Stephanie King

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"Have you tried going in there with your resume?"

Do you mean riding in on my Brontosaurus?

Screenshot of submission form: Hi, I just want to say great job by the Republicans on the SAVE Act, because now as a married woman who kept her maiden name, I still get to vote while you are disenfranchising some tradwife in Delco. It's basically like 2 votes for Democrats! A friendly reminder that Trump only won 38% of single women in 2024-- and you're going to make it so they're the only women (and me) who can vote. Haha sucker

I usually don't bother with McCormick bc he's a lost cause but I had some time on the train this morning

The "aw shit here we go again" meme

Me calling John Fetterman's office yet again

The SAVE Act is obviously BS and I think (hope) they will stop it in the Senate, but I would love to know the voter registration split between women who change their name vs women who don't

Bc this woke bitch has paperwork that matches

Also MAN does this month suck or WHAT

RIP to the great Rev. Jesse Jackson. This would probably get cancelled today for being too "DEI." How far we have fallen, and what a voice we have lost

Hate to be that annoying parent but I just think that if you know a kid is busting their ass and they are working in their second language and they're doing work that their parents are checking over and think is pretty good, you should perhaps not FAIL them ☹️

Wait did we go to the same college or do they all do this

Yes and we boiled it on top of a Franklin stove lol

I am countryyyyyy

👀

I grew up in upstate NY, so I have actually made maple syrup with my grandpa!

I only live in maple-syrup places 😭

THIS IS A PERSONAL ATTACK CHRIS

I hate when I get continvoucly morged back into develop

God that was a good week on the internet

The drunk uncle theory.

You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

Sister: Damn mom give me more info for the ancestry notes Me: Please do not put "was a ho" in the Ancestry notes

POV there's been a death in the family and your mom is dropping the GOSSIP in the group chat with you & your sis

Okay Mark Carney

As an American now living in Canada (and tryingto keep it that way), I thought this was a good analysis. You don't get the bully to leave you alone by giving him your lunch money.

In @thewalrus.ca, I argue it's time we talk about what the US administration really is, and what that means for Canada's survival. thewalrus.ca/canada-is-be...

"AI detectors" are themselves AI, and yet are endlessly trusted by people on here if they say that a newspaper article is AI.

AI detectors are snake oil. None of them reliably works. And UK broadsheet are not yet using AI to write articles. No, that link to the deal you found doesn't prove it.

Me when I get a time machine:

I don't know who needs to hear this but if you ever have the choice between an apartment with one bathroom and one with two, PICK THE ONE WITH TWO BATHROOMS

Having slept on this: Why on earth would any editor admit this? Why would anyone pay to subscribe to this newspaper now? If you're okay with reading AI slop, you could just ask ChatGPT to generate a newspaper for you every morning.

By removing the WHAT NOW

I have to keep it active bc I'm in tech. But I only post when I give a conference paper or something. It's just the worst.

(I love Zip though)

Every day on here I see some of the coolest, most interesting and creative people I know looking for work and struggling to survive, and then I log onto LinkedIn (to keep my puzzle game streak alive) and see the worst AI grifters and grindset hustle slop thriving and I want to burn everything down

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I'll also be opening up soon for more freelance work, but I need to get my house & mind in order before I push heavy there

My friends: *gorgeous*
Me: 🥴

Okay but why do I always look like the lil guy in the lower right in every group photo