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Awful.

Worth noting that choosing to release an obviously-doctored set of stats—they could easily have fixed them up and no one would be the wiser—could have been a kind of message/disclosure from people stuck in an impossible position. One comment called it "work to rule".
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I’ve been waiting for these to come out for months precisely to learn why on earth Babel wasn’t on the list and — ineligible? What…

The UK press lacks object permanence.

isn’t that what keeps everyone else on the diamond league too

There is a very bad internet bill out there that has bipartisan support. It’s called KOSA. Elizabeth Warren is a cosponsor.

It is being used as a regulatory trojan horse to punish sites that host LGBTQ voices on the internet.

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My hot-take is that livejournal's ability to allow users to change PFPs per post instead of tying them to profiles was the height of socmed features and will never be matched. 😔

I’m two-thirds through #2 and loving it, and #1 was just a delight start to finish. The relationship development could not feel more earned and *human* every step of the way — KJC is, as ever, a marvel 💙 app.thestorygraph.com/books/11765c...

Just finished Good Omens S2! That was good fun and had me watching through my fingers near the end there. I really hope they get a third season.

Kind of wish I had the energy to care enough to have opinions about the #Yuletide changes being discussed on the DW comm, but it’s getting harder for me to muster up enthusiasm for Yuletide, even for reading. I used to love it so much :/ Damn it.

niiice ✨

the kingdoms reread, now with way more things to feel nitpicky about?

Trying to get a referral in Ireland is such an adventure. Having spent the past few months trying, I just got a letter scheduling an appointment in August 2024. wild.

New account, I guess! Well. I saw the musical Six today and it was all kinds of fun. Looking forward to getting earwormed by the soundtrack for the next 2-6 years.