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My son gave his sisters, who are big fans of the movie, packs of 1986 Little Shop of Horrors trading cards/stickers we found in a vintage store. They loved them—and then talked him into eating the 37 year old gum they came with. He can generally handle pretty gross stuff (he's a nine year old boy, after all) but I've never before seen him run to the sink and wash his mouth out with quite so much urgency.

Thread on a wild yet not uncommon exchange today. I share as an anecdote of how embedded racism is in our society & how close it's tied to economics

A white guy named "Bill" age ~60 says to, "Where are you *from* from?"

Me: [sigh] I'm from Pakistan. [I go back to my phone]

Bill: Pakistan? What do you do for a living?

Me: Civil rights lawyer

Bill: I'm a lawyer too! But I stay away from race & women stuff. Last thing I need is to be called racist or accused of sexual harassment

Me: Huh?

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@ScottSoCal You would get no argument from me.

Ben Shapiro is ranting about Glass Onion because it is such an effective poke in the ribs to Elon Musk.

By the way, I agree with the film's premise that making companies successful is not always correlated with intellect. In Musk's case it is clearly correlated with bravado & slippery ethics

I am always mindful that when it comes to intellectual deficit, the Republican lift doesn’t have access to the executive floors.

There’s no better example than support for Ukraine in their battle for survival. Only intellectually challenged Republicans would see military support as a poor investment.

It is bargain basement cheep to support another army to degrade the military assets of such a major adversary, without risking a single U.S. soldier. Alas it’s beyond the mental capacity of some.

I’m at a pharmacy waiting for a prescription to get filled and wandering around.

It turns out that if you want to time-travel, you can just take a whiff of Jōvan Musk and you will find yourself stranded in 1987.

It snows about 7-8 months a year in the north. I have to do this about 6-7 times in 24 hours when it snows. Now you can calculate how many times I remove snow from my deck every year. Good exercise, eh? Besides the winter workout, I am sending you love, warmth, joy, hope and positivity. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B0JKNO2CgdU

Hey, check it out, my wife just joined Mastodon. Go say hi to @PokeMom everybody!

The vile attacks on President Zelensky by MAGA are simply what anti-Semitism looks like.

After only one year of Taliban rule, girls and women have almost disappeared from Afghan society. They are not allowed to travel, to work alone, to go to public parks, to talk or laugh in public, and they are not allowed to study and to go to school... Photo: Boushra Almutawakel

Immigrants are not props FFS!

I don't understand the anti-trans transhumanist techbros out there either.

My dudes, the entire point of transhumanism is radical bodily autonomy.

If you're hung up on what someone's original meatsack was, you're gonna have a bad time in the transhumanist future you're after.

@ScottSoCal absolutely!

It’s a super-relaxed Boxing Day here, and Daisy wants her nose booped. #dogsofmastodon #greyhounds

The results from yesterday’s #eggnog poll are in! Thank you all for humoring me. While a fair share of those who participated agree with me that eggnog is delicious (42%*), 1 in 4 participants have never even had eggnog! In the original thread we had some great discussions around eggnog additions, homemade vs store-bought, and the acceptable quantity to imbibe. Eggnog is a truly divisive holiday drink. *n=161

#JoinIn #BoxingDay #DayAfterChristmas #cooking #baking #food #drinks

How did we get here? How do stars and planets come into being? What happens during a star's life, and what fate will its planets meet when it dies? Come along on this interstellar journey through time. https://go.nasa.gov/3hOO9qw
#MondayMotivation: Settle in for a #longread
#NASAExoplanets

Kari Lake deletes tweet smearing judge as liberal puppet amid looming court sanctions: report - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism
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