Caroline

a wise person once said "never play a match-3 game while waiting for your Adderall to kick in." and that person was not me.

*Slams laptop shut until 5786*

every Tesla "innovation" turns out to be style-over-substance bullshit that has no place in a product class where peoples lives and livelihoods depend on safety and reliability

last night, as my cat slept in my leg triangle, I wrote this as copy for her real estate find:

Benefits to Human's Leg Triangle for Cat
-can snuggle human
-cozy
-can kick human when readjusting
-warm
-can kick human when bathing
-designated area perfectly cat shaped
-can kick human when they move

at my high school, two math teachers left their spouses for each other. she was also the poms coach. so yeah, I know about teachers getting married.
also a separate time, one of our gym teachers got fired because she slept with two students.

454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper

not enough discussion of this article. moral/ethical/scientific validity of using AI to write your paper for you. i see this constantly
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...

i bring a real "i hate rfk jr" vibe to the All Staff Work Chat that everyone is definitely enjoying

this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?

did anyone else get a BGE bill 5 days early?

hey quick question, are you insane?

Robert F Kennedy Jr is not a vaccine skeptic. Reporters and editors who’ve decided it’s somehow more fair to call him one instead of the anti-vaccine activist and lawyer he is should stop mischaracterizing him so… in the pursuit of accuracy.

This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.

few things give me as much glee/schadenfreude as seeing proofreading mistakes in published works. this counts

First Time in 100 Years: Young Kayakers on a Ride for the Ages

At of time of so much devastating news, here is a story with a happy ending.

Indigenous youth are kayaking 300 miles down the Klamath River—from the headwaters to the sea—a feat not possible for 100 years until the largest dam removal in history. 🩵💧🩵

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

i have reached peak Lesbian Dad status. my gf just said i was "too quiet" after being grumpy and she was worried that i was "taking something apart" that i shouldn't be. luckily, i had already put the door back on the hvac unit by then

is there any better feeling than being told by all the guests at your brother's wedding that your speech was far and away the funniest and most touching? no there is not. happy wedding, nerds.

a double rainbow in lincoln square chicago

PRIDE MONTH DOUBLE RAINBOW IN CHICAGO HOLY SHIT

Silencing scientists doesn’t make the facts go away. It just makes our country less safe, less informed, and less free.

The inevitable Elon divorce is here

like 4 months ago, I was literally making "Enola Homosexual" jokes

I hope all the Gilmore Girls stans out there are playing today's nyt spelling bee

my brain, drafting a work email to various midwestern adult men: hey girliepop!

I survived the Baltimore City tornado of 2025! I was inside the old navy in Canton when people started running and we sheltered in the back room. when we came out, there was crumpled metal and insulation and debris spread across the parking lot. trees down on Boston st.

There's a pretty compelling reason to limit toxic 'forever chemicals' in our drinking water.

You know...reasons like cancer, liver damage, and thyroid disease.

RFK lied to the American people.

He said they haven’t fired scientists. That must be news to the scientists he fired.

RFK Jr. Is About to Ax Some of the World's Best Scientists at NIH Donald Trump’s hiring freeze is leading Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and HHS to not renew contracts for some of the nation’s brightest science minds at NIH.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It was my honor to serve as commencement speaker for Howard University School of Law’s 2025 Hooding Ceremony.

Here's what I shared. The future is not something to fear. The state of our world should spark something in all of us. Your responsibility is to keep the fire alive.

1000x yes to this. and also I love her suit

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress:

"They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

a man is sitting in a chair next to a dog with the words roll that beautiful bean footage below him ALT: a man is sitting in a chair next to a dog with the words roll that beautiful bean footage below him

every time i see the phrase "big, beautiful bill," my brain immediate goes "roll that beautiful bean footage"