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Reads books, writes code, plays music, walks outside occasionally
bluesky has been so fun lately. we need more baseball and more left-wing political wins.
but especially more left-wing political wins.
but especially more left-wing political wins.
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
bluesky has been so fun lately. we need more baseball and more left-wing political wins.
but especially more left-wing political wins.
but especially more left-wing political wins.
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"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
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This is a really lovely article. I've been reading Nicole Chung's writing on adoption since The Toast (RIP), and I am grateful for her bringing me along as her understanding of adoption has grown and changed.
If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.
When Adoption Promises Are Broken
Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.
www.theatlantic.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is a really lovely article. I've been reading Nicole Chung's writing on adoption since The Toast (RIP), and I am grateful for her bringing me along as her understanding of adoption has grown and changed.
September 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
someone is curling their eyelashes on the 67! that’s extra hard mode
September 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
someone is curling their eyelashes on the 67! that’s extra hard mode
just spent my friday night watching math youtube videos with my wife and there’s only one thing that could make tonight even better
August 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
just spent my friday night watching math youtube videos with my wife and there’s only one thing that could make tonight even better
I spent yesterday dealing with identity theft. Not looking forward to more days like that.
Having my credit frozen kept things from being much worse.
You should freeze your credit! It’s free, and you can always schedule a thaw if you plan on applying for a loan or a new credit card.
Having my credit frozen kept things from being much worse.
You should freeze your credit! It’s free, and you can always schedule a thaw if you plan on applying for a loan or a new credit card.
August 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I spent yesterday dealing with identity theft. Not looking forward to more days like that.
Having my credit frozen kept things from being much worse.
You should freeze your credit! It’s free, and you can always schedule a thaw if you plan on applying for a loan or a new credit card.
Having my credit frozen kept things from being much worse.
You should freeze your credit! It’s free, and you can always schedule a thaw if you plan on applying for a loan or a new credit card.
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Go opt-out now! Be sure to check your 'official' name & everyday name...
August 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Go opt-out now! Be sure to check your 'official' name & everyday name...
Everyone on Project Runway S21E1 keeps looking at the camera (outside confessionals) and the first challenge was chosen for maximum interpersonal drama. I miss the seasons where the the producers focused more on the process of making the clothes
August 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Everyone on Project Runway S21E1 keeps looking at the camera (outside confessionals) and the first challenge was chosen for maximum interpersonal drama. I miss the seasons where the the producers focused more on the process of making the clothes
I (a word nerd) am excited to share this with my dad (a bird nerd)
There's a whole constellation of gr-/kr- roots that mean harsh bird cries (imitative obviously).
They give us, "crow", "raven", "heron", "egret", "crane", etc. (and "cormorant" of course!)
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They give us, "crow", "raven", "heron", "egret", "crane", etc. (and "cormorant" of course!)
circumvent bsky image compression: www.aidanem.com/images/word_...
August 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I (a word nerd) am excited to share this with my dad (a bird nerd)
Good for Amy Sherald! But I'm sad for the people who will miss out on her retrospective—I was so moved by it at SFMOMA.
The artist, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, said the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery wanted to keep her portrait of a trans woman out of the exhibition American Sublime.
Artist Amy Sherald has canceled her upcoming show at the Smithsonian
The artist, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, said the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery wanted to keep her portrait of a trans woman out of the exhibition American Sublime.
n.pr
July 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Good for Amy Sherald! But I'm sad for the people who will miss out on her retrospective—I was so moved by it at SFMOMA.
I burned out hard from having the same conversation over and over with retired white women about how (1) Black people aren’t scary, and (2) trans women aren’t trying to take anything away from you.
That conversation is vital when bringing in new folks but I couldn’t smile through it any more
That conversation is vital when bringing in new folks but I couldn’t smile through it any more
I’ve said this before. Orgs that undergird movements need a new members committee. The people with tender hearts and endless patience can work with the “butwhatabouts” — the neophytes. The hard cores can keep their (useful) callouses.
I’m not an activist, but as someone who reports on people who are, I see some activists sneering at people who are late to a cause they’ve fought hard for. Surely the point of activism is pitching to the centre to make change? Not alienating or mocking those whose minds you surely wanted to change?
July 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I burned out hard from having the same conversation over and over with retired white women about how (1) Black people aren’t scary, and (2) trans women aren’t trying to take anything away from you.
