Alexandria Thylane 👩‍💻🏳️‍⚧️

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Free covid tests. Took about 20 seconds.

Most voters want a ceasefire, but hardly anyone in Congress supports one. This chart shows the percent in favor of a ceasefire in Gaza. Among Democratic voters, 80 percent; House Democrats, 8 percent. Republican voters, 56 percent; House Republicans, 0 percent. All voters, 66 percent; all House members, 4 percent. Data comes from House Resolution 786 and an October 20, 2023 poll from Data for Progress. More at stephensemler.substack.com

In favor of a ceasefire:

Democratic voters 80%
House Democrats 8%

Republican voters 56%
House Republicans 0%

All voters 66%
All House members 4%

Chart by @stephensemler.bsky.social

The success of book summary services, like Blinkist, rides on the fact that...

1. Many books are fluff that actually fit better in a short, bulleted format.

2. It makes us _feel_ like we're learning, assuaging our anxiety-driven push for intellectual output & productivity,

A lot of "cringe" is people trying to police others behavior because they lack the courage to be their authentic & vulnerable selves, and it's easier to poke at others as an ego defense.

It's also the trivialization of a deeper issue: shame.

Billion dollar AI idea:

When you open the selfie camera to that super unflattering angle that makes you wince, it auto translates it to your best angle.

🥴🤳 ➡️ 💄💁‍♀️🤳

Instead, he challenges them on the conceptual grounds of their argument: He argues that poverty is in fact a lack of freedom.

Cohen claims money is an INUS condition for freedom & illustrates this using a hypothetical society with "access tickets" to various goods & services.

I wrote a section-by-section summary of G.A. Cohen's "Freedom and Money". (Like a normal person.)

Cohen criticizes liberal Rawls & Berlin for ceding to right-wing political philosophers by agreeing with the premise that lack of money is to suffer simply lack of means & not interference of freedom.

Simple, 45 minute cardio+core gym routine * Structure of each workout: 10 minute warmup, 25 min main exercises, 10 min cooldown. * Move quickly & safely between exercises to keep elevated an heart rate. * “Core cardio” exercises: Run, cycle, elliptical, or rowing. Choose whatever feels best to you. Warmup and cooldown * Light jog (Heart rate zone 2 or 3) (5 minutes) * Stretch (5 minutes) Monday (Or, Day 1) * Core cardio (HR zone 3) (5 minutes) * Back extensions (5x) (10 minutes) * Hanging knee raises (3x) (6 minutes) * Mountain climbers (2x) (4 minutes) Tuesday (Or, Day 2) * Pilates or Yoga (Online or in-person class) (25 to 60 minutes) * No need for warmup or cooldown if class includes it. Thursday (Or, Day 3) * Core cardio (Max exertion! / VO2 max) (HR zone 5) (5 minutes) * Core cardio (HR zone 2 or 3) (20 minutes) Friday (Or, Day 4) * Core cardio (HR zone 3) (5 minutes) * Step-ups (5x) (Try to perform with weights) (10 minutes) * Hip thrusts (5x) (Try to perform with weight

Your workout for this week 🏃‍♀️💪

W fit of the weekend! 🍕🐀

Lmao this got flagged as suggestive. What kind of place is this? I had hopes for Bluesky but I'm tired of every other photo of mine getting flagged in some way. 🙄

Alexandria dressed in costume as a sexy rat with pizza bag. She's sat at a halloween-themed bar with a gray suit on, pink bra, rat ears, and a photorealistic pizza bag slung over her shoulder. In the bottom right corner of the photo is a cut-out of a photo of a rat eating a pizza.

Alexandria dressed in costume as a sexy rat with pizza bag. She's sat at a halloween-themed bar with a gray suit on, pink bra, and rat ears. She's holding and pretending to bite into a photorealistic pizza bag.

Alexandria dressed in costume as a sexy rat with pizza bag. She's sat at a halloween-themed bar with a gray suit on, pink bra, and rat ears. She's knelt next to a pile of trash and holding a box of pizza.

Sexy nyc pizza rat 🐀💋

Btw, y'all noticing the nice, single-stall, full-privacy gender-neutral bathrooms being installed as social mores around gender evolve?

On behalf of trans people: You're welcome.

