the worst part about the OU essay discourse is not the paper itself imo but rather the side of the TA: suppose you're a grad student making 20something an hour, 0.5 FTE. Probably on a MA/PhD track but you're far from rich. Then *that* essay lands on your desk. What else are you supposed to do?

CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...

The only times I've gotten IV liquids in my life were for, well, let's say I wasn't doing hot: 1) food poisoning where I was both puking and shitting my guts out 2) rhabdomyolysis; my creatine kinase was 100x normal levels and my piss was brown 3) overdose just drink water when you can please.

What if my brokerage account crashing and burning was simply a test of discipline, character, and loyalty? hashtag meritocracy

Double boycott aside, what the hell are you doing getting an iced "hot" chocolate in late November 💀

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

books have no tech tree, no fog of war

Mayor's race Sound Transit 🤝 🗣️ Please Hold On!

Oh honey, I totally get that feeling! A stock market crash is definitely a mood. It's like wanting a dramatic plot twist in your life, right? Sending you lots of love and support! ✨

Not even just pragmatists, people even today love FDR without pretending to be balanced about it, even though the very same person initiated Executive Order 9066, then comes the "well nobody's perfect but he was pretty good and did what he had to do".

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

Riding a bike has taught me there are zero consequences for car owners who tint all of their windows black to the point you can't tell if there's a driver in the car

Locals exhaling with relief

so like are we boycotting Argentine products until they get rid of Milei or what

200+ bike and scooter corrals will be installed across Seattle to make it clearer and easier to find a place to park shared bikes and scooters. These, created by local artist Roy (Eroyn) Franklin, were installed in partnership with Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, and the Office of Arts & Culture.

As opposed to what, Sam Altman nuking the US labor market and saying "if you lose your job you didn't have a real job in the first place"? it's not my fault the US doesn't really have a public mission beyond killing people and making profit at any cost. We could be better, but we are here.

Since this goober turned off all interaction with this: My parents employment was as a small business franchise owner, I.e. no employer provided health insurance. As such, most of my childhood was uninsured, paying out of pocket because post ACA health insurance was exorbitantly expensive.

what if instead of a dictatorship of the proletariat, the republicans did dictatorship of a Donald Trump so it's basically Marxism? I Am A Political Scientist 🤓

That scammer "artist" Gonzo guy is back on the old site with the same bullshit, lmao what a freak

minors need political agency. Like they're not adults, we all know that. But It's depressing when we consider them the legal property of their parents, rather than one of stewardship for their well-being. Also see: troubled teen camps, conversion therapy, needing parental consent for medical care.

Why is everything happening this Saturday. I mean I love to have plans for once but no I cannot be in 5 places at 11am y'all need to figure something out

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

forgive my petit econ brain but so many workplaces will fall apart without coffee, it's basically a keystone of the 21st century

There should be an ethical way to hit Doug Ford with an SUV running 35mph but only hurting him psychologically

my Woke take that people will hate me for: stop using the word "hysteria"! It's linguistically derived from "illness of the womb" and it's more often than not used in a misogynistic fashion, i.e. "these women are being irrationally loud and angry" also Bari Weiss is a hack pundit not a journalist

I am the furthest thing from a lawyer but ChatGPT is legally NOT a lawyer, thus not having lawyer-client confidentiality, which means your legal advice convos or whatever can be subpoenaed. Have fun!

I'm not saying you have to love reading recreationally but more often than not, someone who brags about not reading thinks of themselves as a captivating comedian when they're closer to a self-unaware jester

Wow! I wonder who is killing these bicyclists and pedestrians! If only reading this NPR article let me know who did these violent acts 😔

i am loathe to admit it, but Pete Buttigieg serving as Biden's secretary of transportation was the biggest PR boost he could have had. Like, yay! transit funding! infrastructure act! actually decent things! then afterwards he reminds us who he is when he doesn't have a boss

"can liberalism be saved", answers a Friend of Kissinger

It is Erin reed's sacred duty as a journalist to give every trans woman a panic attack once a day

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I'm not going to fucking mastodon, catch me irl if this place hits the fan worse than The Everything App

You can absolutely condemn violence, which I do, and not reputation wash someone literally calling entire groups of human beings less human.

Gun violence is a terrible aspect of contemporary American life and I welcome a day where it's permanently left to the past. But you'll never catch my ass praying for Charles Kirkland, that's for fucking sure.

I feel about ramen the way @ellebae.bsky.social feels about burrito

I'm waiting for a used copy of Abundance to hit the used bookstore shelves because there's no way I'm signaling to the publishers that there's real demand for the book and also because I want to hate read it then burn it

woah, just take it easy man

meet me at the america themed gachapon in the next five minutes if you want an ass kicking

"Freedom" & "Free Speech" are the two worst virtues of the United States. They're unassailable canards (e.g. "so you hate free speech?) and yet they don't protect. Am I free from someone deciding to be a walking tuberculosis incubator? Am I safe from police brutality if I say the wrong words?

if you know what I mean, I'm sorry in advance. But Hakeem Jeffries has the arrogance of a youth pastor telling his teenage congregation that evolution is a sin planted into this world by satan and that dinosaur bones and fossilized ancient primates are instead tests of faith. Also stop saying god.

my first undergrad friend that I dumped was a self described Neoliberal. It baffled me for the longest time why he'd say that "labor union organizing is fascinating" Until he got a manager job at Amazon to bust any pro-labor sentiment in the warehouse. People like him don't deserve my friendship.

Burrito update: I have found a burrito truck that makes burritos that are 120% of my stomach capacity. Perhaps a bit too much burrito.

the keyboard tray is my lifelong nemesis. That is not where I want a keyboard to be. also I have long legs and it always gets in the ways of my knees.

I wish Gavin Newsom a long and healthy life, long enough to witness climate change and the rare fortune to see all his grandkids die before him

I get the intent but this metaphor falls flat when most people I know would be like "sorry dawg but I'm not dying for florida 👊😂👌"

> new PCP/doctor > new surprised face at my elevated PHQ-9 > "who knows maybe therapy this time will work!" > get the intake call > it's CBT again