Amber Lung

Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.

It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.

The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.

How Mira Nair Built the World That Made Zohran Mamdani The legendary director talks with Harper's Bazaar about becoming an artist and a parent

I interviewed ferociously brilliant filmmaker Mira Nair, a.k.a Zohran Mamdani’s mother, about how her voice and vision have shaped a man who sees a better way forward for all of us. SPOILER ALERT: Love matters.

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I want what both Blakely & adrienne are having. 🔥

Catching up on Vibe Check this morning made the gym-because-rain full on enjoyable. The combo of hilarity on the Blakely Thornton ep + getting into darkness with adrienne maree brown was honestly chef's kiss. I will re-listen to both. @theferocity.bsky.social @zachstafford.bsky.social ty ❤️

Hard, good reading by Jeet Heer

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Superb.

Josh doing the Kool-Aid Man ended me last night. The best.

person standing norman rockwell meme

Having down time and rest should be more of a badge of honour than being busy.

Yes. And big bonus: saving money.

Americans Demand New Form Of Media To Bridge Entertainment Gap While Looking From Laptop To Phone

Americans Demand New Form Of Media To Bridge Entertainment Gap While Looking From Laptop To Phone https://theonion.com/americans-demand-new-form-of-media-to-bridge-entertainm-1819576756/

turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT

This made me a little weepy.

Please for the love of god teach the youth in your life to protect their finances if they choose to marry.

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I am very not swol, but over the course of this year my body comp has shifted. 6% more muscle and less fat. Baby steps. I'll take it.

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.

I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.

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To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think. "Everybody loves Curtis," the failed Republican candidate said, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.

I checked in with Curtis Sliwa. He still doesn't care what you think.

"Everybody loves Curtis,” the failed Republican candidate told me a couple hours ago, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.

New @motherjones.com:

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This is why Chuck has NO REASON to come back to the table. Let them twist. If you're coming back with wins this big during a shutdown, the people know where their bread is buttered. Don't throw them a lifeline. These aren't tiny margin wins. They're blowouts.

This is so perfect. Just prepped some ingredients for soup for tomorrow!

Cannot say enough: the Trump administration actively chose to illegally withhold SNAP benefits in November, pretending they weren’t allowed to deliver benefits this month despite their own guidance from September 30 saying they could — guidance they deleted on October 23.

Perhaps the most impressive thing about him is he has never risen to the bait on this, not once. His answer is always some form of, “I want to be Mayor of New York.”

FYI here's a site to use to find free and affordable therapy.
www.opencounseling.com

Yes, this is deeply depressing. Therapy is impossibly expensive, or scarce, or both.

Incredible!

It was a blast (pun intended) to watch the end of the World Series, but this is just so dumb. Back to being a contrarian curmudgeon about air quality after fireworks.

They better not go and shake that man’s hand while he’s kidnapping folks from the community that made them