Alexa
@lexgordon.bsky.social
Dog trainer. She/her. Plants/gardening. Books. Quilts. Crochet. Miniatures. Other nerd shit.
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You all, after YEARS of archival research and writing, my book is out in exactly ONE month and it’s my job to promote it. Please help me spread the word!! 😀📚#booksky
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
You all, after YEARS of archival research and writing, my book is out in exactly ONE month and it’s my job to promote it. Please help me spread the word!! 😀📚#booksky
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If you don’t want to listen to myself or other academics trying to warn that fascism is seeping into every facet of your life and people are being radicalized at light speed as the west is remade as a fascist regime listen to the news trying to scream it out as well.
‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture
‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture
Extremist messaging now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch’
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you don’t want to listen to myself or other academics trying to warn that fascism is seeping into every facet of your life and people are being radicalized at light speed as the west is remade as a fascist regime listen to the news trying to scream it out as well.
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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I think you just want to trash “centrists” here in order to rat fuck Democrats. You’ve been told by trans people here and others what is best for the trans community and yet you keep refusing to listen.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I think you just want to trash “centrists” here in order to rat fuck Democrats. You’ve been told by trans people here and others what is best for the trans community and yet you keep refusing to listen.
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None of this is “good faith political debate,” and it’s not a coincidence that all these outlets are suddenly interested in the same “discussion” at the same time.
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
December 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
None of this is “good faith political debate,” and it’s not a coincidence that all these outlets are suddenly interested in the same “discussion” at the same time.
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
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My nephew is 25 and is a functional, successful young man. He has multiple spinal fractures requiring implanted hardware and fusion. He can walk fine for short distances, he even lifts weights, but long airport distances cause severe pain. He still does it bc he doesn’t want these optics. Fuck this
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
My nephew is 25 and is a functional, successful young man. He has multiple spinal fractures requiring implanted hardware and fusion. He can walk fine for short distances, he even lifts weights, but long airport distances cause severe pain. He still does it bc he doesn’t want these optics. Fuck this
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Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
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Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
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No no no no. There are many reasons someone might need to a wheelchair to navigate an airport and still be ambulant enough to walk from the gate to their seat, or off again. Enough with this jealousy from able people. You don't know how good you have it. The plane will get you there just the same.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
No no no no. There are many reasons someone might need to a wheelchair to navigate an airport and still be ambulant enough to walk from the gate to their seat, or off again. Enough with this jealousy from able people. You don't know how good you have it. The plane will get you there just the same.
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I’m so very tired of “Trump doesn’t care about that!” posts. Thank you, yes, this is not news. His lack of caring is well-documented. It’s not actually necessary to breathlessly inform people of this anymore.
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’m so very tired of “Trump doesn’t care about that!” posts. Thank you, yes, this is not news. His lack of caring is well-documented. It’s not actually necessary to breathlessly inform people of this anymore.
Good lord, he’s pretty.
December 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Good lord, he’s pretty.
It was touch and go, but Albie survived his bath and blowout.
December 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It was touch and go, but Albie survived his bath and blowout.
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They will not succeed — both because they are wrong and because, ultimately, such people always fail.
The only question is how many people will be harmed in the interim and what we, as people who care, will do to support and protect those being targeted. (This, to be clear, is not a new question.)
The only question is how many people will be harmed in the interim and what we, as people who care, will do to support and protect those being targeted. (This, to be clear, is not a new question.)
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
They will not succeed — both because they are wrong and because, ultimately, such people always fail.
The only question is how many people will be harmed in the interim and what we, as people who care, will do to support and protect those being targeted. (This, to be clear, is not a new question.)
The only question is how many people will be harmed in the interim and what we, as people who care, will do to support and protect those being targeted. (This, to be clear, is not a new question.)
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1 year ago, @vancityreynolds.bsky.social made me wear a terrible sweater... youtu.be/8zY0dZr8t28?...
Deadpool and Kidpool Help SickKids
YouTube video by Ryan Reynolds
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December 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
1 year ago, @vancityreynolds.bsky.social made me wear a terrible sweater... youtu.be/8zY0dZr8t28?...
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VAP Trinity University Department of Religion specializing in Islam. Deadline February 1, 2026.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion - Islam
Job Family Group: Faculty Time Type: Full time Department/Office: Religion Exemption Status: Exempt Job Description: Trinity University seeks applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor (...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
VAP Trinity University Department of Religion specializing in Islam. Deadline February 1, 2026.
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1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
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If you terrorize people going into a synagogue because of Gaza, you are not an anti-Zionist. You're a piece of shit antisemite.
December 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If you terrorize people going into a synagogue because of Gaza, you are not an anti-Zionist. You're a piece of shit antisemite.
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I crap a lot (a lot!) on their headline and photo choices but yeah this sums up the entire debacle pretty well
this is your king, dipshits, would that you were still capable of being embarrassed
this is your king, dipshits, would that you were still capable of being embarrassed
December 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I crap a lot (a lot!) on their headline and photo choices but yeah this sums up the entire debacle pretty well
this is your king, dipshits, would that you were still capable of being embarrassed
this is your king, dipshits, would that you were still capable of being embarrassed
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Jodeci teaches us sometimes you gotta holler at it
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Jodeci teaches us sometimes you gotta holler at it
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posting again, b/c.. idk. Toss em some coin, make yourself feel good for doing a good thing
For the next two weeks we will be fundraising for our winter ministry project … consider partnering with our local ministry in providing grocery gift cards for the community venmo.com/u/solomon-MI...
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
posting again, b/c.. idk. Toss em some coin, make yourself feel good for doing a good thing
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There's no honor to be had in following the norms of this electoral system, nationally speaking. It's always been shameful but we're in farce territory at this point.
December 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
There's no honor to be had in following the norms of this electoral system, nationally speaking. It's always been shameful but we're in farce territory at this point.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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It's vitally important to recognize in this conversation that a shit ton of people don't think people with disabilities (esp learning disabilities) *should* be allowed accommodations.
If you assume good faith on that point, you're having this conversation starting on the back foot already.
If you assume good faith on that point, you're having this conversation starting on the back foot already.
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's vitally important to recognize in this conversation that a shit ton of people don't think people with disabilities (esp learning disabilities) *should* be allowed accommodations.
If you assume good faith on that point, you're having this conversation starting on the back foot already.
If you assume good faith on that point, you're having this conversation starting on the back foot already.
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.