My 2026 resolution will be to stop apologizing when I hyperfocus on a subject. Which is currently kpop.

I *know* I shouldn’t share the NYPost but I got served this BUTT PHRENOLOGY article !!!! And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY !!!!

THIS.

My favorite thing about Frog and Toad is that it is the story of two men deeply and obviously in love with one another, drawn as a tribute to his lifelong partner by a gay man long before their relationship was socially sanctioned.

Add in that chicken pox can be fucking deadly, too.

A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.

I feel the need to reiterate that the machine learning tools being used in science fields are SO MUCH COOLER, and so much more "legit" that the consumer-facing BS like chatgpt. Look up things like "Multilingual Neural Machine Translation" and the "Vesuvius Challenge".

Full alt text. (I have some squinting about one of the statements in there, because I believe it lacks nuance, but I wanted to give the *full* alt text.)

"We Beat 'Em Before... (Portland's Version)" This idea came to me late. I think it fits really well since Portland Frog Brigade literally carries no weapons and yet ICE has no idea how to respond to them. Just feckless incompetent goons all around.

Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.

I don't think Trump should get access to standard medical care, he should have to let RFK Jr treat him

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

DOJ infringing on states' rights by seeking to be involved with managing voter rolls/election administration. Unconstitutional for sure but not surprising that 11 red states are gleeful to sign away their rights. The regime has already stated previously they plan on sharing voter data with DHS.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Remember: Ethical doctors who care about patients and practice competent medicine do not work for insurance companies doing "peer consults", because ethical doctors who practice competent medicine don't actually like denying care. The doctors doing this are the dregs of the dregs.

60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts. It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long. www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...

yup.

@washingtonpost.com piece featuring over 1,000 interviews with federal employees. #altgov family spread the word. wapo.st/4b14KAy

*SNERK*

The full Weiss memo is dogshit -who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT -who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison —who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison

If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.

Aesthetically, one of the most embarrassing thing about "A.i." images are the way they seem to prioritize deeply boring "realistic" rendering over everything else. As if great "art" is something that looks like a straight-to-video DVD cover for a crappy third tier superhero movie.

HI new people! I'm a relatively boring poster. Cats, basic income, art, randomness.

Reason for UNIVERSALITY number 734934204914710934710348 #BasicIncome #SinglePayerHealth #Education4All www.kiro7.com/news/local/w...

If it isn't completely obvious... TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN. TRANS MEN ARE MEN. TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. Do not tell me that my friends and adopted family do not have the right to exist. I will fight you.

Jesus fuck this man is an utter narcissist.

I’m convinced that one of several reasons my last employer laid off our entire marketing Creative team and replaced us with genAI was because we considered it part of our job to be sticklers about quality, consistency, and integrity. Humans with professional ethics push back. AI doesn’t.

I have been make aware of tobi pants, and I need some. They're like if harem pants and canvas cargo pants had a baby.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Guess I'll post this again

David Brooks? Now I feel even better about the "exemplary" paper I wrote for English 101 taking apart one of his OpEds.

We care, we care even more that the people in power have ceased to care.

The regime silences dissent

Real artists do research, not AI.

This is the #GestapICE

Disappointing meal experience was dissapointing. Especially at the price. Meh.

Trans kids DESERVE the medically proven care they receive, without transphobic government interference.

#ArtAdventCalendar I went all gothy with my hand xray. If you look close, you can see the arthritis and spurs, whee!

No, there isn’t a way. There just isn’t. GenAI is poisoning the water supply of Oregon. It’s boiling inland seas.This tech, at scale, is an anti life equation, and all to spit out stolen collages of other people’s work to plug into a pipeline that has to be fixed by an underpaid real human later.

I don't do Linux because I don't want to have to be a programmer to use my computer. I don't want to have to learn how to use everything. I want to push button, do the things. Obv, it works for the people who want to use it, but that is not me.

Something I wish we were currently better at grasping is that sometimes bad characters will do bad things. Not every villain has to be a rapist who eats baked babies, but they will be racists, bigots, assholes, and violent bastards you want to see lose. That doesn't mean I, the author, agree.

instead of reposting that horrible screenshot of that horrible man's post, consider sharing the incredible stories about what sweet, thoughtful man Rob Reiner was and flooding the feed with them

An important addendum to "look for the helpers" is "and then join them."

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15 Queenfisher, gouache on watercolor paper Original sold! Prints available

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

This, too, is genocide.