💩😌

Simple 45 minute, cardio+core gym routine * This is a one week (four-day) workout routine that focuses on cardio and core. * Every day starts with a 10 minute warm up and end with a 10 minute cooldown. * The main part of the routine is just 25 minutes, during which you’ll move quickly and safely between exercises to maintain an elevated heart rate. Warmup and cooldown * Light jog (Heart rate zone 2 or 3) (5 minutes) * Stretch (5 minutes) Monday and Friday (Or, Day 1 and 4) * Run / cycle / elliptical (Heart rate zone 3) (5 minutes) * Lunges (Try to perform with weights) (10 minutes) * Glute bridge (Try to perform with weights) (10 minutes) Tuesday (Or, Day 2) * Run / cycle / elliptical (Heart rate zone 3 or 4) (25 minutes) Thursday (Or, Day 3) * Run / cycle / elliptical (Heart rate zone 4 or 5) (5 minutes) * 1 minute plank (2x) (4 minutes) * Crunches (2x) (4 minutes) * Kneeling cable crunch (3x) (Prefer high weight with low repetitions) (6 minutes) * Medicine ball twist (3x) (6 minu

New cardio + core workout just dropped 🏃‍♀️🤩🥵🙌

Locke’s Second Treatise on Government has become a foundational text in liberalism and has shaped Western governance and individual rights.

Chapter. V. Of Property focuses on property rights and has had major influence on the development of capitalism and private ownership.

Locke includes two provisos:

First, that “there is enough, and as good, left in common for others.”

And second, that the person uses the resource before it spoils.

I wrote a simplified, section-by-section summary of "Chapter. V. Of Property" from John Locke's "Second Treatise Of Government".

Locke argues that people come to acquire property rights by “mixing their labour” with natural resources.

“If people didn’t have to work they would just be lazy and do nothing!”

Meanwhile: Every year people lose their minds in that weird, single dead week between Christmas and New Year’s.

Had to authenticate the app, enter the 2fa security code, and solve a captcha just so I can rotate my smart fan 20 degrees without getting out of bed.

The future is now.

Alexandria posing on her knees at the sunny beach and wearing a zazzy blue, orange, & purple print bikini.

Beach day ☀️🏖️

Techbro: Magic Eight Ball, are you sentient?

Magic Eight Ball: Signs point to yes

Techbro: OH MY GOD

Intro to Bluesky privacy: (drawing of unlocked padlock) 1. Your Bluesky acct is PUBLIC (as of yet there is NO priovate option) 2. There are NO private messages (drawing of letters "DM" with no sign through them) (drawing of round face behind brick wall) 3. Blocks are PUBLIC (people aren't notified when you block them, but your block list info is available for public search) (drawing of snake tempting round face person saying "yesss look up who blocked you") (drawing of round face with fingers in ears) 4. Mutes are Private but... 5. Mute Lists are PUBLIC you can follow others' mute lists and/or make your own by going to Moderation --> Mute Lists

I made another page about Privacy on here, not exhaustive, but a good intro, I think :)

Alexandria, a multiracial white trans woman, standing in a purple and blue lit room wearing a lacy bra and fishnet stockings.

🌙

I'm a big advocate for gender affirming care— including medically.

Which is why I support cis men seeking things like Rogaine, Viagra, & testosterone replacement therapy.

V attractive young woman on TikTok making "humorous" video about her insecurities around negative canthal tilt and top search on video is "what is negative canthal tilt"— unlocking a new insecurity for a whole cohort of young women. 🫠

This is soooo good! 🏳️‍⚧️✊

Sometimes I get upset I don't have like an extra stomach so I can keep enjoying, y'know?

Barbie movie was great! I'm a fan of Greta Gerwig.

It explored feminism, capitalism, toxic masculinity, womanhood contradictions, and life's purpose.

Hari Nef as trans Barbie was lovely & not tokenized. But I do also wish for a more _conspicuously visible_ trans character. And how about trans men?

if you're trans, but can pass as your assigned gender at birth in most interactions, and a trans woman is like "hey what you're doing is shitty for trans people," consider saying something other than "I'm trans too!"

- The 2010s was a great time for the likes of Uber, Lyft & other loss-making companies. However, going forward I don’t think the market will be as supportive of unprofitability.

- “Boring”, "traditional" companies (banks, pharma, govt, etc.) have proved more secure.