@lourek.bsky.social
A fangirl and a geek (she/her). Often ranting. Sometimes I write stuff.
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It’s really embarrassing how much certain Democrats are trying to assist the right in enacting Project 2025’s plans to censor the internet and banish abortion access info, sex ed, LGBTQ people, and much more under the guise of “protecting the kids,” who will of course be further harmed by this
December 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
It’s really embarrassing how much certain Democrats are trying to assist the right in enacting Project 2025’s plans to censor the internet and banish abortion access info, sex ed, LGBTQ people, and much more under the guise of “protecting the kids,” who will of course be further harmed by this
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The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
The colonial lie at the heart of Africa’s homophobic 'culture war'
The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/
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The police will have the power to make it a criminal offence to cover your face at a public protest if Labour’s proposed policing bill becomes law, putting LGBTQIA+ people attending Pride events in danger of being outed
New police powers could criminalise wearing a mask at Pride
The police will have the power to make it a criminal offence to cover your face at a public protest if Labour’s proposed policing bill becomes law, putting LGBTQIA+ people attending Pride events in danger of being outed
www.wearequeeraf.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The police will have the power to make it a criminal offence to cover your face at a public protest if Labour’s proposed policing bill becomes law, putting LGBTQIA+ people attending Pride events in danger of being outed
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235. It's weird social security administation hires private investigators. Disabled people can have fun and still need SSI/SSDI.
August 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
235. It's weird social security administation hires private investigators. Disabled people can have fun and still need SSI/SSDI.
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Brown University is caving to Trump.
They are banning trans women from female bathrooms, dorms, locker rooms, and sports across campus. They're also cracking down on trans care for minors, though that is unlikely to be broadly impactful since it's a university.
president.brown.edu/president/br...
They are banning trans women from female bathrooms, dorms, locker rooms, and sports across campus. They're also cracking down on trans care for minors, though that is unlikely to be broadly impactful since it's a university.
president.brown.edu/president/br...
July 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Brown University is caving to Trump.
They are banning trans women from female bathrooms, dorms, locker rooms, and sports across campus. They're also cracking down on trans care for minors, though that is unlikely to be broadly impactful since it's a university.
president.brown.edu/president/br...
They are banning trans women from female bathrooms, dorms, locker rooms, and sports across campus. They're also cracking down on trans care for minors, though that is unlikely to be broadly impactful since it's a university.
president.brown.edu/president/br...
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The most problematic ship? Censorship
July 31, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The most problematic ship? Censorship
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Will everyone quit and roll over? The law firms, media companies, universities, government employees. Will you all cling to what you have and hope you can just ride it out, Republic be damned? Shame on all of you who don’t stand up, just remember we will never forget.
August 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Will everyone quit and roll over? The law firms, media companies, universities, government employees. Will you all cling to what you have and hope you can just ride it out, Republic be damned? Shame on all of you who don’t stand up, just remember we will never forget.
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"I can't brainstorm without ai" "I can't draw without ai" "I can't write without ai" "Ai summarized it for me cause it's too hard of a read"
So what exactly /can/ you do? Because you sound fucking useless to me
So what exactly /can/ you do? Because you sound fucking useless to me
August 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"I can't brainstorm without ai" "I can't draw without ai" "I can't write without ai" "Ai summarized it for me cause it's too hard of a read"
So what exactly /can/ you do? Because you sound fucking useless to me
So what exactly /can/ you do? Because you sound fucking useless to me
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I am absolutely ENTHRALLED 💖🦇
Anyway, happy library week.
For no particularly good reason there's a reminder that @joydemorra.bsky.social wrote one of my favorite books ever
⚰️🖤
For no particularly good reason there's a reminder that @joydemorra.bsky.social wrote one of my favorite books ever
⚰️🖤
April 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I am absolutely ENTHRALLED 💖🦇
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If anyone wanted to know whether Musk "leaving" DOGE would have any effect on our movement... Well here's an easy answer. #teslatakedown
April 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If anyone wanted to know whether Musk "leaving" DOGE would have any effect on our movement... Well here's an easy answer. #teslatakedown
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This morning, one of Tesla's biggest fans on Wall Street called the company's first quarter sales numbers "a disaster on every metric."
