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Lykara Ryder

@lykarar.bsky.social

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Union activist. Conlang enthusiast. Higher education exponent and worker bee. Liberation advocate and campaigner. Disabled immigrant.

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Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · Nov 12

I’ve put some thought into how to introduce myself on a new platform. I’ll go with three categories.

1. Activism - I’ll talk about / repost things relating to:

•trade union campaigns
•social + racial + economic justice
•disability pride
•climate emergency
•political exasperation

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Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · 2h

Brilliant use of All Staff e-mail. 😍 I no longer want to receive notifications of meetings or senior staff appointments; only messages about party games or leftover catering in break rooms, please.

Screenshot of an email that reads:
To [workplace redacted] ALLSTAFF
Hi all -
Apologies for the mass email 😊
I found four sets of Jenga (aka 'Tumbling Tower') in [room redacted] today.
If this is yours, please let me know: you can find it in [room redacted]
Best,

Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · 5h

Got my flu jab this morning! 🩹 People don’t talk enough about the incredible social good that the NHS delivers, and why we need to fight to protect it and fund it properly.

a sign that says i love nhs with a heart in the middle

Alt: Flashing sign saying ‘I ❤️ NHS’.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · 1d

The pen that I started using in Sep 2023 when I was given full-time release for my Branch Secretary role… just ran out of ink. A really weird milestone.

Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · 4d

This was a unanimous vote, and an easy choice for us to make. Andrea has a vision for change that our union needs, and a practical plan for empowering branches so we can win for members. The HE sector is in crisis; Andrea knows this and supports us.

🗳️ I’m proud to support @andrea4gs.bsky.social

Andrea Egan for UNISON General Secretary @andrea4gs.bsky.social · 4d

A huge thank you to Manchester Metro University Branch.

I won’t let our Higher Education members down ✊

We’re backing Andrea

Manchester Metro University

Andrea Egan for General Secretary

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Andrea Egan for UNISON General Secretary @andrea4gs.bsky.social · 4d

A huge thank you to Manchester Metro University Branch.

I won’t let our Higher Education members down ✊

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Cris (without an H) @ambignostic.bsky.social · 6d

All this happened, more or less. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 6d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 6d

why is sentence two in every story not "congress has not authorized the use of military force"

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An Angry Scientist @anangryscientist.bsky.social · 6d

Hwæt!
Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 6d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 6d

why is sentence two in every story not "congress has not authorized the use of military force"

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Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 6d

Marley was dead; to begin with. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 6d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 6d

why is sentence two in every story not "congress has not authorized the use of military force"

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Della @streettheorist.bsky.social · 5d

Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know. I got a telegram from the home: Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 6d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 6d

why is sentence two in every story not "congress has not authorized the use of military force"

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 6d

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 6d

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 6d

Attention I ask from all the sacred people, greater and lesser offspring of Heimdall! Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 6d

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 6d

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 6d

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 6d

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 6d

why is sentence two in every story not "congress has not authorized the use of military force"

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Lizy @lizysimonen.bsky.social · 7d

There is no better feeling in library work than seeing a young person work up the nerve to ask for a book recommendation and actually having something for them on the shelf.

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UNISON in Higher Education @unisoninhe.bsky.social · 8d

Statement from Vicki Morris, Chair of the HESGE: UNISON’s Higher Education Service Group Executive nominates Andrea Egan for General Secretary.

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UNISON Manchester Metropolitan University @unisonmmu.bsky.social · 9d

A delegation from our branch also joined the picket last week and today. Watch the video to find out why staff had to take this action.

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Heppy 🐟 💚 #SlavaUkraini #FuckPutin #FuckTrump #FuckFarage @heppy111.bsky.social · 10d

Not just scientific research.

All academics have to publish to secure their jobs & prove their "value to wider society" but none of that "value" is ever accessible to that society because it's in absurdly expensive subscription journals.

All academic research should be open-source.

End of.

Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 10d

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

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Andrea Egan for UNISON General Secretary @andrea4gs.bsky.social · 10d

207 Branch nominations (210 in total) shows there is real mood for change in UNISON.

It's time to win! ✊

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · Aug 4

"Nazi It Coming" for $800, please

*Slaps buzzer*
"What is the Nuremberg Defense"

N Newsweek @Newsweek. 2h
ICE agents complain about Nazi comparisons, say they're only enforcing the laws newsweek.com/ice-agents-com...

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 11d

I mean, are you seriously going to write that “experts disagree” about whether or not there’s a war in Portland?

“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 11d

“Oh, but it’s just Trump being Trump!”

No.

This isn’t the campaign trail. He is the president. There’s no more room for “take him seriously but not literally.”

Just admit it. “The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”

Go ahead. You can say it. Everyone knows.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 11d

“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”

I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.

And that’s wrong.

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emma 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🔞 @5g.gay · Aug 31

if i use harsh language to complain about you, a leech and a worm who should never touch my life and rots the joy of humanity, i get banned! every lungful of air you pickpocket from the world is another tiny tragedy

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