@antarestrader.bsky.social
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Why no pronouns? I began writing online when Usenet was a thing. I have always appreciated that online my ideas mattered more than my identity. I maintain that ethos by keeping this, my primary account, free of my gender, race and ethnicity. If you need pronouns for this account, use ze/zir.
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
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"political violence is never acceptable," is a phrase you don't hear politicians say after cops beat the shit out of peaceful demonstrators
September 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"political violence is never acceptable," is a phrase you don't hear politicians say after cops beat the shit out of peaceful demonstrators
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We are nearly approaching the 10-year anniversary of the Colangelo family Thanksgiving mystery of trying to figure out who ate the bag of gourmet dog treats thinking they were cookies and stashed the wrapper under the couch once they realized their mistake.
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We are nearly approaching the 10-year anniversary of the Colangelo family Thanksgiving mystery of trying to figure out who ate the bag of gourmet dog treats thinking they were cookies and stashed the wrapper under the couch once they realized their mistake.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
When did all the teachers suddenly become so interested in students' voices. When I was taking writing courses the goal was to conform to "standard English" and follow the examples of good writers. This "personal voice" thing only became a thing after LLMs came on the scene.
once again grading and lamenting the disappearance of students' voices and students' work and their replacement by LLMs.
I hate this game of "am I grading ChatGPT or a person?"
I hate this game of "am I grading ChatGPT or a person?"
Wrote up a little intervention post/explanation for my class about why using LLMs for trying to learn programming (as first time learners!) is bad and detrimental datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-11...
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
When did all the teachers suddenly become so interested in students' voices. When I was taking writing courses the goal was to conform to "standard English" and follow the examples of good writers. This "personal voice" thing only became a thing after LLMs came on the scene.
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When "I won't vote for somebody who doesn't support trans people" is considered a hostage taking purity test
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
When "I won't vote for somebody who doesn't support trans people" is considered a hostage taking purity test
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
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People who yell about generational inequality are liars or fools. The problem is the super-rich, not your parents deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-rich-p...
The Rich People Who Own the Media Want Generations to Fight, not Classes
Yelling about generational inequality is a sure tell someone is a liar or clueless
deanbaker22.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
People who yell about generational inequality are liars or fools. The problem is the super-rich, not your parents deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-rich-p...
The peasants are worried about Healthcare and jobs again. DISTRACT! DISTRACT! DISTRACT! 🚨🚨🚨
Good to see: @repyassansari.bsky.social tells me she expects 50 Republicans to vote to release Epstein files (agreeing w/MTG). Dems also want to bring in heads of financial institutions on Epstein transactions.
"The dam is breaking," Ansari says. Listen to her here:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
"The dam is breaking," Ansari says. Listen to her here:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fresh Epstein Bombshell Should Unnerve Trump
As signs mount that more Republicans than expected will break with Trump on Jeffrey Epstein, Rep. Yassamin Ansari explains why Trump has much more to worry about than is commonly known.
newrepublic.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The peasants are worried about Healthcare and jobs again. DISTRACT! DISTRACT! DISTRACT! 🚨🚨🚨
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Right wing fascists would have us believe that hatred of Netanyahu and his government is antisemitic. It isn't, any more than hatred of Trump and his catch-farts is hatred of all Americans. Evil should be called out wherever it appears.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Right wing fascists would have us believe that hatred of Netanyahu and his government is antisemitic. It isn't, any more than hatred of Trump and his catch-farts is hatred of all Americans. Evil should be called out wherever it appears.
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Remember when some of us said the Democratic leadership would take all the wrong lessons from the blue tsunami and squander all the goodwill?
Here you go.
Here you go.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Remember when some of us said the Democratic leadership would take all the wrong lessons from the blue tsunami and squander all the goodwill?
Here you go.
Here you go.
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It’s a problem with that acronym, because almost everything works for both referents
“Lately SF has lost all sense of realism.”
“I know. And it has so few women.”
“It boils down to SF is obsessed with gadgets, and especially with AI.”
“And don’t get me started on BART delays.”
“Wait what”
“Lately SF has lost all sense of realism.”
“I know. And it has so few women.”
“It boils down to SF is obsessed with gadgets, and especially with AI.”
“And don’t get me started on BART delays.”
“Wait what”
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It’s a problem with that acronym, because almost everything works for both referents
“Lately SF has lost all sense of realism.”
