Little girl at the zoo: "I LOVE FLAMINGOS!" Me to my husband: "She is going to date so many gay men."
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Mandolins, jokes, rants, art, urban planning, we'll see what else.
A gay person definitely invented clapping. There's no way a straight person came up with that.
Just observing that nothing I've read about Abdul El-Sayed mentions that he's a public health professional, epidemiologist, and has a doctor of medicine. Everything I read mentions that his parents were immigrants from Egypt.
Sometimes when I cross the street I put my hand out to the cars waiting at the light, like I'm training velociraptors.
I did a little study of my friend's cat. Poor George tolerates a lot and I tried to capture his suffering.
Why does this news article about Taylor Farms and cyclosporiasis have a picture of Taylor Swift? Does it have something to do with the honeymoon?
South Bronx! Fuck yeah!
Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com · 2mo agoThe top 10 US neighborhoods in terms of added housing supply, 2020–25: 1—Downtown Nashville 2—Central Philly 3—Downtown Brooklyn 4—Downtown Seattle 5—Downtown Salt Lake City 6—Downtown Miami 7—NoMa DC 8—South Bronx 9—Downtown Denver 10—Navy Yard DC Explore: www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
Coworker: "how about them Knicks?" Me: "Madison Square Garden is a poorly designed, out of date arena, which is teabagging the busiest transit hub in the nation and owned by a two-bit Bond villain." Coworker: .....
The false equivalency of a trans person fleeing active discrimination and potential violence to a conservative who wants to talk about politics (i.e. say racist shit) and have lower taxes is really jarring.
The red state, blue state divide is real. But it's driven by more than just politics
Recent research suggests there's more going on with "ideological sorting" than simply moving to places that match one's politics. It's often one of many deciding factors, such as taxes or safety.
npr.org
I wanted to paint lemons but my husband said I had to paint something that was in season. #art ##blueskyart #painting
Are they talking about the weather or this picture of Alex de Minaur?
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 3mo agoTennis players at the French Open say they haven't experienced conditions this hot at Roland Garros since the Paris Olympics.
It's a glitch but a marvelous one. These two headlines ARE related and you won't convince me otherwise.
Don't threaten New Mexico with a good time.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 4mo agoMeta is raising the prospect of shutting down social media services in New Mexico in response to a push by state prosecutors for fundamental changes to platforms, including Instagram, to protect the mental health and safety of children.
I wonder what kind of virtuous thing he did.
Jim LaPorta@jimlaporta.bsky.social · 4mo ago#BREAKING - Secretary of the Navy out at Navy
1918 Flu Pandemic deaths: 50 million; WWI deaths 16 million.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4mo agoBreaking news: The military will no longer require U.S. troops to receive the annual flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, rolling back what he described as “overreaching mandates that only weaken our war-fighting capabilities.” https://wapo.st/4eAG2sx
