Prosecutors should not get to claim pleas as wins. At best they should have their own column, like a bye in a round robin tournament. But pleas are coercive as they function now — “we will torture you with inedible food, noise, and separation from your life until you give us what we want.”

So many people are willing to question everything capitalism tries to sell them, right up until it comes to body size, and they're all "but being fat is unhealthy!" instead of analyzing where that idea comes from and who profits from it.

— Fashion is a feminine coded interest and thus considered frivolous, whereas masculine-coded interests, such as architecture, are considered "serious." Doesn't matter if a tremendous amount of skilled labor or creativity went into making something, such as the handmade lace or shoulder line below.

I was catching up on news earlier today, and it needs to be said: Obama got us the good pistachios

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Huh. A corner store, actually. I would love the logistics and scheduling and bringing new people on to help

We all need to consider where we're coming from so we can *decide* who we want to be

(Per the ethical delimma buried in here somewhere) This also strikes me as a "what kind of person do you choose to be" question. Even if you can't coordinate, do you really want to live in a world where you voted for nearly half of the population to die, and they did?

Disability aware music venue. We'd have the best possible hvac, several large, single occupancy bathrooms, and doors are at like six so you can go home and go to bed before 2.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

"It's not impressive, it's just the logistics of exploitation." 🤌

LLMs are a moderately clever technology that had been developed and used for years before anyone thought about training them on *everything* and pretending it constituted actual machine intelligence.

So proof that I'm not the only one with random P&P thoughts:

wow, I should spend some quality time on this tbr *stretches fingers* *reaches for a comfort re-read*

No one: Me: The most frustrating thing about the Kiera Knightly Pride and Prejudice is how damned happy Mary and Mr. Collins would have been together.

My hometown demolished a crumbling building and put in public restrooms and even the grumblers shut up once they saw how everyone benefitted.

Also: look up Zhang Shan. She won gold at the Barcelona Olympics in 1993 in skeet shooting. Skeet shooting had been a mixed gender event since the 60s, but after her win, they segregated the genders. And in the next Olympic Games, they literally didn’t even have a women’s skeet shooting category.

Wait, are you saying that trump's purged-of-brain cells DOJ has filed another frivolous complaint that will be swiftly rejected by any judge with 1 or more functioning eyes?

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Help my friend have working plumbing again??

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This blend of bulbs got its color this afternoon.

Fancy peony just popped today

What is it What lives here Will it sting or bite or lick people walking around nearby

Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?

The biggest and easy way to reject Trump is an empty room

Note to Democrats: Stop punching left. The left is fighting mad and the words we use are "Fuck ICE" and "IMPEACH" and "SHUT IT ALL DOWN." Maybe you'd get somewhere if you used those words, too.

Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.

We had Korean bellflower side dish tonight, and it was so good! And now, my backyard has no bellflower!!! (Don't worry, they'll be back.) Here's the Black Forager video that made me realize it was possible: youtu.be/-f0p1QbyahI?...

I stand by this! And I'll be facilitating two workshops on May 16 to help adults talk with small people about incarceration. 1:00 to 2:30 pm - a convo with formerly incarcerated caregivers [link below] 3 to 4:30 pm - A conversation with caregivers in general: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/tal...

HI I'M ONE OF THE GUESTS OF HONOUR TELL THEM YOU'RE EXCITED TO HAVE A HUGE GIANT TERRIBLE INSECT AS A GOH Or I guess you could talk about panels and stuff since they're asking about panels Anyway I hope lots of people attend! It is ALL VIRTUAL!

The latest spring flowers here Daffodil, common violet, and wild-type tulip. #bloomscrolling

This magazine has been keeping me up to date with the field for over 30 years, and I learned SO much from it as a young writer. The thoughtful, in-depth interviews alone are more than worth the price of subscription!

I saw this mushroom once in our woods and took its picture. I still can’t bolete it.

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Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly: - Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat) - Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex) - Humming (stimulates vagus nerve) - Exercise (anything helps, outside even better) - Impeachment and removal

Things are terrible, but hopefully slightly less terrible. Here's my latest tol/smol pairing

It's coat-blowing season! Fortunately, in this household, we love the brush

A friend says Mallow looks like a jaguar, and I can see it in the whisker area

I'll say it again, as this is ramping up: if you gave access to the archives of goverment data and information, it is your moral responsibility to make sure that untouched versions get preserved, now. There are people worh archival expertise who can help you, if you don't have it yourself. Start now

You can't "make" money, only take it from someone else. I would strongly recommend mentally switching those words when hearing or reading the words of rich people.

The TikTok girlies (gender neutral) are hatching a plan to all buy copies of communion by hooks on Vance's release date. I will be participating.

"All authors are using AI now" Not true! A lot of us use spite

A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.

"Talk to a trusted adult." Trusted adult: It stands for "over protective parent." Me & my friend: yeah, you know me!!!!

Those of us who chanted "fuck ICE" a couple days ago: keep chanting it when a democrat steps into that office

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I went to look up what time the No Kings protests in Boston started and this map made me happy.

I love spring flowers so much. This one is a Chionodoxa. (I had to look up the spelling.) Apparently it's got a section in scilla's subfamily, which tracks. #bloomscrolling