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How do you feel your own existence?

Mourning My Saturday Morning Absolute Bagel Upper West Side Ritual - https://kinlane.com/2024/12/14/mourning-my-saturday-morning-absolute-bagel-upper-west-side-ritual/

@grantpotter Oh gawd. Love the portrayal. Turning the mirrors back on situation.

The funhouse mirror of capitalism that allows you to see a single death (murder of a CEO of healthcare company) as so horrific and tragic, but prevents you from seeing the many horrific and tragic deaths of individuals within the healthcare system who are insured by the CEO’s company.

Theater of Thought, by Werner Herzog - After 50+ years exploring the far corners of the world, Werner Herzog focuses inward — on the human brain, via the cutting-edge field of neuroscience, with its attendant ethical quandaries. https://filmforum.org/film/theater-of-thought

Radical Book Buzz with Library Freedom Project and Library Futures at the Francis Kite Club - https://kinlane.com/2024/12/09/radical-book-buzz-with-library-freedom-project-and-library-futures-at-the-francis-kite-club/

@douglevin It's happening!!!

DM's are blowing up over there at the Bluesky folks -- I may be transcending.

I forget what eight was for.

rzlbd's unsittable thrones for dictators explore design's symbolic relationship to authority - https://www.designboom.com/art/rzlbd-unsittable-thrones-dictators-design-symbolic-relationship-authority-12-07-2024/

I have been hunting for a word to describe the people in my timeline telling stories about AI that wasn’t offensive, and I finally found it — I feel that the majority of people telling stories in my timeline about AI right now are being obsequious.

When you get sick of technology don't check out completely, stick around long enough to be a pain in the ass and throw a wrench in the gears.

We've passed from the "Internet is Wrong" phase to the "Internet is Not Real" phase.

@peggycollins I love this.

I was writing a blog post and wanted to make sure I was using the right words to talk about LGBTQIA+ issues--I Googled, and the National Athletic Trainers' Association LGBTQIA+ Terminology 101 comes up as top results. Great resource. Good to see athletics powering this.
https://www.nata.org/practice-patient-care/health-issues/cultural-competence/lgbtq-terminology

An honest look at the reality of FAQs by @remoquete https://passo.uno/what-the-faq/

@timklapdor Hi Frankie!!

We don't drink much anymore and had some brand new bottles of wine and spirts we wanted to get rid of. The neighbor across the hall regularly has food and other deliveries that sit in the hall for a day. We put our alcohol in a bag and set by their door. It was gone within a couple hours.

How long do you cook an imaginary turkey that weighs 18 lbs?

A new word for my vocabulary, "extractivism".