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Oh no are people doing a discourse? Maybe it’s time to pack up for the day and enjoy the sun.

Federal Cuts Revive a California Lawmaker’s Push for Single-Payer Health Care Assemblymember Ash Kalra says attacks on the Affordable Care Act underscore the urgency of creating state-run health insurance.

Well one way to counterweight the federal gutting of Medicaid and the ACA would be to have universal single-payer in CA. (Can already see Gavin spooling up for 'too expensive too bad so sad.')

California colleges spend millions on faulty AI chatbots Community colleges are spending millions on AI chatbots that students say often give inaccurate answers. Many might see upgrades soon.

But AI was supposed to make everything better! Edtech is great!

Galaxy brain logistics here I love it.

I loved this show very very much a long time ago

it is long past time to let it (and certainly Whedon and Baldwin) fade away

People who leave read receipts on fascinate me like on the one hand, such a power move to make it VERY clear that you read a message and are not responding, on the other, how do you creep on a message so you can know what it says before deciding if you want the sender to know?!

From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of War’s ‘Playbook’ New research shows hundreds of attempts by apparent Iranian state hackers to hijack consumer-grade cameras, timed to missile and drone strikes. Israel, Russia, and Ukraine have also adopted this trick...

Another cool reason to fight the surveillance state: Your own surveillance can be used against you by governments looking to bomb you.

An intriguing local election next Tuesday:

Outpost has been a level up for @theflytrapmedia.com I highly recommend!! (Also their customer service is so nice.)

*anxiety to the tune of an 80k book that just went to press*

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Similar trajectory for fanfic authors!

That said it's been so fascinating to watch vidding culture evolve from 'ugh those weirdos' to 'woah these are actually kind of good but still weird' to 'I just discovered fan culture and you won't BELIEVE what I found' to 'hi, we're HBO, any chance you have room in your schedule?'

Oh yeah sorry I meant vidder in the fannish sense!

Under Your Spell Revisiting “Buffy’s” first lesbian kiss 25 years later.

I'm old enough to have a Buffy-themed tattoo and today's @theflytrapmedia.com reprint of a classic Bitch article is a reminder of exactly how old I am because how has it been 25 years since the iconic Willow/Tara kiss??

AGH OH NO deleting

I guess I'm glad that no actual vidders would sink to the level of working for the administration.

It's so wild to me (as a nonfiction author) that publishers very rarely foot the bill for fact checking. I have a journalism background and can be pretty meticulous and that's precisely why I know important it is.

It’s really enraging

Hi friend! Sleepy and I should probably go to bed

Oh no

This is what makes it so incredible! He sounds like a very cool dude.

I’m so sad he didn’t make it, he’s an incredible performer and it would be so cool to see throat singing at Eurovision.

Antti Paalanen – Takatukka (Live) // UMK26 YouTube video by Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social found a good one for you

He's being set up as such a cartoon villain that I can only assume they're trying to go for a rdemption arc but MAN he was a dick in this episode.

We love Dr. Abbott and Dr. Joy so much

Preorders and week one sales are essential! (And if your book budget is low, like mine, request from your library.)

Tonight's episode was really back in the groove.

Why it takes you and an elephant the same amount of time to poop Defecation duration is surprisingly similar throughout the mammal world. The average mammal defecates for 12 seconds, even though volume varies greatly between species.

I learned an important fact from my kid at bedtime and now I will pass it on to you:

Nearly all mammals of all sizes take about 12 seconds to poop

The research is fascinating and involves "a 'rheometer,' a precision blender that can measure the properties of liquid-like and solid-like materials"

It’s finally Pitt time in this household!!