Nat.that.spooky
@nat-that-spooky.bsky.social
Book Nerd. Horror fanatic. Ice dyer. Chronic fiber goblin. Addicted to sewing bags. Advocacy over Allyship.
They/Them in all spaces.
They/Them in all spaces.
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these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
March 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
I absolutely hate it here.
We had to collect 180K signatures to put proposition A on the ballot to increase minimum wage to $13.75 and guarantee sick pay for Missourians. The measure won.
Just now, the Missouri House voted to overturn our will. Without signatures…with a vote. They do the bidding of the wealthy.
Just now, the Missouri House voted to overturn our will. Without signatures…with a vote. They do the bidding of the wealthy.
March 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I absolutely hate it here.
We learned that lesson last year
Hot take: I don’t think university presidents are going to be the morally righteous leaders academics want them to be
March 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We learned that lesson last year
As an educator, I’m appalled and terrified by what’s coming. After reading P2025 last year, this has been like watching a train wreck happen in slow motion, wanting to get off the train but not having the means to do so. #edu #wearecooked
RIP U.S. Department of Education. Education Secretary Linda McMahon introduced herself to department employees with an email calling on them to join her in a “historic final mission” to downsize the agency and shift control to the states.
March 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
As an educator, I’m appalled and terrified by what’s coming. After reading P2025 last year, this has been like watching a train wreck happen in slow motion, wanting to get off the train but not having the means to do so. #edu #wearecooked
We’re so cooked.
“The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the department and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.”
God damn it.
www.npr.org/2025/03/03/n...
God damn it.
www.npr.org/2025/03/03/n...
Linda McMahon has been confirmed as Trump's secretary of education
The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
We’re so cooked.
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James Baldwin
— James Baldwin
March 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James Baldwin
— James Baldwin
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No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.
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Just saying.
February 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just saying.
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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
My Kobo came today! I love her so much! The page buttons are magical. The color? Fantastic.
It took me less than five minutes to turn it on, activate it, connect my library card, and start reading. I’m happy I made the switch and kicked Amazon to the curb.
#booksky #kobo #fuckbezos
It took me less than five minutes to turn it on, activate it, connect my library card, and start reading. I’m happy I made the switch and kicked Amazon to the curb.
#booksky #kobo #fuckbezos
February 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My Kobo came today! I love her so much! The page buttons are magical. The color? Fantastic.
It took me less than five minutes to turn it on, activate it, connect my library card, and start reading. I’m happy I made the switch and kicked Amazon to the curb.
#booksky #kobo #fuckbezos
It took me less than five minutes to turn it on, activate it, connect my library card, and start reading. I’m happy I made the switch and kicked Amazon to the curb.
#booksky #kobo #fuckbezos
Made it past the chaotic heel! My pattern was written for one sock - magic loop and I decided to do two at a time. I’m loving how these are turning out. Onward and toeward!
#skykal #knitsocks #knitting #2aat
#skykal #knitsocks #knitting #2aat
February 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Made it past the chaotic heel! My pattern was written for one sock - magic loop and I decided to do two at a time. I’m loving how these are turning out. Onward and toeward!
#skykal #knitsocks #knitting #2aat
#skykal #knitsocks #knitting #2aat
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Big news for anyone with federal student loans: after we rang the alarm, a judge stopped Elon Musk and his team from seizing your personal data.
This is why we get in the fight.
This is why we get in the fight.
Judge blocks OPM, Education Department from sharing personal info with DOGE
The order is the most wide-ranging block on DOGE’s activities to date.
www.politico.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Big news for anyone with federal student loans: after we rang the alarm, a judge stopped Elon Musk and his team from seizing your personal data.
This is why we get in the fight.
This is why we get in the fight.
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Over 50 episodes of MTV Unplugged, many unavailable for over two decades, are now streaming on Paramount+ → cons.lv/feYgIU
February 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Over 50 episodes of MTV Unplugged, many unavailable for over two decades, are now streaming on Paramount+ → cons.lv/feYgIU
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Project 2025 was just the stuff they were willing to put into print.
