ChandraDKM
@chandradkm.bsky.social
Very slowly migrating to this platform...
Writer. Spoonie. Follower of science.
Writer. Spoonie. Follower of science.
Pinned
ChandraDKM
@chandradkm.bsky.social
· Mar 31
Reminder:
When a herd of reindeer is threatened, the herd runs fast in a "cyclone" to confuse predators, keeping the most vulnerable in the center. The whole herd survives.
Trying to save "most" of the herd lets predators pick off the herd, most vulnerable first, until there's no herd left.
1/
When a herd of reindeer is threatened, the herd runs fast in a "cyclone" to confuse predators, keeping the most vulnerable in the center. The whole herd survives.
Trying to save "most" of the herd lets predators pick off the herd, most vulnerable first, until there's no herd left.
1/
Reposted by ChandraDKM
An increasing number of bookstores in Japan are leasing out their shelves to book lovers to allow them to sell the works they want to recommend, fostering communities of such “shelf owners.” 👉 ebx.sh/CY9y2V
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
An increasing number of bookstores in Japan are leasing out their shelves to book lovers to allow them to sell the works they want to recommend, fostering communities of such “shelf owners.” 👉 ebx.sh/CY9y2V
Reposted by ChandraDKM
Please enjoy my teenager’s charcu-turkey
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Please enjoy my teenager’s charcu-turkey
Reposted by ChandraDKM
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
Reposted by ChandraDKM
I have discovered a planet. It is not out of reach. The wind is whispering and has the scent of coffee. Will you go there with me?
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I have discovered a planet. It is not out of reach. The wind is whispering and has the scent of coffee. Will you go there with me?
Reposted by ChandraDKM
Are there any good food prep services for autistic people with celiac? Food aversions are also an issue for them
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Are there any good food prep services for autistic people with celiac? Food aversions are also an issue for them
Reposted by ChandraDKM
I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
Reposted by ChandraDKM
Maybe I'm missing an important point, but the Ford gov's claim that "Landlords will lower rents if they can rent out more of their properties now that we've given them more power over tenants" feels like something you'd say if you'd never literally never heard of capitalism before in your life.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Maybe I'm missing an important point, but the Ford gov's claim that "Landlords will lower rents if they can rent out more of their properties now that we've given them more power over tenants" feels like something you'd say if you'd never literally never heard of capitalism before in your life.
I'm going to go one step further:
Please don't steal a physical book, even from a "big box store".
My experience working in a big bookstore was that the theft counted against our store, not corporate, and determined available payroll hours.
Ask your library to buy the book if you can't afford it.
Please don't steal a physical book, even from a "big box store".
My experience working in a big bookstore was that the theft counted against our store, not corporate, and determined available payroll hours.
Ask your library to buy the book if you can't afford it.
REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'm going to go one step further:
Please don't steal a physical book, even from a "big box store".
My experience working in a big bookstore was that the theft counted against our store, not corporate, and determined available payroll hours.
Ask your library to buy the book if you can't afford it.
Please don't steal a physical book, even from a "big box store".
My experience working in a big bookstore was that the theft counted against our store, not corporate, and determined available payroll hours.
Ask your library to buy the book if you can't afford it.
Reposted by ChandraDKM
•Every $1 per hour increase in minimum wage corresponds to a 1% decrease in suicide rates
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
2/2
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
2/2
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
•Every $1 per hour increase in minimum wage corresponds to a 1% decrease in suicide rates
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
2/2
Blocking these common sense policies to protect 800 billionaires isn’t just fiscally dumb—it’s literally killing us by the hundreds of thousands
2/2
Reposted by ChandraDKM
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
1/2
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
1/2
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
1/2
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
1/2
Reposted by ChandraDKM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The Cherokee have always been an agricultural people, The vegetable kingdom consequently holds a far more
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The Cherokee have always been an agricultural people, The vegetable kingdom consequently holds a far more
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The Cherokee have always been an agricultural people, The vegetable kingdom consequently holds a far more
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The Cherokee have always been an agricultural people, The vegetable kingdom consequently holds a far more
Hey, graphic designers... lil chat?
We get it. You're artists. We all respect how you can make almost words w/ just shapes and colors.
But you save that sh*t for a gallery show.
Your job is to communicate.
Logos like this are annoying to anyone, and a hate crime against neurodivergent folks.