“I know. And it has so few women.”
“It boils down to SF is obsessed with gadgets, and especially with AI.”
“And don’t get me started on BART delays.”
“Wait what”
“Lately SF has lost all sense of realism.”
“I know. And it has so few women.”
“It boils down to SF is obsessed with gadgets, and especially with AI.”
“And don’t get me started on BART delays.”
“Wait what”
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So laws requiring them to use deadnames and assigned-at-birth pronouns are also unconstitutional, right? Right?
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
So laws requiring them to use deadnames and assigned-at-birth pronouns are also unconstitutional, right? Right?
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"Look, Mamdani's win is both the worst thing to ever happen and totally meaningless; his supporters are stupid rich kids and also dedicated communist-terrorist infiltrators; and, as I argue in this, my 12th op-ed on him, it's strange that we all keep talking about him so much."
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"Look, Mamdani's win is both the worst thing to ever happen and totally meaningless; his supporters are stupid rich kids and also dedicated communist-terrorist infiltrators; and, as I argue in this, my 12th op-ed on him, it's strange that we all keep talking about him so much."
Tuesday Zohran Mamdani convincingly wins NYC Mayoral race. This means that by next week Gavin Newsom will have grown a beard and be promoting free busses and rent freezes in California.
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Tuesday Zohran Mamdani convincingly wins NYC Mayoral race. This means that by next week Gavin Newsom will have grown a beard and be promoting free busses and rent freezes in California.
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Exactly this. We just haven’t been given great candidates because the DNC won’t open their treasure chest for them. It’s been going on for decades and the main reason we’re in this pickle now.
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Exactly this. We just haven’t been given great candidates because the DNC won’t open their treasure chest for them. It’s been going on for decades and the main reason we’re in this pickle now.
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I definitely had this off in the past and then i checked and it was flipped to “hide”
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I definitely had this off in the past and then i checked and it was flipped to “hide”
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I would argue we won DESPITE the Democratic party.
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I would argue we won DESPITE the Democratic party.
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I think this is in some ways the most encouraging thing for me from last night
they really went national full court press to beat Mamdani and they got what they wanted - Republicans showed up, held their noses and voted for Cuomo, the anti-Mamdani coalition worked
they still lost by 9
they really went national full court press to beat Mamdani and they got what they wanted - Republicans showed up, held their noses and voted for Cuomo, the anti-Mamdani coalition worked
they still lost by 9
while the story in Virginia and New Jersey was heavily one of relative turnout, with far more votes than usual coming from liberal areas, this was not the case in New York
Republicans showed up in pretty clearly greater numbers than Democrats, motivated to beat Mamdani
but they didn't
Republicans showed up in pretty clearly greater numbers than Democrats, motivated to beat Mamdani
but they didn't
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I think this is in some ways the most encouraging thing for me from last night
they really went national full court press to beat Mamdani and they got what they wanted - Republicans showed up, held their noses and voted for Cuomo, the anti-Mamdani coalition worked
they still lost by 9
they really went national full court press to beat Mamdani and they got what they wanted - Republicans showed up, held their noses and voted for Cuomo, the anti-Mamdani coalition worked
they still lost by 9
This is what happens with means tested programs. They bread resentment in those who still struggle but don't qualify. SNAP is also highly inefficient spending more on admin that it distributed in aid. A Universal Basic Income would solve both these problems.
A lot more White households than Black households get SNAP benefits, but there's a reason for the frequent racist subtext. www.pbump.net/o/the-racist...
The racist subtext to the SNAP discussion (that isn’t always subtext)
Clay Higgins, U.S. representative from the state of Louisiana, thinks it's the poor's own fault that they might go hungry if and when SNAP benefits aren't distributed in November. "Any American who ha...
www.pbump.net
November 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is what happens with means tested programs. They bread resentment in those who still struggle but don't qualify. SNAP is also highly inefficient spending more on admin that it distributed in aid. A Universal Basic Income would solve both these problems.
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I like how Zohran Mamdani scandals are like "He called his old cousin his aunt one time" and Andrew Cuomo scandals are like "He sexually assaulted 13 women."
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I like how Zohran Mamdani scandals are like "He called his old cousin his aunt one time" and Andrew Cuomo scandals are like "He sexually assaulted 13 women."
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We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.