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Ever notice how, when you’re a kid, more and more rules fall away the older you get? As an adult, too—still applies.
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Ever notice how, when you’re a kid, more and more rules fall away the older you get? As an adult, too—still applies.
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Instead of even trying to chase jobs that seem out of reach, Gen Z is embracing living like a rat—not showering or leaving the house for days at a time. trib.al/BSvT8WJ
China's unemployed Gen Z are proudly calling themselves 'rat people' and spending entire days in bed | Fortune
Experts say the movement is a global 'quiet protest' against current job market and burnout.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Instead of even trying to chase jobs that seem out of reach, Gen Z is embracing living like a rat—not showering or leaving the house for days at a time. trib.al/BSvT8WJ
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The fascinating and touching story of how humanity saved the ginkgo (in case you need your faith in humanity restored) www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/23/g...
How Humanity Saved the Ginkgo
Pressed between the pages of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — a favorite book of my childhood, which my grandmother used to read to me and which still dwells in her immense library &#…
www.themarginalian.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The fascinating and touching story of how humanity saved the ginkgo (in case you need your faith in humanity restored) www.themarginalian.org/2025/09/23/g...
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SCOOP: Staffers in a southern Planned Parenthood say their new leadership poses a serious danger from within.
One new leader called herself “pro-life,” and another asked about partnering with anti-abortion groups.
One new leader called herself “pro-life,” and another asked about partnering with anti-abortion groups.
Scoop: Staffers fear a southern Planned Parenthood faces a “dangerous threat from within”
One new leader called herself “pro-life” and another asked about partnering with anti-abortion groups.
www.motherjones.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
SCOOP: Staffers in a southern Planned Parenthood say their new leadership poses a serious danger from within.
One new leader called herself “pro-life,” and another asked about partnering with anti-abortion groups.
One new leader called herself “pro-life,” and another asked about partnering with anti-abortion groups.
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I held a listening session with local labor groups representing federal workers in the #FightingFifth, where we discussed the #RepublicanShutdown and the support they need to continue providing the vital public services that keep us safe and secure.
October 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I held a listening session with local labor groups representing federal workers in the #FightingFifth, where we discussed the #RepublicanShutdown and the support they need to continue providing the vital public services that keep us safe and secure.
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“Fill the page with nonsense, if you must,” said Poynter’s audience engagement producer TyLisa C. Johnson. “Even if I’m just writing a stream of consciousness, some of those streams have led to major breakthroughs.”
Here are four writing tips for storytelling (and memes): buff.ly/YmSTbmg
Here are four writing tips for storytelling (and memes): buff.ly/YmSTbmg
How we’re using humor in fraught times - Poynter
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their…
www.poynter.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Fill the page with nonsense, if you must,” said Poynter’s audience engagement producer TyLisa C. Johnson. “Even if I’m just writing a stream of consciousness, some of those streams have led to major breakthroughs.”
Here are four writing tips for storytelling (and memes): buff.ly/YmSTbmg
Here are four writing tips for storytelling (and memes): buff.ly/YmSTbmg
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At #FortuneMPW, Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford warned that American farmers face a critical labor shortage that could lead to a “black swan event” if the U.S. doesn’t institute more pathways for legal immigration. trib.al/Gdl7I2F
Land O Lakes CEO says 'we need more legal immigration' to help American farmers because a lack of labor could trigger a 'black swan event' | Fortune
Only about a third of U.S. crop farmworkers are born in the U.S. The vast majority are undocumented immigrants.
trib.al
October 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
At #FortuneMPW, Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford warned that American farmers face a critical labor shortage that could lead to a “black swan event” if the U.S. doesn’t institute more pathways for legal immigration. trib.al/Gdl7I2F
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”
“…in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”
“…in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”
Life in Gaza may go from utter hell to mere nightmare. What happens now? | Hussein Agha and Robert Malley
Life in Gaza may go from utter hell to mere nightmare. What happens now? | Hussein Agha and Robert Malley
It took an American president unbound by traditional domestic constraints to get this done and provide the parties with what they could accept
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”
“…in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”
“…in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”
Muybridge of a cat cleaning his foot.
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
October 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Muybridge of a cat cleaning his foot.
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
#caturday Wee beastie is watching the UGA game as intently as a kitty can.
#catsofbluesky #godawgs
(In retrospect he might secretly be rooting for the Wildcats.)
#catsofbluesky #godawgs
(In retrospect he might secretly be rooting for the Wildcats.)
October 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#caturday Wee beastie is watching the UGA game as intently as a kitty can.
