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IYKYK

@nisslbody.blacksky.app

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Black Indigenous mom homelessness & health epidemiology PhD student and racial equity docent née neuroendocrine biologist. Portlander. Big fan of the creatures that live in my house. MS, MPH. Influencer influencer.

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · Dec 26

Criminalizing homelessness is profitable for the prison industry, but very expensive - monetarily and socially - for the public. www.governing.com/urban/crimin...

Criminalizing Homelessness Can Lead to More Crime

As cities step up their enforcement efforts in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling, they should consider both the financial costs and the public safety ramifications of treating homelessness as a crime...

www.governing.com

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 2h

Having had a bunch of surgery on the insides of my face, recovering from it is indeed tired as hell

IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 3h

Why are conservatives so absolutely obsessed with dyed hair? It's fun, it's temporary, and most of their women bleach their hair so they can look more white. That lady's haircolor is definitely fake.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 3h

😅

IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 3h

After dragging my feet for ages (because of all the weird or meh Lataffas I have ended up rehoming or are just sitting in a cabinet) I finally got Quentin Bisch's Teriaq Intense, and it is absolutely divine. Lataffa is hit or miss, but man when they hit they really slap.

IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 4h

These comedians turned out to be funnier than anyone thought they were

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 4h

I don't remember what kinds of things I used to get excited about, but now I get really unreasonably excited by new hot sauce. I found these mushroom ones called Good Luck Hot Sauce and they are rocking my world.

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lloyd60.bsky.social @lloyd60.bsky.social · 11h

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 4h

He has expanded it to be EXACTLY what many, many people at the time predicted it would become.

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 10h

It worked out for the dinosaurs, so here's hoping

IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 10h

I wish her great success and many healthy tadpoles.

IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 10h

I want a slug with a short skirt and a looooooonnnnng

mantle

IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 11h

This is correct. As a neurobiologist I have tried to explain this to tech bros, and tech bros cannot seem to grasp it which speaks dimly of any future potential for true machine intelligence. They DUMB dumb.

Mr. Completely @brokensymmetry.art · 13h

This is the most important thing to understand when you hear claims that someone will make a machine think.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 15h

as a cognitive scientist, I can confirm we don't know how humans think

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 11h

Oh gee, who could have seen this coming? Couldn't possibly have been ALMOST EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER PROTESTED IN THE PAST.

YOU DON'T RSVP TO PROTESTS. It's not normal, it's not something real protest organizers ask you to do, or ever have historically asked people to do. Don't put yourself on a list!

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 13h

Remember how people lost their minds when I said go to a protest but don't rsvp to one

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 11h

This is SUPER interesting!

Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 11h

15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵

mitochondria from bipolar patients are closer to the nucleus in these images; control patients' are spread out further

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 22h

Johnny Cash has never seemed uncool. There has been near-universal agreement about his coolness for as long as I've been aware of his existence, and I'm guessing that started well before my birth. He's an icon. It's like saying "Dolly Parton can seem deeply uncool" it's JUST A LIE.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 22h

"Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool" might be the dumbest thing I've seen online today, and I spent an hour on Reddit.

IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 22h

This will surely prove to God that he is a good person and get him into heaven.

IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 22h

Frog 4 lyfe

IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 23h

A very good short thread

Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 2d

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Froggie vs. ICE: The asymmetrical symbol of a failing authoritarian state.

You’ve seen the video.
An inflatable frog at a Portland protest.
Unarmed. Unbothered. Unapologetically absurd.
And ICE panics.

They fire pepper spray up a frog caricature's ass.

The frog wins.

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Basketball Jones 🏀🦁 @shawnjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Viva La Portland Frog Brigade !!! #WarRavaged #Portland #Frog

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 23h

I thought it was a guy's voice when the frog got pepper sprayed and was talking about it, but pepper spray can do a number on your voice so who knows? Could be a lady in there.

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 23h

This is so lovely and so very Portland

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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CrouchingPenguinHiddenSword @sgtwaddles42.bsky.social · 23h

*wheezing*

This is the way

*cackling*

Wiseowl374 @wiseowl374.bsky.social · 1d

This man is your friend he fights for freedom poster but it’s portland frog hero

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 23h

This is BRILLIANT I'm not even lactose intolerant but my son in law is, I am getting him a Pez dispenser full of Lactaid tomorrow

BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 1d

I put my lactaid in a Pez dispenser, thanks someone on Insta's idea. It makes it fun and I am always excited to take the lactaid so I remember to take it.

Picture of Care Bear Pez dispenser in hand and Lactaid packets

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Joseph Cain @nightmarefixer.bsky.social · 1d

Poverty in America is a bipartisan policy choice.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

News from the Authoritarians Club: the US Treasury has finalised a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina and directly bought Argentine pesos to help stabilise the country’s economy.

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