It turns out “you’re wrong about yourself” is not always the correct diagnosis.
New essay: epistemic dissonance—when systems fail to detect complexity.
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I regret to inform you that my emotional support breakfast has been tomato soup.
In a mug. Passing as coffee. Holding the entire morning together.
Yes, soup. This is not a phase.
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Turns out “starting over” is mostly watching what no longer fits fall away and deciding not to pick it back up.
New piece.
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Good night, sweet kitteh!
Dear Iran Media Now -
......and you're JUST now using this as a weapon? Chop chop, kids. We need whatever evidence you have published on the public stage, like, NOW. As in your name. N-O-W.
@acw1234.bsky.social DAMMIT. Could you please NOT insult one of my favorite childhood toys????????
Leo’s compatibility metric is cuddling.
I joined eHarmony.
My tortoise immediately had concerns.
New essay about dating algorithms, suspicious résumé-bots, and Merlin’s alternative compatibility quiz. 🐢
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The whole @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social persona needs to retire like the Boomer she is.
And then ALL of Gen Z would have told you what an idiot you are.
Good lord, woman. You're outdated. Give it up already.
(And no, I'm not Gen Z. But my children, who have been raised to know their own minds, are.)
"Or are you already in a mental place where everything now confirms a narrative?"
Name the source: My Therapist, ChatGPT, My Boyfriend, My Ex-Boyfriend.
Just...fuck. You go thru a day, your own struggles & issues, and then on FB, the mother of one of your former students posts a picture of her 2 boys as small children, sleeping soundly together.
One of those boys died in an accident about 18 months ago. His brother graduates this year.
#myheart
And reclaiming a “true story” from satire makes…what point, exactly? Dear?
First of all, you get to say WHATEVER the hell you want because, Clue reference.
Then, I will say - I have studied extensively the origins, mechanisms, abilities of GenAI, and I do have some positive things to say. Not defenses, though, exactly. That sounds a bit extreme.
Future generations: "what does he mean, 'still'"?
Congratulations on locating the floor.
If your satire needs a Lear jet, a rumor, and a gross visual, you didn’t have a point.
Alex Pretti was a hero not because he was killed but because he was killed standing up for someone else.
We need to recognize those actions wherever and whenever they happen. So, to me, yes. You did a heroic thing, and I thank you.
@amras.me and @mitch2266.bsky.social - Mitch, I wish I could say that you apologizing was what we all do, but these days? It's a pretty heroic act. Maybe not as heroic as Amras calling you out, I dunno. But I think you BOTH demonstrated something awesome and much needed. Thanks.
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Ask a Trump supporter what tangible steps Trump is taking to investigate a six-year-old election and they can tell you all about it
But ask a Trump supporter, tangible steps Trump is taking to lower the cost of living and watch them sputter and stutter.
I wish that the text picture said "higher" levels, because I HAVE to assume they are. This lovely human deserves to be highlighted - thank you for sharing.
I’m done pretending midlife singleness is either a failure or a fantasy.
It’s just real.
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Given that this is Bluesky, I hope you're used to offhand comments, but I will still warn you that I do not have your consent to say this, and I apologize if it offends you:
I am so deeply in love with your perspective right now, it's crazy. You go, girl.
I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Can’t sleep? Same.
Here’s what my brain did about it.
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