#catsofbluesky #godawgs
(In retrospect he might secretly be rooting for the Wildcats.)
#catsofbluesky #godawgs
(In retrospect he might secretly be rooting for the Wildcats.)
September 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World, courtesy of @criminalrecordsatl.bsky.social.
First MCS album in 10 years! 🤗
Produced by Sean O’Keefe.
First MCS album in 10 years! 🤗
Produced by Sean O’Keefe.
September 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World, courtesy of @criminalrecordsatl.bsky.social.
First MCS album in 10 years! 🤗
Produced by Sean O’Keefe.
First MCS album in 10 years! 🤗
Produced by Sean O’Keefe.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.
Not entirely accurate to how everyone’s graphic imaginations differ, but this is somewhat a thing I do without realizing. “Visualizing” a number or concept in mental space to is helpful to catalog or execute an idea. For example, “seeing” a name is the only way I will remember it.
Is a memory palace actually useful? It helped me memorize the first 20 digits of pi
Is a memory palace actually useful? It helped me memorize the first 20 digits of pi
It felt like a gargantuan achievement – I’m someone who regularly forgets the most important item on a shopping list
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Not entirely accurate to how everyone’s graphic imaginations differ, but this is somewhat a thing I do without realizing. “Visualizing” a number or concept in mental space to is helpful to catalog or execute an idea. For example, “seeing” a name is the only way I will remember it.
Science side of Bluesky: Can anyone explain me why my cat loves coffee? He is incorrigible.
(No, I don’t let him drink it—but if there’s a lonely mug, he’s shoving his face in it.)
(No, I don’t let him drink it—but if there’s a lonely mug, he’s shoving his face in it.)
September 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Science side of Bluesky: Can anyone explain me why my cat loves coffee? He is incorrigible.
(No, I don’t let him drink it—but if there’s a lonely mug, he’s shoving his face in it.)
(No, I don’t let him drink it—but if there’s a lonely mug, he’s shoving his face in it.)
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Today, we remember our IATSE kin who operated the lighting equipment that allowed the search and rescue operation at Ground Zero to continue 24 hours a day for weeks: iatse.net/iatse-stands...
IATSE honors heroic members who kept Ground Zero bright - IATSE
NEW YORK, NY — We all remember where we were on September 11, 2001. For so many of our sisters and brothers, the tragic events of that day were just the […]
iatse.net
September 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today, we remember our IATSE kin who operated the lighting equipment that allowed the search and rescue operation at Ground Zero to continue 24 hours a day for weeks: iatse.net/iatse-stands...
It’s time. 🍂🍂🍂
September 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It’s time. 🍂🍂🍂
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#SciArtSeptember Day 6: prairie • Another excerpt from a #SciArt poem—a sound escapes me—with a verse about the prairie. You can read the entire poem here: open.substack.com/pub/theslowe...
September 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#SciArtSeptember Day 6: prairie • Another excerpt from a #SciArt poem—a sound escapes me—with a verse about the prairie. You can read the entire poem here: open.substack.com/pub/theslowe...
September 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
– J. R. R. Tolkien 🌾
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
– J. R. R. Tolkien 🌾
September 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
– J. R. R. Tolkien 🌾
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
– J. R. R. Tolkien 🌾
Operating in an embryonic state as I trudge through the bog-waters of burnout. Not giving the usual 110% feels like a personality betrayal, but admittedly I am starting to feel better. The toughest aspect now is patience. Trying to keep fears over judgement and skill-regression out of mind.
August 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Operating in an embryonic state as I trudge through the bog-waters of burnout. Not giving the usual 110% feels like a personality betrayal, but admittedly I am starting to feel better. The toughest aspect now is patience. Trying to keep fears over judgement and skill-regression out of mind.
Impromptu modeling sesh because ✨someone✨ tried to eat 🫧plastic🫧 and wearing clothes doth indeed make the beast more civilized. I think he hates t-shirts as much as I do.
#catsofbluesky #fashion
#catsofbluesky #fashion
August 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Impromptu modeling sesh because ✨someone✨ tried to eat 🫧plastic🫧 and wearing clothes doth indeed make the beast more civilized. I think he hates t-shirts as much as I do.
#catsofbluesky #fashion
#catsofbluesky #fashion
See this for what it is. Americans have lost the ability to criticize their government.
A man who identified himself as a 20-year combat veteran was arrested after setting fire to an American flag in front of the White House – just hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pushing for strict penalties for desecrating the flag. https://cnn.it/3JrC3RP
August 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
See this for what it is. Americans have lost the ability to criticize their government.