I'm open for questions about vegan stuff! (⁠⊃⁠｡⁠•́⁠‿⁠•̀⁠｡⁠)⁠⊃

I have been a vegan for 13 years. It gets better and better each year.

Disco Wich Aa, by Mohinder Kaur Bhamra, Peaking Lights, Baalti 3 track album

I know you'll love this too
nayabeat.bandcamp.com/album/disco-...

Fight For Our Lives (ft. Janey Starling), by Petrol Girls track by Petrol Girls

a must listen 🖤
petrolgirls.bandcamp.com/track/fight-...

a map of openai's influence on other media companies

Amazing site here via @timnitgebru.bsky.social - a map of big tech influence on media and media companies.

imo this goes a decent way to explaining why coverage of AI specifically has been so shockingly bad recently. Very useful resource!!

nananwachukwu.github.io/media-captur...

I should probably start using this again.

How Kansas Republicans weaponized the law to target 300 trans driver's license holders SB 244 was put into effect virtually overnight, causing chaos, panic and fear in the trans community.

New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:

The ocean as system Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere and absorbed by water lowers its pH level, making the ocean more acidic and less able to sustain life. In 2009 a group of scientists included this ocean aci...

Recommended reading: The Ocean as System – Overcoming policy fragmentation in the fight against ocean acidification.
An essay from the Back to Blue Initiative on ocean policy and why ocean and planetary stewardship matters:
backtoblueinitiative.com/the-ocean-as...

Costume Party EP, by 2MEX & MFUSION 5 track album

this song on repeat
mfusion.bandcamp.com/album/costum...

Lama Rod Owens: Resiliency in the face of violence YouTube video by Sangha Live • Meditation

Lama Rod Owens 💜
youtube.com/watch?v=cFYU...

Congruent Triangles : Bruce and Katharine Cornwell : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Bruce and Katharine Cornwell are primarily known for a series of remarkable animated films on the subject of geometry. Created on the Tektronics 4051 Graphics...

the music + animation = beautiful
archive.org/details/afan...

and it's only feb. (⁠´⁠;⁠︵⁠;⁠`⁠)

Fascism is here and yet we insist on continuing to make things. Keep creating. It's so important. Do not let the fascists colonize your imagination or curtail your creativity.

We Demand A Permanent State of Happiness, by Deaf Club 11 track album

currently listening to

deafclub31g.bandcamp.com/album/we-dem...

Armchair, by Sailor Honeymoon 1 track album

a must listen 💜🎶

sailorhoneymoon.bandcamp.com/album/armchair

this.

Exclusive | OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination Ryan Beiermeister, who served as the vice president leading OpenAI’s product policy team, had raised concerns about the upcoming launch of erotic content.

OpenAI fires female executive who opposed “adult mode” for sexual discrimination. Got it. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

last week my therapist referred to some of my frustrations as "things just aren't fair"
it felt really good hearing that from someone else. especially her. validation is very powerful.

💯 me‼️

I love michelle buteau

please don't open the curtains first thing in the morning. omg.

sometimes I come home and just sit in my car and scroll. one of the very few moments I have to myself. working 2 jobs with no social life makes one desperate for time to decompress in solitude.

FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.

I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

ICE and CBP haven’t withdrawn from a single fucking U.S. city that they’ve occupied.

oof! that IS cringe! I absolutely despise all ice breakers. it's all exhausting and a huge waste of time.

😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

There are some great threads going about how awful sugar plantations were.

I just want to add something as a historical romance author: every time you see someone adding a sugar cube to tea in a historical romance, think of those threads and the blood-soaked cost of the sugar.