Starbucks workers are still on strike. Do Not cross the picket line.

"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives." "Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent." "[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment." #USA #Healthcare #Suicide

I am currently in California. I was not supposed to be here again until February. Elders, please plan for what you will do when you age. It is deeply unfair to stock one's head in the sand and then expect your children to pause their lives to figure it out for you when an emergency happens.

Somehow early Friday morning both my parents fell and both ended up in the ER. They are now both in separate hospitals - one needs ankle surgery and the other is probably okay but waiting on a scan.

I listened this morning and it was a great conversation. Listen now to learn some interesting things about organizing and game workers!

YESSSSSSS!!!! Go Scotland!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Obviously it isn't up to me to question a professional referee as a very low level referee myself but that Scotland foul looked to be outside the box. To me, that's a direct free kick right outside the corner of the box, not a penalty.

A month ago we were still in Greece. Ugh, that was such a good trip. Already thinking about our next visit.

Currently at an assistant referee training seminar. Like 60 people. Only one woman: me.

Thinking of all the liberals who endlessly told me that the Biden admin would never, ever knowingly support war crimes.

Can't denounce racism when you yourself are Islamophobic. That's the bottom line re: both Gillibrand, Schumer and many other Democrats.

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

Amazon and Walmart are two of the biggest recipients of SNAP and Medicaid funds because they don't take care of their employees. Families working 40+ hours a week requiring gov subsistence. In Canada they go to food pantries to make ends meet. Corporations are the real "welfare queens" of society

I worked two cup semi-final matches today (first time as an assistant referee, then as the center ref with assistants for the first time) and it was hard. Doing something new with refereeing like four months into being a ref was cool but woof I still have so much to learn.

It's a Ponzi scheme. And these people at our universities have got us involved.

This morning I met three new friends for brunch, then this afternoon I sang three 30-minute sets with my choir at Brewhemia. Came home to delicious chili made by @austinkelmore.com and finishing it up with F1. Great day. But also:

i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.

Let's be clear: this is the result of deliberate political choices to make accessing trans healthcare substantially impossible. It's what Streeting and his ilk want.

The only appropriate concerns one should have about trans student athletes are making sure they have the full support of their universities. Sport must be trans inclusive. Period. Fucking hell. www.them.us/story/kamala...

I cannot tell you how grim the AI in higher ed situation is. Many of the students have completely surrendered to letting AI do their homework, badly, I might add. How do you fix this? Truly, what the hell do we do, beyond what grading can address, which isn't a solution?

Good. But this must only be the first step. It doesn't end Labour's complicity in the ongoing atrocities in Palestine. UK-made weapons are used, UK forces train Israel's army, and Israel's president is welcomed to Downing Street. We urgently need an end to the genocide.

Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?

I beg your finest pardon? What in the actual fuck? It's wild how the media insists on called hate speech 'free speech.' Like, I guess it technically is, but also you are journalists. When there is a more precise phrase to use, you should use it. Fucking hell.

And this has happened *without* a massive sea change of actual popular opinion in favour of these thugs; the elite flip has not been responding to the public, but to social media

My 33rd review of 2025: "Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything" by Alyson Stoner. #ASKReviews #Books #CBR17 askmusings.com/semi-well-ad...

In a work meeting and one set of presenters has used the term "pain points" at least ten times. Workplaces are so fucking ridiculous.

Oh no thank you.

The majority of the US Supreme Court is super racist.

When I first moved to Scotland and eventually became a UK citizen I thought I might consider joining Scottish Labour. Obviously now that I've done my research there's not a snowball's chance in hell I'd be associated with Labour. Craven individuals and craven party.

This government is a fucking embarrassment. Time to call and write to our MPs!

I need hotels to start providing washcloths again.

AI's best use case will always be scams. It's scamtech, top to bottom. Everything about it is crooked. Its bedrock is theft and its legacy is the destruction of the environment, both physical and virtual. Even most of its 'legitimate' uses are a form of lying. "I wrote this." "I created this."

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

My 30th review of 2025: 4 ⭐ for "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach #ASKReviews #Books #CBR17 askmusings.com/the-wedding-...

Using ChatGPT

You don’t need to send me a story about how it saved you an hour at work or helped you solve a math riddle or even self-diagnose a medical ailment. My thinking will be the same. That is nice and it is still not worth the societal costs.

NEW: “It is a famine. Everyone owns this.” UN emergency coordinator Tom Fletcher confirms a famine in Gaza. The whole world should be made to watch these two and half minutes. (🎥 BBC News)

Here is my essay on Video Game Worker Unions and Revolution. Revolution is not a one-time event, it is more a culmination of many, many experiments. So what better way for us to experiment, than with video games? notesfrombelow.org/article/vide...

🤯 I do not believe that the majority of people in this country are heartless bigots but if they are, it is not the job of the Labour Party to repeat the talking points of Reform. It’s to stand up for the powerless and that very much includes refugees.

Disgusting. It's not a holiday for crying out loud, it's housing for people fleeing horrific situations. Elected officials need to explain this to their constituents. It's so gross that the party that claims to be for the people cares so little about protecting the most vulnerable among us.

Oh good! Maybe people will stop using it now.

I'm watching the "Biggest Loser" documentary and good grief. Watching trainer Bob snark his way through the talking head portion as though he wasn't a huge part of the problem is just infuriating.

It's A-level results day and I am again answering clearing calls. It's so fun to talk to students but as I say every year: this system is absurd. Forcing panicked 17- and 18-year-olds to wait until like four weeks before Uni starts to either confirm a spot or desperately call around is not cool.

My 28th review of 2025: 4.5 ⭐ for "So Thrilled For You" by Holly Bourne. #ASKReviews #Books #CBR17 askmusings.com/so-thrilled-...

We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.

That feeling when I find out that my workplace now has a staff network for those with "gender critical" beliefs.

we're kicking this guy out of office, right, seattle?