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YouTube video by thelonelyisland Threw It On The Ground

Whenever I see non-B99 Andy Samberg I think of his musical comedy stylings

"I THREW IT ON THE GROOOUND!"

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I do this all the time! It makes life nicer. Oftentimes I'll be looking at something someone has/is wearing, and they'll notice I'm looking and say nothing.

I can do two things:
1) Stay silent, maybe they assume I'm thinking something negative
2) Say, "what an awesome [X], love that!"

13) This isn't news to me, but the manosphere complaint that "you can't compliment anyone anymore!" is bullshit.

I compliment people constantly, all day, and get warm smiles and heartfelt thanks and watch people walk away in a better mood. The secret is not being a gross creep about it.

11) I know I'm in the rare minority that's still masking because I take things like Covid seriously, but even outside of a pandemic, I have no idea what kind of person would willingly go through an airport unmasked.

It's... you're crammed in with thousands of people, from everywhere. Breathing.

9) People are, all things considered, pretty good.

I see twenty thousand people a day, and maybe two of them are assholes. Even on a stressful day, even in an unfamiliar environment, even hungry and tired and on a timer.

That's a *much* better ratio than folks realize.

Some things I've learned in my first few weeks:

1) There is a grey market candy swapping racket between janitors, TSA agents, CSRs, and everyone else who has to stand someplace all day at the airport.

Hi-chews, sour candies, and gummy anything are in highest demand.

A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.

And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.

When you take an extra anti-inflammatory first, so an hour of coding + rest, an hour of coding + rest makes you tachycardic ❤️ lmaoooooooo

@exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social, Ravi Ganesh, and Jen Bell and Brayden Yellman from @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social have all been guides and inspiration for me since the start of my journey in ME/CFS care. I could not think of a better experience to have with my first textbook chapter. Thank you all 💙

So excited to see the chapter IRL! Thanks as always for your partnership & persistence, @grachstephanie.bsky.social

Dr. Stephanie Grach, a Caucasian woman with brown eyes and (currently) shoulder-length brown hair, holding a textbook open to the mentioned chapter's first page. Wearing a blue suit jacket, red/blue shirt, and blue KN95 mask, against a purple-gray background.

Truly honored to have lead the inaugural chapter on #MECFS management in the @elsevierconnect.bsky.social textbook Scientific Basis of Fatigue, "Management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A New Narrative." The greatest honor of all was co-authoring with my role models--

Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.

Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.

Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.

California has now banned algorithmic price fixing.

The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI.

This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

How could you help picking up a few phrases at least? I get if learning a new language is a struggle! But the things she'd repeat, you'd get to understand even if you really didn't try lol

“It’s not an organization – it’s not terrorist either,” [Bray] said.

“I don’t know whether these people believe that this is true or not. But I’m not so sure that they care, because it serves a narrative they’re trying to promote.”

Student threats to academic freedom.

This is a growing problem. And it's hard to talk about, but we must. Some of this work is educational -- Helping students understand that being met with fierce criticism of their ideas is college life.

It's our job as professors.

University support.

This professor appears to be getting the support he needs from the Rutgers administration.

That should continue; it's the rightful priority here.

Also, Rutgers should also work to bring him back, to make campus safe for him and for us all.

In contrast, death threats pose a visceral, immediate threat and should not be tolerated, ever.

I've received violent threats from far-right individuals. I still do sometimes.

These threats should be taken seriously by law enforcement and university administrations like.

Feeling unsafe on campus.

This is a common claim by right-wing students at present. What they mean is they don't like learning about left-leaning ideas. But college is about being intellectually challenged; that's the point.

Hearing ideas you dislike poses no physical threat.

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

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The GOP only has one strategy: Tear shit down.

And that works when the Democrats are in power because they get blamed.

But it’s uh…less effective when Republicans are in control.

GOP posturing right now is basically holding a gun to their own foot and shouting “I’ll do it! Just you watch me!”

I love how Russell T Davies always uses his platform to fight for progress - I hate how it is always so necessary

Please, if good television matters to you, repost or repackage this video until everyone you follow has seen it

#televisionmatters

Trump's Crusaders: Christian Nationalists Are Gaining a Solid Foothold in Washington U.S. President Donald Trump has opened the doors of power to far-right Christian nationalists. Their goal: an American theocracy. The separation of church and state in America is at risk.

I begged @spiegel.de to translate Jörg Schindler's excellent reporting on America's fall into theocracy and they did. As I keep saying, German journalists are doing a better job covering America's fall than American journalists. 1/
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Colloidal silver spray, but I think you may specifically be talking about Astelin? there are a few nasal sprays that are generally anti-infective

the thing you really remember about Roman history is how chill the army was with working sans pay, famously unbothered

oh. oh, WOW

CDC panel votes to limit who is eligible for this fall's Covid vaccine Only people 65 and over or with underlying health conditions should get the shots, the advisory group recommended. There may be insurance roadblocks for others.

This is super cool bc:

1) Many of the highest-risk conditions, like ME/CFS & Long Covid, aren't on the list

2) The best way to protect the vulnerable is to protect the population so others don't infect them

3) None of this accounts for Novavax which is not mRNA

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