Ser T, Trader of Rogues, Guarder of Veils
@imasithduh.bsky.social
Old BioWare Protagonist, Cheese Fiend, Dice Dragon. Founder/Creator of the unofficial Dragon Age Day. General disarray in a trenchcoat. She/her. Icon by al-norton on Tumblr, Banner by @Savvyscribbles
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It’s inaccurate for one. Mellon is by no means the only humanities funder. And the bigger issue is that universities are forced to rely on foundations. I’m more interested in that. And I think the Mellon foundation is great. (No I’ve not received any grants from them.)
I found the article irritatingly snarky at times. But the basic observation—that a single organization with a highly specific agenda plays a near-hegemonic role in funding humanities at universities—seems worthwhile to me. This graf is the core of the argument. What do you think of it?
February 13, 2026 at 5:42 AM
It’s inaccurate for one. Mellon is by no means the only humanities funder. And the bigger issue is that universities are forced to rely on foundations. I’m more interested in that. And I think the Mellon foundation is great. (No I’ve not received any grants from them.)
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SEIZE JOY FROM THE JAWS OF PAIN. ARE YOU HYDRATED?
February 13, 2026 at 5:30 AM
SEIZE JOY FROM THE JAWS OF PAIN. ARE YOU HYDRATED?
Hey, so this is how I found out I am also so in the habit of adding alt text I didn't realize the requirement had been shut off.
Check your settings, folks!
Check your settings, folks!
Good thing I got in the habit of writing alt text, I didn't even know the latest Bluesky update opted me out of requiring it. I successfully trained my brain to do a thing, it's a win.
February 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Hey, so this is how I found out I am also so in the habit of adding alt text I didn't realize the requirement had been shut off.
Check your settings, folks!
Check your settings, folks!
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TBH this feels a lot like "no Black people in English-speaking fantasy because the invented setting is often loosely based on the Middle Ages in Europe*".
* Where there were Black people.
* Where there were Black people.
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 13, 2026 at 4:27 AM
TBH this feels a lot like "no Black people in English-speaking fantasy because the invented setting is often loosely based on the Middle Ages in Europe*".
* Where there were Black people.
* Where there were Black people.
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Exactly! There's even a precedent for that specific situation...
Did people raise this much of a fuss when Melora aired in 1993? memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Melora_...
#StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine 🖖
Did people raise this much of a fuss when Melora aired in 1993? memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Melora_...
#StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine 🖖
February 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Exactly! There's even a precedent for that specific situation...
Did people raise this much of a fuss when Melora aired in 1993? memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Melora_...
#StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine 🖖
Did people raise this much of a fuss when Melora aired in 1993? memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Melora_...
#StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine 🖖
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I don’t know man. I was like ages 7-13 when TNG aired and responses to Starfleet Academy are making me feel insane. This shit isn’t written in a secret code. The advancement is a pluralistic society not tractor beams.
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I don’t know man. I was like ages 7-13 when TNG aired and responses to Starfleet Academy are making me feel insane. This shit isn’t written in a secret code. The advancement is a pluralistic society not tractor beams.
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Ultimately, a wheelchair is a very good piece of very simple technology, that isn't prone to failure in case of computer issue or power failure. It, like any tool, has its own failure states - but I fully understand someone using one, even in the far Trek future.
And to tie it in to an older thread
And to tie it in to an older thread
As I've been on a roll with Star Trek threads today, let's continue with this one: you know one of the best parts of Geordie's visor?
90% of the time, nobody fucking mentions it.
90% of the time, nobody fucking mentions it.
a man is standing in a hallway with a blue light behind him
Alt: Geordie LaForge, rolling to make it out of Engineering under the lowering blast doors.
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Ultimately, a wheelchair is a very good piece of very simple technology, that isn't prone to failure in case of computer issue or power failure. It, like any tool, has its own failure states - but I fully understand someone using one, even in the far Trek future.
And to tie it in to an older thread
And to tie it in to an older thread
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I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
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Oz's CMS is handing Medicaid data to the regime's child abducting, nurse murdering gestapo. In 28 states, ICE can see your diagnoses, your prescriptions, and where you receive care. No court restrictions at all. I wrote about how this works and what it means.
www.patreon.com/posts/150622...
www.patreon.com/posts/150622...
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Oz's CMS is handing Medicaid data to the regime's child abducting, nurse murdering gestapo. In 28 states, ICE can see your diagnoses, your prescriptions, and where you receive care. No court restrictions at all. I wrote about how this works and what it means.
www.patreon.com/posts/150622...
www.patreon.com/posts/150622...
Focusing on and including Nazi Tattoo Oyster Man is certainly...a choice.
A base that has long made pragmatic, sober decisions appears increasingly attracted to charismatic outsiders who promise to break from the party’s failures of the last decade. They see their party’s leaders as feckless and inept.
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Focusing on and including Nazi Tattoo Oyster Man is certainly...a choice.
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I still can’t fucking believe that Maine is likely going to be a choice between Susan Collins is Very Concerned and a guy with a Nazi tattoo
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
I still can’t fucking believe that Maine is likely going to be a choice between Susan Collins is Very Concerned and a guy with a Nazi tattoo
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the best window decor is a cat
January 18, 2026 at 1:20 AM
the best window decor is a cat
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This is my friend Jen's dog, Vinney. If Vinney wins, grand prize is enough dog food to feed the rescues through THU for months, maybe a year. It's legal to vote multiple times a day.
