barefootwriter
@bfwriter.bsky.social
PhD candidate, Educational Studies. MA, Human Development, Learning, and Culture. gamer (not the bad kind), budoka, NOLA girl. I blog about POTS at barefootwriterhaspots.com
I can't eat a lot of sugar, and I miss Blizzards so much!
We live in the era of the Dairy Queen Oreo Blizzard, the Overton window of sweets has undergone radical transformation
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I can't eat a lot of sugar, and I miss Blizzards so much!
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It's hard to describe how I feel every time this happens. I'm so overwhelmingly angry. We HAVE the ability to vaccinate virtually everyone who can take the vaccines so that herd immunity works in so many communities. A horrible way of dying was almost gone forever. It's not fair. It's not fair.
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It's hard to describe how I feel every time this happens. I'm so overwhelmingly angry. We HAVE the ability to vaccinate virtually everyone who can take the vaccines so that herd immunity works in so many communities. A horrible way of dying was almost gone forever. It's not fair. It's not fair.
what in the scam is this?
Morgan State University is one of the first colleges in the country to create its own sovereign artificial intelligence system. The university will soon run entirely on the AI, called Obsidian, which will advise students and grade assignments.
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
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Morgan State could one day run entirely on AI
The historically Black college may be one of the few universities in the country, perhaps even the world, that has its own sovereign AI.
www.thebanner.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
what in the scam is this?
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Tonight in #NOLA!
Broadside to host New Orleans ICE Rapid Responder training tonight from 6 to 7:30 pm
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
Broadside to host New Orleans ICE Rapid Responder training Nov. 25
With the Trump regime deploying hundreds of ICE agents and CBP paramilitary units in the New Orleans area as part of its anti-immigrant campaign, activists and attorneys will host a
www.nola.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Tonight in #NOLA!
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Pretending to be Henry David Thoreau at Walden's pond so my mom and sister will bring me lunch.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Pretending to be Henry David Thoreau at Walden's pond so my mom and sister will bring me lunch.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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THE GROUND HOG IS BACK
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
THE GROUND HOG IS BACK
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Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Breaking: The six Democrats now confirmed they've been contacted by the FBI.
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
The lawmakers accuse Trump of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress."
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I've gotten some troll comments that I must be "terminally online" because of my username and I'm a little concerned kids think Discordianism is about the discord social platform.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I've gotten some troll comments that I must be "terminally online" because of my username and I'm a little concerned kids think Discordianism is about the discord social platform.
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When your cat takes the family photo.
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
When your cat takes the family photo.
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i can very much afford for david sacks to go backwards
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
i can very much afford for david sacks to go backwards
hey, remember that 80's cabbage soup diet fad? they are telling you to starve and enjoy it.
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/cab...
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/cab...
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
hey, remember that 80's cabbage soup diet fad? they are telling you to starve and enjoy it.
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/cab...
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/cab...
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Chat, is it a good sign when the Atlantic's Thanksgiving take is "cabbage is affordable"?
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Chat, is it a good sign when the Atlantic's Thanksgiving take is "cabbage is affordable"?
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I mean, I like cabbage! But this is the kind of thing you expect to see from state media shortly before the guillotines come out
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I mean, I like cabbage! But this is the kind of thing you expect to see from state media shortly before the guillotines come out
oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize we all exist for the economy and not for our own sakes.
'the economy' is people burning through slabs of glass and silicon at an absurd rate even though they don't need or want to
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize we all exist for the economy and not for our own sakes.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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I mean, a person who:
- demonstrably plans ahead,
- is considerate,
- thinks outside the box, and
- can cook?
You could really do worse than date that person.
- demonstrably plans ahead,
- is considerate,
- thinks outside the box, and
- can cook?
You could really do worse than date that person.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I mean, a person who:
- demonstrably plans ahead,
- is considerate,
- thinks outside the box, and
- can cook?
You could really do worse than date that person.
- demonstrably plans ahead,
- is considerate,
- thinks outside the box, and
- can cook?
You could really do worse than date that person.
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They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.
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what's the german compound word for the sharp exhalation of frustration we're all doing right now?
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
what's the german compound word for the sharp exhalation of frustration we're all doing right now?
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People like James Carville have built a cottage industry out of being consistently wrong, and then telling you why their having been so wrong proves that they’re right.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
People like James Carville have built a cottage industry out of being consistently wrong, and then telling you why their having been so wrong proves that they’re right.
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my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
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Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
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Coinciding with "how dare you try to take Christ out of Christmas" season
it's "how dare you say Christmas is a Christian holiday" time of year again
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Coinciding with "how dare you try to take Christ out of Christmas" season
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Guys let’s all hold hands and simply decide not to listen to James Carville
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Guys let’s all hold hands and simply decide not to listen to James Carville