i'll bump this one more time then give up and list it

The Baltimore Ravens, still the best of the AFC north

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Cub is wrapping up 1st grade & I’m thinking about going to war against iReady. I missed this piece a few weeks ago but we got back his iReady assessment at the end of the year and it was v weird that his teacher deferred to that over their own knowledge of his skills www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...

absolutely a delight to see how chonky this bird has gotten

Do not come to the East Side if you are not prepared for some motherfucking truth.

Real talk, and v illustrative about culture divides: I thought “conservative art” is why we have Yellowstone

Some of you on here

Were the Banner a newspaper, it would be reporting on admin convos about merging certain Housing dept functions with Planning, following on the heels of the Zoning Administrator move. You read it here first!

Grumpy frogs in Japanese art

I was not specifically looking for “compassionate, anime-loving” when I starting dating T but I was v lucky to have it end up this way, and he’s great w figuring out his own vitamins Also, as an E Asian-looking woman, it’s crucial to specify “non-Asian fetishizing anime fan”! Which he is.

There are secrets in the Sun.

a week ago my left shoulder started botheringe whenever I roll my arms back or if I try a weighted presses. This week, I began climbing w a new partner, an orthopedic masseuse, and it ends up that if I climb w better form, my shoulder doesn’t hurt as much. Guess I’m focusing on technique for now 🥴

Local wizard Howl has come out in opposition of a new zoning bill which would require him to file under a permanent address. paletteswap.site/dif...

Tbh I didn’t like the response because it focused on appearance; my preference would be to focus on what a Nazi weirdo he is BUT at this point that feels like splitting hairs. The tone is still correct

I’m obligated to root for OKC a little bit bc one of the Jalen Williamses is Viet/Black

Opening not 1, but a chain of restaurants featuring dumplings from around the world!! Maybe they’re done on a franchise basis and there’s some regular r&d to determine which kinda rotate on the menu

I’ve said this before: I think eating soft shell crab is gross, conceptually and in reality

Upopoy serves a dual function: a museum of Ainu culture, and a remains-consolidation site. The human remains are stored at a separate facility about a mile up the road from the main tourist attraction.

I understand we are in a recession but surely we can ask for 6 piece of fried plantains to be the default serving size

PIVOT (progressive Viet Am voters org) is having a banh xeo fundraiser out in the Bay Area and look at this fucking adorable banh xeo illustration they made for their flyer

sharing this beautifully written biography of the turbulent life of a Vietnamese woman in the 19th century. a personal family history that reflects the many layers of Vietnam's political power struggle. open.substack.com/pub/nguyenbi...

NEW: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has withdrawn as the Harvard Law School Class Day speaker, after the Harvard Graduate Student Union-United Auto Workers asked her not to cross its picket line. Uy B. Pham and Claire L. Simon report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Thanks to the Discworld subreddit, I started reading this tumblr post where ppl riff on what Ankh-Morpork Pride would look like and it’s MARVELOUS www.tumblr.com/racefortheir...

June 20th, join us for a critical strategy session and link-up in Baltimore. This space is intentionally curated for Black people only to coordinate direct neighborhood defense, share resources & map out autonomous survival tactics without distraction or surveillance. RSVP @ bit.ly/blockthebacklash

Author of this thinks nobody reads Pratchett any more because most of his readers have blocked her.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiit…. 📝

Curious if anyone else sees this but in my part of Baltimore at least I’m not seeing “We Buy Houses” signs. I *am* seeing “We Cut Grass” signs though and I’m wondering this is another Recession Indicator

verified and peer reviewed (me)

Just hit me that I’ve posted more about the DW holiday today instead of the one actually being observed in my actual country

when I was doing ketamine therapy for depression I had one session where I was dreaming/hallucinating about Judith Butler rallying an army of Shiba Inus to go to war in Brooklyn and whenever I see the phrase “butlerian jihad” I assume that’s what it means

new theology of critical mineral extraction just dropped (literally)

and a very happy Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May to you all

Planning to get Cub a bike for his birthday and while I want to support my local bike shop… there is at least a hundred dollar difference between their bikes and say, going to Dick’s Sporting Goods

if you were wondering why the vibes are off the weather on the east coast has been dreary all weekend

I’m still behind on Witch Hat Academia but I’m on the subreddit and I am crying, screaming, throwing up at this screenshot

The universe’s way of making you experience what your parents did when you realize your child has an extreme version of a habit or tendency that you still have

I’m traveling to celebrate my niece’s HS graduation and on today, the day of her graduation, my voice decides to crap out bc of ??? Phlegm???? what the hell I blame the changing weather

Cowaaaaarrrrrrrdddddd

We are going to savor this one. Our client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is freed of these outrageous, vindictive charges. It’s a good day.

Maybe this is the seed of some bigger post thread or essay: the prominence of major highways (and their related traffic issues) with my memories of visiting family

Mississippi called a special session TODAY to erase the only Black congressman in this state. Mississippi residents showed up. All of them. On their doorstep. In their streets. To show them what they're fighting against. ✊🏼 #mississippi #democracy

Cuellar, Davis, Gillen, Fields, Gonzalez, Kaptur, Perez, Vindman

CALL EVERY REP YOU HAVE reps.fyi

Looking at the weather app telling me that the high on Friday will be 59?? Come on. I love a good end to a warm (hot!) front as much as anyone but still

every day i have enough food to eat! every day i read horrors about people who don’t while ceos threaten us with “you’re next!”! every day the gov’t threatens to kill more groups of people, some of which include me and some that don’t and i think it’s bad both ways! but i also have a sandwich!

I’m lifting for the second time in two weeks and a young man asked me if I minded that he was grabbing the 45lb plates on my rack. I briefly assumed he was expecting me to want them and was delighted