Danielle Gembala
@ddmgembala.bsky.social
Neurodivergent & disabled archaeologist, educator, writer & parent. she/they
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Picard's defiant shout of “There are four lights!” is now a meme, but it's his quieter confession to Troi that makes "Chain of Command" into a metaphor for domestic abuse, offering crucial insight into the experiences of survivors:
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
There Are Four Lights: Star Trek’s Unwitting Allegory for Domestic Abuse - Reactor
The parallels are unmistakable, once you consider Picard's final confession.
reactormag.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Picard's defiant shout of “There are four lights!” is now a meme, but it's his quieter confession to Troi that makes "Chain of Command" into a metaphor for domestic abuse, offering crucial insight into the experiences of survivors:
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
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ice is killing americans and democrats are still voting for trump's nominees
By a vote of 54-40, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.
Dems voting in favor: Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse.
Dems voting in favor: Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse.
February 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
ice is killing americans and democrats are still voting for trump's nominees
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Social movement scholar here. Earlier activists had petty beefs but those were wildly exploited by the FBI's COINTELPRO programs, particularly in the case of the Black Power movement. 1/
The successful nonviolence and civil rights movements of the past, as I’ve gathered from reading about them, ALSO featured a shit ton of incessant petty drama and in-fighting.
But crucially, they didn’t have social media - so this was kept far more private.
But crucially, they didn’t have social media - so this was kept far more private.
February 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Social movement scholar here. Earlier activists had petty beefs but those were wildly exploited by the FBI's COINTELPRO programs, particularly in the case of the Black Power movement. 1/
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They'll scream about how drag queens in libraries reading to little kids is going to collapse civilization while their strings are actively and provably pulled by the literal worst people on Earth. They are worthless, tear-it-down, misery profiteers and scumbag liars.
February 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
They'll scream about how drag queens in libraries reading to little kids is going to collapse civilization while their strings are actively and provably pulled by the literal worst people on Earth. They are worthless, tear-it-down, misery profiteers and scumbag liars.
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Not that they'll ever admit it. They'll do what they always do, call it "drama" and call everyone who brings it up a "blue hair" or "SJW." Because objecting to people colluding with child rapists is apparently woke, now.
Every fucking accusation an admission. They were the conspiracy they complained about.
February 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Not that they'll ever admit it. They'll do what they always do, call it "drama" and call everyone who brings it up a "blue hair" or "SJW." Because objecting to people colluding with child rapists is apparently woke, now.
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Intervention in genetic selection is how we ended up turning wolves into shivering, angry Chihuahuas. Have we not learned our lessons?
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Intervention in genetic selection is how we ended up turning wolves into shivering, angry Chihuahuas. Have we not learned our lessons?
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There's a lot of weirdness today about finding out artists you love are trash... and I mean, listen.
I never liked NG's shit. I bounced off it hard. It kinda gave me the creeps.
But I loved Orson Scott Card.
Everything we take from art is always at least 50% what we brought to begin with.
I never liked NG's shit. I bounced off it hard. It kinda gave me the creeps.
But I loved Orson Scott Card.
Everything we take from art is always at least 50% what we brought to begin with.
February 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Reposting so I can also repost my thread from last year.
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Reposting so I can also repost my thread from last year.
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"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
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one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
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wanted to follow up on this reporting from last week with a couple points on who is paying for all of this as well as methane emissions from natural gas:
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
wanted to follow up on this reporting from last week with a couple points on who is paying for all of this as well as methane emissions from natural gas:
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In addition, "immigration judges" are not actual judges in the sense that most people think of them. They are technically senior attorneys working for the Department of Justice and have very few protections against unlawful firing, as the Trump admin itself has been doing lately!
February 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
In addition, "immigration judges" are not actual judges in the sense that most people think of them. They are technically senior attorneys working for the Department of Justice and have very few protections against unlawful firing, as the Trump admin itself has been doing lately!
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Again, this is FALSE. Administrative warrants are NOT signed by an immigration judge (or any judge at all). They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves with no external oversight whatsoever.
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
February 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Again, this is FALSE. Administrative warrants are NOT signed by an immigration judge (or any judge at all). They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves with no external oversight whatsoever.
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
Here is a blank sample warrant. Note who signs off on it; an "immigration officer."
