Who Cairns
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Theatrical Sound Designer; The Bisexual with Purple Hair that your Uncle is mad about; Proud member of IATSE local USA829 & TSDCA; www.JeffreySalerno.com
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Relationships are cultivated and nurtured not owed. I wish more people truly understood this.
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Relationships are cultivated and nurtured not owed. I wish more people truly understood this.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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From today's Chronicle of Higher Ed briefing. I am *never* an advocate of cutting programs. But I am curious to see if there will be the same type of "students aren't majoring in this, so let's cut the program" discourse around computer science as there always is for the arts and humanities.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
From today's Chronicle of Higher Ed briefing. I am *never* an advocate of cutting programs. But I am curious to see if there will be the same type of "students aren't majoring in this, so let's cut the program" discourse around computer science as there always is for the arts and humanities.
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Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Oh also - lawyers aren’t allowed to tell jurors this so i do:
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
Jury nullification imo
November 27, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Oh also - lawyers aren’t allowed to tell jurors this so i do:
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
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Rewatching Zohran's victory speech bit by bit and it's hard not to be emotional about it - it's an appeal to hope and courage but also to the fundamental idea of living in society, together. Feels like we've been starved, often deliberately, of that kind of thinking
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Rewatching Zohran's victory speech bit by bit and it's hard not to be emotional about it - it's an appeal to hope and courage but also to the fundamental idea of living in society, together. Feels like we've been starved, often deliberately, of that kind of thinking
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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If yesterday taught us anything, it’s that you don’t know what’s viable or what’s possible til you at least try. We actually don’t have to take what we’re given. If enough of us get together and touch and agree we can do, create, and have better.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If yesterday taught us anything, it’s that you don’t know what’s viable or what’s possible til you at least try. We actually don’t have to take what we’re given. If enough of us get together and touch and agree we can do, create, and have better.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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I think the voters are saying they don't want the Democrats to be Republican Lite.
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I think the voters are saying they don't want the Democrats to be Republican Lite.
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The biggest difference by far watching the various campaigns as a New Yorker and all of the messaging we were targeted with I think is an important takeaway for the whole country:
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The biggest difference by far watching the various campaigns as a New Yorker and all of the messaging we were targeted with I think is an important takeaway for the whole country:
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
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This man hates this city.
Imagine running for a mayor in a city where between 600 and 700 languages - some of whom are some of the last speakers in the world - and going "diversity can be a weakness"
Imagine running for a mayor in a city where between 600 and 700 languages - some of whom are some of the last speakers in the world - and going "diversity can be a weakness"
Andrew Cuomo interview this morning on MSNBC and he…
-said diversity could be a weakness
-continued to repeatedly mispronounce “Mamdami”
-CONFUSED TWO BLACK ANCHORS WITH EACH OTHER
-said diversity could be a weakness
-continued to repeatedly mispronounce “Mamdami”
-CONFUSED TWO BLACK ANCHORS WITH EACH OTHER
November 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This man hates this city.
Imagine running for a mayor in a city where between 600 and 700 languages - some of whom are some of the last speakers in the world - and going "diversity can be a weakness"
Imagine running for a mayor in a city where between 600 and 700 languages - some of whom are some of the last speakers in the world - and going "diversity can be a weakness"
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Literally admitting that he's starving kids to put political pressure on his opponents.
BASH: Even Hawley says you should move money around to feed people. Why not consider it?
JOHNSON: Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire govt, Schumer & the radicals will continue to play games. If you do just part of this, it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it
JOHNSON: Because if you deviate from the goal of reopening the entire govt, Schumer & the radicals will continue to play games. If you do just part of this, it will reduce the pressure for them to do all of it
October 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Literally admitting that he's starving kids to put political pressure on his opponents.
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I think what pieces like this show is that, foundationally most of these guys don't even have a *positive* vision of conservative masculinity for themselves, and the version they're adopting clearly isn't fulfulling them either. It's just grievance and resentment all the way down
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I think what pieces like this show is that, foundationally most of these guys don't even have a *positive* vision of conservative masculinity for themselves, and the version they're adopting clearly isn't fulfulling them either. It's just grievance and resentment all the way down
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
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SNAP is not just for the unemployed.
It’s for anyone who’s living below the poverty line, which sadly includes a lot of people who are working full time jobs.
But here’s the thing… even if it were “just” for the unemployed… they still deserve food!
No one deserves to starve.
It’s for anyone who’s living below the poverty line, which sadly includes a lot of people who are working full time jobs.
But here’s the thing… even if it were “just” for the unemployed… they still deserve food!
No one deserves to starve.
October 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
SNAP is not just for the unemployed.
It’s for anyone who’s living below the poverty line, which sadly includes a lot of people who are working full time jobs.
But here’s the thing… even if it were “just” for the unemployed… they still deserve food!
No one deserves to starve.
It’s for anyone who’s living below the poverty line, which sadly includes a lot of people who are working full time jobs.
But here’s the thing… even if it were “just” for the unemployed… they still deserve food!
No one deserves to starve.
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worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
October 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.
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Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
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Meanwhile my friends in government don’t have their paychecks and there’s moms in the local Buy Nothing group asking for formula and diapers because their WIC stopped
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Meanwhile my friends in government don’t have their paychecks and there’s moms in the local Buy Nothing group asking for formula and diapers because their WIC stopped
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forming an unbreakable parasocial bond with a pol you know nothing about is a surefire way to betray your ethics and be disappointed.
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
forming an unbreakable parasocial bond with a pol you know nothing about is a surefire way to betray your ethics and be disappointed.
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NYC! October 25 is your last day to register to vote! Make sure to double check your registration, and sign up if you’re not so we can make this a Mamdani blow-out: vote.nyc/page/registe...
Register to Vote | NYC Board of Elections
You can register to vote online, in-person, or by mail.
vote.nyc
October 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
NYC! October 25 is your last day to register to vote! Make sure to double check your registration, and sign up if you’re not so we can make this a Mamdani blow-out: vote.nyc/page/registe...
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
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Instead of scrolling. Read this. It’s excellent.
I wrote about how and why social media has largely become boring and why it's a bad idea to eat your own brain: www.forkingpaths.co/p/is-social-...
Is social media just...boring now?
Social media is destroying democracy and accelerating idiocracy. But it's also just...really, really boring.
www.forkingpaths.co
October 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Instead of scrolling. Read this. It’s excellent.