Just got onto a book-club meeting and watched the host kick off everyone using one of those AI-transcription tools -- a beautiful sight. (The group is Carbonauts, BTW -- highly recommended.) https://www.thecarbonauts.com/
That thunderclap moment when you realize the amazing similarities between the voices of Joanna Newsom and Iris DeMent. (It's followed by the profound wish for new music in 2024 from one or the other or both.) #CoSoMusic
temu you get what you pay for
and probably giving china more data about you
but hey it's cheap right??
so who cares they don't comply with forced labour of uyghurs not my people not my problem
we can all subtoot 😆
So much freedom. So much democracy.
"Let's just cancel all that voting and crown our orange king now, before the brown woman makes him keep talking."
RNC considers cancelling the remaining 48 primaries (including SC) and declaring Trump the candidate.
Less GOP and more LGBT — Gen Z is more likely to be queer than Republican, survey reveals
#CoSoNews #News #LGBTQ #LGBTQNews
https://www.advocate.com/politics/gen-z-lgbtq-republican-report
@Politics From #FloridaToday: #Florida Board of Governors bans sociology classes at state universities.
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guy gets kicked out of the Trump rally in NH after busting Alina Habba who is supposed to be missing court because she’s sick.
Anybody who talks about "secession" should know that, in the United States of America, "secession" isn't a real thing. It wasn't in 1860-1861 and it isn't in 2024.
Secession implies some right to leave a union. Such a right might exist in other countries; it hasn't in the U.S. since the Articles of Confederation went into effect.
"Secession" in the U.S. is simply a cover name for insurrection and rebellion. It was defeated in 1865 and it'll be beaten again.
They could stop this shit *today*.
They choose not to.
Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/18/instagram-facebook-child-sexual-harassment
I 💙 Joe Biden so, so much.
https://youtu.be/tGRXnB_GQcM
A new book about the publishing industry offers surprising new perspectives on American literary history
Adam Fleming Petty in The Bulwark:
https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/literature-in-a-time-of-conglomeration
Formerly @agunn and @agunn_at_work on that dead bird site, but free of the fouled nest. Hi there!