sometimes it is hard to exist and thats okay bud. we all get overwhelmed by big thoughts and big feelings, and acknowledging this universal trot is something that brings us together and makes us human. even in overwhelming times you prove love by simply being you

Folks, an explanation why everything in our Black Friday Collection shows out of stock. We want to empower choice abd with 300-400 items, giving people more time to browse behooves everyone. Later today we'll be working on uploading Vavia's line for the release.

lol just saw a business defending itself by saying they "HAD to use AI to keep up with the competition," which is like saying you HAVE to eat that big pile of horse shit because the guy next to you just put TWO scoops on his plate and now there's hardly any left

Does anyone have any gecko, newt, aquarium or terrarium questions

one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.

oh! and another thing: “honoring the woman who chose life for me” is an important tell. the right-wing brief for #adoption is that it offers a virtuous alternative to the sin of abortion.

As a person who grew up a Marylander, fun observation re: Civil War re-enactors! The guys who insist on playing as the southerners? Assume the worst.

good morning people and kobolds and creatures who live in my phone

happy mens day to dudes

this might well be the museum event you're looking for

BEEP BOOP THIS IS NORA'S AUTOMATED MED CHECK. today is Wednesday. everyone take your meds 🤖💊

hell yes!! more of this!!! we are protecting people, but also our own time and our own brains!!!!!

I'm sorry to vague post but yeah that one banning, mentality wise, had the same energy as when that lady tried to get that Black dude arrested in central park for bird watching. It's some real ugly energy and the person who did it should examine what appears to be latent hostility towards Black men.

I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.

If you’re one of the many Americans who got to use the free federal tax filing system last year, trump and republicans decided that was bad and canceled it. Effectively reinstating the paying your taxes tax.

Do not under any circumstance link your financial data with ChatGPT and DEFINITELY don’t take its tax advice.

This is unbelievable. Jesus wept. Massive catastrophe is the making.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but hating yourself isn't an integral part of the trans experience and we need to stop glamorizing it.

Disability education should not be put into HHS because it's not a health issue, it's an education issue. The idea that disability = health is dehumanizing and, frankly, simply wrong.

Noem is mad about the whistles. Good job everyone.

Just figured out I'd accidentally been applying edits to the wrong version of the spreadsheet 💀 I've merged the changes as best as I can for now, but if there's a duplicate listing just lmk and I'll fix it. linksthatburn.com/en/

There are attempts at making fact checkers easier to find - and creating a world where we’re not exploited by bad pay. @wudan.bsky.social has created a one-of-a-kind agency, for example, that connects fact checkers with people who are willing to pay for them. factual.squarespace.com

Anyway most books you read ARE NOT FACT CHECKED. Publishers will not pay for fact checkers. An author must take it upon themselves and pay out of pocket. Which is why folks like @annaleen.bsky.social and @swordsjew.bsky.social who have hired me to fact check their books should be celebrated.

“This is one of the most consequential actions our government will take during our time in office,” says the woman who just suspended kids’ right to life, liberty, and security of the person.

here is an insane thing I have learned: it appears that nobody has any real idea of how much actual, functional GPU capacity exists. Not "in progress," not "set to come online," I mean actual functional in-use capacity.

Okay, let me take a moment here to laud the glory of a @sephiramy.bsky.social commission.

I wish this were so much less true than it is.

If you still wear a mask at all, even just when sick or at the hospital or on public transit, THANK YOU! If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU. If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.

Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

I have tasted of the flesh of the people who live in that far, fair country, and it was berry, berry unpleasant. For the first time in my life, I have spat out cake.

You know how many foods, when allowed to sit in proper conditions for a few days, just become More? Soups become richer, curry becomes spicier, lasagna becomes more decadent? Well, my mother, through sheer accident, has found the worst possible application of this effect.

“Why do authors always—“ I’m gonna stop you right there. Because it sells books. Because it sells books! If a large group of authors is consistently doing something, it’s because it works. You can hate whatever it is, but don’t shit on authors for making business decisions.

Cake update: Me: "I don't think you should eat any more of that cake." Mom: "I just had a big piece." Me: "Well, I think you may be dead."

Of course it’s airborne. This rejection of airborne pathogens reads like reactionary, emotional objections to the concept of miasma. That because miasma said infections were airborne, and miasma was wrong, infections must definitionally be not airborne. Which is not true.

"Show people the right way to do it." We would, but we don't own every turkey fryer. You've got to follow the instructions that come with your turkey fryer.

hey what's an aro or ace SFF book you really loved this year? Tell me what you loved most about it! I especially want to hear about your indie favs, or books by non white authors <3

Scarleteen's sex ed and direct services are essential in an era of misinformation and they require real humans who bring years of experience and compassion to their work. Health educators should have access to health care. Help me raise $40k to support their fund for staff and volunteer healthcare?

Me: 🎵🎶Soooooooooooooooo???🎶🎵 My husband: No. Stop.

Links That Burn is still working! Given how many Web 1.0 sites are listed, there's a decent chance that most of the links work right now. linksthatburn.com/en/

*checks Downdetector to detect whether Downdetector is down*

But, O! For who will detecting the downing when the down detector is downed. We are forsaken!

hey folks checking out bluesky again because twitter's down: here's a starter pack of great folks to follow. rock on. go.bsky.app/6DoVMhY

BEEP BOOP THIS IS NORA'S AUTOMATED MED CHECK. today is Tuesday. everyone take your meds 🤖💊

The year is 2025. All websites are down. Only one website remains. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls

cloudfare has pulled an AWS

I mostly tilt at other windmills, but academics don’t have to participate in this economy. It’s a choice. You could make a different choice. you could do it tomorrow.

lol

If anyone wants to read literally anything that isn’t this, might I recommend my explainer on the history of sea shanties? www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the...

EXCLUSIVE: A forced detransition policy had disastrous effects in one Georgia prison, according to the manager of the medical unit there. The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...