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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 4m

credit to my friends at Insaltd, who created their electrolyte mix as a Stevia-free competitor to LMNT (who we are all boycotting because they are also fanboys of, eww, RFK, Jr.). their lemon ginger flavor is really good hot.

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 7m

oh wow. I just discovered a sugarfree sweetener that actually tastes good in hot tea: the amino acid glycine. I'm fine with Splenda in coffee and iced tea, but it's gross in hot tea, and so is Stevia.

this tastes like sweet without bitter and dissolves beautifully.

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 1h

This is another thing that irritates me about folks criticizing immigrant, marginalized, & impoverished folk for using services like Amazon & Instacart like theyre luxuries.

Theyre the closest thing we have to accessible! The world has been made too dangerous for many of us to BE out in it.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1h

I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. GO AWAY

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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CNN @cnn.com · 1h

Los Angeles County officials voted to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids. https://cnn.it/47gvZns

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 2h

did the original Reading Rainbow have "reading comprehension" multiple choice questions, or is that new?

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Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 2h

This is disturbing and creepy for so many reasons, but it’s also bizarre how much of a push there is for people to ignore listening to their own bodies and instead outsource those decisions to flawed technology.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3h

“Like a smartwatch reminding you to stand up or drink water, Evergreen will notice if a student who normally visits the fitness center hasn’t done so or encourage a student to leave the library after studying for six hours…”

Dartmouth Builds Its Own AI Chatbot for Student Well-Being

The undergrad-assisted research project will draw on students’ data to provide chatbot support and personalized plans for health and wellness.

www.insidehighered.com

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 3h

she needs to know there's something under it, else you just look like a pervert in a cowboy trenchcoat.

also, they look best when they hang open and move, and also when they are roomy enough to drape, not two sizes too small.

barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 3h

is he gonna wear that duster through dinner, because the way he has it buttoned it looks like he might.

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 3h

anybody know the best way to follow highlights of this event?

www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/even...

www.royalalberthall.com

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 4h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 10h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 5h

I looked and there is one episode each of Parts Unknown and No Reservations set there

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 5h

they can smell someone who wants to make a career off them and then forget them from a mile away.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5h

oh my god this article is amazing, because at no point does he put together that the common factor isn't Hawaii, but him

Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 5h

If one knows Hawaii, this article he wrote about Hawaii is absolutely devastating toward him and the many ways he is being told to fuck off by locals. I love it because he wrote it in such clueless, arrogant self absorption.

www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/paul-...

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 5h

I bet Hawaii was kind to Bourdain.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 5h

If one knows Hawaii, this article he wrote about Hawaii is absolutely devastating toward him and the many ways he is being told to fuck off by locals. I love it because he wrote it in such clueless, arrogant self absorption.

www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/paul-...

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 5h

my immediate thought was "superhero origin story."

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Mayor Cardamom @aangtifa.bsky.social · 6h

For people who claim to be heterodox, they all sure seem to agree with each other a whole lot.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 6h

It's the same thing with Bari Weiss. A bunch of mediocrities who get away with hack work by pretending that being expected to show your work and defend your findings is the same thing as being canceled.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 6h

Once again struck by how many prominent "heterodox" thinkers split off and create their own institutions not because of academic censoriousness but because no one who closely examines their methodology can possibly take them seriously.

Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 7h

Just gonna leave this here.

In survey data, LGBT young people report consistently worse mental health than heterosexual young people.
Whether this is because LGBT causes mental illness (i.e. the minority stress or anomie hypotheses), or because
mental illness causes individuals to be LGBT is beyond the scope of this work.2

Footnote 2: Meyer, I. H. (1995). "Minority stress and mental health in gay men." Journal of health and social behavior: 38-56; Michael Bailey, J.
(2020). "The Minority Stress Model Deserves Reconsideration, Not Just Extension." Archives of Sexual Behavior 49(7): 2265-2268.

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 6h

also sounds like being really really attached to longevity.

SteveRoach @manetooleefa.bsky.social · 6h

One of the guys in the local Buddhist group I went to years ago was essentially starving himself. It was a weird blend of ascetisism and a desire to extend his life based on experiments that calorie limited mice live longer. Looked like an eating disorder to me.

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 6h

Buddhist psychologist Mark Epstein has a book titled Open to Desire that might be an interesting read for you.

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🇲🇽🐸rustbelt rebel🐸🇲🇽 @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social · 7h

I saw a really great article on Buddhism and all the ozempic drugs and it brought up some great questions I’ve been thinking about since- mainly that some ozempic users are reporting that it’s not just desire for food that’s going away- desire for anything is going away too. Like desire to be out-

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Cake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 6h

now you too can set a torch to the environment in pursuit of the perfect wank since you can't convince a human to have sex with you

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 10h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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