Friendly neighborhood queerdo
@ezrah.bsky.social
Story lover. Crow friend. Chosen family is everything. We can get through this together. Absolutely serious about being unserious.
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What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
Ants often act like inefficient goofballs. They got lost, accidentally drop their good and walk in circles trying to find it but eventually give up and go home, half of the ants in a nest just sit there 24/7 and do absolutely nothing.
Ants often act like inefficient goofballs. They got lost, accidentally drop their good and walk in circles trying to find it but eventually give up and go home, half of the ants in a nest just sit there 24/7 and do absolutely nothing.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
A lot of people in positions of power got their promotions because they were behaving badly.
In sexual harassment cases, institutions use promotions as a way to retain the perpetrator and separate them from their primary victim.
A lot of people in positions of power got their promotions because they were behaving badly.
In sexual harassment cases, institutions use promotions as a way to retain the perpetrator and separate them from their primary victim.
So what youre saying is that ants have a better social safety net than the USA?
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If the failure of the atomic clock time scale were something I dreamed personally I might wonder
Maybe time needs to fail?
Maybe we’ve sped it up so fast that it needs to collapse?
is anything trying to moving forward or backward
What does it mean when time stops?
Maybe time needs to fail?
Maybe we’ve sped it up so fast that it needs to collapse?
is anything trying to moving forward or backward
What does it mean when time stops?
December 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If the failure of the atomic clock time scale were something I dreamed personally I might wonder
Maybe time needs to fail?
Maybe we’ve sped it up so fast that it needs to collapse?
is anything trying to moving forward or backward
What does it mean when time stops?
Maybe time needs to fail?
Maybe we’ve sped it up so fast that it needs to collapse?
is anything trying to moving forward or backward
What does it mean when time stops?
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the thing is they're saying "I dare you to do something about it" to, basically, Democrats in the House and Senate, because that's the only people in a position to do anything, and, well,
They’re just doing it right in front of the whole world.
It would be laughable if it wasn’t such a horribly serious subject.
It would be laughable if it wasn’t such a horribly serious subject.
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
December 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
the thing is they're saying "I dare you to do something about it" to, basically, Democrats in the House and Senate, because that's the only people in a position to do anything, and, well,
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AI is a lack of consent MACHINE
Aka as system of parts that includes its mechanisms and applications
Aka as system of parts that includes its mechanisms and applications
December 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
AI is a lack of consent MACHINE
Aka as system of parts that includes its mechanisms and applications
Aka as system of parts that includes its mechanisms and applications
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This would so fascinating if it wasn’t, y’know, having catastrophic effects worldwide
This is absolutely fucking bananas the way that these people are *so close* to getting it but still manage to miss it by a fucking mile.
It's a whole genre it's beautiful
December 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This would so fascinating if it wasn’t, y’know, having catastrophic effects worldwide
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This take won't earn me any friends I'm sure but the "big-tent"/"welcome to the resistance" people who insist on redeeming yesterday's villains are an insurmountable liability to any movement bc they lack the emotional resilience needed to understand that not everyone deserves a redemption arc.
You do not in fact gotta hand it to Mitt Binders Full of Women Romney!!!
December 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This take won't earn me any friends I'm sure but the "big-tent"/"welcome to the resistance" people who insist on redeeming yesterday's villains are an insurmountable liability to any movement bc they lack the emotional resilience needed to understand that not everyone deserves a redemption arc.
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Confused that folks think this regime has only one target at a time. That's not how any of this works.
They're targeting everyone all at once.
They're not "lining up their next targets". They're already acting to harm. Don't underplay what's happening.
They're targeting everyone all at once.
They're not "lining up their next targets". They're already acting to harm. Don't underplay what's happening.
December 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Confused that folks think this regime has only one target at a time. That's not how any of this works.
They're targeting everyone all at once.
They're not "lining up their next targets". They're already acting to harm. Don't underplay what's happening.
They're targeting everyone all at once.
They're not "lining up their next targets". They're already acting to harm. Don't underplay what's happening.
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social + Mandy Patinkin + Latkes = 😍
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social + Mandy Patinkin + Latkes = 😍
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Oh hey nice, finally found a way to shut him the fuck up
Anthony Joshua broke both of his jaws www.skysports.com/boxing/news/...
Jake Paul taken to hospital after suffering 'double broken jaw' in Anthony Joshua heavyweight fight
Anthony Joshua defeated Jake Paul in their heavyweight fight in Florida on Friday night; the American went to hospital with a double broken jaw and later confirmed he had undergone surgery after he wa...
www.skysports.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Oh hey nice, finally found a way to shut him the fuck up
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the second angle at the chin shot is gravy. gravy!!!
🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
December 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
the second angle at the chin shot is gravy. gravy!!!
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Trump is in it... IS THE EXPLANATION
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Trump is in it... IS THE EXPLANATION
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Since September, the U.S. military has carried out at least 25 airstrikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific near Venezuela.
A Path to WWIII? Greg Grandin on Venezuela, Trump’s “Madman Doctrine” & More
President Trump has ordered what he called a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, as the United States escalates pressure on the government of Presid...
www.democracynow.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Since September, the U.S. military has carried out at least 25 airstrikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific near Venezuela.
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AI is a lack of consent machine and it’s design and use are mostly just normalizing us to us ticked cruelty
The VioGén algorithm gave Lina a medium risk score and as a result, the courts refused to give a restraining order.
