Araminta, Goddess of Databases (She/Her)
@aramintamd.bsky.social
At this since dinosaurs roamed the Earth & Lynx was a thing. Multimedia designer/author/webmaster. Past lives include theatre admin & production, fiber artistry, & endless reruns of M*A*S*H. Living "This Old House" for reals.
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Welcome To Can I VoteNeed help with voting? You've come to the right place. This nonpartisan website was created by state election officials to help eligible voters figure out how and where to go vote...
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2025: 🌊 🌊🌊
Let's do it again 11/3/2026!
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#TakeBackCongress
#NoKings
#voteBlueNoMatterWho
#Project2026
Let's do it again 11/3/2026!
canivote.org
ballotpedia.org
270towin.org
#TakeBackCongress
#NoKings
#voteBlueNoMatterWho
#Project2026
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“History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost…those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students & to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write & think when others once risked their lives & died for the freedom to do so”
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
“History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost…those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students & to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write & think when others once risked their lives & died for the freedom to do so”
Wicked: For Good is EVERYTHING.
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Wicked: For Good is EVERYTHING.
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A an angry reminder that
1. There is no causal link between vaccines & autism
2. Autism has a strong genetic component, involving ~500 genes
3. Tylenol is not linked to autism
4. RFQuack failed to get a journal to retract a large Danish study that showed no link btwn aluminum & autism
A an angry reminder that
1. There is no causal link between vaccines & autism
2. Autism has a strong genetic component, involving ~500 genes
3. Tylenol is not linked to autism
4. RFQuack failed to get a journal to retract a large Danish study that showed no link btwn aluminum & autism
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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A an angry reminder that
1. There is no causal link between vaccines & autism
2. Autism has a strong genetic component, involving ~500 genes
3. Tylenol is not linked to autism
4. RFQuack failed to get a journal to retract a large Danish study that showed no link btwn aluminum & autism
A an angry reminder that
1. There is no causal link between vaccines & autism
2. Autism has a strong genetic component, involving ~500 genes
3. Tylenol is not linked to autism
4. RFQuack failed to get a journal to retract a large Danish study that showed no link btwn aluminum & autism
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The classic Oz books are great fun (especially the sequels), anyone with a bit of spare time and a penchant for whimsy should burn through them. We have a set of all but one of the ones written by L Frank Baum, and the one we did not have, I read on Internet Archive! They truly do essential work.
Hearing a lot about Oz this week? 🧙🏼♀️ Did you know many of the original Oz books & early media are in the public domain? Explore these classic works & how you can access them in our blog!
📖 Learn more ⬇️
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#PublicDomain #Oz #ClassicLiterature #LFrankBaum
📖 Learn more ⬇️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/t...
#PublicDomain #Oz #ClassicLiterature #LFrankBaum
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The classic Oz books are great fun (especially the sequels), anyone with a bit of spare time and a penchant for whimsy should burn through them. We have a set of all but one of the ones written by L Frank Baum, and the one we did not have, I read on Internet Archive! They truly do essential work.
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I know it's had problems both in construction and staffing -- but HOT DANG I'm excited for this to open in Los Angeles. It's gonna be a helluva museum for comics, sequential storytelling and narrative art.
After years of delays, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art announced its 2026 opening date. Take a first look inside the $1 billion, 300,000-square-foot museum.
Lucas Museum sets opening date: Take an exclusive first look inside
After nearly four years of delays, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has announced its opening date.
www.latimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I know it's had problems both in construction and staffing -- but HOT DANG I'm excited for this to open in Los Angeles. It's gonna be a helluva museum for comics, sequential storytelling and narrative art.
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“There’s a difference between a 5 year old and a 15 year old.”
I mean yes, obviously, there is a difference. But that difference isn’t “It’s fine to have sex with one of them.”
I mean yes, obviously, there is a difference. But that difference isn’t “It’s fine to have sex with one of them.”
November 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
“There’s a difference between a 5 year old and a 15 year old.”
I mean yes, obviously, there is a difference. But that difference isn’t “It’s fine to have sex with one of them.”
I mean yes, obviously, there is a difference. But that difference isn’t “It’s fine to have sex with one of them.”
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There is no scenario where Kamala would have been worse and everyone who abstained or voted third party knew this and sabotaged her anyway. A better world was possible and they said “no thanks.”
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There is no scenario where Kamala would have been worse and everyone who abstained or voted third party knew this and sabotaged her anyway. A better world was possible and they said “no thanks.”
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Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
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A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
via ABC News App
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
via ABC News App
US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of white men in Ahmaud Arbery killing
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago
abcnews.go.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
via ABC News App
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
via ABC News App
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Nailed it!
