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@blueraccoon.bsky.social
Fifteen medical problems in a maxi dress. I always want to see your dog pics. #UglyDogs #ADHD
I'm pretty sure the sinus cavity on the right top side of my head is having issues, it always hurts but sometimes sudafed helps.
weather forecast says "very high" for both sinus and arthritis today, can confirm.
weather forecast says "very high" for both sinus and arthritis today, can confirm.
December 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I'm pretty sure the sinus cavity on the right top side of my head is having issues, it always hurts but sometimes sudafed helps.
weather forecast says "very high" for both sinus and arthritis today, can confirm.
weather forecast says "very high" for both sinus and arthritis today, can confirm.
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Great Moments in Immigration Enforcement
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
South Minneapolis restaurant says ICE entered without warrant, staff push back
ICE's presence is keeping many on edge, including one Minneapolis restaurant, which says it had its first ICE encounter since opening more than a decade ago.
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Great Moments in Immigration Enforcement
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
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This is obviously total thuggery, but, in my limited capacity as a short-lived former letter carrier for USPS: it is also a completely empty bluff. Fucking good luck to Amazon doing last mile delivery to every address in the US.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
This is obviously total thuggery, but, in my limited capacity as a short-lived former letter carrier for USPS: it is also a completely empty bluff. Fucking good luck to Amazon doing last mile delivery to every address in the US.
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What she means is “I was comfortable being irresponsible when I thought I wouldn’t get caught, but I am uncomfortable explaining that irresponsibility to a critical audience.”
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What she means is “I was comfortable being irresponsible when I thought I wouldn’t get caught, but I am uncomfortable explaining that irresponsibility to a critical audience.”
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I'm still thinking about this exchange. As is often the case, we see Nuzzi acting out the most extreme version of a phenomenon that is actually pretty common in elite media: people taking umbrage at the idea that they're supposed to exercise moral judgment, and can be blamed for not doing so.
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'm still thinking about this exchange. As is often the case, we see Nuzzi acting out the most extreme version of a phenomenon that is actually pretty common in elite media: people taking umbrage at the idea that they're supposed to exercise moral judgment, and can be blamed for not doing so.
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Literally, how can you not see that this kind of punitive policy approach will overwhelmingly deter actual disabled people from seeking accommodations?
I do think the only workable solution is occasionally making a high profile, dramatic example of people who get caught flagrantly abusing the system which helps generate social opprobrium for rule breakers.
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Literally, how can you not see that this kind of punitive policy approach will overwhelmingly deter actual disabled people from seeking accommodations?
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It's also the "welfare queen" playbook from the 90s. And a few other playbooks over the years.
It keeps getting used because it is effective - the kind of people who like to think of themselves as fair-minded independents, or centrists, fall for it eleven times out of ten.
bsky.app/profile/mtsw...
It keeps getting used because it is effective - the kind of people who like to think of themselves as fair-minded independents, or centrists, fall for it eleven times out of ten.
bsky.app/profile/mtsw...
I do think the only workable solution is occasionally making a high profile, dramatic example of people who get caught flagrantly abusing the system which helps generate social opprobrium for rule breakers.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It's also the "welfare queen" playbook from the 90s. And a few other playbooks over the years.
It keeps getting used because it is effective - the kind of people who like to think of themselves as fair-minded independents, or centrists, fall for it eleven times out of ten.
bsky.app/profile/mtsw...
It keeps getting used because it is effective - the kind of people who like to think of themselves as fair-minded independents, or centrists, fall for it eleven times out of ten.
bsky.app/profile/mtsw...
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I think that if we put one child into a deep pit to take on the sins of society (ie taking an extra hour on a test because they're a borderline ADHD case) as an example for everyone in the audience, people might learn a thing or two. We might even build a perfect city on this arrangement.
I do think the only workable solution is occasionally making a high profile, dramatic example of people who get caught flagrantly abusing the system which helps generate social opprobrium for rule breakers.
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I think that if we put one child into a deep pit to take on the sins of society (ie taking an extra hour on a test because they're a borderline ADHD case) as an example for everyone in the audience, people might learn a thing or two. We might even build a perfect city on this arrangement.
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This really comes down to punishment fetishism, wherein someone makes up imaginary villains they can salivate over meting out an imaginary severe punishment to, "making an example" of them to maintain an imaginary order and status.
Except the only people likely to be punished are disabled.
Except the only people likely to be punished are disabled.
I do think the only workable solution is occasionally making a high profile, dramatic example of people who get caught flagrantly abusing the system which helps generate social opprobrium for rule breakers.
December 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This really comes down to punishment fetishism, wherein someone makes up imaginary villains they can salivate over meting out an imaginary severe punishment to, "making an example" of them to maintain an imaginary order and status.
Except the only people likely to be punished are disabled.
Except the only people likely to be punished are disabled.
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This is the "trans athletes are a problem" playbook, more or less, being deployed here against the disabled.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is the "trans athletes are a problem" playbook, more or less, being deployed here against the disabled.
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you should believe people when they tell you they're disabled. that's pretty much the long and short of it
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
you should believe people when they tell you they're disabled. that's pretty much the long and short of it
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Or! Just hear me out. 1. It doesn't matter if someone is lying. It's more important that disabled people have access to education. 2. Those accommodations benefit everyone? Oh, no more time a on a test? That's a good thing. Universal design is a thing.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Or! Just hear me out. 1. It doesn't matter if someone is lying. It's more important that disabled people have access to education. 2. Those accommodations benefit everyone? Oh, no more time a on a test? That's a good thing. Universal design is a thing.
