JFW
@middleageunicorn.bsky.social
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📚 Reader: mystery, true crime, sci-fi, reading diversely
🎨 Art journaler and former poet
🔮 Tarot card collector
🦄 Perimenopausal mom & educator still figuring my 💩 out
📚 Reader: mystery, true crime, sci-fi, reading diversely
🎨 Art journaler and former poet
🔮 Tarot card collector
🦄 Perimenopausal mom & educator still figuring my 💩 out
My 13-year old is at sleep away camp for the next MONTH & I'm enjoying all the things: a mystery movie at our local theater (more in the commenfs), a minor league baseball game w/friends & spending 1.5 hours chatting with a friend w/o worrying about getting home on time. This is glorious.
July 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My 13-year old is at sleep away camp for the next MONTH & I'm enjoying all the things: a mystery movie at our local theater (more in the commenfs), a minor league baseball game w/friends & spending 1.5 hours chatting with a friend w/o worrying about getting home on time. This is glorious.
This is officially horrifying.
Yesterday we reported that Elon Musk's chatbot went on a tirade. In at least one instance, Grok praised Adolf Hitler.
Grok Is Spewing Antisemitic Garbage on X
Elon Musk’s chatbot has gone on a tirade, praising Adolf Hitler and parroting antisemitic tropes.
www.wired.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is officially horrifying.
And there's my brain, broken.
July 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
And there's my brain, broken.
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July 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
July 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
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Won’t be long before we learn of an ICE detention center setting up in a former regional hospital
Sorry, no beds for cancer patients, we’ve got to lock up this father of three who works as a roofer.
Sorry, no beds for cancer patients, we’ve got to lock up this father of three who works as a roofer.
Big win for the close the hospitals, open the camps caucus today.
July 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Won’t be long before we learn of an ICE detention center setting up in a former regional hospital
Sorry, no beds for cancer patients, we’ve got to lock up this father of three who works as a roofer.
Sorry, no beds for cancer patients, we’ve got to lock up this father of three who works as a roofer.
On August 28, 2014, Barack Obama wore a tan suit to a press conference & it was scandalous. Now, we have a twice-impeached, convicted felon, accused sex pest president who just swore while talking to the press. The Reuters article (in the comments) doesn't even remark on the swearing. Unreal.
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 Trump says Israel and Iran “don’t know what the f*ck they’re doing.”
June 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
On August 28, 2014, Barack Obama wore a tan suit to a press conference & it was scandalous. Now, we have a twice-impeached, convicted felon, accused sex pest president who just swore while talking to the press. The Reuters article (in the comments) doesn't even remark on the swearing. Unreal.
48 and... well, I like myself more and care less about what other people think of me.
June 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
48 and... well, I like myself more and care less about what other people think of me.
In my field (Career Development), using AI effectively is complicated by the cycle of companies using AI to screen applications & applicants trying to outsmart them with the right keyword combination. Applicants apply to 100s of jobs, necessitating companies to use AI to screen applications.
Opinion | The Em Dash Is Not the Problem
Anxieties around AI and punctuation say a lot about academia, Joseph Mellors writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kY8NQw
Anxieties around AI and punctuation say a lot about academia, Joseph Mellors writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kY8NQw
What’s With the Em Dash/AI Anxieties? (opinion)
Anxieties around AI and punctuation say a lot about academia, Joseph Mellors writes.
bit.ly
June 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In my field (Career Development), using AI effectively is complicated by the cycle of companies using AI to screen applications & applicants trying to outsmart them with the right keyword combination. Applicants apply to 100s of jobs, necessitating companies to use AI to screen applications.
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The at home assassination of a state lawmaker should be getting a bigger reaction from the President than someone throwing a rock at a Tesla dealership.
June 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The at home assassination of a state lawmaker should be getting a bigger reaction from the President than someone throwing a rock at a Tesla dealership.
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new ArtsWatch dropping soon with resources and call scripts to yell at your Senator if they (like Oregon’s @jeff-merkley.bsky.social) sit on the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, which will be making recommendations Monday June 23 on the budget which proposes to eliminate arts & culture agencies
June 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
new ArtsWatch dropping soon with resources and call scripts to yell at your Senator if they (like Oregon’s @jeff-merkley.bsky.social) sit on the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, which will be making recommendations Monday June 23 on the budget which proposes to eliminate arts & culture agencies
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heads up to anyone in these states, your Senator is on the same committee and you can use the same toolkit
DEMOCRATS
Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member (Oregon)
Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
Martin Heinrich (New Mexico)
Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin)
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
Jon Ossoff (Georgia)
DEMOCRATS
Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member (Oregon)
Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
Martin Heinrich (New Mexico)
Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin)
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
Jon Ossoff (Georgia)
June 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
heads up to anyone in these states, your Senator is on the same committee and you can use the same toolkit
DEMOCRATS
Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member (Oregon)
Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
Martin Heinrich (New Mexico)
Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin)
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
Jon Ossoff (Georgia)
DEMOCRATS
Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member (Oregon)
Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
Martin Heinrich (New Mexico)
Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin)
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
Jon Ossoff (Georgia)
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I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
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Senator Alex Padilla of California was removed by force from Kristi Noem’s presser and handcuffed for his free speech. This is what a fascist regime does that rejects the laws of the US. It should horrify every American. Let’s stop pretending we are approaching authoritarian rule. We are there.
