This thread is an actual nightmare, I would have slit my throat with my own bar card

Extremely pro “get physical copies of things you love, if you can.” Beyond the privacy issues, then you’re not let down when they suddenly drop your stuff.

Time to post the struggle meal* list for any having a tough time of it. Feel free to comment yours! *Low-effort, minimal cooking “meals” that still feel like taking care of yourself

I completely understand how compelling the “you have to speak out when it’s not targeted at you because it will eventually be” argument is, but I do deeply hate the implication that it’s normal to literally only care about yourself. It’s “world we have” vs “world we want,” I guess.

What kind of “just paint over the rot” shitty landlord-ass proposal is this.

Macarons. I cannot understand the hype. They’re fine.

We used to talk in Privacy about this happening in China (Uighurs), Egypt (Arab Spring), Myanmar (Genocide). When Dobbs passed, we started talking abt the impact on women. Now it's Minnesota & DHS and our own fedgov invading our privacy to violate our rights over an&d over. bsky.app/profile/minn...

Huh, they did an episode about the Epstein files.

How does he feel about skipping judicial warrant requirements when it comes to, say, locking up alleged pedophiles?

Christ, OKC is flopping harder than the Melania documentary.

I just…try to guess my major and minors. - Marxism - Theology and Film - Contemporary Africa - Gender, Politics, and Law - C.S. Lewis - American Jazz - Contemporary Asian Policy - Senior thesis paper on the efficacy of reconciliation programs in Northern Ireland

I AM ON FIRE; KEEP CLEAR OF ME.

No one told me how much it fucking rules being a middle-aged woman, this is prime shit.

Every section of the New York Times app will load except the actual news tab. Is this happening for anyone else?

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

It’s very hard to put into words the existential mindfuck of being a lawyer watching all this and realizing that our legal system is wholly and entirely bullshit.

Been crying literally every time I see that blue bunny hat. My kid is next to me, singing to bluey and saying “hug, mama” over and over and I can’t stop thinking about that blue bunny hat and how scared he must be and how empty his family’s arms must feel.

Excuse me, I wanted the “raucous party” roaring twenties, not the “dangerous feral animal” roaring twenties.

We don’t say “happy new year” so much as “happy 2025 is over”

If you use ChatGPT for anything at all just know, I have bested you. You have been bested by my superior mind.

I don’t know how to reconcile fury so thick it feels like I’ll choke with the glow of my child stopping our game so they can run up and hug me, muttering “mama” over and over again. How can I feel joy when the world is such a nightmare. How can I be so angry with my toddler smiling up at me.

In the U.S., people are: - running Go Fund Mes to get medical care - kidnapped off the street by unidentified government agents - unable to afford rent and groceries - losing jobs to machines Plus the entire government is broken. As “failing nations” go, we can’t be throwing stones, my dude.

No. ❤️ www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/mi...

At some point I need to stop fighting it and accept that my house is now just a Cheerios receptacle at the insistence of a very determined toddler decorator.

There should be a word for the very specific nerd rage felt when a beloved nerd property gets co-opted by awful people (I.e. punisher by insecure dudes with rage issues cosplaying as tough guys, LOTR terminology by Peter Thiel, etc).

I don’t give a fuck what Grok says about the CSAM issue. Make the sociopath who made and controls it answer.

Really questioning Yale’s education quality, considering the understanding of law their alumni demonstrate.

Working in international policy right now is very cool and chill, thanks.

New Year’s goals are often very serious, so instead I’m going with - try at least 100 new artists (media, author, musicians, etc) and track - cook recipes from at least 30 countries (please feel free to send favorites) - complete 5 art projects - relearn how to read music

The replies and quotes on this are filling me with delight. Also:

Fighting a series of losing battles just to appeal something.

My email inbox is an absolute nightmare graveyard of missing or forgotten things, I’m so sorry.

Just wanted to report to The Mountain Goats specifically that I did, in fact, make it through the year and it didn’t quite kill me.

Feels extremely fitting for 2025 that in the chaos of holiday break across two families and two states with a toddler, I literally didn’t realize yesterday was New Year’s Eve.

“Yes, Hogwarts was totally full of deadly plants and creatures and architecture and all, but it’s fine as long as kids follow the rules.” …have you ever met a child?

They’ve put out such phenomenal reporting and I highly recommend you support, but here’s one of the @404media.co pieces that has been cracking me up. www.404media.co/weird-disney...

Have any of these AI people ever spoken to a human. www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-ai...

started / going

I’d love to live in whatever country the right think they’ve been living in, it sounds nice.

I feel like my last trip to Austin was my most successful, not because I got to speak at a big conference and hang with my cool co panelists (though also great), but because I ate tacos for five meals across two and a half days. None were even the same kind of tacos.

A Chinese dissident filmed Uyghur detention sites and then released the video on YouTube after fleeing China. He sought asylum in the US. Now the Trump admin wants to deport him to a country with strong ties to China. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...

So upon review, according to the final text, Trump’s AI moratorium Executive Order stops states from doing: - nothing - that’s not how this works - nice fanfic, tho

…she’s a grown-ass woman who committed a series of major ethical violations that should have blown up her career and then wrote a bad book about it. This combo of infantalizing her so her choices aren’t her responsibility and bloviating about her “genius” is exhausting.

And yet literally every other parent in history has, Sam.

Ladies, if a man asks your body count, your only response should be “nice try, cop, I’m not saying shit without my lawyer.”

Adulthood is a series of horrible revelations that the annoying and frustrating thing you thought was just part of life for everyone is actually a “no, there’s a diagnosis for that” thing.

Can confirm this is a legitimate thing. If you are able to donate to get these kids holiday gifts, it’s hugely appreciated!

Why have I followed literally any of this multiple zzz’s last name drama, I now have knowledge of things that will haunt me, I could have chosen peace.

FINALLY figured out how to uninstall Copilot from Microsoft apps! • Go to m365.cloud.microsoft/apps/ • In the "Use across Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365 Copilot," hover over Copilot and click the three dots on the right • Click "uninstall" • Quit and re-open your Microsoft stuff • Voila!

“I love little kids with weird, particular interests” she said, not realizing her own child’s interest would be ignoring the playground entirely in favor of opening and closing the car door for an hour.