Paralives is out May 25th, 2026 in Early Access!! which means…some features will be available right away and others will be added overtime as free updates ⚙️🛠️

You know who I can’t stand? Most people.

My current favorite quick snack is a toasted blueberry waffle folded in half with creamy peanut butter in between. Crunchy works too. Yep. Yum.

NEW: Graduating humanities students were told that AI is the “next industrial revolution” in a speech. It was met with thousands of booing graduates.

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

This morning, my youngest brother gave me a long speech about how I am mother, especially to his kids, and how he appreciates everything I’ve done and am doing for them. He then gave me a big hug and told me he loved me and y’all. This is our first mother’s days together since our childhood.

Arike Ogunbowale had 22 points, Paige Bueckers scored 20, and Caitlin Clark missed a deep 3 with a chance to send the game to overtime as the Dallas Wings beat the Indiana Fever 107-104 to open their WNBA seasons.

This headline is dystopian and sad.

in the united states, taxpayers who aren’t billionaires are increasingly subsidizing those who are, and it’s not sustainable.

I just ugly cried for two hours straight through the movie Remarkably Bright Creatures. Oh god…what a beautiful movie.

So the war was quite literally pointless. All around the world they're rationing energy, there are food shortages, people are suffering and dying, all for absolutely fucking nothing.

Hey editors, this is your chance! James is one of Texas' best journos (and a true mensch besides)

sorta bittersweet. Been reduced to 1 to at most 4 articles for a clients. that's down from 15-20. Anybody in DFW and TX want coverage? Primary beats are visual arts, architecture/the built environment, emphasizing reviews, criticism and hard news. Hit me up and be so kind as to repost.

Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement.

I've been reading this in between meetings, which has been hard to cover my wet eyes. Take the time to read this, and hug your family, your friends, the people who matter to you.

Death Cafes are popping up in churches, coffee shops and even historic cemeteries across the country. Often advertised on Facebook or through other social media, the free meetings are open to everyone and focus on informal, unstructured conversation about mortality: https://cnn.it/4cZxyc6

SHAFT

57 Forest Service research stations in 31 states are slated to close in the next few months. “This is not a serious effort at reorganization, it’s an attack on America’s public lands,” said Sen. Patty Murray of Washington.

How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel n ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.

In the 24 hours since the Supreme Court's majority ruled to demolish the Voting Rights Act's remaining protections, Louisiana and Tennessee have already signaled that they'll redraw their congressional maps with the clear effect of shutting Black voters out.

Me every day on this damned site

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney or Ghibli. (not hard if you're a real one)

GOOD POST

California's attorney general alleges that Amazon uses its market power to pressure vendors like Levi Strauss and retailers like Walmart to raise prices on their websites.

For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality. n.pr/4e0RHRi

This news comes almost eight years to the day after the Sandy Hook families first filed their defamation lawsuit against Infowars. If the situation is as I believe it to be, the deal still has to be approved by a judge. More soon -

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

Forbes is gamifying news about the horrific mass shooting in Shreveport, LA this weekend, encouraging readers to bet on the likelihood of gun regulation with fake money via its "ForbesPredict" feature. Eight children were murdered in the shooting. futurism.com/future-socie...

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

Last week, from Mezabahnur Masum: "Orange barrels. Lane closures. Churned earth where sidewalks used to be. We are committing more than $1B to projects that will worsen our air quality, and we are doing it while congratulating ourselves for having a climate plan."

I laughed

We're watching the open web as it existed die in real time.

The Pope reckoning

not many people know this, but Barilla has a line of 3D printed pasta it sells mostly to the fine dining industry. I don't want the pasta. I want the pasta printer

If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.

Personally I think when a world leader announces “Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern to watch the world end” like it’s the fucking season premiere of Roseanne we should have a different leader the next day.

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

Journalists don’t work for the government and their right to publish government leaks is protected by the First Amendment which, despite President Trump’s efforts, remains the law of the land. Read our statement: freedom.press/issues/trump...

Another beautiful Easter message from the President who loves Jesus with all his heart and soul.

This guy wants additional tariffs - not to protect his business, which is successful as is - but to further increase his profits. All at the expense of the rest of the cycling industry and consumers.

My brother is installing gutters on our house next week, another project I have wanted to get done since we moved in. So grateful that he is here and able to do things I cannot do.

NOW YOU MUST DIE

Crimes against humanity upon crimes against humanity

hmm

lmao

This. The court may even pair the release of the ruling in favor of birthright citizenship with the one gutting the Voting Rights Act, and the usual suspects will proclaim it’s a sign of moderation

We are launching a big project today with MIT — The Electricity Price Hub! You can view monthly electricity prices per kwh and avg. bills for every major utility in the country going back to Jan 2020. electricity.heatmap.news

saying shit so stupid a bunch of people tell you to fuck off isn't a 'dogpile' purposefully directing your large following at smaller accounts for the crime of criticizing you *is* a dogpile hope this helps alleviate some of the confusion I'm seeing on the timeline today

the cultural convergence between the Israeli right wing and the white Southern right wing in the USA is notable on multiple dimensions