Michelle C
@genxbegetsgenz.bsky.social
(she/her) Queens born; crocheter by hobby; Oaklander by accident, caretaker for a 100 yr old house; former business analyst; anti-billionaire, pro-Luddite
Laugh daily. It helps.
Laugh daily. It helps.
The number of mornings this plays thru my head...
Also a great performer - the classic "a sock and a shoe" bit from All in the Family with Rob Reiner and Carroll O'Connor
youtu.be/prRtcQz8Uqk?...
youtu.be/prRtcQz8Uqk?...
All in the Family - Sock and a Sock, Shoe and a Shoe
YouTube video by Scarlett OHara
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December 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The number of mornings this plays thru my head...
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anyway I’m gonna go cry for a bit
December 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
anyway I’m gonna go cry for a bit
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When I lived in LA 97-99 (and you may recall this @davidjroth.bsky.social), Rob Reiner led the smoking ban in bars. I couldn’t believe bars could exist without cigs. And I don’t even smoke.
He kickstarted all of it. I still go to bars. I never have to Febreez my clothes.
So, also that.
He kickstarted all of it. I still go to bars. I never have to Febreez my clothes.
So, also that.
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
When I lived in LA 97-99 (and you may recall this @davidjroth.bsky.social), Rob Reiner led the smoking ban in bars. I couldn’t believe bars could exist without cigs. And I don’t even smoke.
He kickstarted all of it. I still go to bars. I never have to Febreez my clothes.
So, also that.
He kickstarted all of it. I still go to bars. I never have to Febreez my clothes.
So, also that.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
This is beautiful.
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is beautiful.
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
If I don't love When Harry Met Sally, I don't watch Sleepless in Seattle.
Which planted a seed that maybe moving across the country made sense.
Thirty plus years later it still was the absolute right decision. Not the only reason I did it, but it refined the idea.
So thank you, Rob Reiner. RIP.
Which planted a seed that maybe moving across the country made sense.
Thirty plus years later it still was the absolute right decision. Not the only reason I did it, but it refined the idea.
So thank you, Rob Reiner. RIP.
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If I don't love When Harry Met Sally, I don't watch Sleepless in Seattle.
Which planted a seed that maybe moving across the country made sense.
Thirty plus years later it still was the absolute right decision. Not the only reason I did it, but it refined the idea.
So thank you, Rob Reiner. RIP.
Which planted a seed that maybe moving across the country made sense.
Thirty plus years later it still was the absolute right decision. Not the only reason I did it, but it refined the idea.
So thank you, Rob Reiner. RIP.
A sock and a shoe and a sock and a shoe.
NOT a sock and a sock and a shoe and a shoe.
NOT a sock and a sock and a shoe and a shoe.
December 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A sock and a shoe and a sock and a shoe.
NOT a sock and a sock and a shoe and a shoe.
NOT a sock and a sock and a shoe and a shoe.
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I love stories like this, not bc I have any particular attachment to the specific new product, but rather bc it is a new tech that makes me say "oh neat!" or even "oh, interesting!" instead of "*sigh*"
Raya Power makes a solar-battery system you can put in your backyard
The startup built a compact solar-battery combo that connects directly to key household appliances, is easy to plug in, and requires no special permits.
www.canarymedia.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I love stories like this, not bc I have any particular attachment to the specific new product, but rather bc it is a new tech that makes me say "oh neat!" or even "oh, interesting!" instead of "*sigh*"
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Jane Fonda was a poster before posting existed. What a queen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Jane Fonda was a poster before posting existed. What a queen.
Mark Cuban is mad about universal health care? Good. That means we're closer than we were yesterday.
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Mark Cuban is mad about universal health care? Good. That means we're closer than we were yesterday.
