Amanda Hyde

THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT!

Amidst the dumpster fire of a world out there, it feels bananas to be advertising cookies, but they are the primary source of funds for GS for the year. At least they're comfort food?

Flyer reads "It's Cookie Season!" and lists the current lineup of Girl Scout cookies. A QR code and link are included under an illustration of the scout who is selling cookies.

We're selling cookies again this year!
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/vienna...

‘Decline to sign’ volunteers and GOP-paid signature gatherers clash during Prop 4 repeal effort Utah Gov. Cox calls for respect for signature gatherers as ‘Decline to sign’ volunteers and GOP-paid gatherers clash during Prop 4 repeal effort.

Utahns continue to report being deceived by GOP-paid signature gatherers working for the party’s pro-gerrymandering effort.
Salt Lake County Clerk Lannie Chapman said last week her office had received 220 requests to have signatures removed, and the requests are coming more frequently.

Republicans are:
- gerrymandering
- attacking mail-in ballots
- trying to require forms of ID impossible for many voters
- floating the idea of nationalizing elections

Now they want armed intimidation at the polls.

Republicans are willing to do anything to CHEAT their way to victory.

#MomSky

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability

I wish the Epstein nightmare weren’t the most heinous and disturbing shit that’s ever happened, because what these files reveal about how much labor it takes to create the illusion of everyday frictionlessness for the uber-wealthy is so appallingly fascinating

A pug sits next to a fence while a bunny checks her out from the other side.

Bunny hangs 🐾

ChatGPT logo

Google logo.

ChatGPT requests reportedly use 10x more electricity than Google searches. (via TIME)

Kid with kitty face paints grins at camera

She's six!

Good skeet babe

Conservatives ask me if I want to sleep with men now. Liberals ask me if I like Taylor Swift now. The answer to both is no.

There's nothing quite like the high of a successful medical appointment where the doctor believes you and has a plan moving forward. 🥹

Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.

Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.

“I’m not worried about Long Covid”

Of course you’re not. Most people weren’t worried about it, until it happened to them

This is true of most disabilities. People think they’re the exception. That we’ve done something “wrong”. It’ll be different for them

Disability can & does happen to everyone.

If MAHA truly wanted to tackle the chronic illness epidemic, they would provide the following:

Free respirators, Covid/flu tests and vaccines

Clean air in public spaces

Paid time off & paid childcare

Mandatory masking in
healthcare

Universal healthcare & basic income

A cartoon illustration of a winged pug above a herd of pugs with unicorn horns. Caption reads "And as if descended from the heavens itself, the Pugasus appeared among the grumble of Unipugs."

Fantastical beings. #grickledoodle #pugs #magical #pegasus #fantasy #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

A new acrostic to remember measles symptoms:

R - rash
F - fever (high)
K - Koplik spots (in the mouth)

J - conJunctivitis
r - runny nose

So it may help you remember, too!

Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”

@kyivindependent.com

Tenth Circle Added To Rapidly Growing Hell

Tenth Circle Added To Rapidly Growing Hell
theonion.com/tenth-c...

Pug is pet by two people on a bed and it's adorable

Truly a superb specimen

In front of Wendy's ad announcing that they're new limited Thin Mint Frosty, a QR code to buy girl scout cookies is pasted. The words read "Might need to top this with actual Thin Mints" the link above reads a link with the text "Vienna can hook you up." I'm sorry this alt text is weird. I'm high

In front of Wendy's ad announcing that they're new limited Thin Mint Frosty, a QR code to buy girl scout cookies is pasted. The words read "Might need to top this with actual Thin Mints" the link above reads a link with the text "Vienna can hook you up." I'm sorry this alt text is weird. I'm high

Why the Flashes App is Renewing My Hope in Federated Social Media The Dream of Federated Social Media For years, the idea of federated social media has been floating around as this idealistic vision of a better internet—one where you actually own your identity and ...

Tried out @flashes.blue in beta, and… even though it looks like just another image-sharing app, the way it works under the hood is nudging closer to my ideal social media experience.

danhannigan.me/the-flashes-...

Kiddo has RSV. I'm just glad it's not happening back when her lungs sucked.

This is like an In Memoriam scroll at the Oscars but for industries that are about to die

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Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is jmetraux@motherjones.com. Reposts appreciated.

Your regular reminder that Art of the Deal was ghostwritten and Donald Trump has filed for bankruptcy six times.