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@taratearex.bsky.social
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queer/nonbinary/they/she. disabled/autistic
Wisconsinite ❄️
Pronounced TAHR-uh
📚: 69/52
Find me 👇🏻
https://linktr.ee/taratearex
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@taratearex.bsky.social
· Jan 27
I'm posting a lot about alt text because I know a lot of folks are new to bluesky and aren't used to using it, but it's something early bluesky users made an effort to establish as the norm here. Please do your best to use alt text! It helps so many and also helps your posts get to more people! 🫶
Madison reporting 9.3 inches of snow at the airport, which apparently broke a record (previous was 7.6” in 1995)
November 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Madison reporting 9.3 inches of snow at the airport, which apparently broke a record (previous was 7.6” in 1995)
Carrying a stack of 5 books from room to room cuz I don’t know what to read next, the usual
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Carrying a stack of 5 books from room to room cuz I don’t know what to read next, the usual
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we are supposed to get 1 trillion inches of snow this wknd -- please enjoy a 15% off coupon code STAYCOZY at roomofonesown.com to encourage you to stay home and browse our website (and brand new holiday cat-alogggg) from the comfort and safety of home! roomofonesown.com/catalog/2025...
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
we are supposed to get 1 trillion inches of snow this wknd -- please enjoy a 15% off coupon code STAYCOZY at roomofonesown.com to encourage you to stay home and browse our website (and brand new holiday cat-alogggg) from the comfort and safety of home! roomofonesown.com/catalog/2025...
Some books I read that are on sale on @libro.fm
Support your local indie! Also these are even more on sale if you're a member 🥳 #booksky #audiobooks
Support your local indie! Also these are even more on sale if you're a member 🥳 #booksky #audiobooks
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Some books I read that are on sale on @libro.fm
Support your local indie! Also these are even more on sale if you're a member 🥳 #booksky #audiobooks
Support your local indie! Also these are even more on sale if you're a member 🥳 #booksky #audiobooks
Went to the bookstore and record store today, now have books and records for the snowstorm, AND saw a huge flock of sand hill cranes, so many that I went home and picked up my partner and drove back to sit and watch them. Good day 🥰
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Went to the bookstore and record store today, now have books and records for the snowstorm, AND saw a huge flock of sand hill cranes, so many that I went home and picked up my partner and drove back to sit and watch them. Good day 🥰
Big Midwest blizzard coming ❄️
a man in a snowsuit is looking through binoculars in the snow .
Alt: Luke Skywalker in a snowsuit and snow gear is looking through binoculars in the snow on ice planet Hoth
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Big Midwest blizzard coming ❄️
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Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
From Turtle Island to Palestine, Indigenous people across the world continue to resist settler-colonial domination, extraction, and exploitation of their land and communities.
We center these tradi...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
It’s gotten to the point where my family writes “no books” on their wishlist if I get them for secret Santa 😂 doesn’t mean I’ll listen tho 🤷🏻 thankfully my niece is very into books so I can still buy someone a book and they’ll be happy about it 😂
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It’s gotten to the point where my family writes “no books” on their wishlist if I get them for secret Santa 😂 doesn’t mean I’ll listen tho 🤷🏻 thankfully my niece is very into books so I can still buy someone a book and they’ll be happy about it 😂
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Some of the most successful resistance to "AI" is coming in the form of communities organizing against data centers, precisely on the grounds of their impact on local water and electrical grids.
@karenhao.bsky.social documents this extensively in Empire of AI
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@karenhao.bsky.social documents this extensively in Empire of AI
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Empire of AI by Karen Hao: 9780593657508 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A New York Times Notable Book • An Instant New York Times Bestseller “A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not just in Silicon Valley but around the world . . . With Empire of AI,...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Some of the most successful resistance to "AI" is coming in the form of communities organizing against data centers, precisely on the grounds of their impact on local water and electrical grids.
@karenhao.bsky.social documents this extensively in Empire of AI
>>
@karenhao.bsky.social documents this extensively in Empire of AI
>>
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Minneapolis, whatcha got?
