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nicole

In the words of @pauline, “[W]e all torment ourselves with cats that are ourselves.”

Poor tormented Chibi.

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The United Artists Movie Theater in has finally closed. 😞 The last film I saw there was the Green Knight.

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berkeleyside.org/2023/02/12/re

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Scott Santens

Our for-profit healthcare system is such a failure that it helped grow the anti-vax movement during a pandemic. The profit-motive erodes trust. Not only would universal healthcare be more efficient and lead to better outcomes, but it could also help restore trust.
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RT @acsifferlin
"Many physicians are now finding it difficult to quash the suspicion that our institutions, and much of our work inside them, primarily serve a moneymakin…
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nicole

@jenf

1. Yes. Yes. Yes.
2. OMG. That video. 😍

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George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Pass the popcorn, folks.

Ron DeSantis hasn't even declared for President yet, but the gloves are already off after Trump shared a meme accusing DeSantis of being a groomer. You can see it here: secondnexus.com/donald-trump-m

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nicole

The surface of every Chinese Juniper is a history of hair tugs.

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nicole

@kat I believe you’re describing Pocket?

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My greatest hope for the Barbie movie is that when the romance heats up and sex seems imminent two giant hands appear onscreen to lift up the fully clothed actors and shmoosh them together a few times

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nicole

I sure know how to pick the easy path in all things. 😝

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tato

periodic reminder that instead of advocating for trans people to have the right to self-ID their gender on gov't docs, we can and should advocate for the removal of gender from gov't docs

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jacquelines 🌟

society: damn misinfo at scale is getting a bit out of hand lately. seems like a problem.

tech guys: i have invented a machine that generates misinformation. is that helpful?

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nicole

@terrafiedkestrel

✅ Reaching for things on top shelf
❌ Opening jars

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Dare Obasanjo

The problem with rockstar developers is that a high performing team is an orchestra and rockstars don’t play well in orchestras.

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clarity flowers

🕯️ tarot is silly. magic isn’t real.

💡tarot is a stochastic tool for communicating with your subconscious

☀️ tarot is a window into the invisible world and should not be taken lightly

🌌 my deck is mad at me for shuffling it wrong

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nicole

@sasha_strange Feel this. One perk of being trans, though: it wasn’t given to you; you _took_ it, and you’re allowed to feel unapologetically good about that.

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Cory Doctorow

When George Hayward was as Facebook data-scientist, his bosses ordered him to run a #NegativeTest, updating Messenger to deliberately drain users' batteries, in order to determine how power-hungry various parts of the apps were. Hayward refused, and FB fired him, and he sued:

nypost.com/2023/01/28/facebook

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2023/02/05/bat

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nicole

@a0dbxza I added it to my list, and will try and track it down.

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nicole

I not only need more shelves for books, but also more shelves for adorable little dioramas like this.

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