Matthew Lawrence
@beefcakefactory.bsky.social
Once more I open the door.
mental health medication and therapy have come a long way. understanding mental illness has come a long way. some of us wouldn't be alive without medications that have been perfected in the last forty years
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 16h agoSo this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary
Hey guys it's me, LinkedIn. Have you heard about this new thing called puzzles?
Me tomorrow hopefully after waking up to Michigan senate primary results.
Great Lakes Lake Michigan
ALT: Great Lakes Lake Michigan
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"Commanders [must] maintain a log of personnel requiring facial hair treatment plans... Must forward a Facial Hair Accommodation Accountability Report in Excel monthly... Those approved for accommodation must carry the signed paperwork on their persons..." www.militarytimes.com/news/your-na...
Navy orders commands to submit monthly facial hair waiver accountability reports
The Navy has instructed commands that issue sailors shaving waivers to produce facial hair accountability reports "by the 15th of each month."
militarytimes.com
Looking for recommendations for celebratory zines to teach in my Intro to Creative Nonfiction class--can also be instructional but should have a "this thing/process is great!" quality. I'll purchase my students 20 copies of the ones I choose. @prisonculture.bsky.social? @marc-fischer.bsky.social?
Been thinking about this in the context of education a lot. Right when the pandemic started I was trying to a long piece on the integration of segregation academies and how homeschooling and “travel ball” are related
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d agothe obsession with trans women in sports is, apart from the abject bigotry, a symptom of how we take amateur sports participation way too seriously in this country.
Just found out (talking to a candidate) that the primaries are on a Wednesday this year.
This is a very, very good piece about a genuinely appalling ballot initiative and a must-read for anyone who genuinely cares about protecting girls who play sports: www.thecut.com/article/wash...
The Push to Force Genital Exams on Student Athletes
In just a few months, Washington could become the first state to require sex-verification tests for girls playing sports in K–12 schools.
thecut.com
Reporter’s query: I’m working on a story about the widely-followed, and yet anonymously-run, social media account “What’s Going On In Rhode Island.” Do you know anything about it, or who runs it? Let’s chat! philip [dot] edward [dot] eil [at] gmail [dot] com
Jimmy is amazingly polarizing (barely an hour long but when I saw it 1/3 of the audience walked out).
MidCenturyCinema@midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 3d agoBOTD James Baldwin!!! Peak JB: "Equal in Paris" 🙏🙏 JB on Film - @nberlat.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/entertainmen... Docs: @jhoffman.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oc... @ninametz.bsky.social: www.chicagotribune.com/2015/11/19/r... Coming Soon: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/m... ⬇️
Salisbury Steak started out as a way to treat dysentery during the Civil War. I’d say that is a problem of the past, but with this lettuce parasite going around, maybe it’s time for Salisbury Steak to make a comeback. youtu.be/w14sPMjtp48
The Bizarre History of Salisbury Steak
YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller
youtu.be
Changed the radio station in the car today and it flipped from that horrid Sienna Spiro song to a woman calling a talk show criticizing the pope for keeping quiet when they started making vaccines out of aborted baby parts.
Here's the follow-up! www.404media.co/ai-company-t...
Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage
Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."
404media.co
In high school I tried (and failed!) to read Going After Cacciato after my American Literature teacher said it was his favorite novel, but I just found a copy in a Little Free Library so may (may!) try again.
All these years later I still can't read EW without assuming the person is talking about Entertainment Weekly.
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 4d agoJust want to note re the Odyssey controversy that EW has written a thread about the film, a long piece, a thread summarizing the piece, an addendum with a couple of regrets, and has also done a podcast about her essay. Each approach is tonally different from all the others, and together...
Calling it now: within 48 hours this will become another lawsuit claiming “Christian persecution.”
Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · 4d ago"Sky evangelist" Whitney Lynn was removed from an Alaska Airlines flight after the crew said they didn’t feel safe with her. She responded by blaming a “homosexual,” trying to convert the cops, and preaching inside the terminal. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/annoying-s...
No because the Harper's letter was targeting trans people
Joshua Foust 🪖🎮@joshuafoust.com · 4d agoRowling signed the Harper’s Letter, which lamented, “it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought.” Are ANY of her co-signatories — some follow me — going to speak up about her crusade against trans people?
I took too hot of a shower and now I will never stop sweating again.
🎶Bow down before the one you Smurf You're doing to get what you desmurf🎶
It is also insane to me that in the 1990 Emmy Awards Piper Laurie was considered a Lead Actress for Twin Peaks but Sherilyn Fenn was a Supporting Actress.
The misplaced enthusiasm for commas in this Wikipedia explanation of old Guiding Light storylines!
We need to start calling people scuzzballs again.
I am about one hour away from completing the shitty first draft of the project I have been talking about writing since 2021.
How did Jo Ellen meet Gary in high school if she went to the all girls Bay View with Alicia?
The Valley Breeze@thevalleybreeze.bsky.social · 7d agoThe husband of Bravo's "Real Housewives of Rhode Island" star Jo-Ellen Tiberi is seeking relief from thousands of dollars in fines tied to cleanup of a North Providence property. Read more: https://bit.ly/45suVft
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
