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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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therapist: take a break.
me: sure.... let me just send a calendar invite to my anxiety and guilt
me: sure.... let me just send a calendar invite to my anxiety and guilt
October 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
therapist: take a break.
me: sure.... let me just send a calendar invite to my anxiety and guilt
me: sure.... let me just send a calendar invite to my anxiety and guilt
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Therapist: May I suggest you take a break?
Me: Sure! OK! So. I want to be optimally relaxed. I'd like to maximize how refreshed I feel in the shortest amount of time possible. What's the best tactic? How do I reach peak rest? How do I win resting? Can I min/max my leisure?
Therapist: Oh no.
Me: Sure! OK! So. I want to be optimally relaxed. I'd like to maximize how refreshed I feel in the shortest amount of time possible. What's the best tactic? How do I reach peak rest? How do I win resting? Can I min/max my leisure?
Therapist: Oh no.
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Therapist: May I suggest you take a break?
Me: Sure! OK! So. I want to be optimally relaxed. I'd like to maximize how refreshed I feel in the shortest amount of time possible. What's the best tactic? How do I reach peak rest? How do I win resting? Can I min/max my leisure?
Therapist: Oh no.
Me: Sure! OK! So. I want to be optimally relaxed. I'd like to maximize how refreshed I feel in the shortest amount of time possible. What's the best tactic? How do I reach peak rest? How do I win resting? Can I min/max my leisure?
Therapist: Oh no.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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CDC quietly stopped checking food supply for 6 pathogens (campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and yersenia) about two months ago, leaving everyone more vulnerable.
Less food surveillance = less food safety.
Hey where are you RFK Jr and MAHA moms?
Less food surveillance = less food safety.
Hey where are you RFK Jr and MAHA moms?
August 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
CDC quietly stopped checking food supply for 6 pathogens (campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and yersenia) about two months ago, leaving everyone more vulnerable.
Less food surveillance = less food safety.
Hey where are you RFK Jr and MAHA moms?
Less food surveillance = less food safety.
Hey where are you RFK Jr and MAHA moms?
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Excellent post from @nwhyte.bsky.social, an experienced Hugo administrator, detailing the solved problem of ensuring that names and works are correctly pronounced at the ceremony.
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/pronouncing-...
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/pronouncing-...
Pronouncing the names correctly at the Hugo ceremony
The Hugo ceremony needs to be treated seriously by the organisers. And this year, they didn’t.
fromtheheartofeurope.eu
August 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Excellent post from @nwhyte.bsky.social, an experienced Hugo administrator, detailing the solved problem of ensuring that names and works are correctly pronounced at the ceremony.
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/pronouncing-...
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/pronouncing-...
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Someone once said NextDoor is the social network for dogs if they could type. It’s always “what’s that noise?” and “who’s that stranger?” which is exactly what I imagine my dogs would text other neighborhood dogs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Someone once said NextDoor is the social network for dogs if they could type. It’s always “what’s that noise?” and “who’s that stranger?” which is exactly what I imagine my dogs would text other neighborhood dogs.
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When someone posts about resisting #ICE, there are often knee-jerk comments about "illegals" even when we've seen how much they're targeting people with legal status. Some are trolls, but some honestly think that way. How to get some to shift their thinking?
www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
#resist
www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
#resist
From the massachusetts community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the massachusetts community
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April 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
When someone posts about resisting #ICE, there are often knee-jerk comments about "illegals" even when we've seen how much they're targeting people with legal status. Some are trolls, but some honestly think that way. How to get some to shift their thinking?
www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
#resist
www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
#resist
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“I believe it has been ratified” is not “I have ordered the National Archivist to certify the ERA as the thirty-fourth amendment to the Constitution, and publish it as such.”
Doing that four years ago would have been better.
Doing that four years ago would have been better.
January 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“I believe it has been ratified” is not “I have ordered the National Archivist to certify the ERA as the thirty-fourth amendment to the Constitution, and publish it as such.”
Doing that four years ago would have been better.
Doing that four years ago would have been better.
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An official directive to ratify the amendment? That would be a thing to do, instead of just tossing it offhand.
Doing it sooner than three days before the inauguration? Also a thing to do.
Doing it sooner than three days before the inauguration? Also a thing to do.
January 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An official directive to ratify the amendment? That would be a thing to do, instead of just tossing it offhand.
Doing it sooner than three days before the inauguration? Also a thing to do.
Doing it sooner than three days before the inauguration? Also a thing to do.
This is a really beautifully done short animation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHsz...
ANTEDILUVIAN. Animated Short Film
YouTube video by Mario Lanzas
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:38 PM
This is a really beautifully done short animation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHsz...
