So excited to hear my number one pick on the #xpncountdown . Bruce Cockburn is one of my favorite artists, and this BNL cover is exquisite

The only list that matters:

[ST: DISCO S1 spoilers, but come on, it's been 8 years, you've had enough time to watch it by now] New theory: divergence point between our universe and the mirror universe is that Grok actually DID replace Wikipedia.

Just putting this out there that there is no chance of me ever voting for Fetterman again, so if Democrats want my vote for Senate in 2028, they'd better primary him.

#pennsylvania Please vote!

Black Messiah is one of my absolute favorite albums of all time; I listened to it every day for about a year. RIP D'Angelo

My favorite quotes from @pluralistic 's talk at Cornell last Friday: "The smallest government you can have is dictated by the largest corporation you're willing to tolerate." "A 'vote with your wallet' is always won by the people with the fattest wallets."

I know enough linguist experience to be fascinated by this sentence, yes

[Strange New Worlds S3E10 spoilers] Ok, I didn't have "Last Temptation of Christ" on my SNW season 3 bingo card #startrek #strangenewworlds

"Well I'm given to understand that for an extremely limited time, members of our nation's political violence party are shocked—shocked!—to learn that we currently live in a world of normalized political violence, and would like very much to know who is to blame." www.the-reframe.com/gambling-in-...

"Mitchell brought back sandwiches from Purmantee with the fries inside the sandwich"… IYKNK #startrek #strangenewworlds

Just spoke to the specialty pharmacy that supplies my daughter's essential medication, and the person was so impressed that I, her *father*, knew how much of it we had on hand. Like, what an embarrassingly low bar for us men, to actually care about our children's health.

It seems like “a Democratic party campaign consultant” is somebody who professionally pushes Republican framing and messaging about Democrats in order to try make Democrats act like more like Republicans.

I feel like amid all of his other failings, not even considering reform and/or expansion of the Supreme Court may be the most lasting stain on Biden's legacy.

It's sort of funny when those who argue most strenuously for a marketplace of ideas where bad ideas are tested and rejected always always always get the most "concerned" when they encounter a place where bad ideas get rejected for being bad. Almost seems like they were lying about what they wanted.

Maybe this will be the wake-up call to Dems in Congress that Republicans are not their friends, and in fact wish them harm

My copy of #winterrabbit just arrived, and I can't wait to play it!

Multiple things can be true at the same time. The ACA was certainly better than nothing, and it helped people get health insurance who previously couldn't. But it was also essentially a conservative-crafted plan that still left many people with inadequate healthcare.

Chuck Schumer needs to fucking resign.

Hello, I’m a disruptor, very smart, here to create efficiency. I’m just going to drill holes in the bottom of this boat to see which parts of the hull are mission-critical.

The fascism-laundering NYT is at it again. This piece gushes about the novel idea that conservative Christians are an oppressed minority without once pointing out that they've had outsized influence in American politics for at least four decades.

🎵 Iron Man, Iron Man Doin' the things an iron can Squirts out steam, smooths out clothes Iron Man 🎵

The creator of Pixelfed.social, @dansup.bsky.social, has just announced the next version of the app is getting starter packs. So Pixelfed will have starter packs and no ads, while Instagram has ads and support for Fascism. I say it's time to dump Meta! #Pixelfed #Meta #Instagram

How can someone be so against email signature pronouns when they name their kid X Æ A-12?

"We are witnessing a private equity-style plunder of the entire US government – of the USA itself." https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/broccoli-hair-brownshirts/#shameless

Bro, I'm a cis guy and I couldn't compete against trained women athletes. What makes you think HRT would *improve* my chances?

It is once again time to give thanks to Brian Fox, the Black American programmer that has given us BASH and `echo`! Thank you for your INCREDIBLE contributions to open source software, Unix, and Linux. It literally would not be the same without you […] [Original post on social.smallhack.org]

Trump has signed 10 executive orders attacking trans people in his first 16 days in office. Do not ever let anyone tell you that it's Democrats who are obsessed with trans people.

If your response to "Biden should have done more to prevent this" is to blame people who didn't vote for Kamala Harris, then what exactly do you think we're electing these people to do? If the Democrats want to be our leaders, it seems like they might want to try leading once in a while.

In light of recent events, it's worth taking a look back at some of the #MeToo and racial discrimination allegations against Elon Musk, dating back to at least 2017. At the time, these allegations were either dismissed, including shamefully by some on the left. A thread 🪡 #Musk #Elon #Tesla

Mood:

Discovery I only made recently about bridging Mastodon accounts via @bsky.brid.gy: Unlisted replies to public posts don't get bridged. This includes on your own posts!

SUPER BOWL BABY!!!! GO BIRDS

My spoiler-free review of #startrek #section31: It definitely wasn't as bad as I was expecting based on early reviews, but it still had some issues. On the balance, I'd say I enjoyed it, but it took me about half the movie to get into it.

[USPol, "conservative zeitgeist"] in case anyone needs it, this is your reminder that the American "conservative zeitgeist" is completely manufactured. the _real_ zeitgeist is the millions of people who stayed home - not to mention the millions more who held their nose and voted Dem - because […]

Two key figures about the #LAFires. The estimated cost is now US$57 billion: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/b... ExxonMobil's 2023 profits were US$36 billion: corporate.exxonmobil.com/news/news-re... Fossil fuel companies are now only viable because others pay the costs of global warming disasters.

As @katelynburns.com notes, the sports aspect of this is a bit of a smokescreen for what this bill would actually do...

If we ever find a way to harness smugness to generate electricity, this guy can singlehandedly solve the world's energy crisis. For New Year’s, turn off the TV and return to love and kindness [letter] | Letters To The Editor | lancasteronline.com […]

[Lower Decks finale] I'm about to watch the #StarTrekLowerDecks finale episode and I wanted to see how the Mastodon content warning would show up when bridged to Bluesky. If you can see this over there without a warning, you might want to mute the thread to avoid spoilers

Just learned about the passing of Bill Labov. I'm honored to have used the same workspace at LDC that once housed his lab. https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67399

"Galperin highlights another danger: A hacker who has managed to get your ID and password for a website can monitor your text messages to intercept a one-time passcode that's used in two-factor authentication (2FA).'This is a really serious security risk,' Galperin says. She recommends getting […]

That makes 4 out of my list to have played so far! I was hoping that "Alright" would be higher, but I'm happy at the sheer volume of Kendrick Lamar we've gotten in the #xpncountdown

This hour of the #xpncountdown is brought to you by me

"Redbone" was the very last cut I made to my list for the #xpncountdown. This song is sooooo gooooood!

Ok, I know recency bias blah blah blah, but this should be in the top 10 of #xpncountdown. And I'm not even that big a Beyonce fan!

Today I realized that "Dragostea Din Tei" by O-Zone was eligible for the #xpncountdown, and uh… I'd like to change my vote? That song was unironically great, but if we haven't heard it so far, then that means enough other people also forgot about it that it's not going to be in.

But… it IS a rainy day #xpncountdown

The fact that the median song in the countdown is "Impressively Average" is chef's kiss #xpncountdown

I love this Hozier album; I'd be happy if every track made the list. #xpncountdown

I think this is the #xpncountdown where I turn on Josh Ritter