This is a great question; how would the historians on my feed answer this? And what good, readable, synthetic accounts of US history, or US social movements, would you suggest? (To inform with the right amount of detail without being overwhelming/boring?)

People have been shocked that an AI company is offering chats with an AI Jesus for $1.99/minute but it's important to remember and respect the fact that a core part of American evangelicalism is being financially defrauded by people who claim to speak for god

Those of us who remember the late seventies can tell you that it’s always a good sign when they start writing the numbers on the gas pump by hand.

Kennedy is a eugenicist. His words and choices to date provide ample evidence of his deep hatred for disabled ‘weaker’ people. All his ‘policy’ is driven by one goal: make the population ‘fitter’ by ‘weeding out the unfit.’ Speak of him as the open, rank eugenicist he is.

Here’s @leftliblucy.bsky.social in December www.liberalcurrents.com/medical-rese...

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Think about how many brains are being absolutely COOKED by sycophancy right now

do you want "Catholicism but american" we invented that, it's called Episcopalianism and it's even more woke. all the priests are lesbians. good luck

sick of these catholic converts showing up and saying "well I have a different interpretation of the scripture" no you don't. that's protestantism and a heresy. don't like it there's the (incredibly beautiful and heavily ornamented with precious metals) door

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

ICE has been at the courthouse in Lynn, Massachusetts every day this week and multiple people have been abducted. Call or email your state senator and urge them to pass the PROTECT Act to limit ICE's ability to operate in courts. Each day they wait they are putting our immigrant neighbors in danger.

The billionaires want to blame you for the world they created. Gen Z doesn’t “want” several part-time roles any more than they want their healthcare to not be covered. That’s why, we’re standing up for Workers over Billionaires on May 1st. Join us to fight for a brighter future for every worker!

They’re feeding fighter jets to the seas like they’re shelter cats but sure, the communication service that unites our nation is the problem.

Camberville folks: my friend @mfryerwood.bsky.social and I are holding a craft fair to benefit families impacted by ICE, in both MA and MN, on May 23rd! ✨ You can sign up to be a vendor here: cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

We should put butterscotch on more things.

Beware chatty white men at the Finnish Bistro

habitat restoration is maybe the most gratifying thing we can spend our money on. nature wants to flourish!

#cooksky 🍽️🍜 In honor of the moon mission and the floaty happy Nutella I have made a Nutella cake decorated like the dark side of the moon.

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

"This is what you get when you elect Republicans." Every Dem within 100 feet of a camera needs to be saying this repeatedly. Every time we elect Republicans, we get dumbass wars, tax cuts for rich people, and financial crises. Every time. Fucking say it!

*sigh* If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it. If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it. If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you. I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.

I highly recommend that everyone follow artists. If you do, your feed is filled with art every day. Real, original art. It's bonkers that you can even have this. Amazing. Undeniably cool. And then support those artists, when you can, because that helps the delight continue.

🚨New preprint and our results are rather concerning.. We find the "boiling frog" equivalent of AI use. Using large-scale RCTs, we provide *casual* evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and hurts independent performance. And these effects emerge after just 10–15 minutes of AI use! 1/

The Hair Ghost Of Prague taking a little walk in the park

you’re not allergic to any visible flower, because visible flowers have big sticky pollen designed for bees. you’re allergic to something wind-pollinated

It’s called the Cycle of Abuse or the Walker Wheel: calm followed by rising tension, the explosion of violence, the reconciliation, the incremental intensification of violence over time.

If you did not enjoy today, then call your reps and senators tomorrow and say this 👇

NYT reporting that under this ceasefire each ship will pay $2M to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It was $0 before Trump launched this illegal war. 100-130 ships pass the Strait daily. Trump just gave Iran an extra $100M-$130M per day. Masterful gambit, sir. Impeach and remove this fascist—NOW.

These are the people who should not be able to leave their houses or offices without being bombarded with questions about why they are violating their oaths of office & when they are going to stop doing that. They could end it all tonight.

books: the rectangle that can’t send you push notifications. Try: books.

How it feels doing literally any task right now.

My new book is about Druids who want to save the world if that would feel comforting to you right now Plus there are very good dogs

do you need another moment of calm?

We do now know the NSF is proceeding with dissolving the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division. Congress might reverse it, but it is now already underway. YOU CAN NO LONGER SUBMIT FUNDING PROPOSALS TO SBE. Program officers are being moved to different parts of the agency. Call your Congress member

Did you guys know “grandma hobbies” like knitting, quilting, embroidery, big cooking projects, etc get more popular during times of strife? We all just try to focus on making a small beautiful thing because it’s the only power we have, and that’s sadly lovely. Anyway I’m making all day tomato sauce.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was consequences for rich men who sexually abuse women and children.

I'm so nervous!! 😱🌔✨️

**gently grabs your face** Listen, the world is full of so many horrors--things out of our direct control. We do what we can, as we can. But there's no magick button labeled Fix This Now. It's important to reach toward joy. Take your meds. Have a snack. Make plans. Laugh. Look at the damn moon.

This is the face of a lunar scientist who has just been told that the #Artemis II crew saw SEVERAL impact flashes (the flashes when meteors hit the lunar surface) in real time 😃 🌓💥

I wish more people knew *anything* about the huge amount that the "rockets" pot has put into the "cure sick people" pot. Example: technologies first developed for astronaut health monitoring, and now in almost every ER and delivery suite, being used on people who've never left the planet's surface.

It's frequently pointed out that NASA activities (and basic/exploratory science in general) have a fantastic return on investment, contributing far more to the economy than they take. But even if they didn't, no one's actually taking from the "cure sick people" pot to put money in the "rockets" pot.

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So, thing that is apparently better understood inside academia than outside of it: International students pay sticker price. Most domestic students do not. International students are subsidizing the education costs for domestic students, as per student governmental funding drops.

At this point, you can basically just use these announcements to remind you when futures markets are opening in Asia.

“No politics” cries the (almost certainly) gay male furry. Your entire identity and sexuality are political, according to the far-right (which controls the entire country rn), you utter dipshits. Politics will come for you, even if you try to avoid it.

There's a nice #Artemis II mission tracker here: artemis.cdnspace.ca LOTS of data about its current position, crew activities, and whether or not the toilet is currently "Go"

Far side of the moon released by NASA today. 🧪🔭

Before the Challenger exploded, engineers tried to tell their bosses that the o-ring that failed would do exactly that. Their bosses decided their NASA contract - aka the money - was more important than safety and gave the go ahead anyway. I think about that a lot lately.