Jessica Price
@delafina777.bsky.social
Cranky lioness. You know me from Twitter. Cats, game design, Judaism, and very long threads. (She/her)
Me: here’s the story of the RMS Carpathia, the amazing ship and crew that pulled heroic measures to save the survivors of the Titanic. Why isn’t there a movie about it?
Someone on social media, inevitably:
Someone on social media, inevitably:
Because no one can pronounce it? Because it sounds like something out of antique history, and like, who cares?
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Me: here’s the story of the RMS Carpathia, the amazing ship and crew that pulled heroic measures to save the survivors of the Titanic. Why isn’t there a movie about it?
Someone on social media, inevitably:
Someone on social media, inevitably:
So, I get that the real-life USS Enterprise was a bigass warship who was great for morale and all but I wanna know why we aren’t naming everything in sight after the RMS Carpathia. And why isn’t there a gd movie??? (Thread about a heroic ship.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Car...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Car...
RMS Carpathia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
So, I get that the real-life USS Enterprise was a bigass warship who was great for morale and all but I wanna know why we aren’t naming everything in sight after the RMS Carpathia. And why isn’t there a gd movie??? (Thread about a heroic ship.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Car...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Car...
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It's wonderful to see that Vox once again has the worst of all instincts, which in this case refusing to take "no" for an answer and baffled as to why their attitude is infuriating.
Cover your drinks around whoever wrote this.
Cover your drinks around whoever wrote this.
December 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It's wonderful to see that Vox once again has the worst of all instincts, which in this case refusing to take "no" for an answer and baffled as to why their attitude is infuriating.
Cover your drinks around whoever wrote this.
Cover your drinks around whoever wrote this.
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This is one of those things like "You used to not be able to see two feet in front of your face on a sunny day in London" that no one who didn't experience it will ever be able to fully comprehend. Diners used to have smoking and non-smoking patrons seated directly next to each other.
It’s crazy that people used to be able to just smoke cigarettes wherever they wanted
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is one of those things like "You used to not be able to see two feet in front of your face on a sunny day in London" that no one who didn't experience it will ever be able to fully comprehend. Diners used to have smoking and non-smoking patrons seated directly next to each other.
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Professor's pro-tip for anyone with college-age kids: Tell your kids go to class. It's really that simple. If you show up, you'll do okay. You don't have to be smart, you just have to be there. Maybe stay off your phones for 50 minutes. Just listen. You'll absorb something. I have data to prove it.
December 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Professor's pro-tip for anyone with college-age kids: Tell your kids go to class. It's really that simple. If you show up, you'll do okay. You don't have to be smart, you just have to be there. Maybe stay off your phones for 50 minutes. Just listen. You'll absorb something. I have data to prove it.
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Prayers up for Syrian Australian Ahmed al Ahmed #BondiBeach and there’s a go fund me page now for him too: www.gofundme.com/f/australian...
!["This is not strange for a Syrian individual, the community is lovely, supportive, with strong bonds. We've refused injustice and persecution [in Syria] and it's not strange that one of us had the feeling: 'No, I will not watch, I will die to help?"
For AlKahil, the profound tragedy also brought a sense of fear.
"As Muslims, every time there's an attack we say to ourselves, oh no, people will say it's Muslims that are bad," she said. "We are scared to leave our houses if we'll be accused.
"But our religion is a religion of peace and we are very peaceful people. This proves that."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y7syzltjvb6q2e6sam7hfsse/bafkreifjrix4vhymvu44xghsn2tslgb566rrwdptnx5jc7uvfyf6eykyna@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Prayers up for Syrian Australian Ahmed al Ahmed #BondiBeach and there’s a go fund me page now for him too: www.gofundme.com/f/australian...
The thing I’ve noticed about men attempting to be allies is they still often don’t take other men’s bad behavior seriously enough. The boyfriend in this video will escalate to hitting her, not just hitting things, and potentially to killing her.
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The thing I’ve noticed about men attempting to be allies is they still often don’t take other men’s bad behavior seriously enough. The boyfriend in this video will escalate to hitting her, not just hitting things, and potentially to killing her.
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Another point: the walls made of stitched willow branches in the photo are a superb building material. They can be used to protect cities from flooding.
