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Aisha Sie
@aishasie.bsky.social
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Asian-Dutch bi+ gray-ace demigirl; she/they (EN) zij/die (NL). MD/PhD turned healthcare IT. Former tech/current queer community enabler, cat servant. I love nerdy media, cocktails, cross-stitching, music(als); I value sustainability & intersectionality. 🍉
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armoede.bsky.social
NL: Voor een lieve alleenstaande vader die halsoverkop geopereerd moest worden, zoeken we vervoer van het ziekenhuis naar huis. We vinden het onverantwoord dat hij het openbaar vervoer moet nemen... Daar is helaas ook geen budget voor. Hij moet vermoedelijk vrijdag 1/2
a syringe is hanging from a ceiling in a room
ALT: a syringe is hanging from a ceiling in a room
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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kaseysmith.net
The "Everyone Is 12 Now" theory is one of the most powerful pop cultural analysis frameworks the internet has ever burped up.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6d
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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amberying.com
Another person cured of HIV. We have come such a long way. Happy World AIDS Day. www.iflscience.com/7th-person-c...
7th Person Cured Of HIV After Stem Cell Donation Offers Hope Of Expanded Treatment Options
The success of a transplant from a patient with only one copy of the protective gene might be a one-off, but may also allow others to benefit.
www.iflscience.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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armoede.bsky.social
Zoals elk jaar focussen we nu en de komende dagen op het verdelen van de laatste Hollandse huisjes, en het tellen en toewijzen van de sinterklaasbonnen.
We zamelen ook nog verder in!
Hulp blijft welkom. 🙏
Op die manier hopen we voor iedereen voldoende te hebben… De bonnen worden weldra verstuurd! 🍊
a man in a santa costume holds a cane in front of an orange background
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media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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armoede.bsky.social
Hoe helpen? Drie opties: boodschappen afleveren, reserveren of boodschappenbon. Stuur ons een pb voor concrete info en/of adres. Veel dank!
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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armoede.bsky.social
Dringend gezocht: algemene cadeaubonnen voor België en Nederland! Om dringende hulpvragen beter te kunnen opvangen. (Primera, cadeaubon.be/nl, VVV,…)
Vanaf volgende week plaatsen we weer nieuwe oproepjes, maar eigenlijk was het de bedoeling dat alle openstaande 1/14
a white background with the words euw boric written in black
ALT: a white background with the words euw boric written in black
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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kaseysmith.net
The theme for today's #BlueskyArtShow is #small so here's some tiny Vermeer themed guerilla art I've left around the Netherlands.
A hand holding a large baroque pearl with a 1:82 scale miniature of the milkmaid from the Vermeer painting of the same name. The Girl With A Pearl Earring painted on a small pearl and left in a crack in-between two bricks. A tiny metal and resin vitrine holding a pearl painted with A Girl With A Pearl Earring. It's been installed in-between bricks on a sidewalk. An old fashioned key with a keychain of yellow tassels and pearls hanging from the crack in-between two bricks
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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amberying.com
my official statement as a biologist is that we are all complex poop tubes
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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kaseysmith.net
I need nerd help -- I thrifted this odd little ceramic box in the Netherlands. Which IBM building is this???
A hand holding a ceramic box in the shape of an office building that says IBM on the side.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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armoede.bsky.social
We hadden misschien beter nog even gewacht met onze Sinterklaas inzameling, want de weekendinzameling voor boodschappen was helaas geen succes! De afgelopen weken kwam er niet zo veel hulp. Heel veel dank aan iedereen die toch hielp! In Nederland waren mensen waarschijnlijk 1/3
Een dame geeft boodschappen aan een moeder en dochter.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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armoede.bsky.social
Gezocht, regio Amsterdam, NL: iemand die wat praktische dingen in huis kan doen. Een paar kadertjes ophangen, een lamp boven de tafel,... Kleine klusjes, maar ze maken een groot verschil.
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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oaklandjt.myatproto.social
Hey, so if you're thinking about donating some of your kids toys to a thrift shop after Christmas, it would be waaay more helpful to donate them now. I think a lot of Christmas shopping is going to happen at thrift stores this year - having them well stocked early is gonna help.
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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oaklandjt.myatproto.social
I apologize to all the former co-workers who I told to change their passwords because their kids' names weren't secure enough. I now see that I was holding them to an unfairly high standard.
perryodontal.bsky.social Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · Nov 3
the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...
according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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earlymodernjohn.bsky.social
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
aishasie.bsky.social
NL Utrecht folks! Certain postal code areas have a water advisory to boil tap water for 3 mins before consumption (even for preparing food or brushing teeth) due to a bacteria found in the water supply:
nos.nl/l/2588735
See screenshot for affected postal code areas: forward to who needs to know!
Onderstaande postcodes vallen onder het kookadvies: 3511, 3512, 3513, 3514, 3515, 3521, 3522, 3523, 3524, 3525, 3526, 3527, 3528, 3531, 3532, 3533, 3534, 3541, 3542, 3551, 3552, 3553, 3554, 3555, 3561, 3562, 3563, 3564, 3565, 3566, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3581, 3582, 3583, 3584, 3585, 3602, 3611, 3612, 3615, 3704, 3721, 3722, 3723, 3731, 3732, 3735, 3737, 3981.
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
aishasie.bsky.social
Been deep into playing Ghost of Yotei, which I pre-ordered by exception purely because I adored the first game AND Erika Ishii, who plays the protagonist - but the game absolutely lives up to the hype in my eyes.

