whenever people announce they're taking a break from bluesky, it's usually because they're astronauts experiencing a mandatory communications blackout as they re-enter earth's atmosphere. that's why they always come back in six minutes
No neurodivergence ????? not even at the bottom like a yogurt cup????
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
Five months in and still looking for work. Game writing would be great, but I've also got 30 years software QA management experience with waterfall and agile.
So, if you need someone who can write with a strong tech background and can work with teams across multiple continents, I might be your guy.
This obviously very stupid but is it also smart? We’ll talk to some liars after this break.
We need some new email sign offs: "yours sincerely," and "best wishes," and all those are done. So I'm thinking
- clement tidings,
- supposedly,
- in accordance with the law,
- with buyers remorse,
- questing after justice,
- in the hope of more hooplah,
- guessing,
- with gentle reminders,
Oh no, that’s so funny. A recent fave of mine is AskTheWorld.
I’m not agreeing that you’re old but thought you might enjoy knowing there’s a subreddit called AskOldPeople.
not now, 240 toasters-sized asteroid
Kevin and the wet bandits (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) from Home Alone
who wants to go to this
www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/...
“YOU, put a handkerchief on your head! YOU, swat at imaginary elves! YOU, rock on the porch all night!” (Commentary from “Hired!, Part II”)
bolsanaro reportedly upset about going to prison because it’s taking him away from his true passion, going to the hospital
She’s going to be in Oh Mary I called this like a year ago
I’m gonna implore everyone here to take the W if only to experience the feeling again.
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
Last night I googled “tasmanian devil spinning” to see what that looked like in real life and…I guess they don’t spin in real life. I bought that bs for more than 50 years!
looking at my posts from tuesday
Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
here's something cool: the son of the letter carrier on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (McFeely) is a real letter carrier for the USPS and he's our letter carrier and he's awesome
—NY Dems flip Onondaga County & Dutchess County legislature, first in decades
—Dem mayors in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincy...
—Seattle GOP city attorney trails big
—MN Dems defend state Senate
—Dems flip legislative seats in MS
—Dems defend swing legislative seats in NY, WA
—Coloradoans fund free school meals
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
(And that's not all!)
What is this… hope-scrolling
What we know, 12:10am
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
Now they're all wearing berets
3 rows with each NYC mayoral candidate: (blue bar) Zohran Mamdani (yellow bar) Andrew M. Cuomo (red bar) Curtis Sliwa (wearing a red had)
sorry but mamdani and cuomo should have worn blue and yellow hats, respectively
Dug can always retreat to the wine labyrinth.
If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.
Can you believe it’s almost midnight? That’s so late to be watching baseball. Good thing it’s not any later than that for anybody reading this
Ruining a band with Supreme Court Terminology
Bread Kavanaugh
This turned me into TWO The Jokers