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Christina Ng

@reconnectsreiki.bsky.social

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half-blind chronic hand washer ☆ traumatic brain injury survivor ☆ fan of Earth, paper, artist colors, lucid dreaming, words, Octavia E. Butler, and Ursula K. Le Guin ☆ dead & living bigotry not welcome ☆

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Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · Apr 8

“Men who have no art at all, nothing but wealth— they pit us one against the other, for their gain not ours. We sell ‘em our power. Why do we?
If we went our own way together, we’d do better, maybe.”

- Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Finder”, Tales from Earthsea

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Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 21d

excellent news
📌 water and earth

Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 21d

The High Seas Treaty has been ratified by 60 countries! This is about protecting oceans beyond the coastal zones controlled by single countries. There are still lots of steps between where we are and the future we dream of, but wow, this is a big one!

apnews.com/article/high...

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Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 4d

Good eye

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 5d

“Of course, writing novels about the future doesn’t give me any special ability to foretell the future. But it does encourage me to use our past and present behaviors as guides to the kind of world we seem to be creating” — Octavia Butler

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 5d

I stopped calling Octavia butlers work prophetic once I realized she herself literally said that her work was influenced by deeply studying history which gave have her insight into the future. I realized I was watering down how truly brilliant she was and what she was trying to get across

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Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 4d

🫡🍀🙏💖

Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 4d

About time. 🔆

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 4d

Good. 🔆

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Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 4d

this is so fucking gross i don’t even have words to process how fucking gross it is

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 4d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 5d

Accurate

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 5d

lol minorities who hate minorities are learning the hard truth of what it means to be a minority in this country.

Tap dancing for the devil and expecting to get blessed is wild.

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Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 5d

#FreeLink

borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 5d

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 5d

lol all of the gatekeepers are actually not so bright but also they're cruel and powerful which is why we have to care

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Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 5d

“There’s no hope in fixing a public agency that can ‘show up while you’re asleep and execute you.’”

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

What Actually Killed Breonna Taylor?

Mounting evidence suggests that a redevelopment effort in Louisville contributed to the deadly raid on Taylor’s home.

www.thenation.com

Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 5d

Yes I believe I have read his essays… and other people’s research too.

Hate how dismissive these pro-AI assholes are about water, air, & dirt quality. 😒

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 6d

I dunno man, try listening to marginalized people *before* shit goes wrong, and maybe it won't keep being like that

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 6d

peace

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 6d

people who built bsky:
-trans women (bsky protects jesse singal)
-Black users (bsky allows rampant antiBlack racism)
-SWers (bsky to implement hostile age verification in UK)
-organizers and activists (bsky autodeletes anyone in gaza with a pulse)
-artists (bsky dev says AI has rights lmao)

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🎃🚨SEE PINNED🚨#ProtectJhordin🚨🎃 @blackapostate.blacksky.app · 6d

right! and the play on ignoramuses' emotions by saying "we can't even get it but they're giving it to 'illegal' immigrants!" is unreal. people prone to xenophobia and bigotry are so gullible

Cuntace Owens @antifabae.bsky.social · 6d

You think undocumented immigrants get healthcare??

Bitch Americans don’t even get that

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Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 6d

Basically

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Cuntace Owens @antifabae.bsky.social · 6d

You think undocumented immigrants get healthcare??

Bitch Americans don’t even get that

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 6d

yep.

Lynn Jackson @lynnjuk.bsky.social · 6d

I just replied to another poster about this, it smells like someone is throwing at lot of money at PR to negate the backlash to LLM/AI slop and its creators.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 6d

Amazed at the number of guys who are willing to give interviews about how since they didn’t find love with women they found love with the computer that’s poisoning people in black neighborhoods

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Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 6d

Prove me wrong.

bsky.app/profile/dyst...

⚡️🌙 @dystopiabreaker.xyz · 8d

modern ai systems are not killing the planet.

Christina Ng @reconnectsreiki.bsky.social · 6d

The systems that support & build AI do not care about harming this planet

The people rooting for such systems don’t live next to data centers

The people praising such systems care only about future possibilities & wealth,
not the dirty air & 24/7 rumbling noises

Prove me wrong.

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 6d

Researchers found POTS occurs in abt a third of patients w/ severe long COVID, making it far more common than in the general population...middle-aged women were most affected, w/ symptoms including dizziness, rapid heart rate, fatigue,& difficulty concentrating neurosciencenews.com/long-covid-p...

Long COVID Linked to Surge in POTS Cases - Neuroscience News

Researchers have found that postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) occurs in almost a third of patients with severe long COVID, making it far more common than in the general population.

neurosciencenews.com

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Logan Grendel @focusedoninfinity.bsky.social · 9d

Grieve, then plan. Rest, then fight. Take some action, no matter how small, every single day. This is our call for the foreseeable future.

Rather than lament this, we should feel honored to do it at a time when there is a genuine chance at liberation beyond the struggle. It is darkest before dawn.

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