It’s hard to put the vibe of the last two weeks into words but basically it feels like my canary didn’t even survive the car ride to the mine

When I said I was going to get a lot done today, I was a person who had no idea my shirt was going to feel so weird

The only reason anti-vax attitudes were able to take root in the modern era is because vaccines are so fucking good at their job people forgot why we need them

I've told this story before on the bird site, but I'll share it here.

Ask local candidates for office if they have a library card. In a past job, none of them had library cards, and consequently, and unsurprisingly, kept trying to cut library funding.

Ask. Ask if they use the library at all.

this reminds me of those 12 people who were responsible for thousands of book ban requests and it's a good reminder there aren't actually that many malicious actors in the world, just lots of systems unprepared for exploitation

I’m starting to understand what it must have been like when Caligula made his horse a senator.

Hello all: It is with a heavy heart that I remove my Starter Pack of "Trustworthy Mesopotamian Copper Ingot Merchants Within the City-State of Ur."

I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.

Her core premise is that people should use data to make the decisions that are best for them individually. Which is: a) the antithesis of public health, and b) a recipe for increasing inequality, because it basically means that privileged people can do what they want at the expense of everyone else.

Holy shit they did it

I've always assumed the average American bases their vote on vibes and emotions, but hard to stomach grown adults basically telling us "the vibes and emotions are controlling my body I don't even know what's happening"

Me literally every time: edits will be a breeze on this, I just have like two or three things to clean up, maybe I can do this in a week or two

Feels like a good morning to tell Bluesky the story about when I overdosed on my underwear, so let’s do this! 🧵

“raw milk is a reasonable choice for some people” is a good example of being so open minded your brains start to leak out of your ears

"Accused of, and sometimes engaged in" is a fucking *incredible* phrase. You're a political analyst! Your entire job is distinguishing between things politicians are accused of and things they actually do.

Editor: You get those photos of Elliott Gould and Grover?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what

Btw re: trans sports. If we offered a permanent ban on trans women in sports in exchange for no further attacks on trans rights in other areas, not a single GC activist ir conservative lawmaker would accept the deal.

Because it's not really about sports. And thats why it's pointless to concede.

Wow 😭