@Trinity17350971 @divaTy This show was so good! I watched it on vhs all the time. The Control medley lives in my head rent free.
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Marta Pelayo
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What's really sad is because they're so hard to track population wise, scientists didn't even know they were going extinct until recently and now they're almost all gone.
Massimo@Rainmaker1973
Fireflies are disappearing so fast that some scientist wrote we are the last generation to see them.
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its original intent was advice for people who engaged in self-destructive people-pleasing behaviors, and it honestly wasn’t bad advice for those types.
nowadays, people use it to justify avoiding basic acts of kindness and helping each other out.
n x d@nxd1979
no millennial trope has broken more brains than "you don't owe anybody anything". an ignoble, selfish narcissism dressed up in therapy-speak about boundaries and self-care in order to give yourself a pass from treating other people with a basic level of care and respect
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The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵
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Caller on the DHS shutdown:
"It's Republicans, their fault. They control the House, Senate, and the White House too. The people working for TSA deserve to be paid. They need to get paid and I blame it on Republicans."
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NYT confirmed on Friday that Paolo Zampolli used his influence to have her transferred to an ICE facility. She disappeared for 3.5 months & was at 2 different facilities. She has described the horrors of that experience. Amanda’s story is much bigger than anyone realizes. MUCH.
AnthonyAndrews@anthon7yandrews
Amanda’s story is unique. She’s been targeted since she was at least 15 yo & was trapped in a relationship with a powerful older man who spent 20+ years abusing her in various ways. Then when she finally broke free & found freedom, Paolo used his influence to have ICE deport her.
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@mojotastic Scaachi’s profile is very well done and, imo, pretty fair to Lindy. She’s not too hard on Aham but she does note that he doesn’t come off great in the book. I suspect he didn’t like that Scaachi noted how he and Roya aren’t even with Lindy as she promotes her book.
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@MsMartaD It’s wild. I haven’t read Scaachi’s piece but I’ve heard it was mild and not like…a takedown so why is he so mad about it? It seems like he’s mad it’s not centering him
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Reading up on the Lindy West/Ahamefule Oluo stuff, specifically how Aham has responded to coverage of Lindy’s book, and reminded of the time someone tweeted “A man will say ‘I know a place’ and then take you to the very bottom.”
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@mojotastic That’s partly what gets me: Lindy West is an accomplished, successful writer. Aham’s sister is Ijeoma Oluo, also an accomplished and successful writer. Where does this guy get off criticizing anybody writer like Scaachi??
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@MsMartaD Honestly it’s a fast read, I’m tearing through it. It’s very funny but I am also constantly cringing at how little she values herself. She is smart and pretty and successful! Like, girl! You deserve better! Just put Scaachi’s on my to-read list!
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@mojotastic Oh you’re reading it? How do you like it? I can’t bring myself to support it based on Oluo himself, but Lindy is a good writer. Scaachi’s latest, Sucker Punch, is fantastic.
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@MsMartaD Oh yea. I’m almost done with the memoir but it strikes me that she’s working so far to take any blame off him and doesn’t seem to realize how terrible he STILL comes off. Imagine if she wasn’t editing to make him look better.
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@mojotastic And the writer, Scaachi Koul, was right on in pointing out his entitlement in feeling he could insult her like that. Very much backs up Lindy’s descriptions of him in her own writing.
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@mojotastic Crazy wild. Not even the poly stuff necessarily, but the stuff around it.
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my thoughts on adult braces/lindy west are live harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-bo…
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scaachi's very fair and empathetic profile got the crazy email response because when people are rubbernecking, hating, or being parasocial psychos that's one thing but when they describe you in insufficiently glowing terms THAT'S unforgivable
ashley ray@theashleyray
what do you mean lindy west's husband sent scaachi koul an insane email after her super polite profile and now i have to listen to a podcast
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Scaachi Koul did a pretty nice profile of Lindy West & her polycule & the husband was so mad Scaachi didn’t gush over him, he sent her an email calling her a bitter, untalented, shitty person & then the girlfriend emailed calling her racist & Lindy also emailed her complaining!!!
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no tweet can surpass this one 😭😭
Pop Base@PopBase
Twitter turns 20. What is your favorite tweet of all time?
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Turns out it was WW3
Jack Posobiec@JackPosobiec
6 weeks from today we find out if we get affordable groceries or WW3
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To even casual observers, the rise and fall of Taylor Frankie Paul as the star of the ‘Bachelorette’ franchise was entirely predictable. But the most cynical read of the situation, writes @andreagonram, “is that executives ignore red flags — glaringly obvious ones documented in past court proceedings, on social media, and on her other television series — to make money off of someone who seems to be deeply unwell." Following Disney’s announcement that Paul’s ‘Bachelorette’ season will no longer be moving forward, it’s time to ask what ABC was thinking when casting her in the first place. bit.ly/3PkMxFt
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