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Had a conversation go south at the end of the work day so now my weekend is ruined.

Galaxy lost me because he hawks Reiki-infused "cures" for pet ailments.

He helped people in general think about cats differently, but is not the end-all of sources.

UPDATE: The Smithsonian's American History Museum has restored information about Trump's two impeachments to its display on U.S. presidential impeachments.

Bunny by Mona Awad.

If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:

Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.

Boar's Head plans to reopen troubled deli meat plant, but reports of sanitation problems persist The Boar's Head deli meat plant at the heart of a deadly food poisoning outbreak is set to reopen in the coming months.

Much of the regulations at USDA have been removed; consume anything at your own risk.

Hilarious.

Q The_effect_of_Ginkg... Lettore PDF 2. Methods 2.1. Participants This study incorporated a double-blind, placebo-con- trolled design with healthy male participants divided into two groups of 30. Male participants were used in order to exclude any confounding effect of the menstrual cycle with female participants. The participants were screened prior to starting the study and those participants who had a chronic health condition, hypertension, blood clotting disorders, drug and alcohol abuse problems, were regular smokers, had hypersensitivity to G. biloba or with recurring gastro- intestinal problems were eliminated from the study. The Wahler Physical Symptom Inventory [33] was also given and those participants who reported experiencing head- ache, intestinal or stomach trouble, heart trouble, abnormal blood pressure, skin trouble, bowel trouble or chest pains at least once a week were also excluded from the study. In addition, those participants with blood pressure above 130/ 80

So many studies are never done for women even though we make up 50% of the population. This is medical misogyny, intentional or not.

Please mark pics of dildos as NSFW.

Donald Trump turned the Rose Garden into the patio of a Fuddruckers.

What an embarrassment.

I know lots of you have strong opinions on this topic, so I hope this will be of interest:

"You are being asked to participate in a survey of romance authors and readers that is being conducted by Prof. Bridget Kies in the Film Studies and Production program at Oakland University."

Some folks think we've only been "human" for the last 50 years or so, and buddy, do I have news for you.

Cats were mummified in Egypt to accompany their owners to the afterlife.

Romans buried their dogs and gave them graves and headstones.

Humans have always loved animals.

*sigh* Depends on the type of vampire and the rules that go along with it. This dilemma does not offer sufficient data.

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I think this is accurate, and “venerating The Computer as a god” is also the not-surprising result of a few decades of releases of consumer tech whose inner workings are intentionally made totally opaque to the average user

Don’t get me started on being in the IT Support sandwich generation

wild how the same people who demand their employees be in-person are happy to use ai to replace those employees

Regularsizedrudy Bobs GIF Alt: Regular Sized Rudy from "Bob's Burgers". He has a hand on his chest and is saying, "Fun hurts my lungs".

This made me think of Regular-Size Rudy ...

You’re the Dragonborn* of legend, trying to stop dragons from returning to Skyrim by sending one back in time.

*A human(oid) who can speak Dragon. You get to learn how to do Dragon Shouts to do stuff like breath fire and stuff.

Cool

if it's not a scam, it's surveillance. those are the two business models right now.

Substack’s extremist ecosystem is flourishing The app's recent swastika push alert was just the tip of the iceberg.

NEW: Since giving NYT hacked info from a Nazi and sending a swastika push alert, Substack's extremism is in the spotlight again. An investigation finds Substack is a haven for newsletters dedicated to white supremacy—with the co-founders' blessing.

A collab between @katz.theracket.news and me:

Fuck off

Email from the "PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE" to Kate Starbird asking for all emails from Jan 1 2021 through July 30 2025 with any of the following keywords: "diversity and inclusion" "DEIA" "DEI" "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging" "DEIB" "gender identity" "racial preference" "ESG" "organizational equity" "intersectionality" "anti-racism" "critical race theory" "LGBTQ+" "transgender" "cisgender" "gender ideology" "white privilege" "privilege walk" "cultural humility" "equity audit" "restorative justice" "racial equity" "implicit bias" "microaggressions" "inclusive pedagogy" "identity-based oppression" "systems of oppression" "queer" "non-binary" "sexuality" “Trump” “fascist”

If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?

"The horrors persist but so do the little treats" meme of a skeleton with a slushie

To whoever made this meme, know that you have a kindred spirit in me.

Labuzuzu

I really, really wish this were true. But, um, it's not.

(Source: where I live and work, both)

I keep hoping someone would like pictures of my brown recluse bite for, y'know, some reason. This gives me hope!

Any possible link to Kamala's comments on AirPods and wired heaphones?