Mz Taylor
@rhythmrunner.bsky.social
Educator. Lover of art, poetry, Jurassic Park, and bunnies.
If you don't value human rights and justice, we're not friends.
If you don't value human rights and justice, we're not friends.
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12/5 Friday Mutual Aid Thread
Link isn't here because the Mods are Racist
We save each other and honor Link and his mutual aid work
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Link isn't here because the Mods are Racist
We save each other and honor Link and his mutual aid work
post your mutual aid needs below
donate if you can !
share if you can !
report scammers !
comment below to boost !
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
12/5 Friday Mutual Aid Thread
Link isn't here because the Mods are Racist
We save each other and honor Link and his mutual aid work
post your mutual aid needs below
donate if you can !
share if you can !
report scammers !
comment below to boost !
Link isn't here because the Mods are Racist
We save each other and honor Link and his mutual aid work
post your mutual aid needs below
donate if you can !
share if you can !
report scammers !
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It's telling how the government responds to Indigenous concerns. The fact that issues like water, land sovereignty, services for children, access to healthcare, food security etc end up in courts rather than just fixed speaks to the lack of accountability the gov't feels. Reconciliation? lol. lmao
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It's telling how the government responds to Indigenous concerns. The fact that issues like water, land sovereignty, services for children, access to healthcare, food security etc end up in courts rather than just fixed speaks to the lack of accountability the gov't feels. Reconciliation? lol. lmao
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I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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The American business world is starting to feel like the Highlander.
"From the dawn of time Corporations came…moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret mergers, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering, when the few who remain will battle to the last."
"From the dawn of time Corporations came…moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret mergers, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering, when the few who remain will battle to the last."
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The American business world is starting to feel like the Highlander.
"From the dawn of time Corporations came…moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret mergers, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering, when the few who remain will battle to the last."
"From the dawn of time Corporations came…moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret mergers, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering, when the few who remain will battle to the last."
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I’m irrationally excited about this.
It's Official: The Original Theatrical Cut of 'Star Wars' Is Coming Back to Theaters
Lucasfilm is celebrating the film's 50th anniversary on February 17, 2027, in the best possible way.
gizmodo.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I’m irrationally excited about this.
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Safety. Regulations. Are. Written. In. Blood.
People don’t understand that stripping the guardrails of regulation and oversight doesn’t just apply to like better business bureau type shit but also like on a practical level when I get into an elevator I expect that it has passed a safety inspection & that type of security will be gone soon
December 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Safety. Regulations. Are. Written. In. Blood.
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DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
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Watching “Pluribus.” As a fantasy romance author, I would just like to say that I would handle this WAY better.
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Watching “Pluribus.” As a fantasy romance author, I would just like to say that I would handle this WAY better.
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the closing lines of a spoken word piece I performed several times in 2014 and 2015 called “A Visit To My Childhood Self”
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
the closing lines of a spoken word piece I performed several times in 2014 and 2015 called “A Visit To My Childhood Self”
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i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism
this piece is all about André 3000, Big Boi, OutKast, the Dirty South, the origins of rap music, and creating inspiration for each other inside a violent world
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/04/g...
this piece is all about André 3000, Big Boi, OutKast, the Dirty South, the origins of rap music, and creating inspiration for each other inside a violent world
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/04/g...
December 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism
this piece is all about André 3000, Big Boi, OutKast, the Dirty South, the origins of rap music, and creating inspiration for each other inside a violent world
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/04/g...
this piece is all about André 3000, Big Boi, OutKast, the Dirty South, the origins of rap music, and creating inspiration for each other inside a violent world
read it for free: junoryleejournalism.com/2025/12/04/g...
