There was a quote that said something like Black people worship a Jesus who knows what it's like to be lynched, while white people worship a Jesus who will forgive them for being part of a lynch mob.

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A while back, I read a very woo-woo set of gardening tips, supposedly from somebody's witchy grandma, one of which was "grow the plants your ancestors grew to invite them into the garden." I thought "this is too much woo for me." Then I saw a Gardeners World clip--which I will try to hunt down--

Bike Week is here! If it's been a while since you rode a bike, join an upcoming ride or take a fun class to boost your confidence. Check out the Bike Week schedule, our map of the easier ways to bike around, and other helpful resources. 🚴🏾‍♀️ reconnectrochester.org/bike-resourc... #ROC #RochesterNY

Also I'm going to be on WXXI Connections today at 140PM talking about biking with kids. www.wxxinews.org/2026-05-08/v...

Completing a work recommended AI Training & the end of module quiz has an "honor code" stipulating that if I use AI to submit answers to the text based questions I might be banned from the course.

Folks, pls don't share photos godforsaken Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social thieves circulate. Screenshot of a tweet looks like crap. No credit to photographer, a Black man. Support @nashvillebanner.bsky.social! Credit: Martin B. Cherry/Nashville Banner nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/07/t...

Speed makes a promise: the time you save belongs to you. Illich ran the numbers. The effective speed of the American car, once you account for all the hours spent paying for it, works out close to a fast walk. The infrastructure kept the note. Essay 4 is up. sethlajeunesse.substack.com

ELMER FUDD: ahhhhhwwwaa..... da spice mewange.... found oenwe on da desert pwanet of awwakis

This is also what No Metafeelings Monday is about

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What is going on with child free weddings? Where do you all expect us to put our children when we're out of town? Bad trend. 1/5 stars. Boo.

"in America, even sports gambling counts as investment" feels like an old soviet joke to me somehow

This robot installs 80 panels/hour. One every 45 sec. 1,920/day ≈ 0.0008 GW/day per line. Sounds small. It’s not. Scale this across thousands of lines and #solar becomes manufacturing, not construction. 👉 10,000 lines = 8 GW/day. That’s HOW China is winning the energy game.

I'm increasingly of the opinion that the most dangerous thing to believe is "I am the victim and therefore whatever I do is righteous and justified" This mindset is most obvious in fascists but it's most dangerous when one's grievances and claims of victimhood are very real!

This isn’t like letting kids use a calculator, this is more akin to letting kids smoke. The whole point here is pushing an addictive product and getting kids hooked on it early—not educational best practices. www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...

Trying out a new metaphor: "A.i." = cocaine. Cocaine is inevitable! Cocaine can enhance your creativity! Cocaine can make us all faster and more efficient! If your kid doesn't learn how to use cocaine, they'll get left behind!

Doing some climate math for our organization, and our relatively small (~800 staff) agency spends more than $1,100,000 a year paying people just so they can pay for gas to get to work. Add in the average car payment and now we're paying closer to 20% of our payroll just so folks can get to work.

Appreciate this bit of context added to the end of the NPR article about last night. This is a part of a pattern of violence that this President has cheered at every step along the way.

My wife helps run our local branch of the 988 hotline and I am so proud of the work she's done, not only to build a team who can compassionately answer those calls but to ensure it is the most diverse and welcoming team I've ever seen.

My therapist says: 'Don't look away' does not mean 'constantly stare at' Happy Friday. We will win.

As much as the e bike is nice for predictably getting places faster and not sweaty, riding at 8-10mph on a pedal bike (especially with a friend) feels miraculous.

Climate change denial takes many forms. The demand for state subsidized home insurance in wildfire, hurricane, and flood risk areas is one of them.

Under woke 2 we are enforcing the rules against everyone.

Dying in office because you insisted on clinging to power until the very end instead of letting a new generation of leaders rise should be seen for the shameful, egomaniacal act that it is.

Until May 2, we want as many cyclists as possible to ride this recently worked-on stretch of East Ave once in each direction & submit their grade. For bonus points, spend money at a local business nearby, telling them you appreciate bike infrastructure. reconnectrochester.org/2026/04/new-...

It's notable that Sen. Ossoff is pressing this attack in a tight re-election fight in a purple state. The rest of the party needs to pay attention.

Can I just say this framing is garbage? This war isn't "Israelis" vs "Palestinians" It's Netanyahu leading a genocidal campaign against Palestinians (and Lebanese, and Iranians...) This sympathy question invites antisemitism.

A quick reference guide for just how "open" the strait is. Wish there were links to sources, but it seems legit? Considering 3 ships transited in the last 24h (compared to a 60ship/day pre crisis average) I'm thinking we're still on course for major oil shock in the US/EU in a few weeks.

It's Don't Argue Inside Your Head With Other People Friday. Today, if you want, you can practice gently stopping the arguments that start in your head with people who aren't present, or who it's not safe or not fair for you to argue with. Do this as many times as you need.

A terrific mantra in a terrific thread "When nothing is sure Everything is possible"

I’m sorry but your company that makes accessories for tubeless bicycle tires is located WHERE? I don’t know if it would be better if this was a coincidence or if it was intentional.

Defence of car dependency is a position of privilege. Extremely fed up with people confidently asserting the opposite; that any and all criticism of and attempts to reduce car dependency are an expression of privilege.

The venn diagram of people who still take the rancid theology of "left behind" seriously and those who are uncritically lapping up Trump's literal blasphemy and messianic delusions is a circle. Trained your whole lives to identify anti-christ and you're the only ones following him...

More tiny little retail spaces, please.

Car flipped over on a residential street less than a mile from our house. If I had my way this person would never drive again... I can't even imagine how to flip a car on a residential street like this.

It's not punishment to say that someone with power who has abused that power doesn't get to get more power. That's a consequence. Some of you are truly ridiculous.

Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth has been out for two years today. The lessons, examples & exercises in it are useful, I think, for any shared too-much situation (not just climate change impacts) & any intense emotional response (not just anxiety). They might be useful for you.

If you cook by inferring general principles from observations of prior cooking experience, you should do induction cooking. If you cook by using general principles to construct individual recipes, you should do deduction cooking.

Caught a zoomie little guy at sunset last night 🥰 🐣 🪶

Just because a President announces he’s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment

Nuremberg 2.0 Reconstruction 2.0 New Deal 2.0 America, at its best, has worked for Justice too. It's time that the opposition party stepped into that legacy. Prosecute the leaders Rehabilitate the followers Invest in a future for everyone.

If you did not enjoy today, then call your reps and senators tomorrow and say this 👇

If you're an elected Democrat now might be the time to check your scheduled posts for today and maybe cancel a few of them and replace them with calls for the president to be removed from office....

Realizing that some of my inexplicable sadness about the Artemis II stuff is that it feels like a trans-dimensional communication from an America that took a different path and chose joy instead of fear and hate.

As a protestant, this feels strange to say, but the point at which an adult convert to Catholicism has been rebuked by two Popes in one year and then goes on to write a memoir called 'Communion' about his faith, they ought to bring excommunication back. This guy is evidently an unrepentant heretic.

So, thing that is apparently better understood inside academia than outside of it: International students pay sticker price. Most domestic students do not. International students are subsidizing the education costs for domestic students, as per student governmental funding drops.

This thread is shocking in the best possible way.

Here are a couple of examples. Lung cancer survival rates for EGFR+ mutated Lung cancer.

Undergrad: "We're going to build a subway network!" Grad student: "We can build light rail!" Early career planner: "BRT is a cost saving service as good as rail!" Grizzled planner: "What if we somewhat improved the existing bus service"