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Lykara Ryder

@lykarar.bsky.social

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Union activist. Conlang enthusiast. Higher education exponent and worker bee. Liberation advocate and campaigner. Disabled immigrant.

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Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · Nov 12

I’ve put some thought into how to introduce myself on a new platform. I’ll go with three categories.

1. Activism - I’ll talk about / repost things relating to:

•trade union campaigns
•social + racial + economic justice
•disability pride
•climate emergency
•political exasperation

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 19h

As any military strategist knows, port cities are always particularly vulnerable to amphibian assault.

Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 22h

’He is not the hero we deserve, but he is the one that we need right now.’

The Portland Frog, a guy in an inflatable frog costume, facing off against ICE troops in riot gear.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 22h

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · 22h

At a time when trans rights are under threat and employers are backing away from their equalities duties, I’m glad to be supporting @andrea4gs.bsky.social because I know she won’t compromise on any worker’s rights.

Andrea Egan for UNISON General Secretary @andrea4gs.bsky.social · 22h

I am delighted to receive this endorsement from the National LGBT+ Committee. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I will ensure no one is left behind and I will work for all our SOGs to ensure their voices are heard in our union. My manifesto commits me to convene a joint meeting for all SOGs within my first 100 days ✊🏻

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Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant use of All Staff e-mail. 😍 I no longer want to receive notifications of meetings or senior staff appointments; only messages about party games or leftover catering in break rooms, please.

Screenshot of an email that reads:
To [workplace redacted] ALLSTAFF
Hi all -
Apologies for the mass email 😊
I found four sets of Jenga (aka 'Tumbling Tower') in [room redacted] today.
If this is yours, please let me know: you can find it in [room redacted]
Best,

Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · 1d

Got my flu jab this morning! 🩹 People don’t talk enough about the incredible social good that the NHS delivers, and why we need to fight to protect it and fund it properly.

a sign that says i love nhs with a heart in the middle

Alt: Flashing sign saying ‘I ❤️ NHS’.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · 3d

The pen that I started using in Sep 2023 when I was given full-time release for my Branch Secretary role… just ran out of ink. A really weird milestone.

Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · 5d

This was a unanimous vote, and an easy choice for us to make. Andrea has a vision for change that our union needs, and a practical plan for empowering branches so we can win for members. The HE sector is in crisis; Andrea knows this and supports us.

🗳️ I’m proud to support @andrea4gs.bsky.social

Andrea Egan for UNISON General Secretary @andrea4gs.bsky.social · 5d

A huge thank you to Manchester Metro University Branch.

I won’t let our Higher Education members down ✊

We’re backing Andrea

Manchester Metro University

Andrea Egan for General Secretary

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Andrea Egan for UNISON General Secretary @andrea4gs.bsky.social · 5d

A huge thank you to Manchester Metro University Branch.

I won’t let our Higher Education members down ✊

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Cris (without an H) @ambignostic.bsky.social · 8d

All this happened, more or less. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 8d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 8d

why is sentence two in every story not "congress has not authorized the use of military force"

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An Angry Scientist @anangryscientist.bsky.social · 8d

Hwæt!
Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 8d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 8d

why is sentence two in every story not "congress has not authorized the use of military force"

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Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 8d

Marley was dead; to begin with. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 8d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 8d

why is sentence two in every story not "congress has not authorized the use of military force"

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Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 7d

Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know. I got a telegram from the home: Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 8d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 8d

why is sentence two in every story not "congress has not authorized the use of military force"

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 8d

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 8d

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 8d

Attention I ask from all the sacred people, greater and lesser offspring of Heimdall! Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 8d

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 8d

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 8d

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 8d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 8d

why is sentence two in every story not "congress has not authorized the use of military force"

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Lizy @lizysimonen.bsky.social · 9d

There is no better feeling in library work than seeing a young person work up the nerve to ask for a book recommendation and actually having something for them on the shelf.

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UNISON in Higher Education @unisoninhe.bsky.social · 9d

Statement from Vicki Morris, Chair of the HESGE: UNISON’s Higher Education Service Group Executive nominates Andrea Egan for General Secretary.

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UNISON Manchester Metropolitan University @unisonmmu.bsky.social · 10d

A delegation from our branch also joined the picket last week and today. Watch the video to find out why staff had to take this action.

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Heppy 🐟 💚 #SlavaUkraini #FuckPutin #FuckTrump #FuckFarage @heppy111.bsky.social · 11d

Not just scientific research.

All academics have to publish to secure their jobs & prove their "value to wider society" but none of that "value" is ever accessible to that society because it's in absurdly expensive subscription journals.

All academic research should be open-source.

End of.

Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 12d

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

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Andrea Egan for UNISON General Secretary @andrea4gs.bsky.social · 11d

207 Branch nominations (210 in total) shows there is real mood for change in UNISON.

It's time to win! ✊

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · Aug 4

"Nazi It Coming" for $800, please

*Slaps buzzer*
"What is the Nuremberg Defense"

N Newsweek @Newsweek. 2h
ICE agents complain about Nazi comparisons, say they're only enforcing the laws newsweek.com/ice-agents-com...

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 13d

I mean, are you seriously going to write that “experts disagree” about whether or not there’s a war in Portland?

“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”

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