@mahapat.bsky.social
Over here to learn, laugh, ogle food pics, find books to read, discover music, admire art, n find folks speaking freedom, truth, healing, wholeness, pleasure! Basically here to play n grow! 🥰
2026! Sultry it is baby! 🫦
January 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
2026! Sultry it is baby! 🫦
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transgender for everyone this new year
January 1, 2026 at 6:52 AM
transgender for everyone this new year
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bluesky can’t fix a literacy problem by making people read more.
the problem isn’t that more context is needed, the problem is people don’t know what the context is because they literally do not understand what the words they are reading mean.
the problem isn’t that more context is needed, the problem is people don’t know what the context is because they literally do not understand what the words they are reading mean.
i genuinely think that offering more space to write would significantly reduce the room for bad-faith reading of posts (though certainly people would still try to find a way) and improve the discourse on this app
ive often not been a fan of the idea, but i do think that posts which let you exceed the 300 character limit on this site would be good
December 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
bluesky can’t fix a literacy problem by making people read more.
the problem isn’t that more context is needed, the problem is people don’t know what the context is because they literally do not understand what the words they are reading mean.
the problem isn’t that more context is needed, the problem is people don’t know what the context is because they literally do not understand what the words they are reading mean.
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Is this melancholy hormonal, environmental, or is it Just Christmas: A December Mystery
December 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Is this melancholy hormonal, environmental, or is it Just Christmas: A December Mystery
Sitting here looking over some Christmas-y December things I did n wishing similar moments of joy to all who come across this post! 🙏🏾🎄
December 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Sitting here looking over some Christmas-y December things I did n wishing similar moments of joy to all who come across this post! 🙏🏾🎄
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Do you remember Betty Reid Soskin? She was the oldest serving National Park Ranger in the United States, we celebrated her retirement at the age of 100.
Betty Reid Soskin (1921–2025) passed away on Sunday, but she lived an extraordinary life.
“The answers are only temporary.”
— Betty
Betty Reid Soskin (1921–2025) passed away on Sunday, but she lived an extraordinary life.
“The answers are only temporary.”
— Betty
December 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Do you remember Betty Reid Soskin? She was the oldest serving National Park Ranger in the United States, we celebrated her retirement at the age of 100.
Betty Reid Soskin (1921–2025) passed away on Sunday, but she lived an extraordinary life.
“The answers are only temporary.”
— Betty
Betty Reid Soskin (1921–2025) passed away on Sunday, but she lived an extraordinary life.
“The answers are only temporary.”
— Betty
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There's also now a cleaner version that wasn't filmed off a TV:
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
There's also now a cleaner version that wasn't filmed off a TV:
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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Unemployment for Black people has doubled under Trump by design.
December 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Unemployment for Black people has doubled under Trump by design.
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And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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“The thing that’s been the most difficult so far is that, in all of our interactions with the government, they’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them.”
ICE Says U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“The thing that’s been the most difficult so far is that, in all of our interactions with the government, they’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them.”
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It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies.
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It is unethical to do a randomized controlled trial in which you withhold a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborn babies.
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I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
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the ability to have vigorously contested primaries with multiple high quality candidates that draw a large voting population is an INCREDIBLE trick for selecting good general election candidates and anybody who says otherwise is trying to fool you or has themselves been fooled
ITS OK TO HAVE PRIMARIES IT IS IN FACT GOOD.
Two very strong, alluring Dem candidates have come forward in Texas
Or, as the Washington Post calls it: Dems in disarray
Or, as the Washington Post calls it: Dems in disarray
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
the ability to have vigorously contested primaries with multiple high quality candidates that draw a large voting population is an INCREDIBLE trick for selecting good general election candidates and anybody who says otherwise is trying to fool you or has themselves been fooled
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"I struggle with women"
No ... you struggle with self
No ... you struggle with self
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"I struggle with women"
No ... you struggle with self
No ... you struggle with self
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ICE is now setting up racial profiling checkpoints to stop people on major US highways. These checkpoints are being seen near Washington, DC on the Baltimore-Washington Pkwy, on the DC/Maryland border.
(12|8/25)
(12|8/25)
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
ICE is now setting up racial profiling checkpoints to stop people on major US highways. These checkpoints are being seen near Washington, DC on the Baltimore-Washington Pkwy, on the DC/Maryland border.
(12|8/25)
(12|8/25)
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Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
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Racist propaganda conditions you to see any policy promoting economic mobility or social equality as a grave injustice bc the government shouldn't make equal what (nature/god/etc) has made unequal. This is the authoritarian heartbeat that vivifies popular fascist movements
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Racist propaganda conditions you to see any policy promoting economic mobility or social equality as a grave injustice bc the government shouldn't make equal what (nature/god/etc) has made unequal. This is the authoritarian heartbeat that vivifies popular fascist movements
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Post-Thanksgiving joys… pie for breakfast… in bed! This time, a slice of chess pie with some good coffee! 🙏🏾🍁
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Post-Thanksgiving joys… pie for breakfast… in bed! This time, a slice of chess pie with some good coffee! 🙏🏾🍁
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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Cheap delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.
What if I told you Walmart is not the only store trying to move into low-cost delivery? And this is about Atlanta because this is about Atlanta opening a city-subsidized grocery store.
And lastly, cheap delivery is a more than adequate replacement for a physical store. This is about physical stuff!
And lastly, cheap delivery is a more than adequate replacement for a physical store. This is about physical stuff!
And why should someone have to bear the cost of food delivery? Or be restricted to Walmart? And how did this become specifically about Atlanta? So many goal posts.
Anyway delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store in accessible proximity of where one lives.
Anyway delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store in accessible proximity of where one lives.
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Cheap delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.