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Good call, @unclegrambo.bsky.social!
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Good call, @unclegrambo.bsky.social!
We are all the better for it. Let me know who your editor is and I'll tell them they made the right call
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We are all the better for it. Let me know who your editor is and I'll tell them they made the right call
this is such a great review/interview. And it's always a great feeling to know that we picked up exactly what the writer wwas putting down
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
this is such a great review/interview. And it's always a great feeling to know that we picked up exactly what the writer wwas putting down
OH I am SO GLAD to hear that
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
OH I am SO GLAD to hear that
Betty Gilpin is just incredible. She's been phenomenal in everything I've seen her in -- and she picks good scripts. If you missed MRS DAVIS, remedy that.
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Betty Gilpin is just incredible. She's been phenomenal in everything I've seen her in -- and she picks good scripts. If you missed MRS DAVIS, remedy that.
It's so good you're pissed about Garfield getting shot because by that time you really just want to watch 7 seasons of THE WEST WING: WHEN IT WAS THE ONLY WING
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It's so good you're pissed about Garfield getting shot because by that time you really just want to watch 7 seasons of THE WEST WING: WHEN IT WAS THE ONLY WING
First of all the CAST is all your favorite character actors at the height of their powers - Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin, Offerman who was born to play Chet Arthur - Bradley Whitford basically playing an a/u Josh Lymon -- and they each have so much good writing to work with.
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
First of all the CAST is all your favorite character actors at the height of their powers - Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin, Offerman who was born to play Chet Arthur - Bradley Whitford basically playing an a/u Josh Lymon -- and they each have so much good writing to work with.
you didn't know about Napoleon's surfing days?
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
you didn't know about Napoleon's surfing days?
not as far as I know, I just thought it would give him something to think about
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
not as far as I know, I just thought it would give him something to think about
especially not a taxi, jesus
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
especially not a taxi, jesus
that elevator hasn't crashed yet
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
that elevator hasn't crashed yet
I see your LES MIS and I raise you ASSASSINS
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I see your LES MIS and I raise you ASSASSINS
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Just read this to my wife who grew up on the Cape and worked in bars and she’s laughing hysterically as she had the same rule, even back in the 80’s
September 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just read this to my wife who grew up on the Cape and worked in bars and she’s laughing hysterically as she had the same rule, even back in the 80’s
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So I still think it's probably better as a default to speak about conditions people have, rather than diseases they suffer from -- emphasizing the suffering both raises money and devalues the people who stand to benefit. I wish it were not so.
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
So I still think it's probably better as a default to speak about conditions people have, rather than diseases they suffer from -- emphasizing the suffering both raises money and devalues the people who stand to benefit. I wish it were not so.
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Research scientists like yourself are facing a really rough time in American history, when research grants are being denied for routine sci vocabulary like "diverse" -- meanwhile, Trump has said numerous times that he'd prefer disabled people to die. It's a weird moment in history.
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Research scientists like yourself are facing a really rough time in American history, when research grants are being denied for routine sci vocabulary like "diverse" -- meanwhile, Trump has said numerous times that he'd prefer disabled people to die. It's a weird moment in history.
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But absolutely, there's a lot of discussion about this in the history of the disability movement - when people have conditions that may limit them or cause suffering, how to acknowledge that reality without simultaneously dehumanizing them?
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
But absolutely, there's a lot of discussion about this in the history of the disability movement - when people have conditions that may limit them or cause suffering, how to acknowledge that reality without simultaneously dehumanizing them?
but could he get NYPD to go with them
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
but could he get NYPD to go with them
"This research seeks to prevent neural birth defects"
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"This research seeks to alleviate the profound suffering caused by neural birth defects"
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"This research seeks to give people with neural birth differences a chance at longer, fuller lives."
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"This research seeks to alleviate the profound suffering caused by neural birth defects"
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"This research seeks to give people with neural birth differences a chance at longer, fuller lives."
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"This research seeks to prevent neural birth defects"
vs
"This research seeks to alleviate the profound suffering caused by neural birth defects"
vs
"This research seeks to give people with neural birth differences a chance at longer, fuller lives."
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"This research seeks to alleviate the profound suffering caused by neural birth defects"
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"This research seeks to give people with neural birth differences a chance at longer, fuller lives."
this reads so much like the "5 guys" post that started Gamergate
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
this reads so much like the "5 guys" post that started Gamergate
the trouble is, a lot of people think that if you have a defective organ you're defective
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
the trouble is, a lot of people think that if you have a defective organ you're defective
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This is a systemic problem I will be writing more about elsewhere, but there's a tendency to see medicine and medical research as a solution to defective people, rather than as the prerequisite for all other basic freedoms. The catch is that we then question whether defectives deserve the fix.
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This is a systemic problem I will be writing more about elsewhere, but there's a tendency to see medicine and medical research as a solution to defective people, rather than as the prerequisite for all other basic freedoms. The catch is that we then question whether defectives deserve the fix.
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This is again also something trans people deal with - we are in the odd position of having to argue that we are defective in order to access medical interventions. I share your frustration. People deserve to access medicine without being seen as deficient or lesser beings first.
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This is again also something trans people deal with - we are in the odd position of having to argue that we are defective in order to access medical interventions. I share your frustration. People deserve to access medicine without being seen as deficient or lesser beings first.
You need a funky cane
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
You need a funky cane