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Also: Some fan content IS just that, and that's fine too!

It is very much not the existence of that side of fandom I object to - it's the sillies who think that's all there is.

This is your grouchy old fandom mom reminder:

Not all fanfic is fluffy romance or explicit smut.

Not all sex in fanfic (or fiction in general) is PWP Because They're Hot.

I would be BORED SILLY with that. For real. Some of us very much have other motivations for what we create and what we read.

What else could it possibly be…

That’s if you see Barzal as better at center than wing. Tbh I think he’s better at RW than C.

Do not cite the deep magic etc

Steel worker on one side; WWII veteran turned aircraft factory worker (and union rep) and eventually mailman on the other.

I needed to read this today. Thank you.

If you, as a social scientist, believe that AI is now a better social scientist than you, then (a) you’re probably right, and (b) sure sounds like a skill issue, y’know?

(D-MI) Evelyn Normielib -retired teacher -voted for Buttigieg in 2020 because he reminds her of her grandson -"The blood of the tyrant shall water our fields" Cartoon of an old lady in front of a "In This House We Believe..." yard sign

Fear her

🤷

I was a teen in the 1990s and I had no patience for it then (even when I occasionally indulged in it, because, teen), and these days am simply not going to put up with it from a grown-ass adult.

Get therapy, y'all.

I think the Double Up Food Bucks program is a successor to that initiative.

When I was on WIC during my first pregnancy (21 years ago) they also added extra checks for use only at farmer’s markets for locally grown fruits and veggies. The city where i lived at the time had an amazing public market and most of the farmers would load up the pregnant lady with the vouchers!

Yes. Something we have in my state that I really like is “double up food bucks” which allows people on SNAP to get $2 of fresh fruits and veggies for every $1 of SNAP spent.

Also thinking about the protein formula used by people with PKU.

Or the packaged “7-free” cookies and frozen pizzas my daughter’s friend who had multiple severe allergies used to take to parties so he could eat something kind of like what the other kids had while knowing exactly what was in it.

Extremely Bard development: the student protest against @bardcollege.bsky.social president and Jeffrey Epstein friend Leon Botstein appears to be cigarette themed.

THIS IS WHAT I KEEP SAYING!!

Heads up folks: @thetnholler.bsky.social posted an AI-generated video this morning that was a deepfake of the captain of the U.S. women’s hockey team, and they seem to be promoting it as if it’s a real video. So watch out for that and don’t spread fakes.

Thank you, just came here to say that!

There is, as always, a relevant xkcd

Scrolling through Olympic stuff and encountered something about WOMEN winning WOMEN'S sports.

First thought: OH NO who are they transvestigating NOW?

Stopped to read and realized it was actually anti-the Russian Teenager Assembly Line and pro-ADULT women winning.

Yeah okay I agree with that!

The president, who drones on about protecting women’s sports, publicly mocked the women’s gold-medal hockey team. A reminder this was never about protecting women’s sports and it was always about transphobia and misogyny.

My kids are the most important thing to me, but if I die and you see a headline that calls me "Mom of two" please light everything on fire.

THEY GOT IT FROM THEIR MAMA!

The Sudden Loss of the Gaudreau Brothers Stuns Their Rural Hometown (Published 2024)

Beautiful article for anybody who wants the tragic backstory on why the US hockey players were holding up the jersey of an absent teammate, Johnny Gaudreau.
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#usa-hockey #goldmedal #olympics #usa-canada

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I had mixed feelings - there are players I like on both teams, players I hate on both teams, and I'm not exactly happy with either organization.

But then they brought out the number 13 jersey and it's baby Johnny's second birthday and okay, I guess I did care.

...okay. yeah. have to allow that.

This is a fantastic suggestion for every politician who's unwilling to stop posting on X altogether.

For me also Brock Nelson. Long time favorite.

I have great news for you, the Paralympics will start in less than two weeks