Abby Follmer

Yeah, for us it's also a lot of the stuff that has been here for a while and on like super niche subjects, so it feels silly not to fill them! Very unsettling

Woah! Goddam! I thought mine was bad with 12 yesterday! I definitely don't like how fishy it feels

Are ya'll also getting a ton of orders through "AutoBuy" on Alibris recently?

what is with these people and dogs?

A photo of gallup

Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...

My only advice is that I usually double up my vitamin D in the winter (you might already be taking plenty), but I'm pretty sure you already accomplish more in a single day than I do in a week!

We found something similar when we compared LLMs to pharmacy students using a script concordance model (which deliberately tests non-binary questions):

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”

There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent

When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

I get why she took this angle but - as Jewish woman, at a time when people of Muslim faith without citizenship are under threat of a deportation bill before the House,

It makes me itchy to see someone have to answer “do you think you’re going to hell” under Congressional oath

It's all of them.

I'm shocked SHOCKED to find that there is gambling in this establishment!

5 months ago

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

I don't think it's extreme at all to want to avoid sickness during one of the most important times in your life.
I mask to avoid sickness at all times in my life 😷

Fluffy brown tabby cat all snuggled up on a blanket on a couch

Snuggly kitty break

No one has ever tried to sell me drugs as hard as people try to sell me on AI.

it's weird to see people complain about Bad Bunny's performance being in Spanish when there have been entire operas in Italian, German and French performed in the US and the top song of the last two years, K-Pop Demon Hunters' "Golden" has lyrics in Korean

oh my god this is even lower than the funniest low number I was imagining

[photo of a pottery bowl with the stylized face of an owl] Columbia River region, Washington or Oregon Owl Effigy Bowl, Pre-contact

Guys, guys—I found a Superb Owl that is also a Super Bowl!!!

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

I just called this place and asked how to donate, they are @leostowingmn on Venmo

A very detailed felted Shrek, with "Beware Ogre" sign and a felted figure who has no face details and is presumed to be Fiona

The world is overwhelming, but today at work I was gifted a felted Shrek and Fiona (I am very tempted to get back into felting in order to finish her properly) by the executor of an estate from which we were picking up books. She was delighted with my plan for them to be permanent desk decorations!

I've lived in 5 countries and in my experience people are as delightful and as annoying everywhere in the exact same ways, we are so much less original than we think

My pitch: a Robert Pattinson/Gonzo body swap episode

If you want to explore whether a company you buy from works with DHS/ICE, there is a real simple website to do that! www.usaspending.gov/search

the polish figure skating team in the kiss and cry holding a plush pierogi

IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:

THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI

If Doctors Without Borders and other NGOs are forced to stop water activities in #Gaza, hundreds of thousands of people will lose access to drinking water.

Paula Navaro, our Water and Sanitation Coordinator, updates: