Children in the US do NOT get 72 injections. MAHA loves to use this fictitious number by calculating every dose (from combo vaccines like MMR and DTaP) as separate injections. That’s not how this works.

DFL staff are now confirming this is true and tim walz will be dropping from the governor’s race tomorrow morning

Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:

Really not into this very oversized sweatpants trend. They are way less warm if they are too far from your skin. Also it looks silly.

I'm boosting myself to say this: You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true. Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy. But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.

A full gym with barbells and stuff and a steam room.

I've been working on a 6 painting set of acrylic paint by numbers. It's been so soothing, and they actually look good enough to hang!

I know the tags on sports bras changed from the silky soft kind to the hard papery kind because it's cheaper but ffs couldn't you eat the cost on this one

Friday

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

There are 30+ years of Simpsons episodes, yet FXx is running the exact same handful of episodes multiple times during their 38hr marathon. What the actual fuck.

started / going

Also I had to explain Public Enemy and Flavor Flav to my 14 year old niece tonight

I am really really pissed that whatever this burnout/stress is doing to my body is making me not able to tolerate spicy food anymore

Carbohydrates will fix this if I just believe hard enough.

Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.

Person who invented bread: Here you go Person who invented toast: Let's cook it again and see what happens

Get your flu shot and mask up ppl. Influenza A and specifically type H3N2 is wrecking both patients and hospitals right now. I am so serious some of the patient complaints are- “Like coughing up razor blades” “My body is on fire” “It hurts to breathe” (typed out by pt)

I really, really hope everyone posting about having a cold or the flu feels better soon, but I really, really, REALLY hope you're all testing for Covid. Even if it wouldn't change how you treat yourself, it could make a difference in how dangerous you are to others. Please test & isolate if needed!

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

I remember taking the mandatory engineering ethics class in college where we learned about how your job comes with serious responsibility; how software that handles medicine delivery can kill people if there are bugs or how the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse happened. No one seemed to care.

My cat’s butthole went viral on threads for Christmas. 🤣

I am a giant nerd who does nerd things, and a staple of the Starfield modding community that I am in needs some help with covering the surgery for her bunny who is fighting cancer. I know what It is to lose a pet to cancer. Help keep it from happening to someone else.

It's really sweet that my nephew went from "Bernie makes me very nervous" to "is Bernie coming tomorrow morning too?" 🥺

Tiny Tim implies the existence of Massive Tim. Beware Massive Tim. He will arrive soon and devour us all. Merry Christmas

It is the annual Making Of The Soup. If you want to feed some folks sleeping rough, I got me two hundred takeout quart containers. And a metric fuckton of tomatoes. And a Vitamix. Chip in: Venmo linda-tirado-3 PayPal [email protected] Chime $linda-tirado-3 Happy Christmas to every one

2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)

Happy midwinter, Minneapolis. I love us.

This thread perfectly explains why AI has little value for qualitative research. Yes, large language models can find patterns in qualitative data. But, they're trained on what we already know. So, they won't find anything surprising. And, surprise is qualitative research's primary value-add.

It's that magical time of year where you open up a new sewing supplies tin and find cookies instead!

If anyone was curious, the pharmacy insured the shipment and very kindly remade her meds for free this morning before they closed at 12:30 for the long weekend. 😭 (Lake Elmo compounding pharmacy if you're local)

Do you know what is definitely not helpful when wrapping gifts? Puppies. Puppies are not helpful. Sorry the edge of the paper is chewed, I already had to rewrap it once because she grabbed a corner and ran/ripped it up. 😂

when u lose a brain cell after a sneeze

biggun.

This is your chance to do a quick ICE WATCH training! Dec 24, 1pm – 2pm, on Zoom. Learn how to document, coordinate and monitor ICE activity, and how to connect with others doing ICE WATCH in your community. DO IT!!!

When you're merry and bright but so tired

There's a guy on this cookie baking championship show I'm watching who sounds JUST like Tina Belcher

I made Italian wedding soup. It's really good, and I wish I had the patience with those tiny fucking meatballs more often so I could make it more often. (I made a double batch today and will freeze some for later me)

The one time I wouldn’t be mad or consider it weaponize incompetence

Omg I made what ended up being whipped mascarpone brown butter icing for the cinnamon rolls I'm planning to make Thursday

Fuck off, plate.

I am so deeply tired. The kind where you know your body is running on e and you know if you don't close your eyes your body will do it for you. I tried to close my eyes for a few and Bernie (puppy) sat right on my face.

For non-academics: this means the student is likely done at OU because the TA gig is attached to tuition waivers for graduate school. Sunk time at OU will be lost and the options are to quit or start over somewhere else.

Idk if it's burnout or *gestures broadly* or a combo, but this holiday season feels extra sad. Also my favorite neighborhood coffee place has been sold and I'm getting my last bag of coffee from them and my last specialty latte.

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

AI advocates: you really need to learn to stop coming off to subject matter experts in other fields as if you’re Kool-Aid manning into the room and going “you’re dumb not to use these tools for your trivially easy jobs” you may think this is an unfair read on your intentions, but life is unfair.

In some cases, it takes far more time to work with an AI result. I've had to ask coworkers to stop sending me, "The AI says the law in New Mexico is x, is that right?" questions. It's not right about 80% of the time, and it's so much more time-consuming to prove a negative than to look up a statute.

The windchill is brutal. Wind gusts strong enough to push me around. Still, thousands are here marching in the cold in support of our neighbors in Minneapolis, Minnesota.