Pinks and Daisies
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Yulia. A girl with OCD. MS in biology. exo-American immigrant.
📍 Winnipeg, CA
(she/sis/pal)
📍 Winnipeg, CA
(she/sis/pal)
Pinned
لم أتمني البكاء يومًا، ولكن هم الزمان ابكاني، تمنيت أن أعيش كما تريد نفسي، لكن نفسي عاشت كما يريد زماني. (مصطفى محمود)
I never wished to cry, but the time made me cry, I wished to live as I wanted myself, but myself lived as my time wanted. (Mustafa Mahmoud)
I never wished to cry, but the time made me cry, I wished to live as I wanted myself, but myself lived as my time wanted. (Mustafa Mahmoud)
The first few pages of my xenoanthropological sci-fi novel "Across the Starry River" about Yanaote linguist Tsatli Biqeñu and a polyethnic crew of scientists, engineers and pilots on board of the beluga-class interstellar research vessel "Qaadai" (Aurora Borealis).
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Across the Starry River, Yulia B, pp. 1-3
Biqeñu’s toes were touching the warm dust of the road. The little leaves of creeping nettle didn’t sting but rather tickled her feet. The short green shrubs alongside the beige road smelled like honey...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The first few pages of my xenoanthropological sci-fi novel "Across the Starry River" about Yanaote linguist Tsatli Biqeñu and a polyethnic crew of scientists, engineers and pilots on board of the beluga-class interstellar research vessel "Qaadai" (Aurora Borealis).
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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"Mistake or discrimination?
Jacobo’s ordeal highlights the fallout of aggressive immigration enforcement for Native Americans. In January,Navajo Nation officials reported more than a dozen Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico had been questioned or detained by federal immigration authorities"
Jacobo’s ordeal highlights the fallout of aggressive immigration enforcement for Native Americans. In January,Navajo Nation officials reported more than a dozen Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico had been questioned or detained by federal immigration authorities"
Arizona tribal member nearly deported after Iowa jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
Native American ICE detainer mistake nearly leads to deportation of Arizona tribal member after Iowa jail clerical error
azmirror.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
"Mistake or discrimination?
Jacobo’s ordeal highlights the fallout of aggressive immigration enforcement for Native Americans. In January,Navajo Nation officials reported more than a dozen Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico had been questioned or detained by federal immigration authorities"
Jacobo’s ordeal highlights the fallout of aggressive immigration enforcement for Native Americans. In January,Navajo Nation officials reported more than a dozen Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico had been questioned or detained by federal immigration authorities"
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our major investigation, in collaboration with Children Rights International Network.
While there has been excellent reporting on SA at AFCm this is, AFAIK, the first time anyone has looked at how boys face physical violence & bullying at extreme levels in AFC
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
While there has been excellent reporting on SA at AFCm this is, AFAIK, the first time anyone has looked at how boys face physical violence & bullying at extreme levels in AFC
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
Exposed: British Army’s child recruits suffer violent abuse
An 11-month investigation reveals culture of violence, criminality and sexual abuse at army training centre for teens
www.opendemocracy.net
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
our major investigation, in collaboration with Children Rights International Network.
While there has been excellent reporting on SA at AFCm this is, AFAIK, the first time anyone has looked at how boys face physical violence & bullying at extreme levels in AFC
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
While there has been excellent reporting on SA at AFCm this is, AFAIK, the first time anyone has looked at how boys face physical violence & bullying at extreme levels in AFC
www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-a...
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This may well be the most pathetic and saddest thing I've seen since Arthur 2: On the Rocks.
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This may well be the most pathetic and saddest thing I've seen since Arthur 2: On the Rocks.
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender:
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender:
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To spell a few things out, in terms of being a trans freelance journalist in 2025 ...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
To spell a few things out, in terms of being a trans freelance journalist in 2025 ...
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"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"My brethren, soldiers may leap out of that statue tonight and kill me, but what’s leaping out at me right now is our total disregard for norms. What you see as an enemy threat, I see as a one-of-a-kind statue of a mare."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sen...
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democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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THIS. So many people seem to think that if they believe they’re “telling the truth”, it’s okay. But bullying is OFTEN truthful. It’s not like calling someone “fatso” stops being bullying if they’re actually overweight, or calling them “crybaby” stops being bullying if they actually cry a lot!
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
THIS. So many people seem to think that if they believe they’re “telling the truth”, it’s okay. But bullying is OFTEN truthful. It’s not like calling someone “fatso” stops being bullying if they’re actually overweight, or calling them “crybaby” stops being bullying if they actually cry a lot!
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God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
God, a thousand times this.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis.
I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.
