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She/Her spoken with the awe and fear as with which the Depths Of the Sea are named.
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
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IMO the weird exception some supposed leftists seem to make for condemning-the-theft-of-labor-except-art-lol-steal-that-shit is just a weird intersection with puritan "if you enjoy yourself, it's not a real job" brainworms.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
IMO the weird exception some supposed leftists seem to make for condemning-the-theft-of-labor-except-art-lol-steal-that-shit is just a weird intersection with puritan "if you enjoy yourself, it's not a real job" brainworms.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Handmade in my kiln by me! These work nicely as Christmas tree ornaments but also look good hanging on a wall or in a window. They come with a loop of ribbon for hanging. NOTE: This is a handmade fused...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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There's a reason one of my mentor's regular reminders was "if they don't curse when you walk in the room you're not doing your job right."
I think it’s such a perfect case study for why “access journalism” to political figures is such a crock of shit. Most people can’t spend a ton of time with people without getting to like them, or at least sympathize with them. This is obviously an extreme case, but I think it’s always dangerous
One thing about RFKuzzi is that I feel like we all need to recognize these cloying “personal” details as signs of simpering sycophancy.
When a reporter breathlessly says he was at RFK Jr’s side when he heard the Kirk news, we should think: “Oh, I get it. This reporter is a huge piece of shit.”
When a reporter breathlessly says he was at RFK Jr’s side when he heard the Kirk news, we should think: “Oh, I get it. This reporter is a huge piece of shit.”
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
There's a reason one of my mentor's regular reminders was "if they don't curse when you walk in the room you're not doing your job right."
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Tomorrow morning, the DC Circuit will consider whether Trump violated the First Amendment by ejecting @apnews.com from the White House press pool after it refused to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Very glad that the AP is fighting this. knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-fig...
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Tomorrow morning, the DC Circuit will consider whether Trump violated the First Amendment by ejecting @apnews.com from the White House press pool after it refused to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Very glad that the AP is fighting this. knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-fig...
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Periodic reminder: the vaccine efficacy of the pertussis vaccine drops below 50% at 4.5 years. You should be getting a Tdap booster every 5 years, not every 10. It is especially vital if you have contact with pregnant people or infants too young to be vaccinated.
After two infants died, the Louisiana Dept of Health under the leadership of the new incoming deputy director of the CDC, delayed notifying the public for months of a whooping cough outbreak. Instead, he ordered DOH to stop promoting vaccines. Pertussis is currently a national health crisis.
Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Periodic reminder: the vaccine efficacy of the pertussis vaccine drops below 50% at 4.5 years. You should be getting a Tdap booster every 5 years, not every 10. It is especially vital if you have contact with pregnant people or infants too young to be vaccinated.
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Libraries aren't just books. They provide gathering places, free internet, and programs like story hours and classes and films. Using your library demonstrates to your local government its importance to your community and can affect funding decisions.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Libraries aren't just books. They provide gathering places, free internet, and programs like story hours and classes and films. Using your library demonstrates to your local government its importance to your community and can affect funding decisions.
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli
A breathtaking sequined velvet evening cape entitled 'Apollo of Versailles', 1938
#ElsaSchiaparelli #BOTD
A breathtaking sequined velvet evening cape entitled 'Apollo of Versailles', 1938
#ElsaSchiaparelli #BOTD
September 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli
A breathtaking sequined velvet evening cape entitled 'Apollo of Versailles', 1938
#ElsaSchiaparelli #BOTD
A breathtaking sequined velvet evening cape entitled 'Apollo of Versailles', 1938
#ElsaSchiaparelli #BOTD
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“But I also feel like, someday, my kids are going to grow up and they’re going to have children. And at some point they’re going to say, ‘Grandma, where were you in 2025? Where were my parents in 2025?’ I want to be able to tell them: ‘My family stood up.’”
NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity.
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE.
In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE
A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say i...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“But I also feel like, someday, my kids are going to grow up and they’re going to have children. And at some point they’re going to say, ‘Grandma, where were you in 2025? Where were my parents in 2025?’ I want to be able to tell them: ‘My family stood up.’”
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Greg entered Michigan’s juvenile system at the age of 11. He recalls lawyers pressured him to plead guilty and didn’t explain court fees to him. “All they were saying is guilty, guilty, guilty. Let’s plead out.” He amassed over $10,000 in court debt.
How Michigan Stopped Saddling Children with Millions in Court Debt
Last year, Michigan stopped imposing court fines and fees on kids, and relieved millions of dollars in past debt. Now, it may also ensure that kids get adequate representation in court.
boltsmag.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Greg entered Michigan’s juvenile system at the age of 11. He recalls lawyers pressured him to plead guilty and didn’t explain court fees to him. “All they were saying is guilty, guilty, guilty. Let’s plead out.” He amassed over $10,000 in court debt.
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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but it’s also a city where nothing can be turned into something, like when big balls getting his shit rocked by a teenager turned into the illegal military occupation of dc
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
but it’s also a city where nothing can be turned into something, like when big balls getting his shit rocked by a teenager turned into the illegal military occupation of dc
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I have just learned that when they found out CDC's search tool was down, The Immunization Action Coalition put together a page with various search tools for vaccines, with different categories - could be useful to people:
www.vaccineinformation.org/vaccine-basi...
www.vaccineinformation.org/vaccine-basi...
Where To Get Vaccinated | Vaccine Information
Our curated list of links to help you locate vaccine centers by state, plus other tools to help you locate a vaccine resource near you.
www.vaccineinformation.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I have just learned that when they found out CDC's search tool was down, The Immunization Action Coalition put together a page with various search tools for vaccines, with different categories - could be useful to people:
www.vaccineinformation.org/vaccine-basi...
www.vaccineinformation.org/vaccine-basi...
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Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
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Thanksgiving version of Mischief Night, throwing turkey guts in trees, rubbing cranberry sauce on windows, flaming bag of stuffing on the porch
November 27, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Thanksgiving version of Mischief Night, throwing turkey guts in trees, rubbing cranberry sauce on windows, flaming bag of stuffing on the porch
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This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
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Haha, what did I say like an hour ago or whatever about them pivoting to extortion to make money?
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Haha, what did I say like an hour ago or whatever about them pivoting to extortion to make money?
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I say this not in like a “actually it’s not technically an AR-15 hur hur hur” way but because conflating a bunch of different technologies and (especially) applications as a single thing is a lot of how e.g. openai positions its “can’t stand in the way of progress gotta let us do whatever”
I sorta wonder if people even know that text generation, image generation and video generation are all using different models that only have a little bit to do with each other
I think we need to disambiguate where we can bc Altman and the genAI cheerleaders are *encouraging* this confusion. It's in their best interests to be able to say to people, all of these other things you use every day, *those* are AI, you like those right? You're already using AI! Have some more!
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I say this not in like a “actually it’s not technically an AR-15 hur hur hur” way but because conflating a bunch of different technologies and (especially) applications as a single thing is a lot of how e.g. openai positions its “can’t stand in the way of progress gotta let us do whatever”
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Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
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An underrated thread in "AI made this person go completely delusional" tales is that it's so often "Jimothy, a marketing vp with three vacation homes, became convinced he was the reincarnation of Jesus" and "Melyssa, heir to an airbnb barony, believed interdimensional gods chose her personally."
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
An underrated thread in "AI made this person go completely delusional" tales is that it's so often "Jimothy, a marketing vp with three vacation homes, became convinced he was the reincarnation of Jesus" and "Melyssa, heir to an airbnb barony, believed interdimensional gods chose her personally."
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened