Aileen
@acorrn.bsky.social
Internet mall rat ever since that was a relevant metaphor.
Unserious PSA: When you’re getting sick or just feel really worn out, it is sublime to lie in bed and listen to the audiobook of a familiar story while gently dozing. Murderbot diaries read by Kevin Free is 10/10 for this purpose.
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Unserious PSA: When you’re getting sick or just feel really worn out, it is sublime to lie in bed and listen to the audiobook of a familiar story while gently dozing. Murderbot diaries read by Kevin Free is 10/10 for this purpose.
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
Sounds like a life lesson from the Isaac Chotiner interview with the Melania movie.
using "for a documentary" to make any shitty thing sound better
"my life is going pretty well for a documentary"
"my car isn't working, but it's still pretty strong for a documentary"
"i have been diagnosed with dysentery, but they say my chances look good for a documentary"
"my life is going pretty well for a documentary"
"my car isn't working, but it's still pretty strong for a documentary"
"i have been diagnosed with dysentery, but they say my chances look good for a documentary"
February 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Sounds like a life lesson from the Isaac Chotiner interview with the Melania movie.
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There is no "self" in self-driving cars.
January 29, 2026 at 10:34 AM
There is no "self" in self-driving cars.
My toxic trait is my productivity is directly correlated with my irritation level.
January 27, 2026 at 6:52 PM
My toxic trait is my productivity is directly correlated with my irritation level.
Do we need a primer on countersignalling? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter...
January 18, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Do we need a primer on countersignalling? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter...
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This is very cool, and I'm so excited to have a piece running with them soon!
Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Gourmet Magazine
Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.
gourmetmagazine.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This is very cool, and I'm so excited to have a piece running with them soon!
If you think Canadian journalism is any different, you’re dead wrong.
January 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
If you think Canadian journalism is any different, you’re dead wrong.
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You factually can not be well prepared to fight something that you have poor information on : you can’t fight an entrenched idea if you act like it come from 2024/2016/1980 when if fact it’s from around 1494
January 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
You factually can not be well prepared to fight something that you have poor information on : you can’t fight an entrenched idea if you act like it come from 2024/2016/1980 when if fact it’s from around 1494
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This year has turned me fully to mush. I'll straight up look a friendly cashier in the eyes and whisper: "Never lose what you have inside you."
My sincere year-end thought isn’t an original one, but its importance has been underscored to me repeatedly over the last 12 months: be free with telling the people you love that you love them, casually, and at every chance. Great love, small love, every type of love.
December 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This year has turned me fully to mush. I'll straight up look a friendly cashier in the eyes and whisper: "Never lose what you have inside you."
Genuinely curious. I keep hearing people use “actually” to preface agreement or endorsement of something someone else says. In my mind, saying “that’s actually right/brilliant/helpful” suggests you were not expecting the speaker to be any of those things, so “actually” makes it pretty insulting
December 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Genuinely curious. I keep hearing people use “actually” to preface agreement or endorsement of something someone else says. In my mind, saying “that’s actually right/brilliant/helpful” suggests you were not expecting the speaker to be any of those things, so “actually” makes it pretty insulting
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Many people on this website suffer from unconscious bias. you can find most of these people in Jamelle Bouie’s mentions.
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Many people on this website suffer from unconscious bias. you can find most of these people in Jamelle Bouie’s mentions.
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Counterpoint: Shut up
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Counterpoint: Shut up
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
Love this bc it captures why e-bikes are not appealing to pple who like biking. It’s like how audiobooks are often not appealing to people who like reading.
As a non-biker previously, I love e-bikes as an alternative to public transit or driving - biking wasn’t an option before.
As a non-biker previously, I love e-bikes as an alternative to public transit or driving - biking wasn’t an option before.
“So we asked ourselves: how could we make the common bicycle heavier, more dangerous and, ultimately, reliant on electricity”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Love this bc it captures why e-bikes are not appealing to pple who like biking. It’s like how audiobooks are often not appealing to people who like reading.
As a non-biker previously, I love e-bikes as an alternative to public transit or driving - biking wasn’t an option before.
As a non-biker previously, I love e-bikes as an alternative to public transit or driving - biking wasn’t an option before.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
So true.
Enough.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
October 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
So true.
Last week I was on here and saw a chart about agency & time spent with others… would love to find it again, does someone have a link?
October 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Last week I was on here and saw a chart about agency & time spent with others… would love to find it again, does someone have a link?
I was just talking to someone in Saudi Arabia. He has zero awareness of the Riyadh Comedy Festival, was mildly bemused that it would be an international talking point because “there are so many events all the time here”
October 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I was just talking to someone in Saudi Arabia. He has zero awareness of the Riyadh Comedy Festival, was mildly bemused that it would be an international talking point because “there are so many events all the time here”
Become ungovernable, they said. You can do it naked, they said? On a bike… I guess?
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Become ungovernable, they said. You can do it naked, they said? On a bike… I guess?
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CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
September 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin
• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin