George Washington was one of the nation’s foremost proponents of inoculation, and it helped save our army in the Revolutionary War.

When Latin American refugees started joining my kid’s school when she was in third grade, she learned a bit of Spanish and got them a few gifts to make them feel welcome. Pretty sure the language barrier isn’t what’s preventing this woman’s kid from making friends - it’s the parents’ attitude.

BlueSky needs more Allbirds

I finally took the plunge this Cyber Monday. Their coats and sweaters are such high quality. Seems a little strange to think of them becoming an Everything Store for nicer than average but not luxury goods. But like you say in the article, I have 0 buyer’s remorse and will shop there again.

I mean, how many other postal workers can you name?

I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail.

Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.

POTUS is vowing genocide. The mayor of NYC is filling potholes and answering phones at call centers. I can only hope anyone who's okay with the president and hates NYC's mayor has some moral reckoning in this life or the next one.

In 1953 Iran had a functioning democracy. A free press. Seven political parties. Women in universities. Women granted voting rights in municipal councils in 1952. A secular prime minister named Mosaddegh who believed Iran's oil belonged to Iran. The US and Britain decided he had to go.

No one would have believed him if he said he teleported to Arby’s.

Why would some people prefer a Gruel Bar made by your aunt instead of a Michelin starr quality meal made by a bot? The AI-everywhere camp doesn’t understand love and human connection.

Also these same people don’t understand why someone else would want to eat something or read something or listen to something a fellow human was inspired to create even if the AI chef or writer or musician created something technically “better.”

Those 24% loving higher gas prices are… who… Exxon executives?

Mojti Supreme!

Is anyone anywhere talking about how if we can unilaterally take out or depose other world leaders, any other nation will find justification to take out ours?

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

My Dinner Date With A.I.

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The best tech is clearly public bathrooms, followed closely by OpenTable.

I took this photo 7 years ago in Malaysia and hope they managed to leave it up

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This could be Tinder for really good human beings

To be fair, in the same period of time, I did online grocery shopping and caught up on the new season of Hijack.

My dad lost many uncles, aunts, and cousins in the Holocaust; he and his immediatele family only survived by escaping to Siberia. I’m okay with this comparison too.

Also this whole bit that undocumented immigrants are rapists and murderers sounds a lot like how the Nazis talked about Jews before they raped and murderered them.

Still trying to see if this is from @bencollins.bsky.social

Hell no, Facebook

Bruh that’s why Man goes to Grok and not Google now

But do you also wonder how much was worth it? Look at how the colonists were subjugating others. So a bunch of colonists came together to rebel against tyranny (taxation without representation) while inflicting far greater tyranny (slavery and genocide) on black and indigenous people.

Illegitimi non carborundum.

Oh, I thought you were referring to that other film franchise reboot, The Naked Csnnoli

From my limited purview, I don’t think most conservative American Jews are coming around fast enough. There’s still a lot of this “yes but Trump is better for Israel” hero worship that they won’t ditch unless Netanyahu becomes the 2028 Democratic nominee for president.