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I love when the thing you need is in direct opposition to what someone you care about needs. /s It is a unique fuckery especially when you care about each other.

Regular reminder that when you go to things while sick, you are giving those germs to people with autoimmune disorders, you’re passing them to someone’s newborn, to someone’s elderly parents. It’s “just a cold” to you but it can and does severely impact countless people.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Forgetting to wear earrings often enough is so annoying. Doesn't help that I got my ears pierced at Claire's so I always have to figure out if it's the angle or if they've healed.

I am so congested and cranky. But I just have to get to Tuesday. Then I s2g I will meet the hat man.

Why do we persist in making games despite weeks like this one? This:

literally this comic except he apparently lives in Czechia instead of Nebraska

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Tribes decry governor’s veto of two bills expanding tribal consultation, religious protections Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that would’ve given tribal governments a greater voice in water projects and in preventing the destruction of sacred Indigenous religious sites on state land.

YES on 40 NO on 41 NO on 42 for all CA friends out there

Zohran, fuck yeah.

Encouragingly busy line for vaccines at the doctor today.

absolutely incredible rizz

People aren’t faking their disabilities, they’re faking being well. We know society hates us. We know we will be judged for using assistive devices. Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations. Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world.

The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Happy Dolly Parton Day 🦋💖 Take 9-25 off to celebrate

Trump and the GOP's REAL base of support — the billionaires, Big Oil, Big Tech and AI, Big Crypto, defense contractors, and Wall Street — know that the midterm elections may limit what they can get away with in the future. Understand the stakes and vote accordingly.

Congress and Senate should only make what the median wage of Americans make or better yet what people on disability or the minimum wage of the lowest state make then see how quick they start making laws for the better of the people.

Has @courtneymilan.com heard about the t-Rex mummy? cowboystatedaily.com/2026/09/19/r...

This is one of my favorite shows of all times. Beautiful people, bonkers space hijinks, and intergalactic HEAs for our gays.

Weird coincidence that all this is happening the same day as the AI air control rollout. “You’re absolutely right - a forty five degree angle of approach is entirely too steep for landings, and that’s on me. Would you like me to call some local mortuaries?”

congratulations to everyone on reinventing Worse Cable

I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.

last night we had ed sheeran apologizing for saying what’s happening in palestine is bad and at the same time david byrne putting up a huge graphic that says MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN and showing footage of ICE brutality to a sold out crowd. you can actually be famous and successful AND give a shit.

So apparently they're making more Garage Sale Mysteries with Lori Laughlin. I guess the stench of her crimes has sufficiently faded?

when ai leaves u behind

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"

Big mad no one would listen to their pitch deck.

this is something I've been wondering too. while I have no evidence of coordination, it's definitely suspicious that so many Dem candidates not only waited until after the primaries to come out with anti-trans positions, but all did so within a week of each other

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

the worst part about this is that a lot of the damage will be permanent by the time we can turn the research funding back on a lot of folks will have unsurprisingly and not unreasonably decided that they should leave this area of research because it will never be reliable what a huge waste

20 year old me would be baffled. Extremely confused.

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"I may not be the dog they're whistling to, but I speak fluent bitch" is a BAR

When reactionaries advance some bullshit, the FIRST thing to do is identify the framing and reject it They're selling this as "trans rights vs. women's sports" when they hate both those things and want to ruin them both Accept the frame and you've lost Reject the frame and call bullshit

Michael Massaroli, whose father was one of the 658 Cantor Fitzgerald employees killed on 9/11, was the very last person to speak at this morning's ceremony. hellgatenyc.com/call-to-end-...

Shout out to the time a few years ago when my roommate at the time was watching a Bush era episode of 30 Rock and I had a full body flashback to exactly how stupid and terrible that time was. Like. So many people should be tried in the Hague.

THE PREMISE IS THAT THE MUPPETS ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW CALLED THE MUPPET SHOW

LOL, if you can be bribed by a $5000 promise from the guy who has not paid anyone what he's owed them ever, you're gullible AND bad at math. Is $5000 going to cover all the extra costs you've ALREADY had to cover for his bad decisions? The extra costs you're STILL going to be covering? NO.

this is just ransomware with more emissions