Your yearly reminder that “holiday” celebrations that only include Christian traditions are not, in fact, inclusive even if you don’t use the word Christmas, so tbh I’d rather you just say it’s Christmas.

Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back

When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage. One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME

This is some scary shit you guys. Two pillars of the community—middle aged white guys no less—arrested because some off duty cop bastard sitting several booths away in a restaurant claims to have heard them “plotting against law enforcement.” We’re in the “ears everywhere, trust no one” stage of it.

If someone knits or crochets you a blanket or sweater, they want to keep you warm AND they dedicated many hours of their lives to making it for you. There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.

it is extra annoying that the nazis currently running the United States government are also twelve years old like, really, we have to fear for our communities because of some groyper dipshits who post dank memes on 8chan all day

Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.

it is not Perfect, but it is Good, i think, simply in terms of reducing suffering

An alarming story about Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras ... "Often, officers will search cameras nationwide even if investigating a case in their own state. Typically this is done without a warrant, something that critics like the EFF and the ACLU have recently sued over."

Im gonna save y'all from giving Starbucks any money because fuck'em. Ingredients: 4 oz semi-sweet chocolates (113g) 2.5 Tbs granulated sugar (32g) 1 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder (7.5 g) pinch salt 1 1/2 cups milk (360g) 1/2 tsp peppermint extract 1 – 2 cups Ice cubes (130-260g) Whipped Cream

‘For the Dolls’ whisky fights transphobia with support for trans charity www.thepinknews.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

squirrels in your backyard? crows being in the sky? too loud truck driving by your house? call the law offices of BARKIN & BARKIN and get the defense you deserve, today

It's almost Thanksgiving! Got an ICE member coming for dinner at your house? No you don't! Can't stop them because you're not the one hosting? No problem. You can shun them, mock them, shame them, cough in their food. They get the weird chair. No weird chair? Make a weird chair.

very big story here: apnews.com/article/immi...

I’m howling.

I'm a trans person w/ a trans kid & we lose trans siblings every year to hateful violence. On Trans Day of Remembrance we're called not only to collectively mourn those we've lost, but to renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who are still here. #tdor 🏳️‍⚧️ Art by @thefoxfisher.bsky.social

“open source” is KILLING me

The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.

The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either

It is a *little* funny that nearly all of the people I've seen drawing attention to International Men's Day re: how it makes everything All About Men are... not men.

do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”

It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend

Man, reach out to your older folks and remind them that there's never a computer problem so urgent that they should have to go to the bank and withdraw a bunch of cash while on the phone with anyone.

welcome to the club, wolves

Regarding the Federal Subpoena Incident today, let me remind you once again that this website is 100% public, open source, and yes, both Bluesky, the federal government, and God knows who else do in fact “keep the logs.”

Don't forget about LA. The feds never left (& won't be leaving until at least 2028). The people will continue to fight. * data below as of November 1 from @lapublicpress.bsky.social

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

this sounds like a great idea. luckily there are no extremely serious consequences to providing false information to the Internal Revenue Service

Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.

Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done

This might be an unpopular opinion but what this baby seal is doing is very special to me, personally.

But they were all of them deceived, for another chin hair was made...

“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”

can bad prose be sexually transmitted

Terrible day to be literate

Rashomon but it's the worst journalists you've ever read in your life discussing how their engagement fell apart

It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.

I do not care what any consenting adult of any gender configuration does sexually with other consenting adults, and also my God, could you sweaty freaks who tragically currently run the world be a little a more goddamned discreet about it?

Why am I so against generative AI in games? Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.

this film is going to be like 90% CGI... so don't forget that these "live action" adaptations are still animated movies, they're really just there to exploit non-unionized VFX animator labour, because 3d character animators are unionized and can't be taken advantage of so easily

man good luck hosting a world cup or an olympics, let alone something like a sxsw

women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.

🚨BARISTAS ARE STILL ON STRIKE🚨 Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol tops the list for CEO-to-worker pay gaps, raking in millions while baristas struggle to pay rent. #NoContractNoCoffee NoContractNoCoffee.org

Pope Leo absolutely cooking

Little vacation treats.

some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops: Blue Diamond Bob's Red Mill Land O'Lakes Tillamook Welch's

Federal Border Patrol agents arrested 81 people on day one of their Charlotte, North Carolina, crackdown that's prompted protests and left businesses shuttered. www.axios.com/2025/11/16/c...

props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody

From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte

My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul