Mars Ikeda
@marsikeda.bsky.social
Coder, artist and elder millennial. NYC, USA. Data communication & public service. Freelance cat dad. I'll guard the ship with my very life!
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Proof of real face to make up for the self-drawn cartoon profile picture. I'm a New Yorker, cat dad, and a Dimension 20 and Trixie & Katya fan.
Stay here. For today and for now. 💙
Stay here. For today and for now. 💙
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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My colleague, the brilliant @colincarlson.bsky.social posted this on LinkedIn. This is devastating for Colin and his group, but also for science, for the future of the human race. #NSF is starving scientists of resources. This will not get better until we all rise up.
December 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My colleague, the brilliant @colincarlson.bsky.social posted this on LinkedIn. This is devastating for Colin and his group, but also for science, for the future of the human race. #NSF is starving scientists of resources. This will not get better until we all rise up.
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I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
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a new jersey-based christmas tree delivery service called Spruce Bringsteen
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
a new jersey-based christmas tree delivery service called Spruce Bringsteen
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Courage culture "is the white-centric notion that courage (like bootstraps) will lift us up out of our present conditions without us first addressing the structural and systemic frameworks that put us there in the first place."
Excellent piece
Excellent piece
I wrote about Brené Brown and "Courage Culture" over on Substack. Tap in!
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Courage culture "is the white-centric notion that courage (like bootstraps) will lift us up out of our present conditions without us first addressing the structural and systemic frameworks that put us there in the first place."
Excellent piece
Excellent piece
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My free macrame book arrived and I was unprepared for its power and glory
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My free macrame book arrived and I was unprepared for its power and glory
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I'm co-organizing a toy drive. If you can donate, thank you. If you can share with others, thank you.
Toy Drive list: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen Gift list: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy Drive list: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen Gift list: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'm co-organizing a toy drive. If you can donate, thank you. If you can share with others, thank you.
Toy Drive list: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen Gift list: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy Drive list: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen Gift list: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
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this sentence alone, my goodness
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
this sentence alone, my goodness
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Hey, it's Friday! How 'bout a #FollowFriday #FF?
First, check out @comixaction.com, an awesome group of NYC comics creatives against authoritarianism and for community action!
We planning cool events in the city - give us a follow & check out the newsletter! buttondown.com/comixaction
First, check out @comixaction.com, an awesome group of NYC comics creatives against authoritarianism and for community action!
We planning cool events in the city - give us a follow & check out the newsletter! buttondown.com/comixaction
Comix Action
NYC comics creatives against authoritarianism and for community action. Sign up for our latest news and events!
buttondown.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hey, it's Friday! How 'bout a #FollowFriday #FF?
First, check out @comixaction.com, an awesome group of NYC comics creatives against authoritarianism and for community action!
We planning cool events in the city - give us a follow & check out the newsletter! buttondown.com/comixaction
First, check out @comixaction.com, an awesome group of NYC comics creatives against authoritarianism and for community action!
We planning cool events in the city - give us a follow & check out the newsletter! buttondown.com/comixaction
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NYC 🌆 Protest at Rockstar’s NY offices next Friday, Dec 5th with us! We will be there with organizers across the industry — let’s make the fight against their illegal union-busting international ✊
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NYC 🌆 Protest at Rockstar’s NY offices next Friday, Dec 5th with us! We will be there with organizers across the industry — let’s make the fight against their illegal union-busting international ✊
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
🗓️ Friday, December 5th
⏰ 5PM onwards
📍 622 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
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Only tangentially related, but FUN FACT, gang: At least 9 Japanese medical schools, including the illustrious Tokyo Medical University, have been caught CHANGING THE SCORES on admission exams to exclude female applicants for the last 20 YEARS.
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Only tangentially related, but FUN FACT, gang: At least 9 Japanese medical schools, including the illustrious Tokyo Medical University, have been caught CHANGING THE SCORES on admission exams to exclude female applicants for the last 20 YEARS.
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
This is real! It happened!
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
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YO.
Remember what I said about how the internet needs "Etsy, but not flooded with drop-shipper and AI trash?"
Good news! ✨It already exists✨! AND it's a CO-OP. 🎉
Check out @3psboyd.bsky.social's dice shop on there!
artisans.coop/pages/seller...
Remember what I said about how the internet needs "Etsy, but not flooded with drop-shipper and AI trash?"
Good news! ✨It already exists✨! AND it's a CO-OP. 🎉
Check out @3psboyd.bsky.social's dice shop on there!
artisans.coop/pages/seller...
Seller Profile
We are building a better handmade marketplace. We are a member-owned, member-run and member-benefiting co-op. We promote creativity, support artist livelihoods, and connect people through an equitable...
artisans.coop
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
YO.
Remember what I said about how the internet needs "Etsy, but not flooded with drop-shipper and AI trash?"
Good news! ✨It already exists✨! AND it's a CO-OP. 🎉
Check out @3psboyd.bsky.social's dice shop on there!
artisans.coop/pages/seller...
Remember what I said about how the internet needs "Etsy, but not flooded with drop-shipper and AI trash?"
Good news! ✨It already exists✨! AND it's a CO-OP. 🎉
Check out @3psboyd.bsky.social's dice shop on there!
artisans.coop/pages/seller...
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Now that I know I'll be joining 🐋 in a Moby Dick readalong for the first time, the whale is following me around the internet.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Now that I know I'll be joining 🐋 in a Moby Dick readalong for the first time, the whale is following me around the internet.
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a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
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This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life.
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
Baby boy born to brain-dead Georgia mother remains hospitalized nearly 6 months later, family says
Adriana Smith's pregnancy made national headlines when she was declared brain dead but placed on life support to let her fetus grow. Now her family is sharing an update on the condition of her infant ...
www.cbsnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life.
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
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bumping this because some people dismissed it as an april fools joke and others didn't realize it worked on mobile (android) too
it's a fun little clicker game i made that uses no javascript and runs all the game logic in css ^^
lyra.horse/css-clicker/
it's a fun little clicker game i made that uses no javascript and runs all the game logic in css ^^
lyra.horse/css-clicker/
it's finally time...
this is css clicker, a fully-featured incremental game where your goal is to design your own personal website and get as many views on it as possible
the fun part? it's a pure-css game, meaning it runs no javascript or server-side code.
have fun!
lyra.horse/css-clicker/
this is css clicker, a fully-featured incremental game where your goal is to design your own personal website and get as many views on it as possible
the fun part? it's a pure-css game, meaning it runs no javascript or server-side code.
have fun!
lyra.horse/css-clicker/
CSS Clicker
a pure-CSS idle game where you build your own website
lyra.horse
May 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
bumping this because some people dismissed it as an april fools joke and others didn't realize it worked on mobile (android) too
it's a fun little clicker game i made that uses no javascript and runs all the game logic in css ^^
lyra.horse/css-clicker/
it's a fun little clicker game i made that uses no javascript and runs all the game logic in css ^^
lyra.horse/css-clicker/
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oh my fucking god i laughed so hard
Phoebe Robinson had something to say about this show. www.instagram.com/reel/DRz-NDV...
Phoebe Robinson on Instagram: "#ThotNaysh, another wig, another rant thanks to @heatedrivalrycrave @connorstorrieofficial @hudsonwilliamsofficial @rachelreidwrites & @hbomax. It’s so 😳😳😳🔥🔥🔥🏒🏒🏒. #Heate...
Heated Rivalry is a TV show based on the book series by Rachel Reed, exploring the story of two hockey rivals, Ilya Rosenoff and Shay Hollander, as they navigate their feelings for each other amidst t...
www.instagram.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
oh my fucking god i laughed so hard
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Emergency Caturday!
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Emergency Caturday!
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If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
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Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
SVG Filters - Clickjacking 2.0
A novel and powerful twist on an old classic.
lyra.horse
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
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Student loans by Mr Beast. Look man, not shaking the antichrist allegations.
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Student loans by Mr Beast. Look man, not shaking the antichrist allegations.
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.