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i have an incurable case of can’t-put-down-my-phone disease so here I am (he/they)
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Rent controlled apartment buildings should be categorically exempt from this upzoning legislation. Instead they are prime targets of it.
If proponents are serious about development without displacement and housing affordability, they will exempt rent controlled buildings.
If proponents are serious about development without displacement and housing affordability, they will exempt rent controlled buildings.
Mayor will face opponents to zoning plan at rallies outside of City Hall - 48 hills
Press conference, silent protest marks first official meeting on upzoning proposal. Here's what to look for
48hills.org
September 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Rent controlled apartment buildings should be categorically exempt from this upzoning legislation. Instead they are prime targets of it.
If proponents are serious about development without displacement and housing affordability, they will exempt rent controlled buildings.
If proponents are serious about development without displacement and housing affordability, they will exempt rent controlled buildings.
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when i say the NYTimes deserves neither your money nor your respect, i also mean NYTimes cooking, NYTimes puzzles, crosswords, connections, and wordle, the wirecutter, the athletic, and all their podcasts.
the NYtimes launders anti-trans bigotry; this is their victim-blaming victory lap
the NYtimes launders anti-trans bigotry; this is their victim-blaming victory lap
This is like the third story put out by the New York Times since Skrmetti rubbing transgender people's faces in it.
The paper got the ruling it asked for.
The paper got the ruling it asked for.
June 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
when i say the NYTimes deserves neither your money nor your respect, i also mean NYTimes cooking, NYTimes puzzles, crosswords, connections, and wordle, the wirecutter, the athletic, and all their podcasts.
the NYtimes launders anti-trans bigotry; this is their victim-blaming victory lap
the NYtimes launders anti-trans bigotry; this is their victim-blaming victory lap
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the year is 2029. i start my work day by logging into the authentication app and plugging a six digit code from my phone into the computer. after repeating this process 300 more times for every application and website i use, i am finally ready to get to work. it is now 5pm and time to go home
June 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
the year is 2029. i start my work day by logging into the authentication app and plugging a six digit code from my phone into the computer. after repeating this process 300 more times for every application and website i use, i am finally ready to get to work. it is now 5pm and time to go home
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Excellent article that explains the bigger picture here, both about Sweeney in particular and the entire mass culture industry:
The arts still pull in comparable amounts of profit, but the share to actual artists has shrunk dramatically.
defector.com/the-money-is...
The arts still pull in comparable amounts of profit, but the share to actual artists has shrunk dramatically.
defector.com/the-money-is...
The Money Is In All The Wrong Places | Defector
You can always tell who in Hollywood has family money by their Instagrams. People like Dakota Johnson, who have a Hollywood lineage deeper than the Mariana Trench, post only rarely. They post about so...
defector.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Excellent article that explains the bigger picture here, both about Sweeney in particular and the entire mass culture industry:
The arts still pull in comparable amounts of profit, but the share to actual artists has shrunk dramatically.
defector.com/the-money-is...
The arts still pull in comparable amounts of profit, but the share to actual artists has shrunk dramatically.
defector.com/the-money-is...
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The sentence that impressed me that English is a really beautiful language is "This shit is so ass"
May 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The sentence that impressed me that English is a really beautiful language is "This shit is so ass"
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these fuckers being able to destroy everything is not a foregone conclusion
April 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
these fuckers being able to destroy everything is not a foregone conclusion
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Medieval scenes ❤️
April 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Medieval scenes ❤️
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Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off
Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.
nymag.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
this is how I feel about daniel lurie especially
I think it's bad that the country is led by people who haven't had a real problem in their entire lives and couldn't get a regular job due to being too weird
April 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
this is how I feel about daniel lurie especially
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it’s so cool that no one knows what’s going on or is going to happen with anything
April 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
it’s so cool that no one knows what’s going on or is going to happen with anything
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My friend and yours @caseyjohnston.bsky.social linked to this piece in a recent newsletter, and it really got at the vibe of what a lot of things feel like culturally these days. Can we bring back SOME sense of shame and integrity? Like, just a little?
The Age of the Double Sell-Out
In the last three decades, youth culture has moved from a deep suspicion of commerce to a passionate defense of anti-anti-commerce to an entire generation of "creatives” who leverage the commercial ma...
culture.ghost.io
April 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My friend and yours @caseyjohnston.bsky.social linked to this piece in a recent newsletter, and it really got at the vibe of what a lot of things feel like culturally these days. Can we bring back SOME sense of shame and integrity? Like, just a little?
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husband texted me
April 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
husband texted me
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i don't care about your browser history. show me your terminal history
March 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
i don't care about your browser history. show me your terminal history
YouTube just showed me an ad from a Christian college telling me to follow my divine purpose which was to get an online MBA
March 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
YouTube just showed me an ad from a Christian college telling me to follow my divine purpose which was to get an online MBA
god I love San Francisco. this city makes no goddamn sense in the same way I make no goddamn sense
March 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
god I love San Francisco. this city makes no goddamn sense in the same way I make no goddamn sense
It’s honestly crazy how much having pets has made me a better, more loving person than i ever thought I could be
March 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
It’s honestly crazy how much having pets has made me a better, more loving person than i ever thought I could be
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How do cats always land on their feet? Scientists believed they use the dropper's hand as a fulcrum until these images, captured at 12 frames per second, debunked that in 1894. More on the Falling Cat Problem here: buff.ly/2Ep1orD
March 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
How do cats always land on their feet? Scientists believed they use the dropper's hand as a fulcrum until these images, captured at 12 frames per second, debunked that in 1894. More on the Falling Cat Problem here: buff.ly/2Ep1orD
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Really can't be emphasized enough that Kamala Harris, like most Democrats, did not actually run on the defense of trans people in 2024. The real ask here is for Democratic candidates to join in attacking a minority population that is being persecuted by the current administration for votes.
Damn. Just overtly and unapologetically saying you are willing to sacrifice part of the population.
And these folks call themselves "moderates." Incredible.
And these folks call themselves "moderates." Incredible.
March 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Really can't be emphasized enough that Kamala Harris, like most Democrats, did not actually run on the defense of trans people in 2024. The real ask here is for Democratic candidates to join in attacking a minority population that is being persecuted by the current administration for votes.
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“I see in my circumstances similarities to Israel’s use of administrative detention – imprisonment without trial or charge – to strip Palestinians of their rights…
For Palestinians, imprisonment without due process is commonplace.”
For Palestinians, imprisonment without due process is commonplace.”
"I am a political prisoner," Mahmoud Khalil says in his first statement since being detained
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs
Exclusive: Palestinian activist and green card holder speaks out from Louisiana detention for first time
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“I see in my circumstances similarities to Israel’s use of administrative detention – imprisonment without trial or charge – to strip Palestinians of their rights…
For Palestinians, imprisonment without due process is commonplace.”
For Palestinians, imprisonment without due process is commonplace.”
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1. ‼️BREAKING: (w/ @ket.bsky.social) A proposed HHS rule threatens to exclude trans healthcare from the list of Essential Health Benefits in the most sweeping anti-trans attack yet. It targets trans care for all ages for people on ACA plans.
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Proposed HHS Rule Would Ban Trans Healthcare From Essential Health Benefit Coverage In ACA Plans
An unpublished HHS rule on the Federal Register could have devastating impacts on trans healthcare, especially for trans people who don't live in trans sanctuary states.
www.madycast.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
1. ‼️BREAKING: (w/ @ket.bsky.social) A proposed HHS rule threatens to exclude trans healthcare from the list of Essential Health Benefits in the most sweeping anti-trans attack yet. It targets trans care for all ages for people on ACA plans.
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I mentioned this @amoorelouise.bsky.social article to my grad students recently bc the more I think about it, the more important it seems. LLMs make decisions by altering parameters until you get a desired outcome, not by reasoning through principles. + www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Machine learning political orders | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Machine learning political orders - Volume 49 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
March 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I mentioned this @amoorelouise.bsky.social article to my grad students recently bc the more I think about it, the more important it seems. LLMs make decisions by altering parameters until you get a desired outcome, not by reasoning through principles. + www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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yeah this was my life in 2022-23 and it was really effective in shutting people down and gaining support. If you are even a little funny you can already run rings around any ai chud
Really interesting article, this part stuck out particularly well to me:
March 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
yeah this was my life in 2022-23 and it was really effective in shutting people down and gaining support. If you are even a little funny you can already run rings around any ai chud
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one of the heart breaking things about anti trans propaganda is how wildly effective it has been. Study after study pre 2017 showed the majority of people in the U.S. were generally positive on trans issues and happy to learn more. Jordan Peterson, JKR, Matt Walsh, all those freaks will burn in hell
This elderly man showed up to support an anti-trans bill in my home state and then, because he had to wait hours to testify, he was stuck listening to queer folks rally against it
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind
Never doubt that speaking out can change hearts and minds
Wisconsin man who showed up to support an anti-trans bill does something amazing - Queerty
“I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…” “I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there…”
www.queerty.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
one of the heart breaking things about anti trans propaganda is how wildly effective it has been. Study after study pre 2017 showed the majority of people in the U.S. were generally positive on trans issues and happy to learn more. Jordan Peterson, JKR, Matt Walsh, all those freaks will burn in hell
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the internet would be so cool if it wasn't evil
March 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM
the internet would be so cool if it wasn't evil
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my fellow Californians of good moral character…
trans people need you, *i* need you, to tell Newsom exactly what you think of him saying trans Californians (in a trans! sanctuary! state!) aren’t worth protecting
PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS SLIDE
trans people need you, *i* need you, to tell Newsom exactly what you think of him saying trans Californians (in a trans! sanctuary! state!) aren’t worth protecting
PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS SLIDE
March 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
my fellow Californians of good moral character…
trans people need you, *i* need you, to tell Newsom exactly what you think of him saying trans Californians (in a trans! sanctuary! state!) aren’t worth protecting
PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS SLIDE
trans people need you, *i* need you, to tell Newsom exactly what you think of him saying trans Californians (in a trans! sanctuary! state!) aren’t worth protecting
PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS SLIDE