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Another point: the walls made of stitched willow branches in the photo are a superb building material. They can be used to protect cities from flooding.
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Willow species are being used to prevent the decimation of the Ohio River Basin. By incorporating willow, their aim is to minimize erosion while keeping its seven major tributaries as free of pollutants as possible.
David Byrne created this website of great independent journalism. No pay wall.
David Byrne created this website of great independent journalism. No pay wall.
The Beauty of Lining a River With Willow
Greener than concrete and cheaper than stone, willow trees are finding new purpose as a stabilizing force along the banks of Midwestern rivers.
reasonstobecheerful.world
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Willow species are being used to prevent the decimation of the Ohio River Basin. By incorporating willow, their aim is to minimize erosion while keeping its seven major tributaries as free of pollutants as possible.
David Byrne created this website of great independent journalism. No pay wall.
David Byrne created this website of great independent journalism. No pay wall.
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I'm enormously proud of this episode and I'd love you to listen to it. No knowledge of the show required
New Episode: The Story of Hanukkah
What is more comforting than a familiar story?
Listen here: www.welcometonightvale.com
Illustration by @angrycomics.bsky.social.
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What is more comforting than a familiar story?
Listen here: www.welcometonightvale.com
Illustration by @angrycomics.bsky.social.
Want it as a print? Buy it here: topatoco.com/collections/...
December 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm enormously proud of this episode and I'd love you to listen to it. No knowledge of the show required
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Usually this is patreon only, but given the events of yesterday and the story this episode is telling, I've made the director's notes on it free. I talk about having a genetic condition that could well kill me, and about the real meaning of Hanukkah www.patreon.com/posts/direct...
Director’s Notes: Episode 280 - The Story of Hanukkah | Welcome to Night Vale
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December 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Usually this is patreon only, but given the events of yesterday and the story this episode is telling, I've made the director's notes on it free. I talk about having a genetic condition that could well kill me, and about the real meaning of Hanukkah www.patreon.com/posts/direct...
You know, if a civilian said something like this, pretty sure they’d jump to the top of the suspect list.
Bonkers that the press is treating this as not a big deal.
Bonkers that the press is treating this as not a big deal.
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
You know, if a civilian said something like this, pretty sure they’d jump to the top of the suspect list.
Bonkers that the press is treating this as not a big deal.
Bonkers that the press is treating this as not a big deal.
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Stochastic terrorism by mindless regurgitation, caused by a small tweak that for some reason singles out some random person.
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Stochastic terrorism by mindless regurgitation, caused by a small tweak that for some reason singles out some random person.
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What are the odds one of Elon's tweaks to grok eventually ends up making it hyperspecifically mention one person as an enemy who must be killed, seeded among people already shown via genAI use to be highly susceptible to suggestion.
Like, say, it pulling a reddit boston bomber on some random person
Like, say, it pulling a reddit boston bomber on some random person
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What are the odds one of Elon's tweaks to grok eventually ends up making it hyperspecifically mention one person as an enemy who must be killed, seeded among people already shown via genAI use to be highly susceptible to suggestion.
Like, say, it pulling a reddit boston bomber on some random person
Like, say, it pulling a reddit boston bomber on some random person
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Imagine living in the Hallmark Romance Universe.
You've got a fulfilling job and life and friends in a vibrant bustling place, and then some monstrous entity yoinks you right out of your life to the middle of bumfuck nowhere thousands of miles away.
And then, starts *fucking with your mind*
You've got a fulfilling job and life and friends in a vibrant bustling place, and then some monstrous entity yoinks you right out of your life to the middle of bumfuck nowhere thousands of miles away.
And then, starts *fucking with your mind*
Delta Green scenario where they discover some entity has been turning a rural town into a Hallmark Christmas romance.
Somehow it's luring businesswomen from several states away and influencing them into falling in love with lumberjacks, for its own mysterious purposes
Somehow it's luring businesswomen from several states away and influencing them into falling in love with lumberjacks, for its own mysterious purposes
December 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Imagine living in the Hallmark Romance Universe.
You've got a fulfilling job and life and friends in a vibrant bustling place, and then some monstrous entity yoinks you right out of your life to the middle of bumfuck nowhere thousands of miles away.
