SCARE-old Jaff-EEK!

i am on a plane sitting next to a lady who looks 40ish and has informed me that this is her first time flying she is visibly excited. she asked the flight attendant how much a soda costs and was happy to learn that drinks are free on airplanes. she's taking lots of pictures. i love this for her

And for you American users... accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences

Direct URL is accountsettings.ebay.co.uk/ai-preferences Glad to see mine was off already, so it must have been circulated before.

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

@dresdencodak.com you have a Kaito Kusanagi quote that goes something like, 'When you anthropomorphize things, you DE-anthropomorphize people.' It's been on my mind lately given how some folks with little to no empathy for their fellow human beings want to ascribe souls and feelings to programs.

@drhastings.bsky.social This is a silly question, and about a dozen years late, but what would happen if Sparklelord entered the Negazone? (Loving Blue Kindness High but missing you and @whirringblender.bsky.social, hope you're both doing well!)

The big studios are probably too squeamish (cf. The Savant), but I strongly believe a fictionalized January 6 movie about a ragtag band of congresspeople and staffers pulling a Die Hard against Trump's coup mob would do numbers. Run Hide Fight: Insurrection

He's just like me FR

I skipped high school to buy tickets for The Phantom Menace. The following day my Dad asked ," how was school?" I replied, " It was fine " He then threw this newspaper at me and asked , " how the fuck would you know?" He was so pleased with himself that I didn't actually get in trouble.

Bad audio quality because I haven’t figured out the best way to get the music from vinyl to computer, but today I got a record player off FB Marketplace and so I can finally play my mom’s 1981 demo 45 for you all. Please enjoy “That’s How Girls Talk About Boys”

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This article clearly and cogently addresses: • the Democratic candidates caving on trans issues • the response from trans people and their allies • the backlash from people (mostly cis) who are angry at trans people for theoretically hurting those candidates' chances Well worth a read!

A message for my trans sisters, especially the older ones. I’m living proof it’s never too late. I transitioned at 66 and just turned 70 this week. I’m so happy I can finally be comfortable in my own skin. I’ve had more adventures in the past 3+ years than I ever could have imagined.

This is possibly my favorite interpretation of Winne the Pooh

JOSS WHEDON: The Cabin in the Woods is a basically a very loving hate letter to the horror genre JANE SCHOENBRUN: Hold my joint and KFC

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris performing “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow” on The Dolly Parton Show (1976)

I used to ride the train from school in college, & all four times I saw a woman being blatantly harassed I just stepped in & started talking to her. Each time you do it gets easier, & even after 15+ years I'm still friends with one. Just insert yourself! She will tell you if you're not needed!

or a ‘sorry don’t i know you from somewhere?’ or a ‘hey i’m lost can you tell me where this place is’ or any number of possible tiny meaningful interventions

One of my favorite Spider-Man stories! Chhibber has a terrific grasp of the characters and what makes them tick, and the intersecting plot threads (the web, if you will) come together in an exciting, suspenseful story.

So excited for this! Way to go, @kianamai.bsky.social!

If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.

I hate that most places strip the right to vote from the incarcerated. They are still humans and they are still citizens, and they should retain the right to petition their government. Especially since the govt often tends to abuse this population.

I've told this story before and I suppose now it's time to do it again. When I was in 9th grade, my English teacher was the elderly sort of man who always wore a gray flannel suit and had a cigarette before class and a cigarette at the end of class every period.

READ SIMPLICITY!!! Buy it, check it out from the library, wander into the woods and listen to the rustling of the leaves under the light of the full moon, just check out this dang masterpiece!

The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco. www.koat.com/article/chac...

Concept art for Orange Julia's breakup hat from @thatguttershow.bsky.social Ep 9: Welcome to Hell (Mall) w/ @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social!

It's a trivial thing but the fact that neither Edsall nor his editor (if any) bothered to proofread this essay enough to catch "A man can claim an identify as a woman" feels emblematic of the way the NYT seems eager to amplify transphobia as much as they can. "Journalism’s Sacred Duty," indeed.

It didn't occur to me on first listen but the first 9 seconds of @thatguttershow.bsky.social ep 9 ("Welcome to GUTTER! The only podcast that promises to kill you, 100% guaranteed, it's GUTTER. Fuck you! Alright") are a bit reminiscent of that Big Bill Hell's car ad. @gannon.bsky.social: intentional?

If you hide who you really are because you’re scared of being hurt, please don’t blame yourself🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Your caution shows how precious and beautiful your heart is. Chiitan will continue speaking out until the day comes when everyone can live freely without fear.

“so, Harding,” Garland says through a mouthful of noodles, “are you ready for tomorrow?” “i feel i should be asking you guys that,” she scoffs. “youre all still boys” “thats what im getting at—if the captain orders us into a wall of pink fog, are you ready to take him out when we mutiny?”

pain lances through her hip as her opponents staff connects, sending her lurching to the side with a grimace “too aggressive, Ms Harding,” Jervik chides with a slight grin. “you need to find a balance between aggression and caution instead of swinging from one to the other”

Fun new puzzle game—highly recommend for fans of So Clover! 🍀

(The answer to grade inflation, btw, isn't "tougher" grading. It's recognizing that grading, especially letter grading--not a very old system--serves employers but not students. It incentivizes cheating & corruption. Other evaluative frameworks are possible.)

he hated capture. as far as he was concerned there was nothing in the world worse than being caged and chained with nothing to do but stew in your own thoughts. its not that he believed thinking was bad, but rather that it needed to be focused. it was idle thought that led down dark paths

The Plague Doctor, the Infamous Raven, the Great & Notorious Doctor Vektor! reborn, reshaped at her own hand—and now imprisoned in a glorified supply closet in her own lair and going on… about nine minutes forty seconds waiting on a glass of water “what marvels will she dream up next?” she sighed

the harsh stink of burned chemicals filled her nostrils. even closed her eyes seared with blinding afterimage. deafening ringing filled her ears, and every attempt she made to stand left her nauseated she couldnt remember what happened. all she knew was an intense fear clawing at her heart