A friend of mine is hosting a weekly "book club" that's mostly eating & gabbing & crafting.
Another friend has hosted probably a year of monthly coffee open houses.
I have been noodling on some kind of monthly Thing.
Connecting with more of our immediate neighbors...
A friend of mine is hosting a weekly "book club" that's mostly eating & gabbing & crafting.
Another friend has hosted probably a year of monthly coffee open houses.
I have been noodling on some kind of monthly Thing.
Connecting with more of our immediate neighbors...
People are struggling. I want us to think about how we're going to help each other hang in there this winter. How are you going to support your friends, co-strugglers, and community as they push through this moment? How can you help people muddle through, materially and/or emotionally?
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Minneapolis, whatcha got?
A friend of mine is hosting a weekly "book club" that's mostly eating & gabbing & crafting.
Another friend has hosted probably a year of monthly coffee open houses.
I have been noodling on some kind of monthly Thing.
Connecting with more of our immediate neighbors...
A friend of mine is hosting a weekly "book club" that's mostly eating & gabbing & crafting.
Another friend has hosted probably a year of monthly coffee open houses.
I have been noodling on some kind of monthly Thing.
Connecting with more of our immediate neighbors...
Bought the wrong jackfruit so now I have to leave the house 😩😩😩 I did also want to get my hold from the library but ugh
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Bought the wrong jackfruit so now I have to leave the house 😩😩😩 I did also want to get my hold from the library but ugh
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The folks at Alter Mag have done a brilliant job with this, turning it into an interactive essay with some stunning 3D graphics. Give it a look. 👇🏼
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The folks at Alter Mag have done a brilliant job with this, turning it into an interactive essay with some stunning 3D graphics. Give it a look. 👇🏼
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
High pain day so I called in sick which is great cuz it’s hard to work when I’m in a lot of pain but also doesn’t really do anything because I’m still in pain and resting or sleeping doesn’t help 😩 but like I’m glad I don’t have to talk to anyone at work
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
High pain day so I called in sick which is great cuz it’s hard to work when I’m in a lot of pain but also doesn’t really do anything because I’m still in pain and resting or sleeping doesn’t help 😩 but like I’m glad I don’t have to talk to anyone at work
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
Went to the library then walked down the street to a bookstore I don’t usually go to but wanted to look for a card for someone. Briefly looked around and saw they had a special edition of Harry Potter on their suggested gifts for the holidays table, promptly walked right out 🤮
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Went to the library then walked down the street to a bookstore I don’t usually go to but wanted to look for a card for someone. Briefly looked around and saw they had a special edition of Harry Potter on their suggested gifts for the holidays table, promptly walked right out 🤮
Live feeds of animals is one of those "the internet can be good actually" things. I love the jelly cam www.youtube.com/live/NUnJc82...
Live Jelly Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Live feeds of animals is one of those "the internet can be good actually" things. I love the jelly cam www.youtube.com/live/NUnJc82...
desperately trying to finish the book Enshitification before I have a nervous breakdown because it's pissing me off so much 😵💫 it's basically about how tech companies are fucking terrible, which yeah no shit, but man hearing the history of how they started to what they are now, is so enraging
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
desperately trying to finish the book Enshitification before I have a nervous breakdown because it's pissing me off so much 😵💫 it's basically about how tech companies are fucking terrible, which yeah no shit, but man hearing the history of how they started to what they are now, is so enraging
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
starting a draft of my top ten fiction and nonfiction reads even though i ALWAYS end up reading some bangers at the end of the year. so it's just a draft to get started for now
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
starting a draft of my top ten fiction and nonfiction reads even though i ALWAYS end up reading some bangers at the end of the year. so it's just a draft to get started for now
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Alternatives are local food pantries, homeless shelters, and domestic violence shelters, as well as your local mutual aids.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Alternatives are local food pantries, homeless shelters, and domestic violence shelters, as well as your local mutual aids.
9am training is cruel and unusual punishment
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
9am training is cruel and unusual punishment
every single meeting at work is now just a bitch session... that can't be good! 😖
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
every single meeting at work is now just a bitch session... that can't be good! 😖