Within three weeks, she had been murdered.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Within three weeks, she had been murdered.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
An algorithm said Lina would be safe. Then she was murdered
In Spain, police have developed technology to work out how at-risk women might be from domestic violence. Some people have grave concerns about how often the algorithm is wrong.
www.abc.net.au
December 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
AI is a lack of consent machine and it’s design and use are mostly just normalizing us to us ticked cruelty
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next, we'll see students uploading confabulations of the full papers corresponding to these fake cites, they'll wind up on .edu domains, and then google scholar will think they're open access or preprints that can be used to correspond to the fake cite.
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
next, we'll see students uploading confabulations of the full papers corresponding to these fake cites, they'll wind up on .edu domains, and then google scholar will think they're open access or preprints that can be used to correspond to the fake cite.
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COVID is a weapon of mass destruction. Measles is a weapon of mass destruction. Those are just the ones in this administration’s arsenal.
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
COVID is a weapon of mass destruction. Measles is a weapon of mass destruction. Those are just the ones in this administration’s arsenal.
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Netanyahu is publicly claiming Ahmed el Ahmed is Jewish.
It’s not just the lie that should bother you. It’s the confession.
His confidence to lie so brazenly about something we all saw & know clear as day is a confession to how brazenly he’s lying about the Gaza genocide. May he face justice.
It’s not just the lie that should bother you. It’s the confession.
His confidence to lie so brazenly about something we all saw & know clear as day is a confession to how brazenly he’s lying about the Gaza genocide. May he face justice.
December 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Netanyahu is publicly claiming Ahmed el Ahmed is Jewish.
It’s not just the lie that should bother you. It’s the confession.
His confidence to lie so brazenly about something we all saw & know clear as day is a confession to how brazenly he’s lying about the Gaza genocide. May he face justice.
It’s not just the lie that should bother you. It’s the confession.
His confidence to lie so brazenly about something we all saw & know clear as day is a confession to how brazenly he’s lying about the Gaza genocide. May he face justice.
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Elon Musk is now worth $600 billion.
Someone working at the federal minimum wage would have to work 9.45 million years to make that much money.
We are all so much closer to being homeless than being a billionaire.
Tax the rich.
Someone working at the federal minimum wage would have to work 9.45 million years to make that much money.
We are all so much closer to being homeless than being a billionaire.
Tax the rich.
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Elon Musk is now worth $600 billion.
Someone working at the federal minimum wage would have to work 9.45 million years to make that much money.
We are all so much closer to being homeless than being a billionaire.
Tax the rich.
Someone working at the federal minimum wage would have to work 9.45 million years to make that much money.
We are all so much closer to being homeless than being a billionaire.
Tax the rich.
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"COVID alters brain structure long after infection, new Qld study finds"
"Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms."
Source: archive.md/JURHA
"Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms."
Source: archive.md/JURHA
December 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"COVID alters brain structure long after infection, new Qld study finds"
"Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms."
Source: archive.md/JURHA
"Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms."
Source: archive.md/JURHA
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Because WMD is code for march into an illegal war with a bullshit basis?
NEW — Trump has signed an executive order "designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemical as weapons of mass destruction (WMD)." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
As a reminder, The Handbasket had the scoop that this was coming back in MARCH:
As a reminder, The Handbasket had the scoop that this was coming back in MARCH:
Trump to declare 'illicit' fentanyl 'Weapon of Mass Destruction,' per draft EO
A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Because WMD is code for march into an illegal war with a bullshit basis?
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Anyway one of the reasons I hate the question "how is this allowed?" is because it's a thought terminating passive voice cliché.
Do the papers the laws are printed on have arms and legs so they can enforce themselves? No? Then it's allowed because law enforcement officers are letting them do it.
Do the papers the laws are printed on have arms and legs so they can enforce themselves? No? Then it's allowed because law enforcement officers are letting them do it.
December 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Anyway one of the reasons I hate the question "how is this allowed?" is because it's a thought terminating passive voice cliché.
Do the papers the laws are printed on have arms and legs so they can enforce themselves? No? Then it's allowed because law enforcement officers are letting them do it.
Do the papers the laws are printed on have arms and legs so they can enforce themselves? No? Then it's allowed because law enforcement officers are letting them do it.
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If you were a kid who looked around at the adults in your community, and mostly felt unimpressed, it does not get better 😂
December 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If you were a kid who looked around at the adults in your community, and mostly felt unimpressed, it does not get better 😂
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"put a pebble in your shoe to fool gait analysis" is the Free Space of 'Got Coaxed By The FBI Into Incompetently Planning Terrorism Bingo'
December 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"put a pebble in your shoe to fool gait analysis" is the Free Space of 'Got Coaxed By The FBI Into Incompetently Planning Terrorism Bingo'
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are we out of potted plants
Kamala Harris this week made clear to potential 2028 rivals that she's working to keep another White House campaign viable.
Harris stepping toward another White House run
Despite worries from party leaders and donors that she can't win, Harris is polling well and has strong support among Black voters.
www.axios.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
are we out of potted plants
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A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
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They mean Black people
The Trump administration has awarded Palantir a no-bid contract to build an AI system intended to prevent "SNAP fraud," among other things.
The no-bid contract is for the implementation of the National Farm Security Action Plan and includes "security checks" on SNAP applicants.
The no-bid contract is for the implementation of the National Farm Security Action Plan and includes "security checks" on SNAP applicants.
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
They mean Black people
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We have too many bad guys to think about. We don't need more.
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We have too many bad guys to think about. We don't need more.