TIL you need professional recommendations to enroll in masters degree programs. Not references, an actual written letter. (I hate asking people for things)

"This isn't the America I know" Black people:

Huh. So a local station here (Fox 8 New Orleans) is now playing the national anthem *every day* at noon. No explanation or signon/signoff, just a daily dose of <redacted>.

reminder that bsky.team only has jurisdiction over what happens on their servers. If you self-host or are hosted by blacksky.app they cannot remove your posts. they can hide it on bsky.app but it will still be up elsewhere. signups and migrations are open.

Every time I come back there's a fresh "When dat got there?" just driving on I-10. But ok that name is pretty good though. fiveofore.com

Ok gentleman, especially my Black folks, has this approach worked for y'all? Honestly curious how y'all are making new adult friendships these days, online or off.

Please please please don't let this become a thing companies everywhere start doing. "How to apply: 📞 Call +1 (650) 252-4135 for a 5-minute AI-led voice interview — no resume required. Applications close Aug 26, 2025."

See folks, this is precisely why people save their personal thoughts for a patreon/substack/other subscription or don't skeet at all. Let people have fun!

Con folk is good folk.

35. Moved a lot, business travel, and roadtripping.

Unfrosted. Any flavor. End of list.

This works. It's chaotic, but it works. lol

Who knew ducks love sun chips?

Extraordinary scenes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade right now. Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government. What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising. 🇷🇸

Silly question, but how do you make friends as an adult?

I’ve really been struggling to take care of myself. I just want to acknowledge that because we’re made to feel ashamed but it’s a difficult time. If you’re struggling, I want you to know I’m right there with you. We’re gonna figure it out. It’s just gonna be rough for a while.

Help me reach my goals! 🥰 1. get out of where Im currently living* 2. get out of the country* 3. survive while Im working on leaving I have a GFM you can donate to but if youd rather support my art career then I have opened commissions! *staying is detrimental to my physical and mental health

I’m sorry you’re having one of those days. I know the feeling. Take a moment and think of a person you’d give anything to protect. That person, those people, are your point. Today, take care of yourself for them. Love yourself so you can love them. One day, and then another day, and then—

👀

Aha! "?·?ü?È?Ù?ë?Ä" wasn't *technically* a bunch of corrupted metadata, just lack of support for Japanese characters. Should read as シートベルツ.

Dug out a bunch of old hdd's and am migrating media to the nas today. So far I've rediscovered: ~120GB of mp3's that I just forgot about when spotify launched ~85GB of cartoons encoded at hilariously questionable bitrates ~90GB of movie screeners that looked incredible on 2000-era pc monitors

Woke up thinking about Zelensky being asked, “Why don’t you wear a suit?” and how America is obsessed with making sure you are polite even if you’re dying. And when you grovel for a dollar for food or protection from war — it’s how you ask or what you are wearing that determines if you get it.

Every day I have to hear about some asshole

"Residents say they are distraught after being surrounded by hate and suspicious of police officers whom county officials criticized for not cracking down on the neo-Nazi march." wapo.st/3XgHiaQ

This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.

Who died?

Look if a man had recently become a bipartisan folk hero for allegedly killing a CEO for denying people healthcare...I'm not sure my opening salvo would be voting to strip a large chunk of a gun toting population of healthcare. That's just me though.

I hope everyone gets to experience the satisfaction of using a tangible, reliable tool that improves their life and requires no recurring subscription fees, ads, or licensing agreements.

Need a polite framing to ask a recruiter/hrm for a Black employee's opinion about working at <company>. Preferably a few.

Happy Black History Month

Damn. Was looking forward to exploring more national parks this spring.

Publishing this during black history month is DIABOLICAL. LMAOOOOOOOOO!!!! The NYT is so wild.

This is the definition of “ We ALL celebrating.” You can see him go “they ain’t bring you?!?” Alright up you get

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in Chile apnews.com/article/chil...

Ah yes, changing our official language from "Celebrating Diversity Equity and Inclusion" to "Enhancing the strength of our Workforce" to keep those federal dollars. *exhausted Black sigh*

An American flag built on the backs of Black people... Black music protesting white political terror in registers they never hear; reminiscent of ancestral spirituals embedded with instructions for runaways All this in New Orleans... What a moment

Jalen Hurts after winning the SuperBowl #SuperBowlLIX  #SuperBowl  #EaglesNation

Folks every lamp pole from poydras to frenchmen is getting absolutely slathered right now.

LOL perfection. 70,000 people shouting A MINOR!!!!

DON'T NOBODY EXPLAIN MUSSTAARRRRRRRD TO WHITE PEOPLE TOMORROW YOU HEAR ME

WAIT FOR IT

We can all see the GNX getting setup in the background while they keep filling time with commentary lol.

Damn that dude who just snatched an interception and scored a superbowl touchdown is all of 22yrs old. I really forget how young these players are!

I don't think an interception has ever made me cackle so hard