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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 59m

They're changing their name from Kitty to Karen. They're changing their default sans serif from Tahoma to Avenir Next

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 1d

Hey @queermedieval.bsky.social your illustration prints *beautifully*!!

Anti-fascist frogs hot off the press

A print made from wood type and linoleum. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

The ink is green on an off white paper.

wood type and linoleum set for printing in a proofing press. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

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Girl, That’s Scary @girlthatsscary.blacksky.app · 1d

Argue with the government the way you argue with Black ppl in their mentions.

Maybe we’ll get some shit done✨

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 12h

What?? I will fight* your haters

* express my discontent while asking guiding questions in my gentle parenting voice and make them wish I was actually fighting them

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 12h

Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to cut and paste and reformat documents

a young boy is sitting at a desk in front of a computer with the words `` ctrl + c '' written on the screen .

Alt: a young boy is sitting at a desk in front of a computer with the words `` ctrl + c '' written on the screen .

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 16h

Do I want to write this letter myself and feel the power of my words coming through my keyboard like sharpened claws? Most certainly. Do I want help from a professional writer on how to do it well so it'll be effective? also a little yes.

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 16h

back when the internet was thriving, you used to be able to search things like "how to write a strongly worded letter" without AI trying to suck the joy out of the task and do it for you.

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 1d

When I have access to it! survey123.arcgis.com

Account Login - ArcGIS Survey123

Sign in to your ArcGIS Survey123 account. ArcGIS Survey123 is a complete, form-centric solution for creating smart surveys & forms, collecting data via web or mobile devices and analyzing results.

survey123.arcgis.com

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

This is true for students too. Yes there are many factors impacting student reading, but working 30+ hours a week to be able to afford college is definitely one of them.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 1d

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 1d

Also: parenting within nuclear families. When we don’t have enough of a village to share the parenting load, we are with our kids all of our free time until later in the evening. Have you ever tried to read with a toddler in the same room? You’re lucky if you can get two sentences in

alison (she/her) FREE LINK @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 1d

This is extremely important!

When I was too busy with work, I did not read recreationally.
When I was too busy with work, I did not read to build my professional skills.
When I was too busy with work, there was no time, energy, or interest in reading.

I read for work.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

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alison (she/her) FREE LINK @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 1d

This is extremely important!

When I was too busy with work, I did not read recreationally.
When I was too busy with work, I did not read to build my professional skills.
When I was too busy with work, there was no time, energy, or interest in reading.

I read for work.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 1d

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 1d

Me at 10 pm: yay, early bedtime!
Me at 11:30 pm: sicko meme ahh yes yes downloading another stack of vibes into my Zotero library

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 1d

Partying is cool and all but have you ever typed random words you like into google scholar to see what comes up?

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know if I have this season in me after all

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 2d

Ughhhh what trash behavior re: (redacted) lying about her attraction to him vs what she told producers

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 2d

Literally. The kids don’t even exist yet and I’m already afraid for their safety

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

i could write a tome about how fucking embarrassing it is for journalism that someone as morally bankrupt as bari weiss has ascended to the highest levels of money and power by tickling trump's balls but instead i'm going to keep covering the people hurt most by his terror and giving them a voice.

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine gleefully talking about spanking your hypothetical kids with someone, talking about not accepting those kids for who they are if they’re queer and they don’t even exist yet. Shameful.

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 2d

This season of Love Is Blind is going to feel a lot shorter now that I plan to fast forward through the homophobic as heck couple

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 2d

Same tbh, anything less and I feel unmoored the whole flight

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Althea May 🦇⚾️ @alymay.bsky.social · 2d

I respect it

a woman is standing in front of an american flag with a bald eagle on it .

Alt: a woman saluting dramatically standing in front of an american flag with a bald eagle on it .

media.tenor.com

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Helmi @helmsinki.bsky.social · 6d

HUGE TW for homophobia in Episode 4 of this season of Love is Blind by the way. If you're upset by people who are not accepting of LGBTQ kids just skip 9:00-15:30

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 2d

F it. One more post for the weekend. Who knows if we'll have one like this again.

The sand drops off too fast, maybe I'll have time later to edit it more. Who knows! Time is complicated right now! But I've been trying for this shot for a few years, I was ultra lucky, so wanted to make a sequence 🪶

A sequence of a snowy plover flying, 10 individual shots, 7 on the ground with wing movement, 3 in flight

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 3d

It’s so awesome that this is the leading opposition figure to Donald Trump

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 3d

CHUCK SCHUMER: "New data came out today from KFF - and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries ... the Kaiser Family Foundation"

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 3d

KOAT field reporter just interviewed someone who came to the Fiesta because she saw it on the Travel Channel. Asked how she was liking Albuquerque she said she loved it *and specifically praised the free buses* "not many places have that!"

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