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So much of what was going on yesterday was a complete lack of willingness to contain roving gangs of Nazis and instead the police going and attacking anti-fascists to make sure the big group of fascists was able to move freely through the city without controlling the far right meaningfully at all.

There was some strange system where they all got their food and shelter and education and medical for free, no matter what job they did.

Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.

I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

filled out the horrible settlement consultation and I’m sorry, the question that is framed as a negative so that you have to ‘strongly disagree’ with something not happening?? This has enraged me

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Yep I nearly failed vet school in year 2

Alright, where are my gifted kids at? You were smart and you never had to study and then you went to college and suddenly had to learn a new skillset overnight, that everybody else had years to learn, or flame out spectacularly?

That’s what talent is like.

An art prompt list on a blue leafy patterned background. February Frost. Feb 1-7: Snowdrops / Nocturnal. Feb 8-14: Stars / Quilt. Feb 15-21: Crocus / Frost. Feb 22-28: Sparkling / Robin. #FebruaryFrost26

I'm joining up with friends to host an art prompt list throughout February! The prompts are all about the transition between winter and spring, so if you're looking for some art inspiration hopefully these prompts are for you 🌞 We're looking forward to seeing what you make!! #FebruaryFrost26

there are no mastermind villains. every single one of them is sending 4th grade level emails to World's Most Famous Sex Criminal from their work account

The booklet version of "Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" is out of print again. I'm plotting another reprint (which would be the fifth since it was first published in June 2025). In the meantime, I redesigned the interior text as an 11x17 format double-sided poster. I had some cheap 20# paper so I cranked out a hundred of them on the RISO with Teal ink. These are free with orders of anything from www.halfletterpress.com while supplies last. If you order something small, I'll send you one folded in quarters to 8.5x5.5 format. If you order something larger I'll fold it twice width-wise so you get this nicer object without a fold across the title of the text. If you want to print this yourself for free distribution, the files can be found at: tinyurl.com/WhoSharesWithICE

The booklet version of "Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" is out of print again. I'm plotting another reprint (which would be the fifth since it was first published in June 2025). In the meantime, I redesigned the interior text as an 11x17 format double-sided poster. I had some cheap 20# paper so I cranked out a hundred of them on the RISO with Teal ink. These are free with orders of anything from www.halfletterpress.com while supplies last. If you order something small, I'll send you one folded in quarters to 8.5x5.5 format. If you order something larger I'll fold it twice width-wise so you get this nicer object without a fold across the title of the text. If you want to print this yourself for free distribution, the files can be found at: tinyurl.com/WhoSharesWithICE

"Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" is out of print again. I'm plotting another reprint. I also designed an 11x17 version. I had some cheap 20# paper so I cranked out 100 copies with teal ink. Free w/orders of anything from www.halfletterpress.com while supplies last. PDF DL link in +Alt

for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence

hope that helps

food is a kind of "superfood"

A life-sized model ceratopsian dinosaur with a European robin perched on the horn

Dinosaur on a dinosaur
#dinosaur

Thank you sincerely for reminding me that asofterworld exists!

Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms The first global index to track real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every country

A new Cambridge index tracked the bot economy across 500 platforms.

The UK is almost as cheap to manipulate as Russia. With Scottish and Welsh elections coming up in May, this makes sobering reading ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

this is very much not the core of the issue. we tolerate all sorts of biological advantages and disadvantages in sports. the real fundamental question here is: why is this one different than the others?

the Catholic Church being right about 60% of the time these days takes some getting used to

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always the prelude to fascism. When they tell you it doesn’t matter, when they tell you a fucking app can do art you say, if it’s that important, why the fuck do they want it so bad? The answer is because they think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Screenshots from Andor when the Gorman councilman told Mon Mothma, “They don’t even bother to lie badly anymore. I suppose that’s the final humiliation.”

nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked

people will remember:
- how many squid facts you knew
- if you offered others squid facts
- how you made people feel when you told them a squid fact

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis) Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%) Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis) New mothers extend their maternity leaves Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%) Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%) Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%) Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people) Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%) Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%) Savings go up, debts go down Source: scottsantens

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.

This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

Your politics are your moral values

Since I have been reminded of it, allow me to share one of my very favorite threads of the past year:

X ray showing 2 legs from the knees down, with a tail between them. Very long tibia/fibula, and opposing thumbs on the feet

Looong legs #xray

2 giraffes from the neck up, silhouetted against a grey sky

Tall friends, grey sky #winter #giraffe

A black cat stares at the camera

So far this festive season he's clawed some smoked salmon, smashed a glass (on purpose) and stole toast from children. He's currently planning a raid on the fridge because he knows it contains ham. #caturday

Lucky black cat for you all! Take your risks today! *crosses road like a maniac*

Ancient Animal Advent Day 14 🐈‍⬛

“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…

Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):

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