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The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.

Just here to say “good old Franklin Gothic!”

Pulling into work today, yelling at the clouds, “I hope all the ‘Let It Snow!’ people are fcking happy!”

Aside aside, if your house is like ours and you'd like to do jigsaws but can't because, well, cats? Try Scramble Squares puzzles. My step-grandmother used to give them to us and I started thinking about them while trying to think of mental stimulation for an aging parent. 9 squares, edge-matching.

OMG, y'all. There's a store called the Squirrel Store. I just ordered a puzzle for my mom from them. 1/2

Spotify needs to remove the ICE recruitment ads. If you hear one, make sure to give it a thumbs down.

If I send art for an ad to the newspaper, I really don’t appreciate it when they fcking change something (like a background or reset type) and don’t talk to me about it, and like, you know, try to slide it by me like I won’t notice that something that was green is now black.

@goonrgrrl.bsky.social until now I've resisted the urge to tell you every time I've seen the trillionaires/bicycle commercial 😂 Even when the song gets stuck in my head for days. However, now I'm telling you.

Some of you are so mad at people and you can't even pinpoint why. It's because those people actually haven't done a single thing to you. Keep it moving and live your life.

Molly's Holiday Fundraiser 2025 Make Winter Merry and Bright in Honor of Fergus

This is Lily and she’s not available for adoption just yet BUT I am running a winter fundraiser for this wonderful shelter! Please consider a donation if you can. 🥰 givebutter.com/n5l31M

Call for Submissions! Wild Ramp is putting together a one-off (for now) lit zine in 2026: Wild Ramp Review of Books. Midwest-made book nerdery for the people! We’re looking for: • Critical essays on fiction/non-fiction • Cultural writing • Midwest culture takes • Kid reviewers + kid book reviews • Comics + zine reviews • Thoughtful writing (no academic voice needed) Not looking for: hot takes, AI slop, takedowns, or stuff already covered well everywhere (sorry romance/BookTok ). Deadline: Rolling until March 31, 2026 Length: 800–2,000 words, include name and short bio Submit to: wildramppublishing@gmail.com, Subject: Wild Ramp Review of Books Include: Name, bio, book(s) you’re writing about Payment: 2 contributor copies Rights: You keep all rights!

"Is Criticism Really A Creative Art? Why Should It Not Be?" - Oscar Wilde

Call for Submissions!

We're putting together a one-off (for now) lit zine in 2026: Wild Ramp Review of Books.

Midwest-made book nerdery for the people!

Deadline: Rolling until March 31, 2026

Writers of all ages welcome.

#CallForSubmissions #BookReviewZine #ZineCommunity

I named my fists Byron and Keats because your thrashing will be poetic..

I really wish there was a special place in COVID damage studies where it told you whether and to what degree the horrors discovered manifest in the vaccinated

if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy

KY friends.. know anyone who can donate a old farm truck? 👇👇

Today I'm heading out to my local store (Sunny Farms Country Store) to get last minute stuff for Thanksgiving. And that's the last we buy anything until mid-December! I'm not supporting Black Friday online sales. Please shop only locally. MASS BLACKOUT in effect. Do your part. Share.

This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.

Thanks for playing.

I’m so slow on the uptake. Thankfully @gloomylawyer.bsky.social is fast with the trailer 😂 I hope they have it streaming somewhere soon.

Also, speaking of docs, I was literally just watching a trailer on Vimeo for Backstretch, about grooms, have you guys seen it? (am I missing a reply-all thing to make sure @gloomylawyer.bsky.social is here, too)

Oh YES!!! Thank you!!!

What's going on in New Mexico???

People no longer distinguish between advocating for a fact being true and advocating for a belief system or ideology, because they have spent all their time in a social environment where every ideology gets to have its own facts. Absolute intellectual poison.

Also, I really love Glossier’s After Baum for a moisturizer when I’m not being totally cheap.

Neutrogena cleanser, the sensitive skin one in the light blue pump bottle, and Cerave Daily Moisturizing Lotion. Also, for @jennydemilo.bsky.social , old school Clinique enough to remember “Bonus Time” (and the class action lawsuit 😅).

Photo of an orange whistle captioned: Is your city threatened by ICE/CBP? Chicago wants to send you whistles! DM to request This machine kills fascists

Message me to request whistles, or check out links to get you started on your own whistle operation!
linktr.ee/apwhistles

Ooh! “Emotional Support Journalists.” File that one!

I missed this one. JFC.

It can keep ChatGPT if it likes. But I’d like the Visual Commentary on Scripture back, please.

I needed this. You needed this.