dracaena marginalia
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Arts, progressivism, nature, shenanigans.
Photo: NOAA. Opinions: my own.
Photo: NOAA. Opinions: my own.
I just want to put it out there as a person who adjuncts, it’s actually extremely easy to not hit on/sleep with/sexually harass your students. You can just not do that.
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I just want to put it out there as a person who adjuncts, it’s actually extremely easy to not hit on/sleep with/sexually harass your students. You can just not do that.
Honestly, I don’t think it’s aliens, but if it *was* going to be aliens, this is the point in the plot where they’d show up.
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Honestly, I don’t think it’s aliens, but if it *was* going to be aliens, this is the point in the plot where they’d show up.
Can’t someone just leak the rest and put us all out of our misery? Like, come *on* take one for the team here.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Can’t someone just leak the rest and put us all out of our misery? Like, come *on* take one for the team here.
Putting this out here so I have to accomplish it: today, I will sit in the library and grade all the papers 🫠
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Putting this out here so I have to accomplish it: today, I will sit in the library and grade all the papers 🫠
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I wrote this about THE GOOD PLACE finale, but I now realize it also sums up my revulsion about the basic anti-humanity of AI avatars of the dead:
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I wrote this about THE GOOD PLACE finale, but I now realize it also sums up my revulsion about the basic anti-humanity of AI avatars of the dead:
I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this
I’ve been trying to articulate something like this, both as a human and as a parent. It’s awful.
As much as it’s important for the public to face the truth about the vile, monstrous people in seats of power…it’s also a kind of mass trauma & harm, that we’re all being subjected to every time we check in on the news.
along with the heinous literal crimes i think a lot about how there's a kind of moral, national crime in subjecting all of us to this, to this consuming our politics, committed against us by a number of powerful and connected people up to and including the president
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I’ve been trying to articulate something like this, both as a human and as a parent. It’s awful.
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It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
1) Fossil fuel
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Legitimately on a mission from god, eh?
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Legitimately on a mission from god, eh?
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It makes me mad that governments are mad for GenAI, but also completely unwilling to imitate their economic model of 'money doesn't matter! It's worth throwing money at things to get an outcome you want!'
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It makes me mad that governments are mad for GenAI, but also completely unwilling to imitate their economic model of 'money doesn't matter! It's worth throwing money at things to get an outcome you want!'
It’s cloudy in NY 😭
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
It’s cloudy in NY 😭
Idk man, I’ve read Seveneves and I’m not on board with this.
Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the moon may rise to 30 per cent
Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the moon may rise to 30 per cent
www.newscientist.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Idk man, I’ve read Seveneves and I’m not on board with this.
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
Um.
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese tech giant SoftBank says it has sold all its shares in chip maker Nvidia for $5.8 billion.
$NVDA @apnews.com
$NVDA @apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Um.
I posted this specific GFM a couple of years ago—the family (who I know personally) is still working through their custody case. If you have a few $ to throw in for trans kids, and this one in particular, or are willing to repost, I’d be grateful: gofund.me/26a6dc90f
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November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I posted this specific GFM a couple of years ago—the family (who I know personally) is still working through their custody case. If you have a few $ to throw in for trans kids, and this one in particular, or are willing to repost, I’d be grateful: gofund.me/26a6dc90f
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We all have someone for whatever reason is uniquely gifted to be our nemesis
And whether it be emotional proximity… our just good old fashioned know how
They are good at owning you
For Elon Musk… that person is Joyce Carol Oates
And whether it be emotional proximity… our just good old fashioned know how
They are good at owning you
For Elon Musk… that person is Joyce Carol Oates
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We all have someone for whatever reason is uniquely gifted to be our nemesis
And whether it be emotional proximity… our just good old fashioned know how
They are good at owning you
For Elon Musk… that person is Joyce Carol Oates
And whether it be emotional proximity… our just good old fashioned know how
They are good at owning you
For Elon Musk… that person is Joyce Carol Oates
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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just a small town boat
getting stuck in
SOUTH DETROIT
getting stuck in
SOUTH DETROIT
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
just a small town boat
getting stuck in
SOUTH DETROIT
getting stuck in
SOUTH DETROIT
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November 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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While I enjoyed this whole thing, my favorite quote from it is, “Have women ruined the workplace? Have people ruined the chicken dance? A lot of inconsequential questions that don’t really need to be asked.”
www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
Women of Vanity Fair Consider: Wait, Did We Ruin the Workplace?
Today, The New York Times published a conversation between the conservative columnist Ross Douthat and two writers about just how bad ladies have screwed up corporate culture with their presence. We f...
www.vanityfair.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
While I enjoyed this whole thing, my favorite quote from it is, “Have women ruined the workplace? Have people ruined the chicken dance? A lot of inconsequential questions that don’t really need to be asked.”
www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
Lining up w/my hot dog trebuchet
Now that they have actually litigated the legality of throwing sandwiches, we need someone to take one for the team and chuck a burger at someone so we can finally answer the question that has divided Western society for generations
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lining up w/my hot dog trebuchet
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you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge