Erika

Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted

One theory I have is that competence, self-control, responsibility, and expertise have all been feminized, leaving “masculinity” with the realm of impulsivity and petulance. So the divide is not really between “femininity” and “masculinity” so much as between adulthood and childishness.

There's a particular texture of creativity I'll always connect with the aesthetic of a grandparent's house. It's the flavor of childhood summers spent dreaming wild things, of weekends indulging in innocent whimsy. It's worldbuilding before I learned to ask how and why. It's creation in the margins.

I love the biathlon

"okay, so we got two sports, see"

"with you so far"

"one of them is cross-country skiing"

"sure, yes, sounds like winter, I like it"

"the other one is shooting a gun"

"what now"

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

Since it's December...

it did give us a legitimately funny CRASS song, though, so who can say if it’s even bad

Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room

i believe in equal rights: everyone should be able to tell that University of Oklahoma student she wrote a shitty ass essay regardless of gender identity

Only I can tell you where the mustard lies...

meanwhile blackjack is definitely right-coded because republicans love to hit anything under 21

Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪

Woman looking up concerned at little free library lodged under eaves of home's roof

Family Finds Little Free Library Under Their Eaves: tinyurl.com/y5z3ywcw

The read about Cortes burning the ships before battle and thought they would one up him by doing it before they even departed 🤦‍♂️

You got wormfished by a guy who eats roadkill and looks like fucking Krang. A guy you were tasked with covering neutrally, for half a milly a year, while he ran for fucking president on an "every disabled person should die" ticket.

Well, now your career is back, and so is measles. Well done.

Tall autumn trees with yellow and orange leaves rising through misty forest air, a soft fog fading into the background and a leaf-covered path leading into the scene.

Wander.

#forest #nature #photography #fall

oh yeah well let’s see the creators of gpt and pytorch get a handful of people to read their research and a couple to cite it

Ansel Adams
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (1941)

"I am Spartacus" except everyone is admitting to felony sexual assault of a minor

“Happy Pills” vases by Fabio Novembre for Venini (2012)

“Happy Pills” vases by Fabio Novembre for Venini (2012)

“Happy Pills” vases by Fabio Novembre for Venini (2012)

“Happy Pills” vases by Fabio Novembre for Venini (2012)

“Happy Pills” vases by Fabio Novembre for Venini (2012)

Ya, kinda, but I sure as heck don’t remember any randos walking in off the street and crashing my lab presentations with nonsense like “motrin is deadly, cuz vibes.”

“The great feminization is a threat to civilization” “did women ruin the workplace?” “Do women achieve real dignity through dependence?” “Is not getting laid a human rights violation for men?” They overturned Roe just three years ago.

Women’s status is eroding rapidly and dramatically—in employment, in culture, and in the law. But that is not considered important news; what’s considered important news is men’s aggrieved feelings about how we’re not being forced back into the kitchen fast enough.

THIS! Oh my gosh, this! There is no guide book given upon a parent‘s death that lays out just how many different people have to be informed- so much paperwork. So many faxes.

why the fuck are these freaks so obsessed with demonizing bog-standard over the counter drugs

A striped kitten perching prettily.

The Daily Salem Dispatch is sitting pretty like a little Egyptian statue.

Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson in a suit smiling on a beautiful day outside

Wilson Already Endorsed for 2nd Term After Promising Death Will Come Swiftly to Her Enemies: tinyurl.com/58nz7udn

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.