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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 14h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 14h

Had a video call with my parents today and I really enjoyed it, even though they couldn't hear me and kept putting the phone to their ears.

My mom accused me of not talking, but then said she'd left her hearing aids at home.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 15h

May they know NO peace for the rest of their days and into the afterlife.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

ca.news.yahoo.com

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 16h

People are really asking me why the mainstream news is barely reporting the closing of special ed dept at DoEd like all our big media companies aren't owned and run by absolute psychopaths.

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Lord of The Gays® @gaylord.pink · 15h

"We saw you from across the decontamination chamber and dig your vibe. Can we gel you up?"

T'Pol, Hoshi, & Malcolm in their skivvies in the decon chamber.

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 2d

“Sexist notions of gender norms, continuing wage gaps, and workforce expectations all reinforce why women often carry the heavier share of this responsibility.” @marvelladamsjr.bsky.social, CEO of Caregiver Action Network.

Gen X women are often taking care of parents and children.

One Generation of US Women Is Bearing the Burden of Unpaid Eldercare

Nearly 40 million Americans provide unpaid eldercare. Gen X women in the ‘sandwich generation’ carry the heaviest burden, new data shows.

www.newsweek.com

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 2d

Right. At this point, I don't trust them enough to pay them.

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 2d

I woke up this morning and my back hurt. Hurt from sleeping.

J'ai gâché ma jeunesse.

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 2d

That's absurd. Why would I want to "Discover" whom I've muted?

It's like they took real ingredients and handed us a playdough cake.

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 3d

Yes.

Also, reinstate Link.

ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 3d

book orders you've totally forgotten about are hugs from past You

cover of The Missing Lynx, the past & future of Britain's lost mammals. a mostly green cover with silhouetted lynx, rhino, elk, car, trees and village.

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 3d

From Rochester, NY:

Chili.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 3d

"Of 2024’s record 300,000 naturalisations, only a few hundred came through the fast track, originally planned as an incentive for the footloose and highly skilled to choose to settle in a Germany that suffers from acute labour shortages."

So it's about lip service and anti-immigration sentiment.

Germany ends fast-track citizenship as mood on migration shifts

Friedrich Merz’s conservatives had pledged to rescind legislation, which allowed citizenship in three years instead of five

www.theguardian.com

TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 3d

My end of life plans specifically mention cremation and an open bar.

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 3d

I didn't get in trouble for anything as I listened with headphones. But, I was dating someone that had only heard the clean version of Can I Get A... I sent her my version, which she promptly put on her speakers, thinking it was the version she knew.

Her mother was not amused.

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 4d

3. What song did you get in trouble for listening to as a kid?

TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 4d

I found aspects of it cumbersome and not a sleek experience at all. But ultimately I didn't have enough sustained connections there to invest more time.

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 4d

Good. I currently spend more time here than Mastodon, but at least they have heard and applied some feedback.

Mastodon snags Bluesky’s starter packs feature and includes the ability to opt out

Starter Packs, but for Mastodon.

www.theverge.com

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 5d

Mainstream SM platforms has never been for marginalized / minoritized communities. Oh, we'll find each other and hang out in a place, but that place is *never* for us nor does it take any steps to keep us safe.

Sable, Public Universal Momfriend 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.social · 5d

Banning Link, one of BlueSky's most prolific Black users, over the CEOs crash out defending her pet transphobes is totally unsurprising but still disappointing.

Someone should tell the team that the social media utopia for white moderates already exists and it isn't here.

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 5d

I've been in France through about 6 Prime Ministers. Where can I send my application?

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 5d

They've shown us clearly who they are and we should believe them.

Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 5d

All those statements of user centrality, composable moderation, and safety for marginalized users on this platform, that’s all a bunch of bullshit, right?

They could restore Link’s account tomorrow and Jay and company would still be a bunch of transphobic, racist hypocrites.

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👻Josh D. S. 2 On the Boo 👻 @matrixman124.hellthread.vet · 6d

So basically "we can ban whoever we like it they're mean to Jay"

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Kallastra @kallastra.bsky.social · 6d

For data that confirms the vibes

Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 6d

This Trump incident tracker is a great resource. Researchers in the UK are keeping a comprehensive, real-time database of authoritarian actions, policies, and statements by Trump and his regime.

www.trumpactiontracker.info

www.trumpactiontracker.info

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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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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 6d

Do come to Blacksky, but as far as I know, Link was already there.

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TerynceRecherche @terynce.com · 6d

Seems those "allegations" are a feature and not a bug.

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