priya chand
@priyachand.bsky.social
Food Influencer of Worldcon 2024 (TM)
Reckoning staff, words, birds
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avatar is from Clemente Susini's studio at La Specola di Firenze, profile image is Lullymore bog
Reckoning staff, words, birds
priyachandwrites.wordpress.com
fatbirdpics.tumblr.com
avatar is from Clemente Susini's studio at La Specola di Firenze, profile image is Lullymore bog
or penalize asshole landlords who chase tenants out by jacking the rates up 🙃
(I am very salty about losing the Chicago Diner *and* Revolution on what should be a busy stretch of Milwaukee)
(I am very salty about losing the Chicago Diner *and* Revolution on what should be a busy stretch of Milwaukee)
The county does not charge enough property tax on empty lots in otherwise expensive areas
How much of the Lincoln Yards site would be developed by now if the city had simply passed a blanket upzone (say to DX-7 or 10) and Sterling Bay subdivided and sold the site to smaller builders? How much more money would they have made? How much money would the city have saved?
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
or penalize asshole landlords who chase tenants out by jacking the rates up 🙃
(I am very salty about losing the Chicago Diner *and* Revolution on what should be a busy stretch of Milwaukee)
(I am very salty about losing the Chicago Diner *and* Revolution on what should be a busy stretch of Milwaukee)
any culture that incentivizes sitting on information that would've stopped these ghouls is a bad, broken culture.
NEW: In an interview w/ me, new chair of ACIP says they are planning to vote on ending practice of vaccinating all newborns for hepatitis B and to examine whether childhood immunization schedule is behind rise of allergies and autoimmune disorders.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
any culture that incentivizes sitting on information that would've stopped these ghouls is a bad, broken culture.
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If JK Rowling herself doesn't separate her art from her transphobia, and has said she sees every Harry Potter fan as a fan of her transphobia, and uses every dollar she makes to fund transphobia, I need people to stop insisting they "separate art from artist" because it's beyond disingenuous atp
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If JK Rowling herself doesn't separate her art from her transphobia, and has said she sees every Harry Potter fan as a fan of her transphobia, and uses every dollar she makes to fund transphobia, I need people to stop insisting they "separate art from artist" because it's beyond disingenuous atp
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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Just in time for the holiday weekend, my 10 favorite short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from October. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Just in time for the holiday weekend, my 10 favorite short science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from October. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
reminder that a women's chess category exists because the *men* couldn't handle it
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
reminder that a women's chess category exists because the *men* couldn't handle it
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The Trump admin is systematically firing immigration judges across the country for no reason other their above average grant rates.
The goal is to transform an imperfect system which aimed for fairness into a rubber stamp mill, leaving only the “deportation judges” they want.
The goal is to transform an imperfect system which aimed for fairness into a rubber stamp mill, leaving only the “deportation judges” they want.
BREAKING NYT:
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Trump admin is systematically firing immigration judges across the country for no reason other their above average grant rates.
The goal is to transform an imperfect system which aimed for fairness into a rubber stamp mill, leaving only the “deportation judges” they want.
The goal is to transform an imperfect system which aimed for fairness into a rubber stamp mill, leaving only the “deportation judges” they want.
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It's release day for WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope, an anthology edited by @older.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social. With all-start editors like that, you know it's going to be good.
bookshop.org/p/books/we-w...
bookshop.org/p/books/we-w...
We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
bookshop.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's release day for WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope, an anthology edited by @older.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social. With all-start editors like that, you know it's going to be good.
bookshop.org/p/books/we-w...
bookshop.org/p/books/we-w...
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Increasingly concerning that the Trump Admin is obliterating data so we can’t document what they’re destroying. In this case, gold standard tracking of health care access, insurance coverage and costs. It’s a study that will help us understand the impacts of the Big Beautiful Bill.
MEPS seems to be gone as of now. This is very bad. These are critical pieces of data about health care and they belong to the American public.
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Increasingly concerning that the Trump Admin is obliterating data so we can’t document what they’re destroying. In this case, gold standard tracking of health care access, insurance coverage and costs. It’s a study that will help us understand the impacts of the Big Beautiful Bill.
