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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻

@erinaceousphd.bsky.social

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Grumpy crone who likes to think and explore (and seek mindfulness). In pfp: a hedgehog with a kente kufi on its head, and red laser eyes. Not chill. Currently rearing an unsociable 🦔 rescue.

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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · Nov 18

Quick intro:
- mid-30s, Fenty 450, Niger Deltan descent 👋🏿
- known elsewhere for locked account where I vented about bad grad school XP
- older now; venting isn’t good for my blood pressure
- non-professional account: expect cooking, plants, mourning pets, deconstruction of fundie upbringing (1/)

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rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social · 1d

statement from charles rivkin, CEO of the motion picture association, on OpenAI’s new video app Sora and intellectual property rights

hollywood remains unimpressed

“Since Sora 2’s release, videos that infringe our members’ films, shows, and characters have proliferated on OpenAI’s service and across social media. While OpenAI clarified it will ‘soon’ offer rightsholders more control over character generation, they must acknowledge it remains their responsibility – not rightsholders' – to prevent infringement on the Sora 2 service. OpenAI needs to take immediate and decisive action to address this issue. Well-established copyright law safeguards the rights of creators and applies here.”

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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 3h

When hedgie’s vet and I discussed palliative care.

Remembering that day makes me teary-eyed.

Rico, house father of WAWG & salt shaker CEO 🧂🤸🏾‍♂️✨ @epereza22.blacksky.app · 5h

When was the last time you cried?

The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 3h

Maybe it’s my short waist, but I never understood what they were meant to do apart from preventing panty lines. I just want a bit more coverage back there!

The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 3h

Reading up on this specialty decaf I still have a lot of (and love). It’s made up of Ethiopian Sidamo beans. Notes are jammy and raspberry-like.

Wish I could bottle up this smell. ☕️ ♥️♥️♥️

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 9h

“But she doesn’t tell us what to DO about it 😭😭😭!”

Do something.
Do something with other people.
Do it again.

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 13h

Great piece as always from @himself.bsky.social, on authoritarianism as a competitive instance of the coordination problem.

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 3h

Pretty much. Just surrounded by endless marketing, dis-/misinfo and attention grabbers. 😭😭😭

The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 3h

Made friends and acquaintances, expanded my network, received monetary and emotional support when I had none and now give it back when I can. 😅

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 22h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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✧𓂃𓈒*｡ﾟ Ne ｡ﾟ*𓂃𓈒 ✧ @artofne.bsky.social · 13h

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maxine maxine. 🇬🇩📚🍉✨ @mminthecity.bsky.social · 5h

talk to yourself out loud — using i, you, and we.

do what you say you’re going to do, especially small things.

encourage yourself out loud AS you’re doing things, especially hard things.

smile at yourself when you pass mirrors in your home.

learn any new things. acquiring knowledge helps a LOT.

#ProtectJhordin ❤️ @xchemoni.blacksky.app · 9h

What is some practical advice for improving self-esteem as an adult, esp ages 30+?

(I don't think we talk about this enough because we're too busy criticizing those who haven't figured it out, so I'd like to get the convo going.)

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

“Many of us were forced to leave behind everything that was most precious—family, home, the communities that gave us a sense of belonging,” individuals said in the video viewed by Pope Leo. “Now, when deportations strike, the loss is repeated.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

“Pope Leo XIV’s eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Mark Seitz presented him letters and a video that captured the fears and anxieties of people facing mass deportation in the United States …”

The church “cannot be silent,” Pope Leo said.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 8h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 5h

I also think it is crucial to build an interior self that isn’t so based in looks. As someone considered ugly even in my region of origin, I’ve learned to exude confidence in spite of what people think of my face/body. My body too ugly/mannish/stocky for you? Ok, still going to live my life.

The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve seen others mention therapy, gratitude and I think that’s all good. Find your values and what you can do to uphold those values.

Love beauty? Do more than a Pinterest board: go to a museum, take up sculpting/drawing, learn about personal style or high fashion, support local artists.

#ProtectJhordin ❤️ @xchemoni.blacksky.app · 9h

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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 5h

King(s) Louis, maybe? 🤔

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SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 6h

Ayo Edebiri Covers Vogue US, November 2025

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Hobbes @flawedfacade.blacksky.app · 6h

Discovery in this case is gonna be so insane. Oh my god.

Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 6h

New York City filed a new lawsuit accusing Facebook, Google, Snapchat, TikTok and other online platforms of fueling a mental health crisis among children by addicting them to social media.

New York City sues social media companies for allegedly addicting children

New York City filed a new lawsuit accusing Facebook, Google, Snapchat, TikTok and other online platforms of fueling a mental health crisis among children by addicting them to social media.

reut.rs

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 6h

New York City filed a new lawsuit accusing Facebook, Google, Snapchat, TikTok and other online platforms of fueling a mental health crisis among children by addicting them to social media.

New York City sues social media companies for allegedly addicting children

New York City filed a new lawsuit accusing Facebook, Google, Snapchat, TikTok and other online platforms of fueling a mental health crisis among children by addicting them to social media.

reut.rs

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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 6h

Aaaand I just blocked a spammy account that liked this because I mentioned S E O.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

....ikyfl cuz hxjxjkrmWHAT

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 2d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 6h

Right. I was like, girl, did your brain think Louis = Louisiana? 😭😭😭

The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 6h

I almost got a job as a scientific writer at a place that used machine learning for cancer detection. I wonder how they’re doing with all this money flowing in the wrong direction, to make deepfake videos and SEO spam. 😭😭😭

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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 6h

I tried asking her something across those lines. Is it the FrenchCath history of both places? 😭😭😭

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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 7h

Fatigued? Burned out? 😭😭😭

To think I tinkered with machine learning in my graduate studies, only for these companies to invest in the most useless subset of it. 😭😭😭

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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 7h

I’m glad there was no fallout. ♥️♥️♥️
I still have to put on that outfit with some of my family.

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The Erinaceous Ghost 🦔 👻 @erinaceousphd.bsky.social · 7h

I’m curious! Is it because of the French in both locations’ names and/or the Catholic naming/framing in both locations’ histories?

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Yossi Mandel @ymandel.bsky.social · 5d

For me, what's worse is, Klein belongs to a tradition of thousands of years but lacks all knowledge of the history and scholarship and literature of that tradition, which would also have provided him with those tools. Alienation from all things Jewish has not served well.

Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 6d

What Klein couldn’t seem to admit was that his core political analysis is born of his personal experience, and nothing about his personal experience prepared him to face the complexity of the current moment. What he could not cope with acknowledging, is that he never thought that would matter.

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