Michael Rusch

This is Rocket. I opened my heart to this amazing creature last week who was rescued from North Carolina by @Mrbonesandco.

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@sarahhepola yes was taught in high schools shop class — i know that used to be a thing

Question for the men in the group: do you know how to fix a tire? If you got a flat tire, would you fix it yourself or call AAA? (I do not need my tired fixed. I’m doing research.)

.@weeddude, in his carrie bradshaw voice: and i couldn’t help but wonder… if modern dating requires optimized opening moves, personality assessments, conversational compliance checks, and several rounds of ghosting before the first cup of coffee… was i actually dating? or was i just completing onboarding paperwork for a relationship that never started?

at some point dating turned into job hunting. i miss when you could lock eyes with somebody across the melons in the produce section — awkwardly introduce yourself — and see where it went. now i’m apparently expected to optimize prompts, complete training exercises, and pass a series of conversational compliance checks before anybody says hello. and let’s not even get started on ghosting. ghosted after the first message. ghosted after a few days. ghosted after the first date. ghosted after several dates. at this point, ghosting isn’t a dating behavior — it’s a stage in the process.

for those not on @bumble — the app used to require women to send the first message. then they introduced opening moves, which allowed men to answer a prompt on a woman’s profile and use that as the conversation starter. so i adapted. i started answering the prompts. putting thought into them. because i figured that was the new norm. that’s what we were all supposed to be doing now. a few weeks ago bumble finally gave me access to opening moves myself. every message i’ve received since has been: “hi” “hey” “how’s your week going?” not one answer to the prompt. that was a fascinating exercise in personal growth.

hot take: milkshakes are just root beer floats that lost confidence in themselves. pick a lane. be a drink or be ice cream.

NEW: Justices rule feds' prosecution of marijuana user for gun possession violates Second Amendment. There were no dissents, but the four divergent opinions on Thursday show continuing disagreement over how to judge gun regulations. lawdork.com/p/scotus-heman…

BREAKING: SCOTUS holds that federal law banning firearm possession by addicts cannot be used to prosecute an occasional marijuana user from possessing guns. There are no dissents. supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf…

Ok now I’m convinced. NOTHING and I do mean NOTHING can stop Chic-Fil-A man. Not even a Knicks championship parade lmaoo They still out here delivering 😭😭

congrats new york 🍾

city officials were preparing for crowds that could top 1 million people. all official viewing areas were full before 7:30 a.m. and the brooklyn bridge was eventually shut down because of crowd volume. #Knicks

@KatieMiller @grok is this true about birth control and please be detailed in your reply and analysis

RILEY GAINES ON BIRTH CONTROL: “So I was on birth control in college, but only because — as a swimmer — you can imagine it’s not exactly comfortable to bleed in a sport like that. The bathing suits are pretty revealing, and we’re in the water six hours a day. “I got on it specifically to stop my period entirely. Looking back now at 26, if I could go back and tell 18- or 19-year-old me anything, I would absolutely tell her not to do that. “I just had a pretty comprehensive health screening — blood work, cancer screenings, the works. One of the only things the doctors flagged was that I had super low bone density. I thought that was strange because I lift weights, which should promote bone growth. So I asked the doctor what could cause it. “She asked if I had been on birth control that let me skip my periods. When I said yes, she told me that was likely the cause. She said it’s good that we caught it now — I’m young and healthy, so I can work to build it back up — but if I had stayed on it longer, it could have really hurt me in the long term.”

present him to the city. everything the light touches is Knicks territory.

and for everybody outside of new york (or anybody who decided not to spend 6 hours standing in lower manhattan today) — here are the easiest ways to watch the knicks championship parade live: 📺 ABC7 New York (free) abc7ny.com/watch/live/ 📺 NBC 4 New York (free) nbcnewyork.com 🏛️ NYC official updates: nyc.gov 🏙️ Mayor Zohran Mamdani: x.com/ZohranKMamdani coverage starts around 9am ET. parade begins at 10am ET. if one of the local stations has a better stream than the others, let me know and i’ll add it here. #Knicks #KnicksParade

@weeddude Disney+ (in this market) Spectrum and Fox2 Livestreams on YouTube youtube.com/live/xBKCvKq74… and youtube.com/live/qqjuF9P7V…

When your morning commute overlaps almost completely with the best route to get to the Knicks parade from New Jersey.

53 years. today new york gets its parade. i put together a quick guide with the route, timing, security checkpoints, transit changes, and everything else fans need to know: #KnicksParade