That conversation is vital when bringing in new folks but I couldn’t smile through it any more
That conversation is vital when bringing in new folks but I couldn’t smile through it any more
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A good way to think about the housing crisis is landlords pocketing essentially all the consumer surplus the last 40 years
Between 1980 and 2024 the basket of 50 basic commodities become cheaper and more abundant. To be precise 70 per cent cheaper and 238 per cent more abundant. If we hadn’t messed up housing costs we’d be collectively very well off. Source: buff.ly/U8lZZkc
July 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A good way to think about the housing crisis is landlords pocketing essentially all the consumer surplus the last 40 years
can be sung to the tune of “naked in manhattan”
July 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
can be sung to the tune of “naked in manhattan”
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back in college, my prof mentioned that Japanese Americans were incarcerated right here in the Bay Area, in San Bruno. I was astonished that such dark history could now just be a mall, at risk of being forgotten what happened here
my last for @sfgate.com
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my last for @sfgate.com
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A Bay Area mall's little-known history of Japanese American incarceration
Living in a horse stall reeking of horse manure is a lasting, common memory.
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July 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
back in college, my prof mentioned that Japanese Americans were incarcerated right here in the Bay Area, in San Bruno. I was astonished that such dark history could now just be a mall, at risk of being forgotten what happened here
my last for @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
my last for @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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Watching from the Dykes Only zone, it was gratifying to see a) how quickly people nearer to the situation mobilized to ensure the signs weren’t visible b) how almost everyone in the Dykes Only zone went from chill to *also* ready to step in, and c) the main stage telling TERFs to fuck off.
I helped organize the San Francisco Dyke March’s Safety Marshals this year, and we feel strongly that community is what keeps us safe. That proved to be true at the Dyke March yesterday.
June 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Watching from the Dykes Only zone, it was gratifying to see a) how quickly people nearer to the situation mobilized to ensure the signs weren’t visible b) how almost everyone in the Dykes Only zone went from chill to *also* ready to step in, and c) the main stage telling TERFs to fuck off.
I helped organize the San Francisco Dyke March’s Safety Marshals this year, and we feel strongly that community is what keeps us safe. That proved to be true at the Dyke March yesterday.
June 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I helped organize the San Francisco Dyke March’s Safety Marshals this year, and we feel strongly that community is what keeps us safe. That proved to be true at the Dyke March yesterday.
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wow this game by @radiatoryang.bsky.social is so ridiculously funny radiatoryang.itch.io/cuomo
Don't Rank Cuomo by Robert Yang
Free short web game about 2025 local NYC politics. Can YOU don't rank Cuomo?
radiatoryang.itch.io
June 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
wow this game by @radiatoryang.bsky.social is so ridiculously funny radiatoryang.itch.io/cuomo
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so for the last 9 months or so I've been involved with rebooting the SF dyke march. we're a week out and posting one of our core values every day, so that gives me a chance to talk about them—how we got there, what resonates with me. this is the first one on the list.
June 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
so for the last 9 months or so I've been involved with rebooting the SF dyke march. we're a week out and posting one of our core values every day, so that gives me a chance to talk about them—how we got there, what resonates with me. this is the first one on the list.
This guy is such a badass. Also the organizer of the event got punched in the face by a confused attendee while trying to heckle this performer, so: success all around
Hetero Awesome Fest - Guerrilla Performance - Boise, Idaho - Boy
🚨 A QUEER PERSON HAS SNUCK ONTO THE STAGE AT HETERO PRIDE THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨
🚨 A QUEER PERSON HAS SNUCK ONTO THE STAGE AT HETERO PRIDE THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨
June 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This guy is such a badass. Also the organizer of the event got punched in the face by a confused attendee while trying to heckle this performer, so: success all around
My wife said, "You should let them know." Absolutely not! Someone might tell them they wrote "polla" where they meant "pollo" but it won't be me.
My favorite local newspaper published a restaurant review that mentions "rotisserie dick" instead of "rotisserie chicken." I hope they never fix it.
June 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My wife said, "You should let them know." Absolutely not! Someone might tell them they wrote "polla" where they meant "pollo" but it won't be me.
My favorite local newspaper published a restaurant review that mentions "rotisserie dick" instead of "rotisserie chicken." I hope they never fix it.
June 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My favorite local newspaper published a restaurant review that mentions "rotisserie dick" instead of "rotisserie chicken." I hope they never fix it.
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Bat Rays in Lake Merritt! @paleontologizing.bsky.social and I saw a bunch there too a while back!
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June 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Bat Rays in Lake Merritt! @paleontologizing.bsky.social and I saw a bunch there too a while back!
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