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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1h

I am actually really pro the shakeup academia is getting regarding the current assessments (which are inadequate).

I am not thrilled that it’s taken a multi trillion dollar grift to do it, nor am I looking forward to putting pieces back together after the bubble pops

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 6h

NZ, make sure your kids are vaccinated and make sure you are too. It’s free.

There are going to be more cases imported and it won’t take much for an outbreak here, our public health teams are awesome but measles is realllllly transmissable.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, even as the nation grapples with the most cases recorded since 2000, when measles was declared eliminated in the U.S.

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

Scientists who focused on other infectious diseases, like an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also were let go.

nyti.ms

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1h

I honestly had no idea this was a thing.

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 9h

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1h

😑😑😑

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 2h

I will laugh hysterically until the bubble pops

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 2h

Shocking trends, they said sarcastically

David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 5h

For the NZ Trade Data I am writing a guide for, This is my current standard commodity panel. 1st - monthly change in dollars (h/t @schiff.nz) which suggests if movements between US and non-US amounts are replacements, 2nd (I may yet drop) is US as % of non-US, & 3rd unit value- checks if oversupply

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 2h

The ways we are expected going forward to “support learning in the context of AI” includes a learning portal where students’ screens are recorded as they take online tests.

Who will screen those hours of screen recordings? Tell me how that is an acceptable use of time or resources.

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 5h

AI in education amplifies student surveillance

AI in education makes surveillance companies into trusted educational providers

AI in education surveillance techniques always threaten to creep beyond their original scope of operations

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4h

I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 5h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 5h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 2h

👆👆👆

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 2h

When I was writing the final chapters of my masters thesis, I had a loop of new wave, something about the dance-y synths that kept me sane and on task. We all gotta find our magical music!

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 4h

I know, right. I would brush off the ole motorcycle licence for this!

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 6h

Clearly the logical course of action is to quit your job and become a sapphic electric motorcycle YouTube personality

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 9h

😭😭😭

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 9h

Where’s the dykes on bikes version!?

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 14h

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "THE SEASONS MAY CHANGE, BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AN ASSHOLE"

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 10h

Much of Christian Zionism believes that the Jews scattered across the globe returning to the lands of Israel will allow for the rapture to occur.

This movement is not a friend of Jewish peoples.

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 10h

This is a long but worthwhile read. Those in solidarity with Palestine should understand the US support of Israel’s occupation is not only political, but also one of Christian Zionism. This article outlines that history: huge amounts of private funds propping up these settlements via US churches

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11h

“A 2013 poll by the Pew Research Center found that 82 percent of white American evangelicals believe that Israel was given to the Jewish people by God, compared with 81 percent of ultra-Orthodox Jews and 44 percent of respondents overall.”

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

God's "blank check": Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism

Evangelicals have become Israel's most important American allies.

www.motherjones.com

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

I agree it’s a weird advert for Wētā also. I haven’t been to Waitangi, but I’m looking forward to seeing this some day!

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

I’m about to bike down to the library with my bestie to drop off their ballot. You still have time too!

Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

If you are reading this, check the time! You still have a few hours to get your ballots in before noon.

Please vote. I am too tired and disabled to chain myself to things.

the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 1d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

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Sage Anastasi @sageanastasi.bsky.social · 1d

mentalhellth.xyz/p/a-letter-f...

A Letter from an Organizer on How to Fight While Feeling Broken

An excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart.

mentalhellth.xyz

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

“However, for many, the joy brought by the ceasefire news was tempered by doubt, as many waited to see whether the promised aid and reconstruction would ever reach their tents.”

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Palestinians in Gaza wait for ceasefire’s promises to become a reality

Ceasefire sparks cautious optimism in Gaza, but uncertainty lingers over promised reconstruction and aid distribution.

www.aljazeera.com

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

If you are reading this, check the time! You still have a few hours to get your ballots in before noon.

Please vote. I am too tired and disabled to chain myself to things.

the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 1d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 1d

You are rocking that romper!

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 1d

its the FABULOUS BODIES cover reveal, my latest horror journey arriving next summer. buckaroos are calling it DRIVE MEETS BEETLEJUICE (but COLLATERAL in palm springs with an undead queer icon also works). PREORDER NOW BUCKAROOS LETS TROT us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

cover of FABULOUS BODIES by chuck tingle it is greenish blue background with large pink text in the middle there are heart shaped sunglasses with pool reflection and at the bottom it says 'never meet your heroes'

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