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The show had so much potential, but in virtually every aspect of production, that potential was absolutely, irrefutably, and unfortunately squandered.

My old MacBook Pro lasted a good nine years without any noticeable problem... and then declined more rapidly than beloved characters from classic novels afflicted with consumption.

Sometimes this state drives me up the wall. Most days lately.

But then you go to the state park, it's packed and there's 3 different languages echoing across the lake & families all over the place just enjoying nature. That's a Texas worth fighting for.

Hell that's an America worth fighting for.

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

Well, I'll be damned.

It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.

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The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.

The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.

Now this is an acceptable use for AI. Used with the consent of the subject to preserve her own voice.

What the actual fuck

Friendship reminders: we're friends even when we don't talk a lot. I'm thinking of you and cheering you on! Our friendship is important and meaningful to me. I'm always here for you!

Wanted to let y'all know I don't have friendship decay. We didn't talk today? I still like you. Didn't talk all week? I still like you. You dropped off the face of the Earth for 3 months? Still like you. I get busy. I get forgetful. Please never take it personally! No friendship decay!

Corollaries:

One thing Texas gets right.

John Lewis walked, bled, and lived for justice.

Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:

By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.

In the blackness of space, the Earth is ¾ illuminated in this photo taken on July 17, 1969. Africa and the Arabian Peninsula are visible in this spectacular photo taken by the Apollo 11 astronauts on their trans-lunar coast toward the Moon.

on this day in 1969, the apollo 11 crew took this photo of earth on their way to the moon

Mass incarceration as a solution to crime is like using quarantine to fight food poisoning. Once you've had the meal it's too late.

We ought to be putting 90% of our resources into preventative measures like education, housing resources, and healthcare.

Next year is my 20 year anniversary with my husband which is unbelievable.

We've lasted because we try to do these two things:

1: Be on the same team. Act like you're always working towards the same end goal

2: Assume the best. When thinking about what something meant or why they did something

Y'all, we need to talk about 'y'all' The word fills an important gap in our language, but it was once stigmatized. The story of "y'all" also includes powerful cultural forces, from hip-hop to ideas of welcoming inclusivity.

The word fills an important gap in our language, but it was once stigmatized. The story of "y'all" also includes powerful cultural forces, from hip-hop to ideas of welcoming inclusivity.

This is the reason I'm speaking out about anti-trans Democrats in the US. I don't want them to make the same move that Labour did in the UK.

Absolutely! Give her heart a win somehow!

I've always enjoyed the roles I've seen Taissa in. Her emotionality these last couple episodes has been unmatched & much rawer than previous seasons/other productions.

Knowing the backstory of Consuelo Vanderbilt, I felt deep sorrow for Gladys, largely because Taissa makes her feel like a person.

We should be putting a gargantuan amount of money into solar and storage. War economy levels. It should be free to have a guy from the government solar your house up. Electricity should basically cost nothing.

Yet another seismic decision fundamentally reshaping our system of government issued on the shadow docket with not even a single word of explanation.

cooling human habitat takes less energy than heating human habitat, which is great because it’s one of the few climate change feedback loops that goes the good direction

people somewhat regularly die because they don’t turn on AC they have

don’t AC shame

NPR had a quick, upbeat mention about how farmwork could function as healthcare with people "prescribed" to do it and it feels maddening that a significant swath of elite opinion seems to be trying to soft relaunch serfdom.

The terrible, dark secret republicans don’t want you to know is government works when you fund and staff it with people who care. Before they dismantled our federal agencies, they were full of dedicated public servants who were remarkably responsive because THEY WANTED TO HELP.

Update: Travis and Williamson Counties have been added to the federal disaster declaration and are now eligible for FEMA assistance.
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NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%.
#NASADidThat

It's unacceptable that the average Black woman has to work 6 months longer just to earn what a white man made last year—doing the same job.

On Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, we’re demanding what’s long overdue: Equal pay for equal work.

Two weeks have passed since a Florida Highway Patrol officer arrested the Honduran immigrant client of Magdalena Cuprys of Cuprys & Associates. “He was stopped at a weigh station in Tampa because he owns a construction company, and he was required to stop for his truck to be weighed,” Cuprys told me. “The client had a valid Florida driver’s license. The patrol officer called Customs and Border Protection on him. The client called me, and the officer took the phone from him and spoke with me.” She asked why CBP was alerted. “I was advised that the client looked Hispanic, had a Hispanic name, and now they are collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CBP, and their orders are to call CBP any time they encounter anyone they suspect is an immigrant,” said Cuprys. “I asked if they would have followed the same process if it had been me driving, and the response was it depends if you look Hispanic.”

“It depends if you look Hispanic.”

From Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"

www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

hey every single journalist who still uses twitter as your primary site, does the fact that the chatbot is promoting the Final Solution rise to the level of a news story or no

stop making this the global hub for news communication

This is amazing! What an incredible resource!

Disabled people aren’t expendable.

Disability isn’t a moral failing. It’s not something we can “try harder” our way out of.

We don’t consent to being left by the wayside.

To being stripped of our healthcare and social supports. To being forced to “prove we matter”

Worth isn’t based on health.