averill
@aefrankes.bsky.social
interdisciplinary humanities graduate student researching the stories we tell ourselves • whimsy enthusiast • all shoulder chips and paper skin • she/they • 🇨🇦🫐🏳️🌈 • St. John's, Ktaqmkuk (island of Newfoundland)
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New pronoun labeller just dropped! Instructions are in the thread and as this is something that becomes more useful the more people are using it, plz do pass it along
The pronoun labeler, which was by far the most useful labeler on the site, was deleted by its creator. But thanks to @ripperoni.com there’s a new one available. I highly recommend it. It’s a great way to share your pronouns or see someone else’s pronouns at a glance.
bsky.app/profile/pron...
bsky.app/profile/pron...
bsky.app
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
New pronoun labeller just dropped! Instructions are in the thread and as this is something that becomes more useful the more people are using it, plz do pass it along
I’m finally reading BLOOD IN THE MACHINE about the Luddite uprisings and what’s striking is that the objection was a moral one. It was wrong to destroy communities for a few guys to have more money.
They didn’t agree with the factory owners vision of the future, and they wanted an equal say in it.
They didn’t agree with the factory owners vision of the future, and they wanted an equal say in it.
More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
February 11, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I’m finally reading BLOOD IN THE MACHINE about the Luddite uprisings and what’s striking is that the objection was a moral one. It was wrong to destroy communities for a few guys to have more money.
They didn’t agree with the factory owners vision of the future, and they wanted an equal say in it.
They didn’t agree with the factory owners vision of the future, and they wanted an equal say in it.
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Yeah, I came out swinging but I’m still walking with two black eyes and a split lip.
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Yeah, I came out swinging but I’m still walking with two black eyes and a split lip.
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my politics
February 11, 2026 at 9:39 AM
my politics
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Really great piece of writing by @judedoyle.bsky.social that puts a finger on some of my discomfort with the way a lot of guys have been discussing the epstein stuff
jude-doyle.ghost.io/y/
jude-doyle.ghost.io/y/
February 11, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Really great piece of writing by @judedoyle.bsky.social that puts a finger on some of my discomfort with the way a lot of guys have been discussing the epstein stuff
jude-doyle.ghost.io/y/
jude-doyle.ghost.io/y/
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(You start remembering the anniversaries of the bad things.)
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 AM
(You start remembering the anniversaries of the bad things.)
just wanna say anyone posting “if you die in Canada, you die in real life” jokes right now (also generally, but especially right now) you’re an irony-poisoned piece of shit and you should take this opportunity to do some self-reflection and fix your heart before the rot takes root.
February 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
just wanna say anyone posting “if you die in Canada, you die in real life” jokes right now (also generally, but especially right now) you’re an irony-poisoned piece of shit and you should take this opportunity to do some self-reflection and fix your heart before the rot takes root.
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In 2016, millennials "splurge" on fancy coffee and avocado toast.
In 2026, millennials and Gen Z are "splurge" on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chicken.
In 2036, millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha "splurge" on microplastic-free water and instant ramen.
In 2026, millennials and Gen Z are "splurge" on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chicken.
In 2036, millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha "splurge" on microplastic-free water and instant ramen.
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:13 AM
In 2016, millennials "splurge" on fancy coffee and avocado toast.
In 2026, millennials and Gen Z are "splurge" on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chicken.
In 2036, millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha "splurge" on microplastic-free water and instant ramen.
In 2026, millennials and Gen Z are "splurge" on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chicken.
In 2036, millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha "splurge" on microplastic-free water and instant ramen.
Lots of people don’t think it was that bad. It was.
For me, being a girl added onto it. The feminism of “you can be anything” actually morphed into “if you want to be a teacher or nurse, you’re actually a gender traitor and you need to aim higher” (hiiiii women in STEM). It was real bad, folks!!!
For me, being a girl added onto it. The feminism of “you can be anything” actually morphed into “if you want to be a teacher or nurse, you’re actually a gender traitor and you need to aim higher” (hiiiii women in STEM). It was real bad, folks!!!
