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Pgh. Partner to Zach. Mom to Alex. Wrangler of Archer the standard poodle. I love food and cocktails and friends and travel. Pop music, EDM, and musicals are my jam šŸŽ¶ A Basic B but not a Karen. No tolerance for intolerance šŸ’Ŗ
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though it's been said before many times many ways

respect the fucking humanities and "soft" sciences and feminized domains of knowledge because we need them desperately, society is drowning

When you ask ChatGPT for a synonym for ā€œMake America Great Againā€

7 abortion providers are ready to switch to misoprostol-only medication abortions if a judge bans the main abortion pill, mifepristone, nationwide. That ruling could happen as soon as this Friday.

Pretty much everything that Team "you're overreacting" insisted would never happen after Dobbs is, in fact, happening. It's almost as if they were not arguing in good faith this whole time.

https://jezebel.com/mifepristone-ban-misoprostol-only-abortions-in-the-us-1850083070

If the Main Abortion Pill Is Banned This Week, Providers Are Prepared to Go Off-Label

Seven abortion providers told Jezebel they're planning to offer misoprostol-only abortions if a federal judge blocks mifepristone nationwide.

Jezebel

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Nintendo’s CEO recently said ā€œIf we reduce the number of employees for better short-term financial results, employee morale will decreaseā€ and is instead doing the opposite by raising pay to address inflation.

Some leaders are built different.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-will-pay-its-workers-10-more/1100-6511268/

Nintendo Will Pay Its Workers 10% More

The move is meant to invest in the workforce and address inflation.

GameSpot
How do you say that you’re the party of freedom with a straight face when you’re literally banning books and words?

Oof, The more I read about the near-miss in Austin, the more terrifying it gets:

"This Austin situation is awful. As bad as it gets without body bags….

This was a total system failure. These airplanes were not separated by any good fortune of serendipitous timing. The only thing preventing another Tenerife was the FedEx crew's situational awareness and the breath of god." /via @JFallows

https://fallows.substack.com/p/as-bad-as-it-gets-without-body-bags

ā€˜As bad as it gets without body bags.’

Why the Austin airport situation was so dangerous.

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Oof this week has been much too busy for this planner. Going out of town at the crack of dawn on Thursday and I’ve only sort of thought about packing 😱

When do you like to pack?

The day/morning of
14.3%
The day before
71.4%
At least two days before
14.3%
Something much longer and/or totally different
0%
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