Aileen
@acorrn.bsky.social
Internet mall rat ever since that was a relevant metaphor.
Love this bc it captures why e-bikes are not appealing to pple who like biking. It’s like how audiobooks are often not appealing to people who like reading.
As a non-biker previously, I love e-bikes as an alternative to public transit or driving - biking wasn’t an option before.
As a non-biker previously, I love e-bikes as an alternative to public transit or driving - biking wasn’t an option before.
“So we asked ourselves: how could we make the common bicycle heavier, more dangerous and, ultimately, reliant on electricity”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Love this bc it captures why e-bikes are not appealing to pple who like biking. It’s like how audiobooks are often not appealing to people who like reading.
As a non-biker previously, I love e-bikes as an alternative to public transit or driving - biking wasn’t an option before.
As a non-biker previously, I love e-bikes as an alternative to public transit or driving - biking wasn’t an option before.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
So true.
Enough.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
October 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
So true.
Last week I was on here and saw a chart about agency & time spent with others… would love to find it again, does someone have a link?
October 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Last week I was on here and saw a chart about agency & time spent with others… would love to find it again, does someone have a link?
I was just talking to someone in Saudi Arabia. He has zero awareness of the Riyadh Comedy Festival, was mildly bemused that it would be an international talking point because “there are so many events all the time here”
October 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I was just talking to someone in Saudi Arabia. He has zero awareness of the Riyadh Comedy Festival, was mildly bemused that it would be an international talking point because “there are so many events all the time here”
Become ungovernable, they said. You can do it naked, they said? On a bike… I guess?
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Become ungovernable, they said. You can do it naked, they said? On a bike… I guess?
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CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
September 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
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You guys do yourself a favor and look at what Eric Adams wore to Rosh Hashanah services at the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation
September 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
You guys do yourself a favor and look at what Eric Adams wore to Rosh Hashanah services at the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation
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forget the rapture. do you remember the 21st night of september
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
9/21 - YouTube
youtube.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
forget the rapture. do you remember the 21st night of september
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there
for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world
September 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there
Thinking about a possible thesis topic for my Masters, is there a hub of expertise somewhere about the intersection of financial systems & family law?
September 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thinking about a possible thesis topic for my Masters, is there a hub of expertise somewhere about the intersection of financial systems & family law?
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
September 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
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‘Everything is powerless people’s fault’ is the oldest grift in the book & as the global information ecosystem became more democratized, making messaging more difficult to control the grift had to evolve to, ‘It’s still their fault no matter how it looks’.
September 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
‘Everything is powerless people’s fault’ is the oldest grift in the book & as the global information ecosystem became more democratized, making messaging more difficult to control the grift had to evolve to, ‘It’s still their fault no matter how it looks’.
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This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
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Why isn’t the unemployment of Black womens a feminist four alarm fire?
September 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Why isn’t the unemployment of Black womens a feminist four alarm fire?
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You have to organize. I don't know what else to tell people. And organizing is not sexy and it is difficult and it matters that you be persistent. We need long-distance runners right now.
August 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
You have to organize. I don't know what else to tell people. And organizing is not sexy and it is difficult and it matters that you be persistent. We need long-distance runners right now.
Choosing to believe that my daughter calling Cormac McCarthy “Bigmac McFlurry” is a kind of restorative justice.
August 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Choosing to believe that my daughter calling Cormac McCarthy “Bigmac McFlurry” is a kind of restorative justice.
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If you think about it, I mean really think about it, books are long duration energy storage batteries, but for words
August 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If you think about it, I mean really think about it, books are long duration energy storage batteries, but for words
The irony of Gen X getting into sexting just when they all need reading glasses and 2x their phone font. [This skeet brought to you by the ladies in front of me at the #bluerodeo show tonight.]
August 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The irony of Gen X getting into sexting just when they all need reading glasses and 2x their phone font. [This skeet brought to you by the ladies in front of me at the #bluerodeo show tonight.]
New in Sea Life vs…. Jellyfish against nuclear power! This follows orcas against billions and dolphins against everyone (because they’re a-holes) www.bbc.com/news/article...
Jellyfish force French nuclear plant to shut down - BBC News
A "massive and unpredictable presence of jellyfish" swarmed the site's cooling system, its operator says.
www.bbc.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
New in Sea Life vs…. Jellyfish against nuclear power! This follows orcas against billions and dolphins against everyone (because they’re a-holes) www.bbc.com/news/article...
What a day to be halfway through Margo’s Got Money Troubles.
July 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
What a day to be halfway through Margo’s Got Money Troubles.