Why? Because Tesla just announced a massive 13% year-over-year drop in vehicle deliveries.
Find a #teslatakedown protest near you!
@teslatakedown.com
Why? Because Tesla just announced a massive 13% year-over-year drop in vehicle deliveries.
Find a #teslatakedown protest near you!
@teslatakedown.com
Tesla Takedown | Take action at Tesla showrooms everywhere.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us—not politicians, not the media.
Www.teslaTakedown.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning, one of Tesla's biggest fans on Wall Street called the company's first quarter sales numbers "a disaster on every metric."
Why? Because Tesla just announced a massive 13% year-over-year drop in vehicle deliveries.
Find a #teslatakedown protest near you!
@teslatakedown.com
Why? Because Tesla just announced a massive 13% year-over-year drop in vehicle deliveries.
Find a #teslatakedown protest near you!
@teslatakedown.com
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SCOOP: YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy. "YouTube quietly removing ‘gender identity and expression’ from its list of protected groups is a major radical shift away from best practices in the field of trust and safety."
YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy
TariffTokers, Gen Z’s ‘it couple’, Easter potatoes, anti-MAGA hats, Zuck's D.C. mansion, Amazon's TikTok bid, Silicon Valley's cupid, and the fastest growing political channels on YouTube
www.usermag.co
April 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
SCOOP: YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy. "YouTube quietly removing ‘gender identity and expression’ from its list of protected groups is a major radical shift away from best practices in the field of trust and safety."
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Viime viikolta: Karut työttömyysluvut julki – ”Todella surkea saavutus”, arvioi pääekonomisti hallituksen työllisyyspolitiikkaa
Karut työttömyysluvut julki – ”Todella surkea saavutus”, arvioi pääekonomisti hallituksen työllisyyspolitiikkaa
”Jos nousevalle työttömyydelle esimerkiksi rakennusalalla ei nyt tehdä mitään, niin työttömyys jää siellä pysyvästi korkeammalle tasolle”, varoittaa STTK:n pääekonomisti Patrizio Lainà.
www.ku.fi
April 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Viime viikolta: Karut työttömyysluvut julki – ”Todella surkea saavutus”, arvioi pääekonomisti hallituksen työllisyyspolitiikkaa
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As long as Elon is using his wealth to undermine democracy, we'll continue working to drag it into the ground. #teslatakedown
Elon Musk is planning on playing a "major role" in the elections for midterms despite a humiliating loss in Wisconsin.
I can't wait for this to backfire again and for him to waste even more of his money.
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I can't wait for this to backfire again and for him to waste even more of his money.
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April 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
As long as Elon is using his wealth to undermine democracy, we'll continue working to drag it into the ground. #teslatakedown
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it worries me when the narrative about trump is that “it’s dumbasses that don’t know what they’re doing”. they know exactly what they’re doing. peter thiel is a close ally of trump and owns JD vance. peter thiel is a believer in curtis yarvin thought, which is 100% in line with what’s happening
April 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
it worries me when the narrative about trump is that “it’s dumbasses that don’t know what they’re doing”. they know exactly what they’re doing. peter thiel is a close ally of trump and owns JD vance. peter thiel is a believer in curtis yarvin thought, which is 100% in line with what’s happening
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This is true in Indiana, too.
I cannot afford ONE academic database for my LMC with my entire annual budget, let alone the dozens provided by the state library.
I cannot afford ONE academic database for my LMC with my entire annual budget, let alone the dozens provided by the state library.
Lest you think this is just impacting public libraries: school libraries are going to suffer greatly if this funding disappears. State level funded databases aren't something school libraries can replace at a local level.
April 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This is true in Indiana, too.
I cannot afford ONE academic database for my LMC with my entire annual budget, let alone the dozens provided by the state library.
