It takes a minute to heat up. The first three episodes are a coherent story arc on their own that set up for the increasingly better story arcs after. Stick with it—the payoff is SO worth it.

i also have this question

mentally i am here #ANDOR

Passenger flying transport from S1 of Star Wars: Andor. It is burgundy with beige accents and looks like a tram car that could fall to bits at any minute.

Here’s hoping S2 of Andor will give us more of the greatest Star Wars vehicle of all time - the Rickety Space Bus That’s Trying Its Best

Andor | Season 2 Trailer | Streaming April 22 on Disney+ YouTube video by Star Wars

I need to manage my expectations so I won’t be crushed if this is bad, and Disney needs to help me by making trailers that are less SICK AS FUCK than this
youtu.be/AE4wxt70aUM?...

GO ON

they don’t really do anything to my knees, but i also do several knee specific exercises. also nothing has ever made my quads burn quite like sissy squats

I'm with Kelly here: deeply interested in leftism as a political project but have no interest whatsoever in leftism as a subculture. the stakes of leaving this behind are hopefully clearer by the day

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

It’s fun starting a new hobby with ADHD because I never know if I’ve found a new lifelong passion or if I’m going to spend $2000 on stuff and immediately lose all interest

Canada really threading that needle

N. K. Jemisin has entered the chat

me too! it’s been keeping me afloat

cis people be like let’s go to the family reunion

Have you read “The Slow Regard of Silent Things”? It’s all about Auri!

Yeah I hated Kvoth but stayed for the magic system and the worldbuilding. The Wise Man's Fear is better because you get more of the latter.

I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.

Can always count on the Dems to bring a banana to a gun fight.

i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there

We definitely fist bumped at least twice

Congrats!! I had such a good time at this workshop despite (or maybe because of?) being one of only two guys there 😅

that's part of the tactic--"the overwhelm." I keep seeing the advice to pick one issue and focus on that, because that's the only way to have a material impact and not get completely bowled over by the sheer volume of it all

don't worry, that's completely accurate

one little-discussed side effect of becoming a college professor is that i have family that still talks about me being “in school” despite me having been a whole ass doctor for almost three years

if there is one funny thing about yesterday’s blitzkrieg of executive orders is that it makes the “democratic opposition went too far last time” crowd look like total dipshits

*distant sound of academics scurrying*

What should I do with my Neil Gaiman books? Suppose that I don’t want to offload them onto someone else, or to throw them away or destroy them just to destroy them (e.g. by shredding or burning). I’m looking for creative solutions.

the feminist men I know don’t make a huge deal about being feminist men. they just do it

He’s been accused by at least eight women, most of whom describe very similar patterns of abuse, most of whom did not meet each other before coming forward. It’s pretty clear :(
I’m sad about it too. It’s awful.