JLol

museums. sociology. music. skating. yoga. sleep. food. friends. cats. art. nature. books. irony. she/her. ...that covers a lot of it.

[JLol @GingerSnap5656]

"You and I both know our brand of humor is 'whimsically ironic,' but most other people just call it 'asshole.' " -My Dad

[ellory smith @ellorysmith]

The quality of sweaters has declined so greatly in the last twenty years that I think it genuinely necessitates a national conversation

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

THREAD: This is harrowing. Saudi Arabia wanted the names of 6000 anonymous Arab Spring dissidents from Twitter. At first, MBS tried to get their names using EDRs - requests under emergency circumstances. When that proved cumbersome, KSA basically bought Twitter. 1/

[Alex Vindman 🇺🇸 @AVindman]

Companies that continue to advertise on Twitter/ @X are sponsoring antisemitism. It is apparent to me that @elonmusk tweeting against @ADL and @JGreenblattADL is targeting them for harassment.

[JLol @GingerSnap5656]

I really wish I could send out an edition of my organization’s newsletter that’s just the bullshit I put as placeholders until someone finally tells me what’s happening with these events. #ImJustComms

[JLol @GingerSnap5656]

While complaining to my writer boyfriend how criminally under/misrepresented good female friendships are in media, he was like, what are some sources you think are accurate that I could look into for reference? And then I got this text. Look no further:

[Pro-Democracy RTs @ProDemocracyRTs]

When fascists tell you they’re fascists, believe them. 🧵
Trump: “Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Ron DeSantis: “We’re going to start slitting throats on Day 1.”

[Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson]

Important. Crucially important. Thread.

[JLol @GingerSnap5656]

Write this on my gravestone, you will never find drinks stronger than those at a gay bar 😳😮‍💨

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

Elon Musk wealth:
2014: $8 billion
2023: $227 billion

Jeff Bezos wealth:
2014: $32 Billion
2023: $161 Billion

Bill Gates wealth:
2014: $76 billion
2023: $117 billion

Federal minimum wage:
2014: $7.25
2023: $7.25

Tax the damn rich.

[Renato Mariotti @renato_mariotti]

Under Elon Musk, Twitter complies with demands from dictators and oligarchs, but fights a court order prohibiting disclosure of a lawful search warrant on First Amendment grounds, presumably because Trump was involved.

[Valerie Halla @valeriehalla]

the thing about boots theory is that we're converging on a phase of capitalism where you kind of can't buy good stuff that lasts even if you can afford it, because there is simply no reason for any company to sell you something once that they could sell you 100 times

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

Please take a moment this week to think about how the U.S. puts Black people in cages 6 times the rate of South Africa in Apartheid. Each year in a cell takes 2 years off life expectancy. Think about how these horrors are normalized and justified by the news we consume.

[trash jones @jzux]

some of you are not Kenough. some of you are broKen

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Community Notes bodies Elon

[Arlen Parsa @arlenparsa]

Oh my god, imagine you’re dating a guy for an entire year and then he says by the way I have something to tell you

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

So if you wanted to rebrand your company with a new name, don’t you think you’d check to see if the name is trademarked?

Elon Musk apparently didn’t.

And it turns out X is already trademarked.

By Microsoft.

Cease and desist letter in 3, 2, 1…

[Max Chafkin @chafkin]

Others have pointed this out, but this renaming is stepping on the exact same rake that got him ousted by PayPal. Wrote about this in my book

[wells (wants a better world) @WellsLucasSanto]

no fucking way the new "logo" is just from a font you can buy for £29.99 on https://t.co/qiLpHVsrX2

[Dr. Mia Brett @QueenMab87]

If you regularly criticize Israel pay attention to these protests. Many Israelis want change and are fighting back against Netanyahu & his judicial reform plan

[Quinton Reviews @Q_Review]

There's something very funny about how Mattel let the filmmakers use the most obscure Barbie characters, thus turning them all into fan-favorites, and then they decided to just not re-release those to tie-in with the movie. Like, "No, we discontinued Allan for a reason."