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the policy apparatus of the current administration is probably best understood as a constellation of freelance product managers semi-publicly musing about launching a new Trump branded item and trying to convince the boss it's a good idea
February 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
the policy apparatus of the current administration is probably best understood as a constellation of freelance product managers semi-publicly musing about launching a new Trump branded item and trying to convince the boss it's a good idea
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and effectively this is just some homeowners scribbling on a napkin and the White House isn't interested bsky.app/profile/pear...
This is my favorite part: “The administration is not actively considering the plan, a White House official said”
February 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
and effectively this is just some homeowners scribbling on a napkin and the White House isn't interested bsky.app/profile/pear...
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Trump: we're banning institutional investors owning homes and renting them out
also Trump: "Trump homes" will be owned by institutional investors and rented out
also Trump: "Trump homes" will be owned by institutional investors and rented out
![By Patrick Clark and Sridhar Natarajan
02/03/2026 10:14:54 [BN]
(Bloomberg) -- Builders are working on a plan for a massive program to develop "Trump Homes" that would address the US affordability crisis while allowing private capital to deploy many billions of dollars.
Lennar Corp. and Taylor Morrison Home Corp. are among the firms that have worked on the proposal, which calls for builders to sell entry-level homes into a pathway-to-ownership program funded by private investors, according to people familiar with the plan.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreif4hbjxhrgbimfgyuuh4d63ab4ewb4vis5gkuesewxs7ur6vprslu@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Trump: we're banning institutional investors owning homes and renting them out
also Trump: "Trump homes" will be owned by institutional investors and rented out
also Trump: "Trump homes" will be owned by institutional investors and rented out
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It's amazing what a good case study Jeffrey Epstein is into why one person having billions of pounds is automatically a bad thing.
February 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
It's amazing what a good case study Jeffrey Epstein is into why one person having billions of pounds is automatically a bad thing.
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I mean, it's not ideal that our entire resistance movement -- mutual aid, patrols, organizing -- is built around a single app that uses AWS
Signal is currently down. Check its current status here:
Signal Status
status.signal.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I mean, it's not ideal that our entire resistance movement -- mutual aid, patrols, organizing -- is built around a single app that uses AWS
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The successful nonviolence and civil rights movements of the past, as I’ve gathered from reading about them, ALSO featured a shit ton of incessant petty drama and in-fighting.
But crucially, they didn’t have social media - so this was kept far more private.
But crucially, they didn’t have social media - so this was kept far more private.
February 3, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The successful nonviolence and civil rights movements of the past, as I’ve gathered from reading about them, ALSO featured a shit ton of incessant petty drama and in-fighting.
But crucially, they didn’t have social media - so this was kept far more private.
But crucially, they didn’t have social media - so this was kept far more private.
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That's a bit of rape culture I hate to tell ya, men being upset that men can't pass on their genes. So if ladies don't want your genes, what are you gonna do, force yourselves on them or force them to submit to what they don't want? Like what's the solution here.
February 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
That's a bit of rape culture I hate to tell ya, men being upset that men can't pass on their genes. So if ladies don't want your genes, what are you gonna do, force yourselves on them or force them to submit to what they don't want? Like what's the solution here.
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It’s another instance of the Democrats noodling around for half measures instead of just fucking doing the thing
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
It’s another instance of the Democrats noodling around for half measures instead of just fucking doing the thing
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Asking for body cams for ICE is like staring at a burning barn and suggesting the doors be painted
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Asking for body cams for ICE is like staring at a burning barn and suggesting the doors be painted
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Impeach, convict, remove.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
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We can do more than one thing.
Congressional cowardice and reluctance to do their jobs is astonishing to us.
Congressional cowardice and reluctance to do their jobs is astonishing to us.
Bovino needs to go.
Noem needs to go.
Miller needs to go.
But firing or impeaching any of these people will not unilaterally change what’s happening in Minnesota. That’s why Congress needs to exert some muscle over DHS/ICE funding.
Noem needs to go.
Miller needs to go.
But firing or impeaching any of these people will not unilaterally change what’s happening in Minnesota. That’s why Congress needs to exert some muscle over DHS/ICE funding.
February 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
We can do more than one thing.
Congressional cowardice and reluctance to do their jobs is astonishing to us.
Congressional cowardice and reluctance to do their jobs is astonishing to us.
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New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff 📖
Margaret interview Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up.
@margaret.bsky.social @benpassmore.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Margaret interview Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up.
@margaret.bsky.social @benpassmore.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
February 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff 📖
Margaret interview Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up.
@margaret.bsky.social @benpassmore.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Margaret interview Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up.
@margaret.bsky.social @benpassmore.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...