The nice thing about athletic shorts is that you can yell "SNOOZE" at your pocket and your phone will actually hear you. If you try that with denim, your jeans will plaintively say, "But we're the worst pants to sleep in!"
Liz F.
@elizfreed.bsky.social
Book-loving, cat-adoring human. Exuberantly not normal. Also on Mastodon: toot.lgbt/@elizfreed
Apparently there's been a (small) drop in Wikpedia use. Which is wild. Sure, AI can summarize search results and *hopefully* give you a trustworthy answer, but it takes 2 seconds to click the applicable Wikipedia link and read their summary instead?
Think I've found the name for the detective in the series of gardening crime novels I'm currently not writing.
The best stock photo sources these days are very specific people who take photos of very specific things. This guy takes pictures of trains. All trains all the time. Only trains. Do I have to worry that one of these photos is AI? Nope. He would never disrespect a real train in that way.
Did USA pull shit in Venezuela in preparation for pulling shit in Iran? Is all the killing ultimately about oil? You decide...
Cat-sitting be like: I'm here getting drooled on by an ancient 16-year-old. Best day of my life.
An important read! This breaks down exactly what's happening with the laws and numbers.
Forbes@forbes.com · 7mo agoThe proposal, which could be put to state voters in November, is a novel bid to extract more money from the state’s ultra-wealthy, who some claim aren’t paying their fair share. www.forbes.com/sites/janetn... (Photo: Steve Proehl/Getty Images)
Just ran into my most common learning problem: I know nothing, and therefore need the simplest explanations, but these explanations are simplifications, and thus don't tell the whole truth, and thus DO NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME 😂
I find myself hoping the int'l community will put pressure on the USA via sanctions. Yes, as a citizen it would likely affect me. But my country is setting a dangerous precedent with what we've done. We can't be allowed to get away without consequences.
Trump says the U.S. will tap Venezuela's vast oil reserves and sell "large amounts" to other countries after Maduro's capture. Follow live updates:
Live updates: US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured
President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. had struck Venezuela early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country.
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This from Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 7mo agoDonald Trump’s allies defend actions against Venezuela as Democrats condemn lack of oversight from US Congress.
“America can project our will anywhere, anytime.” (Pete Hegseth) These are the words of a dictator. They should not be the words of a US Secretary of Defense.
Just finished #Echo. Guys. Wow. Firstly, I really enjoyed it. I cared about the plot and the characters, and nobody felt 2d.
It's funny reading a post about "a book about gays and necromancy" and being like, "which one? I've read 3 this year."
The current US military buildup targeting Venezuela is a campaign that often appears to be driven by narratives with only a tangential relationship to actual events taking place.
There is a real chance of a US-Venezuela war — so why does it feel fake?
“Fog of war” is the least of it.
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Me: so 1 cup of lentils-- Dad: you're holding the ¾c measure. Me: it was the biggest one? Dad: bc your Mom has the 1c somewhere. Probably in a bag of poison. Me: 👀 Mom: 👀 Dad: *entirely serious* Me & Mom: 🤭🤣 Dad, shouting to be heard: I meant like in the SHED, for the GARDEN
The thing about living in one of the US's largest metro areas is that there's more access to a lot more things, and all of those things are further away than in a small city. 😅
Me: *just getting into a surprisingly good (despite sexist cover) 90s SF* Libby: your hold on that mystery is available. 22 ppl waiting. Me, one mystery novel later: ok let's get back into-- Libby: your hold on the sequel mystery is available. 261 waiting. Me: .......you're doing this on purpose
The photos of the Hong Kong fire are heartbreaking. What makes it even worse is knowing that the lack of press freedom and the absence of democratically elected leaders will only hinder a real investigation and meaningful accountability. 香港平安！香港加油！
My neurologist informed me today that insurance will continue to approve my regular treatments for pain (good!) but they want me to have a checkup with him after EVERY treatment. (That is not normal. Like, 1-2x a year, sure.) He then informed me Trump shut down telehealth in Sept.
Oof. "It is difficult to imagine why a man already battling a degenerative illness would continue to fight so publicly for recognition, unless he felt he had nothing left to lose."
Manya Koetse@manyapan.bsky.social · 10mo agoWhenever reports surfaced about the harsh conditions on the set of renowned director Wong Kar-wai, mainstream media and fans often brushed off his tyrannical habits as the "quirks of a genius." This time, it feels different. Read more at: www.whatsonweibo.com/the-wong-kar...
TFW the Japanese light novel you want to read DOES have an official translation, and it IS visible in the inter-library catalog, but when you try to request it, it's not available for ILL 😭
Me: I am enjoying this anime a lot, I can't decide what it is about it. The art and visuals? The LGBT overtones? The well-trimmed story? Wikipedia: creator says she was inspired by Studio Ghibli and Sailor Moon. Me: That'll be it.
Earlier this week Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — a public-private partnership that does more than any other organization to get vaccines to people in poor countries — reported that its vaccines saved a record-breaking 1.7 million people in 2024. That’s 400,000 more lives saved than in 2023.
2024 was a record-setting year for lifesaving vaccines
Vaccines delivered by Gavi saved the lives of 1.7 million people in poor countries
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A great deep-dive into viewers' true opinions!
Manya Koetse@manyapan.bsky.social · 10mo agoHow did "731", one of the most anticipated recent Chinese war films, go from patriotic hype to online backlash? I dove into official narrative, audience reception & everything particular about this movie - that was a "10" but dropped to 3.1 acc to IMDb: www.whatsonweibo.com/evil-unbound...
There are so many catch-22s with disability. Like: Disability makes every day different for me: I may wake up in pain, or I may wake up feeling incredible. Disability ALSO makes it hard for me to handle the lack of a routine due to my unpredictable body 😅
Amazon will pay $1.5 billion to customers tricked into Prime membership