Only 8 episodes a season and releasing in 2 parts needs to stop. Either admit that we're headed back to cable and release things one week at a time, or admit that your platform was built on binge-watching. This in between thing is bad

Hmm. Retracting this opinion

So far, Benedict remains the only male Bridgerton who is not insufferable

Five (more) classes I took in college: Russia: The USSR & Afterward James Joyce's Ulysses Oscar Wilde and the 1890s Russian I-IV 17th Century Literature

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college Cryptography: Codes & Code-Breaking Russian Fairy Tales Dickens Through the Lens of Creative Advertising Revenge Tragedy Tolstoy's War & Peace

Has everyone actually been putting an interests section on their resume this whole time??

I have a feeling a lot of us could use this book in our lives during this particular time. For those who don't know, preorders factor into how much energy they put behind a new release, based on reader enthusiasm pre-publication. If you've got the interest and funds, please pre-order!

Ranch, outside of the Midwest, is relegated to the salad realm and thus not used to it's full potential

if you are looking for a place to give a few bucks today please think about b.resale in Minneapolis. the shooting yesterday happened in front of their store. they are staying open as a refuge. they’ve been handing out free supplies for ICE watch for weeks. cashapp $bresalempls paypal.me/bresalempls

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Good morning if it's below 10F where you are and that's not an everyday thing for you, go open your faucets for a drip.

I was expecting the grocery store to be out of like, cucumbers and potatoes and toilet paper, which they were not. I was not expecting it to be out of the things I actually needed: fresh herbs and leeks! Found the thyme at store #2, but I am still leekless

I’m an excellent science and legal communicator, and an expert in challenging forensic science evidence in courts. I build digital toolkits for defense attorneys but am willing to translate this experience into whatever industry needs it.

Was there ever a point in time where adults knew it was fine to not express an opinion about everything someone else says? Or to say "i have lots of feelings about this but no info, so I'm gonna shut up and find info?" Not every post is an embossed invitation to you personally!! Go get informed!

Getting chills today every time I think about my friends in NYC having a mayor who deeply loves the city in the ways they do, rather than simply as the site of their power or wealth. What a way to start a new year

Have the studios all fired every last sound engineer? Bc jumping to turn the volume down every time music plays and cranking it back up when dialogue starts makes for a terrible viewing experience and I can't imagine experienced sound engineers would be happy with a mix like this

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JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff. GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him. (This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)

These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?

HOW COULD I FORGET that "take" is the word that originated this post? "take" can also get in the bin

Words I would like to throw in the trash this week: nuance, aesthetic, journey, content (CONent, not conTENT. I have no problem with conTENT this week)

ChatGPT is as "conscious" as a cootie catcher or a magic 8 ball. We've gotta stop it with this nonsense

We’re not doing “disability accommodations are unnecessary and unfair actually” discourse less than 24 hours after Alice Wong has passed. Absolutely the fuck not, even if it is a perfect example of the kind of shit disabled people have to deal with and why Alice’s activism was and is so necessary.

One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.

Happy "clicking refresh every thirty seconds" night to all who celebrate!

the main lesson I have taken away from kpop demon hunters and hazbin hotel and a bunch of other shit is that I would like more musicals don't care about the genre - action, horror, comedy, whatever - just give me catchy songs and I'm there

Just saw a commercial for a wealth management company whose tagline was "serving middle class millionaires" and I am reminded that we are living through an age where words have lost all meaning

My annual "I hate copay accumulators" rant is here. Pharmaceutical cos set up programs to help people on very expensive meds afford them, and insurance cos said "sure, you can pay for it, but it can't actually reduce the patient's cost lol. We get extra $$ now." Disability poverty is a policy choice

Go buy books at Loyalty Bookstore! They also have a website (loyaltybookstore.com) or you can support them by selecting their shop when you shop on bookshop.org. DC community is a beautiful thing, & we have to keep our bookstores alive

The Dept of Education is now accepting comments on a proposed rule that would overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and make it too expensive for students to go into work that threatens the Trump administration Folks have til *Sept. 17* to oppose the changes ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

Here are four ways anyone can support and help their local library: • Get a library card ⭐️ • Use your library card 🌟 •Visit the library 💫 •Tell everyone to get a library card and support their local library ✨

When these bills are up for a vote, I hope those of you with federal representation call your House and Senate members to oppose them. We District residents don’t have any representatives to lobby. And we better not see a single Democrat vote for these anti-DC bills. They need to hold the line.

Gerisuits and other age simulations are no better than disability simulations. They don’t have the outcomes they purport, and we could just, you know, listen to older and disabled people about their experiences and believe them? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28287757/

We need to talk about something very important. There is a myth spreading in both irl and online left and progressive spaces that is doing real, material, lasting harm. THREAD.

The no bills in federal grand juries are heartening but I don't think we should be jumping straight to "juries are anti-fascist"! Yes, it's great to see an institution that typically rubber stamps prosecutors not doing that, but it isn't happening bc of the nature of grand juries but in spite of it

Wild that Wisconsin released bar exam results today (the first state as far as I know) but some of us still have to wait a whole two months yet

Welp. I was so excited to finally have finished knitting a sweater sleeve in half fisherman's rib. Only to look at the pattern and realize I was supposed to decrease every inch, and didn't decrease at all. Now to agonize: to redo, or to not redo?

For some reason thinking about when I went to Russia in college & my prof took us to Lenin's tomb. The military guarding his body wouldn't let you stop walking to really look at him/the body. For how proud they were that this was the "real Lenin" they sure don't want visitors looking too closely

Knitters please advise! I'm looking for a fingering weight vest pattern for women (b/c I assume bust shaping, or at least consideration that wearer has a bust, is necessary) Hoping to wear under a blazer. My ravelry search has gone nowhere. Cables, v-neck, crew neck, plain stockinette all fine! 🧶

"DC residents...are trusting my judgment" is a wild statement from Bowser. No district resident I've ever met trusts her judgment and they aren't starting now

I hate that there will be people as shocked by this as by the repeated success of every other direct cash assistance pilot

Find some way to think about resistance that does not depend upon police. Historically, we don’t have many examples of that happening.

Call your senators and reps and tell them to support DC Statehood. 202-224-3121

When people talk about “purity tests” in politics, they almost always tell on themselves by how they talk about marginalized folks and their rights. Trans folks and Palestinians aren’t disposable or for sale in my politic and that should be the very low bar for all Democratic politicians.

HAPPENING NOW: Temporary restraining order hearing in DC v. Trump, a suit filed this morning over Trump's effort to takeover the DC police. Judge Ana Reyes just took the bench. I'm listening in for @lawfaremedia.org Follow along ⬇️

Autism is a disability. To be disabled does not mean one is lesser, inferior, defective, or disordered. The claim that autism is not a disability because it is "a healthy neurotype" reinforces the ableist belief that "health" and "disability" are mutually exclusive; this is not true.

My entire career has been focused on reducing crime through supporting upstream interventions and preventions. More law enforcement is not the answer to curbing crime and making communities safe. A strong social safety net, housing, economic opportunity, etc are.