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Christene
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Radio astronomer that likes a good challenge. An avid reader of all things but mostly SFF. Distance runner fuelled by tacos. Views are my own. they/them
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When Elon Musk’s Son Wants A Hug
6 panel comic Panel 1: Elon Musk is typing cry-laugh emojis into his phone. His small son stands behind him, arms in the air, desperate for a tiny shred of genuine affection Son: Hug Panel 2: Continuation of Panel 1. Once again, Musk’s son begs his father for a hug Panel 3: Seeing his father is still not responding to his pleas, Lil X shouts: SHOOTER Panels 4-6: Musk holding his son in various positions to shield himself from potential gunshots
February 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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napaaqtuk.bsky.social
🌿 Over 50 Indigenous Peoples from around the world collaborated on this groundbreaking book (including me!), now available for preorder.

📚 Use code S25 for 20% off and free shipping through June 30, 2025.

#NativesInSTEM #IndigenizeSTEM #NativesInAcademia

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January 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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elakdawalla.bsky.social
If you, like me, are not in any direct threat from the fires but are sleepless with nervous energy, consider using that energy to prepare for a future disaster. I’ve let my earthquake preparedness slip, so I did some of that prep tonight before I headed to bed.
January 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
fact checkers are not biased against conservatives, facts are
January 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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caseynewton.bsky.social
I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...
But in its panicked retreat from the system it spent years building, Meta may now be putting billions of users at risk. Just because Meta deleted that line about hateful speech causing offline violence doesn't mean it isn't true. And now the company has all but declared open season on immigrants, transgender people and whatever other targets that Trump and his allies find useful in their fascist project. "I can't tell you how much harm comes from non-illegal but harmful content," a longtime former trust and safety employee at the company told me. The classifiers that the company is now switching off meaningfully reduced the spread of hate movements on Meta's platforms, they said. "This is not the climate change debate, or pro-life vs. pro-choice. This is degrading, horrible content that leads to violence and that has the intent to harm other people."
January 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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miafarrow.bsky.social
I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
December 14, 2024 at 2:45 AM
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juliaserano.bsky.social
since all the "gender critical"/TERFs are migrating here, thought I'd share this primer explaining their history, dissecting their beliefs, & debunking their talking points. no-paywall links, pls share!
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
A “Gender Critical” and “TERF” Primer
for readers trying to make sense of “feminists versus transgender activists” debates
juliaserano.substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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For those too young to remember the conviction of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, and the case for his release, here’s a primer from @amnestyuk.bsky.social. www.huffpost.com/entry/amnest...
In Final Plea, Amnesty International Urges Biden To Free Leonard Peltier
Granting clemency to the ailing, 80-year-old Native American rights activist “could be forever part of your legacy,” reads a letter to the president.
www.huffpost.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:49 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
There’s a somewhat similar push in North Carolina — though Robinson’s loss reduces the urgency, GOP could have other levers to restart executions in coming years boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
Inside the Urgent Campaign to Commute North Carolina’s Entire Death Row
Death penalty opponents hope to persuade Democratic Governor Roy Cooper to grant mass clemency before he leaves office next year, worried that a Republican takeover could restart executions.
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December 2, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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pronounced-ing.bsky.social
“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”
Rebecca Solnit: When the Hero is the Problem
For an embodiment of the word singlehanded you might turn to the heroine of the recent movie Woman at War. It’s about an Icelandic eco-saboteur who blows up rural power lines and hides in scenic sp…
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December 1, 2024 at 4:23 AM
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fdsignifier.bsky.social
Been thinking about the need for education around the fundamental problem of the Democratic party and why Kamala would have just been an extension of those problems. Thankfully Elliott made this video to basically do that for me. Please send this to your Liberal friends
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Biden.mp4
YouTube video by Elliot Sang
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December 1, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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jduffyrice.bsky.social
the power to grant clemency is one of the most unrestricted and remarkable powers a president has, and it's truly devastating how presidents have become increasingly stingy in granting commutations and pardons
December 2, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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madar.bsky.social
Executive pardon power is underused and we need a return to our traditions of industrial-scale clemency and categorical amnesties – especially at the state level. My 2015 piece from the American Conservative: www.theamericanconservative.com/the-case-for...
The Case for Clemency
To forgive prisoners is divine—or as close as government gets.
www.theamericanconservative.com
December 2, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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sjjphd.bsky.social
“But when the college committees were evaluating faculty with lower h-indices, evidence of bias against Black and Hispanic scholars surfaced—especially for women. In those situations, “underrepresented minorities, particularly women of color, are held to a different standard,” Madera says.”

