Anneke
@anneke23.bsky.social
Name rhymes with Monica. She/her, 40something. Queer Progressive Christian, mama, hockey fan, professional research geek. Capital District, NY. From the Government and (usually) here to help, but this account does not represent my employer in any way.
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Anneke
@anneke23.bsky.social
· Nov 11
So. Since I've been talking about people picking lanes and working in them, I'm going to pin a list of mine - the skills I have, the topics I generally know enough about to be actually useful in the Current Situation, etc.
Also, I am open to being reached out to about any of these things!
Also, I am open to being reached out to about any of these things!
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roses are red
so is a fox
sorry i ate
the plums in your icebox
so is a fox
sorry i ate
the plums in your icebox
February 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
roses are red
so is a fox
sorry i ate
the plums in your icebox
so is a fox
sorry i ate
the plums in your icebox
Yeah no this actually made me cry because I am ridiculous. Another Panda.
February 14, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Yeah no this actually made me cry because I am ridiculous. Another Panda.
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I hate to see anybody implode during their shot at an Olympic medal, but I also purely love to see someone unexpected deliver the performance of a lifetime.
February 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I hate to see anybody implode during their shot at an Olympic medal, but I also purely love to see someone unexpected deliver the performance of a lifetime.
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That's sportsmanship. #FigureSkating
February 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
That's sportsmanship. #FigureSkating
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It's Judy Blume's birthday. She's 88 today.
Back in 2013, she said, "It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers."
Back in 2013, she said, "It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers."
February 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
It's Judy Blume's birthday. She's 88 today.
Back in 2013, she said, "It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers."
Back in 2013, she said, "It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers."
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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❤️This week on Alan Alda's podcast, talking with the guest, he said:
"...because it means an enormous amount to me what my wife thinks of me. It fills my life to the brim that she loves me & I really want to be a good partner with her."
He's 90. They've been married 70 years.
Find you someone who.
"...because it means an enormous amount to me what my wife thinks of me. It fills my life to the brim that she loves me & I really want to be a good partner with her."
He's 90. They've been married 70 years.
Find you someone who.
February 12, 2026 at 3:09 AM
❤️This week on Alan Alda's podcast, talking with the guest, he said:
"...because it means an enormous amount to me what my wife thinks of me. It fills my life to the brim that she loves me & I really want to be a good partner with her."
He's 90. They've been married 70 years.
Find you someone who.
"...because it means an enormous amount to me what my wife thinks of me. It fills my life to the brim that she loves me & I really want to be a good partner with her."
He's 90. They've been married 70 years.
Find you someone who.
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This has got to be one minimal ask—Botstein out of Bard
BREAKING: Bard College President Leon Botstein’s name appears in the Epstein files more than 2,500 times, including arranging travel to Epstein’s island and hosting a visit with “girls” on campus…
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
As a Bard student parent, I demand Leon Botstein’s immediate removal.
February 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This has got to be one minimal ask—Botstein out of Bard
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So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Bring back earnestness and sincerity.
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Bring back earnestness and sincerity.
I think maybe that’s where the difference in thought I see on the general topic comes in.
To me, the Silly Pink Hats thing was more positive than negative because it was an in-group signaling, a physical reminder to each other that we weren’t alone, weren’t doing this alone.
On the other hand…
To me, the Silly Pink Hats thing was more positive than negative because it was an in-group signaling, a physical reminder to each other that we weren’t alone, weren’t doing this alone.
On the other hand…
In addition, it is important to demonstrate that Trump's view of the world is not popular, it is not normal, and if a bunch of white ladies at book club wanna do that with hats, better than all of them silently thinking the others support this shit.
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I think maybe that’s where the difference in thought I see on the general topic comes in.
To me, the Silly Pink Hats thing was more positive than negative because it was an in-group signaling, a physical reminder to each other that we weren’t alone, weren’t doing this alone.
On the other hand…
To me, the Silly Pink Hats thing was more positive than negative because it was an in-group signaling, a physical reminder to each other that we weren’t alone, weren’t doing this alone.
On the other hand…
This is SO IMPORTANT.
Congress should act to categorically exempt statistical agency staff from this schedule.
Statistical agencies by definition do not set policy.
