A recent conference call, 2 minutes in:
Person 1: "Hello?"
Person 2: "Hello!"
Person 1: "Oh good, my audio works. It is so quiet here."
Person 2: "We're waiting for the loud ones."
Person 1: "Oh. I will be quiet."
Person 1: "Hello?"
Person 2: "Hello!"
Person 1: "Oh good, my audio works. It is so quiet here."
Person 2: "We're waiting for the loud ones."
Person 1: "Oh. I will be quiet."
July 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A recent conference call, 2 minutes in:
Person 1: "Hello?"
Person 2: "Hello!"
Person 1: "Oh good, my audio works. It is so quiet here."
Person 2: "We're waiting for the loud ones."
Person 1: "Oh. I will be quiet."
Person 1: "Hello?"
Person 2: "Hello!"
Person 1: "Oh good, my audio works. It is so quiet here."
Person 2: "We're waiting for the loud ones."
Person 1: "Oh. I will be quiet."
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who called it woke pope and not Opus DEI
May 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
who called it woke pope and not Opus DEI
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with the widespread capitulation to Trump among the professional and political classes there is a wide open path to national prominence for any Dem who’s willing to actually stand up to the guy
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
December 16, 2024 at 10:29 PM
with the widespread capitulation to Trump among the professional and political classes there is a wide open path to national prominence for any Dem who’s willing to actually stand up to the guy
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
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a 🧵 on the way women and caregiving expectations
this weekend I was on a ~4hr flight seated in the aisle with another woman in her late 30s/early 40s in the window seat. toward the end of boarding, a dad came through with his 5yo daughter to take the middle seats on either side of this row. 1/
this weekend I was on a ~4hr flight seated in the aisle with another woman in her late 30s/early 40s in the window seat. toward the end of boarding, a dad came through with his 5yo daughter to take the middle seats on either side of this row. 1/
December 16, 2024 at 4:51 PM
a 🧵 on the way women and caregiving expectations
this weekend I was on a ~4hr flight seated in the aisle with another woman in her late 30s/early 40s in the window seat. toward the end of boarding, a dad came through with his 5yo daughter to take the middle seats on either side of this row. 1/
this weekend I was on a ~4hr flight seated in the aisle with another woman in her late 30s/early 40s in the window seat. toward the end of boarding, a dad came through with his 5yo daughter to take the middle seats on either side of this row. 1/
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Because what the Democratic Party needs is subverting one of the biggest up and coming stars of the party for a 74 year old shoehorned to take her place.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democratic panel picks senior Rep. Gerry Connolly over AOC for top Oversight post
The race between Connolly and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had been seen as a fight over seniority as younger Democrats pushed for new blood and generational change.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Because what the Democratic Party needs is subverting one of the biggest up and coming stars of the party for a 74 year old shoehorned to take her place.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
New England has been a significant improvement over Ohio ☺️
December 9, 2024 at 2:49 PM
New England has been a significant improvement over Ohio ☺️
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However I think when how you are enforcing a policy is somehow impacting a marginalized community more than anyone else- to the point where they are having trouble even using the app- it is worth reviewing said policy.
November 12, 2024 at 4:50 PM
However I think when how you are enforcing a policy is somehow impacting a marginalized community more than anyone else- to the point where they are having trouble even using the app- it is worth reviewing said policy.
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"The vets who sounded the alarm have been silenced, some even fired, and won’t discuss their experiences on the record for fear of reprisals. And the federal agency that was supposed to help thwart the virus instead has allowed for an unspoken “don’t test, don’t tell” policy among dairy farmers."
"It’s how veterinarians responding to dairy farms in the Texas panhandle earlier this year assumed it would work when they stumbled upon hellish scenes out of a horror movie... [but] 'Nobody came' ... '[the USDA] did nothing.'"
Link: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...
Link: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...
Inside the Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide With Public Health
When dairy cows in Texas began falling ill with H5N1, alarmed veterinarians expected a fierce response to contain an outbreak with pandemic-sparking potential. Then politics—and, critics say, a key ag...
www.vanityfair.com
October 21, 2024 at 11:23 PM
"The vets who sounded the alarm have been silenced, some even fired, and won’t discuss their experiences on the record for fear of reprisals. And the federal agency that was supposed to help thwart the virus instead has allowed for an unspoken “don’t test, don’t tell” policy among dairy farmers."
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JD Vance attempts to justify spreading lies about Haitians eating pets in Springfield, Ohio:
“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people then that's what I'm going to do”
“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people then that's what I'm going to do”
September 15, 2024 at 1:43 PM
JD Vance attempts to justify spreading lies about Haitians eating pets in Springfield, Ohio:
“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people then that's what I'm going to do”
“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people then that's what I'm going to do”
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Die the signal or live long enough to see yourself become the noise
September 11, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Die the signal or live long enough to see yourself become the noise
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When I got the news about the assassination attempt, "I knew there was no American 'unity' coming that would in any way include me as a transgender woman."
