@juliethecranky.bsky.social any of your followers able to help a hoar with wig styling suggestions? Menopause is making me its bish and I am new to the Wig Life. I been using water and combs 😭 and I am looking for heat free methods to style waves, smooth, and get parts to stay where I put them

Crumb cake! From one of those holiday cooking magazines (I love them) from HA, 2003. Fuck I’m old. #recipe #miscellany To start, melt two cups of butter. I like doing it on the stove because it doesn’t explode over the interior of the microwave. You do you.

Corporate greed is global. But so is worker power. Unions For All isn’t just a slogan — it’s the path to fairness.

A lesson the Labour Party needs to learn and quickly.

Superb result of lots of hard conservation work by my mate Tim Pankhurst at Plantlife, plus many others. For such a rare orchid to become *less threatened* is nothing short of phenomenal. Bravo to everyone involved! @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“We analyzed 47000 conversations that people had with ChatGPT. We’re pretty sure we don’t have consent for a lot of them. So we are reproducing screenshots here.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

New England's next system will arrive Saturday night, bringing rain, ice & snow to parts of the region. This looks to be a setup where mild air scours out cold air, leading to a rain/mix line. Details: #MAwx #CTwx #RIwx #NHwx #MEwx #VTwx www.newenglandstormcenter.com/post/latest-...

Israel has faced calls to allow aid into northern Gaza through the crossing, which has been closed for two months.

GOP senators hide potential kickback inside bill to end shutdown www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

And most of New England didn't get to see it because of the minging fecking cloud cover (yes we are salty about it)

The best time for a party to have these fights is when they’re in opposition and especially before campaign season hits. So now is exactly the moment to have it out.

It’s also the argument every gun-humping politician makes after a massacre to avoid wrestling with the consequences of their own votes. And you see how much progress we’ve made on gun control.

Democrats should not “wait until after” anything to have these internal fights. This is the argument the establishment makes to keep control of the party and continue fucking up. We need an internal fight to oust the quislings and elevate the people who give a shit and who know how to fight.

Me, every time I read some story with a conveniently anonymous source claiming “no, seriously, Schumer didn’t want to cave on the shutdown, he wanted to fight for real you guys.”

The parade of low pressure thru New England continues, with flurries, breezy conditions and chilly temperatures sticking around. New England's next organized system arrives for Sunday with rain & wintry mix. Details: #MAwx #CTwx #RIwx #NHwx #MEwx #VTwx www.newenglandstormcenter.com/post/chilly-...

Pepper-spraying babies isn't something you do if you are one of the "good guys" in a situation. Just saying.... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Should note: Once Johnson finally swears Grijalva in House will have 219 GOP to 214 Dems And House GOP will be able to lose two votes.. Also: Dem 'yes' to watch for: Henry Cuellar Jared Golden Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Vicente Gonzalez Susie Lee The CR will likely pass But not nec easily Long night?

@juliethecranky.bsky.social @merlinslaugh.bsky.social Thoughts I'm thinking after seeing Seabiscuit Sidepiece posing with Sarah Jessica Parker a day after H&M were spotted at a party hosted by the Kardashians...

OpenAI: “We have learned over time that these safeguards can sometimes be less reliable in long interactions: as the back-and-forth grows, parts of the model’s safety training may degrade.” OpenAI built ChatGPT to provide answers its users want! Of course, its safety protocols would degrade!

My friend, the teacher, is increasingly of the position that we need less technology in classrooms, so I sent her an article on how air filters in classrooms were shown to decrease student absenteeism, and she replied that in this case we need more technology in classrooms.

I hope you have a nice night. I also hope talking owls arrive carrying carafes of wine and you invite them to hang out in your rumpus room while the stars break the darkness with their ancient glow.

Turkiye accuses Israeli officials of 'genocide and crimes against humanity' over Israel's war on Gaza.

Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?

Honestly, these people are sickening.

Is it possible that Trump DOJ is so mad at judges they just want to get a stay to prove a point and will make the payments anyway? It's all very weird.

The nub appears to be that USDA is grudgingly complying with the court order while DOJ is frantically trying to block it.

I'm a little confused as earlier today the Trump administration said it is already processing the payments.

NEW: Trump is asking Supreme Court to act by 9:30pm tonight to block the ruling that requires SNAP payments to be made.

Yet they practice Socialism and welfare with the rich and Global Corporations

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

They made the same claim about toothbrushes being a weapon in NYC when ordered to provide them, and it’s ridiculous; CBP has been providing toothbrushes for years.

When they ask you why you are still taking precautions show them the research that has found “Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack,” and after they’ve read it ask them why they still aren’t taking precautions. * The 295th week… librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/p...

In a remarkably interesting move, the Eugene Police Department, in response to ACLU-Oregon's lawsuit against the city, has released a map of all the installed Flock cameras. This is a major win for Eyes off Eugene.

Maybe it’s the dog angle that hit me harder, but this story is crushing. They’re destroying people for no reason. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

It’s all going great… if you’re someone who totally wants to destroy a country.

But basically this agreement reads to me like one where the administration recognizes they are losing and are desperate to sign any deal to notch a win. Many of the most dangerous elements from the Columbia and Brown deals (and the proposed deals with Harvard and UCLA) are missing from this one.

On the other hand, Cornell agrees to what looks to me like $30 million in funding for futuristic agricultural stuff to benefit farmers (i.e. what Cornell already does), plus $30 million in actual $ paid to the feds. UVA paid $0, so in that respect this agreement exacted a larger ounce of flesh.

The incredible shrinking attack on U.S. universities continues. Cornell has signed an agreement—but unlike the UVA agreement, instead of pledging to follow the gov't's highly questionable July "guidance" on discrimination, Cornell simply agrees to hand it out to faculty as a "training resource"!

Lawsuit about Broadview conditions filed last week

This account also feels in line with some of what other people that have been in Broadview have shared.

He said there was no room to sleep. People sat up, slept on the floor, standing up. He saw many pregnant women there too. The conditions were unbearable. His wife is horrified by his account.

Her husband was at Broadview one month and she was never able to talk to him. Not until he was already in Mexico. He had been in Chicago for 20 years. Her husband shared that the numbers of people there were astounding. It just makes me think how many people that are not counted/just disappeared.

He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.

Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

@solomonmissouri.bsky.social I'm bi-craftual so I could have pulled this off, but ridiculous to insist on those skills when they're looking for UK's best KNITTER, not UK's best multi-media fiber artist...

As someone who has tried both... That should not be a requirement for a knitting show