VirginiaM - owlet
@virginiam.bsky.social
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Give me Leverage-style Dem comms teams:
- the policy wonk
- the storyteller
- the salesperson
- the CONSIZER (yeah okay the editor, and no that’s not a word)
- the policy wonk
- the storyteller
- the salesperson
- the CONSIZER (yeah okay the editor, and no that’s not a word)
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When I went home to Mississippi last week, a Black farmer welcomed folks to pick greens from his land for free. It made me wonder whether other communities across the country were also giving back ahead of the holiday.
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
Why Fresh Collard Greens Are Becoming a Holiday Lifeline in These Communities
From farmers to churches, residents across the country are working together to provide free food for those in need this holiday season.
capitalbnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When I went home to Mississippi last week, a Black farmer welcomed folks to pick greens from his land for free. It made me wonder whether other communities across the country were also giving back ahead of the holiday.
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
The answer: yes, they are.
capitalbnews.org/collard-gree...
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you have to be able to look bad faith in the eye and say absolutely not, even if that bad faith is coming from the highest levels of government
if you can’t, you do not - in any meaningful sense - have an institution, and all the kids who go there will learn is to weaponize bad faith themselves
if you can’t, you do not - in any meaningful sense - have an institution, and all the kids who go there will learn is to weaponize bad faith themselves
this is just rank cowardice, the student very obviously disregarded the instructions and the assignment to antagonize her peers and instructors and provoke this exact reaction, society simply can’t function when the people in charge scurry like kicked dogs every time some troll bully says boo
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
you have to be able to look bad faith in the eye and say absolutely not, even if that bad faith is coming from the highest levels of government
if you can’t, you do not - in any meaningful sense - have an institution, and all the kids who go there will learn is to weaponize bad faith themselves
if you can’t, you do not - in any meaningful sense - have an institution, and all the kids who go there will learn is to weaponize bad faith themselves
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Holiday shopping? Space Horrors, an anthology of science fiction horror stories set in outer space, is on sale for only 99 cents (e-book version) today! I'm in this anthology, alongside some very cool writers!
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Holiday shopping? Space Horrors, an anthology of science fiction horror stories set in outer space, is on sale for only 99 cents (e-book version) today! I'm in this anthology, alongside some very cool writers!
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November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Private equityyyyyyyyyyyyyy
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Private equityyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
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They’re burying the weirdest part of this story, which is that this congressman’s twin brother keeps trying and failing to replace him in various jobs and is now hoping to replace him in this one
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
They’re burying the weirdest part of this story, which is that this congressman’s twin brother keeps trying and failing to replace him in various jobs and is now hoping to replace him in this one
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this is the solution to the "male loneliness epidemic" dudes need to either get butlers or become butler s
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
this is the solution to the "male loneliness epidemic" dudes need to either get butlers or become butler s
Their interchangeable needles are my long-time go-to, highly recommended
I come with yarn tidings: Knit Picks is giving away interchangeable needle sets with orders over $100 rn (there’s a code), AND everything is 30% off. I stocked up on Tree-Rex yarn big time ☺️
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November 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Their interchangeable needles are my long-time go-to, highly recommended
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this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
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"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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A touchstone, as I try to convince those I care for (including myself) that we are precious & loved separate from labor or even effort.
Re-reading Becky Chambers’ *A Psalm for the Wild-Built* for class & moved again by:
“You keep asking why your work is not enough, & I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world & marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live”
“You keep asking why your work is not enough, & I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world & marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live”
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A touchstone, as I try to convince those I care for (including myself) that we are precious & loved separate from labor or even effort.
Oh wow, this is an excellent point
You can't realistically have universal basic income in a society that tolerates the existence of the gambling lobby. For UBI to prosper, the gambling industry has to be smashed.
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Oh wow, this is an excellent point
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Fuel for my long held view that executives provide very little value and should be compensated around the middle of their org pay scale
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Fuel for my long held view that executives provide very little value and should be compensated around the middle of their org pay scale
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ITS HAPPENING! Not gonna be too long before fossil generation starts falling because of the increase in renewables.
Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
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Q3 Global Power Report: No fossil fuel growth expected in 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind power grew fast enough to keep up with rising electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025, as fossil fuel growth should be stagnated. Ember forecasts no growth for fossil…
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November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
ITS HAPPENING! Not gonna be too long before fossil generation starts falling because of the increase in renewables.
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Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
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Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
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one of the grimmest things I’ve ever read, but happily it does contain the phrase “mysterious constellation of brutal practices”
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
one of the grimmest things I’ve ever read, but happily it does contain the phrase “mysterious constellation of brutal practices”
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What is best in life? To connect with as much joy as needed to be able to share it with others; to gladly be the beacon for Gondor's aid; and to seek and destroy the reasons for lamentations caused by the cruel.
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What is best in life? To connect with as much joy as needed to be able to share it with others; to gladly be the beacon for Gondor's aid; and to seek and destroy the reasons for lamentations caused by the cruel.
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If you know anything about beer or fermentation or the industrial history of yeast, this is stunning news.
World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada #USA to #Canada
Since 1872, the famed Siebel Institute of Technology has taught generations of beer brewers the fine art and science of the craft in Chicago. But in a statement on
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www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Since 1872, the famed Siebel Institute of Technology has taught generations of beer brewers the fine art and science of the craft in Chicago. But in a statement on
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www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada
A renowned American beer brewing school is heading north and getting ready to settle in at a new address in Montreal.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
If you know anything about beer or fermentation or the industrial history of yeast, this is stunning news.
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Wishing a conflict-free and low-stress Thanksgiving to the adult children of divorce, the eldest daughters, the overworked moms, the estranged siblings, the secretly queer grandchildren, the orphans, and the survivors spending today alone.
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Wishing a conflict-free and low-stress Thanksgiving to the adult children of divorce, the eldest daughters, the overworked moms, the estranged siblings, the secretly queer grandchildren, the orphans, and the survivors spending today alone.
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Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
Sesame Street - Mahna Mahna (1969)
YouTube video by Tiny Dancer
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?