GO VOTE!
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GO VOTE!
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Jen H.'s Photo
Vinney loves catching snowballs! If he wins the grand prize, he’ll be using his winnings to help community members in need of dog food through Taos Hound Underground!
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February 13, 2026 at 3:06 AM
This is my friend Jen's dog, Vinney. If Vinney wins, grand prize is enough dog food to feed the rescues through THU for months, maybe a year. It's legal to vote multiple times a day.
GO VOTE!
woobox.com/ncz6hi/galle...
GO VOTE!
woobox.com/ncz6hi/galle...
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This is my friend Jen's dog, Vinney. If Vinney wins, grand prize is enough dog food to feed the rescues through THU for months, maybe a year. It's legal to vote multiple times a day.
GO VOTE!
woobox.com/ncz6hi/galle...
GO VOTE!
woobox.com/ncz6hi/galle...
Jen H.'s Photo
Vinney loves catching snowballs! If he wins the grand prize, he’ll be using his winnings to help community members in need of dog food through Taos Hound Underground!
woobox.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:07 AM
This is my friend Jen's dog, Vinney. If Vinney wins, grand prize is enough dog food to feed the rescues through THU for months, maybe a year. It's legal to vote multiple times a day.
GO VOTE!
woobox.com/ncz6hi/galle...
GO VOTE!
woobox.com/ncz6hi/galle...
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I am stocked up with tons of products can I get 1️⃣ more mystery spa package sold this evening?! 👀
Thank you for the ASSORTED spa package 📦 order earlier 🥹💖
Thank you for the ASSORTED spa package 📦 order earlier 🥹💖
February 13, 2026 at 2:57 AM
I am stocked up with tons of products can I get 1️⃣ more mystery spa package sold this evening?! 👀
Thank you for the ASSORTED spa package 📦 order earlier 🥹💖
Thank you for the ASSORTED spa package 📦 order earlier 🥹💖
Just called credit scores 'credit card phrenology' because it makes about as much sense. Ugh.
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Just called credit scores 'credit card phrenology' because it makes about as much sense. Ugh.
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The efficiency, the return on reach vs spend, all hard to argue with.
Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The efficiency, the return on reach vs spend, all hard to argue with.
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I got tons of products available and ready to be shipped off, can I get a few orders this evening please, check out my shop ⬇️
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Visit JumpyJellybean Bath Bombs's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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February 13, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I got tons of products available and ready to be shipped off, can I get a few orders this evening please, check out my shop ⬇️
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Yay militarized company store.
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Yay militarized company store.
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If we learn nothing from this goofy ? It’s that being openly anti Black/ immigrant/ queer and thinking it won’t affect other things is a LIE
Fetterman only Senate Democrat to vote to keep Homeland Security funded
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
If we learn nothing from this goofy ? It’s that being openly anti Black/ immigrant/ queer and thinking it won’t affect other things is a LIE
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A) posting works b) still fuck your Ring.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
A) posting works b) still fuck your Ring.
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One of my favorite themes of the Harley Quinn cartoon is Poison Ivy regularly pointing out it doesn’t make any sense that she’s considered a villain.
February 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM
One of my favorite themes of the Harley Quinn cartoon is Poison Ivy regularly pointing out it doesn’t make any sense that she’s considered a villain.
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*joyful wiggles*
On two occasions a Dollar General worker drank a $1.69 orange juice to stave off diabetic shock. She later paid for each drink.
Dollar General fired her anyway.
Now a jury has awarded her $277,565.
www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/u...
Dollar General fired her anyway.
Now a jury has awarded her $277,565.
www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/u...
Dollar General facing $250K bill over 2 bottles of juice | CNN
Federal court has awarded more than $277,000 to a diabetic former Dollar General employee after she was fired her for drinking orange juice without first paying.
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
*joyful wiggles*
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Shut up, Tom, you Nazified Klansman.
Go put your hood back on.
Go put your hood back on.
Homan declares mission accomplished. We've all been made safer. Says ICE surge is over.
www.youtube.com/live/qRU8w_c...
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LIVE | Border Czar Tom Homan to hold news conference
Border Czar Tom Homan, who took over ICE operations in Minnesota, is holding a news conference at 8 a.m. in Minneapolis on Thursday. This briefing comes as G...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Shut up, Tom, you Nazified Klansman.
Go put your hood back on.
Go put your hood back on.
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"Internal feedback on Highguard prior to its reveal "was quite positive," Sobel wrote: There was, apparently, a widespread expectation that the game was a sure-fire hit."
Getting playtests and mock reviews done by external partners can be a really good idea.
Getting playtests and mock reviews done by external partners can be a really good idea.
Laid-off Highguard developer cuts loose on the reaction to the infamous Game Awards reveal trailer: 'We were turned into a joke from minute one'
Former lead technical artist Josh Sobel says false assumptions and ragebait were major contributors to Highguard's failure to connect with players.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:25 PM
"Internal feedback on Highguard prior to its reveal "was quite positive," Sobel wrote: There was, apparently, a widespread expectation that the game was a sure-fire hit."
Getting playtests and mock reviews done by external partners can be a really good idea.
Getting playtests and mock reviews done by external partners can be a really good idea.