about the same from me but i have a road trip planned later this month that’ll get me close! totally stopping to see this
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about the same from me but i have a road trip planned later this month that’ll get me close! totally stopping to see this
This is literally word for word right-wing propaganda:
the thing is if you have a six hour day for eight hours pay & full employment you now have time to enjoy walking your dog. to cook yourself something at leisure. to enjoy taking care of your dwelling. the answer isn't magic robots. it's unions, it's workers getting the means of production
I also love to grill them together with eggplants. I cut in half and make a marinade of equal parts Greek yogurt, olive oil, and white miso. They're good just like that, but you can also serve them in a tomato or peach burrata salad topped with a lot of fresh basil + more evoo and balsamic.
Oh man I'm making stuffed zucchini for a party on Saturday and it's going to be so fucking good There is a kind of point of no return on size where they stop tempting me, but I can eat an entire plate of sautéed two-inchers and anything up to about a foot is 😋.
(I saw Get Out in the theater, and it was so much better with the audience talking back than it would have been by myself, for example.)
So interesting. Spectacle is fun on a big screen for me, so for stuff like superhero movies or documentaries with a lot of beautiful scenery I am always interested in getting to a theater. For character-focused stuff I'd rather stay home unless I think the audience reactions will be interesting.
jesus h hemry please drop some recipes i love ponzu i want that tilapia i want this whole meal
superman was really fun, and that kind of movie is the main reason to go to a theater IMO. not sure why you're avoiding theaters but if it's covid then it's been out long enough that it'll probably be pretty empty and fairly safe, especially if you wear a mask!
staying sane is resistance and praxis
a: lol b: jim kirk would NEVER
this is great!
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Oh god, someone on a thread invoked “Light of the World” aka the Piss Christ and I am really tired and just got off a plane but my impassioned screed on it was on Twitter and as some of you know, I have FEELINGS ON THIS TOPIC.
Even with Mississippi IP addresses blocked on BlueSky, we STILL get more engagement here than we do on Threads or Facebook and more than we did on X before we left it.
I haven’t heard anything about AOC throwing her hat in for president in ‘28! I’d vote for her, obviously, but do wonder whether she might have a clearer path to knocking out Schumer or Gillibrand.
what was reverse 9/11 eve??
and there’s no easy path from “show me how tf to replace this dyson vacuum battery” to the 14 words i’ve probably just been really lucky in my use cases
cooking might be the same, but probably not for the “show me how to make korean/mexican/japanese/etc at home” stuff i’m drawn to
i would love to see some research on where the “hunting grounds” for reactionary stuff break down by gender my guess is hair braiding for women wouldn’t be such a direct path, but videos related to “cottagecore” would go swiftly toward “tradwife”
wow
Hey, I’m going to wrap my arms around you a little too tight when I say this: To think that the rise of fascism is only happening in the US of even primarily happening in the US is American-centrism. Even if you’re not American. There is a global rise in power being taken from the people. (1/2)
Yeah. I've got a clear enough focus on food videos, craft/home how-to, and lengthy antique restoration ASMR that I don't get sent down any scary rabbit-holes, but the algorithm that funnels people to reactionary content is an enormous problem.
YouTube is miraculous for explaining how to do simple home repairs or set up Excel functions or master craft techniques it is mediocre for things that ought to be an essay unless the topic is highly visual and it is monstrous for things that ought to be a short blog post
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What these Schatz posts say to me is that Dem elected officials like him seem incapable of perceiving the right as a *political movement.* The response to Covid mitigation and the Floyd protests was not a spontaneous reaction...it was a right wing backlash organized by a reactionary movement.
If you happen to have the day off today, or even if you don't, hope you get to enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation #art
A new piece from my recent freshwater snorkeling adventures! I could only see a few feet in front of my face, and I’m pleased with how the print conveys the eerie flickering light. Photo cyanotype on mulberry paper.
this is a really cool shop tempted to get the sampler pages just so i can have the natural colors to reference
that last image literally made me tear up
specifically:
You know a skeet is good when someone reskeets it into your timeline and you have to undo your previous reskeet so you can reskeet again.
