Don't fall for this. Rowling wants trans people to self censor and to stop sharing the report. If this report really was as defamatory as she claims, she wouldn't be cheering on its spread. What she really wants is a costly settlement from AI UK, humiliating apology, and permanent silence.

I know this is divisive and unpopular with those all-important centrist white suburban voters, but don't think it makes us safer to spend half our civic budget on a murder gang.

I was looking through old photos and found this Accidental Renaissance Painting of the cats

I forgot Jules Boykoff works at the same place I do.

Does anyone play the NYT game Strands, and what the fuck does it even mean today. I solved it, but how do any of those words relate to each other

@shashanna.bsky.social !!

One customer said "it's nice they're [the White House] noticing, and they're trying to do something about it because gas prices are ridiculous." My guy! The White House is the exact reason why gas is so expensive! 😭😫😭😩

Incredible news. Illinois Governor Pritzker has signed a law removing testosterone HRT from the PDMP program, a program other states can use to access people's prescription records across state lines. It will protect trans people in IL from places like TX. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Is someone gonna scoal a gored here or what

The “Are you hitting on me?!” “…Is it working?” exchange killed me

As an academic who’s not paid over the summer but continues getting time-sensitive work emails, is reeeeeeally good at avoiding work during breaks, & takes forever to get back into a work mindset, I did a Thing today & fired up the ol’ work computer to take care of some of those emails. In July!

Oh but if I roll a 20-sided die to learn my half-elf paladin's dexterity number *I'm* the nerd

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I could not have predicted this, surely

Take my money. Although with meds and the thundershirt, Leeroy the greyhound is doing okay and dozing right now. We even got a flinch like he might be falling asleep!

The Mariners are sending 1 player to the All Star Game. I’m glad Randy Arozarena is going again, but why not more? Bryan Woo, Colt Emerson, Cole Young? Whenever I get notifications during Ms games, it’s always Emerson & Young making plays, the guys I can’t tell apart.

Man, I wish THIS was the Mariners game that was broadcast on cable tv ☹️

Happy 4th of July to those who appreciate that America is a melting pot of many different flavors, not just angry, uneducated mayonnaise.

Spending my evening reading thru a bunch of books I loved as a kid—Lon Po Po, Strega Nona, Make Way for Ducklings, Do Not Open—to see which to keep & which to perhaps gift to my in-laws for their kids. Beautiful illustrations & some of them quite wordy for kids’ literature. Love these old books.

Colombians just scream-shouting their national anthem is amazing.

Upwards, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1929, (rotated, detail), 📸 by Lars Baron

Cabo Verde wins the World Cup in the round of 32, 2-3 to Argentina

Lawd, the replays of the Lopes Cabral goal 🤌🏼

Very much not surprised by this, but still furious about it.

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if I were an elected representative and my constituents were coming up and saying "our daughter can't go to college unless she gets an athletic scholarship" I would be like "this is why we need universal free college" not "we'll pretend to solve this by being cruel to trans people." crazy right

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NEW: Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in the last 5 days, a major surge that has stemmed from a push at ICE to increase arrests. The WH has wanted more arrests. The expectation inside ICE is 2K arrests a day. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

“Now that the law is the same it’s always fucking been since I was born *in 1986* I guess others are going to need to murder people I don’t like while I post from my McMansion in Tennessee”

I wish I had a mini pocket version of John Oliver on my person at all times to bring me comfort

as a committed centrist, it saddens me that both parties are falling captive to their extremes - the right to insurrectionist cultists who want to invade american cities, and the left to socialists who want better bus service

also not lost on me that as democratic socialists are winning some elections, a new red scare targeting anarchists, antifascists, and their allies is digging in hard, and today handed down 30, 50, and 100 year prison sentences to activists and organizers

“Below the bombast and the egotism, the impression that the president seemed to give was: I don’t know and I’m tired. Words don’t have to mean things, because bombs exist. Anyway, it all leads back to me, and once I’m out of picture, do you really think I give a crap?” Sheesh.

Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist from Canada, known for her artworks which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #WomensArt

Don't forget to hydrate. Don't forget to rest. Don't forget to disappear into art & books. Don't forget to make a mess & cause a ruckus once in a while. Don't forget to wander in mysterious forests, for a day or a lifetime.

I'm sure it's obvious from the picture but that sucker is not computerized (i can't even tell if it's motorized), it's a Singer industrial with the wildest free motion/hopping foot i have ever seen so it must be purpose built for embroidery

Once you notice bisexual lighting being used, you cannot unsee it. This is intentional. I will not be gaslit.

This is absolutely horrifying.

Bryce Miller in 4 career regular season starts against the Tigers: 7.0 IP, 0 R 5.0 IP, 0 R 7.0 IP, 0 R 6.0 IP, 0 R Here’s a full list of active @MLB pitchers with 25.0+ scoreless IP, against any opponent: Bryce Miller against the Tigers. That’s it. 🔱🐯 #TheMayerGWS

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a sports girlie, but the NBA playoffs and finals take fucking foreeeeeeever. The first round started on April 18?? And game 7 of the finals is June 19?? What other sport takes TWO MONTHS to finish their playoff season??

Congratulations to everyone who said it would get this bad. Your prize is watching everyone who disagreed now claim no one could have predicted it would get this bad.

8 democrats voted for the Don’t Say Trans bill, some of whom are party of the Equality caucus, and Gavin Newsom is the current Democratic frontrunner for 2028 and is a virulent transphobe and opponent of trans rights.

Okay, MARINERS 👀

well, here's a nice metaphor as we work on dreaming the next chapter after this one:

Mariners, lately: solo HR solo HR solo HR solo HR solo HR solo HR solo HR solo HR solo HR

🥹 Shy and sensitive is my jam. Someone grab these purrfect kitties!

You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!

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