Annie
@anntieup.bsky.social
she/her. queer femme thinking about health policy and native plants in baltimore, md. views entirely my own and do not represent my employer.
HONESTLY
Being in a shitty band would be an honor at this point tbh
if your band sucks I’m still gonna say nice set. being in a band that sucks is still pretty cool
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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DMV folks — are you or anyone you know a wheelchair tech and able to help out?
Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
My wheelchair won't turn on and a wheelchair technician won't be available until the 15th...
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
DMV folks — are you or anyone you know a wheelchair tech and able to help out?
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people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
had a shiva for my dad tonight and people brought me a bunch of food including a huge order from peter chang’s…… hot and sour soup heal me
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
had a shiva for my dad tonight and people brought me a bunch of food including a huge order from peter chang’s…… hot and sour soup heal me
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Too many people see this as a personal activism platform and not a microblogging website where you get to talk about the stuff you like and your lunch as well. Treating it as a misery pipeline just makes you miserable to be around. Go post a photo of your pet and a song you wanna talk about.
If I had to diagnose the cause of the "Bluesky malaise" as @kleinman.bsky.social calls it, I would describe it as a lot of people without the skills or resources or interest in journalism or activism mistakenly believing that being performatively miserable all the time will net the same results.
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Too many people see this as a personal activism platform and not a microblogging website where you get to talk about the stuff you like and your lunch as well. Treating it as a misery pipeline just makes you miserable to be around. Go post a photo of your pet and a song you wanna talk about.
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this is the big one for me
and when i hear ppl say "i won't have to make small talk with the driver" i'm like, grow the fuck up
we're not gong to overcome fascism if we can't talk to people for five or ten minutes
and when i hear ppl say "i won't have to make small talk with the driver" i'm like, grow the fuck up
we're not gong to overcome fascism if we can't talk to people for five or ten minutes
4) I feel like one of the "problems" self driving is trying to "solve" is how do we remove labor from the equation. Baltimore should be a pro-workers city. This is why I was so baffled Gov. Moore said it'll "spur growth". Growth for who?
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
this is the big one for me
and when i hear ppl say "i won't have to make small talk with the driver" i'm like, grow the fuck up
we're not gong to overcome fascism if we can't talk to people for five or ten minutes
and when i hear ppl say "i won't have to make small talk with the driver" i'm like, grow the fuck up
we're not gong to overcome fascism if we can't talk to people for five or ten minutes
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Waymo servers once the cars try to operate around average Baltimore drivers:
December 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Waymo servers once the cars try to operate around average Baltimore drivers:
oh my god do NOT do this
You know millions of people are asking ChatGPT and other chatbots health-related questions. But some are going further, uploading years of medical records and test results, which brings privacy risks in addition to the risk of inaccurate information.
People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
oh my god do NOT do this
yup
Spotify serves ICE ads, Apple removed ICE Tracker apps from the app store, YouTube is a series of algorithmic rabbit holes designed to turn young men into fascists, Tidal is owned by Jack Dorsey now... pick your poison
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
yup
this book altered my brain chemistry, as they say
Can't recommend this book highly enough. Sandra Oh does the audiobook and she's fantastic
www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/b...
www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/b...
In ‘Pachinko,’ a Stunning Family Saga Where History Itself Is a Character (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
this book altered my brain chemistry, as they say
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“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
no thank you. it’s going to get *more* dangerous to be a pedestrian or a cyclist in this town which is really saying something.
Waymo expanding to Baltimore, Pittsburgh and St. Louis with manual test drives
Waymo expanding to Baltimore, Pittsburgh and St. Louis with manual test drives
The Alphabet-owned company is now either operating its robotaxis, planning to launch service or is starting to test its vehicles in 26 markets.
cnb.cx
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
no thank you. it’s going to get *more* dangerous to be a pedestrian or a cyclist in this town which is really saying something.
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The Nuzzi story isn't about an affair, it's about the extraordinary corruption, moral stupidity, and cliquishness of elite media. (From the Feed Me Substack.)