It looks like in this movie, the space travel company is owned by a Christian conservative trillionaire who makes his employees wear Jackie Kennedy-style pillow box hats and use the expression "Christian name" instead of the neutral "given name". The scene with tapirs in Africa looked weird too. 🙄
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It looks like in this movie, the space travel company is owned by a Christian conservative trillionaire who makes his employees wear Jackie Kennedy-style pillow box hats and use the expression "Christian name" instead of the neutral "given name". The scene with tapirs in Africa looked weird too. 🙄
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A painful, agonizing Primordial Truth for our time:
"Honesty and intellectual integrity," "societal awareness ," "a systemic understanding and commitment to the truth above vapid slogans" and "knowing what the fuck you're talking about" are all too often political liabilities.
"Honesty and intellectual integrity," "societal awareness ," "a systemic understanding and commitment to the truth above vapid slogans" and "knowing what the fuck you're talking about" are all too often political liabilities.
What makes is difficult in the current media environment is that Democratic politicians can say all the right things about being willing to hunt Glonzo, but there’s this expectation that someone like Jamelle Bouie should also not be allowed to say in a column “Glonzo isn’t real, you fucking morons”
this is true, but at a certain point enough people believe in Glonzo that you have to acknowledge that’s the terrain and maybe promise something minimally harmful like armed guards at power stations rather than just screaming that they’re morons.
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A painful, agonizing Primordial Truth for our time:
"Honesty and intellectual integrity," "societal awareness ," "a systemic understanding and commitment to the truth above vapid slogans" and "knowing what the fuck you're talking about" are all too often political liabilities.
"Honesty and intellectual integrity," "societal awareness ," "a systemic understanding and commitment to the truth above vapid slogans" and "knowing what the fuck you're talking about" are all too often political liabilities.
I'm not a snowflake, I'm a whole snowstorm.
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I'm not a snowflake, I'm a whole snowstorm.
"Patriarchy To Be Overthrown By Killing The Girliest Men" is a banger of a line. Take a look if you're interested in that old and meaningless ideological conflict.
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Patriarchy To Be Overthrown By Killing The Girliest Men" is a banger of a line. Take a look if you're interested in that old and meaningless ideological conflict.
Have they accidentally developed irony or what??
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Have they accidentally developed irony or what??
It's very funny to see how the allegedly free-thinking, rational and pluralistic Western society, that's been praised by both British and American pundits for many decades, is now collapsing into the most irrational anti-scientific ideas and fascist groupthink.
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It's very funny to see how the allegedly free-thinking, rational and pluralistic Western society, that's been praised by both British and American pundits for many decades, is now collapsing into the most irrational anti-scientific ideas and fascist groupthink.
My false-gender identity was rather a mask, not a personality. It had no emotions and life motivations of its own, besides just following societal expectations. All my emotions and motivations belonged to my true-gender self, and being forbidden to show them on the outside for years was the hardest.
How do you explain what happened to your past self once you transitioned?
Are they dead? Alive within you? Never alive in the first place? Or something else entirely?
Are they dead? Alive within you? Never alive in the first place? Or something else entirely?
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
My false-gender identity was rather a mask, not a personality. It had no emotions and life motivations of its own, besides just following societal expectations. All my emotions and motivations belonged to my true-gender self, and being forbidden to show them on the outside for years was the hardest.
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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Finally the voice of reason. AOC in a video explains that MTG has not changed a bit and is on a revenge mission against Trump as she wanted to run for Senator and was denied the nomination. That now makes perfect sense.
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Finally the voice of reason. AOC in a video explains that MTG has not changed a bit and is on a revenge mission against Trump as she wanted to run for Senator and was denied the nomination. That now makes perfect sense.
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
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November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Fascists in the USA already have one party, so there's no need to also let them into the Democratic party, as Yglesias and Klein types suggest.
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Fascists in the USA already have one party, so there's no need to also let them into the Democratic party, as Yglesias and Klein types suggest.
There's an implicit societal belief that traditionally masculine activities always give more free choice, psychological satisfaction and physical safety. It contradicts plenty of facts, and also it implies that transgender women's motivations cannot exist or be adequate.
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
There's an implicit societal belief that traditionally masculine activities always give more free choice, psychological satisfaction and physical safety. It contradicts plenty of facts, and also it implies that transgender women's motivations cannot exist or be adequate.
Realized in hindsight that if the Sowers' took the biological species that lived on Earth 80 thousand years ago and transplanted them onto previously terraformed planets, they could easily take Neanderthals and mammoths to see how they'd develop if they weren't exterminated by the Homo sapiens.
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Realized in hindsight that if the Sowers' took the biological species that lived on Earth 80 thousand years ago and transplanted them onto previously terraformed planets, they could easily take Neanderthals and mammoths to see how they'd develop if they weren't exterminated by the Homo sapiens.
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Wild right? I mean, our transport networks were built for fucking coal and fish not people so it makes sense, but just a look at where the train tracks are tells you everything you need to know about how much Wales has simply been bled dry.
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Wild right? I mean, our transport networks were built for fucking coal and fish not people so it makes sense, but just a look at where the train tracks are tells you everything you need to know about how much Wales has simply been bled dry.