Andy L

Is there a science side to blue sky (like Tumblr days lol)? If so can you please explain to me why I took a brief nap this morning after drinking a chai latte, but I just smoked some pot and feel way more awake?? (Indica btw)

oh is it bad when you put people out of work for political reasons

On a daily basis, I marvel at how many people in putative positions of power are willing to help obliterate American democracy. The US has faced a series of very easy moral tests in the past decade and it’s staggering how often people in once-respected positions have failed.

Millions Will Face Benefit Delays and Other Hurdles as Social Security Ends Phone Verification The Social Security Administration will no longer allow phone verification, starting on March 31.

The Social Security Administration has removed an option for recipients to confirm their identifying information over the phone, meaning 4.4 million people will need to visit an agency office in person. Huge cuts reducing staff and closing dozens of offices across the country are also being made.

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

Ben & Jerry’s former CEO, David Stever.

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream tubs.

Ben & Jerry’s alleges that Unilever (their parent company) fired their CEO over the brand’s political activism, including support for Palestine.

society erred when we removed the computer from its honored place in the home and ushered it into every part of our profane world. we must rebuild the temple of the Computer Room

How can it be legal for a sitting Commerce Secretary to pimp stock owned by a senior advisor to the President or whatever the fuck he's calling himself? I'm not nuts, right? This can't be legal.

Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's Estranged Daughter, Is Not Afraid of Her Dad “He's a pathetic man-child.”

Speaking to Teen Vogue for our March special-issue cover, @thevivllainous.bsky.social insists she isn’t frightened that her estranged dad — the richest man in the world, and one of the most powerful people in the current presidential administration — could retaliate against her.

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The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where

Silicon Valley guys casting government employees as lazy, parasitic, and malevolent seems like a giant case of projection imo

I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism.

From Around the Horn:

YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work

i crocheted too hard yesterday and had to ice my shoulder and wrist overnight🫠

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

Oh my god. I started Grosse Point Garden Society and was like wow this blonde lead looks a lot like Anna-Sophia Robb from bridge to terabithia. Finally looked it up and it IS ACTUALLY HER.

Sometimes I just need to listen to Halsey in order to feel my feelings properly

If you are a liberal in deep blue territory, one thing you could try doing right now is figuring out how to replace your Democratic member of Congress next year. With very few exceptions, the typical safe seat Dem is not meeting the moment. Find someone who will and help them.

Watching Love Is Blind UK bc frankly I couldn’t stay invested in the newest US season

Finally starting the second half of love is blind!! These men are tbh all trash

Horrified Woman Swears Off Ambien After Seeing Number Of Library Books She Reserved Last Night COLUMBUS, OH—Reeling as she took stock of the damage done in her debilitated state, area woman Brittany Marino told reporters Wednesday she had sworn off Ambien for good after she woke up and saw how ...

Horrified Woman Swears Off Ambien After Seeing Number Of Library Books She Reserved Last Night

Measles high infection rate is the reason we have not yet been able to eradicate it. That rate means you need a very high vaccination rate to prevent outbreaks. It is possible, but not with current levels of institutional distrust.

With all of the feds losing their jobs, is rent gonna go down in DC?

A parking lot showing a cybertruck in one spot, next to a car that has built a cybertruck-esque shell around it out of green plastic. It's really hard to describe exactly how silly this vehicle looks next to the green car.

In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.

The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.

Trump DOJ Deleted January 6 Database in Latest Attempt to Make History Vanish This push to whitewash recent history carries a disconcerting echo of countless autocratic regimes.

This push to whitewash recent history carries a disconcerting echo of countless autocratic regimes – via @propublica.org
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