Astrid Phillips Mayer

I suddenly feel like *I’m* the weirdo for being so clown-neutral

You’re inspiring me—I just might break down and get the waffle maker with removable plates, too!

Ooh, which one do you recommend? I just assumed all protein mixes are gross 😆

100% THIS ^^

Dash is awesome, I use their egg cooker almost daily! I didn’t know they now have a waffle maker with removable/dishwasher-safe plates, that looks RAD. (I wouldn’t use it because I hate making anything that requires combining ingredients first…y’know, ‘cooking.’)

NONONONONONONONONO

FUCK

I had no idea Tom Lehrer was the composer for The Electric Company…and now that I’ve just listened to some of the songs with my middle-aged ears, nothing could be more obvious. RIP Lehrer, he was truly a joyous barrel of monkeys 💖

m.imdb.com/video/vi2909...

Listen, the abyss, I think we should gaze into other people.

checks and balances were a great idea, would be great if we still had them

You inspired me to look up the time zone situation with the moon…and now I must live with the unsettling knowledge that time literally moves faster on the moon than on Earth, due to the lower gravitational field

simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_t...

on my way to bluesky to post something important

finally. tactical charcuterie for men

Don’t be too impressed, I only found out about the benshi tradition today! 😂

What, the newfangled moving pictures with sound?

Nah, benshi is where it’s at

SOME OF US USED THESE WORDS BEFORE JFC

Name two completely unrelated movies that share the same director

(I debated showing Misery vs. When Harry Met Sally, or vs. The Princess Bride, but then figured maybe those were too obvious?)

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area.

Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

I haven’t seen Shaun of the Dead, so I had to look that up! I appreciate any movie quoting that can involve a full re-enactment 😂

What’s the most obscure thing you quote?

In an episode of “The Real Ghostbusters,” a ghost stylist says “Oh my aching ectoplasm, what a night! If I do one more head today I’ll live.” It’s fun to say when I’m so exhausted I could fall asleep standing up.

OMG my nerdy, research-loving heart ADORES THIS

I really, really hope it works somehow (although it probably won’t, sigh…but it’s still absolutely worth a try)

Like most Americans and certainly all Los Angeles residents, I'll always remember where I was when the brave masked agents of ICE launched the Invasion of...ummmmm...Park and boldly protected America from....uhhhhhhhhhh...dog walkers and...hoooooo...I wanna say...ice cream vendors? Swings?

If you're going to make another Bond movie, it's time for Idris Fucking Elba. I won't watch anything else.

💯

I don’t work in IT/cybersecurity, and even *I’m* horrified by how cavalier some of my colleagues have been about allowing total access to internal info via platform integrations/AI without fully vetting the security first

Pussy Riot’s founder built a ‘police state’ in an LA art gallery. Then the national guard arrived Nadya Tolokonnikova tells the Guardian she felt she had ‘entered a wormhole’ when her police state exhibition was shut down – by the police state

“Police State Exhibit Closed Today Due to the Police State”

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Speaking as someone who’s 4’11”, this perspective is alien to me, and very eye-opening. I’ve had moments of ‘I’m entrusting my delicacy to you, please don’t harm me,’ but it never once occurred to me to think ‘I’m delicate and can therefore get away with murder, BWAHAHA.’ Hugs and vigilance 🩷💪

Just a note from an activist of nearly 40y, if you are at a #NoKings >it didn’t happen< unless everyone photos it & uploads it, to every social medium.

If it’s big, prove it’s big, by videoing as much of the crowd as you can & add locations to your posts.

▪️So photo, video, location, hashtags

also: Don't photo people's faces

I know knuckleheads & spies will, but like - I don't need to be on a list

I mean, I probably already am on at least one, but like... c'mon

“once 3.5% of the population became engaged in sustained and non-violent campaigns of resistance, change has always happened”?! Very interesting 👀