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alysha naples

@alysha.bsky.social

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SERVING. designer, coach, dancer, traveler, knitter, guide, wizard, dinosaur, practicer, reflector, drag-racer, eco-feminist, fruit-witch, anti-racist. maximum volume yields maximum results. she/they

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 9d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · 8d

If you're looking for a good read, check out "Death of the Author" by Nnedi Okorafor @nnedi.bsky.social — it's africanfuturism and contemporary literary fiction all rolled into a compulsively readable story. I devoured it in 3 days, but I think it's going to stay with me for a while.

Cover image of "Death of the Author" by Nnedi Okorafor. It features a red, orange, and cyan Ankara pattern in the background with the head and shoulders of a Black woman with long, braided hair on top of it. The title information is contained within her head. The tagline reads: The future of storytelling is here.

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alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · 12d

No, thank YOU.

alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · 12d

Oh, already done.

alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · 14d

I read all four of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social’s books this year, and they’re all very worth your time. She connects dots and brings receipts. Thank you, Sarah.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 14d

From THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP, on the stripping away of American rights. The book is mostly a family travelogue. But new laws were devised midway through our travels, and I got mad, and wrote that down too.
www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 22d

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hilma af Klint, Altarbild, nr 1, grupp X, Altarbilder, 1915 one of first Western abstract artists whose work predates Kandinsky's #womensart

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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · Sep 2

The “male loneliness epidemic” becoming a bigger deal than FEMICIDE tells you everything you need to know about how the world feels about women and patriarchy.

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alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · Aug 28

I’ve seen 🦪 or 🍑 used, though the peach feels more like a butt to me.

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alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · Aug 8

It’s so so good, and it only gets better as it goes. I’m so glad you gave it a try.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Jun 15

At least 12 million people ( 3.7% of US pop) took a stand against the Trump regime and fascism on Saturday.

The next step is a national general strike and boycotts. When 3.5% of the whole population of a nation has begun to participate in resistance, success is inevitable. #3E #NoKings #StopICE

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · Jun 14

Trump’s provocations have turned Angelenos into pedestrians

Victor Shi @victorshi.bsky.social · Jun 14

Los Angeles. Just wow.

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alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · May 16

Parappa the Rapper!

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Michael @dsamichael.bsky.social · May 15

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · Mar 19

“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."

Stephen Jay Gould, 1941 - 2002

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alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · Apr 25

All-butter flapjacks, (Scottish) shortbreads, and crumpets.

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · Apr 25

(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.

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alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · Apr 3

It’s true!!!
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See RuPaul and Cory Booker react to finding out they’re cousins | CNN

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and “Drag Race” star RuPaul Charles found out they’re cousins after they each participated in PBS’ “Finding Your Roots.”

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alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · Apr 2

And he’s also RuPaul’s cousin!

alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · Apr 2

And Paul Robeson and Josephine Baker. Robeson has a street names after him in Berlin.

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · Feb 19

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

What’s a technology that you think is overhyped?

I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry.

Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto.

It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.

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alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · Jan 31

Lift weights. Don’t neglect mobility and flexibility (I like yoga and qigong). Floss. Sunscreen every day. Treat your neck and chest as if they were your face. Wear earplugs at loud shows and clubs.

luna @imlunahey.com · Jan 30

people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · Jan 30

This Hannah Arendt quote feels appropriate right now

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."

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alysha naples @alysha.bsky.social · Jan 27

Oh, Jenka, I’m so sorry to hear it. 🖤