The boomer version of 6,7

you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit

Anyway: If this year has taught you anything, I hope it's that white supremacy is fake as hell, fails without support, and requires extensive enforcement and blatant acts of favoritism and exclusion to survive. All-white/white supremacist spaces, political, social, and professional, are a choice.

VPAM's exhibition "pays tribute to the full breadth of [Ofelia] Esparza’s work — which includes not just the altars for which she is known, but also drawings, prints, paintings, & installations that push the format of the altar to its limits," @cmonstah.bsky.social. email.kcrw.com/ofelia-espar...

Netanyahu claims that granting him a pardon will heal the rift in Israel caused by his trial. This is close to the classic definition of chutzpah: killing your parents, then asking for mercy in court because you’re an orphan. My latest @TheAtlantic.com tiny.cc/hxzv001

@stephenkb.bsky.social In case you haven't read share.google/X6Iay6FStehf...

incredible writing

this really isn’t an exaggeration

Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.

This is B Speaks' fourth piece for Assigned Media, and his work has been among the top viewed on our site. We've worked to expand and platform more diverse freelancers this year, and that is all thanks to you, our readers. Thank you for your support.

h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content

Donald Trump and the MAGA Congress have been blocked from defunding Planned Parenthood as a result of a lawsuit from our Attorney General Nick Brown. The legal fight will continue, but this is an important win to protect women's health care.

I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly

I will not be participating in Advent of Code this year as I have a load-bearing need to believe I'm a supergenius coder and this has "reality check" written all over it

If you are on android they disable the about:config by default. Use chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml to access the same thing. You can enable aboutconfig there to use the normal shortcut.

firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now (copy paste-able in the alt text)

In January, I created the Family Separation Rapid Response Team to support kids who are torn away from their parents by the Trump Administration. The White House’s response? We shouldn't “reject the overwhelming will of the people.” Give me a break.

Absolute side note here - it is way cheaper to go to Europe than it is to take your kids to Disney world.

UBI works, but many white peoples in the US would rathe go without than see people of color get the same things they get. See: national health care.

Larry Summers has been banned for life from the American Economic Association, a professional organization for economists, with more than 17,000 members, over his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Top of the AP app right now: apnews.com/article/trum...

This nation would be a better place if just one White House reporter had the courage to ask "what the hell are you rambling about, old man?"

You can read the Bluesky thread or read the article. Either or both will delight you.

Kenny's Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway city is celebrating 85 years as a family business this weekend.

This kind of astounding even if it’s not unbelievable. A student has gotten a professor suspended and under review because her personal opinion essay in response to an assignment requiring citations and examples was downgraded for not being complete. Read the critique the prof sent in the orig post

NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...

Good thread on how more students are presenting with a serious inability to do the work required in college classes. Just simply not doing the work. Like when I was in middle school and stopped doing homework for a year, but in college where they are there by choice. Make it make sense

And I'm also really interested in the way that Toner uses Ethan Mollick's concept of "jaggedness" to describe another human truism, which is that it's possible for a tool to be quite good at some things without being perfect for all things. The fact that this needs to be broken down is fascinating

h/t @adamwren.bsky.social Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."

Chuck was 8 years old when Thanksgiving became a federal holiday.

Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.

Where Silicon Valley once viewed universal basic income as a way to pacify the underclass, the idea has fallen out of favor because it’s been shown to empower workers.

11/26/1907 — b. Ruth Patrick, American limnologist, botanist, environmentalist, professor. A pioneer of pollution control; specialized in freshwater ecology and diatoms. Founder of several research facilities; Natl Medal of Science (1996) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PlantSky #HistSci #SciSky #BOTD

This is the last post of an excellent thread about what DOGE actually did. Please give it a read.

Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵

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Because cutting USAID and dooming millions have no AIDS medications was not enough.

Advancing techno-fascism, the EO edition.

Periodic reminder: the vaccine efficacy of the pertussis vaccine drops below 50% at 4.5 years. You should be getting a Tdap booster every 5 years, not every 10. It is especially vital if you have contact with pregnant people or infants too young to be vaccinated.

I think a lot of people mistook and still mistake his his mania for energy and the fact that he never pushes himself and vacations prolifically for stamina

This is a very interesting essay on why the poverty line is an inadequate measure of actual poverty. His concept that every dollar earned between 40k-140k is essentially a wash for a family of 4 is interesting, but it does ignore that childcare costs recede as kids age. His idea is compelling.

This is a truly excellent letter about the costs of the kid of peace Trump wants.

If Carl von Clausewitz were to advise Secretary Rubio on peace in Ukraine, he might say something like this: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK

Donald Trump is once more playing politics with people’s most basic needs. This $120 million in annual funding supports data-driven programs that are proven to help stabilize people so they can have the best chance to secure permanent housing.

Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...

"This situation has very simple contours: Hegseth’s little bitch ass has been ordered by Trump to retaliate against Sen. Kelly for speaking out, and Hegseth does what Daddy tells him to do. That’s all this is."

Nov 25 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- At least four federal judges have now blocked portions of or the entirety of invasive DOJ subpoenas served on 20 health providers of gender-affirming medical care for trans minors.

Microbiologist Dr. Rita Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She is recognized for her study of global infectious disease spread through water sources. Her research on cholera helped save 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 lives. She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM

Oh wait this is actually a good idea

A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍 An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest. The Met 📷 by me #Archaeology