No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Always prepare. You could win #Emmys. No matter how facile you are, map out a solid thank-you speech.
Come on @nytimes.com whore should be in your dictionaries.
#FX John Solberg is a class act. He's one of the rare executives who likes reporters and is unfailingly helpful. He's also funny. John, here's to great golf games and time spent with your sons. Thank you, John.
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Spectacular opening by @cynthiaerivo.bsky.social at The Tonys.
This animation shows how temperatures have changed over the last 100 years for each February-April period. On each map, red shading indicates warmer than average conditions, and blue shading shows the opposite. Note the trend.
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
Happy birthday! Here's to a peaceful, healthy year.
Last time I saw hand-to-hand combat like what’s unfolding at Trader Joe’s was at a Nordstrom shoe sale. Day before Easter. Last night of Passover. Needed flowers. But this being CT, it was so much more mannered than my longtime home of NJ.
PSA to publicists. When you pitch clients, reporters expect they are available for the story. Putting reporters through hoops continuously is a lousy way to build relationships. Plus, it makes this one disinclined to continue.
If I get through this without having a stroke it will be miraculous.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.
And I am right there with you.
TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
So far here’s a list of companies reinforcing their commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:
Apple
Costco
Bank of America
Delta
JP Morgan
Marriott
Microsoft
Procter & Gamble
Goldman Sachs
American Airlines
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
Catholic Health
This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.
Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds
It's a great cold-weather drink and seems to go well with the fall of our republic.
Jameson's neat.
You stupid bastards are stopping fed-funding of cancer research? How is this remotely political? Oh yeah, the same way the climate crisis is? The same way LGBTQ+ are threats? WHY ARE YOU SO FRIGGIN EVIL?
Volunteer at a food pantry or soup kitchen, help a neighbor, especially one who may look or worship different than you.
A Nazi salute isn't an interpretive dance. It is so clear what it is, what it means, and where some are heading. The rest of us will continue to try to do good.
A heartbreak
Rest in peace Cecile Richards
“Brain rot” as the word of the year is just a little too on the nose.
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Subject: Pass the PRESS Act Now Comments: As one your constituents, I am urging you to pass S.2074, aka the PRESS Act, as soon as possible. Now more than ever protecting the First Amendment rights of journalists will be vitally important in the months and years to come, as given he has repeatedly threatened to hurt or kill journalists and suggested his supporters do so, President-elect Trump will not hesitate to come for the press, first. He has also stated he wants the bill dead; you cannot let it die. You must pass the bill and get it in front of President Biden to sign, now. A free press is vital to the future of our nation, and to not pass this bill in the waning days of this Senate is a dereliction of duty to the future of this country. Thank you for expediting the Senate approval and Presidential signing of this in advance.
Good day! Today I am contacting my Senators to urge them to expedite the passing of S.2074, aka the PRESS act, which would protect the rights of journalists, that Trump wants to kill.
Here's where to contact your Senators, and a script below I'm using (feel free to copy/augment) in the Alt Text.
Post: Freddy Mercury died of AIDS 33 years ago today. With modern medical technology, he likely would have lived. Never forget how much progress against major infectious disease has been made in a short time. We are at risk now of rolling back much of that progress.
We’re not going back.
If you’re looking for a great cause, my sister,!principal of CS 61, in one of the poorest districts in country, conducts an annual toy dive. Many of these kids don’t receive gifts otherwise. Please consider donating. Details in Amazon list. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Watching nature docs, I'm transfixed. Oh, look at that spider's fangs. How fascinating. This gigantic mofo HOPPING across my basement, and I scream like I'm in a horror movie. Seriously, it casts a shadow. A large shadow.
PSA to men dealing with a male and female regarding finances: When the female asks a question, and you keep ignoring her, you will not get the deal. When I have to all but scream into the phone: I HAVE A QUESTION, and you keep talking over me, you are done.
In all likelihood, if you use public bathrooms, you have shared them with trans people plenty of times, and nothing has happened, and you haven’t even known, because you don’t interrogate people who are just trying to use the restroom in peace, which is as it should be.