Art by @vjaybombs on IG
Art by @vjaybombs on IG
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Nailed it!
Art by @vjaybombs on IG
Art by @vjaybombs on IG
If you're having trouble understanding the argument, let's swap words: "...He was into the barely legal type, like he liked [minors]...He wasn't into like [minors]. There's a difference between a [minor] and a [minor]."
Yeah, like puberty. Other than that? Nope. It's all pedophilia.
Any questions?
Yeah, like puberty. Other than that? Nope. It's all pedophilia.
Any questions?
This is what the right is reduced to arguing. She says it doesn’t excuse it, but isn’t that what she’s trying to do here?
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you're having trouble understanding the argument, let's swap words: "...He was into the barely legal type, like he liked [minors]...He wasn't into like [minors]. There's a difference between a [minor] and a [minor]."
Yeah, like puberty. Other than that? Nope. It's all pedophilia.
Any questions?
Yeah, like puberty. Other than that? Nope. It's all pedophilia.
Any questions?
May her memory be a blessing for all.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
May her memory be a blessing for all.
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So let me get this straight: The President’s plan to lower prices is to roll back some of his own tariffs?
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So let me get this straight: The President’s plan to lower prices is to roll back some of his own tariffs?
Caveat emptor. Also, there's no such thing as a safe platform.
Read the whole thread and watch out whose content you boost!
Stay frosty.
Read the whole thread and watch out whose content you boost!
Stay frosty.
🧵 A network of 100+ BlueSky accounts pretending to be legitimate news syndication, some impersonating BBC News, @EuroNews.com, and @Meduza.io.
Built upon ≥70 Mastodon instances, then bridged to BlueSky using @ap.brid.gy, it feels like a social-media reinvention of the Portal 🇷🇺Kombat concept.
Built upon ≥70 Mastodon instances, then bridged to BlueSky using @ap.brid.gy, it feels like a social-media reinvention of the Portal 🇷🇺Kombat concept.
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Caveat emptor. Also, there's no such thing as a safe platform.
Read the whole thread and watch out whose content you boost!
Stay frosty.
Read the whole thread and watch out whose content you boost!
Stay frosty.
Defection from what? Pedophile protection?
Is that really the look they're going for?
I hate this timeline so much right now...
Is that really the look they're going for?
I hate this timeline so much right now...
Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote – as GOP leaders brace for mass defections
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...
Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote – as GOP leaders brace for mass defections | CNN Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldn’t be stopped...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Defection from what? Pedophile protection?
Is that really the look they're going for?
I hate this timeline so much right now...
Is that really the look they're going for?
I hate this timeline so much right now...
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New fav meme
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
New fav meme
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Starbucks baristas are on strike and the No Kings Alliance stands with them. Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting. Power belongs to the people who make this country run: nocontractnocoffee.org/#pledge #NoContractNoCoffee #NoKings
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Starbucks baristas are on strike and the No Kings Alliance stands with them. Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting. Power belongs to the people who make this country run: nocontractnocoffee.org/#pledge #NoContractNoCoffee #NoKings
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CHILDREN CANNOT CONSENT (louder for the back)
Quick point of clarification for pundits, politicians, journalists, & any others commenting on the Epstein Trump files:
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
CHILDREN CANNOT CONSENT (louder for the back)
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Although this year’s election night was one for the books, history has taught us that this is precisely when the GOP is most dangerous. Republicans will turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. Here are eight things we must do to prepare👇
https://bit.ly/4oSjXYj
https://bit.ly/4oSjXYj
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Although this year’s election night was one for the books, history has taught us that this is precisely when the GOP is most dangerous. Republicans will turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. Here are eight things we must do to prepare👇
https://bit.ly/4oSjXYj
https://bit.ly/4oSjXYj
We have thick cloud cover and an expectation for more snow overnight, but maybe you could get lucky...
#AuroraBorealis
#AuroraBorealis
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
We have thick cloud cover and an expectation for more snow overnight, but maybe you could get lucky...
#AuroraBorealis
#AuroraBorealis
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For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
And what, exactly, did we win with this fuckery? Primary them ALL.
It appears that the Democrats have walked right into a trap. #sophieschoice
"Senate Republicans say they’re open to extending a pot of Affordable Care Act funds that will expire at the end of the year — but only if Democrats acquiesce to stricter abortion restrictions on insurance plans." www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
And what, exactly, did we win with this fuckery? Primary them ALL.
All. Of. This.
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
All. Of. This.
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Oh, so he totally stole the money
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Oh, so he totally stole the money