ClarissaHart
@explainingitall.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Musician. Mother. The Great Smoky Mountains are my home.
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ok so like, I get what genitals are, but what's a singular genital? is it the pair of balls plus shaft or is each ball a discrete unit? do I have two genitals or three, is I guess what I'm asking. call me back. oh, and we took dad off life support last night
December 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
ok so like, I get what genitals are, but what's a singular genital? is it the pair of balls plus shaft or is each ball a discrete unit? do I have two genitals or three, is I guess what I'm asking. call me back. oh, and we took dad off life support last night
day 4 of “vacation” with the toddler: invented a new game where I stay horizontal on the couch while she pelts me with plastic balls
December 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
day 4 of “vacation” with the toddler: invented a new game where I stay horizontal on the couch while she pelts me with plastic balls
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
![Gallup poll | 12/1-12/15
President Trump approval crosstabs (%)
🟥Overall (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥Democratic (93/3 disapprove) [-90]
🟩Republican (89/8 approve) [+81]
🟥Independent (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥18-34 (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥35-54 (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥55+ (53/43 disapprove) [-10]
🟥No college (55/37 disapprove) [-18]
🟥College graduate (59/37 disapprove) [-22]
🟥Male (53/42 disapprove) [-11]
🟥Female (64/30 disapprove) [-34]
🟥White (52/46 disapprove) [-6]
🟥Non-white (71/21 disapprove) [-50]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreifnv6vxufu6icjvsd5toirz3lmqkzertdpdnlqh7q44momevhfjqq@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
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Mistake too many make is to imagine fascism as static. It’s barely an ideology; it’s definitely not stable. It’s not enough to say, “yeah I already knew they were bad.” This speech in this context means tomorrow is more dangerous than yesterday.
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Mistake too many make is to imagine fascism as static. It’s barely an ideology; it’s definitely not stable. It’s not enough to say, “yeah I already knew they were bad.” This speech in this context means tomorrow is more dangerous than yesterday.
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Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious
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i'm going to keep apologizing for being white. nobody can stop me
December 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
i'm going to keep apologizing for being white. nobody can stop me
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they've all bought 10,000 shares of baby coffin stock
67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
December 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
they've all bought 10,000 shares of baby coffin stock
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I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
new retirement plan just dropped
at the hotel watching reruns of Parks and Rec while i strangle myself with a belt
December 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
new retirement plan just dropped
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People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
I have a weird question for the #bird people on here. Do you think someone could tell that a book was pooped on specifically by a sparrowhawk (or perhaps hawks generally) just from the feces? I'm looking at a 16th c. case where witnesses claim books were pooped on specifically by sparrowhawks!
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
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Everyone wants to make “sense” of things, but we are all currently hostage to an irrationalist epistemic environment. You might as well just read the entrails of a slaughtered goat to divine where events are headed.
December 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Everyone wants to make “sense” of things, but we are all currently hostage to an irrationalist epistemic environment. You might as well just read the entrails of a slaughtered goat to divine where events are headed.
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When I turn on the TV at my parents’ house, the watch history is always 7 things called like Grumbleston Mysteries: A Bother at The Cliffs
July 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
When I turn on the TV at my parents’ house, the watch history is always 7 things called like Grumbleston Mysteries: A Bother at The Cliffs
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What happens to copy editing
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What happens to copy editing
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
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Same in academic publishing. My employer is investing in new AI tools to—wait for it—catch AI usage by authors and reviewers!
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Same in academic publishing. My employer is investing in new AI tools to—wait for it—catch AI usage by authors and reviewers!
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I think this is a typo but I kind of love it
ZELENSKIY SINGS DECREE TO DISMISS TOP AIDE YERMAK
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think this is a typo but I kind of love it
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your long day of pretending you haven’t seen anything Donald Trump posted on the internet is stressing you out? really? should we call an ambulance?
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
your long day of pretending you haven’t seen anything Donald Trump posted on the internet is stressing you out? really? should we call an ambulance?
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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
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
“The Main Louvre Robbery Gang” would be an excellent band name
ANOTHER PERSON - SUSPECTED OF BEING THE FOURTH MEMBER OF THE MAIN LOUVRE ROBBERY GANG - HAS BEEN ARRESTED-REPORTS
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“The Main Louvre Robbery Gang” would be an excellent band name
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supporting my beautiful wife by getting "it's in your purse" tattooed on my forehead
December 31, 2024 at 3:56 PM
supporting my beautiful wife by getting "it's in your purse" tattooed on my forehead
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none of this is interesting enough for me to be continually having to hear about it and everyone involved here is the world's shittiest writer
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
none of this is interesting enough for me to be continually having to hear about it and everyone involved here is the world's shittiest writer