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Austen Rachlis

@austenr.bsky.social

She/her; Co-Creator/Producer: Secretly Sporty Podcast; Director/Producer: Naughty Books, streaming on Kanopy; Writer: Hacker Mom, various podcasts for Audible Originals.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · last mo.

I sincerely believe they could have ridden “They Weird, Yo” all the way to the White House.

molly conger@socialistdogmom.bsky.social · last mo.

it was a generational fumble for the dems to pull back on letting coach tim, our gentle midwestern uncle, stand in front of a mic and express disgust and bewilderment at what an absolute grab bag of misfit freaks this admin is. this is weird! these people are fucking weirdos!!! it’s yucky!

Micah@rincewind.run · last mo.

they did actually complain about inflation under biden that was a pretty significant thing that happened like I get what you’re trying to do here but they very much did complain about inflation under biden

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Q: A lot of people around here can't afford to fly. Can you say something about gas prices being a dollar more than they were a year ago? SEAN DUFFY: No one complained about Joe Biden's inflation, which was wild Q: Can you talk about gas prices?

Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · 2mo ago

It’s okay for the thing you like to not be someone else’s thing and it’s kind of a bad personally trait to take criticism of the thing you like personally. That’s not who you are, that’s just something you enjoy consuming.

Dr. Stephanie@punkrockscience.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”

Jane Espenson@janeespenson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The idea that a book could be considered inapprop for kids because it's "too difficult" doesn't sit well with me. Let 'em try. If it's too hard, they'll put it down. But give them a chance to rise to the challenge.

Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The big literary discourse on twitter right now is whether The Hobbit—a children’s book that won children’s lit awards and was literally written for the author’s children—is appropriate reading for children or in fact such a difficult book most adults can’t “get their head around” it.

ryan@chronolynx.bsky.social · 3mo ago

this imo is also true re: the larger focus I've seen on "optimization" and doing everything the "right/best way" over the last decade or so

These artists weren’t going on about perfect blood panels or maximum efficiency or tracking immense protein intake. They cared about feeling alive in their bodies, sleeping well and having the stamina to do meaningful work. Health, for these artists, was the cornerstone of a creative life, the ingredient that made everything else possible. I didn’t need to go back to my days sitting in a smoky Oxford room, holding a shriveling contact lens in one hand as I pored over medieval literature, acknowledging (I thought) a perfect metaphor for the vision of the soul against the failure of the body. I could find a path in which physical health fueled intellectual health.
Austen Rachlis@austenr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Excited to see this essay published in the NYT today by my co-creator/host of Secretly Sporty Sebastian Langdell about what fitness influencers miss when they only focus on "optimization" and the upsides of a more holistic approach, featuring insights from several of our guests!

Austen Rachlis@austenr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Excited to see this essay published in the NYT today by my co-creator/host of Secretly Sporty Sebastian Langdell about what fitness influencers miss when they only focus on "optimization" and the upsides of a more holistic approach, featuring insights from several of our guests!

Opinion | Fitness Influencers Are Not Making Men More Fit (Gift Article)

Manosphere fitness influencers are the wrong model. Health requires looking at life as a whole, not as an exercise in “optimization.”

nytimes.com

Chise@sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 3mo ago

GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.

A personalized vaccine for melanoma cut the risk of cancer returning after five years

If the vaccine is effective in a late-stage trial, it would be “paradigm-shifting,” one expert said.

nbcnews.com

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3mo ago

Thousands of Scottish soccer fans in Boston to see their national team play in the World Cup have put a serious dent in the region’s strategic beer reserves. The Tartan Army has charmed locals and become social media darlings in the process. nyti.ms/4uHIHVL

A person in a blue and white "SCOT" shirt plays bagpipes in a crowded room. Many people around them hold phones and drinks, some smiling. A headline reads: Boston Is Full of Joy and Low on Beer. Blame the Scots. Photo by Sophie Park for The New York Times.
Austen Rachlis@austenr.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just months ago, I told @wearyhobo.bsky.social that my X-Files nostalgia was over. Turns out, I was wrong, and I will 100% watch this.

Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com · 4mo ago

The biggest story that's flying under the radar this week? Chris Carter's brand new Director's Cut of THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE, representing the scarier version of the 2008 movie he had originally wanted to make, is coming to Disney+: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/395244...