Joanna Thompson

NEW: People with Long COVID have waited 6 months for the HSS to release more info on their Long COVID plan. Today they released an extremely bare bones website. Much of the site is "coming soon"... after half a year.

www.hhs.gov/longcovid/in...

Live music is so good y’all.

Streets closed for the great salamander migration in NJ The small amphibians typically wake up from their winter slumber in early spring, around March and April, when temperatures are over 40 degrees.

www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/nort... #migration #salamanders #NewJerseywildlife

“KAY-roh”, “valley CROO-sus”, “east PAL-uh-teen”

Hey so I just learned that the reason some small Appalachian towns have weird pronunciations (e.g. Cairo, Valle Crucis, East Palestine) is so locals could suss out union busters back in the day. Hell yeah, that rules.

I really need there to be more blockbuster women directors so I can stop trying to like Emerald Fennell movies (sorry)

Does Alysa Liu know about Yuri On Ice?

Same same same. Should have been a horror movie

The 2016 Chris Pratt vehicle, to be clear

Passengers pissed me off so much I wrote anti-fanfic about it

Many of these are good real life safety

THANK YOU

IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS. WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK. AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE. SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS. THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES. IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.

the Black Panthers were right

High-Level, Actionable Insights From Watching Doubles Luge For The First Time | Defector To the uninitiated, luge itself might seem a silly sport, given that the average person might guess it mostly consists of holding onto a sled real tight as it goes fast down the ice. Of course, this o...

Apparently one of the double luge Olympians is named Sean Hollander 🤷🏻‍♀️

No, AI Written Romance Novels Are Not Inevitable The New York Times interviewed two authors who claim AI is the future of romance novels, who coincidentally also sell courses about how to use AI to write romance novels.

i got so mad about this article that i blogged about it aftermath.site/ai-romance-n...

Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry?????

Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold

Oh wow I just found out the TP halftime show started with the national anthem on electric guitar…why would they invite Hendrix comparisons like that 😭?? Asking to get wrecked

Re-upping an older piece to illustrate that Covid precautions - especially for athletes - are not “extreme”. It’s not just about performance on the day of competition; long Covid can literally cost athletes their careers

Great Super Bowl lineup for bisexuals

Gotta love Olympic figure skating. The judges are like “ooh, he’ll receive zero points for that” and it’s the most graceful jump you’ve ever seen in your fucking life

Halley wasn't the first to figure out the famous comet. An 11th-century monk did it first, new research suggests. An 11th-century monk saw the famous "Halley's comet" first as a child and later as an adult, new research finds.

Halley’s Comet is named for a British astronomer — but should it be named for a flying monk? New by me for @livescience.com 🧪

Advocates and Lawmakers Are Fighting to Save the USDA’s Flagship Campus The Trump administration wants to get rid of the “crown jewel” of the Anacostia watershed

The Trump administration is trying to shut down USDA’s flagship campus. Here’s what that would mean. 🌎🧪

🚨 Requesting help:

I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists

I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️‍⚧️🧬

Please signal boost?

This is very cool, I wish it didn’t remind me of the bisexual IKEA couch

Great 🧵

Business idea: a combination gynecologist and CrossFit studio. Call it OBGYM.

Sorry, this is a small point, but how the fuck are we supposed to host the summer Olympics in 2 years?

Stand With Minnesota A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

Feeling helpless about what's going on in Minnesota? Here are a lot of versatile and well-vetted ways you can help from wherever you happen to be! (h/t @sigridellis.bsky.social)

www.standwithminnesota.com

Hey if you’re going to read one thing today, let it be this.