I'm not a gambling person, but like... I wonder who has a prop bet against the great american experiment going

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“Mama loves pizza, not poops” - Toddler

The mid-to-late-30s-Asian-American urge to go through all your recent meal photos bc you forgot you were lactose intolerant and you’re looking for the culprit.

at a tea shop desperately writing onboarding docs for my first hire who starts tomorrow and they're playing KC & JoJo and i feel like I need to be slow dancing in a catholic school gymnasium with my arms out so as to leave enough space for Jesus.

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

this is more or less what I expected

The toddler's preschool class has an optional "Know Your Rights" training for families if they encounter ICE agents in case you were wondering what time line we're on.

Spent the past day and some change in Austin with the teen and have seen so many of our old haunts and good friends. It’s been fantastic and also I have secured 5 20 count bags of HEB flour tortillas to bring back to Chicago.

The way the media spins stories like this is “look how the dogged cops cleared this terrible quadruple-murder 34 years later” and not “oh by the way they totally accused and convicted the wrong guys before, oops lol” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

I.................... you know what? sure.

My google workspace has a suite of AI tooling that's like mostly ignorable but the one thing I want it to do is come up with subject lines for my emails and it doesn't do that.

This song is a banger. open.spotify.com/track/0hyhmE...

bruh John Yoo drafted the memos to give the Bush administration legal cover for torturing people John Yoo said the Geneva Convention doesn't apply to "terrorists" and even he is like 'yikes Trump is crossing a line'

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

The teen was born in a granola city during peak Attachment Parenting, which is partially evidence-based (e.g., baby wearing) and partially an MD making shit up (e.g., alternate vaccine schedule). This combination of science and fiction feels like a breeding ground for MAHA bullshit.

At this point I feel like all the Catholics I know have lost the fucking plot. Especially the ones who are, you know, in active disagreement with the last 2 Popes be they believe in the Beatitudes and crazy shit* like that. *things in the Bible

I did 12 years of Catholic school and this past week has shown me many Evangelical Christians in the US hold confusing and contradictory ideas of what gets people into heaven

I like to think that I donated my 20s to science.

As a non-Disney family who only catches Bluey tangentially, should I be worried that the toddler calls the show Bingo?

Teen: Salmon gives me the same vibes as Saturday. Charcuterie boards give Friday. Zucchini gives Wednesday. You know, the same way 7x8 is 56 is very heterosexual? Husband: Did I have a stroke?

Trump promised to lower costs “on day one.” He failed. So now he wants to hide the data from you.

A terrible reminder that complying with Nazis will not keep you safe.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

my kid's school is hosting a walk-a-thon fundraiser and the website gives you a textbox to share a publicly facing message for anyone with the link to see. This includes a giphy integration and the Trust & Safety professional in me is actually screaming.

I feel like we all may need to collectively rewatch V for Vendetta?

They are literally canceling culture

imagine joking “i wouldnt give speeches in utah right now”

if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure "snowflake" even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved

I don’t have a strong opinion on water bottles except that they are like the epitome of overconsumption but I will say that the Owala freesip is the easiest one to dump the sugar free caffeinated off brand Liquid IV into without spilling while in the back of a Lyft.

I’m in boarding zone 8 on this flight. <fill in the blank with something quippy I am only meant for 5 AM if I’ve persevered, not if I had to wake up for it>

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Cybertrucks somehow look even dumber at night.

hey the people that stormed the capitol and erected gallows to murder elected leaders want you to know that political violence is not ok

Today's discovery of signs of past life on Mars is a legacy of President Obama's NASA direction from 2011-2015 to get the Mars program back on track. Earlier this year, President Trump cut NASA's 2026 science budget by 47%.

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

every once in awhile, I remember that I saw someone share this in front of a ballroom of people completely in earnest. #data

Husband: are you ready to go to bed? Toddler: NOOO I WANT TO PLAY Husband: do you want to play the game, "who can fall asleep the fastest?" Me: you are just going to win that game

Lookit, just because I'm an Asian woman, does not mean I'm a bad driver. It does, however, mean that I've been allowed to raw dog ADHD for nearly 40 years and _that's_ why I'm a bad driver.

Super excited to be part of this amazing team.

Slightly diminish a book Gentry of the Rings

A favorite piece in my collection, this vintage printing plate is getting new life with the addition of linoleum cuts for definition. It can be roughly dated by what’s on it so have fun with that, fellow nerds!#letterpress

Saturday night’s extreme sporting event is teaching the toddler to eat cherries without choking, consuming the pit, or requiring dental work.

Teen is learning probability and odds in math class. Separately, she wanted to know why I didn't stay in astronomy post-PhD, so we calculated both p(tenure track faculty position) and the odds. It was... illuminating. So don't ever let folks tell you that math is not useful outside of the classroom.

This move by the Trump administration is an overtly discriminatory civil rights violation. Trans people have the same legal rights as other Americans — end of story. There are lots of good reasons to keep certain people from owning guns. Being trans isn't one of them. https://cnn.it/4niJnxG

The biggest work from home perk is that sometimes, amidst the horrors, your husband delivers bacon fried rice to your desk.

husband: Why are you leaving the camera on for virtual back-to-school night? Me: Because my avatar is a picture of a refrigerator with a face

I have infinitely more respect for a fullblown Walt-is-capitalist-Jesus / second home in Orlando-owning Disney Adult than I do for even the lowest-key Harry Potter casual gcn.ie/j-k-rowling-...