I went to Nashville and all I got was $200 in yarn projects, a new tattoo, and to spend time with my best girl friends. Which was pretty awesome, ngl. Iris Tattoo in Nashville and especially artist Azul comes highly recommended by me.

Anyhow, I hope Anthropic goes bankrupt. I hope the AI bursts like the Big Bang. I hope all of you responsible for this stub your toes constantly and your socks are always just a little damp. I wish you nothing but a constant feeling of lack for this bullshit you "created."

single greatest boost to collective mental health the world has ever seen

ray.@ray.wtf · 6mo ago

If they really want to get people off antidepressants they could resign and get in a single file line for the sun-yeeting catapult.

I mean what does it say about you when the Voting Rights Act is your enemy? It says everything, says a thousand things about democracy, and says one word: racists.

Guys! GUYS! It's back! It's coming back!!! The single greatest literacy promotion in human history* is coming back! All you 80s and 90s kids know what's up! *(this point may be a little hyperbolic, but just a little) people.com/pizza-huts-b...

Pizza Hut's 'BOOK IT!' Summer Reading Program Returns to Provide Voracious Young Readers with Pizza Parties and More

Pizza Hut's BOOK IT! program has announced the return of "Summer of Stories," where kids can earn personal pan pizzas and more for meeting reading goals. The program, open for kids in pre-K through 6t...

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I don't want to post many more updates on this now that we're working with a lawyer to hopefully unravel it, but we have been told that this is going to be A PROCESS just to get the accounts unlocked, much less maybe recover some money. So I added a few other gift cards on here for practical shit.

Ghostly Bree@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 6mo ago

I hate using Amazon for this but I'm not sure what else to do. No one in Donna's family will have access to checking accounts for a bit apparently & while I'm pulling out cash and giving it to them, the only thing I can think of to let them pay bills/etc is visa gift cards. if you want to help

Despite creating a billion-dollar franchise - with a new $200M budget Hollywood blockbuster launching in a month - the creator of He-Man's family were unable to afford his dementia and care facility costs, and had to setup a GoFundMe. Mattel gave $5,000.

Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social · 6mo ago

He-Man creator Roger Sweet has died at the age of 91 following a battle with dementia

we knew it was coming but it doesn't make seeing it any easier. John Roberts is a generational monster, man.

ACLU@aclu.org · 6mo ago

BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana map that fairly represents Black voters, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. This devastating attack from the Court majority destroys protections for voters of color across the country.

Like I said: the civil rights era never ended. You are still in it. The most important form of free speech, is the right to vote. Racists don't want Black people to vote. So they wrote down a plan to stack the Supreme Court with people that would make it harder for Black people to vote. It worked

Supreme Court Deals Devastating Blow To The Voting Rights Act

The court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais takes the teeth out of the Voting Rights Act, making it nearly impossible to draw new minority districts.

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Call me when the NYT is ready for a "12 Bitches Who Were Right about Everything" piece.

TW@twesq.bsky.social · 6mo ago

'Disappointed, "Surprised," 'Betrayed': 12 Toddlers on Where Did Mom Go Peekaboo Oh There She Is

Step one: DON'T FUCKING GIVE "AI" YOUR CREDIT CARDS JESUS FUCK WHAT ARE YOU THINKING www.wired.com/story/the-ra...

The Race Is on to Keep AI Agents From Running Wild With Your Credit Cards

AI agents may soon be buying your stuff for you. The FIDO Alliance has teamed up with Google and Mastercard to try to ensure that shopping in the near future isn't a complete disaster.

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Okay, lunch break over. Back to work. Hi-ho.

And as the owner of a Void Cat rescued from the street, this attitude kills. No, they're not dangerous. No, they're not bad luck. No, they don't deserve it. I will bite you harder than my Hardi ever would.

Queer Cassandra@queercassandra.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It’s only funny if people understand it’s not real. I’ve fostered hundreds of cats. The most dangerous cat I encountered was a classic tabby. Not one of the torties had torti-tude. Orange cats were no dumber than others. The only pattern I saw was male color point cats seemed sweeter than average.

We call ourselves 'The Madness'. In our 20s, it was a funny joke about being weirdos. Now, it's just because we're pissed off about every-fucking-thing.

Ghostly Bree@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 6mo ago

honestly I think someone really needs to do a study about enraged group chats full of perimenopausal friend groups who ran out of fucks over the past decade and channeled all the rage into community organizing lol

Thought I was a couple-three books behind in the October Daye series. Started a reread and. No, apparently the last one I read was in 2018. I am catch up. I read 130-150 books a year and still can't keep pace with @seananmcguire.bsky.social 's output. Woe.

Remember how they all denied presidential revenge/retribution????

Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.

I love making fun of my orange boy. But just as I'd be comfortable teasing a friend for being blond, I would also not assume her traits belong to every blond, everywhere. People (and cats) are individuals.

Cats of Yore@catsofyore.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Counter-counterpoint: it's not funny when people are walking into shelters saying "no torties" or "no orange cats" because of this nonsense. It's something that is happening with increasing frequency.

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

You ever think about how the Mafia boss in The Rocketeer has higher ethical standards than everyone who attended the WHCD

I was on hold with my doctor's office (everything is fine) and they had a message playing about how allergies (hay fever specifically) can lead to heart issues and... I am in trouble.gif.

Scientific American@sciam.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Many researchers believe this shift—seeing the vascular system not as a series of clogged pipes but as battlefields of inflammation—could transform public health and save millions of lives

Really late with the March wrap-up and I'm not good at tracking pages every day,which makes them end up all on the date I finished. But look at all the pretties! (Yeah, my 5 stars are all re-reads except for Skyla's. I tend to love things more the more times I read them.)

A lot of us were saying this in 2020. This is probably our last chance to unfuck our Judicial Branch, but it's going to require an unusual amount of courage from Democrats.

Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 6mo ago

got a piece tomorrow about why expanding the Supreme Court must be the first order of business for a D trifecta in 2029. sign up and it'll be in your inbox tomorrow, whoosh. open.substack.com/pub/noahberl...

Hey so the President is out of his mind, and is still President, so that’s bad. A system is what it does, so this system? Bad. Bad system. Just doing reality check, feeling a little gaslit this morning.

Lawyers, Guns and Money@lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’m getting used to it now

First they came for the millionaires, and I did not speak out because fuck yeah, elephants Then I did speak out and I was like, "Hey elephants, what about these billionaires," because fuck those billionaires

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6mo ago

With so much awful news, here is something to brighten your day:

it is important to emphasize that this was *the point*. this was *intentional*. elon musk is a vicious white supremacist who thinks poor african children ought to die, so that the world can be whiter

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 6mo ago

Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files. Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas. You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.

please continue injecting this shit into my veins after literal decades of “suck it losers” preening from republicans every time they get called out for horribly gerrymandered bullshit the shoe is on the other foot and I simply cannot get enough you want to end this? unfuck your own districts too

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Rep. Byron Donalds: "Look what they did to Northern Virginia. If you look at their new map, they basically take pieces of Northern Virginia and strip them out to the suburbs and rural Virginia to make Democrat seats. I mean, this is insanity."