This is a reminder to myself not to use Botox to treat my neck pain (with or without a professional) youtu.be/PTLXu_q9np4?...

Updating my LEGO White House

Ok but how am I not supposed to wake up furious at my doctor when my left ear sounds like a rave every morning and he told me my ear “looks fine”

"PowerPoints that no one will read, filled with metrics that do not matter for decisions already taken"

A grown-up, in our government? What is this? youtu.be/47JeL9kA-is?...

So underreported

AI chooses blackmail and murder even though it knows it’s wrong. So… why did we give them a survival drive?

ok ❤️ yay ❤️

Our generals serve the country, not an ex-Fox News clown looking for headlines.

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

Petition to rebrand the field of mathematics as the arcane arts

This is bad

Loved warmly greeting the neighbors as I released 10 pill bottles full of spiders into the bushes this morning, and no no one dared to ask

Turns out privatizing what should be an essential public utility is a terrible idea.

It needs to be said that by rebranding Charlie Kirk's views as moderate by both right wingers and liberal cowards resets the extremist views he held as normal and pushes the Overton window to the far right

Online safety is more important than ever right now, and most people give away their location online unknowingly. I'm Eliza Orlins, a career public defender for 15 years in Manhattan. I spend a lot of time thinking about safety—both offline and online. Here are 10 ways to keep yourself safe 👇

Something I wish I had been more prepared for in life was how many times I would find myself absolutely covered in spiders

Imagine if this read “Charlie Kirk’s Suspected Killer Was Living With Black Woman”. This is an evil headline. @forbes.com

The big lesson for this platform from the last few days: if you don’t give people group chats they’ll post group chat material on the timeline

the only AI i need is an earpiece i can wear at my kid's birthday party that tells me the name of the parent i've met like four times before

Do Fox News hosts and commentators agree with their colleague Brian Kilmeade that the United States should "just kill" homeless people? He still has a job. No apology. No retraction. Just let us know, Fox.

Stephenie Meyer was a portent

Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up? TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.

luigi mangione murdered a healthcare executive and opposed "wokeism." i don't know why people insist that killers need some coherent ideology. most people don't even have coherent wardrobes, let alone a coherent worldview.

Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death

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We all needed a palette cleanser, thank you

This explains it better than I can

It’s coming from a place of grief and feeling like their pain has never mattered to the public, which is just sad all around. Seeing this pro-gun white boy’s murder get considerably more coverage probably hurts a lot. It’s valid, though probably counterproductive long term. But it’s their right 🤷‍♀️

It is bizarre to me that my conservative dad immediately texted me about Kirk and yet not a word when Democrat lawmakers were murdered in their homes

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

I'm just a lowly international relations prof, but it seems hard to negotiate peace if you <check notes> keep killing the negotiators

One day after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on racial profiling, federal agents swarmed a car in Van Nuys. Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman. There is no justification for this. None.

This level of wealth transfer from the working class to the capital class should convince you that it can also go the other way toward housing the homeless, free healthcare, free college, ending hunger, free public transit, fixing the climate disaster - all at an unimaginable level of quality.

Interesting to see an administration my dad likely voted for declaring war on his hometown after invading my hometown, maybe he’ll react this time 🤷‍♀️ Probs not tho

GOP greatly overestimates the number of fucks GenX and younger give about Bill Clinton.

I’m noticing how the paranoia that anyone online could be a bot serves oligarchy by dividing ordinary people on what could otherwise be a technology for organizing and populist action. Could just be a coincidence that someone is benefitting. But it’s sure interesting.

SDB Past President Carole LaBonne's latest op-ed in STAT 'U.S. science and universities are becoming political hostages in the Orbánization of knowledge' highlights how "the fight for science and universities is, at its core, a fight for democracy itself." bit.ly/4633by7

The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.

Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"

AI complacency and skill erosion 💡

Periodic reminder:

There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt. This is simply false. - UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh - panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life

The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.

I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.

🪬🧿 There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.