Jennifer Prokop

literally your customer base was 90% parents of young children who want a good future for their kids in which they can be free to be themselves, no matter who they are. you told those people to go fuck themselves. they won't be back

YouTube video by BBC Can AI ’cure’ grief? - BBC

A) No, and more importantly, B) “curing” grief isn’t a goal if you’re interested in what it means to be human.

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“a computer game for our children”

What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.

total eclipse of the moon with 3 stars

Taken from our rooftop in Okinawa at the maximum total eclipse. Clouds closed in a few minutes later.

Unlike the astonishing number of air power experts who’ve revealed themselves in recent days, I have no clue whether what US military is doing is “good” war fighting or not. Fortunately for me, I don’t care! I oppose the war whether it’s fought “well” or not. My opposition isn’t about execution.

WNBPA, BEAR FUCKING DOWN. LOOK AT THIS. MAKE THEM PAY YOU WHAT YOU'RE WORTH.

A sellout for 3-on-3 basketball at Barclays Center

but Dominique! We're off to never never land!

INFINITE.

god i love kelsey plum

ok tspoon in her business atire!

Sammmmmme. They are doing a very poor job of controlling the narrative and keeping the messaging from the unit cohesive.

calliejlaw 2h a Reading/watching everything that came out of Unrivaled media today... it sounds like a strike is essentially off the table for WNBA players in these CBA negotiations 39 30 G2 2 alyshaclark 49m Hey Callie, this is not accurate. A strike is very much still on the table. 378 19 G 23 9 calliejlaw : 16m Hi AC! I think this is super important for fans to see. Definitely was not asserting this as fact, was just relaying the sense I got as someone who is not at Unrivaled and taking in all the headlines/interviews just like everyone else! 3 1 () alyshaclark 9m No worries! I know how you report so I was just wanting to add some clarity for you players expressing personal opinion on not loving the idea of a strike vs. it being taken off the table are very different. I know some of the other interviews I've watched also said we're prepared and have been preparing should one be called. Appreciate you always!

The WNBPA needs a dedicated comms staff and media training on messaging like yesterday. You have a bunch of players talking to media today essentially implying that a strike is off the table and then you have a member of the exec committee saying it’s not. What a MESS.

Basketball Romance — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People

And so although ROOTING INTEREST is a fine book, there are other basketball romances written by Black authors and with Black MCs that you should also check out!

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If I had one quibble with this article, is that I wish it made a point of explaining why there are a miniscule, tiny fraction of basketball romances (in the NBA or WNBA, straight or queer characters) compared to the fucking tsunami of hockey romance. It's the racism.

One thing I find infuriating actually, is everyone who knows nothing about romance assuming every romance is birthed from fic.

maybe you just don't know what you're fucking talking about. maybe people have imaginations.

this is a good piece and ROOTING INTEREST is a great basketball romance.

I am trying to decide whether or not its worth it to up my defector subscription so i can go into the comments and fight the people (based on user names, men) who are saying dumb things.

It is not worth it.

single POV is very popular right now. it's not my favorite, but 🤷‍♀️

History tells us eventually all Naomis merge into one

It’s funny if you call PayPal or visa lines and bring this up asking why they claim “adult illustrations” is against their regulations but betting on the death of kids is totally fine. They don’t have an answer.

In fact yall should call them at least once a day with this :)

Now more than ever, you don't have to be cutting and pasting batshit posts that you have seen over on That Other Site and also, for fuck's sake, get off That Other Site, again, now more than ever

stacked bar graph that shows how the WNBA players are paid vs what they would be paid in the NBA. the bar graph shows that the W makes more money every year, while the players are paid a diminishing fraction that is not growing with league growth, and is much smaller than what NBA players would make on similar revenue.

Opinion | What It Would Look Like to Pay W.N.B.A. Players What They Deserve (Gift Article) Other professional sports leagues give their players roughly 50 percent of the revenue, but the W.N.B.A. players get less than 10 percent.

here's my tl;dr version of all you need to know: in every pro men's league, the players get about 50% of revenue. Right now, the W players get NINE% and the league stonewalled their demand for 30%. It's disgusting! just the graphs in this article tell the tale. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

the league has said that March 10 is basically the last day to get a deal done after dragging their heels on negotiating with the players's union for like a year.

the WNBA season

also, just to make my position clear, PAY THE PLAYERS.

my second position: refund me my season ticket money. lol.

and i'm sorry, but i just don't trust reporting from annie c.

it just feels to me like if we were 9 days from canceling a season in any other pro sports league, there would be a lot more fucking news coverage of the current situation.

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