Mosswood Lark
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LET US BEGIN THE AIRING OF GRIEVANCES. HAPPY FESTIVUS TO ALL!
two men standing in front of an american video store
ALT: two men standing in front of an american video store
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
LET US BEGIN THE AIRING OF GRIEVANCES. HAPPY FESTIVUS TO ALL!
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It is more important to create than submit work
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It is more important to create than submit work
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
to submit work than worry about being published
to publish at all than be too precious about where or when
to have work read than get awards
to be nominated at all than win—
And it is more important to make what you love than never risk failing.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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New, at Can We Still Govern?
Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it.
A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it.
A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
What have we learned about child poverty in America?
Members of a National Academy of Sciences committee share insights
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New, at Can We Still Govern?
Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it.
A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it.
A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
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Sesame Street taught me to count to twelve, but in the most dramatic way possible
December 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sesame Street taught me to count to twelve, but in the most dramatic way possible
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every once in a while you find the right footnote and then there's lightning in your veins
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
every once in a while you find the right footnote and then there's lightning in your veins
An acquaintance on Facebook has decided, as an amateur in a career far removed from plant biology, that she can identify and possibly eat mushrooms from her backyard, against the advice of +multiple+ people who warned her how dangerous this is.
I guess this is the hill she's willing to die on
I guess this is the hill she's willing to die on
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
An acquaintance on Facebook has decided, as an amateur in a career far removed from plant biology, that she can identify and possibly eat mushrooms from her backyard, against the advice of +multiple+ people who warned her how dangerous this is.
I guess this is the hill she's willing to die on
I guess this is the hill she's willing to die on
just saw a Harry Potter mandrake christmas tree ornament "with sound" and whoever orders that for themselves or their small children deserves exactly what they get
December 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
just saw a Harry Potter mandrake christmas tree ornament "with sound" and whoever orders that for themselves or their small children deserves exactly what they get
I rarely swear in the workplace. I've had at least one coworker who thought it was some kind of churchy prude, but the reality is: I'm just not that good at code-switching.
I turned off the swearing when my friends started having kids and it's either that or, just lighting up a blue streak 24/7.
I turned off the swearing when my friends started having kids and it's either that or, just lighting up a blue streak 24/7.
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I rarely swear in the workplace. I've had at least one coworker who thought it was some kind of churchy prude, but the reality is: I'm just not that good at code-switching.
I turned off the swearing when my friends started having kids and it's either that or, just lighting up a blue streak 24/7.
I turned off the swearing when my friends started having kids and it's either that or, just lighting up a blue streak 24/7.
I don't know that I'm figuring out what life is all about as I get older, but I'm definitely getting a handle on what life isn't about.
And mostly it's not about the things I thought it was about 20, 10, or even 5 years ago.
And mostly it's not about the things I thought it was about 20, 10, or even 5 years ago.
December 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I don't know that I'm figuring out what life is all about as I get older, but I'm definitely getting a handle on what life isn't about.
And mostly it's not about the things I thought it was about 20, 10, or even 5 years ago.
And mostly it's not about the things I thought it was about 20, 10, or even 5 years ago.
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for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
November 11, 2024 at 10:10 PM
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
Lessons from a family get-together:
Never offer to take holiday photos of someone with a mild narcissistic streak. That's four hours of your life you'll never get back.
Never offer to take holiday photos of someone with a mild narcissistic streak. That's four hours of your life you'll never get back.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Lessons from a family get-together:
Never offer to take holiday photos of someone with a mild narcissistic streak. That's four hours of your life you'll never get back.
Never offer to take holiday photos of someone with a mild narcissistic streak. That's four hours of your life you'll never get back.
I don't know anything about my family ancestry beyond my grandparents, but looking at my skin tone in these Thanksgiving pictures, apparently I come from a line of lobsters
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I don't know anything about my family ancestry beyond my grandparents, but looking at my skin tone in these Thanksgiving pictures, apparently I come from a line of lobsters
The Thanksgiving eye of the storm: small children and grown adults are brave but sagging in the several hours it's been between when dinner was promised and dinner being eaten.
The family has been divided between people working feverishly and the people who have been banned from the kitchen.
The family has been divided between people working feverishly and the people who have been banned from the kitchen.
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Thanksgiving eye of the storm: small children and grown adults are brave but sagging in the several hours it's been between when dinner was promised and dinner being eaten.
The family has been divided between people working feverishly and the people who have been banned from the kitchen.
The family has been divided between people working feverishly and the people who have been banned from the kitchen.
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speed dating but it’s just a scholastic book fair for adults
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
speed dating but it’s just a scholastic book fair for adults
'tis the time of year when I remember that I have a to-do list in Trello and the only reason I ever look at it is the list of gift ideas for my wife that I keep updated 365 days a year
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
'tis the time of year when I remember that I have a to-do list in Trello and the only reason I ever look at it is the list of gift ideas for my wife that I keep updated 365 days a year
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THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE HUMANITIES IN SCHOOL
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE HUMANITIES IN SCHOOL
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PEW PEW PEW
“To maintain the drag-minimizing and edge-on orientation [for] greater distances, the plant launches its seeds at about 10 m/s with a backspin of > 1200 Hz. That frequency makes hairyflower wild petunia seeds the fastest-rotating natural thing on Earth.” 🧪
physicstoday.aip.org/quick-study/...
physicstoday.aip.org/quick-study/...
How plant seeds fly
Although plants often rely on wind and water to carry their seeds and spores, some have evolved extraordinary launch mechanisms to disperse them.
physicstoday.aip.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
PEW PEW PEW
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If you stare at seagulls, they're less likely to steal your food. That's kind of like how calling out corporations that treat workers unfairly can help turn things around for the workers, right? Anyway, here's a seagull and don't buy Starbucks during today's strike
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you stare at seagulls, they're less likely to steal your food. That's kind of like how calling out corporations that treat workers unfairly can help turn things around for the workers, right? Anyway, here's a seagull and don't buy Starbucks during today's strike
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Somebody said "truck of theseus" and lolololol
Bold and innovative decision to apply the principles of Permanent Revolution to a vehicle and create the Permanent Recall
Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again. Yep, More Pieces Are Falling Off.
The glue-induced recall only affects vehicles with the dealer-installed lightbar option.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Somebody said "truck of theseus" and lolololol
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I am shooting my shot.
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I am shooting my shot.
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
Hello I was just very kind and polite to a woman who called me to collect a late payment because she is also a human being. Please clap
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hello I was just very kind and polite to a woman who called me to collect a late payment because she is also a human being. Please clap