I was reading this great interview with Erika:
goldhouse.substack.com/p/meet-the-s...
Meet the Samurai Leading Your Next Favorite Video Game
How did Erika Ishii go from Full House kid to samurai video game star? We find out below!
goldhouse.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
aishasie.bsky.social
Oh fuck, it me.
Meme with characters from Star Trek Voyager: On the left, Captain Janeway looking inquisitive/confused with the caption: "When you're an introvert, but your whole life, you keep taking on more and more leadership and outgoing roles, what is that?" On the right, Tuvok looking stoic as Vulcans do, with the caption: "Introvirtuous. I'm here to help. But I'd rather not be."
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Formal wear al fresco. Photo from my collection, no date/info
Black-and-white photo of a short haired, black tuxedo cat lying on its side on a lawn.
October 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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armoedecoalitie.bsky.social
Workshop Solliciteren voor vrouwen met een beperking
of chronische ziekte

Woensdag 8 oktober 2025, van 13.00 tot 16.30 uur
Dress For Succes, Niels Bohrweg 121 in Utrecht

Meldt je snel aan:
www.solgu.nl/nieuws/vind-...
September 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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kaseysmith.net
I hate, hate, hate that I now trust Instagram Reels more than TikTok. I don't EVER want to side with a Meta product.
mehdirhasan.bsky.social Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 27
"TikTok Is About to Go Full MAGA"

This administration is in the final stages of a deal to hand over control of TikTok to pro-Trump, pro-Israel billionaire investors – and Joe Biden is to blame, argues @taylorlorenz.bsky.social for Zeteo:
TikTok Is About to Go Full MAGA
This administration is in the final stages of a deal to hand over control of TikTok to pro-Trump, pro-Israel billionaire investors – and Joe Biden is to blame.
zeteo.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
aishasie.bsky.social
I just realized I never finished posting Greece trip photodumps. Goes to show how quickly other life stuff piled on after my return, I guess. 😅
September 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
aishasie.bsky.social
Lots of complicated queer community happenings and feelings in the last few months. I'm so tired.
September 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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susieesse.bsky.social
It’s probably fine… #susieesse #braincomic #comic #artist
A brain comic by Susie Esse. A little brain takes care of feelings by putting them into a boxed marked “feelings I can’t deal with”. The box is overflowing and feelings start to fall out but the little brain says “no, it’s fine! We just have to shove them down more” and proceeds to punch them down back into the box.
September 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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tanzpunk.bsky.social
This is also true for Substack.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 10
Exactly.

I must've gotten dozens of "you're the only reason I'm still on Twitter!" in the months before I finally left in October 2023.

They meant it as a compliment, but it always struck me as confirmation that I was complicit in what that place was becoming, so I left.

So can everyone else.
evansutton.bsky.social Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · Sep 10
Prominent folks:

Millions stay on Twitter because that's where they hear from you. That includes reporters.

YOU are giving Twitter viability and credibility.

If YOU leave, the people who want to hear from you will go where you are.

YOU are making the choice to keep others on Twitter.
September 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM