@karamcnair
You are very small & slow & I am training my cats to eat you; Tina Belcher, but without the kind loving parents. “I’m ok!” Never gives up her dead. Pushing around the weathervane Jesus. My cats have zero chill. “IT WAS BEANS!” “Is it about my cube?”
Great news. The UK Government has issued new guidance on ventilation in schools, including specifications on air cleaners.
We’re getting there.
go.corsirosenthalfoundation.org.uk/XLsgtXn
#CleanAir #IndoorAirQuality #Schools #PublicHealth #AirFiltration
Curious raccoons enjoy solving puzzles even without food reward, UBC study finds
There's also the fact that Rowling has been fairly explicit that the money she earns through Harry Potter she's putting into anti-trans lobbying efforts.
There's a difference, IMHO, between an artist with a shitty private life, and an artist using their money to fund regressive social change.
This. My university keeps wanting me to make a “syllabot,” an LLM-based chatbot my students can query about the syllabus. And all I can think about is all the resources being consumed so no one has to use Ctrl+F.
Facts ⬇️
It is THE fundamental problem. To survive and prosper we must make billionaires history. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To restore democracy and create a fairer, safer, greener world, we need massive taxes on the ultra-rich. As in the 1940s. People get confused about this. The main purpose of such taxes is *not* to raise revenue. The point is to stop the few dominating the many. It's an essential democratic measure.
reminded of my most dad coded political opinion which is that we need a universal Naps and Lil Snacks For All program
when I was a kid I thought executives at these big companies didn't seem smart then I got to college and saw the challenges of coordinating technical teams I thought maybe I'd underestimated them then worked at EA off and on a few years met some executives and quit because I was right the first time
These asshole twerps with no brains or education from DOGE really did use ChatGPT to find NEH grants to terminate ILLEGALLY - ruining hundreds lives and destroying hundreds of the greatest humanities projects and partnerships of our time. I’m overwhelmed with rage and anger all over again.
FYI the 1970s oil crisis was the impetus for Copenhagen turning into a cycling city
According to DOGE flunky, a documentary about the experiences of Jewish women's slave labor during the Holocaust is "inherently discriminatory." Come ON.
This didn't happen. The perception that it did is largely based on fictional shows that were about rich people. Much more common was a household where one person (theoretically Dad in a het household) was the higher earner and paid the housing costs and the other paid utilities & food
I mean the Web3 crypto stuff also went nowhere even though it sounded great to VCs
I bought a bunch of David Lynch books from Matt’s store last February. Endorsed!
Wife, touches a fake button on our tiny toddler’s chest saying: boop! I pushed the dancing button you have to stand up to dance now
Son: *nonchalantly and slowly pushes “button” on his shirt, deadpan expression*: I turned it off
Keeps chilling on the pillows on the floor
I genuinely believe we’d be in a much different place today. If every single day of any Trump presidency there has been a new impeachment filed with all Democrats voting for at every opportunity. Even if there had never been a republican defection it would frame things far more accurately.
If an official commits an impeachable offense and nobody acts to impeach, it is no longer an impeachable offense.
People who oppose impeachment as “pointless” because it seems unlikely to result in removal do not understand this very simple point and seem unwilling to even try to understand it.
Daylight Savings Time sucks and should be abolished.
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...
it fucks up my sleep for days, and I hate it, because my sleep and epilepsy are interconnected
People ask us all the time if their state is considering a social media age verification law, and we've finally had the time to pull one together (with only *moderate* snark, even!) dw-advocacy.dreamwidth.org/1493.html
US-based folks:
Trans Lifeline is here for you. Your life is precious. +1-877-565-8860
translifeline.org
I know people are very sensitive about the use of the word “genocide” but the attempts to medically eliminate trans children is very clearly meets the standard because they are trying to eliminate a population and also they know some of those kids are going to kill themselves
I mean, polarization is not all bad if it polarizes in the direction of morality and human rights….
“Don’t be so careful in time of death” - I mean, yeah, honestly. If it is time of death, live as you may.
Call Mayor Frey today at 612-673-2100 and tell him to sign Pause Evictions, Save Lives.
We fought to keep our immigrant neighbors here—now we need to keep them in their homes. No family should be punished for hiding from ICE by now being evicted.
ELIZA's creator was so alarmed by the fact that people mistook the chatbot for a sentient being that he wrote an entire book about why this implementation of computer technology was a huge problem and it is a staggering achievement
A reminder that humans in cars - notably omitted from this thanks to motonormativity - kill 1.2m people every year
