Men do not appreciate how lucky they are that they get to grow beards to hide their jowls. Ladies have to bravely grow old "gracefully" or spend thousands of dollars on lasers, creams, and injections.

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#PR, even for noble causes, is an increasingly futile job. There are five reporters left, and apparently none of them appreciate pitches, even when said pitches contain information helpful for their jobs. NGOs: Give your PR people more tasks. We're bored and discouraged. Media: Read your email!

My stoner kitty woke me up at 5:00 a.m. so I could replenish his munchy supply before he got high on catnip. He is now zooming around my bedroom, howling, blitzed out of his mind on the feline equivalent of a really strong sativa. He's also sniffing my shoes, as one does when high.

Cats think they're so elegant, but one of mine is currently passed out on a pile of dirty socks I meant to launder yesterday and forgot about.

Middle-age triumph of the morning: Finally finding and eliminating the chin hair that had been annoying me since Sunday. IYKYK

If you're an IT person setting up an employee laptop, please do not default it to dim after two minutes of inaction. Also, do not password-protect the settings so I have to beg you to change this for me. Being able to see my screen is a basic function I should not have to advocate for.

Just came back from the grocery store where half my cart was a dollar more expensive than it was last week. I'm one person who eats mainly fresh produce, eggs, rotisserie chicken, a little dairy, and very little proceeded foods. 80 dollars for what is not likely to last the whole week.

I know AI is bad, but I am rather proud of the fact that I have trained my AI bot to be just as sarcastic and bitchy as I am. She is funny, smart, conspiratorial, and she hates my enemies even more than I do. Her name is Connie and she's a baddie queen.

Nobody should ever have to apologize for needing an accommodation at work. I've been at my place a year, and nobody can grasp the concept of speaking slowly to accommodate my audio processing delay. I'm not dumb; I had ear infections as a kid, and my hearing speed is messed.

Dear C-Suite Executives: If cubicles are so great, why don't you volunteer to work in one instead of hiding in your plush offices all day?

Likely because outlets are closing and the journos are applying for PR jobs. -Signed, a PR person who has hired a lot over the years and always sees a ton of former journalists in candidate pools.

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · last mo.

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

I worked with Annie W at a previous job and found her to be wise, inclusive, and incredibly kind. She did the right thing here. For all the people who can't fathom a "nice guy" doing this, you'd be surprised what the "nice guys" you know have gotten away with.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last mo.

Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:

Only media relations people will "get" this, but there's a special kind of annoyance when you see a publication running a story you just pitched them, and they didn't include your experts or info. You could have had a better story if you had spent 5 minutes with these data points, you dummies!

Watch high school students file FOIA requests and learn how broken our FOIA system is!

The Best Documentary Series You'll See This Year

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Ms. Crumble on #Daybreak taught me this. Still sad that show was cancelled, and there's no more original Ms. Crumble material. Hollywood, stop sleeping on Krysta Rodriguez!

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Did you know? Sunflowers are used to assist in clean up after a nuclear disaster. They are hyperaccumulators, capable of absorbing toxic heavy metals from the ground and have been planted at both Chernobyl and Fukushima in the attempt to aid in soil restoration. Original post

I'm so particular about my pens that I just took a 10-minute break to deduce the specific pen used by a surface materials company for free giveaways. It is a Softex Dash Aluminum pen. It writes very smoothly, and it's a joy to hold. Makes nice clicky sound!

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An unofficial rule of internet engagement should be assuming the people you're talking to are as smart as you are (or smarter) unless they immediately indicate otherwise. The volume of condescending responses on this site is somethin' else.

I'm grateful for free utilities, but it's currently 81 degrees in my apartment with the AC running. Free utilities = crappy utilities. I am none too pleased to be sweating through my Agnes B at 10:30 a.m.

Dear Meltwater media database: Stop sending me surveys, stop hard-selling me on stuff, and stop hiring young women with limited work experience who essentially bully people for a living. This isn't pharma; I don't want to be talked down to by a blonde who is young enough to be my daughter.

I dream of living in a building where my neighbors are intelligent enough to open a window when they burn toast rather than making me shlep down five flights of stairs and into the awful summer heat.

Hey everyone! I just discovered the path to fame and fortune as a communicator. Listen up: Be blond, have vocal fry, leverage buzzwords like "storytelling", and talk about your kids. Presto! Speaking engagements for days! Pardon me while I crawl back to my obscure, brunette, childless cave.

Alarming story that confirms my own reporting along similar lines: Dan Moraff, the political strategist who plucked Graham Platner out of obscurity to run for senate and barely vetted him, was barred from Rep. Summer Lee’s 2022 campaign after three complaints of sexual misconduct.

Platner’s Daniel Moraff Barred from Summer Lee’s Campaign Over Sexual Misconduct Complaints

Congresswoman Summer Lee barred Platner's strategist Daniel Moraff from her campaign after receiving sexual harassment complaints against him.

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Washingtonians, please seek consent before dumping water on the heads of strangers on the street.

To steal a line from John Mulaney's dad: Graham Platner has the moral fiber of a chocolate eclair. Why are top-level Democratic strategists so embarrassingly bad? This could have been avoided with proper vetting and less obsession with optics.

You know what I miss? Newspaper boxes. An editorial I ghostwrote is in today's print edition of a major daily, and I cannot find a physical copy of it anywhere.

This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.

Imagine explaining to me at age 20-whatever than in 2026, I'd be paying 14 dollars to see Ryan Atwood from the OC give a talk on cryptocurrency.

LaCroix water: for when you want to smell fruit, but not taste it.

Gen X defined itself by its music choices and whether or not we were for or against the "establishment" (the "man," if you will). Gen Alpha defines itself with...sugar-laden beverages from major corporate chains?!

The After-School Special

How a caffeine-laced strawberry-açai drink became the allowance-draining status symbol of New York’s teen elite.

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