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Nuzzi story isn't about an affair, it's about the extraordinary corruption, moral stupidity, and cliquishness of elite media. (From the Feed Me Substack.)
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In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
every sapphic has one cis man that could absolutely destroy their life and they’d keep running back for more. mine is bad bunny
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
every sapphic has one cis man that could absolutely destroy their life and they’d keep running back for more. mine is bad bunny
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Huge day in map land!
Cincinnati in 50 Maps AND Columbus in 50 Maps are out today.
www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/col...
@brentincolumbus.bsky.social @awoodruff.bsky.social @buffalomaps.bsky.social
Cincinnati in 50 Maps AND Columbus in 50 Maps are out today.
www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/col...
@brentincolumbus.bsky.social @awoodruff.bsky.social @buffalomaps.bsky.social
Columbus in 50 Maps
This full-color book of maps, one of Belt Publishing’s 50 Maps Series, presents the capital and biggest city in Ohio like you’ve never seen it before. Columbus is a place perpetually in search of an i...
www.arcadiapublishing.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Huge day in map land!
Cincinnati in 50 Maps AND Columbus in 50 Maps are out today.
www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/col...
@brentincolumbus.bsky.social @awoodruff.bsky.social @buffalomaps.bsky.social
Cincinnati in 50 Maps AND Columbus in 50 Maps are out today.
www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/col...
@brentincolumbus.bsky.social @awoodruff.bsky.social @buffalomaps.bsky.social
i read “stone yard devotional” a couple of weeks ago and it is incredible. beautiful and moving. i recommend it, though major cw for parent death/grief. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
The 10 Best Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
i read “stone yard devotional” a couple of weeks ago and it is incredible. beautiful and moving. i recommend it, though major cw for parent death/grief. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
my partner LOVED the eel facts advent calendar, highly recommend!
We have 125 more calendars left to go to fully fund the 2026 Native Plant Project!
People who have received their calendars say they're even prettier in person, I'm just saying.
Get one at SquidFacts.net
People who have received their calendars say they're even prettier in person, I'm just saying.
Get one at SquidFacts.net
Hey, what are you gonna get for the office secret Santa?
For your mother in law who loves her bird feeder?
For your niece who loves whales?
For your dad who literally has no hobbies and you’re like “shit wtf do I get this guy”?
Get a love notes from nature calendar!
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For your mother in law who loves her bird feeder?
For your niece who loves whales?
For your dad who literally has no hobbies and you’re like “shit wtf do I get this guy”?
Get a love notes from nature calendar!
squidfacts.net
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
my partner LOVED the eel facts advent calendar, highly recommend!
take a low paid nonprofit job again
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
take a low paid nonprofit job again
listening to my records A-Z, part one (how many records do i own? unknown but i’m about to find out)
December 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
listening to my records A-Z, part one (how many records do i own? unknown but i’m about to find out)
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But for ignorance and hate, Matthew Shepard would have been 49 today.
Remember Matthew Shepard.
Remember Matthew Shepard.
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
But for ignorance and hate, Matthew Shepard would have been 49 today.
Remember Matthew Shepard.
Remember Matthew Shepard.
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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Since our fucking government isn’t observing World AIDS Day, I will. In 1990, I started taking care of people in the last stages of AIDS in their homes. I did this for nearly two years. The home care company I worked for had meetings for those of us who solely (or nearly solely) took care of PWAs.
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Since our fucking government isn’t observing World AIDS Day, I will. In 1990, I started taking care of people in the last stages of AIDS in their homes. I did this for nearly two years. The home care company I worked for had meetings for those of us who solely (or nearly solely) took care of PWAs.
i also have booked everything major for my puerto rico trip (lodging, rental car) and am very excited about that.
November 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
i also have booked everything major for my puerto rico trip (lodging, rental car) and am very excited about that.
oh my god my stereo has been fucked up for literally two years and i just fixed it all (by buying a new turntable) and can listen to records again 🥰
November 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
oh my god my stereo has been fucked up for literally two years and i just fixed it all (by buying a new turntable) and can listen to records again 🥰