Meryl Friedman

A whole month late, but I hope someone else made the connection for you that Tarsem Singh who directed THE FALL also directed the 911 music video for Lady Gaga. Serendipitous endorsement from Rebecca!

I think the most alarming thing in America is how few people care. You can say they're ill informed, or not picking up the news, etc... but that's a choice. The angry right is really a minority, the rest of the citizens are vaguely angry but not pointed at anything. It is a sense of hopelessness.

A screenshot of the Wikipedia page for domesticated goat, which mentions it was domesticated 10,000 years ago.

Me, trying to ‘understand’ the time scale of 10,000 years in Dune and other SciFi:

“What was happening on Earth 10k years ago in human history?”

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The only redeeming quality of the game of golf is that it is Scottish. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Sigh, why did I have to get 🍆pics randomly recommended to me in my Bluesky feed. I am not a prude, I just personally do not need photos.

OMG, that Masonic chair is stunning tho 😍

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.

Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.

A thread.

@thehighsign.bsky.social I realized I never thanked you for endorsing the “Nobody” playlists on the Gabfest. I found them on Spotify, and it’s been such a great resource for finding different classical music, esp since I only got into classical during pandemic.

Wait… I played in handbell choir. 😳

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Wait is this a whole meme today? I am not online enough to know.

I believe in being a strategic hater, so here's my perspective (informed by being in the tech industry during this goofy time) on _why_ Meta did this, which I hope will inform and inspire better ideas on how we fight this. Apologetically, 🧵

I feel kind of defiant lighting Hanukkah candles the last couple of years because of how many people have insist that to be Jewish means closing your heart to the suffering being inflicted on Palestinian people, and I could not disagree more.

To all the people upset about Luigi Mangione being made into a folk hero. Now you know how we felt when you made Kyle Rittenhouse into a hero.

Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?

This is absolutely BRILLIANT.

The Finnish gov knows that educating its kids to critically think so they can understand the concept of actual fake news will protect its democracy.

The Aust gov needs to consider adding this type of leaning to the Aus curriculum.

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Screenshot of Apple Fitness data showing 5.5 miles walked today.

Whoops, I possibly went TOO hard today for someone 40 weeks pregnant, but I also procured many greenmarket apples and Concord grapes. I regret nothing.

Is this legal?

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@juliaturner.bsky.social just finished Slate Plus and wanted to encourage you to find some LA Birders on here! I know I loved birding twitter back in the day. (And CC @thehighsign.bsky.social since I think we both want to encourage you here 😂)

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Social media has weirdly conditioned a huge number of people to feel like they're Doing Something by posting, and Doing Nothing if they don't post about a particular thing, and in general neither of those things are true.

He has exceptional taste

But I get to see it here too. 🥺👉👈

I am beginning to believe that many people of goodwill do not actually understand that people being this online is an aberration and not the state of 99% of humanity.

"If what you want is a centrist campaign that's quiet on trans issues, tough on the border, distances itself from Palestinians, talks a lot about law and order, and reaches out to moderate Republicans, that candidate existed and she just lost."

— John Oliver on Dems moving right/left

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Going peon-mode in 2024

"Something need doing?"
"Work work."
"Zug zug."
"STOP POKING ME!!"