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That moment when LinkedIn serves you the job that nearly killed you with "We think you'd be a great fit for this!" Oh no, I definitely would not.

Good news for a change!

This is the same skill that made me really good when suddenly called on in big meetings. Using that English degree every day of my corporate life!

Oh lord...

Lol the Songwriter just sent me this with the message THIS IS YOU

I relate to this so much this week. 😭

I'm just an editor, standing outside, banging on the door of the Google Docs for this project yelling "LET ME IN!" while the Chicago team is away at lunch. Time zones, man.

Journalism friends, please share: The @denverpost.com is looking to hire 2 new reporters: a full-time legislative reporter, plus a part-time breaking news reporter #journalismjobs —> myworkdaycenter.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MNG/jo... —> myworkdaycenter.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MNG/jo...

gif that describes you as a writer:

Any editors accepting books/culture-related pitches? Reporting; focused more on part of book/reading culture and nostalgia than a specific title or author. It is timely as in seasonal for summer, and would love to pitch it because I keep thinking about it!

Did laundry at the laundromat, via tram. A total of three hours and my arms are jelly. Clean clothes really are nice, though. And it was a good chance to start reading a new book while stuff tumbled. #BrightSide

Desperately trying to position Platner as the product of "the Democrat party machibe" is some world-class cope.

RETVRN but it's just shooting a firehose of federal funding for a new WPA

“Thought you were supposed to be against hate and intolerance” nope. I’m for justice, and that requires hating injustice and those who seek to uphold it. You can’t be tolerant of people who are intolerant of your mere existence, because that’s not tolerance, it’s submission.

I think a lot about how I have met many Europeans of the WWII and Silent gens who WOULD NOT HEAR a bad thing said about America, so strong was their memory of that war. When Trump is gone, I fear it will be the same, but in reverse. We will never again convince ppl alive now that we're trustworthy.

5 living authors I've read 5 books by, each (within the past 5 years) Louise Penny Jo Walton Jenny Lawson Judith Flanders Laura Vanderkam

"I should warn you, it's a little bit darker." - my husband, trying to sell me on the second PAW Patrol movie

Hey, did you know the Songwriter is also a photographer? He has a new Printify shop! Offering prints, mugs and gift items. Some from our travels, some from life in California, and animals wherever he can find them. Please look & share if you see something you like! solitary-animals.printify.me

Hail and farewell to the indomitable Wally Funk, the last surviving member of the Mercury 13. We should have sent you to space so much sooner. #RIP

I think a lot about how I have met many Europeans of the WWII and Silent gens who WOULD NOT HEAR a bad thing said about America, so strong was their memory of that war. When Trump is gone, I fear it will be the same, but in reverse. We will never again convince ppl alive now that we're trustworthy.

IMPORTANT: Two websites for US food access. Please spread the word. This is a great, easy to use site to find free food near you:

Made BY human brains, FOR human brains! From @sgullett.bsky.social's new shop, full of fun stuff! #noai #antislop solitary-animals.printify.me/product/2988...

Hey, did you know the Songwriter is also a photographer? He has a new Printify shop! Offering prints, mugs and gift items. Some from our travels, some from life in California, and animals wherever he can find them. Please look & share if you see something you like! solitary-animals.printify.me

Per my last quote skeet:

May the name of Morris Katz become anathema to Democrats, and we should salt the earth where he has trod.

At $550, a full-price eye exam and 12 months of contacts still costs less than 1 month of American health insurance. It's a legalized RICO scam, I stg.

I *finally* got my mother to check her email. She still doesn’t have a cell phone. And she’s turned on italics and doesn’t know how to turn them off. 🤦🏻‍♀️

선화 타입 커미션 신청 감사합니다⭐️

bury anyone who stuck with the campaign to this point. no work in or with the democratic party, dsa, wfp, any part of the coalition. no one involved in this farce, in any campaign, anywhere, ever

I mean, I don’t trust us, and I live here!

Tonight's Cocktail Conversation revelation: how influential the movie BACKBEAT (1994) was on me, and how I've been well disposed to people named Astrid ever since.

Totally random: does anyone have a rec for a good biography of Ulysses S. Grant? Popular audience/light academic would be ideal.

Hey, if you're a horror or Weird fiction writer interested in food systems and completely disinterested in sending AI slop, please consider writing something for our September call. cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

Fascinating. I just saw a job posted at $90-120/hr for QA on AI products (decks and presentations in this case) BUT... ... the listing goes out of its way to avoid the use of the word A.I. "Model-generated outputs" is as close as they come. Kudos to everyone who is starving them of talent.

We have now reached the age where roles are reversed and if I don't talk to my Tiny Mother for three weeks I start wondering if she's dead. Of course, since I was a parentified child, this is more like a return to form. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted!

I do not wish to debate you on the truth of the point re Plantner, but hear me now, educational attainment is not a proxy for class. Yes whole careers have been made arguing it is. BUT PLEASE HEAR ME NOW. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IS NOT A PROXY FOR WORKING CLASS. JUST STOP.

How to be happy, etc... 😂 (Find happiness at linktr.ee/specficforne...)

“I spoke with my old friend Mitch McConnell”

NC: @roycoopernc.bsky.social - roycooper.com TX: @jamestalarico.bsky.social - jamestalarico.com OH: @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social - www.sherrodbrown.com As a big lefty, do I love everything about all these candidates? No. Would they all be VASTLY better the fascists they're running against? HELL YES.

I love to see people Find Out About Nixon, it's one of my favorite things. Made possible only by the endless stream of "oh, he wasn't that bad" nonsense.

Just 20 more cold emails, and I get to buy the tentacle dress. How I look sending LOIs with a breezy, professional tone:

there can be no universal healthcare in america until we manage to protect all bodily autonomy: the right to birth control, and the right for trans people, including minors, to receive respectful, gender affirming care.

Struggling to come up with the word "samosas" today, which is why I have "Indian empanadas" on my grocery list. 😅

History is being written. It’s up to us to decide which side of it we’ll be on. 🔗 Full story here: https://nyti.ms/3QXBXFy

This is how you do it.

There’s literally like one rugged white masculine dude I don’t side eye and he’s Mr Megan Mullally and his job is playing pretend

*adds to preorder list!*

I am just blocking every rape apologist I happen across on this app today. "But--" No. Into the airlock with the lot of you.

Evergreen skeet