troydarling🥄
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IT pays the bills. Writing cures my ills.
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iykyk is a perfect example of iykyk
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Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
April 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
Y'all need to be keeping up with this podcast -- short, amusing, and highly educational on economic issues.
open.substack.com/pub/optimist...
open.substack.com/pub/optimist...
Tuesdays are for Optimism
Episode 6 is up today!
open.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Y'all need to be keeping up with this podcast -- short, amusing, and highly educational on economic issues.
open.substack.com/pub/optimist...
open.substack.com/pub/optimist...
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Brief roundup post about recent work & charity efforts AND there's a bit of NEWS. Tl; dr: All this will happen again! I'll once again host the next #BattlestarGalactica convention! Click through for info & for a pic of me doing @jococruise.bsky.social karaoke burner-account.ghost.io/two-ways-to-...
Two ways to help great charities and a Battlestar Galactica return
Hello, everyone. Just a few things I wanted to share with you.
First up, a professional announcement: I will once again be the emcee, host and moderator at the three-day Battlestar Galactica convent...
burner-account.ghost.io
April 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Brief roundup post about recent work & charity efforts AND there's a bit of NEWS. Tl; dr: All this will happen again! I'll once again host the next #BattlestarGalactica convention! Click through for info & for a pic of me doing @jococruise.bsky.social karaoke burner-account.ghost.io/two-ways-to-...
“The human brain can’t even comprehend the infinitesimal amount the creators of most songs earn per stream.”
variety.com/2025/digital...
variety.com/2025/digital...
Spotify Paid Over $4.5 Billion to Music Publishers Over the Last Two Years, So Why Are Songwriters Struggling?
Spotify paid $10 billion to the music industry last year, with $4.5 billion to publishers across 2023-24. So why are songwriters still struggling?
variety.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“The human brain can’t even comprehend the infinitesimal amount the creators of most songs earn per stream.”
variety.com/2025/digital...
variety.com/2025/digital...
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The Trump administration plans to drop a federal lawsuit against a chemical manufacturer that released high levels of a carcinogen from its Louisiana plant.
March 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The Trump administration plans to drop a federal lawsuit against a chemical manufacturer that released high levels of a carcinogen from its Louisiana plant.
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So, actually, it always was Russia.
March 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
So, actually, it always was Russia.
More people shots watch Anora if only to see how to respond when men try to drag you out of your rightful place.
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
More people shots watch Anora if only to see how to respond when men try to drag you out of your rightful place.
The people most likely to accept AI as intelligence, demonstrate the least amount.
February 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The people most likely to accept AI as intelligence, demonstrate the least amount.
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Your action for the day.
Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans
www.reddit.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Your action for the day.
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I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
Apple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025
Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård
www.apple.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
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These articles are older but have more cast info: deadline.com/tag/murderbot/
Murderbot
Murderbot breaking news and the latest updates about Murderbot at Deadline Hollywood.
deadline.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These articles are older but have more cast info: deadline.com/tag/murderbot/
Beware reformers talking a big game. They're often just one gang hustling another gang's lucrative corner. The good work is done in the daylight.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Beware reformers talking a big game. They're often just one gang hustling another gang's lucrative corner. The good work is done in the daylight.
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded an FBI task force investigating foreign influence operations, including those targeting U.S. elections. Additionally, she restricted enforcement actions against individuals who fail to disclose lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.
February 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded an FBI task force investigating foreign influence operations, including those targeting U.S. elections. Additionally, she restricted enforcement actions against individuals who fail to disclose lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.
People: Stop!
DJT: Make me
Musk: Make me
Courts: Stop
Congress: Make them
SCOTUS: You first
DJT: Make me
Musk: Make me
Courts: Stop
Congress: Make them
SCOTUS: You first
February 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
People: Stop!
DJT: Make me
Musk: Make me
Courts: Stop
Congress: Make them
SCOTUS: You first
DJT: Make me
Musk: Make me
Courts: Stop
Congress: Make them
SCOTUS: You first
My cats always right after I’ve put lotion on my hands.
a close up of a cat 's face looking at something
Alt: a close up of a cat seeking affection
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My cats always right after I’ve put lotion on my hands.
He’s been looking for work since Musk elevated himself to President
Donald Trump Says He Will Fire Kennedy Center Board Members and Name Himself Chairman
President Donald Trump has declared his intention to take over the leadership of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. D.C.
variety.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
He’s been looking for work since Musk elevated himself to President
Look, I love as much as anyone to see FA people FO, but we also need to welcome the FOs because we’re all F’ed.
February 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Look, I love as much as anyone to see FA people FO, but we also need to welcome the FOs because we’re all F’ed.
The explicit misogyny in banning trans people from only women’s sports as if “real men” couldn’t be threatened by trans men. (Try them.) And the irony of the simpering language in the NCAA’s capitulation: “President Trump’s order provides a clear, national standard.”🙄
NCAA bars transgender athletes from competing in women’s college sports
Move comes day after Trump executive order banning trans athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The explicit misogyny in banning trans people from only women’s sports as if “real men” couldn’t be threatened by trans men. (Try them.) And the irony of the simpering language in the NCAA’s capitulation: “President Trump’s order provides a clear, national standard.”🙄
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Okay February, you seem nice, but I just got out of a VERY toxic relationship with January so I’m not looking for anything too serious right now. So we can hang, we can have some fun, but the second you make me cry I am OUT
February 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Okay February, you seem nice, but I just got out of a VERY toxic relationship with January so I’m not looking for anything too serious right now. So we can hang, we can have some fun, but the second you make me cry I am OUT
The closed captions on the TV playing at our local cafe was stuck with the phrase “Today, the passion is gone, the marriage is over” overlaid with the actual text from the show and it cracked us up how well it worked. Some of these belong on a plaque.
February 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The closed captions on the TV playing at our local cafe was stuck with the phrase “Today, the passion is gone, the marriage is over” overlaid with the actual text from the show and it cracked us up how well it worked. Some of these belong on a plaque.
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What the bishop did yesterday wasn’t just confront a man we all know doesn’t care and won’t change a thing.
She made sure the people who feel insane witnessing all of this right now felt seen and cared for instead. And did it in the middle of his “moment”.
That stuff matters in all of this.
She made sure the people who feel insane witnessing all of this right now felt seen and cared for instead. And did it in the middle of his “moment”.
That stuff matters in all of this.
January 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What the bishop did yesterday wasn’t just confront a man we all know doesn’t care and won’t change a thing.
She made sure the people who feel insane witnessing all of this right now felt seen and cared for instead. And did it in the middle of his “moment”.
That stuff matters in all of this.
She made sure the people who feel insane witnessing all of this right now felt seen and cared for instead. And did it in the middle of his “moment”.
That stuff matters in all of this.
This Harris Hawk’s commentary took place on Inauguration Day.
January 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This Harris Hawk’s commentary took place on Inauguration Day.
“Life: available only by subscription.”
January 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“Life: available only by subscription.”
Well, this is a first for me
January 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Well, this is a first for me