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amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 8h

Grateful! For better dishes. For smart emotional choices. For cinnamon sugar.

Black background with a rather faint design of blue-toned grid lines and random dots giving computer/sci-fi vibes. Bright aqua text duplicates the content of the post, then says: #grateful, Amber Bird, amberbird.com

amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 11h

good thread on pairing absurdity (which is a useful tactic!) with action (which is necessary to make the absurdity actually Something)

talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 14h

as charming and whimsical as some will view this, it bears noting that absurdity—not militancy or might—are what people have chosen to repeat from the portland standoffs against ICE.

why is that?

what purpose does this serve?

a mini 🧵:

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Kitty Chandler @mightybattlecat.bsky.social · 16h

I’ve long thought that no one could successfully follow Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier but apparently I was wrong.

Coliseum of Comics @coliseumofcomics.com · 16h

Laurence Fishburne wants to play Charles Xavier in MCU's version of the X-Men

Laurence Fishburne wants to play Charles Xavier in MCU's version of X-Men

Laurence Fishburne is pitching himself to play Professor Charles Xavier in the MCU's version of the X-Men: 'What do you think about Laurence Fishburne as Professor X?'

ew.com

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 17h

According to a state epidemiologist, "CDC personnel who normally share information with state officials during outbreaks have been eliminated."

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

“One veteran researcher who still has his job (and, like other public-health workers I spoke with for this story, requested anonymity for fear of losing it) told me he believes that Kennedy’s ultimate goal is to “silence the scientific voice of career CDC scientists.””

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things"
- Peter Drucker

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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 18h

like once a week I think about that guy who said he had to constantly remind conservative kids not to do slurs in groupchats. Not because it was bad to do slurs but because it might impede them professionally

Politico @politico.com · 20h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 15h

currently loosening a plank in my own floor

The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 20h

"... she has now stowed her phone under a loose plank in the floor, she can hear every message coming through as a testament to her shame."

AuDHD woman’s unread messages beating damningly under floorboards

An auDHD woman is being tortured by the tell-tale sound of her countless unread notifications pinging underneath the floorboards, it has been reported. Navya Randhawa, 30, knows her emails, texts and…

thedailytism.com

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amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 22h

very happy birthday! may you have all the goodness (and keep being exactly the kind of epically cringeworthy you are 💜)

amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 22h

heads up, new jersey!

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22h

If you’re in New Jersey and not yet registered to vote, do it today! Voters have until the end of the day to register in time to help choose the state’s next governor.

NJ DOS - Division of Elections

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voter.svrs.nj.gov

amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 22h

i loved it even more when i saw what prompt this post was a reply to

Ozma soon at ACFI @ozmaracc.bsky.social · 1d

The 1992 Columbus minivan, which I think is more of a maxivan and looks malformed, but it's Italian

A photo of a very odd 2 chamber minivan with a separate, upper chamber for just the driver seat

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Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social · 22h

Pretty thrilled to announce that my book will be published on January 15! It's called David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God. It’s published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social and tells the story of Bowie's spiritual explorations - and why they were fundamental to his work

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amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 22h

yep

Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 3d

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amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 1d

Grateful! For the 50k word mark. For crimson leaves. For not choosing unnecessary suffering.

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amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 1d

word

Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 1d

Anthropic cried poor about paying damages to the writers from whom it stole. Many of us received nothing at all. But here Anthropic is, spending its stolen savings on to coat Powell Street BART in its appropriately poop-colored branding. "Keep thinking"? How about you *start* thinking, Anthropic.

Photo of the inside of Powell Street BART station in San Francisco shows columns covered in poop-colored wrap emblazoned "Claude" and "Keep thinking." The floor has received the same treatment in paint or a plastic rug.

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amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 1d

yes

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

When Mike Johnson or another national leader repeatedly claims they haven’t seen relevant things in the news, an appropriate reporter reaction would be “Holy cow, how do you not know?!? How can you do your job without knowing what’s happening? What are you doing to fix your ‘not knowing’ problem?”

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I don't understand why U.S. reporters so regularly seem to let politicians get away with 'I haven't seen that' about stuff a) they obviously know and b) is directly relevant to their job. Did they sign some kind of agreement never to ask a follow-up question?

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 1d

Mayor Harrell Announces Police Officers Will Recite Land Acknowledgement Before Sweeping Homeless Native Americans on Indigenous Peoples’ Day: tinyurl.com/35b9yp9f

Mayor Bruce Harrell speaking at podium with City Attorney Ann Davison behind him next to sign on wall reading "Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day"

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amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 1d

thread!

C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 1d

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:

I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.

So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

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Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 1d

HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY (aka fuck Columbus day 😝)
For me making my beadwork, and for yall buying/wearing beadwork is a great way to say fuck Columbus, fuck colonizer assholes, fuck fascism. Im gonna stay celebrating my culture, the culture that they tried to wipe out from this land → cvkvlv.com

My hand holding a pair of long black beaded dangle earrings with red, orange, and yellow accents and silver bugle beads

My hand holding a pair of black beaded loop earrings with red, orange, and yellow accents and silver bugle beads

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amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 1d

😏 the painful, immediate relevance of this one...

The Needling @theneedling.com · 1d

Local White Man Honors Indigenous Peoples’ Day by Taking Entire Day Off from Talking About Being Seattle Native: tinyurl.com/24mwu5y5

White hipster man in beanie looking into the distance

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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 1d

<talking to someone I believe to be stupider than a dog> want to ask Gemini?

Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

“What if AI could…” It can’t.

“Have you ever wanted AI to…” No.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 1d

“What if AI could…” It can’t.

“Have you ever wanted AI to…” No.

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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 1d

sort of funny that the promise of these "AI assistants" on browsers and stuff is "imagine if you could just type something in and get answers!" Yes, that was called "basic search" and you intentionally enshittified it

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amber bird @amberbird.bsky.social · 1d

as someone else noted, this would explain so much (and, also, a lot of adults who are still menstruating aren't getting enough iron. if that's you, you need 18mg per day, not just 8mg)

American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · 1d

If you've got a teenage girl in your life with #anxiety, it's worth checking with the doctor to see if she needs iron. New research finds a link between low iron that's not quite anemia yet and anxiety. Read more in Medical News Bulletin: https://ow.ly/nV7M50X8Hrq #ISpyPhysiology 🧪