Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Frances Larina

@franceslarina.bsky.social

1.2K followers 710 following 8.4K posts

Friend of Tylenol 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ My Blåhaj's name is Cassandra ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 10h

I have litmus test issues for anyone I vote for. If they don't pass, they don't get my vote. They're pretty basic, too:

Civil equality of trans/LGBTQ people
Civil rights of immigrants
Reproductive healthcare / body autonomy
Must fight fascism

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 52m

However the vehicles are ID's photos are probably more clear for details and they should be posted.

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 53m

Gavin: "Ooh! Ooh! I call getting to do funny memes!"

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 1h

Same as here but @sfba.social

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 1h

Kevin Roberts (Project 2025) said the revolution will be bloodless “if the left allows it to be.”

1 1

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

Again that's the sort of thing we should be pressing local officials about - detaining and stopping ICE for not having plates. They need to be harassed. Yes, I know local cops are highly unlikely, but that needs to come out in the open to wake people up.

1 9

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

We've got a couple LTO-3 drives sitting on a shelf with a workstation outfitted to use one of them via U320 if needed. Takes up almost no space and zero power. Next year it'll be replaced with a LTO-6 set up (we skipped 4). It's far cheaper than bringing the data forward constantly.

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

Bayview-Hunters Point
Western Addition
Dogpatch
Vast swaths of Oakland & Richmond

All are unrecognizable unless you live or work in a newly gentrified neighborhood in which case they probably feel like home. People used to ask, "where did everyone go" but I've not heard that in a long time.

awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 3h

NEW STUDY

Since I was born, 500 Black neighborhoods have vanished

And 500,000 Black people have been lost

All due to urban revitalization projects

Like the one for LA’s new coliseum — for the Clippers and ‘26 Olympics — that’s destroying Inglewood

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social @capitalb.bsky.social

From Watts to D.C.: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished in 45 Years

America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds.

capitalbnews.org

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

Gavin: Have you seen my latest funny? It's a hoot!

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

I mean, they *are* getting gender affirming care...

Reposted by Frances Larina

Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 4h

It’s unsettling that instead of investing in inclusive education, therapy access, and family support, some are fixated on analyzing autistic children’s bodies. Autism is not a moral or physical flaw—it’s a neurotype. The real crisis is neglecting their rights, not their anatomy. #Pink

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

8 21 35

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

I'm not criticizing whoever took this video but it brings to mind the observation that people should be getting clear images of the license plates of ICE vehicles.

1 1 14

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

I mean, she's still going to vote for them no matter what, but still she is fuming and disappointed!

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

And that's going to hurt them even more. If they pivot without admitting it, their voters will see it as them simply twisting with the political wind, again, instead of having a spine. That's the core of their problem right now.

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

Unless they come clean though, and say to their voters, "my goodness we screwed up and now our platform supports x, y and z", said voters are just going to see them as once again pivoting in the wind.

2 1 2

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, for whatever they need to "keep an eye on" from the check up in April.

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

The problem with giving him limitless power is that he no longer has to rein in his narcissism at all. He now just assumes that anything he says must legally accepted as the truth, and as American law.

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

Being a minister does not automatically make someone a good person. Pass it on.

According to Pew Research the majority of US ministries are conservative Christian, and have been spreading hate, not love.

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

Gavin: Hey! You forgot to mention my latest funny!

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2h

Why does it feel like Trump's loyal media dogs are prepping everyone in advance for his declaration?

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 3h

I think perhaps transphobes are irrational and that leads them down a winding road of making very bad choices all around.

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 3h

It would be interesting to see if the DNC veers off in this direction and throws Biden under the bus. No chance in the Xian Hell it will happen, but it would be interesting.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 3h

We talk a lot about AIPAC and “the Israel lobby” but when it came to Israel, Biden had a genuine ideological commitment to the “hug Bibi” strategy even as others in his party didn’t like it.

Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social · 4h

This week has confirmed my suspicion that Biden’s Middle East policies will look worse, and will be even more embarrassing for Democrats, with the passage of time.

2 1 5

Reposted by Frances Larina

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This powerful JB Pritzker response to Trump's lawless threats is another reminder of what I tried to argue this morning: Pritzker understands Stephen Miller's theory of this moment, and he's responding accordingly:

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

52 860 3.3K

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 3h

This is...irrational, at best. Early circumcision is performed near birth and doctors do not give newborns acetaminophen.

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 7h

Once again for those in the back:
Most circumcisions happen 2-3 days after birth and DOCTORS DON'T GIVE NEWBORNS ACETAMINOPHEN.

Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 7h

Makes one wonder if he's in the Epstein files.