Alison Purnell is chasing that PhD!

Hi friends, I posted the other day that my cancer is back. A friend has put together a gofundme on my behalf, and I'd be much obliged if you'd share it around.

we will be banning all guys named Kevin from most medical facilities. however, they will be able to seek treatment out of pocket at special "Kevin facilities"

You have to really, really, really fucking suck for your 8th grade teacher to come out and shame you like this. Damn.

The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse.

It's that special time of year when they give the danger-kitties pumpkins to play with at The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, Minnesota. A much-needed timeline cleanse. 🐯🎃 (📷: wildcatsanctuary.org)

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

Yes, obviously, all kinds of history of Arabic (and Muslim) science, but also: modern institutional racism ignoring non-white contributions, and the concentration of wealth and resources in white institutions. You're just emphasizing how biased these prizes are.

Big Oil used to pretend climate change wasn’t real – then they pretended they were part of the solution. 🧵

The NYT story does not even include the word rape. Not once.

The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

#SomethingBeautiful - an ancient shrine

“Billionaires who popularized stock-based lending include Larry Ellison and Elon Musk. Both borrow to avoid having to sell shares—which could trigger a taxes and dilute their voting rights—in companies they founded.” www.wsj.com/finance/the-...

First sip of prosecco in several days, and can you imagine what a gift it is that such a thing exists? Like white wine AND seltzer? In one thing? We were put on this earth to enjoy such miracles.

Amazing It's like Anthropic is a collective of very special boys who are entitled to come out of the IPO with their trillion+ valuation, no matter how problematic their product is They really do believe their own messianic bullshit

Every single statement he makes is bullshit

Current mood

I live in a rural town and, like, I don't know how to tell you this, but the girls play on the boys team and vice versa all the time because otherwise we don't have enough players for a game and it's literally always fine so stop being weirdos about kids sports and just let trans kids play.

i don't think anyone should run explicitly on banning online gambling but i do think that a democratic-led government should just quietly take steps to undermine the industry and create an inhospitable regulatory environment

Michael Clanchy told people over 50 years ago not to fetishize writing, but he would not diminish the significance of writing today because he knew well that it now equates to power and to eschew it is to disempower one's self. I mention this bc we are seeing the emergence of an arch stance on GenAI

Not a joke. This literal toddler is too good at a *competitive game* (he's amazing) so the fragile AF league (?) thought something at the intersection of criminalization + calling the people known to endanger Black lives was the appropriate response to this must be white + cis to play sports now

Deplatforming fascists works. Refusing them the audience beyond the roachholes they already occupy, peopled with amoral and immoral lost causes,works. Continue to deny opportunities to fascists.

The on-ramp to academic monograph publishing is very long, and I used to delay my gratification until the moment a publication was alive, but I'm a new me, and I will celebrate every milestone now. Friends, I give you a webpage for my forthcoming book. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/impr...

Goddammit.

Been reading about a lot of very bad but entirely ordinary people throughout history for the next season of Past Lives (Everyday Villains). This guy is utterly typical. 1) Doesn't think he's doing anything wrong. 2) Permission structure in a system of hierarchical authority. 3) Benefits materially.

correct states further down the path of autocracy than us have had those autocracies overthrown by sufficiently large voting numbers recently we can do it here too

My latest for National Geographic looks at the 131 new Hittite cuneiform tablets unearthed at Šamuḫa (c. 1400 BCE) & what they tell us about everything from augury to an epidemic that killed Hittite children. Thx to @digkabri.bsky.social, Theo van den Hout, @knpazuzu.bsky.social & ISAC for aid. 🪏

It’s incredible the things you don’t realize are sacred until you can no longer rely on them

"whatever"? No, friend, words have meanings. the root of משל/mshl is "rule over". Dude was mad that a Rabbinics expert didn't give him the answer he wanted based on his English translations and assumptions so he ignored him. ... facts don't care about feelings

A) 12 year old girls are bigger than 12 year old boys have you ever seen a sixth grade class photo B) If you let trans kids get blockers they will often remain physically pre-pubescent into their teens C) go suck a lemon

I hope it has a happy ending

Pfff, sounds like a skill issue on the part of the husbands to me.

This is something we get accused of surprisingly often and all I can say is: yes. Good. I am here to destroy the hopes and dreams of husbands who don't think they have to add value to their wife's life.

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

Sad to see Walter Koenig died. We are down to Kirk and Sulu! I feel like the passage of time has faded the quality and importance of the original Star Trek. And TNG for that matter. Those accursed movie reboots from the late-oughts didn’t help.

I could spend the rest of my life analysing this feedback sign in the local Home Bargains. Did 'not happy' break from overuse? Was it taped over to ensure 100% positive feedback? Is the green 'b' in 'feedback' some kind of subliminal nudge? Is the duck tape indent because people still keep pressing?