amber bird

say it louder for the people at the back:

Scholars are actually the ones who want coherence. Most people don't.

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Grateful!
For photos of good walls.
For breaks in traffic.
For unexpected heart.

It sucks that this is behind a paywall. Here is the FDA site with all of the recalled products listed. www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/defaul...

cc @glamcookie.bsky.social

facts
other similarly honest and legit ways to hold space for yourself if you need to not just say that:
* that day/week/month is crammed/at capacity
* i've already got something on the calendar (and then you can, if need be, write something--anything--on the calendar...)

heads-up pals!
costco joins the party

i look at a very reputable company's faq page to ensure i don't accidentally feed myself glass (no, this isn't about the tj recall). my question is on the faq verbatim, twice. each time answered entirely differently

feeling extra super chill about all us tech writers and the like being laid off yep

when companies send me "oops! sorry about how our site wasn't working right. it's working now!" emails they always come across the same as when someone you didn't call/text checks in to see if you did and claims it's cos their phone wasn't working but you know their phone was fine

Pick your battles! Autistic person struggling to narrow it down, to be honest An autistic person who vowed to pick their battles is reportedly frozen with indecision over which of their many important battles to let go of.  Des Ackerman, 30, has spent their entire life…

An autistic person who vowed to pick their battles is reportedly frozen with indecision over which of their many important battles to let go of.

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Grateful!
For alternative tools.
For an orderly approach.
For peaches.

Pic below with alt text:

Great conversation in the thread under Shiv's post. And yeah, there are so many factors that actively work to prevent community in this country and it accelerated with COVID.

HOLY

FUCKING

SHIT

You guys this is a massive deal, a further attack on reproductive justice, safety and dignity.

Every human being deserves the right to have kids, not have kids & parent kids they have in safe & sustainable communities.

This from the party of "life" bombing ppl now ofc.

it has been 0 days since our last "i got distracted by a book idea and might have neglected something else i will regret" incident ✨

at least i don't have to worry about running out of ideas any time in the next *checks ideas list* ...in the next decade...assuming i never get another idea lolsob 😁

I find this chart fucking FASCINATING!

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Grateful!
For staying multifaceted.
For not being someone's mask.
For battered, fried foods.

This, plus stole my work

Dem Candidate for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s Seat Donated to Far-Right Republicans — Including Laura Loomer Democratic primary hopeful Rakhi Israni, who is running for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s seat, gave to MAGA figures — including Laura Loomer.

NEW: A Democratic candidate in the primary in Eric Swalwell’s district raised $2M in the first two weeks of her campaign from unknown donors.

Rakhi Israni’s personal political donations have gone to over 10 MAGA and far right candidates including Laura Loomer.

theintercept.com/2026/03/04/c...

relevant pep talk, regardless of month, for all my fellow writer pals trying to make novels happen!

Pure evil.

I am quoting this because I think it's important for people to know this happened but also to reinforce the TW in the original post. I am not going to watch.

When Republicans cosplay patriotism, maybe show them this and remind them that supporting the military doesn't mean feeding American kids into Trump's war and breaking veteran's arms when they protest it.

Is CBS hoping to slide this article through unnoticed due to the absolutely weird image pairing?

Is Bari Weiss holding both hands up and saying defensively, "We're not playing favorites! Look!"

💯

was literally just saying almost this exact same thing with both this statistic and why i think it's probably worse

cw: mention of sa

"This report declares that the world has already entered the era of Global Water Bankruptcy. The condition is not a distant threat but a present reality. Many human water systems are now in a post-crisis failure state where past baselines can no longer be restored."

ALREADY ENTERED 😡

World Enters “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy” UN Scientists Formally Define New Post-Crisis Reality for Billions Flagship report calls for fundamental reset of global water agenda as irreversible damage pushes many basins beyond recovery

this is happening sooner than feared.
and, just so we're clear, that so-called ai you all keep using is a HUGE part of the issue. stop using that garbage. stop literally accelerating this crisis because you are (let's be honest) lazy.

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