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I received one of those car air vent clips you put a scent on for Christmas; what’s the best thing to put on it? Trying to avoid scammy MLM essential oils people.

A more detailed account of the purchase by @ricksteves.bsky.social of a neighborhood hygiene center, his plans to help improve it further, and him calling out a failure to support vulnerable people. What a mensch. Be Rick. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Chains shall he break

I choked on my Diet Coke.

I play Langston all the time & it's a Black golf course. That's what Drümpf wants to get rid of, Black ppl minding their business & enjoying themselves.

Brb, logging off everything until I’ve seen the PLURIBUS finale.

I mean, the note that said: “Dear Larry Nassar, by the time you read this I will be dead. You and I both love abusing young girls. Coincidentally, Trump also likes abusing young girls. Best regards, Jeff” DID seem a bit too on the nose to be real, even for this case.

Truly a beautiful moment of unity

how bad are things going when Dylan Byers won't even tell the story you want him to

Yeah, looking around for a PDF, because I’m still petty and love mess.

This, basically. Love it for them, and us, but happy to not watch.

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

Fuuuuuuuck this guuuuuuuy

Today, my Instagram feed informed me that there is a movie, with a star-studded cast, including both Hugh Jackman AND Emma Thompson, about... a flock of sheep? Who solve a murder?

Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.

The advice in the replies is gold. So many things I want to to make.

Whew, a word: “This is about a sort of learned helplessness that has somehow become socially acceptable, even quirky and endearing in some circles — a professional skill gap that wouldn’t be tolerated in any other field.”

those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media my latest for @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2042...

Forget morality or representation or political advantage… DC Statehood is now a necessity, because without it, the Federal Government can deploy troops to the streets. And that’s not a “this could happen” slippery slope thing, it’s happening now!

the right attitude

The best thing about Part 6 is that it dropped just in time for me to read it while @tombridge.com is out of the house and can’t judge me for my petty love of mess. 😘

I recall my dad having a lengthy theological debate with a church friend where this exact thing was presented rhetorically.

Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.

This is the shit that makes me violent. They want my independence. It's not theirs to take.

Would so live to do this. I’ve a pretty good flavour library in my brain, but not like hers. Elspeth Copeland has a gift. She can identify what’s wrong with a food producer’s factory, supply chain, or formula, just by tasting the product. #Foodsky www.thestar.com/business/con...

My actual thoughts as the end credits of WAKE UP DEAD MAN rolled: “Did…did Rian Johnson just make me Catholic? Shit fuck… No wait. They still don’t ordain women. Nope.”

shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights

I feel like a lot of people get pragmatism/realism mixed up with dooming, honestly. It's not pragmatic or realistic to jump straight to the worst case scenario, and it does more harm than good too

Aside from the many levels on which this is offensive and terrifying... All the decades we have of data on formula vs. breastmilk indicates that breastmilk is maybe 1-2% better on any measure of outcomes, and that effect only lasts until the child is weaned.

I led the project to replatform this site onto WordPress in 2019. We were so proud of ourselves at launch, right up until the client pointed out that the little custom-coded Easter Egg in Expression Engine had not been translated into a custom-coded Easter Egg in WP...

On the other hand, my feet ARE that small and I bet I could get into these.

Read this as an American woman and then go break something.

Over dinner last night, the Claymation Christmas Special came up in a discussion of beloved Christmas TV traditions, which meant I had to bust out my California Raisins knowledge.

“the worst people in DC” and “the people who are meanest about DC” is a circular Venn diagram

I need to get my hands on this ASAP.

I made my friends laugh SO HARD yesterday with a joke about the Kennedy Center. It was niche but I timed it *just right*. And that is why I will always be better than Elon.

this genuinely, for real, does make me feel better sometimes every time you really land a joke, just remind yourself, "wow, all that money and Elon Musk still can't do that"

Some of us keep the old ways alive in our hearts SMDH

My rule of thumb, as someone with friends of a variety of dietary restrictions, is that nobody has to be able to eat every single thing on the table, but there should be enough different things that everyone’s plate has a feast on it. So yes, adjust your stuffing and look for other easy changes.

We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991. From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...

#DCStatehood is morally just, constitutionally sound, the democratic thing to, and…

This is my equivalent of the “dude poses with the fish he caught” photo. I started this blanket over 4 years ago:

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

World of Warcraft is trying SO HARD to get me back by adding stuff for people who want cozy games... but not today, Satan. I am trying to have hobbies where I make stuff with my hands!

Federal agents can no longer arrest people in D.C. on immigration violations without a warrant or probable cause to believe they could potentially flee if not detained, a judge has ruled. It's the second significant legal loss for the Trump administration over its activities in D.C. in two weeks.

Just heard enough sirens on Rhode Island Ave that I momentarily wondered “Is it happening?!” Before I remembered that there would almost certainly not be sirens on RIA.

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.