Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I’m extremely severe dehydration from getting sick after drinking water that had been sitting in a plastic bottle for a couple hours in a hot car.

Amadi Lovelace@amaditalks.bsky.social · yesterday

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm medical fatphobia and misogynoir.

Once you open a plastic water bottle and don’t finish it just throw it the fuck out. Do not let it set and drink from it again later. It is potentially deadly. Unless you put it straight in the fridge that shit is DANGEROUS.

It’s amazing to see that some of these people are going “whoa, I didn’t know all this, you all feel strongly, I’m changing my policy” and people promise to show up. A brewery in WA reported the busiest night in years after making an apology. People want real. Even a doodle.

Meta using disabled people to justify the obscene pervert glasses & the disgusting violation of privacy for everyone, everywhere. Meta is being sued for targeting & firing its own disabled workers. It’s not about accessibility, it’s faux-inclusion. #spéirghorm novaramedia.com/2026/07/15/m...

Meta Used AI to Target Disabled and Pregnant Workers for Layoffs, Lawsuit Claims

Dozens of workers are suing Meta over claims it used AI to identify workers for mass layoffs, with those taking disability or maternity leave disproportionately targeted.

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Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · yesterday

Meta is so unbelievably evil. They make a technology primarily designed to enable abuse, harassment and privacy violations, but also embed real disability aids. The tactic now is to use an entire community as human shields to defend against criticisms www.engadget.com/2236054/meta...

i need ppl to stop this shit calling ppl who believe wrong ideas "morons" and "cretins" etc like it's helping you're using eugenicist terminology to classify ppl according to eugenicist worldview, NOTHING fkn good comes of that.

“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” - Kurt Vonnegut

Ben Myring@benmyring.bsky.social · 23h ago

This is wonderful - if you need cheering up then this is a real tonic. ordinaryabundance.com

God: Okay, let me see. You're going to have a near-perfect memory for song lyrics. Me: Cool, so I'll be able to sing well? God: Oh Me, no. Not at all. Me: Well at least the memory thing will come in handy in day to day life. Names and stuff? God: No, it'll be specific to the lyrics thing.

I will say one other thing: if you are one of the people who left a one-star review on Tillie Walden's book on Amazon about this, the apology you absolutely must make is to delete your review, BUY HER BOOK, and then and only then, leave the review you think it deserves after reading the whole thing.

thene@thene.bsky.social · 2d ago

out it goes: my long post about Rachel Hope Cleves's claim that Tillie Walden plagiarised her book. It's long because Cleves's claim is much, much more bizarre than it looked on first reading. I'm not going to bury the lede here. Cleves's claim does not hold up. buttondown.com/thene/archiv...

If I were a United States Senator I would simply call an expert in healthcare who I could trust to be 100% accurate using one of those newfangled “cellular phone” devices

King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Brave new world www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Just to be super clear: You do NOT need to have watched a single minute of Picard to understand and appreciate this comic. I was super careful about this. Everything you need to know is explained in these first five pages. NO HOMEWORK.

Beamtown Artisan, Lorehold Visiting Professor@beamtownartisan.bsky.social · 2d ago

Seven of Nine and Raffi being a couple here reminds me that I only got through half of Picard. I know it wasn't particularly well received, but maybe I should finish it. Also, FIRST OFFICER TENDI LET'S GOOOOOO.

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Mourn the dead & fight like hell for the living In memory of Heather Heyer

I keep thinking about Flanagan mentioning the fact that so many of our kids in Minnesota now have ACE (adverse childhood experiences) scores because of the things the federal government did here, and how she will work on those kids' behalf in DC. It's amazing to hear someone plainly say that.

Looking for reccs to follow for local Philly politics and goings on, transit, etc. Reposts ok.

the media when the centrist loses by 1% vs the media when the leftist loses by (less than) 1%

Yes, because it’s A GAMBLING APP, NOT A POLLING FIRM. THAT IS HOW GAMBLING WORKS. YOUR “ANALYSIS” HERE IS BASED ON PRETENDING THIS ISN’T JUST PEOPLE GAMBLING, JESUS CHRIST

Full vindication for Soundgarden: www.popsci.com/science/blac...

Astronomers discover the existence of a ‘black hole star’

The never-before-seen objects are gargantuan, immensely bright, and ancient.

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Big fan of sharing your own (very valid) feelings on your own timeline, if you aren’t gonna gas people up and support them Huge fan of this entire thread

I'm in DC now, and when you see the 10-foot fences now enclosing a vast acreage of public parkland around the White House, with burlap on them shielding everything from view and armed guards everywhere making it feel like a militarized zone, the vibe is not, "Yes, still a democracy."

NYT when progressive beats centrist by 1.0%: Only won "narrowly," doesn't mean anything NYT when centrist beats progressive by 0.4%: "STUNNING LOSS," progressives must never be allowed to run again

The push for Harry Potter the TV show is going to be completely enormous—they're debuting it on fucking Christmas—and it is the responsibility of TV critics to contextualize this as rewarding the world's most transphobic billionaire (which is saying something) in everything we write about it.

Open call for art in the Brooklyn subway at the 4th Ave/9th Street station! www.instagram.com/p/Db6QGc2tct...

One of my favorite books of last year!!! Get it today!

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧@charliejane.bsky.social · 4d ago

Lessons in Magic and Disaster is out in paperback TODAY. "You will always be loved. You cannot mess up so badly that you will not be loved." A story of mother-daughter magic lessons, queer families, and healing. Get it wherever you get books!

I’ve seen a few people commenting today that the idea of separating the MMR vaccine into three separate shots might be a good strategy to get anti-vax parents to vaccinate. Absolutely not. Here’s why. First, countering anti-vax misinformation is like playing whack a mole. You bat down one lie…

If nothing else, the sudden flood of horrible articles last week has confirmed beyond all doubt that all frothing transphobes are also frothing ableists, and therefore their shameless attempts to pit trans and disabled people against each other are mendacious in the extreme and not worth attention.

People have a hard time holding multiple realities in their head & w/nuance: mRNA vaccines are a scientific breakthrough and amazing COVID vaccines don't make you immune Everyone should get COVID vaccines and boosters COVID never ended, ppl still dying/being disabled Not masking is eugenics

"You, as a person using a black-box model, cannot ever comprehensively check its training data to find those overlaps." Exactly. There is no way to use these proprietary models ethically and responsibly. And you make a great point that not all accusations of plagiarism are made in good faith.

Almost all polling places will be boring and normal today. If you see anything weird, get your nearest election judge. If weirdness is outside the polling place, here’s some resources. Steve Simon’s office has prepared for irregularities. Trust their process.

Important: Trump’s executive order is NOT legislation. Though the executive order promotes more misinformation about vaccines, nothing has changed about the availability of childhood vaccines. For evidence-based guidance, please follow and share American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.

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Measles is an incredibly contagious, airborne pathogen that can cause serious illness, including blindness, encephalitis, pneumonia, and imm

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