The first night of the RNC certainly proved that last night, but pundits are still busy scolding Dems
www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/america-th...
The first night of the RNC certainly proved that last night, but pundits are still busy scolding Dems
www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/america-th...
America the Surreal
An Assassination Attempt, Fake National Unity. and Our Fascist-Enabling Media
www.bugbeardispatch.com
July 16, 2024 at 6:51 PM
When I got the news about the assassination attempt, "I knew there was no American 'unity' coming that would in any way include me as a transgender woman."
The first night of the RNC certainly proved that last night, but pundits are still busy scolding Dems
www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/america-th...
The first night of the RNC certainly proved that last night, but pundits are still busy scolding Dems
www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/america-th...
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The second letter that @questauthority.bsky.social sent to LAPD reps on my behalf. Even more savage than “LOL, no.” I’ve highlighted my fave parts. What are yours?
May 13, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The second letter that @questauthority.bsky.social sent to LAPD reps on my behalf. Even more savage than “LOL, no.” I’ve highlighted my fave parts. What are yours?
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Alabama, from mineral deposits through agriculture and slavery to modern voting.
Understanding how this sort of thing happens and why it matters is a basic test a lot of people are failing while they argue teaching history is unimportant
Understanding how this sort of thing happens and why it matters is a basic test a lot of people are failing while they argue teaching history is unimportant
November 9, 2023 at 12:53 AM
Alabama, from mineral deposits through agriculture and slavery to modern voting.
Understanding how this sort of thing happens and why it matters is a basic test a lot of people are failing while they argue teaching history is unimportant
Understanding how this sort of thing happens and why it matters is a basic test a lot of people are failing while they argue teaching history is unimportant
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Similarly WhatsApp and Telegram hold themselves out as end to end encrypted; both have problems at least as severe as iMessage with iCloud backup.
I've done cryptography for money. Just Use Signal.
I've done cryptography for money. Just Use Signal.
January 28, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Similarly WhatsApp and Telegram hold themselves out as end to end encrypted; both have problems at least as severe as iMessage with iCloud backup.
I've done cryptography for money. Just Use Signal.
I've done cryptography for money. Just Use Signal.
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transition advice: if you start feeling like it's just one of those days where you don't want to wake up, everything is fucked, everybody sucks. you don't really know why but you want to justify rippin' someone's head off, you might be transgender
January 17, 2024 at 8:24 PM
transition advice: if you start feeling like it's just one of those days where you don't want to wake up, everything is fucked, everybody sucks. you don't really know why but you want to justify rippin' someone's head off, you might be transgender
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"A south St. Louis bar owner is now facing charges stemming from an incident that began when police crashed an SUV through the front wall of his business."
we've got a late entrant for the Police of the Year Awards
www.riverfronttimes.com/news/st-loui...
we've got a late entrant for the Police of the Year Awards
www.riverfronttimes.com/news/st-loui...
St. Louis Police File Felony Charge Against Bar:PM Owner After SUV Crash
Co-owner Chad Morris now faces a charge of felony assault on an officer
www.riverfronttimes.com
December 19, 2023 at 5:37 AM
"A south St. Louis bar owner is now facing charges stemming from an incident that began when police crashed an SUV through the front wall of his business."
we've got a late entrant for the Police of the Year Awards
www.riverfronttimes.com/news/st-loui...
we've got a late entrant for the Police of the Year Awards
www.riverfronttimes.com/news/st-loui...
AWS autoscaling should have been called boot’n’rally
December 19, 2023 at 10:00 AM
AWS autoscaling should have been called boot’n’rally
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Honored to write the Rolling Stone obituary for the worst American of the post-World War II era. Rot in piss
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies
Henry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday.
www.rollingstone.com
November 30, 2023 at 1:59 AM
Honored to write the Rolling Stone obituary for the worst American of the post-World War II era. Rot in piss
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A thoughtful profile of Robin Witt, a trans woman who left her job at a NASA contractor working towards the first moon landing in fifty years to escape Florida's anti-trans laws.
Forced Out: Anti-Trans Laws in Florida Forced a Woman to Quit Her Dream Job with NASA
An electrical engineer who contracted with NASA fled Florida after the state passed a flurry of anti-trans laws.
www.thestranger.com
October 30, 2023 at 5:36 PM
A thoughtful profile of Robin Witt, a trans woman who left her job at a NASA contractor working towards the first moon landing in fifty years to escape Florida's anti-trans laws.
When she says she’s a top
October 28, 2023 at 8:45 AM
When she says she’s a top
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being a gay girl is so hard
October 2, 2023 at 4:55 PM
being a gay girl is so hard
It’s a moon in the daytime sort of day.
October 2, 2023 at 4:55 PM
It’s a moon in the daytime sort of day.
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The two-party system is a variant of the good cop/bad cop routine.
September 23, 2023 at 1:56 PM
The two-party system is a variant of the good cop/bad cop routine.
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I depressed a man in Reno just to watch him cry.
September 1, 2023 at 10:56 AM
I depressed a man in Reno just to watch him cry.