June 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Senator Alex Padilla of California was removed by force from Kristi Noem’s presser and handcuffed for his free speech. This is what a fascist regime does that rejects the laws of the US. It should horrify every American. Let’s stop pretending we are approaching authoritarian rule. We are there.
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Until recently, the long-running British show was too often content with iteration. Actor Ncuti Gatwa brought an unapologetic queerness to the character of the Doctor.
'Doctor Who' is about possibility. Ncuti Gatwa's role embodied that
Until recently, the long-running British show was too often content with iteration. Actor Ncuti Gatwa brought an unapologetic queerness to the character of the Doctor.
n.pr
June 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Until recently, the long-running British show was too often content with iteration. Actor Ncuti Gatwa brought an unapologetic queerness to the character of the Doctor.
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![Wikipedia definition of "idiot plot": In literary criticism, an idiot plot is one which is "kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is an idiot",[1]: 26 and where the story would quickly end, or possibly not even happen, if this were not the case.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6waxgers6k753hgsmh2prmv7/bafkreicwreql25fxq3hliczfe3pgz6djdjbrvwbax2d2oyevjm73tb3voy@jpeg)
Following Saturday's uneven #DoctorWho season finale, I'm now rewatching the 15th Doctor's run. I *love* #NcutiGatwa 's portrayal of the Doctor as joyful (& menacing, especially S2). Unfortunately, I think the writing for his seasons didn't match his talent. I'll use this thread to post my thoughts.
June 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Following Saturday's uneven #DoctorWho season finale, I'm now rewatching the 15th Doctor's run. I *love* #NcutiGatwa 's portrayal of the Doctor as joyful (& menacing, especially S2). Unfortunately, I think the writing for his seasons didn't match his talent. I'll use this thread to post my thoughts.
I learned that #PlutoTV has 250+ episodes of Classic #DoctorWho available to stream for free. I spent a good chunk of my day off yesterday creating a spreadsheet of all the episodes, categorized by release dates and Doctor, then cruised the nerd forums to figure out the ideal order to watch them.
two men standing next to each other with the words i 'm just having fun
Alt: Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor Who, saying "I'm just having fun" to a man in a black and gold vest, then walking away.
media.tenor.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I learned that #PlutoTV has 250+ episodes of Classic #DoctorWho available to stream for free. I spent a good chunk of my day off yesterday creating a spreadsheet of all the episodes, categorized by release dates and Doctor, then cruised the nerd forums to figure out the ideal order to watch them.
I'm feeling especially perimenopausal: tired, cranky, sad, hormonal. What are movies I can stream that won't take too much mental effort but aren't crap? I have Netflix, HBO Max, Prime, Peacock, Paramount, and Hulu. Go!
#filmsky #movierecommendations
#filmsky #movierecommendations
a man with a mustache is screaming and saying i 'm in a glass case of emotion
Alt: Will Ferrell in Anchorman is screaming in a phone box and saying i 'm in a glass case of emotion
media.tenor.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'm feeling especially perimenopausal: tired, cranky, sad, hormonal. What are movies I can stream that won't take too much mental effort but aren't crap? I have Netflix, HBO Max, Prime, Peacock, Paramount, and Hulu. Go!
#filmsky #movierecommendations
#filmsky #movierecommendations
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When a state forces a brain-dead pregnant woman to remain on life support against her family's wishes, it abandons its humanity. This is not pro-life; it's a profound violation of human rights. The trauma of continuing a pregnancy under such circumstances is unimaginable.
May 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
When a state forces a brain-dead pregnant woman to remain on life support against her family's wishes, it abandons its humanity. This is not pro-life; it's a profound violation of human rights. The trauma of continuing a pregnancy under such circumstances is unimaginable.
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Now, let's see if anyone in the Press has the brass ones to say Trump lies and takes bribes. I'm not holding my breath but I have a little hope.
May 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Now, let's see if anyone in the Press has the brass ones to say Trump lies and takes bribes. I'm not holding my breath but I have a little hope.