The best part of the FFVII remake might legitimately be the soundtrack
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The best part of the FFVII remake might legitimately be the soundtrack
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BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
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creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
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December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Keynes has *got* to be rolling over in his grave
If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Keynes has *got* to be rolling over in his grave
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it is the worst of all worlds. a "unitary *presidency*" insulated from judicial or congressional power and a weak president unable to do the job of governing
December 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
it is the worst of all worlds. a "unitary *presidency*" insulated from judicial or congressional power and a weak president unable to do the job of governing
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It's December, which means that it's time for reading trans books!
The December Trans Readathon is a challenge to read a trans book every day for the whole month! If you do, you can track your progress with this official calendar, or use the hashtag #DecemberTransReadathon to share your progress 🩷
The December Trans Readathon is a challenge to read a trans book every day for the whole month! If you do, you can track your progress with this official calendar, or use the hashtag #DecemberTransReadathon to share your progress 🩷
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's December, which means that it's time for reading trans books!
The December Trans Readathon is a challenge to read a trans book every day for the whole month! If you do, you can track your progress with this official calendar, or use the hashtag #DecemberTransReadathon to share your progress 🩷
The December Trans Readathon is a challenge to read a trans book every day for the whole month! If you do, you can track your progress with this official calendar, or use the hashtag #DecemberTransReadathon to share your progress 🩷
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
I named my fists Bill and Ted because I'm a pacifist
I named my fists Moby and Dick because I am about to whale on you.
I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I named my fists Bill and Ted because I'm a pacifist
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I named my fists "Dunning" and "Kruger" because I haven't trained in any sort of martial art but am confident I would do pretty well.
I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I named my fists "Dunning" and "Kruger" because I haven't trained in any sort of martial art but am confident I would do pretty well.
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This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
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📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
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or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
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November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
Strong floor, no ceiling
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Strong floor, no ceiling
In some cases I think it happens even faster because they have one strong area of expertise and lack the training to understand how limited that is
Physicians and academics often believe that they/we are immune to being radicalised online, but the reality is the opposite. No one is immune, and I saw this happen to Prasad and so many other physicians and academics when covid started. It’s pure hubris to believe anyone is immune.
Prasad is exhibit A of Twitter brain. Someone needs to do a detailed case report tracking his decline from reasonable skeptic of high price oncology drugs with questionable outcomes to COVID mask skeptic to full on vaccine skeptic. It was all in plain site on Twitter, and a hell of thing to see.
November 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In some cases I think it happens even faster because they have one strong area of expertise and lack the training to understand how limited that is
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The refusal to provide an alternative definition makes it clear that DHS is lobbying for “remigration” in the white supremacist sense: the ethnic cleansing of nonwhite Americans.
Kristi Noem refuses to directly answer a question about what Trump means by "remigration" -- a word that, as Kristen Welker notes, is often invoked by white nationalists in Europe
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The refusal to provide an alternative definition makes it clear that DHS is lobbying for “remigration” in the white supremacist sense: the ethnic cleansing of nonwhite Americans.
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Inspired by natural polymers like DNA, chemists have devised a way to engineer plastic so it breaks down when it is no longer needed, rather than polluting the environment
Plastic can be programmed to have a lifespan of days, months or years
Inspired by natural polymers like DNA, chemists have devised a way to engineer plastic so it breaks down when it is no longer needed, rather than polluting the environment
www.newscientist.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Five games to get to know me
Horizon Zero Dawn
Kingdom Hearts
Scrabble (no one said videogames 💅)
Mass Effect II
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Horizon Zero Dawn
Kingdom Hearts
Scrabble (no one said videogames 💅)
Mass Effect II
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Give games to get to know me?
1. Dragon Quest 3
2. Silent Hill 3
3. LIMBO
4. Saints Row The Third
5. Hollow Knight
1. Dragon Quest 3
2. Silent Hill 3
3. LIMBO
4. Saints Row The Third
5. Hollow Knight
five games to get to know me:
Civilization Six
Warlords (SSg)
Master of Orion 2
Dragon Age Origins
Expeditions Rome
Civilization Six
Warlords (SSg)
Master of Orion 2
Dragon Age Origins
Expeditions Rome
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Five games to get to know me
Horizon Zero Dawn
Kingdom Hearts
Scrabble (no one said videogames 💅)
Mass Effect II
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Horizon Zero Dawn
Kingdom Hearts
Scrabble (no one said videogames 💅)
Mass Effect II
Dragon Age: Inquisition