We get it. You're artists. We all respect how you can make almost words w/ just shapes and colors.
But you save that sh*t for a gallery show.
Your job is to communicate.
Logos like this are annoying to anyone, and a hate crime against neurodivergent folks.
I’m very sorry to announce this to the rest of the country & the world, but a transitional logo has been chosen for the 2034 Salt Lake City Olympics & this is it. Why does it say Utah? We don’t know. Why is the font illegible? Yet another mystery. Did they go ugly on purpose? Again, no idea.
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hey, graphic designers... lil chat?
We get it. You're artists. We all respect how you can make almost words w/ just shapes and colors.
But you save that sh*t for a gallery show.
Your job is to communicate.
Logos like this are annoying to anyone, and a hate crime against neurodivergent folks.
We get it. You're artists. We all respect how you can make almost words w/ just shapes and colors.
But you save that sh*t for a gallery show.
Your job is to communicate.
Logos like this are annoying to anyone, and a hate crime against neurodivergent folks.
Reposted by ChandraDKM
soylent green but with muppets: thread
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
soylent green but with muppets: thread
Reposted by ChandraDKM
Random Fact
While puns about “Air Friars” are eternally funny … the distinction between a Friar and a Monk is that Monks *stayed* in Monasteries and Friars *traveled* about.
Monk Eilmer of Malmesbury Abbey* (pictured) reportedly successfully glided ~200 meters sometime between 1000 & 1020 AD
While puns about “Air Friars” are eternally funny … the distinction between a Friar and a Monk is that Monks *stayed* in Monasteries and Friars *traveled* about.
Monk Eilmer of Malmesbury Abbey* (pictured) reportedly successfully glided ~200 meters sometime between 1000 & 1020 AD
February 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Random Fact
While puns about “Air Friars” are eternally funny … the distinction between a Friar and a Monk is that Monks *stayed* in Monasteries and Friars *traveled* about.
Monk Eilmer of Malmesbury Abbey* (pictured) reportedly successfully glided ~200 meters sometime between 1000 & 1020 AD
While puns about “Air Friars” are eternally funny … the distinction between a Friar and a Monk is that Monks *stayed* in Monasteries and Friars *traveled* about.
Monk Eilmer of Malmesbury Abbey* (pictured) reportedly successfully glided ~200 meters sometime between 1000 & 1020 AD
Reposted by ChandraDKM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
Reposted by ChandraDKM
maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
Reposted by ChandraDKM
The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The trouble with the UCP's dual practice model?
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Think about a double double.
If the line at Tim’s is long because there’s only one person pouring coffee, opening an “express lane” for people who tip $20 doesn’t speed things up. It means those with more money get the coffee while others wait.
Reposted by ChandraDKM
Goodnight.
May we all float gently to sleep and sail away, lost to the currents of our dreams until we return with morning.
🖼️ In Sleepy Bay, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, 1922.
May we all float gently to sleep and sail away, lost to the currents of our dreams until we return with morning.
🖼️ In Sleepy Bay, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, 1922.
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Goodnight.
May we all float gently to sleep and sail away, lost to the currents of our dreams until we return with morning.
🖼️ In Sleepy Bay, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, 1922.
May we all float gently to sleep and sail away, lost to the currents of our dreams until we return with morning.
🖼️ In Sleepy Bay, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, 1922.
Reposted by ChandraDKM
Youth pastor voice: You know who else is never gonna give you up?
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinkin' of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinkin' of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Youth pastor voice: You know who else is never gonna give you up?
The only thing I would change about this strategy is generating one report as a class, then having the kids go research independently, to minimize the water used.
Most preferable would be showing existing data and examples people have already shared. Hopefully that would be enough to make the point
Most preferable would be showing existing data and examples people have already shared. Hopefully that would be enough to make the point
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The only thing I would change about this strategy is generating one report as a class, then having the kids go research independently, to minimize the water used.
Most preferable would be showing existing data and examples people have already shared. Hopefully that would be enough to make the point
Most preferable would be showing existing data and examples people have already shared. Hopefully that would be enough to make the point
Reposted by ChandraDKM
dolly could have been a golden girl: thread
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
dolly could have been a golden girl: thread
Reposted by ChandraDKM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Reposted by ChandraDKM
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reposted by ChandraDKM
