A million people join Bluesky and suddenly I can't log in to my main account.
February 9, 2024 at 10:11 PM
A million people join Bluesky and suddenly I can't log in to my main account.
Been watching too much semi-pro YouTube. I just want to grab everyone's scripts and give them a good hard editing.
February 6, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Been watching too much semi-pro YouTube. I just want to grab everyone's scripts and give them a good hard editing.
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People react with horror to the thought of women being forced to seek "back alley" abortions but not to trans people being forced to seek black market hormones and surgery even though the risks and the principle of bodily autonomy are the same in each case.
February 5, 2024 at 9:00 PM
People react with horror to the thought of women being forced to seek "back alley" abortions but not to trans people being forced to seek black market hormones and surgery even though the risks and the principle of bodily autonomy are the same in each case.
Damn it, I'm in a doctor's waiting room
found out about the "one electron" theory that every electron has identical charge and mass because it is one electron traveling infinitely fast backward and forward in time interacting with itself repeatedly. This is what i believe now. I believe there is but one electron. And i'm going to fuck it.
January 23, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Damn it, I'm in a doctor's waiting room
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We are in the middle of the second-largest COVID surge of the pandemic. This decision is not based on science, it’s based on worker exploitation.
California health officials shorten COVID isolation period to 1 day
California health officials have shortened the COVID-19 isolation guidelines for those who test positive as the department aims to focus more on people who are the most at risk of severe illness wh…
ktla.com
January 19, 2024 at 4:00 AM
We are in the middle of the second-largest COVID surge of the pandemic. This decision is not based on science, it’s based on worker exploitation.
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Any sufficiently advanced writing session is indistinguishable from goofing the fuck off
January 17, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Any sufficiently advanced writing session is indistinguishable from goofing the fuck off
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My mind: Oh no everyone is more successful and attractive and cool than me
Me: Thank u for that thought. Now I am going to imagine a frog who is a conductor of a steam train
Me: Thank u for that thought. Now I am going to imagine a frog who is a conductor of a steam train
January 13, 2024 at 12:25 AM
My mind: Oh no everyone is more successful and attractive and cool than me
Me: Thank u for that thought. Now I am going to imagine a frog who is a conductor of a steam train
Me: Thank u for that thought. Now I am going to imagine a frog who is a conductor of a steam train
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I was supposed to see my dude in October but he got COVID. I was gonna see him for Christmas but the relative who'd watch his kids got COVID. He was gonna drive here tonight finally but the new person who'd watch his kids? Just tested positive for COVID. Mask up. The pandemic is far from over.
January 13, 2024 at 6:37 AM
I was supposed to see my dude in October but he got COVID. I was gonna see him for Christmas but the relative who'd watch his kids got COVID. He was gonna drive here tonight finally but the new person who'd watch his kids? Just tested positive for COVID. Mask up. The pandemic is far from over.
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Same!
If an editor says "I suggest you make this change here" what they mean is "that bit doesn't work for me, as it is: please fix it", along with their idea of a fix. They're almost certainly right about it not working, but you're the author, it's your job to come up with a *better* fix.
If an editor says "I suggest you make this change here" what they mean is "that bit doesn't work for me, as it is: please fix it", along with their idea of a fix. They're almost certainly right about it not working, but you're the author, it's your job to come up with a *better* fix.
January 9, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Same!
If an editor says "I suggest you make this change here" what they mean is "that bit doesn't work for me, as it is: please fix it", along with their idea of a fix. They're almost certainly right about it not working, but you're the author, it's your job to come up with a *better* fix.
If an editor says "I suggest you make this change here" what they mean is "that bit doesn't work for me, as it is: please fix it", along with their idea of a fix. They're almost certainly right about it not working, but you're the author, it's your job to come up with a *better* fix.
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A report from the ground that COVID is spreading rapidly in Gaza. Gaza is a public health crisis. We need a ceasefire now, and world leaders to stop denying that the pandemic is still going.
January 7, 2024 at 10:40 PM
A report from the ground that COVID is spreading rapidly in Gaza. Gaza is a public health crisis. We need a ceasefire now, and world leaders to stop denying that the pandemic is still going.
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Normalize virus reports like weather reports. We appreciate weather reports even if they bring us bad news, as they help us plan ahead and avoid accidents.
We need to stop being in denial about airborne viruses spreading. Sharing data helps us prepare and makes our lives easier.
We need to stop being in denial about airborne viruses spreading. Sharing data helps us prepare and makes our lives easier.
January 5, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Normalize virus reports like weather reports. We appreciate weather reports even if they bring us bad news, as they help us plan ahead and avoid accidents.
We need to stop being in denial about airborne viruses spreading. Sharing data helps us prepare and makes our lives easier.
We need to stop being in denial about airborne viruses spreading. Sharing data helps us prepare and makes our lives easier.