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
When it does happen, make sure your memes have alt text and your hashtags are pascal cased. I want to be able to like and share everything.
i might have left black panther off too, because it’s so far superior to its competition that it ends up in an entirely different mental category literally just thought “wait which marvel did he dire….. OH”
Somehow this came across my skyline and of course, I must pass it along.
and also she is alive and still writing and why the hell didn’t they hire her??
i think part of my problem is i drank up diane duane’s vulcans (and romulans) with mother’s milk, and those are such wonderfully complex and interesting societies these bigoted robots are one note and therefore really wasteful (in addition to being offensive)
it’s so weird, did they swap out the whole writers room? the actors are good, they did interesting stuff in the first two seasons, so what the heck?
oh man this vulcan race swap ep of snw is terrifically bad, may have to dnf i saw that a lot of biracial people hated it but i was just expecting to dislike a message, not to also find the acting unbearably clunky
a graphic designer friend literally reproduced the format of his preferred calendar and taught himself to bind books to keep access to the correct calendar now he’s tweaked the inside to be truly perfect and the line of spines remains unbroken
I'll see if mom remembers, but I think the night temp was 50.
And the SNUGGIE is positively luxurious. Reminds me a lot of the kotatsu in other ways, in that it means you kind of pick a spot and stay in it most of the time. If I wanted to truly live the life of riley I'd look into that other essential Japanese invention. the heated toilet seat. :D
We didn't have money when I was little, so 55 was where the thermostat lived all winter (except at night, when it was lower) so that's probably where I get my "cold, you can adapt to" winter preference. Heat makes me want to die immediately, but God made hats and fingerless gloves for a reason.
That kind of thinking seems great and doesn't require so much retrofitting. Cultural shifts are every bit as hard, but living that kotatsu lifestyle is definitely less resource-intensive than building a new house. I miss my kotatsu every winter (but have largely replaced it with a heated snuggie).
I spent a lot of time thinking about this when I lived in old housing stock in Japan, because those buildings aren't insulated at all so's you notice, but people get through the winter with layers + tables with a heating element underneath + a big table skirt that hits the floor.
For sure. There's a kind of complacency in colder parts of the country that we've always heated our spaces in these inefficient ways (and the thrifty habit of wearing lots of layers indoors in winter are kind of fading), but we'd get a better efficiency boost w/heat pumps + insulation in cold areas.
(preferring cold to hot is my personal preference, not my prescription for the country)
Absolutely yes to all that. I don't actually think people need to move to places that are *cold* in winter, and temperature isn't the only factor either, but incentivizing growth in places with higher and higher summer temperatures + already not enough water seems less than ideal.
Summer's gifts
it's such a delight! i was so pleasantly surprised, and i went in expecting to like it!
I do have Thoughts about how state and national policy should encourage housing development and job creation in places that are expected to see less impact from climate change, but that's extremely different from "should people have AC where they already live" because that answer is obviously yes.
That is an awful story. I'm high altitude arid, so we've never really had extended heat here, but I've always said I prefer cold to heat because you can *do* something about cold. More layers + a heating pad & you can survive a whoooole lot. If it's staying hot overnight for days, AC is essential.
Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers to make sure everyone will still have access.
i took the train from denver to san francisco once. it was absolutely a luxury choice even though i wouldn’t call the experience “luxurious” i wish we had more trains, but people don’t fly so much because they’re ignoring an easy alternative
this looks amazing and i love summer recipes that let you sneak protein into an unexpected place so the rest of the meal can be really light/crunchy/fresh
"i am uncomfortable when we are not about me" is so clearly the conservative code. just discomfort transmuted into rage at the idea that a) other people exist and b) you might have to think about them occasionally same reason they hate cities, where the Fact Of Other People is totally inescapable
christmas is the way!
