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Andrea
@andyafrica.bsky.social
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Cat mom, academic, nerd, geek, Trekkie, house plant enthusiast, Elder Millennial, Certified Bluesky Elder. 🇿🇦
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diveamydive.bsky.social
Hey! I really felt the weight of everything last week, and I wanted a way to talk through it... so I've been working on (maybe the first???) choose your own adventure game set up directly *in* Bluesky. And here it is!

Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?

Enter the garden.
May 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
andyafrica.bsky.social
Happy #Caturday! #torties
Two tortoiseshell cats on a bed. One is stretched out, arching her back. The other looks on, seeming unamused.
November 30, 2024 at 8:25 AM
andyafrica.bsky.social
B00bs are the best. Said few women ever. #torties #CatsOfBluesky
A tortoiseshell cat lying on mom's lap with her head nestled in between two b00bs, living her best life. Not mom, the cat.
November 13, 2024 at 9:51 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Friendly reminder to new arrivals that a lot of people have been here for a year or two, so if you show up acting like this place is a barren wilderness that you’ll finally make into something good … it’s not going to go well.
November 12, 2024 at 7:49 PM
andyafrica.bsky.social
One would swear I just criticised her fashion sense. #cats #torties
A tortoiseshell cat lying on a textured blue pillow. She seems to be glaring angrily at the carema.
November 9, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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guggenheim.bsky.social
Untitled blue monochrome (IKB 82) by Yves Klein, 1959

https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137339
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, Andrew Powie Fuller and Geraldine Spreckels Fuller Collection, 1999 © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
November 7, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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archive.org
In a new Q&A, @pbump.com, columnist for @washingtonpost.com, reflects on why archiving news goes beyond saving stories. From holding leaders accountable to capturing moments in culture, Bump shares insights on the need to preserve digital media. #VanishingCulture

🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/11/04/v...
“The Internet Archive is essential at ensuring that we have an understanding of what was happening on the internet at a given point in time. That is not something that is constantly useful, but it is something that is occasionally extremely useful.” Q&A with Philip Bump Journalist, The Washington Post
November 4, 2024 at 6:22 PM
andyafrica.bsky.social
Due to a boatload of minor niggles, issues and worries, I'm not having the best day. Please send #cats. These two oblivious loaves are providing some comfort, though.
Two tortoiseshell cats lying tightly next to each other on a bed, legs tucked under them. They are being cute as hell, looking at the camera.
October 27, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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insidehighered.com
#CareerAdvice | The Virtues of Being a Selfish Teacher-Scholar

We’re pulled in many different directions and supposed to be jacks-of-all-trades, writes Anthony Barnhart, but that expectation is unreasonable. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3BSWVgM
The benefits of being selfish as a teacher-scholar (opinion)
We’re pulled in many different directions and supposed to be jacks-of-all-trades, writes Anthony Barnhart, but that expectation is unreasonable.
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October 25, 2024 at 11:47 AM
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theonion.com
Jordan Peterson Disgusted By Society Celebrating 2,560-Pound Minnesota Pumpkin
Jordan Peterson Disgusted By Society Celebrating 2,560-Pound Minnesota Pumpkin
TORONTO—In a critique of what he described as a “warped” perspective on weight, media personality and psychologist Jordan Peterson expressed disgust Tuesday over the enthusiastic reception given to a ...
theonion.com
October 21, 2024 at 2:59 PM
andyafrica.bsky.social
Happy Global Cat Day! #torties
Two tortoiseshell cats lying together on the backrest of a couch.
October 16, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
A paper out of New York University on social media finds "0.1% of users shared 80% of fake news," and "74% of all online conflicts are started in just 1% of communities" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Online discussions are dominated by a surprisingly small, extremely vocal, and non-representative minority. Research on social media has found that, while only 3 % of active accounts are toxic, they produce 33 % of all content [4]. Furthermore, 74 % of all online conflicts are started in just 1 % of communities [5], and 0.1 % of users shared 80 % of fake news [6,7]. Not only does this extreme minority stir discontent, spread misinformation, and spark outrage online, they also bias the meta-perceptions of most users who passively “lurk” online. This can lead to false polarization and pluralistic ignorance, which are linked to a number of problems including drug and alcohol use [8], intergroup hostility [9,10], and support for authoritarian regimes [11]. Furthermore, exposure to extreme content can normalize unhealthy and dangerous behavior. For example, teens exposed to extreme content related to alcohol consumption thought dangerous alcohol consumption was normative [12].
October 8, 2024 at 3:23 PM
andyafrica.bsky.social
I am in tears. I haven't laughed this hard in years. The gift that keeps on giving. I think I'll come back to this whenever I have a bad day.
nickfleisher.bsky.social Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · May 19
What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
October 1, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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doctorheadly.bsky.social
37 years ago today (1987) Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered, reigniting the excitement for the future that Gene Roddenberry had envisioned 20 years before. Where were you when Picard, Riker, Data, Troi and the rest of the NCC-1701-D made their maiden voyage?
September 28, 2024 at 4:17 PM
andyafrica.bsky.social
Feet! #torties #Caturday
Two tortoiseshell cats lying together on their sides. They are facing each other and six of their legs are piled together between them.
September 28, 2024 at 8:58 AM
andyafrica.bsky.social
Time for her solo, obviously an old favourite of her people #torties
Two tortoiseshell cats sitting on a blue pillow on the armrest of a couch. One is yawning
August 12, 2024 at 7:22 PM
andyafrica.bsky.social
Working 9 to 5, giving it their all #torties
Two lazy, sleepy tortoiseshell cats, laying on a cushion on a desk, next to a laptop
July 18, 2024 at 12:35 PM
andyafrica.bsky.social
Working on a Sunday is not ideal, but thankfully my colleagues are pulling their weight. #torties
Two tortoiseshell cats laying in a comfy bed, on a wooden desk, next to a computer. The sun is filtering in through the blinds. They cannot look lazier if they tried.
July 7, 2024 at 8:26 AM
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kevinbaum013.bsky.social
Happy third anniversary of the funniest political moment of all time.
November 7, 2023 at 2:59 PM