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Skimming through the Epstein emails has me convinced we need an extinction level event ☄️.
But for billionaires.
But for billionaires.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Skimming through the Epstein emails has me convinced we need an extinction level event ☄️.
But for billionaires.
But for billionaires.
I will be startled every time by the shocking accuracy of the bidets here in Japan.
And I'm going to miss them like crazy when I go home!
The undercarriage is so clean she sparkles! ✨😂
And I'm going to miss them like crazy when I go home!
The undercarriage is so clean she sparkles! ✨😂
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I will be startled every time by the shocking accuracy of the bidets here in Japan.
And I'm going to miss them like crazy when I go home!
The undercarriage is so clean she sparkles! ✨😂
And I'm going to miss them like crazy when I go home!
The undercarriage is so clean she sparkles! ✨😂
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Good night
Photo by Petr Horalek
Photo by Petr Horalek
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Good night
Photo by Petr Horalek
Photo by Petr Horalek
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Hot wings
Kingfisher. Photo by Gisela Delpho.
Kingfisher. Photo by Gisela Delpho.
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hot wings
Kingfisher. Photo by Gisela Delpho.
Kingfisher. Photo by Gisela Delpho.
My god this.
Give the proles something to hate to distract from the sickening behavior of the elite.
Meanwhile:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
What's wrong with social stratification? Quintessentially this. Power imbalance is the root of so much horror.
Give the proles something to hate to distract from the sickening behavior of the elite.
Meanwhile:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
What's wrong with social stratification? Quintessentially this. Power imbalance is the root of so much horror.
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
My god this.
Give the proles something to hate to distract from the sickening behavior of the elite.
Meanwhile:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
What's wrong with social stratification? Quintessentially this. Power imbalance is the root of so much horror.
Give the proles something to hate to distract from the sickening behavior of the elite.
Meanwhile:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
What's wrong with social stratification? Quintessentially this. Power imbalance is the root of so much horror.
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For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
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A woman ruined my workplace
By Caravaggio (c. 1602)
By Caravaggio (c. 1602)
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A woman ruined my workplace
By Caravaggio (c. 1602)
By Caravaggio (c. 1602)
Ooh awesome! Link to the Nature article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Ooh awesome! Link to the Nature article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Dems, this is not complicated.
People value authentic values and can sense them.
Stand for something!
Kamala didn't lose by failing to sufficiently woo the right, she lost by not turning out her own fucking voters through failing to articulate a meaningfully different vision from Biden.
People value authentic values and can sense them.
Stand for something!
Kamala didn't lose by failing to sufficiently woo the right, she lost by not turning out her own fucking voters through failing to articulate a meaningfully different vision from Biden.
Great @gbbranstetter.bsky.social read on how throwing trans people under the bus is not a winning political strategy and in fact the opposite is true. Democrats have an opportunity here to not be craven cowards succumbing to transphobic messaging.
Democrats Can’t Blame Trans People for Their Own Failures
Despite the attempts by so many in the party's establishment to paint trans rights as a toxic issue, transphobia was soundly rejected across the country this week.
www.thenation.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Dems, this is not complicated.
People value authentic values and can sense them.
Stand for something!
Kamala didn't lose by failing to sufficiently woo the right, she lost by not turning out her own fucking voters through failing to articulate a meaningfully different vision from Biden.
People value authentic values and can sense them.
Stand for something!
Kamala didn't lose by failing to sufficiently woo the right, she lost by not turning out her own fucking voters through failing to articulate a meaningfully different vision from Biden.
I ❤️ David Lynch
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I ❤️ David Lynch
Airline shellfish are a true Dirty Harry moment.
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?".
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?".
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Airline shellfish are a true Dirty Harry moment.
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?".
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?".
"An AI controlled array of semi autonomous interconnected fragile and continuously adjusting motorized blinds could manage the overheating problem in our house.
... Or, we could stop lighting tar on fire and shoving it in the air conditioning unit."
... Or, we could stop lighting tar on fire and shoving it in the air conditioning unit."
This is insane. 🤦♂️
Why do tech giants like Elon Musk and Bill Gates keep on saying such dumb things about climate change?
They have access to the best possible experts, who could actually teach them something, if they would only ask and listen…
Why do tech giants like Elon Musk and Bill Gates keep on saying such dumb things about climate change?