December 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Do you want
A) all the AI with no ethical guardrails
B) most of the AI with no ethical guardrails
C) the MOST AI with no ethical guardrails
D) only a little AI with no ethical guardrails, no monitoring in case we want to use it all anyway
E) other (explain why you're a bad person, 5 words or less)
A) all the AI with no ethical guardrails
B) most of the AI with no ethical guardrails
C) the MOST AI with no ethical guardrails
D) only a little AI with no ethical guardrails, no monitoring in case we want to use it all anyway
E) other (explain why you're a bad person, 5 words or less)
My kids’ school district sent us a survey about what we think they should do to use AI responsibly in education, and I can tell by the way the questions were phrased, they’re going to do it over the vehement and detailed objections I listed in the “other, please elaborate.”
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Do you want
A) all the AI with no ethical guardrails
B) most of the AI with no ethical guardrails
C) the MOST AI with no ethical guardrails
D) only a little AI with no ethical guardrails, no monitoring in case we want to use it all anyway
E) other (explain why you're a bad person, 5 words or less)
A) all the AI with no ethical guardrails
B) most of the AI with no ethical guardrails
C) the MOST AI with no ethical guardrails
D) only a little AI with no ethical guardrails, no monitoring in case we want to use it all anyway
E) other (explain why you're a bad person, 5 words or less)
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Hannah reminds us why we have a cabinet with "talents" like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFKJr and Pam Bondi...
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hannah reminds us why we have a cabinet with "talents" like Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFKJr and Pam Bondi...
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Tonight, with a full heart, I shared this in our Vancouver Island Healthcare Infusion online community.
What began as a couple of TikTok videos has turned into something far bigger: a national circle of neighbours helping bring healthcare workers home to their communities.
What began as a couple of TikTok videos has turned into something far bigger: a national circle of neighbours helping bring healthcare workers home to their communities.
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Tonight, with a full heart, I shared this in our Vancouver Island Healthcare Infusion online community.
What began as a couple of TikTok videos has turned into something far bigger: a national circle of neighbours helping bring healthcare workers home to their communities.
What began as a couple of TikTok videos has turned into something far bigger: a national circle of neighbours helping bring healthcare workers home to their communities.
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All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
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They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
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‘Our rights are being threatened in new ways, but we are not afraid.’
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak addressed chiefs at the AFN Special Chiefs Assembly, saying Canada is at a crossroads in its relationship with First Nations.
Watch more live: youtube.com/live/IjPUA3S...
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak addressed chiefs at the AFN Special Chiefs Assembly, saying Canada is at a crossroads in its relationship with First Nations.
Watch more live: youtube.com/live/IjPUA3S...
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
‘Our rights are being threatened in new ways, but we are not afraid.’
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak addressed chiefs at the AFN Special Chiefs Assembly, saying Canada is at a crossroads in its relationship with First Nations.
Watch more live: youtube.com/live/IjPUA3S...
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak addressed chiefs at the AFN Special Chiefs Assembly, saying Canada is at a crossroads in its relationship with First Nations.
Watch more live: youtube.com/live/IjPUA3S...
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This piece hit hard for me, as it tracks with why my daughter stopped playing soccer at recess. The boys wouldn't let the girls play with them--only against them and with fewer players. But when girls scored anyway, some boys would cheat and play to hurt the girls, to the point where it wasn't fun.
"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 11:30 AM
This piece hit hard for me, as it tracks with why my daughter stopped playing soccer at recess. The boys wouldn't let the girls play with them--only against them and with fewer players. But when girls scored anyway, some boys would cheat and play to hurt the girls, to the point where it wasn't fun.
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Barkeep: hugs for everybody, on me
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Barkeep: hugs for everybody, on me
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My own version of the tradish designs put on red bands that are popular here in Aotearoa. Complete with my Yup'ik calling name in them. Family marks and marks for protection and all. Just need a clear coat, and I'll be set
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My own version of the tradish designs put on red bands that are popular here in Aotearoa. Complete with my Yup'ik calling name in them. Family marks and marks for protection and all. Just need a clear coat, and I'll be set
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
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Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
This is a first draft and
I assume I'll edit it later
Very well then I contradict myself,
This is a first draft and
I assume I'll edit it later
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
This is a first draft and
I assume I'll edit it later
Very well then I contradict myself,
This is a first draft and
I assume I'll edit it later