Rito
@ritomoreno.bsky.social
NY➡️CO➡️VA➡️DC➡️VT➡️FLX 🏳️🌈 Rural queer, anti fascist, crow servant, dog attendant, kayaker, seedfolk, LMHC, EDS, creator of many things, gardener, straight talker, love maker, fire star-tar 🔥
If you read only one story today, please make it this one. Paywall is lifted. So is the registration wall. By Olivia Carville for @bloomberg.com @businessweek.bsky.social
TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide
A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.
bloomberg.com
Mid-July, a pond filled with turtles, Cornell Botanical Gardens
Police arrested a teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last week. They went to the meeting of Emporia, Kansas City Commission to speak out against a proposed hyperscale data center that would sit on 1,000 acres of rural land. @mjgault.bsky.social reports www.404media.co/person-oppos...
While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.
Emma Thompson adapting feminist retelling of Iliad for big screen
The actress told the Hay Festival she is writing a film version of Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls to draw attention to sexual abuse in war zones
thetimes.com
Having served as a senior executive at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and spent 16 years defending our democracy, I can tell you that if Trump were concerned about election security, he would not have fired hundreds of federal workers whose jobs were to secure our elections.
This one got into the burrs today, thankful I have a brush that pulls these right off her. She’s just the sweetest 💕. She’s going to see her actual birth mom for the first time in almost 2 years this week! I’ll keep you posted on what happens
This is my first morning home after 6 days of travel and I was worried the crows might not come when I whistled. It did take a little longer than usual but there is a family of crows hollering and eating peanuts again. Such smart little friends!
This little nugget filled with love turned 5 this past weekend. She’s smart, salty, a great jumper and ever-attentive to her humans. We went to a special Sniffspot to celebrate and then she got doggy ice cream afterwards. We are so thankful for every day we can spend with her! 🥰🌻
the Luddites weren't anti-tech, they were against being abused and devalues by the people who controlled it
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
Quite the FLX day, start to finish. 6 am rim trail hike with the dogs at a local state park bookended by my favorite local fundraiser (Taste of the Finger Lakes) in Ithaca with friends. We watched a thunderstorm in the distance on the drive home, 85 degrees fireflies erupting the whole way
Fall Creek Brass Band, second time outdoor so far this season. Live, outdoor music with a buncha queer friends I can love on fills me with the happy feels 🥰🎷🎺🥰
One of the biggest honors of my life so far has been being seen as a trusted adult for my close friends teenagers. Queer, neurodivergent, emotionally tuned in kids saying “I love you” after a heart to heart that helps them navigate a hard situation with confidence/kindness makes me feel so lucky.
Janet Mills is still on the ballot. Maine, make this right please.
Crows sounded the warning that a cat was in the yard this morning. Total outrage! Our dogs caught on and lost their ever loving minds about it. Go team crowdog!
The outdoor music summer season has begun in the FLX! Love Fall Creek Brass Band vibes 🎷🎺
Planning to kayak out to an island and camp in Saranac Lake/ ADK’s next month- trying to find a backcountry sleeping mat for a side sleeper with 2 hip replacements. Nemo Tensor? Exped Megamat looks too big but DOES look comfy.
5 years in, confirming it’s THE BEST
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 3mo agoI guess this is my life for the next 16 years or so???
