Yet another reason to clean the air, encourage routine testing, increase paid leave, change policies that encourage presenteeism despite illness, and create cultures where there is no shame attached to masking
Same 😩
We all deserve more ease. That's really it.
Not once in the 80s, 90s or 00s do I recall a politician urging the public to embrace email, mobile phones, texting, two factor authentication, online banking, air fryers, or to replace all their cassette collection with a CD collection.
So forgive me if I smell a rat.
“Embracing the future/change” is an absolutely villainous concept. It assumes the existence of a future that must either be accepted or rejected, but fails to recognize that we are actively & constantly shaping it. “It” has no separate existence. And is all change good? No one believes that."
OK, iconic Isabella Stewart Gardner flowers being donated, when past their prime, to local zoo animals as sensory enrichment and snax is an S-tier good-news Boston story www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/15/m...
He listens to the concerns of ALL constituents
we’ve talked a lot about how AI might con people into believing bad things, but it is sad to think of how it will also make us stop believing in wondrous things too
Thank you!!
Help Matthew Cover Emergency Surgery Costs
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Do you know if the draft has been released generally? I was on a zoom a couple of weeks ago where it sounded like that was happening soon but hadn't seen any updates
“That’s what government is here for. To make your life better.” so simple, seemingly so obvious, and yet so few elected government officials believe in or even understand this concept!
Cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written and I think it’s important to credit our sources.
This free webinar is next Tuesday April 14th. There'll be ASL interpreters available. It'll be recorded, so if you can't join us, feel free to sign up and you'll get a link to the recording. 1500 people registered so far lol. 📚 #critcat news.library.fresnostate.edu/2026/02/23/f...
Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly:
- Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat)
- Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex)
- Humming (stimulates vagus nerve)
- Exercise (anything helps, outside even better)
- Impeachment and removal
"we need kids to get an early start operating machines that are routinely wrong and may try to coax them into suicide and/or psychosis" is a fun education perspective i disagree with actually
Heads up GitHub users. You have less than a month left to opt out of "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training".
"On April 24 we'll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out." github.com/settings/cop...
As we're at the time of year when every fruit stand has beautiful bouquets of tulips for sale, a reminder that they are part of the lily family and are also toxic to cats. 💐 🚫 🐈⬛ vcacanada.com/know-your-pe...
Oh, I'm so sorry for your loss. Thanks for sharing him with us-- pictures of him have brightened my day many times 💗
Hey Philadelphia - on Monday, 4/13, the ICE OUT legislation will have its first public hearing in City Council. Please sign the petition! The petition if for Philadelphia residents AND for those who live near Philadelphia.
docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
The Moderna study is not cancelled yet, so if you want to help, visit this link to see if you qualify and if there's a study site near you
trials.modernatx.com/study/?id=mR...
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hi non-Minnesota friends! please share this with your out-of-state networks
everyone here is pretty much tapped out, but the impacts of Metro Surge are still looming large here. our black and brown and immigrant neighbors lost months of work, and rent is still due.
We need help.
LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty outside a federal building during a ‘Kings Day’ protest. (Connor Sheets/Los Angeles Times)
A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...
A graphic from the linked page showing roses, gerber daisies, sunflowers, orchids, snapdragons, freesia, limonium, Madagascar jasmine, stock, waxflowers, statice, and lisianthus.
Here are some safer alternatives! www.aspca.org/news/your-gu...
graphic that says in bold lettering "remember: no lilies for kitties. even ingesting a tiny amount of pollen can cause fatal kidney failure. don't risk it." the background is a wallpaper of lily drawings and there is a photo of a perfect, fluffy white cat in the bottom right corner.
This weekend and always, NO LILIES FOR KITTIES. www.fda.gov/animal-veter...
I don't see this said enough: the widespread use of generative AI is not only making our jobs as educators harder logistically, but also emotionally. It is genuinely sad to be suspicious of students when you have spent so much time building a pedagogy based on trust and not being a cop. It sucks.
My university: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently."
Microsoft: LOL
On this TDOV, please visit this link and tell the Mayor to make good on his fine words, fine Mt. Sinai and Langone for denying trans kids health care, and direct NYC Hospitals + Health to provide those kids care.
gregpak.net/2026/03/27/t...
It's #TransDayOfVisibility If you are a young person (13-26) wanting to read books on queer or trans topics in the US that have been restricted/banned in your area, you can. Get a card, read online.
booksunbanned.com/card