This is relevant to my interests
David Graeber vs Yuval Harari: Exploding the myth of how civilisation began | “The Dawn of Everything challenges a mainstream telling of prehistory that ignores the complex societies created by nomadic people” www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/davi...
David Graeber vs Yuval Harari: Exploding the myth of how civilisation began
The Dawn of Everything challenges a mainstream telling of prehistory that ignores the complex societies created by nomadic people
www.middleeasteye.net
January 6, 2024 at 10:16 AM
This is relevant to my interests
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Went to the Royal Academy today & discovered Interior by Armand Guillaumin featuring a statuette of the goddess Sekhmet perhaps dating from the reign of Amenhotep III c. 1390-1352 BCE, showing both the exoticisation of ancient Egypt & British colonialism (created during the the veiled protectorate)
December 19, 2023 at 9:50 PM
Went to the Royal Academy today & discovered Interior by Armand Guillaumin featuring a statuette of the goddess Sekhmet perhaps dating from the reign of Amenhotep III c. 1390-1352 BCE, showing both the exoticisation of ancient Egypt & British colonialism (created during the the veiled protectorate)
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People who are disabled, chronically ill, higher risk etc. have every right to be angry about being abandoned by multiple governments. And they have every right to express that anger in whichever way they choose. Period. We should all humbly listen to them and act.
December 30, 2023 at 3:23 AM
People who are disabled, chronically ill, higher risk etc. have every right to be angry about being abandoned by multiple governments. And they have every right to express that anger in whichever way they choose. Period. We should all humbly listen to them and act.
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Re: Haley
When we think of whiteness as ideology, we move beyond expectation that only those who think themselves white can be tempted by its affordances.
I shared this on Twitter while ago—reply to student who asked how Jan 6 could be abt whiteness if there was smattering of non-whites there.
When we think of whiteness as ideology, we move beyond expectation that only those who think themselves white can be tempted by its affordances.
I shared this on Twitter while ago—reply to student who asked how Jan 6 could be abt whiteness if there was smattering of non-whites there.
December 28, 2023 at 9:32 PM
Re: Haley
When we think of whiteness as ideology, we move beyond expectation that only those who think themselves white can be tempted by its affordances.
I shared this on Twitter while ago—reply to student who asked how Jan 6 could be abt whiteness if there was smattering of non-whites there.
When we think of whiteness as ideology, we move beyond expectation that only those who think themselves white can be tempted by its affordances.
I shared this on Twitter while ago—reply to student who asked how Jan 6 could be abt whiteness if there was smattering of non-whites there.
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Remember the ban on trans women playing in women's chess? Turns out there's only one trans woman playing chess at a competitive level internationally. Yosha Iglesias of France is feeling singled out as an intentional ban turns out to impact literally just her.
The BBC Found One (1) Trans Woman Impacted by Trans Ban in Chess — Assigned
Yosha Iglesias is the only trans woman currently playing competitive chess.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 28, 2023 at 7:18 PM
Remember the ban on trans women playing in women's chess? Turns out there's only one trans woman playing chess at a competitive level internationally. Yosha Iglesias of France is feeling singled out as an intentional ban turns out to impact literally just her.
My first thought was "no", but then I remembered the times that I was surprised to realise that the author or character was of a different gender of the one that I had presumed, *and the voice changed*.
When you are reading a book, do you head a voice reading to you? I hear a voice narrating...
My wife @lilah.bsky.social doesn't hear a narrator.
This is blowing my mind
My wife @lilah.bsky.social doesn't hear a narrator.
This is blowing my mind
December 28, 2023 at 10:48 PM
My first thought was "no", but then I remembered the times that I was surprised to realise that the author or character was of a different gender of the one that I had presumed, *and the voice changed*.
"living with COVID"
The deal seems to be that people can largely live like in pre-pandemic times as long as we accept getting miserably ill maybe twice a year (especially during family holidays), accept heightened risks of long-term health problems, and let old/vulnerable folks die. Doesn’t seem like a good deal to me.
December 27, 2023 at 11:26 PM
"living with COVID"
The lyrics everyone's posting are driving me nuts because I recognise so many of them, but can't place them. It's like when you get a fragment of a song stuck in your head, and you KNOW you know it, but for the life of you you can't summon up the rest of the song.
December 27, 2023 at 11:24 PM
The lyrics everyone's posting are driving me nuts because I recognise so many of them, but can't place them. It's like when you get a fragment of a song stuck in your head, and you KNOW you know it, but for the life of you you can't summon up the rest of the song.
A paper on supernovae happening 10^32000 years in the future: "Unfortunately, due to the time-scales involved there are few observable consequences for this work".
December 27, 2023 at 10:52 PM
A paper on supernovae happening 10^32000 years in the future: "Unfortunately, due to the time-scales involved there are few observable consequences for this work".
We got the flow, it's break your naughty
Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste.
December 27, 2023 at 9:45 PM
We got the flow, it's break your naughty