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She/her. Leftist atheist vegan who loves books, drag, and women’s sports.
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Another reason for UBI.

Means testing benefits and prosecuting benefit fraud increases the costs massively.

Being afraid 1 person will get something they don't deserve means we have 99 people who don't get what they deserve.
Explaining the other day that the moral puzzle about universal health care is not why poor people get it, but why richer people do. The answer from Beveridge, the Liberal (not Socialist) who recommended the NHS is economic efficiency. Universal healthcare removes huge transaction costs.
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves

Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars

Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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"You have to use AI."

...why?
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Apparently this is the last day! Murderbot plus Witch King and more Humble Bundle! 14 books total and charity is World Central Kitchen.
December 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Hopefully this means she’s getting the head coaching job she deserves! #NWSL
Chicago Stars FC today announced the departure of assistant coach, Ella Masar. Masar departs the organization having spent three years with the Chicago Stars serving as an assistant coach and interim head coach.
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Q: So your job is to judge people, but not to judge people for judging people.

A: You’re making it sound like I approve of Krampus’s methods. I don’t. Just because you share a holiday with someone doesn’t mean you agree with them on everything. I love kids.
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.

Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon Is the World's Biggest Online Book Marketplace. It's Filled With AI Knockoffs
Authors say Amazon's knockoff book problem is leaving them frustrated — and making the internet worse in the process.
www.rollingstone.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Such a good point about how they expect investors to believe the NWSL is doing very well and they should want to be involved but at the same time for players to believe there’s no money to pay them. 🙄🙄🙄

@nwslsoccer.com We’re all smarter than that. Pay the players! #NWSL #woso
The NWSL says the proposed new contract for Trinity Rodman violates the “spirit of the league”

The spirit of the league is not a part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement!
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I don’t understand why the @wnba.com (and @nwslsoccer.com while we’re at it) doesn’t seem to get this. If you want to be the best league in the world, you have to pay the players what they’re worth! Fans love the players, not the league, so if they go elsewhere we will follow. #WNBA
December 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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The owners/league are never the allies of the players, remember that. They want to exploit and extract maximum value from them while giving them as little as possible in return.

Always support labor. Always support the NWSLPA.
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just finished Drag Race España. I never connected with Margarita Kalifata and did not think she should have made the finale over Dafne, much less the top two, but at least it ended as it should have. Condragulations Satín! ❤️
#DragRace #DragRaceEspaña
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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"When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts."

Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
December 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I was really hoping a non-US team would take it, since while NWSL salaries are lower than they should be it’s still higher than the other leagues. But congrats to San Diego! Does anyone know how much of the money the players will get? #woso #W7F
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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we’ve been working on this for months—introducing a new teaching collective ✨

starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!

theministryofwords.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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at this point, no matter the resolution, berman & nwsl owners have tarnished the league. we all knew this inflection point was coming and they still failed in the worst, most public way. i would pay to read the group chats of players everywhere discussing a league fighting a star’s $1m/yr contract.
"We expect the contract... and the free agency to be respected."

NWSLPA Executive Director Meghann Burke explains why the multimillion-dollar deal offered to Trinity Rodman by the Washington Spirit should stand.
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
@nwslsoccer.com We’d all like to know how you went from we’ll do everything possible to keep Trin to violating the CBA with this “spirit” bullshit when they found a solution?! She deserves that and more. Like a league that will actually support her.
The NWSLPA has filed a grievance with the NWSL on behalf of Trinity Rodman, arguing the league violated at least five different sections of the current collective bargaining agreement when it vetoed a proposed four-year, multi-million dollar deal between Rodman and the Washington Spirit.
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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As many of you know, our residents love Cheerios and they are so important for enrichment and motivation. Would you consider sending us some Cheerios today? Thank you! 💛 a.co/4VXKis0
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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The cat prints are sold out but we still have some of these. Remember you can gift, then wipe someone’s medical debt 🙏
Giving Tuesday charity print sale is live!
Help wipe out medical debts for those in need while buying presents. Also help my assistant get paid good seasonal hourly rate! yukoart.bigcartel.com/product/new-...
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Somebody asked me if I could set up an annual pay option on my Patreon, so I enabled it just now! As an annual supporter you get a discount. www.patreon.com/birdandmoon Thank you so much to my patrons for creating such an upbeat space 🐦
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December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM