spotted a real one in my neighborhood

big time! but ngl, i feel like that confidence is now coming from a place where there isn't anyone pushing back on him anymore and /we/ can feel the difference. it probably just took some time to really shake that off.

i wasn't thinking of superm (and seeing in 2020) when i wrote that because it was mostly not shinee/solo material and a whole performance, like even since then my point stands fr, there were sparks flying that i haven't seen in him myself before huhu

my shating star mysteriously broke though. lmao i have no idea what happened to it. if i twist the top so the seam pops then it works but that doesn't seem right...

i'm totally exhausted, but that post shinee concert buzz is strong in my veins. taemin was /insane/ and what a difference since the last time I saw him in 2017, like the upgrades were palpable and the joy and excitement he felt were clearly powering him. we are so lucky to be able to witness him!!

someone should stop him

(x.com/luneteams/st...)

4 hours of sleep... today is gonna be rough. a marathon. but seeing taemin again will make it all worth it. hopefully my mum can take over some of the driving or i'm gonna be overdosing on caffeine to get me through... also hope congestion pricing is still working!

Reading can help alleviate some of your existential dread.

it doesn't feel real because i've always had to travel for concerts like this. without a flight and being in a different place, it hasn't sunk in yet. i'll feel the hype build on the way though, uhuhu.

oh boy... my thursday is going to be rough. i have to take my mum to an appointment at umass which is an hour north of us... then come home, quickly get ready/feed cats and hope that the congestion pricing in nyc will mean it won't take 4 hours to drive to taemin. 😩

UPDATE: Children’s Wisconsin hospital reinstates gender-affirming care for trans teen after canceling in wake of Trump’s executive order The order is being challenged in court as illegal and unconstitutional.

Incredible news. After immense pressure and threats of protest, Children's Wisconsin has reinstated treatment for at least one trans teen under its care.

Several hospitals across the country determined their fear of Trump's illegal EO was more important than their trans patients.

Bamboo Sharks.

wired is absolutely on fire, they're meeting the moment. it's worth paying $10 for a subscription right now. everyone i know with a tech background is very aware of how risky this is. it was fun to laugh at the hearings with tech companies and how clueless some of these politicians are but yikes...

Imagine if the entire DC media was reporting on Musk and Trump with the *ferocity* and *velocity* of WIRED these past three weeks.

IMAGINE what we would know now that we don’t.

Sincere props to a colleague who very obviously is doing his job well.

Major breaking trans news: The ACLU has launched a lawsuit on behalf of 7 transgender people affected by Trump’s passport ban.

Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.

If the Treasury Secretary does not remove DOGE’s access to the Treasury payment systems at once:

Congress must immediately act.

That is why Rep. Jeffries and I will work together on legislation to stop unlawful meddling in the Treasury Department’s payment systems.

god the internet used to be *good*

you'd clicky-click your way around and wander from webcomic sites to hyper-specific forums to fanfiction aggregators to blogs dedicated to sparkly GIFs with quotes from someone's favourite book

and "social media" was Livejournal blogs and website guest books

Yeah so it works

If y'all haven't caught on I'm going to annoy the shit out of y'all with examples on how democracy is being fought for and saved on the local level.

I want to unshackle y'all from the thinking that only the national horse race matters.

Rolling Stone is about the only legacy media organization out there with the guts to tell the truth

We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...

Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave – and it is often hard to be brave – be kind." @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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Get it while you can, folks!

www.sarahkendziorbooks.com

www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com

A drawing of a guillotine with the words so be it written on the blade.

If this is how it's gonna be

Still wild to me that so many "savvy" folks on left and right have bought into the idea that online misinformation is overblown and doesn't really matter. From lies about migrants to transgender people to crime to election denial to climate denial, it's literally driving our country's politics.

His video is appalling to impugn fact checkers like that. He could use all the tools if he actually cared and X is now a toxic waste dump. One thing is true: Fact checking does not work on a platform that cannot be sued and has been built to advantage the liars.

Meta's new content policies will let many groups be targeted Changes in moderation will release a flood of hate speech and could even fuel real-world violence, experts say.

Spoke with @inafried.bsky.social at @axios.com - "Meta itself is proactively stating that Meta allows LGBT people to be characterized as abnormal and mentally ill in a hate speech policy," Olson said. "It's a complete break with best practices in content moderation." www.axios.com/2025/01/09/m...

I hate the early stage in relationships where you don't really know what you are. Like... we spend 10 hours a week together... so, are we dating? Or just friends? Is there a reason you decided to haunt my attic specifically? Impossible to know.