And I was like: what are you talking about? I want regulation for clean air and health and fair employment practices but I don't just want...regulation. To regulate. For no reason?

Being from the Puget Sound area, my cheap beer of choice is of course Rainier

After seeing Only in Monroe, Colbert and Jack White should have a regular show together. Their comedic chemistry is palpable

Everything feels like it's been falling apart, so it feels like a good time to rewatch the Nanny. One of the best open sequences in TV: catchy and completely explains the premise.

Once we understand “Profound Autism” through this lens it becomes evident that this is part of a broader effort to maintain the perception of resource scarcity & ensure the riches of the oligarchy. They want to control who can access benefits & minimize their own financial obligation to society.

We're playing Directive 8020, and for some reason, the majority of the characters' legs are not rendering, so everyone is just a torso floating over combat boots

Victorian Literature: "The stand-in character for Charles Dickens' wife will die before she gets too old and the protagonist gets bored of her."

Y'all remember that episode of the Simpsons where the children put on a play to make Mr. Burns understand why he should help fund schools through his tax dollars? A lot of people need to be in the audience of that play, & we need to Clockwork-Orange their eyes open to make sure that really get it

So Instructure paid the ransom? Doesn't like every IT training tell you never to pay the ransom? We are too dependent on these BS ed tech companies. Fuck Canvas

Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

The average American has three friends

Me *watching the scene in the movie Good Boy where the dog jumps through the window and breaks CGI glass*: "That glass is fake, but I still choose to believe that dog is brave."

I'm watching Send Help, and Sam Raimi is seriously trying to pass Rachel *Regina-MOTHER-FUCKING-George* McAdams off as some fugly dork when she's one of the sexiest women alive

My friend knows I've been having a difficult time, so she texted a wrksht that she got from therapy. Our other friend was saying something about her therapist & mentioned asking for advice about me. That really touched me because even when they are going through it they are still looking out for me

A new episode of the Muppet Show would fiiiiiiiiiiiix me right now

Black Autism Acceptance Day (Sept 19) is about visibility, correction, and care. It challenges racism AND ableism in diagnosis and support while centering Black autistic voices, truth, and joy. This isn’t exclusion it’s equity, recognition, and long overdue ✊🏽♾️

May we all be accepted with a request for minor revisions in this life

The best Chris is by far the most underrated one: Chris Pine

The classism discussion around smoking that's been happening recently on here has been interesting & odd. There's this weird implied argument that being disabled is classist/bourgeois, and then, it totally ignores how big tobacco has targeted poor & racialized communities.

We were listening to a song from Muppet Treasure Island, and now we're arguing about whether the Muppets should do a remake of Treasure Planet, which would be the same damn movie

I would treat the Criterion Closet like Super Market Sweep

The trailer for Animal Farm is just making me so mad every time I see it. I usually don't get this pissed even when they butcher a book I care way more about

We're in the waiting days to see whether the FDA will ban shocking autistic and other disabled kids as punishment, which only one school, in Massachusetts, continues to do. The decision is slated to come before May. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Do ppl who keep checking clearsky also go back home aftera commute and think about how everyone on the road who didn't like their driving feels about them

queer physicist approved

A new episode of the muppet show would fix me right now

This morning, I'm thinking about the study of wolves in captivity that lead to the bullshit research about alpha wolves. All humans are essentially living in captivity, so I think it's difficult to separate natural, instinctual behavior from how we have to learn to survive under caste systems

Some people don’t really know about uneven cognitive abilities because yes I can write I express myself well but sometimes processing spoken language or responding in real time is a challenge

Quarantine was such a complicated time. Less social interaction and more time being able to take care of myself helped with some of my disabilities. However, I also dealt with not being able to visit my dad in the hospital and the death of two of our students by suicide.

Something from a class I took recently: reframing writing not as making something up but getting it down. You're not reaching for it—gravity is pulling it down to you. Better to have something written imperfectly on the page to polish later than nothing because you're waiting for perfect.

Seeing all the Tim Curry birthday posts made me think of this video from a few months ago. It was lovely to see Tim Curry on my screen again reminiscing about his roles.

Take the wrong lesson from a movie: Back to the Future Your mom was probably really hot back in the day.

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

Crows are dinosaurs that can use their ability to remember human faces to either shower those who treat them well with gifts or hold a grudge until the end of time against those who have wronged them. That's why they're my favorite dinosaur.

I'm watching this documentary on boy bands, and... Was LFO cursed? Almost all of them have passed away: two of the original members and one that joined as a replacement

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865). It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005-present) has lasted 4 times longer.

I did not remember fully made-up, baby Elvira in the Elvira movie 😂

Every attempt at an attack just makes Mamdani seem cooler 😎

The spouse came home to me watching Picard season two: "They're still fighting the CUBES?!?"

I searched the time difference with Hawaii, and I have so many questions about the suggested questions that came up 😒

478,000 people watching with me. I'm not crying–you're crying 😭 #artemisII

383,000 now!

Keepe them safe. Guide them home. My hearte ys wyth the Artemis crewe todaye.

361,000 other people are watching this livefeed of #ArtemisII returning to Earth. What a beautiful shared human experience 🥹

DS9 is better than TNG. Sisko is just significantly more interesting of a character than Picard.

Did you know there is a Wikimedian in space? In 2019, Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch made the first-ever Wikipedia edit from space during her mission on the International Space Station. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

Do they still do laundry in Star Trek or do they just recycle their dirty clothes and replicate new clothes everyday? Is there a sonic washing machine??? There must be! Garak was a tailor...

During a zoom meeting today, my colleague shared the wrong screen, and she had been watching the Artemis II livefeed. We were all delighted! Best sharescreen mishap ever