Also in parts of California in the 90s. 😂

Re: 50% -- it may matter what % of NYC's non-PD gun violence is non-fatal.

I'm not familiar w/ that specific data but homicide trend was a "classic" example in one of my college classes; if ER triage improved, nonfatal encounters can be super relevant to consider (as the PD data chart did).

Context: Joyce Carol Oates roasting Musk to a crisp: bsky.app/profile/lori...

I'm being pedantic but damn that guy is unskilled 🙄

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Just finished Waking the Moon (1994) by Elizabeth Hand

In a nascent fascist dictatorship the people exacting a toll won't be three crones, but in literally any other situation I think they're the second-most likely lineup, narratively speaking. It's (a) "tired soldier type" or (b) the actual fucking norns. Those are the choices. I didn't make the rules.

Wow this looks cold?! 😬

I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.

Do not cave on ACA! So frustrated and disgusted with the lack of spine and/or action.

I'm very happy to donate to your next even marginally more left opponent who is willing to SHOW the f** UP. Please give me a reason not to do that!

Do not cave on ACA, I absolutely will donate to ANY opponent left of you who seems to have a spine.

I am disgusted to see you are even considering this!

Charlie Jane Anders does a nice job of explaining some positives here (TW: ppl misgendering her): buttondown.com/charliejane/...

Some of the annoyance is that there isn't really standard size or construction of boobs, and bras don't totally succeed at forcing uniformity. so w/ clothing boobs can b an asset, or too small, too large, or just require annoying staging to hide the fact the garment was built for another body.

Mostly nice, sometimes in the way, sometimes just "WTF" (in a low cut top if a light rain starts suddenly you feel like you're being stabbed with ice needles).

Nobody started life with these things so at moments like those, even in my late 30s I can be like, "oh right, those--??!"

solution: ask artist to license existing artwork (that looks very similar in theme but WAY better) for one-time extremely limited use. Artist agrees. Artist gets paid, author gets non-AI, everybody is happy.

YES you can do this!!! See something you really like from an artist? Ask to license it!