the service excellence training i have to do for work uses AI avatars “for simulated conversations” (also hosting the videos) and it is the most uncanny Elder Scrolls dialog tree experience

Whenever I see a pic of Noah Wyle in the Pitt all I can think of is this:

As you’re getting ready for your Threshold Day library programs, remember that today’s teens and young adults have never known a world where traveling faster than Warp 10 is impossible (or that doing so would turn you into a giant salamander).

tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of Threshold Day. Things that Threshold Day is closer to than the present: -the first human moon landing -Woodstock -2001: A Space Odyssey

NEW EP! The racing season is BACK with the Rolex 24! 🦚Americans deserve better IMSA coverage ⌚️The details that set Porsche Penske above the rest 🌫️Connor Zilisch's 2nd place is lost in the fog 😭NASCAR: No one mourns the Roval? 📹VIDEO: youtu.be/XTSfFqLoUY0 🎧AUDIO: linktr.ee/gayracingpod

it is not an "immigration crackdown". They have assaulted and kidnapped too many people who haven't broken any laws, immigration-related or otherwise, for you to call it that. It's a campaign of racist and ideological intimidation and terror.

just remembered that i have membership on a discord that’s watching the #rolex24

Stop calling it an immigration crackdown! That is not what is happening here. That is not what has been happening here. Revise your style guide!

just curious, has anyone checked on the rear attenuators for the 6 and 7 cars? #rolex24

it is not immigration enforcement, or an immigration crackdown, or even law enforcement (not to say comparisons aren't valid!) because they aren't enforcing laws, immigration or otherwise. They are intimidating and terrorizing.

are the led numbers on the sides of the cars their current available energy? that’s my best guess but it seems wild to have that on the outside of the car #rolex24

“These brakes are roasted.” #rolex24

would be delighted if one of the driver interviews mentioned Minneapolis or ICE (i suspect this is a low probably event, which then makes me confident that one of the sports betting apps has an option for it) #rolex24

oh dang that fog #rolex24

stop calling them "immigration enforcement" (or for that matter "incidents"). That's not what's happening here. If you work for a media organization, call for a review of the style guide or call a meeting of the editorial board. this language is not accurate or acceptable.

why isn’t Spike pink anymore? #Rolex24

i would love to have the car-interior-camera view of the windscreen peel off to have a before/after of all the mess being removed #Rolex24

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will admit i went “Rexy! :D” when it was on screen XD i am a child for a fun livery

with Palou in a GTP, i kinda wish Verstappen were at Daytona, too, so we could see them play together #Rolex24

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dream taskmaster lineup: tim curry as wadsworth, tim curry as dr. frankenfurter, tim curry as long john silver, tim curry as the doctor from hunt for red october, tim curry as pennywise

Tablet has been increasingly a primary device, and so it needed the usual stickers. #Infomocracy

🚨EMERGENCY EP! NEW 2026 FORMAT REACTION! 🏆The Chase for NASCAR's Redemption 🤝More than just a compromise 🧠Why keeping it simple is BEST for the series 🏁Storylines are headed the right direction 😍The nostalgia is hitting us hard VIDEO: youtu.be/qWwop3ByGFI AUDIO: linktr.ee/gayracingpod

3/ It is a day to tell the truth about Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the will of the American people. It is a day to demand better—for our nation and our democracy. And it is a day to uphold the American values Donald Trump and his allies continue to undermine.

2/ Today, we remember the attempt to destroy our democracy from within. We honor the law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol—especially those who lost their lives. But this is not a day for passive remembrance.

1/ There are moments in American history that test the foundation of who we are. The attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021—incited by Donald Trump—was one of those moments.

Listening to part 1 of NPR’s Jan 6 Consider This podcasts. Not an easy listen, but a good example of the importance of independent journalism www.npr.org/2026/01/04/n...

This piece, from the great @elevidalbe.bsky.social in 2024, is still and particularly relevant right now: stop telling Venezuelans how to think or feel in this moment globalvoices.org/2024/08/09/d...

A webinar we hosted with some key voices about the way the Venezuelan regime used digital tools in its authoritarianism globalvoices.org/2024/09/27/l...

a good place to start to get a sense for the feelings of Venezuelans after the election was stolen and the inauguration went ahead: globalvoices.org/2025/02/09/v...

ahaha by last year I mean 2024 lol. although the coverage extends through the inauguration and other events in 2025

If you're looking for more context on Venezuela, @globalvoices.org has a special coverage on the election and aftermath last year, with info on the opposition, the ways Maduro's regime used digital tools for oppression, and much more, directly from Venezuelan and other regional perspectives.

the further i get in the Thursday Murder Club books (62% into The Bullet That Missed), the more annoyed i am with what the movie did to Bogdan’s storyline

The @globalvoices.org fundraiser is so close to $10,000 - can we get there before midnight? Global Voices is a platform for news, essays, and analysis from around the world, with an emphasis on digital and human rights. We mentor journalists and translators and support under-resourced languages!

Anime spider grandpa has come to judge your life decisions.

ebooks are the best last-minute gifts (maybe the best gifts?) and for the person on your list who is involved in activism, loves speculative fiction, or just needs a little hope at this point in the year (and really, who amongst us doesn't), try the acclaimed anthology WE WILL RISE AGAIN:

signing in to iracing for the first time (expecting to do poorly)

the word “thorough” has too many letters

One side-effect of new job is thinking i might be able to watch more races live this season #formulae youtu.be/RmleHkJgU00?...

STOP CALLING THIS "IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT" THAT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE! NEWS OUTLETS, REVISE YOUR GUIDELINES!

Predator: Badlands: the real friends were the tools we met along the way.

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started re-reading The Laundry Files (after finishing re-reading Murderbot Diaries) and realizing that in my head, Angleton is 100% William Frederick Knight voicing Aramaki from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (despite the fully incorrect accent)

started reading Sagan’s The Demon-Haunted World and i am highlighting so many things

Maisie and Reece would have been scored higher if Greg and Alex knew the exact same methods would be used to successfully burgle millions of dollars of jewelry from the most famous museum in the world the same week this episode aired. #Taskmaster

i worked at an Indiana Kroger the summer between high school and college, and i say Good For Them labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

"It is not about upholding English and shared values, but about denigrating Spanish and those who speak it. It is about turning Spanish into second-class speech, about making us wary of using it in public, about keeping us quiet and submissive."