Sharon Arnold
@sharonarnold.bsky.social
noun. battle bard augur wonderer philosopher
verb. animist queer heretic essayist
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www.dimensionsvariable.org/
verb. animist queer heretic essayist
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www.dimensionsvariable.org/
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them: "define your area of expertise."
me: "in the interest of transparency, I feel I should disclose that I'm really just a jackass with a lot of opinions and access to pdfs."
me: "in the interest of transparency, I feel I should disclose that I'm really just a jackass with a lot of opinions and access to pdfs."
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I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up.
February 16, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up.
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I do appreciate that the editor opens his essay with, "A college student withdrew from consideration for a reporting role in our newsroom this week because of how we use artificial intelligence."
In other words, a kid with integrity said no thanks, sounds bad, and this editor freaked out.
In other words, a kid with integrity said no thanks, sounds bad, and this editor freaked out.
February 16, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I do appreciate that the editor opens his essay with, "A college student withdrew from consideration for a reporting role in our newsroom this week because of how we use artificial intelligence."
In other words, a kid with integrity said no thanks, sounds bad, and this editor freaked out.
In other words, a kid with integrity said no thanks, sounds bad, and this editor freaked out.
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Sigh. Y'all, the trope of Appalachia as a "pure" (Anglo-Saxon or Scots-Irish) white region is racist propaganda from the early 20th century, meant to crush multiracial and multiethnic resistance in a highly exploited area.
Don't buy into it. The fash are wrong about here as they are everywhere else
Don't buy into it. The fash are wrong about here as they are everywhere else
February 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Sigh. Y'all, the trope of Appalachia as a "pure" (Anglo-Saxon or Scots-Irish) white region is racist propaganda from the early 20th century, meant to crush multiracial and multiethnic resistance in a highly exploited area.
Don't buy into it. The fash are wrong about here as they are everywhere else
Don't buy into it. The fash are wrong about here as they are everywhere else
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“You found it!” cried Toad.
February 15, 2026 at 11:37 PM
“You found it!” cried Toad.
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The wizard's pajama robes are set on a little table next to the bathtub. He carefully steps into the bath. It is just the right temperature and the bubbles smell of black pepper.
February 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The wizard's pajama robes are set on a little table next to the bathtub. He carefully steps into the bath. It is just the right temperature and the bubbles smell of black pepper.
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Just some vibrant little Zelfs frolicking in the garden to brighten up your feed!
February 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Just some vibrant little Zelfs frolicking in the garden to brighten up your feed!
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Deadly foxgloves painted by Benjamin Haughton (1865-1924).
February 14, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Deadly foxgloves painted by Benjamin Haughton (1865-1924).
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roses are red
violets are blue
tom homan’s a bitch
greg bovino, too
violets are blue
tom homan’s a bitch
greg bovino, too
February 15, 2026 at 1:47 AM
roses are red
violets are blue
tom homan’s a bitch
greg bovino, too
violets are blue
tom homan’s a bitch
greg bovino, too
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We live in a moment when so many people in this country share the moral clarity that ICE endangers us all—only for the heads of the “opposition” party to try to quash this clarity with meaningless reforms, and to give ICE more money and power. 2020 never ended.
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
We live in a moment when so many people in this country share the moral clarity that ICE endangers us all—only for the heads of the “opposition” party to try to quash this clarity with meaningless reforms, and to give ICE more money and power. 2020 never ended.
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If you want to dismiss this, the exact same shift happened on immigration.
I'm old enough to remember when "build the wall" was mocked as a fascist delusion even by fairly conservative figures like Clinton, then it became "we'll build the wall but better." Do not forgive and do not forget.
I'm old enough to remember when "build the wall" was mocked as a fascist delusion even by fairly conservative figures like Clinton, then it became "we'll build the wall but better." Do not forgive and do not forget.
This is horrific and a reminder of how we got here.
Also: Clinton's a massive terf and she's only gotten more blatant about it over the years, so I'd expect "we'll dismantle trans rights, but the correct way" to be a similar talking point as 2028 gets closer.
Also: Clinton's a massive terf and she's only gotten more blatant about it over the years, so I'd expect "we'll dismantle trans rights, but the correct way" to be a similar talking point as 2028 gets closer.
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
If you want to dismiss this, the exact same shift happened on immigration.
I'm old enough to remember when "build the wall" was mocked as a fascist delusion even by fairly conservative figures like Clinton, then it became "we'll build the wall but better." Do not forgive and do not forget.
I'm old enough to remember when "build the wall" was mocked as a fascist delusion even by fairly conservative figures like Clinton, then it became "we'll build the wall but better." Do not forgive and do not forget.
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It’s a category mistake nobody really talks about: most AI companies are not trying to sell creative tools, they are trying to sell content streams.
Why would anyone buy an AI-written romance novel when you can just prompt the chatbots yourself and "write" your own? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
February 10, 2026 at 10:39 PM
It’s a category mistake nobody really talks about: most AI companies are not trying to sell creative tools, they are trying to sell content streams.
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wired: scorning academics using twitter
wired 2.0: scorning academics using scabgpt
refusal, you can do it
wired 2.0: scorning academics using scabgpt
refusal, you can do it
February 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
wired: scorning academics using twitter
wired 2.0: scorning academics using scabgpt
refusal, you can do it
wired 2.0: scorning academics using scabgpt
refusal, you can do it
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VICTORY! Washington State House passes housing cooperation bill as Seattle’s new excess compensation tax raises $100 million
The Seattle Social Housing Developer, created by voters in 2023 and funded by voters in 2025 through the enactment of two initiatives, got good news on two fronts this week.
The Seattle Social Housing Developer, created by voters in 2023 and funded by voters in 2025 through the enactment of two initiatives, got good news on two fronts this week.
VICTORY! Washington State House passes housing cooperation bill as Seattle’s new excess compensation tax raises $100 million
The Seattle Social Housing Developer, created by voters in 2023 and funded by voters in 2025 through the enactment of two initiatives, got good news on two fronts this week.
www.nwprogressive.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
VICTORY! Washington State House passes housing cooperation bill as Seattle’s new excess compensation tax raises $100 million
The Seattle Social Housing Developer, created by voters in 2023 and funded by voters in 2025 through the enactment of two initiatives, got good news on two fronts this week.
The Seattle Social Housing Developer, created by voters in 2023 and funded by voters in 2025 through the enactment of two initiatives, got good news on two fronts this week.
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What three emerging dance artists at Seattle’s Velocity taught me about the practice of love in community
At a recent show hosted by an Emerald City nonprofit that provides an incubator for artist development, reflection became a form of participation — and a reminder that culture can help us…
At a recent show hosted by an Emerald City nonprofit that provides an incubator for artist development, reflection became a form of participation — and a reminder that culture can help us…
What three emerging dance artists at Seattle’s Velocity taught me about the practice of love in community
At a recent show hosted by an Emerald City nonprofit that provides an incubator for artist development, reflection became a form of participation — and a reminder that culture can help us learn to better care for one another.
www.nwprogressive.org
February 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
What three emerging dance artists at Seattle’s Velocity taught me about the practice of love in community
At a recent show hosted by an Emerald City nonprofit that provides an incubator for artist development, reflection became a form of participation — and a reminder that culture can help us…
At a recent show hosted by an Emerald City nonprofit that provides an incubator for artist development, reflection became a form of participation — and a reminder that culture can help us…
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I've made a free 11x17 poster version of the new Public Collectors zine "What You Agents Are Doing In Your Hotels." Feel free to download and circulate, but please respect the design and do not remake it as a booklet or smaller flyer. Print files are here: tinyurl.com/WhatYouAgents
February 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I've made a free 11x17 poster version of the new Public Collectors zine "What You Agents Are Doing In Your Hotels." Feel free to download and circulate, but please respect the design and do not remake it as a booklet or smaller flyer. Print files are here: tinyurl.com/WhatYouAgents
when they show you and tell you who they are, believe them. especially when they say it with their whole chest
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
when they show you and tell you who they are, believe them. especially when they say it with their whole chest
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🔥 “To me, when we're talking about what justice looks like, it's ultimately getting to a place where every single fascist agent and the leaders that directed them to do what they did are held accountable to the highest degree of the law. And that means prosecution.”
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 14, 2026 at 2:19 AM
🔥 “To me, when we're talking about what justice looks like, it's ultimately getting to a place where every single fascist agent and the leaders that directed them to do what they did are held accountable to the highest degree of the law. And that means prosecution.”
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It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
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“You’re gonna get in trouble for that.”
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
February 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
“You’re gonna get in trouble for that.”
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
“OK.”
Perfect reply. No peace for fascists.
lmao seriously let's not
It is *2026,* and it's two and a half years until Election Day, and you're telling me I already need to support a Dem who literally just declared it Ronald Reagan Day
February 13, 2026 at 11:56 PM
lmao seriously let's not
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These measures aren't extreme. They're what you do to avoid getting COVID, which is still circulating. There's no cure for long COVID. There's no treatment for long COVID, and the vaccine can only currently make all this much less likely.
February 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM
These measures aren't extreme. They're what you do to avoid getting COVID, which is still circulating. There's no cure for long COVID. There's no treatment for long COVID, and the vaccine can only currently make all this much less likely.
Murphy rightly nails him for conflating ethnicity and "white identity," which he was asked to define. he fumbles because his core argument is white supremacy/white nationalism. he's cherrypicking, not reconnecting to, the ethnicity and culture our ancestors traded in for the benefits of whiteness.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Murphy rightly nails him for conflating ethnicity and "white identity," which he was asked to define. he fumbles because his core argument is white supremacy/white nationalism. he's cherrypicking, not reconnecting to, the ethnicity and culture our ancestors traded in for the benefits of whiteness.
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One thing abt reading a paper paper is that you can see — and be 🤬 by — how much industry attention + attentional real estate are consumed by, and how capital is concentrated in, the stupidest, most nefarious things.
Meanwhile, I’d ❤️ a mere $20K to sustain a collaborative library protect
Meanwhile, I’d ❤️ a mere $20K to sustain a collaborative library protect
February 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
One thing abt reading a paper paper is that you can see — and be 🤬 by — how much industry attention + attentional real estate are consumed by, and how capital is concentrated in, the stupidest, most nefarious things.
Meanwhile, I’d ❤️ a mere $20K to sustain a collaborative library protect
Meanwhile, I’d ❤️ a mere $20K to sustain a collaborative library protect
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they’re talking about the decision to add facial recognition to the camera glasses. this company needs to be shut down.
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
they’re talking about the decision to add facial recognition to the camera glasses. this company needs to be shut down.
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...