There is a special place in hell for white folks who leverage the language of structural racism to protect their own self interests at the cost of Black families.

I think we shouldn’t try and learn any lessons from 2022 beyond the fact that pandemics and the ensuing economic downturn they produce fuck up politics. Although I do also believe that the Democratic Party can win by running left right now anyway.

I don't have a single bird feeder and yet somehow my yard feels like a bird sanctuary at times, bright beautiful birds too. I love it.

Cyberpunk-ass real-time face scramblers will be the fashion accessory of 2027

Their identification software ROUTINELY churns out false positives.

Like to the point it would be unusable by any other entity.

Riding a bike is one path toward radicalization in The War on Cars.

There's a reason why Meta's employee keylogging plans are only being deployed in the US -- per experts we spoke to, this sort of monitoring would be illegal in much of Europe, where such monitoring is a violation of worker privacy.

In the US, most states don't even require notice of surveillance.

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social Thanks so much for the conversation last night.

But it's better than their self-imposed exile circa 1900.

Oh right, I forget those keep happening, the African churches usually back down when they realize Trinity Wall St only donates to members of the Anglican Communion. The US schism have been more permanent.

The thing is the coalition in Hungary worked, just like the Cordon sanitaire has kept the far right out of power in France. And if you lose the rule of law, none of it is really gonna matter.

"A fundamental rule of comedy is that more dildos means more funny"

I was in a record store that was also a café a few months ago and in the downstairs seating area there was a flock of teen goths and I nearly started crying from happiness.

Nature is healing?

If we want to follow the the Hungarian model, it'll take a very big tent that largely supports policies none of the people I know want. I'm not saying that's a deal breaker, I just think it's important to recognize the terms.

I mean, that one by Marx?

I'm pretty sure this is a blindness joke, but I'm not seeing it

Fries, air fryer, cheese, taco bell sauce packets

I don’t know if that’s just luck on my part, or something else, but I don’t mean to gainsay your experience

I don’t add to it much either, but I fight myself to not lose too many, and I’ve been surprised at how willing people are to reconnect

Old ass bbs from the time before the internet

On my better days I recognize my role in that, but it’s still a great deal of luck and privilege.

I’ve been incredibly privileged to have a wide network of people I feel I can truly count on if I need, and a smaller but still good network of people that I can talk to regularly.

And I’ve been doing it since the WELL

For me a friend is someone I would feel comfortable asking for help, not someone I would be happy to offer my help to. And I’m probably too reluctant to ask for help in general.

Please don’t take that as rude, I just don’t know what else to say

Acquaintance isn’t sufficient, but slightly less than a friend (only because I hold that as a very high standard) Mutual seems like the best I can come up with

That’s obnoxious, and not the person I was talking about, it was about the potential usefulness of AI.

They were mutuals with a few people I REALLY like. It was a choice.

You owe me nothing but I sincerely appreciate that.