You may not believe that pervasive cultural sneering at the humanities and those deemed Bad at Math was ever *that* bad.
Well, all I can say is it really was that bad in my experience - and I also had great parents, lots of resources, and a naturally massive ego to keep me going. Many don’t.
Well, all I can say is it really was that bad in my experience - and I also had great parents, lots of resources, and a naturally massive ego to keep me going. Many don’t.
February 11, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Lots of people don’t think it was that bad. It was.
For me, being a girl added onto it. The feminism of “you can be anything” actually morphed into “if you want to be a teacher or nurse, you’re actually a gender traitor and you need to aim higher” (hiiiii women in STEM). It was real bad, folks!!!
For me, being a girl added onto it. The feminism of “you can be anything” actually morphed into “if you want to be a teacher or nurse, you’re actually a gender traitor and you need to aim higher” (hiiiii women in STEM). It was real bad, folks!!!
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1/ Last week the Italian researchers who have been looking at vulnerabilities in the TCAS system put out a press release about their analysis of the "phantom" resolution advisories that happened near KDCA last March. (Image via Google Translate.) life.unige.it/comunicati-s...
February 10, 2026 at 1:37 AM
1/ Last week the Italian researchers who have been looking at vulnerabilities in the TCAS system put out a press release about their analysis of the "phantom" resolution advisories that happened near KDCA last March. (Image via Google Translate.) life.unige.it/comunicati-s...
co-signed but also stop making them phone-shaped thank you so much!!!!
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 11, 2026 at 7:42 AM
co-signed but also stop making them phone-shaped thank you so much!!!!
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
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Someone keeps putting on all of the sad songs, and I keep singing along.
February 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Someone keeps putting on all of the sad songs, and I keep singing along.
I'm not a parent but I'm finding the replies and quote posts of this skeet (sorry, not sorry) very wholesome and hilarious.
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I'm not a parent but I'm finding the replies and quote posts of this skeet (sorry, not sorry) very wholesome and hilarious.
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"in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war."
- Ilya Kaminsky
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war."
- Ilya Kaminsky
February 9, 2026 at 12:12 PM
"in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war."
- Ilya Kaminsky
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war."
- Ilya Kaminsky
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writing a horror novel with one hand. using the other to make the spiraling “cuckoo” sign so everyone knows I don’t condone
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
writing a horror novel with one hand. using the other to make the spiraling “cuckoo” sign so everyone knows I don’t condone
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why do you need to observe your house if you're not in it. you are giving yourself an opt-in mental illness. no one has to live like this
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
why do you need to observe your house if you're not in it. you are giving yourself an opt-in mental illness. no one has to live like this
oh. right. yeah. now I remember why I got rid of instagram in the first place 🙃
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
oh. right. yeah. now I remember why I got rid of instagram in the first place 🙃
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yeah, this is absolutely a reason why there are a lot more gleeful predictions about AI taking over all creative work than there are about it taking over sports
This too is Gender. Football is a Man Thing (vital), while many other creative pursuits are Woman Coded (frivolous, disposable, not Really Important).
February 8, 2026 at 7:39 PM
yeah, this is absolutely a reason why there are a lot more gleeful predictions about AI taking over all creative work than there are about it taking over sports
this loses a little something when it's not sung in a cold church by a dude in a weird faux-operatic with the organist missing the cue and coming in around the second "Christ"
Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
this loses a little something when it's not sung in a cold church by a dude in a weird faux-operatic with the organist missing the cue and coming in around the second "Christ"
the Streisand Effect? more like the King Taejong Effect, amirite???
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
February 8, 2026 at 1:42 PM
the Streisand Effect? more like the King Taejong Effect, amirite???
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man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
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this is what people should do when they fuck up my name in an email
NOOO I spelled it wrong even though it's right there. NOOOOO.
February 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
this is what people should do when they fuck up my name in an email
eyyyyy new intrusive thought just dropped (someone taking my cat’s body from me when she dies)
February 8, 2026 at 1:51 AM
eyyyyy new intrusive thought just dropped (someone taking my cat’s body from me when she dies)