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4yo: Dad, you know why your hair’s so long? Because you’re old. Me: But I don’t have long hair. 4yo: But you’re still old.

Martha Stewart sorry for The Wallflowers

When the generic clown costume just won’t do.

Has this post-doc ad been circulating among political scientists? If not, please share! It is an amazing 2 year post doc. I was a fellow and my life was changed forever (I even work in Toulouse now!). It is the French version of the Nuffield post-doc ! www.tse-fr.eu/iast-researc...

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.

Hey Gemini what is my kid's name and what does she look like, I'm at her school play and I can't figure out which one it is

Oh hey I did dress up

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

Also, studies show that when we improve a space or system for the disabled, the benefits actually spread to everyone. You’re not just helping yourself later; you’re helping yourself right now.

RFK Jr attacked the great @sherylnyt.bsky.social for this reporting so you know she got it right. I competed agaist her on FDA stories when I was at the WP, and what a misery that was. I was happier after coming to the NYT and being on the same team.

Important, revelatory point in this @citizencohn.bsky.social piece on Abdul El-Sayed: Watching Obama deal with Republicans has convinced a younger generation of Dems that there's no reasoning with MAGA bad faith: www.thebulwark.com/p/abdul-el-s...

New — I wrote about Vivek Ramaswamy’s weaponization of Amy Acton’s childhood sexual abuse and how it’s only the latest symptom of a Republican party flush with rape apologists, led by an adjudicated rapist:

First online service I ever used. It helped me write a report in the fifth grade. My teacher and I had a hell of a time figuring out how to cite it in a bibliography.

The 5-year cancer survival rate is up to 70% SIDS deaths have decreased by over 50% 89% decline in tornado deaths All thanks to federal investment in science and OUR tax dollars at work!

Again, I keep coming back to @tressie.bsky.social saying, "The austerity university is the corporate university," or something close to that. Ringing in my ears as I read CHE on the UMN cuts. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

"Was it great or were you eight" should go national

Happy three years.

Dr. Amy Acton's campaign is out with a statement:

“Freedom from Thought”

We’re back with our second story about how Trump’s purge of the FBI killed a sweeping bribery probe in D.C. This time, we take you to South Carolina, where two powerful politicians escaped scrutiny: Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. James Clyburn. THREAD 👇

#FireGeno

🌶️ Read Micheal Lewis' new book Blockers, to find out why I went no contact 🌶️

It’s Greek mythology day at Bluesky

I wrote about one of my favorite shots from David Fincher's "Seven", which turned into an essay about telephoto lenses and getting a myth about the movie debunked. http://fxrant.blogspot.com/2024/10/this-shot-from-seven-is-not-visual.html

I disavow the Judaean People’s Front

Mark Jacobs does a great job here of voicing a widely held critique of the NYT: "There’s just a lack of bravery. I think that you should be writing a headline that says that Donald Trump is assaulting democracy.” AME for "standards" Patrick Healy responds with straw men and mush. 1/7

Again, public shaming and outrage does actually work as a lever of power in this social and political landscape.

IDK who needs to hear this, but public shaming is actually a very effective tool in our current social and political landscape.

My father said I should dump his ashes into a coffee can and toss him into the Hudson, but this is better.

Nobody read her T-shirt

Jacobin just going straight up right wing nowadays

If you're a fraternity alum (from any school/state) who experienced sexual violence as a member, I'm here to listen. I understand this is extremely sensitive and I will treat your story with the utmost discretion and care. Reach out— Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: marisa@thehandbasket.co

Anti-vax kills.

Ms Rachel from the top ropes

Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).

I knew Jacobin trafficked in deadbrained left wing takes but I didn’t know it also trafficked in deadbrained right wing takes. Horseshoe theory wins again.

Australopithecus 3 million years ago:

It doesn’t much matter if only a small number of men hurt women if the vast majority of “good” ones are unwilling to do anything about it.

The history of 19th century imperialism is so insane what do you MEAN there was a Jewish-Tahitian-Scottish commercial dynasty married into the Tahitian royal family, got namechecked by Herman Melville, and ruled Easter Island as their own private fiefdom for a decade???