February 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Project 2025 was just the stuff they were willing to put into print.
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
February 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
I need this joy RIGHT NOW
Can you keep a secret?
A new season of Game Changer is coming to Dropout this spring 🤫
A new season of Game Changer is coming to Dropout this spring 🤫
February 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I need this joy RIGHT NOW
Today’s caring for myself looks like Emergent Strategy by @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social and working on my knitted socks. I needed the words “Nothing in nature is disposable.”
We are not disposable. We deserve love, care, and spaces for rest.
#knitsocks #joyisresistance
We are not disposable. We deserve love, care, and spaces for rest.
#knitsocks #joyisresistance
February 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Today’s caring for myself looks like Emergent Strategy by @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social and working on my knitted socks. I needed the words “Nothing in nature is disposable.”
We are not disposable. We deserve love, care, and spaces for rest.
#knitsocks #joyisresistance
We are not disposable. We deserve love, care, and spaces for rest.
#knitsocks #joyisresistance
This. This was the joy my life needed right now.
TONIGHT! ally beardsley finally graces the make some noise stage! jacob and vic make their triumphant returns! a very special minigame of name that dog! and the next chapter in the mr. mayo franchise! don't miss!
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February 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This. This was the joy my life needed right now.
As a limited-income, white, non-traditional student, with children DEI programs kept me persisting and retaining at my community college, state university, and private-religious grad school. I chose a career path to give back to the programs that helped me.
Now I might be jobless at anytime.
Now I might be jobless at anytime.
Dear Colleague letter sent last night at 9pm from the Dept. of Education to college and university leaders. Please share widely. www.ed.gov/media/docume...
www.ed.gov
February 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
As a limited-income, white, non-traditional student, with children DEI programs kept me persisting and retaining at my community college, state university, and private-religious grad school. I chose a career path to give back to the programs that helped me.
Now I might be jobless at anytime.
Now I might be jobless at anytime.
In the states, it’s rare for a #highereducation institution to sponsor and hire a staff member who is an international applicant. I’d love to hear from current higher education staff members in #canada and the #uk if it’s a possibility for me as a DEI #sapro in the US to look internationally.
February 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In the states, it’s rare for a #highereducation institution to sponsor and hire a staff member who is an international applicant. I’d love to hear from current higher education staff members in #canada and the #uk if it’s a possibility for me as a DEI #sapro in the US to look internationally.
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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
Second project for the #skykal: first time doing two at a time socks (magic loop). Casting on took three tries but I got there! Also trying cuff down this time.
I’m making them out of a Dream in Color worsted skein because I want warm cozy socks.
#knitting #knitsocks #knit #fiberarts
I’m making them out of a Dream in Color worsted skein because I want warm cozy socks.
#knitting #knitsocks #knit #fiberarts
February 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Second project for the #skykal: first time doing two at a time socks (magic loop). Casting on took three tries but I got there! Also trying cuff down this time.
I’m making them out of a Dream in Color worsted skein because I want warm cozy socks.
#knitting #knitsocks #knit #fiberarts
I’m making them out of a Dream in Color worsted skein because I want warm cozy socks.
#knitting #knitsocks #knit #fiberarts
FINALLY
Finally.
A Missouri judge on Friday cleared the way for abortion procedures to begin in Kansas City and across the state, blocking clinic licensure rules that represented the last remaining obstacles to renewed access.
Read more at: www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
A Missouri judge on Friday cleared the way for abortion procedures to begin in Kansas City and across the state, blocking clinic licensure rules that represented the last remaining obstacles to renewed access.
Read more at: www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
Missouri judge clears path for abortions in KC, blocking ‘discriminatory’ clinic rules
Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang ruled in favor of Planned Parenthood, who had sought to block a clinic licensing requirement.
www.kansascity.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
FINALLY