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Disability accommodations help EVERYONE. Curb cuts were invented for wheelchairs, but are regularly used by cyclists, parents with strollers, people pushing shopping carts, etc
Frankly, I, a Disabled Person, don't care if people who "don't need" accommodations get them
Frankly, I, a Disabled Person, don't care if people who "don't need" accommodations get them
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Disability accommodations help EVERYONE. Curb cuts were invented for wheelchairs, but are regularly used by cyclists, parents with strollers, people pushing shopping carts, etc
Frankly, I, a Disabled Person, don't care if people who "don't need" accommodations get them
Frankly, I, a Disabled Person, don't care if people who "don't need" accommodations get them
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maybe we should help people if they ask for it
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
maybe we should help people if they ask for it
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Is this a problem?
Or is it a made-up issue like "people are on welfare/food stamps who don't need them" where even the STUDIES to find out the levels of fraud not even the means-testing infrastructure costs FAR MORE than what's lost of fraud?
Also, the fuck do you care what other people do?
Or is it a made-up issue like "people are on welfare/food stamps who don't need them" where even the STUDIES to find out the levels of fraud not even the means-testing infrastructure costs FAR MORE than what's lost of fraud?
Also, the fuck do you care what other people do?
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Is this a problem?
Or is it a made-up issue like "people are on welfare/food stamps who don't need them" where even the STUDIES to find out the levels of fraud not even the means-testing infrastructure costs FAR MORE than what's lost of fraud?
Also, the fuck do you care what other people do?
Or is it a made-up issue like "people are on welfare/food stamps who don't need them" where even the STUDIES to find out the levels of fraud not even the means-testing infrastructure costs FAR MORE than what's lost of fraud?
Also, the fuck do you care what other people do?
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Look, I just don't give a fuck. I'd rather support people who want to game the system than risk harming those who are vulnerable. I just don't care. The wealthy can afford to pay taxes to pay for it. The math works out. We can support everyone. It's just the will to do it.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Look, I just don't give a fuck. I'd rather support people who want to game the system than risk harming those who are vulnerable. I just don't care. The wealthy can afford to pay taxes to pay for it. The math works out. We can support everyone. It's just the will to do it.
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As a disabled person, the labour of proving that I'm disabled enough to be permitted an accommodation is actually worse than not having an accommodation.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
As a disabled person, the labour of proving that I'm disabled enough to be permitted an accommodation is actually worse than not having an accommodation.
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Or you could stop being the disability police and accept that it is better for some fakers to get accommodations and all disabled people get theirs than it is to try and police it making it harder for the disabled to get accommodations.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Or you could stop being the disability police and accept that it is better for some fakers to get accommodations and all disabled people get theirs than it is to try and police it making it harder for the disabled to get accommodations.
so I am very very not Christian nor do I observe christmas but I DO like little treats and so I bought myself the See's Candies advent calendar. Thread following with pics, mute if you don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
so I am very very not Christian nor do I observe christmas but I DO like little treats and so I bought myself the See's Candies advent calendar. Thread following with pics, mute if you don't care.
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Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
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Now's a good time to stick your menorah/menorot in the freezer to get the wax out.
(Some of you did this BEFORE putting it away last year?
How cute!)
(Some of you did this BEFORE putting it away last year?
How cute!)
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Now's a good time to stick your menorah/menorot in the freezer to get the wax out.
(Some of you did this BEFORE putting it away last year?
How cute!)
(Some of you did this BEFORE putting it away last year?
How cute!)
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One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
nobody understands what I do so when I tell people my profession they inevitably look at me confused and go "so what does that mean?"
I'm an incident and problem management specialist in tech to be clear
I'm an incident and problem management specialist in tech to be clear
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
nobody understands what I do so when I tell people my profession they inevitably look at me confused and go "so what does that mean?"
I'm an incident and problem management specialist in tech to be clear
I'm an incident and problem management specialist in tech to be clear
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I understand that there are a lot of people out there who think they have good intentions and love to take their ideological opponents in good faith because it makes them seem fair and reasonable and I truly cannot overstate how dangerous this is to trans people and how much they should stop
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I understand that there are a lot of people out there who think they have good intentions and love to take their ideological opponents in good faith because it makes them seem fair and reasonable and I truly cannot overstate how dangerous this is to trans people and how much they should stop
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there's scientific evidence that being overweight helps you live longer, to a certain point. docs don't like to admit that one so it tends to get buried but it's true. (caveats apply and I believe they found it was true for "overweight" by bmi range, I may be wrong tho)
there's scientific evidence that being overweight helps you live longer, to a certain point. docs don't like to admit that one so it tends to get buried but it's true. (caveats apply and I believe they found it was true for "overweight" by bmi range, I may be wrong tho)
a question worth periodically reflecting on is why organisms have fat in the first place
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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there's scientific evidence that being overweight helps you live longer, to a certain point. docs don't like to admit that one so it tends to get buried but it's true. (caveats apply and I believe they found it was true for "overweight" by bmi range, I may be wrong tho)
there's scientific evidence that being overweight helps you live longer, to a certain point. docs don't like to admit that one so it tends to get buried but it's true. (caveats apply and I believe they found it was true for "overweight" by bmi range, I may be wrong tho)