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working from home means getting micromanaged by a velcro dog for eight hours

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I’m really glad folks enjoyed seeing the Qing Dynasty military rank badges yesterday! I have a lot of donations backlogged that need processing before the school year starts in a few weeks, so I’ll try to share some more textiles soon! None today though, it’s a computer work day 😱

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jen ramos-eisen@jenramose.online · 24h ago

I'd like to go back to the time before I read this

wow what a blessing to exist

I’m currently accessioning this gorgeous Qing dynasty rank badge and I just had to share it!

There are so many reasons to love public transit, but one of my favorite reasons why I enjoy it is the eavesdropping opportunities

I know it's an ass pain and a slog but Ghost and buttondown exist and are right there and even have tools to help you transfer your old posts and subscribers. Please leave substack.

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

substack is not a neutral actor

It's amazing how much of right-wing politics is just an outright hostility to any idea of the collective or interconnectedness, and how much of our politics has been locked around satisfying people who are fundamentally hostile to the concept of society as a consequence. It's pathetic!

"The idea of society may sound appealing, but it's old men who will take the hit, planting trees under whose shade they might never sit."

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Instead of being mad at bicyclists on sidewalks, be mad at our leaders who have decided that everyone not in a car should be left to fight over scraps of space not given to drivers

this is why people have trust issues

It is pretty sad that so few people actually believe in open borders

going TERF is like the fentanyl of prejudices. you can’t just dabble in it and return to normal life, you gotta double, triple, quadruple down until you’re trying to get a hit on a podcast with isabel brown

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Sophie Cunningham is getting booed every time she touches the ball here in Minneapolis

Not only is this a great thread for info on the Miller coverage, but it’s also great information on non-AI reliant research methodologies in journalism! Big kudos to Abby for being open to answering hard and soft questions

Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 3d ago

Does anybody have any questions about my reporting on Congressman Max Miller and the allegations he faces?

I found a really good looking and sounding watermelon at the store but now I’m on the bus and I’ve got my groceries and a 🍉whole watermelon🍉

well then I guess that's that

Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.

Betye Saar, Who Opened Portals Between Worlds, Dies at 99 Her visionary assemblages recast the debris of American history into monuments of Black resilience and liberation. by Lisa Yin Zhang for @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/betye-saar-w...

Betye Saar, Who Opened Portals Between Worlds, Dies at 99

Her visionary assemblages recast the debris of American history into monuments of Black resilience and liberation.

hyperallergic.com

August as an academic

I for one cannot wait to see how many people take up basketry after seeing this movie

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 7d ago

First posters for ‘WICKER’, starring Olivia Colman & Alexander Skarsgård. • A twisted love story that follows an ostracized fisherwoman who commissions a basket maker to weave her a husband. • Co-starring Peter Dinklage and Elizabeth Debicki. In theaters this October.

This 🙌

I think accidentally calling my peak flow meter a breathalyzer wins for respiratory system comedy of the day 🫁

@cpsc.gov where’s this week’s cool Recall Thursday graphic?? I wanna share the good word about the best day of the week 📣

Oh my God, this is not a drill - LinkedIn has added 'seems like AI slop' as an option on posts Genuinely thought it was a joke until I clicked on a few posts

You’d think at some point I’d stop being surprised by the flocks of suburbanites who take over the Loop every year for Lollapalooza and yet for the third year in a row I am shook

ayooo the actual article is "But did you die?"

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2w ago

Look who’s taking the side of explosive diarrhea

The replies are literally a Hear Me Out Cake and I’m living for it

Transphobes Can't Read@lordaslan.bsky.social · 2w ago

How does one become indoctrinated into bisexuality?

Yes.

gamera obscura@ohrobin.bsky.social · 2w ago

Texas Republicans doing recruitment for us.