Posting this to my timeline to remember to call my state electeds. I know California set up a Western alliance but it would be good to actually hear them regularly refute the vaccine crap coming out from the FDA this week
"One shouldn’t only look at the risk side [of vaccines]. One has to also look at the benefits side." — A former high-level #FDA vaccine regulator talks about Vinay Prasad's recent missive to staff. Phil Krause likes some of what he read, but thinks there are problems. www.science.org/content/arti...
What an FDA veteran thinks a controversial vaccine email gets right—and wrong
Phil Krause applauds call by top agency official Vinay Prasad for better data, but says his approach is “destructive”
www.science.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Posting this to my timeline to remember to call my state electeds. I know California set up a Western alliance but it would be good to actually hear them regularly refute the vaccine crap coming out from the FDA this week
That was a little strong #earthquake
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
That was a little strong #earthquake
Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Shit
Fuuuuuucccckkkkk
In Ireland airspace! Russia is at war with Europe
In Ireland airspace! Russia is at war with Europe
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Shit
First off yes!
The Dems don't seem to understand the insidiousness of AI and what world these tech bros are trying to create.
People do though. We must keep yelling "to what end?" when we're force fed AI like two packs of cigarettes jammed in our mouths and lit with a flamethrower.
The Dems don't seem to understand the insidiousness of AI and what world these tech bros are trying to create.
People do though. We must keep yelling "to what end?" when we're force fed AI like two packs of cigarettes jammed in our mouths and lit with a flamethrower.
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
First off yes!
The Dems don't seem to understand the insidiousness of AI and what world these tech bros are trying to create.
People do though. We must keep yelling "to what end?" when we're force fed AI like two packs of cigarettes jammed in our mouths and lit with a flamethrower.
The Dems don't seem to understand the insidiousness of AI and what world these tech bros are trying to create.
People do though. We must keep yelling "to what end?" when we're force fed AI like two packs of cigarettes jammed in our mouths and lit with a flamethrower.
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This is so good. Bless Halle Berry for this. She’s right. Fuck Gavin. He’s not going to be president.
"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either."
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is so good. Bless Halle Berry for this. She’s right. Fuck Gavin. He’s not going to be president.
Jars!
December 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Jars!
I heard this afternoon that the dog had to be put down bc of its injuries.
My argument is this: as humans, if we take a life - any life - we need to absorb that into our soul and own it. We are marked by it. A robot on wheels can't do that.
We cannot have a social contract with a machine.
My argument is this: as humans, if we take a life - any life - we need to absorb that into our soul and own it. We are marked by it. A robot on wheels can't do that.
We cannot have a social contract with a machine.
Weeks after one of its robotaxis struck and killed a beloved Mission District bodega cat, Waymo has confirmed that one of its cars also struck an unleashed dog. buff.ly/0NmhF7R
Waymo Strikes Small Dog In Western Addition, Dog's Condition Not Known
Weeks after one of its robotaxis struck and killed a beloved Mission District bodega cat, Waymo has confirmed that one of its cars also struck an unleashed dog.
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I heard this afternoon that the dog had to be put down bc of its injuries.
My argument is this: as humans, if we take a life - any life - we need to absorb that into our soul and own it. We are marked by it. A robot on wheels can't do that.
We cannot have a social contract with a machine.
My argument is this: as humans, if we take a life - any life - we need to absorb that into our soul and own it. We are marked by it. A robot on wheels can't do that.
We cannot have a social contract with a machine.
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Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
Is it me or is it weird security protocol that the ranking senator on the intelligence committee walks around with an Oura ring on his index finger?
Warner was on Jen Psaki. He's not usually a bejeweled fellow so I noticed.
Warner was on Jen Psaki. He's not usually a bejeweled fellow so I noticed.
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Is it me or is it weird security protocol that the ranking senator on the intelligence committee walks around with an Oura ring on his index finger?
Warner was on Jen Psaki. He's not usually a bejeweled fellow so I noticed.
Warner was on Jen Psaki. He's not usually a bejeweled fellow so I noticed.
Just wow!
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Just wow!