This is an important point. Regardless of the interaction, at the heart, we should never normalize cruelty. It’s not okay. Everyone involved in crafting and approving that joke should answer for it.

Something for all the tech companies moving to Texas to consider. Note that a good number of men are also unwilling to apply in Texas.

To all my teacher friends and teachers in general: I appreciate you every single day, but it’s always good to be reminded to say it out loud. Happy teacher appreciation week! What you do matters; thank you for being a teacher.

There were plenty of warnings that weren’t taken seriously about Roe being overturned, so here we are. There are also plenty of warnings that this decision could lead to overturning Obergefell (and other important precedents). We need to listen. Here’s a good short write up…

This is a brilliant thread. Accepting and acknowledging the effect of structural racism on health disparities undermines the message of influencers like Lucy McBride, MD that individuals are almost solely responsible for their own health and needn't worry much about others.

Important thread. Hits a lot of points that are at risk of being downplayed.

A lot of my friends have just stopped talking to me because they feel guilty talking about their lives while my whole social life, apart from work, has been on hold since March 2020. And that's a whole extra thing to grieve about. 1/7

Oooooh! Nice job, Apple.

This. Bringing guns to “guard” a voting box is one piece of a larger, very disturbing puzzle. And I feel obliged to point out that it’s a preschool-level puzzle and we can all clearly see the end picture. So maybe let’s treat all of this with some sense of urgency?

Now this is a great headline.

Looking at other platforms. Mastodon doesn’t quite do what I want. Interested in Post. post.news/?r=Pe0DR

I’m a few chapters in to Mary Robinette Kowal’s The Spare Man and very much enjoying how it is unfolding.

Today the NIH announced the launch of makemytestcount.org, the first national website for Americans to self-report at-home COVID-19 test results. These data will be shared with local public health systems and researchers.

My mom grew up picking cotton in the 1950s. Yesterday, she waited in line to once again pick her son to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate. We’ve come a long way, but the work isn’t done! Please vote, Georgia 🗳

doomscrolling? In 2022? In this economy?

1) There have been a couple threads today about the importance of having writers on set, and a lot of them have focused on last minute changes to to physical locations, story continuity, etc, but there are two other reasons I want to hit a) dialogue and b) training