I cannot afford ONE academic database for my LMC with my entire annual budget, let alone the dozens provided by the state library.
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Mississippi libraries immediately sounding the alarm about what IMLS cuts are going to do.
Lots of public libraries (& museums) are doing this. Keep it up! Expand it!
www.wlox.com/app/2025/04/...
Lots of public libraries (& museums) are doing this. Keep it up! Expand it!
www.wlox.com/app/2025/04/...
Coast libraries call for help amid federal funding cuts, service suspensions
Mississippi Coast libraries wasted no time in alerting the public and requesting a call to action in the aftermath of cuts to federal funding.
www.wlox.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Mississippi libraries immediately sounding the alarm about what IMLS cuts are going to do.
Lots of public libraries (& museums) are doing this. Keep it up! Expand it!
www.wlox.com/app/2025/04/...
Lots of public libraries (& museums) are doing this. Keep it up! Expand it!
www.wlox.com/app/2025/04/...
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Considering that Hayao Miyazaki _famously_ considers AI generators an insult to life itself, it's impossible to see this as anything but OpenAI intentionally giving the middle finger to Miyazaki.
OpenAI released a new version of their image generation technology, and people are using it to recreate memes in the style of Studio Ghibli.
Studio Ghibli Memes Take Over the Internet—Thanks to AI
The Studio Ghibli version of a Ben Affleck meme is a personal favorite.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Considering that Hayao Miyazaki _famously_ considers AI generators an insult to life itself, it's impossible to see this as anything but OpenAI intentionally giving the middle finger to Miyazaki.
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With the Signal leak, a normal White House would admit error, promise to get to the bottom of it, fire some high profile people, and move on.
But as @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social point out, this combative cult of personality can’t do that. Worse for them and the country.
But as @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social point out, this combative cult of personality can’t do that. Worse for them and the country.
In Signalgate, Trumpworld is demonstrating exactly what's wrong with authoritarian populism: Refusal to admit error, walling out of constructive criticism, the cult-like defense of the leader at all costs.
Transcript of discussion w/ @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1932...
Transcript of discussion w/ @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1932...
March 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
With the Signal leak, a normal White House would admit error, promise to get to the bottom of it, fire some high profile people, and move on.
But as @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social point out, this combative cult of personality can’t do that. Worse for them and the country.
But as @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social point out, this combative cult of personality can’t do that. Worse for them and the country.
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People in even super-deep-red districts are catching on to Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s robbery of the American people.
This is getting good.
This is getting good.
March 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
People in even super-deep-red districts are catching on to Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s robbery of the American people.
This is getting good.
This is getting good.
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Every day should be like this for all of them. ALL OF THEM. ALL THE TIME. EVERYWHERE THEY GO. They shouldn't be able to go out to eat, to relax, to vacation, to shop, without someone making a noise.
Fox News reported that JD Vance had to move to an “undisclosed location” due to protests at the Vermont resort where he’s skiing this weekend. For inflicting misery on the world and here at home in America, this is exactly the energy that should greet Vance wherever he goes for the rest of his days.
March 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Every day should be like this for all of them. ALL OF THEM. ALL THE TIME. EVERYWHERE THEY GO. They shouldn't be able to go out to eat, to relax, to vacation, to shop, without someone making a noise.
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Vance Skis in Jeans
Wow: JD Vance is apparently skiing in Vermont this weekend and the locals aren’t having it. Thousands have lined the streets in protest.
March 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Vance Skis in Jeans
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In the wake of the bizarre confrontation between Trump and Ukraine's president, democratic leaders across the globe are backing Zelensky.
Kremlin Gloats After Trump, Vance Oval Office Ukraine Meltdown
Trump's White House meeting with Zelensky was a disaster. The world is standing with Ukraine. Except for Russia, that is.
rollingstone.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
In the wake of the bizarre confrontation between Trump and Ukraine's president, democratic leaders across the globe are backing Zelensky.
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aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt
February 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt