Daphna
@dapati.bsky.social
I like serial commas, fireflies, bold patterns, cities, advice columns, long walks, museums, menus, learning about a lot of things and teaching about some. Always thinking about my next meal. She/her.
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i was just thinking about this. when a fascist squeaks by, it’s a mandate. when a progressive wins by a landslide, he needs to be deferential. it’s such bullshit.
as a texan i'll spare people zohran takes but one thing i think we're going to see even more of now that he's mayor is mainstream media shift the goal posts of what having a mandate is. trump had a mandate when he narrowly won but zohran has to reach out to all these factions no matter what
January 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
i was just thinking about this. when a fascist squeaks by, it’s a mandate. when a progressive wins by a landslide, he needs to be deferential. it’s such bullshit.
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In the case of Tesla's in particular in the backseat the override can literally be inside the car door paneling or under the floor mat.
Some car manufacturers realize the problem, I think audi made it so the override is just pulling on the normal door handle harder or something.
Some car manufacturers realize the problem, I think audi made it so the override is just pulling on the normal door handle harder or something.
January 2, 2026 at 6:33 PM
In the case of Tesla's in particular in the backseat the override can literally be inside the car door paneling or under the floor mat.
Some car manufacturers realize the problem, I think audi made it so the override is just pulling on the normal door handle harder or something.
Some car manufacturers realize the problem, I think audi made it so the override is just pulling on the normal door handle harder or something.
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If you don't want to read the whole article; TL;DR more cars including Tesla have power doors that can make them difficult to open if the power fails (either in a car crash or because the 12volt batter they depend on dies). They're supposed to have an override but that override can be hard to find
January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
If you don't want to read the whole article; TL;DR more cars including Tesla have power doors that can make them difficult to open if the power fails (either in a car crash or because the 12volt batter they depend on dies). They're supposed to have an override but that override can be hard to find
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It's interesting to see the TV ads the universities are running during the CFP and see them emphasize research when university presidents have done very little to push back against the cuts to federal education and research funding in 2025
January 1, 2026 at 9:42 PM
It's interesting to see the TV ads the universities are running during the CFP and see them emphasize research when university presidents have done very little to push back against the cuts to federal education and research funding in 2025
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The year is 2028. A liberal elder millennial has taken control of the government. Everyone rolls their eyes at the new "department of good government oversight" (doggo). Until the purges begin
February 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The year is 2028. A liberal elder millennial has taken control of the government. Everyone rolls their eyes at the new "department of good government oversight" (doggo). Until the purges begin
Got frustrated today that it’s gonna cost like $115 for 4 of us to go bowling. I had a hunch, and of course: jacobin.com/2024/05/priv...
Private Equity–Backed Firm Bowlero Is Ruining Bowling
Bowlero, the biggest bowling company in the world, has grown rapidly in recent years. Fueled by private equity groups, the firm’s expansion has ruined the beloved pastime for many while its executives...
jacobin.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Got frustrated today that it’s gonna cost like $115 for 4 of us to go bowling. I had a hunch, and of course: jacobin.com/2024/05/priv...
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It’s generally assumed that “Moby-Dick” has a canonical start date in December 1841, so there’s a good chance that Ishmael has entered the AME Zion church (then on South Second St, three blocks from the water) and the preacher he sees is Frederick Douglass. 🐋
January 2, 2026 at 1:39 AM
It’s generally assumed that “Moby-Dick” has a canonical start date in December 1841, so there’s a good chance that Ishmael has entered the AME Zion church (then on South Second St, three blocks from the water) and the preacher he sees is Frederick Douglass. 🐋
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Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
January 2, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
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“Part-owner Umi Hassan said she lived here right after 9/11 and didn’t feel as marginalized and fearful as she does today. She’s unable to sleep at night and carries her passport everywhere.
Tears running down her face, she asked, “What else can I do to be an American?””
Tears running down her face, she asked, “What else can I do to be an American?””
I went to all 10 of the daycares Nick Shirley featured in his viral video. I got inside 4 and found children. Lots of children: www.startribune.com/day-care-fra...
We went to some of the day cares Nick Shirley did. Here’s what we found.
Some of the 10 day cares the YouTube content creator blasted for having “no children” invited reporters in to see for themselves.
www.startribune.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:20 AM
“Part-owner Umi Hassan said she lived here right after 9/11 and didn’t feel as marginalized and fearful as she does today. She’s unable to sleep at night and carries her passport everywhere.
Tears running down her face, she asked, “What else can I do to be an American?””
Tears running down her face, she asked, “What else can I do to be an American?””
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5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
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this is excellent advice that i wish i had discovered earlier
Good advice from my boss!
December 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
this is excellent advice that i wish i had discovered earlier
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If you're a Democrat, you're a sucker if you imagine this agency has anything to do with immigration. It is--and aspires to be!--a fascist paramilitary goon squad. You should start saying so and lay the groundwork for starving it of funding when you take power
December 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
If you're a Democrat, you're a sucker if you imagine this agency has anything to do with immigration. It is--and aspires to be!--a fascist paramilitary goon squad. You should start saying so and lay the groundwork for starving it of funding when you take power
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Flu numbers are high in most states and almost all cases are variants of H3N2 and the vaccine includes H3N2
Get your flu vax if you haven’t already! Even if you still get the flu, the symptoms will be easier to manage if you get vaccinated!
Get your flu vax if you haven’t already! Even if you still get the flu, the symptoms will be easier to manage if you get vaccinated!
December 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Flu numbers are high in most states and almost all cases are variants of H3N2 and the vaccine includes H3N2
Get your flu vax if you haven’t already! Even if you still get the flu, the symptoms will be easier to manage if you get vaccinated!
Get your flu vax if you haven’t already! Even if you still get the flu, the symptoms will be easier to manage if you get vaccinated!
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I spent a year and a half trying to convince child care policy and advocacy people that all of this was going to happen, and that continued capitulation and concessions to bad faith attacks would only embolden what they were willing to do to erode the entire system. I recently gave up.
December 31, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I spent a year and a half trying to convince child care policy and advocacy people that all of this was going to happen, and that continued capitulation and concessions to bad faith attacks would only embolden what they were willing to do to erode the entire system. I recently gave up.
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NIH funded this work—reflecting a surge in Alzheimer’s funding over the last 10-12 years. NIH is the primary funder for AD research.
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
NIH funded this work—reflecting a surge in Alzheimer’s funding over the last 10-12 years. NIH is the primary funder for AD research.
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January 6th was like Sandy Hook for impeachment. If GOP senators won't vote to remove after a literal coup attempt, they never will.
My least muddled take is that presidential impeachment doesn't work. Too many people incorrectly see the president as a king-like figure with a four-year democratic mandate.
That idea mutated in 2021-2024, when MAGA and SCOTUS decided that you can't ever prosecute a president for crimes.
That idea mutated in 2021-2024, when MAGA and SCOTUS decided that you can't ever prosecute a president for crimes.
What's with all the qualifications? Would it not be seen as a coup if the replacement was a criminal? Or from a different party? Or elected on a different ticket?
Seems like your thinking on this subject is quite muddled.
Seems like your thinking on this subject is quite muddled.
December 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
January 6th was like Sandy Hook for impeachment. If GOP senators won't vote to remove after a literal coup attempt, they never will.
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Flu antivirals don't kill the virus—they stop it from replicating. That's why the "take within 48 hours" guidance isn't arbitrary: every hour you wait means more virus for your body to deal with. Here's how to test at home and get treatment fast ⤵
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
December 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Flu antivirals don't kill the virus—they stop it from replicating. That's why the "take within 48 hours" guidance isn't arbitrary: every hour you wait means more virus for your body to deal with. Here's how to test at home and get treatment fast ⤵
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
www.patreon.com/posts/146890...
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teach yourself + those around you to go in to your local PO. they will hand cancel mail if you ask. this change is bad, but voluntarily taking on a little extra friction is great, as is learning all USPS can for us (form a mailing co-op w neighbors if you're too busy to stop at the USPS once a week)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
teach yourself + those around you to go in to your local PO. they will hand cancel mail if you ask. this change is bad, but voluntarily taking on a little extra friction is great, as is learning all USPS can for us (form a mailing co-op w neighbors if you're too busy to stop at the USPS once a week)
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So frustrating because teachers’ unions possibly could bring down this whole empire of AI. But we’ll never know whilst membership is left to fight the compradors.
only a little more than a personal observation, but there seems to be a gigantic gap between unions on confronting AI. NewsGuild has made fighting AI imposition a big deal; new contracts protect us. but in education? the AFT stuff is depressing and makes me wonder how members are really feeling…
December 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So frustrating because teachers’ unions possibly could bring down this whole empire of AI. But we’ll never know whilst membership is left to fight the compradors.
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2025 Year in Review!
-falcon hearing worse than ever
-center losing 50 to 100% of holding capacity
-blood-dimmed tide containment failure
-the Worst with record high passionate intensity
-falcon hearing worse than ever
-center losing 50 to 100% of holding capacity
-blood-dimmed tide containment failure
-the Worst with record high passionate intensity
December 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
2025 Year in Review!
-falcon hearing worse than ever
-center losing 50 to 100% of holding capacity
-blood-dimmed tide containment failure
-the Worst with record high passionate intensity
-falcon hearing worse than ever
-center losing 50 to 100% of holding capacity
-blood-dimmed tide containment failure
-the Worst with record high passionate intensity
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"To be clear, we aren’t a jet because we are better than Denmark. We are a jet because we must use complex networks to compensate for a fragmented health care system...."
Different systems, different needs. A thoughtless swap means trouble, explains @drdemetre.bsky.social
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Different systems, different needs. A thoughtless swap means trouble, explains @drdemetre.bsky.social
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Opinion | The U.S. vaccine schedule is a jet engine. Denmark’s is a toy plane.
Replacing the U.S. vaccine schedule with one like Denmark’s would be negligence.
wapo.st
December 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"To be clear, we aren’t a jet because we are better than Denmark. We are a jet because we must use complex networks to compensate for a fragmented health care system...."
Different systems, different needs. A thoughtless swap means trouble, explains @drdemetre.bsky.social
wapo.st/3N2WOos
Different systems, different needs. A thoughtless swap means trouble, explains @drdemetre.bsky.social
wapo.st/3N2WOos
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I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
asking the sommelier which wine pairs best with swedish fish
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
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Here’s a nice thing on the Internet. Kilmar in his backyard, posting TikToks singing along to praise music, and people commenting with their protest signs when they demanded his freedom. 🙏
December 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Here’s a nice thing on the Internet. Kilmar in his backyard, posting TikToks singing along to praise music, and people commenting with their protest signs when they demanded his freedom. 🙏
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Hey there’s just a few days left in the year and I would love if you helped me get over a big milestone on signups to get my writing in your inbox by signing up today. It’s free, fun, and you get something every couple weeks: dansinker.com/follow/
December 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Want to help fight AI slop in 2026? Call it out. Every time you see a brand using AI for their ads comment on it and say how it cheapens the brand
I work in marketing and trust me, marketers read every comment and just one calling out AI slop will trigger a meeting to discuss pulling the ad
I work in marketing and trust me, marketers read every comment and just one calling out AI slop will trigger a meeting to discuss pulling the ad
December 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Want to help fight AI slop in 2026? Call it out. Every time you see a brand using AI for their ads comment on it and say how it cheapens the brand
I work in marketing and trust me, marketers read every comment and just one calling out AI slop will trigger a meeting to discuss pulling the ad
I work in marketing and trust me, marketers read every comment and just one calling out AI slop will trigger a meeting to discuss pulling the ad