Their only power and purpose is collecting data & publishing credible, informative stats. Without political independence, they can't do this.
Statistical agencies by definition do not set policy.
Their only power and purpose is collecting data & publishing credible, informative stats. Without political independence, they can't do this.
February 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is SO IMPORTANT.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin - love that book so much.
Name a book from a Black author
February 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin - love that book so much.
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![The sticker design was credited with encouraging voter participation,[1] and two New York-based politicians had the design tattooed on themselves.[2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dhsrnkbeowgiu7flwwavc2mv/bafkreihapgszasd3pjxrzgiqqvd54rk6bucielbyata4qpx4iqgwfrqgvy@jpeg)
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Or at a bare minimum make it properly sleazy and in-person. Not something to be done without thought or embarrassment.
make sports betting illegal again
February 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Or at a bare minimum make it properly sleazy and in-person. Not something to be done without thought or embarrassment.
Things we love to see!
Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
grateful to work at a place that always lets me write about how much i love gay women
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
February 8, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Things we love to see!
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The juxtaposition of America. A commercial for savings accounts for children immediately followed by one promoting gambling.
February 8, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The juxtaposition of America. A commercial for savings accounts for children immediately followed by one promoting gambling.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Do you actually need the respondent SSN? We need to make sure we are sending the minimum necessary PII to accomplish the business task.”
“Do you actually need the respondent SSN? We need to make sure we are sending the minimum necessary PII to accomplish the business task.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“It’s on the syllabus.”
“It’s on the syllabus.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"All models are wrong. Some are useful."
"All models are wrong. Some are useful."
February 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Do you actually need the respondent SSN? We need to make sure we are sending the minimum necessary PII to accomplish the business task.”
“Do you actually need the respondent SSN? We need to make sure we are sending the minimum necessary PII to accomplish the business task.”
My Grandma Josie would have loved this!
IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
February 7, 2026 at 1:56 AM
My Grandma Josie would have loved this!
I can’t remember the first time I saw it expressed this way or where I read it but it’s stuck with me:
“Feminists DO NOT believe that ‘all men are rapists’ - but rapists DO.”
“Feminists DO NOT believe that ‘all men are rapists’ - but rapists DO.”
No one thinks more poorly of men as a class than other men who desperately want to normalize their perversity. No man-hating feminist could even come close.
February 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I can’t remember the first time I saw it expressed this way or where I read it but it’s stuck with me:
“Feminists DO NOT believe that ‘all men are rapists’ - but rapists DO.”
“Feminists DO NOT believe that ‘all men are rapists’ - but rapists DO.”
Every one has its own variant of both:
“fuck them kids amirite?” (Derogatory)
AND
“fuck them kids amirite?” (Literal)
While saying that they don’t do that because they’re good people unlike Those Bad People Over There who obviously are all pedos and pedo-apologists.
I’m so tired of it all.
“fuck them kids amirite?” (Derogatory)
AND
“fuck them kids amirite?” (Literal)
While saying that they don’t do that because they’re good people unlike Those Bad People Over There who obviously are all pedos and pedo-apologists.
I’m so tired of it all.
every community defends its own pedophiles
every single one
@mpgphd.bsky.social you know I’m not wrong
every single one
@mpgphd.bsky.social you know I’m not wrong
February 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Every one has its own variant of both:
“fuck them kids amirite?” (Derogatory)
AND
“fuck them kids amirite?” (Literal)
While saying that they don’t do that because they’re good people unlike Those Bad People Over There who obviously are all pedos and pedo-apologists.
I’m so tired of it all.
“fuck them kids amirite?” (Derogatory)
AND
“fuck them kids amirite?” (Literal)
While saying that they don’t do that because they’re good people unlike Those Bad People Over There who obviously are all pedos and pedo-apologists.
I’m so tired of it all.
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i do think that if you find yourself spending more than a few minutes a day obsessing over what another person who's largely politically aligned with you said or did on a social media website, you gotta go touch some grass (and i am talking about a lot of people here, including myself sometimes)
February 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
i do think that if you find yourself spending more than a few minutes a day obsessing over what another person who's largely politically aligned with you said or did on a social media website, you gotta go touch some grass (and i am talking about a lot of people here, including myself sometimes)