I will go further and say that people using the "r"-word are hoping that bringing it back opens the door to bringing back the "n"-word, and is strongly correlated with the people who want to carve off trans rights as a stepping stone to claw back gay rights in general

consistently wearing a smaller pant size now is odd, like for real i pulled out a pair of pants from 15 years ago and went “oh”

it’s not that my work is a particularly bad place, it’s that really frustrating strategic decisions have left us in a place that I warned of 12 months ago but hadn’t yet established myself as The One Who Knows good news: now they listen to me but oof it’s gonna be a slog

having a lot of thoughts tonight that i’m not going to share here, save one. do what you can where you are. do not confuse awareness with action, posting with activism, or likes with impact.

This "conflicting accounts" narrative of the BBC's is a much bigger problem than they seem to think. The huge issue is not false balance - it's that they're NOT reporting the biggest story of today: the fact the US Government is lying about its own forces killing a US citizen.

i just bought new pants and they’re already getting loose

today we’re playing a game of “am i sick or is getting old just a nightmare”

forget what captain you are, what Starfleet Engineering Chief are you?

my work computer rebooted within five minutes of startup today, and that’s a mood

ah yes dog paw to the face is a great way to be woken up, thank you teddy

This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.

just staring at this fucking posting like “this would change things drastically and that’s terrifying”

i am constantly torn between “I have thoughts i wish to express” and “we live in a vindictive police state that monitors everything you say online”

i give up, i can’t even go to safe restaurants anymore without my food getting contaminated with something i’m allergic to

i was in suit for almost 5 hours today… i need more cardio

so much sweating, gonna get some food and evaluate if i’m heading home or if i’ve got a few more hours in me

i do like suiting and taking photos with people but when i’m trying to get to the bathroom isn’t the right time

running around FC, seeing people i haven’t seen in a while go from being new and shy to celebrating in full suits is a great feeling

didn’t grab any photos with folks today because i’m just wiped after work and needed to just vibe and move, hoping to get some pics tomorrow

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

“teamwork makes the dream work” okay but why do my dreams have to work, isn’t it bad enough that i do?

Just saw a content-theft account reposted by someone here. A tip: if their bio says something like, “if you own the original, DM me,” you can tell they are happy to steal, mislead, and profit off other people’s work (and don’t want to be called out about it in public). Personally, I block on sight.

ugh fucking fever

hey, I’m sure you all know better, but just in case you need to hear it from a licensed and degree-holding healthcare professional - don’t fucking do this.

So Twiter has long been a Nazi haven and stroker of Elon's ego, but now it also generates child porn if you ask it! So I think the best time to leave Twitter was years ago, and the second best time is now. Here's what I wrote when I left in 2023: badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/goodbye-tw...

there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here

sleep is being fickle

i’m this close to just calling it a day and screaming into the void

don’t mind me, i’m just on my own today, guess i’ll just crumble

i keep thinking about the rat bite in Pluribus

i’m *this* close to saying fuck it and running to do errands

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/

Sigh. Once again, if you are warning us about fascism while posting on Substack you’re asking us to do work YOU 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 WILLING 👏 TO 👏 DO.

half day, already feeling like a nap again

Oh, look there: an editorial-interference canary.

Heated Rivalry is a Crave production, from Canada. HBO is just a distributor. I really wish people would stop attributing anything in the production of this show to HBO.

One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda. For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published

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shoutout to the guy just casually eating a fistful of loose deli meat and then chomping a whole cucumber

publicly flaunting how creatively bankrupt your writers are is certainly a choice

We aren't "running out of ideas". People with money won't supports the arts. Those that do churn out stuff formulated for maximum profit. Everything is a remake of the original because copyright is broken and "They keep buying the new stuff!" Support and raise an artist, THEN we get new ideas.

having the whole week off is making it real clear i’m not sure what to do with downtime

#Romancelandia #CallToAction (and if you go, "well, I write ~clean~ romance, so it doesn't affect me", please know that fascism never runs out of targets/enemies, and that it *will* affect you sooner rather than later)

doing squats in the hotel until my migraine dies or kills me, AMA

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.

Not my rodeo, not my clowns. If I'd wanted an account on Gab I'd have started an account on Gab. I have no interest in wading through a sewer every day in hopes of saving lost souls