Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
Kat with a really excellent piece on Steinem and her legacy People contain multitudes and we can recognize the good and not so good without dropping into conspiracy bullshit
Unraveling the truth around Gloria Steinem’s legacy
Was she really a CIA plant? Also, Lindsay Clancy discourse somehow got worse.
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FDA deregulation will manifest as a series of posts from people shitting their guts out with recalls that get closer and closer to where you live until you're the one shitting your guts out
Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 2mo agoi don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice
If roughing up a girlfriend and locking her in a room was a virile, authentic a rejection of “smoothgroined” “HR lady” politics, but a rape is too far, then what’s at stake is not a principled rejection of violence against women but a cynical assessment of how much violence a man can get away with.
AdotSad@adotsad.bsky.social · 3mo agoOh its OVER OVER
It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.
I now fervently believe this. Relatedly, I think celebrating good news and embracing joy are equally radical. You have to remember what you’re fighting for. We cannot sustainably organize around sorrow.
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 4mo agoI’m coming to understand that maintaining hope is radical.
I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!
Trump Officials: "We are gutter racists who believe non-white people are racially inferior to whites. We have said publicly that non-white immigrants dilute the racial purity of our nation and thus we do not want non-white immigrants here. This is *entirely* about race." Sam Alito: "But *is* it?"
I am not a lawyer but I know the Supreme Court’s rulings today violate international agreements on refugees & migrations that the US is party to. Because international law matters when states enforce it, this is a political window for democrats to insist the treatment of refugees & migrants matters
@jtkantor.bsky.social LOVED the Rock Lobster 🦞 Donna Summer, please and thank you!!!
/ *THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST* / MANY ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, ANTI-PSYCHOTICS, & OTHER PSYCHIATRIC MEDS CAN IMPAIR UR BODY'S ABILITY 2 DEAL W/ HEAT / AS WELL AS OTHER MEDS AS WELL / THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST / PROBS BEST 2 CHECK EVRE MED U TAKE 2 SEE IF IT CREATES HEAT INTOLERANCES
In a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire larkspur is grown for London florists along with cornflowers & Nigella. It’s quite a sight just now-some floral dopamine for you 🌿:
What the fuck did I just read? (h/t @erininthemorning.com) www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
UW diabetes researcher removed from conference by police
Dr. Steven Kahn, director of the UW Diabetes Research Center, was removed by police from a national conference as he and others handed out copies of an editorial.
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Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...
Anthopic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed Zitron
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
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Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 4mo agoGoing on Bloomberg between 4:07 to 4:18pm ET to talk about how AI has no ROI and the greater AI bubble www.youtube.com/live/f39oHo6...
@ngrosenzweig.bsky.social so sorry to intrude but I’m wondering how I can get your email (or a link?) to send you the full MS you requested last month. Guessing your address got me a bounced email! Tysm 😎
i have no evidence of this but remain convinced that answering this question with conviction is more appealing to more voters, including those who tell pollsters they disagree, than trying to thread any number of needles to find the maximally acceptable answer
Alex@alxlndomountain.bsky.social · 4mo agoAdding to Tom Steyer discourse
My new fav genre of video content is college grads booing their AI-shilling commencement speakers 👩🏻🍳💋
Grid-scale batteries are going in an absolutely wild pace. Every whingey objection to renewables you've ever heard is basically solved by batteries. This is happening whether any of the hopeless dipshits running the US want it or not.
The world is installing grid batteries at a blistering pace
A total of 112 gigawatts of batteries were deployed around the world in 2025 — 10 times the amount added just four years prior.
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Give a person a fisshe and thei will eate for a daye. Teache a person to fisshe and thei will eate for a lyfetyme. Destroye the fish ponde to make a computer tell lies about fisshe, you are a Gen AI companye.
People are showing up to court in Massachusetts for minor issues and being kidnapped by ICE. I hope the legislature moves quickly on several pending pieces of legislation that will limit ICE's ability to operate in courthouses, including expanding virtual hearing access.
Sarah Betancourt@sweetadelinevt.bsky.social · 6mo ago@gbhnews.bsky.social acquired eye-opening trial court data outlining the extent of ICE arrests in Massachusetts courthouses. read the investigation here; www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...