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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
Made a chickpea “tuna” salad for lunch today and added a few tbsp of chopped pepperoncini. Absolutely delicious, peak *chef’s kiss*
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Made a chickpea “tuna” salad for lunch today and added a few tbsp of chopped pepperoncini. Absolutely delicious, peak *chef’s kiss*
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A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.
Spin this out a bit?
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.
Sometimes it feels like a significant % of people on this website are the worst people from tumblr’s heyday
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Sometimes it feels like a significant % of people on this website are the worst people from tumblr’s heyday
If for no other reason, joining bsky was worth it just for the Chalion novels rec
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If for no other reason, joining bsky was worth it just for the Chalion novels rec
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me telling my wife about Hollow Knight
hung out with some beetle people, mentioned fairy shrimp, and they mentioned a specialist ground beetle which is a fairy shrimp predator. how can you know that much of the story and then not know the best part, which is that the beetles only hunt at night because the shrimp GLOW IN THE DARK
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
me telling my wife about Hollow Knight
Started working out again, feels good 💪
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Started working out again, feels good 💪
Forgot to add coffee grounds to the filter and brewed myself a nice cup of hot water 😐
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Forgot to add coffee grounds to the filter and brewed myself a nice cup of hot water 😐
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an old Kate Bush drawing from 2021
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
an old Kate Bush drawing from 2021
One thing that’s always missing from discussions about UPF is that the definition of UPF is very broad and covers a lot of foods with varying levels of unhealthiness. Maybe putting pumpernickel bread and candy bars in the same category is unhelpful!
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target. n.pr/4qMrN7P
People want to avoid ultra-processed foods. But experts struggle to define them
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
One thing that’s always missing from discussions about UPF is that the definition of UPF is very broad and covers a lot of foods with varying levels of unhealthiness. Maybe putting pumpernickel bread and candy bars in the same category is unhelpful!
One nice thing about this year is that my love of music has returned
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
One nice thing about this year is that my love of music has returned
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want to encourage both sidesism? this is how you encourage both sidesism.
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
want to encourage both sidesism? this is how you encourage both sidesism.
Worst thing about the Dems is that they give you a little hope that they won’t be Like That and then they rip it up in front of you
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Worst thing about the Dems is that they give you a little hope that they won’t be Like That and then they rip it up in front of you
To think Kenyatta could’ve been our senator instead of Fetterman 😭
Any “deal” that ends with Dems just getting a pinky promise in return is a mistake.
The American people are suffering because Republicans refuse to stop healthcare costs from skyrocketing. An agreement that doesn’t fix that reality falls massively short.
The American people are suffering because Republicans refuse to stop healthcare costs from skyrocketing. An agreement that doesn’t fix that reality falls massively short.
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
To think Kenyatta could’ve been our senator instead of Fetterman 😭
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Good morning from Holiday Dinner! Cranberry is a little chilly, so she’s snuggling with a heating pad.
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Good morning from Holiday Dinner! Cranberry is a little chilly, so she’s snuggling with a heating pad.
The hardest boss in Dark Souls is not the Capra Demon, it is the invisible cliff in front of the hydra in Darkroot Basin
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The hardest boss in Dark Souls is not the Capra Demon, it is the invisible cliff in front of the hydra in Darkroot Basin
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Here we go! www.trumpcancelledmyflight.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Here we go! www.trumpcancelledmyflight.com
This game is gonna be so rough on release
*TAKE-TWO FURTHER DELAYS 'GRAND THEFT AUTO VI' TO NOV. 19, 2026
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This game is gonna be so rough on release
I feel like the big issue with this sentiment is that the American right is not & has not been pro-democracy
People are hating on this, but it's objectively true. There's a LOT of conservatives in this country, and we DO need a non-crazy, pro-democracy conservative party they can vote for.
The problem is, in absence of sane Republicans, way too many Democrats have tried to make the Democrats that party.
The problem is, in absence of sane Republicans, way too many Democrats have tried to make the Democrats that party.
The other thing about Nancy Pelosi is that, like all of us who are Cassandras in political science, she was right about the need for a strong Republican Party (by which she, & we, mean a strong pro-democracy conservative party). This is deeply unpopular on Bluesky dot com, but no less true for it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I feel like the big issue with this sentiment is that the American right is not & has not been pro-democracy
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When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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really, the lesson from Carter and Biden is not "don't move left", it's "what the fuck are you going to do to kill inflation and maintain price stability?"
November 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
really, the lesson from Carter and Biden is not "don't move left", it's "what the fuck are you going to do to kill inflation and maintain price stability?"
Got the notification about my marketplace health insurance premium going up today and was relieved to see that it *only* doubled 😬
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Got the notification about my marketplace health insurance premium going up today and was relieved to see that it *only* doubled 😬
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I love how we’re negatively polarizing ourselves into the dark ages because social media allowed the spotlight to be placed on random nobodies who were annoying about them. It’s great
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I love how we’re negatively polarizing ourselves into the dark ages because social media allowed the spotlight to be placed on random nobodies who were annoying about them. It’s great