And then, starts *fucking with your mind*
You've got a fulfilling job and life and friends in a vibrant bustling place, and then some monstrous entity yoinks you right out of your life to the middle of bumfuck nowhere thousands of miles away.
And then, starts *fucking with your mind*
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🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
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If they hadn’t burned all the witches and midwives back in the day, we’d probably know more about perimenopause and menopause right now. We know fuck all about a condition that half the population goes through because men are a bunch of plonkers*
*not all men**
**but most of them
*not all men**
**but most of them
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If they hadn’t burned all the witches and midwives back in the day, we’d probably know more about perimenopause and menopause right now. We know fuck all about a condition that half the population goes through because men are a bunch of plonkers*
*not all men**
**but most of them
*not all men**
**but most of them
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Mike Johnson seems to be stepping in to do exactly what the administration has been working to do all along: restrict any and all reproductive health care
Mike Johnson Doesn’t Want Military Members to Have Access to IVF
“It’s disgraceful but not surprising that he is working behind the scenes to force servicemembers to suffer through infertility," Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wa.) said on Thursday.
www.jezebel.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Mike Johnson seems to be stepping in to do exactly what the administration has been working to do all along: restrict any and all reproductive health care
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me time traveling back to 1980: "oh hey you know that red-headed guy from HAPPY DAYS who looks like alfred p. neuman? the guy from AMERICAN GRAFFITI? yeah he accidentally made the TRIUMPH OF THE WILL of the 21st century despite being a supporter of the opposite political party whoops"
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
me time traveling back to 1980: "oh hey you know that red-headed guy from HAPPY DAYS who looks like alfred p. neuman? the guy from AMERICAN GRAFFITI? yeah he accidentally made the TRIUMPH OF THE WILL of the 21st century despite being a supporter of the opposite political party whoops"
the degree to which talking about women’s health makes you sound crazy
Like
“nope, the first time they ever researched [incredibly basic thing] was this year”
“nope, they’re still teaching in med schools that women don’t feel pain when you take a hole punch to our internal organs”
Like
“nope, the first time they ever researched [incredibly basic thing] was this year”
“nope, they’re still teaching in med schools that women don’t feel pain when you take a hole punch to our internal organs”
December 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
the degree to which talking about women’s health makes you sound crazy
Like
“nope, the first time they ever researched [incredibly basic thing] was this year”
“nope, they’re still teaching in med schools that women don’t feel pain when you take a hole punch to our internal organs”
Like
“nope, the first time they ever researched [incredibly basic thing] was this year”
“nope, they’re still teaching in med schools that women don’t feel pain when you take a hole punch to our internal organs”
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It's because they truly think that they get to control every move Black people make. We don't exist in any other capacity except to serve or entertain them.
Also, they want us to know our place. Remember when Harris said she didn't aspire to be humble? That infuriates white people.
Also, they want us to know our place. Remember when Harris said she didn't aspire to be humble? That infuriates white people.
December 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It's because they truly think that they get to control every move Black people make. We don't exist in any other capacity except to serve or entertain them.
Also, they want us to know our place. Remember when Harris said she didn't aspire to be humble? That infuriates white people.
Also, they want us to know our place. Remember when Harris said she didn't aspire to be humble? That infuriates white people.
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If you’re someone who thinks other human beings are horrible and stupid, you should not be in a position to make decisions that affect anyone but you.
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If you’re someone who thinks other human beings are horrible and stupid, you should not be in a position to make decisions that affect anyone but you.
I’m going to keep saying it: both the “male loneliness epidemic” and the techbro obsession with AI are, at their core, about a complete lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of relating to other people and a terror of vulnerability/interdependence.
we talk a lot about the weirdo techbro obsession with immortality these AI necromancy projects embody, but I'm arguably even MORE fascinated by the terror of allowing yourself to experience deep, complex emotions they so obviously reveal
you cannot prevent yourself from feeling grief with an app??
you cannot prevent yourself from feeling grief with an app??
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I’m going to keep saying it: both the “male loneliness epidemic” and the techbro obsession with AI are, at their core, about a complete lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of relating to other people and a terror of vulnerability/interdependence.