This is exactly why sex workers rights activists have been screaming that the best way to prevent people from being exploited in the first place is to offer them safety and security and access to basic needs. The fewer the resources one has, the more vulnerable one becomes

Stuck in the US as a postdoc due to the current political nightmare? Consider to join us in Freiburg @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social #plantscience

‼️‼️‼️ THIS IS SO GOOD!

*supervillain with a heart of gold voice* Well well well

Reading "The Raven" for work, and dog help me, my brain keeps rendering it in these voices.

i know you would *never* let a PSL touch your lips, you don't have to tell me, I have a decent burr grinder and a beginner machine at home. But solidarity is solidarity, and retail worker's unions are *incredibly vulnerable.*

Akshay Balakrishnan has it right

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When I was 17, my glasses broke. I have Mr. Magoo, coke-bottle-bottoms bad eyesight. The glasses I had were wire rim frames that had lost both screws and were held together at the temples with jewelry wire. The lenses were years out of date. 1/

Oh look, a skeet taking off. With a typo in it. Hooray.

Good morning!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

I just found out that CSAM only became illegal IN MY LIFETIME and I don't know if I want to scream or throw up, but I do know I should get off the internet for the rest of the night. Til tomorrow, Sky friends. Be safe. Be strong. We're going to make a better world for everybody or die trying.

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

Vancouver, I think I love you

What's your sign?

Harvard grads can call the Harvard Alumni Association and politely let them know they won't donate to the school as long as Summers is working there. Their number is 617-496-0559.

I’m one “had sex with underage women” headline away from this

From her lips to the network execs' ears

The Songwriter is going through a bunch of old demo recordings, and WOW. It's like listening to a time machine of all the men he's ever been. And wild thinking about how I've loved every one of them.

Just looked at a job posting from a company that touts Larry Summers *by name* as one of its investors, and when I tell you I just laughed and laughed...

Downtown Vancouver is like stepping into a Wayback Machine to the 1990s. This is not a complaint.

Having a conversation with an editor about a pitch, and every time she comes back with questions to see if we can define it in a direction that works for her, I think of 2-3 more angles I can pitch to other places off the same idea. Even if she eventually passes, smart editors are an absolute GIFT.

So, the technology developed with stolen material, which puts content creators and developers out of work, is not generating profitable returns? Because it can’t actually replace human creativity and ingenuity? HUH. WEIRD.

Bless Julie K. Brown. She has never given up.

Rough day to be a survivor. Good to see the depth and width of the sexually predatory and abusive culture come to light though.

As someone who has been both a child and a woman in America, pardon my skepticism that the country is going to ride at dawn in defense of women and girls. It'd be nice, though.

JOB ALERT! We are hiring a business editor. You have an unerring instinct for the jugular of the wealthy & powerful? Build a team with me and we’ll get after it! job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j... You can email me or on Signal at 718-496-5233

I had a breakthrough for a project last night when we were drinking. Yes, I wrote it down. No, I don't remember where.

“Stand by your pan” 🎶🤣

Me: I can't believe it's only 7:30. He: What time did you think it was, Thursday?

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

Wait. You guys. Am I going to get to read the new Louise Penny book WHILE I'M IN CANADA?! #BookSky

Gods, do I loathe him. Maybe even more than Vance, which is saying something.

Lest we forget #VeteransDay #RemembranceDay

Come to think of it, the phantom cigarette smell is back, too. #perimenopause

The last three days, I’ve woken up with a hangover. The weird part is I haven’t had anything to drink? But the symptoms - the specific type of head and stomach aches - are extremely familiar. This is more perimenopause shenanigans, isn’t it.

The most Canadian of buses. #Vancouver

Working on a client project and goddamn, why does Kate Chopin have to go so hard?!

This is once again why transphobia is anti-feminist: it's based on the idea that men are inherently better at everything than women are.

The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.

Billionaires need to be made to understand that increased taxation is the compromise position.

Sweet merciful crap, we got out just in time. 😬

If Axios reported that my mother loves me, I'd be like "Yeah, but it's Axios, so who knows."

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

Kentucky! Amy McGrath is running for the senate! What a great choice for KY! She is a Marine Corp vet with great leadership skills. Amy was the first woman to pilot the F/A-18 in a combat mission for the marines. She will fight for you as strongly as she fought for our country. #ResistanceUnited ⬇️

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Live in LA and need the perfect gift? Love buying things *and* supporting reproductive care and justice? Stop by the LAGRH Made With Love boutique on Saturday November 15!