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Anti-birth control ads have started popping into my feeds this week. And I can't help but laugh when I hear them promoting the same "natural family planning" methods that led my Catholic grandmother to get pregnant 12 times in 18 years.

If you are struggling mentally or are in a dark place let this be a small check point to say, it does get better.

In 2023-24 I had some of the worst depression of my life. I felt like my entire career was gone as Twitter died, but more and more I keep noticing how much I’ve improved since then.

a close up of a woman 's face with her eyes closed and her hair in a ponytail . ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with her eyes closed and her hair in a ponytail .

lol this entire thread can be summed up by "ask me how I know" (I'm living through it presently).

lol as a #PhD student, I have very strong opinions (surprise, surprise) about social science findings that generalize human behavior when they only focus on white people.

Death-horny monster-minded mass murderers, all of these war-fuckers.

So if Iran applies the same logic to us and then all the other countries do the same is that good.

Also: everyone should read this book.

A Love of My Own: Donna Deitch’s sapphic classic Desert Hearts at 40 • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine To mark 40 years of Donna Deitch’s trailblazing lesbian romance Desert Hearts, Marya E. Gates looks back on the legacy of this love.

Over at @letterboxd.social Journal, I wrote about the legacy of Donna Deitch’s trailblazing sapphic western romance DESERT HEARTS for its 40th anniversary. This movie is so dear to me. This was an absolute honor to research and write.

Two scientists walk through a cluttered old-fashioned science laboratory. The female scientist says “Analogue instruments! Paper records! Chalk boards! I thought you'd agreed to modernise the laboratory?” The male scientist replies “That's what i'm so excited about: we have moved to cloud-based storage for our data!” They step out onto a balcony. She says: “Please tell me you haven't built a library zeppelin” This is exactly what he has done. It floats across the sky and he adds “It's got a fax machine!”

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

Always a favourite 😝

Spain’s PM “They say Spain is alone.”

“But they’re the same people who said that when we recognized the State of Palestine and then many followed.”

“We are not alone. We are the first of many.”

Shut the fuck up, Seth

Two are proposed in Pennsylvania — in Berks and Schuylkill counties.

Pete Hegseth’s Crazed, Angry Tirades on Iran Give Dems a Big Opening It’s not enough for Democrats to say Trump’s war rationales haven’t been fully explained. The problem is that they are patently false.

It’s not enough for Democrats to say Trump’s war rationales haven’t been fully explained. The problem is that they are patently false. trib.al/3KARfN0

We have the data. My longest columns have more readers, who read longer, and who share them the most.

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

As Trump launches wars around the world, don’t forget Ukraine, which is hit by more shahed drones each week than any other Middle Eastern country has faced so far

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Baptistery of the Church of Vitalis. 6th century.

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Support for the Iran war is at an abysmal 38%, per G. Elliott Morris's average of polls. That's the lowest initial support for a war in memory. Also, CNN finds 59% don't trust Trump to make right decisions with force in Iran. There's no rally-around-flag effect. 4/

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A really nice example of a Dolatocrinus calyx from the Devonian Thunder Bay limestone of Alpena. The stem would have connected in the center of the star and the arms would have attached on the U shaped bumps on the left pic.

This shows the 5 point symmetry common in most echinoderms.

#FossilFriday

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

Hello Bluesky! I am looking for anyone who cares about/writes about/thinks about Rebecca West.

I've been on a 10 year mission to get her a blue plaque in London and am finally allowed to re-apply after it was last turned down.

I'd welcome help building a strong application.

Thank you 💙🙏

these politicians and american executives are not bothered enough by killing children or heads of state

SURREAL FACT: Peter was beloved by Pink Floyd, so after he died, the members set up some funds for his children. That allowed Naomi to pursue acting. Without Pink Floyd making that decision we probably would not have "Mulholland Drive."

Any chance we could have a 25th Amendment conversation?

Unforgettable In spring 2026, the MSK offers the chance to discover the fascinating works created by women artists in the Low Countries.

This painting is on view in the exhibition "Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750," which opened today at MSK Gent, www.mskgent.be/en/exhibitio...

In this oil painting, at the base of a pillar in an outdoor setting, a red, green and yellow parrot leans in from the upper left toward berries, a bunch of green grapes, and some flowers and foliage sitting atop an earthenware or metal urn.

Still Life with Parrot, 1661, by #MariaTheresiaVanThielen (Flemish, 1640–1706), who was born #otd, Mar 7. Held by @milwaukeeart.bsky.social, collection.mam.org/details.php?...

#womenartists #artherstory

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