Am I taller than I thought (5'6") or are men on dating apps just lying to me
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 3w agoI spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.
they say living well is the best revenge and that's true, but if we're all being honest seeing bad things happen to people you hate is also pretty high up on the list
We live in a society that punishes people who are assaulted. We question them, we shame them, we disbelieve them. Many survivors instinctively do that societal work for us. Survivors question themselves, they shame themselves, they don't believe their own version of events. We've trained them!
Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 4w agoJust a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist
I think we underrate that JCO came up in 20th century New York literary circles where everyone said five most devastating insults before breakfast and as one of the last one standing, her competition is guys who get sad if their chatbot isn't sufficiently nice to them.
Scare Smith 💀@evilgalprods.bsky.social · last mo.FATALITY
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · last mo.There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen
i agree with the key point here and will add to it that there IS a reward, it’s knowing you did one right thing instead of walking around plagued by the nameless shame that afflicts all men who are determined to live the most frictionless lives possible
Hannah Vardit@hannahvardit.bsky.social · last mo.i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
Good morning and I hope you’re having a great day. I am about to ruin it with this long form story I did on how private equity is ruining cookies but also people are building shit cookie companies to get money from private equity on @weareravenous.com. www.weareravenous.com/the-curious-...
The Curious Case of the Soulless Private Equity Cookie
If you’re going to pay more than $5 for a single cookie, it should at least have some soul.
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My friends really don't like it when I say low kirk instead of low key
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
your nephew is hooked on opioids because cops took the drug prevention money and spent it on flock cameras to stalk their ex wives
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2mo ago“A review of meeting minutes, local reporting, state opioid expenditure disclosures, and invoices obtained via public records requests reveals that at least twelve sheriffs’ offices and police departments have since 2024 spent their opioid funds on Flock cameras.”
The prologue of every Stephen King novel published between 1975 and 1988: Under thy shadow by the piers I waited Only in darkness is thy shadow clear. The City’s fiery parcels all undone, Already snow submerges an iron year...--Hart Crane We've got the biggest balls of them all --AC/DC
#NovaScotia author of Heated Rivalry — Rachel Reid has donated $300,000.00 to Nova Scotia Libraries This is amazing, Rachel is an incredible human being /1 thread www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
‘Heated Rivalry’ author donates $300,000 to Nova Scotia libraries
Several Nova Scotia libraries that faced possible closures this summer are getting a major cash boost from one of the province’s most famous authors.
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If I had a nickel for every time I read Reylo by accident, I'd only have two nickels but it's still fucked up that it's happened multiple times
I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3mo agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
KC ICE Free is hosting a School Supply Drive to support local families impacted by ICE as the new school year approaches. 💼 Now through August 17th, drop donations off at a nearby participating Monarch Business. Scan the QR code for the full list of supplies! ✏️ 🌹
if, instead of organizing around rallies or campaigns, if the democrats ever wholeheartedly re-embraced the labor movement specifically and formal organizing like this around housing and similar material aspects of american life, my god just imagine
Alex Press@alexnpress.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew in @jacobinmag.bsky.social: The Mamdani administration is launching an initiative to help build tenant unions.
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him: you ok? me, putting up the halloween decorations: yep
Sharing this poem again because I think the world needs these words now more than ever.
Important liminal spaces to include in the backrooms: - shuttered indoor mall - back offices and behind stage of a Protestant church - empty street intersection at 3am that is busy during the day