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My 30-pound dog has delusions of grandeur and thinks she can take on a four-point buck. Luckily the fence is doing its job and the buck has no shits to give.

All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Update: Made it out of Burbank!

Meanwhile, my fellow passengers remain calm and the desk attendant is doing all she can.

I’ll wait, no problem, if it means we save health care. (Very aware that I’m lucky to have the freedom/ability to wait, while others don’t.)

Caught in the government shutdown mess waiting for a flight at the lovely Burbank, CA, airport, where there are currently no air traffic controllers.

Chef’s kiss.

The right has built a social architecture of state-enforced harassment for implementing ideological and social control through participatory engagement and bottom-up escalation of individual’s grievances via personal media creation and sharing (cf trading up the media chain)

former kids who read too many books and didnt know how to pronounce the words you learned gang say hey

D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state.

But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed.

D.C. statehood now.

And trying to figure out if my 82-year-old mother needs an exit plan.

Watching in horror and heartbreak from the opposite coast as my beautiful hometown is overrun with military forces. 💔 and fear for my country.

People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.

I will never lose my sense of awe for the miracles that public health and medicine bestow.

We are seeing in real time why DC needs the full power and protection of statehood.

Deploying the National Guard to a state without a request from state leaders is unlawful.

The fact that he could do it in the capital city is a massive vulnerability to our entire national democracy.

A ridiculous performance for the tourists.

The em dash fights back!

Just realized an eighth grader I taught years ago is all grown up and cited in an academic paper I’m editing. Oh my heart!

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Ok have to confess when I first heard the word “Labubu” I thought it was a nickname for those shoes with red soles

Public Science Engagement Using Social Media — Center for Wildlife Studies

Friends, I am offering a "Public Science Engagement Using Social Media" course through the Center for Wildlife Studies!

You can take it for graduate school course credit, continuing professional education credit, or just to learn a new skill!

www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/courses/p/pu...

I grew up in DC saying “y’all.” At some point during my moves to Boston and California and the cultural changes that meant, I switched to “you guys.” Switching back feels right for so many reasons. Y’all should try it out.

An extension of “spell check cannot save you.”

Five good reasons to hire an editor - Editors Canada Why should you hire an editor? Here are five reasons why an editor can be a valuable asset to your organization and vision.

Spell check isn't perfect and your hard work deserves a set of trained eyes reviewing it. A professional who has your back is one good reason to hire an editor. Here are five more: editors.ca/hire-an-edit... #HireAnEditor

Oh no!! Sending you love. 💕

There are many, many important reasons to use alt text, one of them being that my aging eyes can’t see the teeny text from that screenshot you posted.

Retconning 'Russiagate' article by me. Subhed: The CIA director encourages the rewriting of history

🧵In 2018 the Senate Intelligence Committee asked me to field a team and analyze a data set that social media platforms had turned over: several hundred gigs of data chronicling a multi-year effort to divide American society *and* interfere in an American election
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/retc...