There used to be this joke going around when I was in college. LUG. Lesbian Until Graduation. It meant the person wasn’t really a #lesbian, just playing around while the stakes were low. After graduation, it was presumed, they’d find a nice professional young man with a job in an office and get married and have children in the suburbs.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/lesbian-until-graduation-when-your-first-love-doesnt-believe-you-re-real-ce4e4915eb97?sk=bfe235b8f3ee34f58703bec3aa2887ce

#LGBTQ #Memoir

Debt collector hired to chase unpaid taxes for the ATO pays zero corporate tax itself

Neither Recoveriescorp nor its parent entity has paid the tax since securing multi-million dollar government contracts

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/20/debt-collector-hired-by-ato-pays-zero-corporate-tax

Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool
https://www.popsci.com/environment/cow-tool-use-veronika/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Psychology @psychology-PopularScience

While clearly the Tangerine Tyrant is trying to get us to discuss other things, from Greenland to ICE in Minnesota, its worth noting that the Department of Justice has failed in its legal obligation under the Eastern Files Transparency Act to release the files by a month ago today.

Of course, one might think this is an index of how long it takes to review each file & redact Trump's name (and any hint of his involvement) from each document....

#Trump #Epstein #USPol

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/jeffrey-epstein-files-unreleased-trump-doj

Thank you for the design @deviantollam!

*yes, I woke up like this

‘Chipocalypse Now’: Is the Trump administration culturally illiterate?
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/09/08/chipocalypse-now-is-the-trump-administration-culturally-illiterate?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Trump's second term under the microscope @trump-s-second-term-under-the-microscope-euronews