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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 1d

Everything involving the US prison system is so awful and inhumane.

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know why this person wanted to make a video about bats, but I am here for it.

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More Bat Nonsense 🦇

YouTube video by Sarah

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Cerebellum and Open Border Appreciating Neuropsychologist🦦🦥 @deborahbuddingphd.blackskycomra.de · 1d

I’m sort of stunned that “I’m not political” Jimmy Fallon let Hayley Williams perform that song and deeply grateful we have footage of it
Honestly that performance deserves an Emmy

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 1d

Most of the orchestral instruments are played by Black musicians, too.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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graveyard dirt @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · 2d

in case it's slipped yalls mind...

graveyard dirt @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · 9d

16 various titles for October, Black Speculative Fiction Month

#BlackSpeculativeFictionMonth —

photo of 16 books by black authors spread across the yellow blanket on our bed in a 4 x 4 grid of books —

wizard of the crow by ngūgī wa thiong'o; unshod, cackling, and naked by tamika thompson; shigidi and the brass head of obalufon by wole talibi; none but the righteous by chantal james; the ballad of perilous graves by alex jennings; rosewater by tade thompson; out there screaming (horror anthology) edited by jordan peele; my life in the bush of ghosts by amos tutuola; skin folk by nalo hopkinson; black leopard, red wolf by marlon james; dhalgren by samuel r. delany; the ballad of black tom by victor lavalle; nigerians in space by deji bryce olukotun; how long 'til black future month? by n.k. jemisin; black sci-fi short stories (gothic fantasy) edited by tia ross; and everfair by nisi shawl.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 2d

Seeing many posts about how ICE isn't trained. That's not really the problem. The problem is what they were sent to do, not whether they're qualified to do it.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 3d

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

I have done so little
For you.
And you have do little
For me.
That we have good reason
Never to agree.

I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 3d

8/
-This protein stuff is out of hand. Just saw a dude make a smoothie with frozen (cooked) chicken breast, and brag how much protein is in it. ABSOLUTELY NOT.
-So far, nothing else too wild in the apartments section of the series, *so far.*

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Matthew Somoroff @matthewsomoroff.bsky.social · 3d

back before I started my current in-house job I had the distinct pleasure of copyediting this book. very smart analysis and written with a lot of heart. highly recommended!

University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · 4d

@dandipiero.bsky.social's book "Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl" is now available! Sample the book's music playlist and read an excerpt at press.umich.edu/Books/B/Big-...

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 4d

Is the cruelty the point? Seems like it.

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White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 4d

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On the shallow, superficial side, I do appreciate that this season people don’t all have yaaassified Instagram faces. Mostly conventionally attractive, but closer to people you might encounter in the world.

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 4d

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The Love is Blind breakups are so dramatic. For real, you are not going to love someone forever that you spoke to in a closet several times. It’s what I imagine a breakup with a camp boyfriend would be like, when people are 12.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 5d

Erin Baba is a journalist. Link is a lawyer.

Bluesky silences journalists and lawyers now for the sake of the leadership egos.

These rank, arrogant amateurs playacting at being kings and queens of the sandcastle.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 4d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

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Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 4d

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-Re: homophobes, it’s giving telling on yourself and peaked in high school, respectively.

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 4d

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-I legitimately respect the folks who were like, “Nope. This ish is too weird, and I’m out.” Being an adult is determining what uncomfortable situations you are responsible to handle, and which ones you should separate yourself from. And no one is obligated to be on TV.

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 4d

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-Also, if you have friends who can’t clock grifters, give them a clue.
-These folks seem less horrible than the MN season, but I also haven’t hit the homophobe date yet, which had been referenced on social media.

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 4d

YUP. It’s wild.

Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 4d

-I hope all non-white folks who grow up with white people get the chance to move somewhere more diverse FFS
-Wellness grifters are concerning as hell. How do you claim to be a health expert who has never heard of type 1 diabetes, & also such a judgmental dick about folks with type 2?
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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 4d

Love is Blind Season 9 hot takes:
-Grown-ass women shouldn’t add insist on adding modifiers to their name (e.g. “Anxiety Lauren”)
-all the ethnic studies departments that are being eliminated do the work of giving people language to talk about their experiences, and that loss is felt
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5d

Weird thing where people say “no one could have predicted it” when really what they mean is their political commitments and orientation were such that they ignored everyone who was predicting it

Sorry but “no one could have“ and you having your head stuck up your ass are two different situations

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 9d

When WFH, I often graze, which is my preference for lunch, or more accurately, elevensies, snack, and teatime.

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Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 9d

I do t do pumpkin PIE, but like it in other things. I make a tasty pumpkin bread—it’s like a winter zucchini bread with pumpkin swapped out for zucchini and warmer spices.

Lauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 9d

Ok.

I mean, who would be mad at Chopin or Ravel every day, if that happens?

a woman in a blue and white dress with a braided ponytail

Alt: Jennifer Lawrence in a GIF, a 3 to 4 second video, mouthing the words “okay” and giving a thumbs up sign before turning her head.

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