his whole account, looks like? whoa
Fiscal conservatism works the same as the rest of conservatism: the conservation refers to hierarchies, not resources.
yes, “acquired taste” very much ≠ “tastes terrible” i can see how it would be necessary to have good advertising to get people in the door, though
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Bluesky right now ...
she needs a name tag, i feel she requires christening
post an image from your summer that confers peace
My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote: "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
i’m taking it as a reminder that statistically i will be around for it so it’s a nice lil something to look forward to
The ideal outcome for Trump's health is that it wavers somewhere bad enough that he can't run an energetic presidency but good enough that each of his lackeys is too afraid to propose at 25A solution, and then in 2026 it slips to the point where half the lackeys are ready for 25A and the GOP cracks
With O'Neill (apparently) taking over CDC (if they ever get around to firing Monarez), I think it's worth looking back to Project 2025 and asking what they actually intend to *do* to CDC. So, I went to remind myself today. Here's what's in store:
This is the main point. I want an open border world, and there are functionally 0 politicians who advocate for that at the moment, so I do have to compromise on that one right now. But there are plenty of Ds who have trans people’s back! We should pick one of those!
Please pay attention to this. 👇 Politicians as slick as Newsom are *very* good at reading — or engineering —shifts in Overton windows. Don’t let him shift this one.
this is such good terminology, absolutely adopting
Yup. I’ve accepted that the grassroots are going to have to drag the party kicking and screaming. At least Neguse isn’t playing footsie with antivaxxers.
Could be worse. Neguse is extremely not aligned with me on Israel but he does do good work in other areas.
Essential reading from @dziblatt.bsky.social. Hitler rose because of other politicians’ belief that “democracy’s protections could be bargained away but democracy itself could still somehow survive.” www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
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i agree, no way on the presidency the person above specified “in colorado” tho and he could definitely still run for senator here
senator?
CALL YOUR CONGRESS MEMBERS TO REMOVE RFK JR FROM HHS SO WE CAN SEE PIZZA SQUIRREL 🐿️
It’s baffling to me that so much of the U.S. (and the world) has decided that letting their kids get sick at school all the time (and spread illness to their parents and everyone else) is preferable to just … adequately cleaning indoor air
the link card above calls them “mirages” instead of “hallucinations” and that seems like a pretty easy substitution, i’m going to try to remember to use it
This would help me so much in my job. I do a lot of image searching, first for the person themself and then (if no hits) for just the first name to see if it is gendered.
My understanding is that immunity also wanes after about 4 months so I usually aim for October to get it built up in time then stay strong through New Year. Might go earlier this year though!
would you suggest doing this now? i usually wait a bit further into fall to try to have better immunity through the holidays but i can move it up if necessary
Actually I do think that giant retailers like Temu avoiding paying any duties despite having a *massive* American customer base by breaking the shipments up to get under the de minimis is a problem worth tackling. They really should be able to target that kind of behavior without hitting small fry.
I'm hoping that some of them were not relying on the de minimis exemption (if you have any kind of retail business you're probably ordering more than $800 worth of product at a time) but that might be wishful thinking. I *like* my fancy Japanese snacks, dang it.
Really interesting, cogent 🧵
ooo that is *really* nice
Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.
it’s true that he is not up to this moment, but also i’m glad to see this specific tactic and i hope he continues with it
you should read up a bit on just how bad the foster system can be before you can effectively make that judgement, too
if the family makes more than $200k or so a year and is white and the parents are cishet and the kid isn’t trans and nobody’s neurodivergent… …. nah, not even then. calling cps is for “this child is in immediate physical danger severe enough that even foster care would be better”
the WIFE is the biggest threat to that little girl
and tell her that inviting government interference into a family is certainly far less safe than letting a kid ride a dang bike on a sleepy street
He likes Lutens and is therefore both Correct In His Opinions and also A Good Person
that sounds like a retro (derogatory) “politically correct” joke, not human speech
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Rebo is back? 