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Breaking News: The top vaccine official at the FDA abruptly resigned, saying that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “misinformation and lies” were irresponsible.

Three years ago, three other reporters and I ID'd and called any school accused of having litter boxes for furries. We found one (1) in the entire country: Columbine's school district. Cat litter was for a "go bucket," in case kids were locked in during a shooting. www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinfo...

if a major politician held an emergency rally about the current ongoing coup by the richest man in the world, I think people would go to it. Shit is well and truly fucked. I can think of a couple of people who should do that right now.

Oh look. A President, a Governor, a Mayor - all at the crash site at the Chesapeake Bay with first responders. Not swimming. Showing empathy and leadership.

I am nonbinary. The gender that no longer officially exists in the United States. I was offered the chance to change my gender designation to "X" on my passport and driver's license in 2023. I decided not to and here's why.

So now I have an "F" on my passport and my driver's license. When historians look at government records centuries from now, they will think I was a woman. This is what it means to be made invisible, to have your history stolen from you.

38 years ago my father gave me my first computer. Today I will travel back in time to stop him.

okay so in the top left corner hit file and then go down to export. what do you mean you can’t see it? like the whole screen is black? is the computer on? okay turn the computer on. okay. mom I don’t know your password. mom. mom. why did you bring me into this world mom.

how hard can it possibly be to understand that LLMs are not good for information retrieval

I am open to tattooing this on my forehead. Or putting it on a shirt. Or something

smol language model

I understand hating opinion columns, I say this as an opinion columnist, but reporting is good and if American democracy is going to survive we desperately need reporting to expose corruption.

Early on in our relationship, I was driving somewhere with my partner and his mom. When we got out, the wind caught my car door. I apologized and his mom said, “For what?” I explained I didn’t mean to slam the door. Her response sticks with me to this day: “Don’t apologize for making noise!”

I keep reading that this is a place for kinder people, but gentle souls have always been among us. We just couldn’t hear them anymore. Perhaps our gathering here is proof that we missed those voices. What a wonderful thing to believe about ourselves. It can be a bold move to choose kindness.

Perhaps a reason my partner and I get along so well is that we’re definitely on the same page regarding murder. More specifically, we both do not condone or commit murder.

love saying whatever comes to mind to pigeons. just told one "moves and counter-moves, Ms. Everdeen"

“knowledgeable population” hehe

Underrated aspect of this is how he nails the delivery—the cadence / tone is sports talk perfection 👌

Getting to work with Sigourney was a bucket list item checked off. And holy shit is she everything you want her to be. Huge science fiction lover, obsessed with the nuances of the writing. Working with her was a dream. 14/10 would recommend.

I am a big Broadway fan so yes I saw and loved Wicked. But I am also very exhausted by the amount of existing IP we continue to regurgitate (looking at Marvel). I love original and new creativity. It is refreshing and celebrates more artists rather than just being a cash grab.

I cannot recommend enough the movie @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social - one of the first original films in a long while that reminded me that movies are ART. And with a $150k budget!?

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman and Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

Well today I learned who Nick Fuentes is

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

I’m not currently reading Agatha Christie by a crackling fireplace on a snowy day whilst indulging in multiple cups of tea and freshly-baked scones, so no, I’m afraid your email didn’t “find me well”.

The thing about "A.I." in art and writing and health insurance decision making and customer service and government services and a million other things... is that it sucks. And people are very very very tired of stuff that sucks.

Hope is not a mistake. It may turn out wrong, your hopes may not come to fruition, but never feel you were wrong for having them. They are a sign that you aspired to something better, something greater. That is glorious, and no mistake.

As a yapper and someone who talks to myself constantly, I love this idea

It is also important that fishing not be the main objective of the game. I need to slack off on the actual quest to just go fishing for awhile instead. That’s the best video game fishing

I will even settle for the entire bookshelf rotating 180 degrees and dropping me on the other side in a secret tunnel of rooms!

Amazon might deliver 'convenience', but it can’t replicate the magic of stepping into a quiet bookstore on a rainy day, where the scent of old pages mingles with fresh coffee and every shelf holds the promise of a new adventure waiting to be discovered.

Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no

the reason this is important is that Trump has sold his re-election as proof that he is a god-king above all consequence who can do anything he wants already losing two nominations proves that is not true, and the sooner we can puncture that narrative and brand him a hubristic failure the better

I’ll support any DNC chair who’s willing to stop playing chess in a mortal kombat match

Besides having incredibly thoughtful curations of books, my local bookstores also have the cutest calendars, stickers, journals, knick knacks, and such. So many great little gifts, stocking stuffers, secret santa gifts, etc.! Give local businesses your discretionary funds any way you can 🗣️🗣️

Happy Giving Tuesday! We're doing a new thing at Good.Store where you can buy a care package for a person in a domestic violence shelter. We've been working with shelters in Montana for a while and we're super excited about this: good.store/products/car...

These should not be noteworthy headlines. I think we need to normalize having informed opinions, even when that means saying “I don’t know” to give us time to process and research. We need MORE journalists doing this but these headlines surely discourage that.

Let’s be clear about something, if you aren’t willing to defend yourself, nobody is going to do it for you. Don’t demand from others what you won’t do for eachother. We aren’t a service or heroes, this isn’t a marvel movie. We just are, what we are, whenever we need to be, wherever it may be.