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Unless I’m mistaken, @nytimes.com has not deigned to cover this manhattan murder at all. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Migrant teen stabbed to death in NYC by group of men who asked if he spoke English
Mayor Eric Adams said the incident could be classified as a hate crime
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Unless I’m mistaken, @nytimes.com has not deigned to cover this manhattan murder at all. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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I suppose it shouldn't be surprising that a memecoin themed around fellatio would hit its peak very quickly and then go completely flat
December 6, 2024 at 12:11 AM
I suppose it shouldn't be surprising that a memecoin themed around fellatio would hit its peak very quickly and then go completely flat
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As we say at work: My Mark is Twaining right now.
The other day I was pitching our Gilded Age course to undergrads:
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a nation where the wealthy had insane power and ordinary people were reoeatedly crushed by them until they lashed out in anger?”
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a nation where the wealthy had insane power and ordinary people were reoeatedly crushed by them until they lashed out in anger?”
journalists really should have a gilded age/progressive era historian on speed dial for the next few years. it will help a lot!
December 6, 2024 at 1:53 AM
As we say at work: My Mark is Twaining right now.
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Do not despair about the Supreme Court. I know it feels daunting but you are not as powerless as you think. Check out some concrete steps you can take (and learn a little bit of history) in the guide I just cranked out, "What You Can Do About A Garbage Supreme Court."
What You Can Do About A Garbage Supreme Court
What You Can Do About a Garbage Supreme Court By Chad M. Topaz, @chadtopaz.bsky.social Drafted: December 4, 2024 Strategic Note: It’s important to check if there are existing groups working toward si...
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December 4, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Do not despair about the Supreme Court. I know it feels daunting but you are not as powerless as you think. Check out some concrete steps you can take (and learn a little bit of history) in the guide I just cranked out, "What You Can Do About A Garbage Supreme Court."
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several dozen ppl have told me they're taking part in this action, most trans. would love to get more cis queers & allies on board – all you have to do is publish a post or video on December 3rd – details below!
Democrats' backsliding on LGBTQ+ rights must stop now! here is my proposed action. Please share widely and please let me know if you plan to participate! #LGBTQNotGoingBack
on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/planned-ac...
or Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/planned-acti...
on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/planned-ac...
or Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/planned-acti...
Planned Action for LGBTQ+ & Allies in Response to Democrats Capitulating on Trans Rights
As most of you are aware, since Kamala Harris’s election loss (which trans people were not in charge of nor responsible for), Democratic politicians and pundits have been signaling that they plan to t...
juliaserano.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:12 PM
several dozen ppl have told me they're taking part in this action, most trans. would love to get more cis queers & allies on board – all you have to do is publish a post or video on December 3rd – details below!
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UBI saves a ton of public money, but its lack of cruelty sends certain people into a rage, so it’s hard to put into practice.
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:40 AM
UBI saves a ton of public money, but its lack of cruelty sends certain people into a rage, so it’s hard to put into practice.
November 25, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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Well-behaved copper merchants rarely make history.
November 14, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Well-behaved copper merchants rarely make history.
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Okay, I’m not a feminist anymore. I give up! Straight women are on their own. God bless. 🙏🏻
November 11, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Okay, I’m not a feminist anymore. I give up! Straight women are on their own. God bless. 🙏🏻
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Oh god an ice cave in Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in east Iceland just collapsed with tourists inside. There are serious injuries and people are still stuck in the cave.
Alvarlegt slys er íshellir hrundi í Breiðamerkurjökli - Vísir
Íshellir hrundi í Breiðamerkurjökli fyrr í dag og er fólk fast inni í hellinum. Tilkynnt var um slysið um klukkan 15 í dag.
www.visir.is
August 25, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Oh god an ice cave in Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in east Iceland just collapsed with tourists inside. There are serious injuries and people are still stuck in the cave.
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Have finally coded a Small Language model. Responds to any input with “wow, that’s a lot of words” and then shuts down
August 26, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Have finally coded a Small Language model. Responds to any input with “wow, that’s a lot of words” and then shuts down
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BREAKING: Invitation Homes, the nation's largest operator of single-family home rentals will pay $3.7 million to settle allegations it violated California's anti-rent gouging laws affecting 1,900 tenants, AG Rob Bonta announced today. www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...
Nation's largest single-family home landlord to pay $3.7 million in California rent-gouging case
Dallas-based Invitation Homes will pay $3.7 million in civil penalties and restitution for violations of California's tenant laws, Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announces.
www.latimes.com
January 8, 2024 at 9:04 PM
BREAKING: Invitation Homes, the nation's largest operator of single-family home rentals will pay $3.7 million to settle allegations it violated California's anti-rent gouging laws affecting 1,900 tenants, AG Rob Bonta announced today. www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...