Emily Best

The terrifying thing is that in my peer group - people in their late 30s and 40’s, whether they have kids or not- are being crushed by healthcare costs. Sure feels like we’re on the precipice of economic collapse. Wheeeee.

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Calling @lightphone.bsky.social

NEA Grantees with Terminated Grants or Withdrawn Funding: You have 7 calendar days to appeal, so for those receiving their letters late yesterday (May 2), you have until Friday, May 9 to appeal.

We have put together a how-to guide drawing from available resources including @jasonrhody.bsky.social

Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M to 'cheat on everything' | TechCrunch On Sunday, 21-year-old Chungin "Roy" Lee announced he’s raised $5.3 million in seed funding from Abstract Ventures and Susa Ventures for his startup,

I have good news for people looking for the example that best illustrates the current VC/ai landscape.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand in historic antitrust trial Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questions about his intentions in acquiring Instagram on the first day of a historic antitrust trial.

Zuckerberg never thought the leopards would eat his face I guess. apnews.com/article/meta...

Have never felt more represented by any piece of media ever

Maybe everyone can see it now, but the world's richest people have tanked it all to restock assets and get liquid after years of illegally playing with funny money. They used "the wokeness" as a cudgel and it worked. The next Disney princess WILL be white, as we all eat beans under the highway.

Immigrant women describe 'hell on earth' in ICE detention No shower for days, cameras trained on the toilet, women crammed into cells 'like sardines,' among the allegations.

3 dead so far at Krome ICE detention center in Florida. Max capacity was 500, they have over 4,000 and not enough water and food. Reports say they get 1 cup of water per day.

These are already death camps.

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Please add to this list, the sillier the better. A reminder that we can overcome terrible things, we can build things that last in good ways.

The ACLU, the NAACP, Southern Equality, and most of our nation’s abortion funds have all been around longer.

Shameless plug: my company Seed&Spark has been around for 13 years during which time pretty much every single one of the 5,890 movies we’ve helped get made would make confederates roll in their graves. I delight in that a lot.

The original Pride flag launched in 1978 and has been going strong ever since, outlast the confederacy by almost 35 years.

Pokémon Go has been around for nine years. It’s kind of a scam to build a new mapping app using the UGC from people’s pictures but that outlasted the Confederacy.

A Different World, an American sitcom about an HBCU (a *great* show that is currently being rebooted and they better not mess it up) lasted 6 seasons starting in 1987

I feel like now is a good time to remind everyone that the Confederacy lasted just about four years. Here is a non-exhaustive list of things that have lasted longer:

“I stand here in SPITE of him.” What a perfect moment.

THIS IS WHY YOU YELL AT THEM

NOT BECAUSE IT’S FUN

BECAUSE IT MATTERS

If you are not watching @booker.senate.gov right now, drop everything and turn him on. History in the making.

I’m only just realizing how toxic the movie Ladybugs really was.

I’d like to see these corporate “leaders” refuse the 15% tax break in favor of funding education. I’d like to see some actual leadership.

Yep. We gotta get this film made!!!

Congratulations, @coralineada.bsky.social!!!! Pub day is so exciting and you have offered the world a handbook for building the pro social future we could all hope for (and work toward)

A lot of people are going to die from this

Photograph of a medium-sized spiral-bound notebook with a large round pink sticker that reads “being kind is punk” in all caps. In the background, there’s a small doll of Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas and some rack-mounted music gear with blue and green displays.

Reminder that being kind is punk.

It would be a shame if you had to report book banning, abstinence education, forcing 10 commandments, anti trans sports policies to this website (which doesn’t verify emails lol)

2024 US Elections: Sources of News and Information | The COVID States Project Report #113

"Alternative news sources like social media and podcasts were much more prevalent among “swing voters” (52 percent) and new Trump voters (59 percent) compared to the overall electorate (43 percent)."

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Yes and I dropped Amazon, Walmart, Whole Foods quite some time ago.

Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.

So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.