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therealrw.bsky.social The Research Whisperer @therealrw.bsky.social · Dec 1
"Overall, Black and Hispanic faculty received 7% more negative votes from college committees and were 44% less likely to receive unanimous “yes” votes than their white and Asian colleagues." - Kate Langin, Science

www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky
Racial bias can taint the academic tenure process—at one particular point
Black and Hispanic professors fare worse when voters include colleagues who are less familiar with their work, new study finds
www.science.org
December 2, 2024 at 12:36 AM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
Well. While he’s pardoning folks….get all of the folks on death row pardoned, all those drug convictions for weed pardoned, etc etc etc.
December 2, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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reproutopia.bsky.social
Good news from Belgium for sex workers, whose movement for decriminalization has had a big win. Belgian prostitutes now have the same employment protections as other workers, including maternity pay, pensions, and sick days. Power to them 🖤☂️
blackswanm.bsky.social Black Swan 🪶 @blackswanm.bsky.social · Dec 1
1/2 Belgique 🇧🇪 : À partir de ce dimanche 1er décembre les travailleurs et travailleuses du sexe désormais protégés par un contrat de travail, une première mondiale 🌎

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December 1, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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Commute All Federal Death Sentences
Text SIGN PONUOO to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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December 2, 2024 at 12:39 AM
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joolia.bsky.social
Leonard Peltier is still in federal prison. He is 80 years old.
December 2, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
So many people who are incarcerated right now deserve this kind of reasoned defense of their right to freedom, but they lack a powerful parent to intervene on their behalf.

Abolition now.
kyledcheney.bsky.social Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Dec 2
BREAKING: Biden pardons Hunter
December 2, 2024 at 12:35 AM
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jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
Deep sea mining is a derangement that needs to be stopped.
December 2, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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‘Not a genocide’
leahmcelrath.bsky.social Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Dec 1
World Central Kitchen announces it is halting operations in Gaza after Israel targeted one of its vehicles in an airstrike, reportedly killing three WCK staff and then two rescue workers.

The IDF claims—without providing evidence—that one of the WCK workers was a “terrorist.”
World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen Follow We are heartbroken to share that a vehicle carrying World Central Kitchen colleagues was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. At this time, we are working with incomplete information and are urgently seeking more details. World Central Kitchen had no knowledge that any individual in the vehicle had alleged ties to the October 7th Hamas attack. World Central Kitchen is pausing operations in Gaza at this time. Our hearts are with our colleagues and their families in this unimaginable moment. We are heartbroken to share that a vehicle carrying World Central Kitchen colleagues was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. At this time, we are working with incomplete information and are urgently seeking more details. World Central Kitchen had no knowledge that any individual in the vehicle had alleged ties to the October 7th Hamas attack. World Central Kitchen is pausing operations in Gaza at this time. Our hearts are with our colleagues and their families in this unimaginable moment. World Central Kitchen ALT 10:06 AM • 11/30/24 • 2.9M Views Israel Defense Forces @IDF Earlier today, the IDF struck a vehicle with a terrorist, Hazmi Kadih, who took part in invading Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7 massacre. Kadih was monitored by IDF intelligence for a while and was struck following credible information regarding his real-time location. Kadih also worked for the @WCKitchen organization, and following the incident, @cogatonline representatives demanded senior officials from the international community and the WCK administration to clarify the issue and order an urgent examination regarding the hiring of workers who took part in the October 7 massacre and terrorist attacks against the State of Israel. We emphasize that according to current information, it is not possible to link the terrorist to a specific abduction attempt. The IDF requests to follow the announcements of official sources only and to avoid the spreading of rumors that hurt the families and the public. The IDF and ISA will continue to operate to locate and eliminate terrorists who conduct terrorist activities against the civilians of Israel and those involved in the October 7 massacre. 8:30 AM • 11/30/24 • 420K Views
December 2, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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Chicago caregivers & parents: Join our discussion group around "We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition"!!
Come build care-based community in the new year.

www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/we-gro...

(Sponsored by @haymarketbooks.org & Women & Children First Bookstore)
www.womenandchildrenfirst.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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sarahabdallah.bsky.social
Israel has obliterated the mausoleum of Simon Peter, the Apostle of Christ, in Shama, southern Lebanon.

A sacred site that has stood for over 2,000 years, now lies in ruins.

This is not “self-defense”.

This is a war crime and a crime against history.
December 1, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
This sort of democratic backsliding, where Republicans seek to overturn the effect of an election by reallocating powers away from positions they have lost, has become almost routine now. But it should remain shocking.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Nov 22
Heads up:

North Carolina Republicans just voted to strip the state's incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of key powers — passing a sweeping bill before the GOP most likely loses its veto-proof supermajority in the Legislature next year.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
North Carolina GOP lawmakers vote to strip incoming Democratic leaders' powers
Republicans passed a sprawling bill after they lost races for governor and attorney general — and most likely their veto-proof legislative majority — in this month's election.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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All the Democrats handwringing about "identity politics" is anti-Black as fuck given that for racists "identity politics" was a dog whistle for "Black people stuff," even as it has expanded to include "trans people stuff." And that's WILD given that Black people are their most reliable voting bloc.
December 1, 2024 at 11:57 PM