's NEVADA. They have ALL THE SUNLIGHT. Get it together, Nevada, and install more fucking solar. or better yet, DON'T INSTALL ANY MORE FUCKING DATA CENTERS

Amazingly, despite literally being focused on the use of performance-enhancing drugs and technologies, the Enhanced Games still compel trans women to compete as men, apparently because otherwise it would be unfair

you say "i asked chatgpt" i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]" an improv group wrote this report instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group

My dude, pre-Cana takes WEEKS. The Catholic church does not rush that stuff. I hope his wife gets out as soon as she realizes what she's gotten into, and take a lot of his money when she goes. Girl, start a separate bank account NOW.

All exits to Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility in New Jersey, are now being blocked by people who have mobilized in support of a hunger and work strike for better conditions for those detained.

RELATEDLY, you don't need to "force" an infant to learn how to "self-soothe". They start learning what soothing looks like when you soothe them. And then you help them learn new ways to do it as they get older and understand and are capable of more.

I appreciate that Michael Harding gives full measure in their #watercolor tubes, but do they pack them in a cold factory or something? Because they always come spurting out of the tube and I have to immediately find a use for them beyond just swatching.

Honestly, if you have a kid in need of therapy, you probably need extra support too. Even mild concerns are fucking stressful.

It’s always white dudes who are urging people to have conversation with a diverse sampling of people. Have you met people? They’re terrible. As a friend of mine used to say, I hate People, the franchise but I like individual players.

faking an assassination attempt so you don't have to go to a wedding sounds like a curb your enthusiasm episode

The fact that Nyong’o’s beauty is causing a war between two rival cultures in America right now is proof enough that she is the perfect Helen of Troy.

Writing is so hard. And that's good! That is the point! That's the joy! But also: oh my god, writing is hard, I cannot believe I have to solve plot problems, I cannot believe it's not enough to simply make a sick writing playlist.

I found the thread where this transpired, and it's even more key-smashingly rage-inducing in context. It's also just a day that ends in "y." There is no level of expertise a woman can attain that will prevent some man somewhere from assuming he knows more than she does about that topic.

I have some bad news for Matt about Betty Boop and race-swapping...

The thing about the US is that we can’t even build a single high-speed rail line and the department of transportation of the largest, wealthiest state wants to waste people’s time by studying a fake mode of transportation. These two facts are related.

Goddamn ninjas cutting onions…

But yeah I think we underrate what actually happened with Katrina and the aftermath where people from New Orleans were regularly referred to as refugees within the country they were citizens.

Delaware told Pennsylvania to fuck off concurrently with telling George III to fuck off.

I feel like we need a national conversation about allowing municipal areas to split off and form their own states. Memphis, New Orleans, et al deserve representation. There is some precedent for this. Long ago, Massachusetts was part of Maine. And of course, West Virginia. Municipal statehood now!

A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story: It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically. 9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵

You are not the last guardian between truth and chaos. It is not your duty to educate on every wrong take. You can just let people be wrong and it will be ok.

DO NOT ENGAGE, JUST BLOCK Honestly, it works. Also: BLOCK ON VIBES You don't need a "good" reason to block someone. Offensive joke? Block. Reply guy? Block. Ineffably creepy vibe? Block. Feeling vaguely pissy that day and need to do something petty? Block. Don't like the username? Block.

No, you're right When this place started, we were all "don't quote-dunk, just ignore" and we ought to get back to that

what kind of ice cream truck doesn't have an orange push pop truly, the west has fallen bullshit country, tear it all down

Michigan hates Detroit so bad, it's honestly ridiculous how crazy it is, yet those same people will travel and tell people they're from Detroit when they're really from a city like 45 minutes away

Man, I know we’ve gotten jaded—it took me over an hour online before somebody mentioned that there was yet another alleged assassination attempt yesterday.

Today's "spam scam for writers" email purports to be from an agent asking if I am seeking representation. I know the actual agent in question, reasonably well actually, who very well knows I am not in the market for an agent. Remember, kids, agents are extremely unlikely to query YOU.

Sharing a real time request sent by a friend. MASS CALL FOR BODIES AT DELANEY HALL. ICE IS ATTEMPTING TO TRANSFER THE HUNGER STRIKE ORGANIZERS OUT OF THE FACILITY.

If you want your kids to read a lot of books, you must read a lot of books in from of them. If you want your kids to wear a hat in the sun, you must wear a hat in the sun. Modeling the behavior you hope to see is not always sufficient to reach the goal, but it is a necessary step.

When your kid is between the ages of 12 and 22 you will be an absolute embarrassment to them, and you should totally lean into that role, like, really play it up

Why does she look EXACTLY AS YOU WOULD EXPECT "How can I make myself look like a joyless scold? I better get a haircut that doesn't suit me and practice scowling in the mirror."

I'm "Deceased."

this is why i strongly believe "cringe is antifascist": make weird, ugly, embarrassingly earnest, emotional and utterly fun and unproductive art! write poems in internet lyrical styles! paint hyperrrealist pikachus! do penis-costume performance art at protests!

Great thread!

Today's accomplishment was planting 15 tubers of Four O'clock plants. They all had stems popping out already. And apparently you're supposed to plant them with the pointy end of the tuber pointing down, but I put them all in sideways.

THIS RIGHT HERE My mother went to law school when I was 7 years old. She was a full person, not my mom/servant, from the time I was old enough to understand people. Did this make me a latchkey kid? You bet. So I learned very young that *I* was a full person, too, not an adjunct of my parents.

One of the best gifts you can give your children is modeling an adulthood that is worth looking forward to. Have fun, be interesting. Martyring yourself to your kids is bad for you and them.

Beyond lethal ones, you should absolutely let your kids make mistakes. Let them cut their own bangs or touch the candle. Lectures, they tune out. Consequences, they remember and actually learn from. And learn to think for themselves rather than passively waiting for others to do the thinking.

Posting to social media is one thing, but does it really match the dopamine hit you get when two love interests who have been referring to each other via formal titles finally blurt out first names in a moment of vulnerability and desperation

No social media discussion is complete without mentioning that we were calling it "the Hellsite" long before the square-headed Nazi took over. It wasn't just the people that were bad; it was the whole culture. We can be better, and frankly, we deserve better.

Incredibly vivid colors in recently-cleaned 1528 Visitation. Mary & Elizabeth accompanied by 2 haunting women in De Chirico-like street. By Pontormo, born OTD 1494.

What's happening in Louisiana is happening in every state. It's not a coincidence that states are reverting to "tough on crime" penalties in a time of rising fascism. www.propublica.org/article/loui...

We should never have let fame become a middle-class job, or even middle-class job adjacent. It’s the toxic run-off of actual accomplishment, and instead we made it the top of the food pyramid.

It's wild still seeing the "Bluesky is a bubble :(" discourse rolling around, especially after reading that article about botfarming social engagement. Just admit you can't be bothered to curate an interesting online experience for yourself and you're fine having your opinion shaped by billionaires.