They have access to the best possible experts, who could actually teach them something, if they would only ask and listen…
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"An AI controlled array of semi autonomous interconnected fragile and continuously adjusting motorized blinds could manage the overheating problem in our house.
... Or, we could stop lighting tar on fire and shoving it in the air conditioning unit."
... Or, we could stop lighting tar on fire and shoving it in the air conditioning unit."
I did. It was me. Sorry, not sorry.
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I did. It was me. Sorry, not sorry.
Heartbroken for everyone trans in the US for so many reasons, but today in particular for the supreme court shadow docket stay on gender markers.
Passports are intended to enable *safe* travel of a nation's citizens. How the fuck does this preserve the safety or dignity of someone who is trans?
Passports are intended to enable *safe* travel of a nation's citizens. How the fuck does this preserve the safety or dignity of someone who is trans?
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Heartbroken for everyone trans in the US for so many reasons, but today in particular for the supreme court shadow docket stay on gender markers.
Passports are intended to enable *safe* travel of a nation's citizens. How the fuck does this preserve the safety or dignity of someone who is trans?
Passports are intended to enable *safe* travel of a nation's citizens. How the fuck does this preserve the safety or dignity of someone who is trans?
It makes me seethe to think about women experiencing workplace harassment reading this shit In a supposedly reputable paper.
Or women, like my mother, who experienced the full force of the "un-ruined" workplace in the 80s and 90s where harassment was acceptable, rampant and inescapable.
Or women, like my mother, who experienced the full force of the "un-ruined" workplace in the 80s and 90s where harassment was acceptable, rampant and inescapable.
I thought my opinion of the NYT couldn't get any lower.
This rag needs to be situated amongst its appropriate peers: the Enquirer, Globe, Star ...
When I see a reporter list the Times in their CV these days their credibility starts below ground level and they have to earn their way out.
This rag needs to be situated amongst its appropriate peers: the Enquirer, Globe, Star ...
When I see a reporter list the Times in their CV these days their credibility starts below ground level and they have to earn their way out.
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It makes me seethe to think about women experiencing workplace harassment reading this shit In a supposedly reputable paper.
Or women, like my mother, who experienced the full force of the "un-ruined" workplace in the 80s and 90s where harassment was acceptable, rampant and inescapable.
Or women, like my mother, who experienced the full force of the "un-ruined" workplace in the 80s and 90s where harassment was acceptable, rampant and inescapable.
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my single favorite joke in seven seasons of “Deep Space Nine” is when Kira storms out of Sisko’s office in a rage because she found the Cardassians’ dossier on her activities with the Shakaar cell in which Gul Dukat had labeled her a “minor” terrorist
I laugh every time
I laugh every time
could you imagine planning and executing a Louvre caper only to have some asshole in the paper describe you as a “minor” social media star
i am so ready for the eight-part docuseries about all of this
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
my single favorite joke in seven seasons of “Deep Space Nine” is when Kira storms out of Sisko’s office in a rage because she found the Cardassians’ dossier on her activities with the Shakaar cell in which Gul Dukat had labeled her a “minor” terrorist
I laugh every time
I laugh every time
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Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
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A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
Have I Got Phobia For You
Bringing attention to the often harmful practices of our mainstream media. Thankfully the days of vile hostility against gay people are now more or less over, but, reading today’s newspapers, there’s ...
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
Just witnessed Pixel, having emerged from the cat room after taking a particularly noxious dump, sniff the air dubiously then turn tail and return to her litter box to bury matters further.
Thanks for the courtesy flush, Pixel!
Thanks for the courtesy flush, Pixel!
November 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Just witnessed Pixel, having emerged from the cat room after taking a particularly noxious dump, sniff the air dubiously then turn tail and return to her litter box to bury matters further.
Thanks for the courtesy flush, Pixel!
Thanks for the courtesy flush, Pixel!
Said farewell to my beloved Jora on video today. She's at my parents farm thousands of miles away. At age 27 she's had a good life. She's been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
It's hard to say goodbye.
It's hard to say goodbye.
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Said farewell to my beloved Jora on video today. She's at my parents farm thousands of miles away. At age 27 she's had a good life. She's been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
It's hard to say goodbye.
It's hard to say goodbye.
Someone is finally settling into her new home. 🥰
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Someone is finally settling into her new home. 🥰
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dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com