TikTok be like, “did you know if you like a tidy home that’s a trauma response? Sometimes you feel irritable? That’s a trauma response! Blink and breathe? TRAUMA RESPONSE!”
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NISAR is a big step closer to its 2024 launch. 🚀
After years of construction, integration, and testing at JPL, the mission's science payload was recently packed up and shipped to @ISRO in India. Go inside the packing process with Scott Nowak, NISAR mechanical integration lead.
How to Pack a Spacecraft
What my husband says: “I’m going to finish my report.”
What I’m assuming he actually means: “Please sit across from me and tell me your theories on famous cold cases.”
Friendly reminder that “Emotional Support Animals” are not ADA Service Animals, they’re pets with a vest and an entitled owner.
🎶Brandy, you’re a fine girl. What a good wife you would be. But my life, my love and my lady, is a crab. 🦀🎶
Anyone who menstruates: “I’ve got a weird symptom. What does it mean?”
Medical community: “Eh, it do be like that sometimes.”
Menstruating person: “can I get more information or a treatment plan or something?”
Medical community: “IT. 👏🏻 DO. 👏🏻 BE. 👏🏻 LIKE. 👏🏻THAT. 👏🏻 SOMETIMES.”
Me: “Live your life how you want, man! As long as you’re not hurting anybody I don’t judge. You do you!”
Also me: “These made-up nonsense names for grandparents have to STOP!”
Since the TikTok algorithm seems to think I’m a mom, I’ve discovered a slew of videos whose genre is basically “moms upset that other people also love their baby.”
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Replying to @dlippman
Sorry, freedom to eat dinner at Mortons isn't actually mentioned in the Constitution therefore not an actual right. Did I do that correctly?
Hulu: “Listen, we’ve got plenty of other stuff we’re recommending to you. We’ve got documentaries, true crime, and plenty of other procedurals. I’m begging you, try something new.”
Me: “…start CSI season 11.”
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If a pro-life politician crowing about today’s decision ever paid for your abortion and it feels like the right time to talk about it, my email is Anna.merlan@vice.com
I usually like to walk on my lunch break, but it’s 97° out. So today we’re doing it Jane Austen character-style. (I take a refreshing turn about the room and unsuccessfully flirt with a disinterested brooding man.)
Has anyone ever bought Kahlúa or does it just materialize once you have a bar? I swear I’ve never purchased Kahlúa but somehow I have 2 bottles.
In 8th grade drama class our teacher told us we’d be meeting with local seniors to write and perform our own short plays. Everyone was stoked until one kid asked which high school the seniors were from.



