A distressing chart. As our government sues media companies, and threatens to take away their broadcast licenses for airing critical programs, the US has now dropped to 57th in the world in press freedom.

Maybe next year we can catch Romania and Sierra Leone. gijn.org/stories/glob...

I realized I never shared my new video essay here, which is interesting because it’s getting some decent traffic from this site 👀 and I can’t figure out who shared it here 👀

Anyway here it is
youtu.be/uVgNiU_0FuE

Me: (does not watch sports, does not follow any teams, only peripherally pays attention to my alma mater’s football performance)

YouTube: Here’s an hour long video essay about a specific weird phenomenon in sports history

Me: … go on

Can anyone reach Gov Gianforte's office by phone? I called a few minutes ago and got a recorded message that didn't even let me leave a voicemail. Wondering if they're getting bombarded about SNAP funds and shut down that line of communication, or if I just hit someone's late lunch break. #Montana

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...

getting emotional about this picture of helen of troy that depicts her with a double chin

Watched a video essay today that talked about how Spotify does shady things and artists don’t get paid enough…. While using undertale music in the background

Like I’m sorry did you pay Toby fox to use his music in your unrelated video essay?????

this is so interesting and yet so... mean? obviously SOMEONE cares about the plant or we wouldn't know about it! can you imagine being one of the people in charge of this reserve and seeing this headline?

...did i get rage-baited by an article about a shrub?

www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...

Fun New Landlord Tactic:

Missoula is a college town, meaning if you sign a lease in May-August, it’s going to be more expensive than other times of the year

I’ve seen the same listing get reposted from April to may for $50 more per month. (And this isn’t even the Fun New Tactic!!)

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Oh hey, the one bar that made me feel safe in my hometown. They have killer fondue :(

Why does literally every electrolyte drink have stevia in it now 😭 please that stuff is so nasty… I just need potassium

I love a weird mech anime. I do not care for the giant robot fights though

I know we’re in the commentary phase of talking about labubu but can we stop please. Nothing new needs to be said and I Do Not Like Looking At Them

ok so we know people saying "please and thank you" to chatGPT costs openAI millions of dollars but how much money do they lose to messages from little tiny kitties walking across the keyboard and accidentally typing stuff

there are five million portraits of william shakespeare and he looks like a different person in every single one of them

working on what i think will be a quick side video for my personal channel and it ends up being the same word count as a freaking scishow deep dive 🫠

Me when the podcast I’m listening to to fall asleep
uses background music that we also used in the bird flu deep dive

Here! Have a 3D-printed rainbow trout on your feed. #SciArt 🐟 #natureart

A @scishow.bsky.social episode I wrote just came out! It's about how #viruses (mono, flu, herpes) may cause #neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.

Those viruses are super common which isn't great 😬 But knowledge is power. In the episode, we talk about
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youtu.be/REbjjVAX8vE?...