Went to an art class where the teacher started by giving us little packets of air dry clay to make “a character” and this is where mine ended up.

Would never have guessed that UT Austin would negotiate for longer than Cornell.

Well now, would you look at that? A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

Important Broadview #Chicago #ICE 🧵

We hear about AI encouraging suicide bc families bring suit, but I have to wonder if there are cases we're not hearing about where mirroring + predictive text lead to violence turned outward. Wouldn't the same dynamic result in encouraging/excusing assault, abuse, rape, murder?

I did not make art today, but I did clear the table upon which the art is to be made.

I need a dermatologist. Just a nice, normal dermatologist. My choices are: 1) Drive 45 min to an hour. 2) "Holistic dermatology" that will refer me to real derm if I actually have a problem. 3) Dermatologist in a mall. Why. 4) Dermatologist specializing in hair loss and cosmetic shit.

NICE

Breaking: a small brown rabbit is eating maidenhair fern in the backyard.

Oh ffs.

I was in OH during that campaign but all my friends who were in IA at that time have pics and memories of him being extraordinarily accessible. He was perceived as such a long shot that pretty much anybody could get a handshake and convo.

Up in the UP, a reporter informed me that at least one local Republican elected official said that claims of rising healthcare costs is “a myth.” Nothing about the letter you’re receiving in your hands - or the price hikes you see as you navigate open enrollment - is a myth.

Has anyone written an in depth analysis comparing the Mamdani campaign to Obama’s first? Because I keep seeing people compare the two as a way to ward off false hope and, sure, politicians always disappoint, but they seem like fundamentally different campaigns to me in many ways.

Judge Sara Ellis is setting a precedent alright. The precedent of evidence-based jurisprudence the likes of which has rarely been seen in federal court.

There's a new season of Selling Sunset and the ladies have had so much work that they look eerily younger and in some cases nearly unrecognizable, as though an AI actress has stepped into their role which, honestly, who could tell.

Never let them say you can’t be a mensch AND a hater

Assuming your plane actually shows up and leaves the tarmac.

Oregon’s most diverse county, Washington County, declared a state of emergency this week because of increased immigration enforcement that has cloaked much of the community in fear over the past few weeks.

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Go Fund Me for the teacher who was kidnapped in front of children in her classroom today: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

An army of frogs. Backside says, "RESIST". These Portland Frogs shall be scattered around Portland, Beaverton and Hillsboro over the next few weeks. This is just the start. #protest #artsactivism #createtoliberate #artasresistance @indivisible-oregon.bsky.social @indivisiblewashco.bsky.social

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Reposting bc we’ve been oblivious all day. #PDX

Jesus wept.

I’m all for it. Let her turn her vitriol on the president for the next three years and see how it goes for her.

If a sandwich is speech, sushi is an email. A burrito is a fax.

Zohran Mamdani's victory is also a win for the importance of the #humanities. Crucial when when the federal govt is trying to destroy them! His politics are profoundly shaped by his filmmaker mother & anthropologist/political scientist father. #nycmayor #historymatters #community

I’ve BEEN ready! (Y’all are not ready omg this book.)

Feels disrespectful and unserious to notice but cannot help noticing the general uptick in hot mayors.

It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history. She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.

[going through security for federal court] “Where you going, for the sandwich?” “Yup.” “Sandwich heard around the damn world.”

This is the "felony footlong" patch that the defense displayed in closing arguments in the sandwich guy trial, but it was never introduced in evidence, so jurors were told to disregard.

Today I finally got myself organized and did some food pantry donations. I started with the state-by-state stats on who benefits from SNAP the most and picked the 6 states with the highest percentage of recipients. 1/ www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

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So, I found a great practitioner and I am having to switch bc they can’t get their appt system to work bc the company fired all their technicians and installed AI. I literally cannot make an appointment.

this poll is useful because it shows there’s a high ceiling for abolishing ICE but democrats have to keep hitting on it.

pro-ICE democrats, you are not going to win on this. this isn’t just another issue. if you don’t get on board, you will be primaried, and you will lose

we can’t even get most democrats to promise to abolish ICE; and meanwhile, every person across the political spectrum i know is talking about holding tribunals for the american gestapo

So many attitudes and actions from others that once would have caused me great shame and embarrassment now elicit in me a feeling of…faint amusement.

When I finally brought up Mamdani’s election victory 15 minutes before the end of today’s classes on Gramsci and political theory, a spontaneous cheer went up across the classroom. 📣

Feel like I should save up this news for a day when I’m not already hopeful but why tf not.

ICYMI, one of the reasons that these results ⬇️ are what they are is bc @hankgreen.bsky.social turned his platform into an information machine about the fact that this election was even *happening,* with a great explainer video that was spread far & wide by Nerdfighters (DFTBA!) & other smart people.

Today, Idaho is the reddest state in the union. The current GOP governor, Brad Little, is considered way too liberal for the right wing of the party despite being pro-life, pro-business, pro-Trump. The Dems haven't won a statewide office in years. You cannot appease your way to victory.

When I lived there, Idaho had a Democratic governor and a Dem congressman. They were both hunting, fishing, shooting, business-friendly moderates. Guess what? Still got called commie liberals. The Democrats tacked harder to the right. Still lost.

There's an old saying: "You give people the choice between a Republican and a Republican, and the Republican wins every time." You rarely see it proven so thunderingly right as it was last night.

Anyway, I’m still waiting on this/need to start it myself I know I know.

One thing I am getting from this election is that the field of young progressive talent is deep and the gerontocracy can sit down or be pushed off the field.

*respectfully admiring*