barefootwriter
@bfwriter.bsky.social
PhD candidate, Educational Studies. MA, Human Development, Learning, and Culture. gamer (not the bad kind), budoka, NOLA girl. I blog about POTS at barefootwriterhaspots.com
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Tfw you believe in eugenics but not, like, for yourself
Decades of the white nationalist movement evolving to adapt to current political trends has brought them to this moment.
December 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Tfw you believe in eugenics but not, like, for yourself
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Hadn't really thought about it due to not caring about the inner lives of white supremacists, but the tension between worshipping genetic "superiority" and not actually having "superior" genes (because such a thing doesn't exist) must be rather difficult to try to resolve!
December 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Hadn't really thought about it due to not caring about the inner lives of white supremacists, but the tension between worshipping genetic "superiority" and not actually having "superior" genes (because such a thing doesn't exist) must be rather difficult to try to resolve!
it may not be the biggest difference, but the most important difference between me and AI in this case is that I have hands and I know how to throw them.
I've been telling people that we are <14 months from someone making the argument that AI should have more rights than are currently available to human women and the only adjustment to that statement that I'm willing to make is to truncate the original timetable.
it’s hard to think of a bigger grift than the claim that predictive text aka gAI is ‘conscious’ and thus “deserve rights” like the ability to vote
December 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
it may not be the biggest difference, but the most important difference between me and AI in this case is that I have hands and I know how to throw them.
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I’ll just leave this here for some insight drmaryclairehaver.substack.com/p/the-5-bigg...
The 5 Biggest Things I Learned About Menopause and Divorce
Every time I talk about menopause and divorce, the response is immediate and intense.
drmaryclairehaver.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I’ll just leave this here for some insight drmaryclairehaver.substack.com/p/the-5-bigg...
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presented solely with this statement, I would literally never be able to guess the context that inspired it
Idk who needs to hear this but you’re not divorced because of your ex-wife’s menopause
December 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
presented solely with this statement, I would literally never be able to guess the context that inspired it
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Not a "someone got mad at me" moment, but I still think about how a cute pic of our cat Monkey somehow got popular with the boomer normies, and I got a comment from one of em insinuating I got her gender wrong because "female orange cats are rare". (We got her fixed, we KNOW she's a girl lol)
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Not a "someone got mad at me" moment, but I still think about how a cute pic of our cat Monkey somehow got popular with the boomer normies, and I got a comment from one of em insinuating I got her gender wrong because "female orange cats are rare". (We got her fixed, we KNOW she's a girl lol)
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I said you actually have to read the whole book before reviewing it.
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I said you actually have to read the whole book before reviewing it.
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I described something as “waist-high” and they yelled at me that the metric system exists and I was just scared of France.
Okay, my dude, it’s waist-high but in metric.
Okay, my dude, it’s waist-high but in metric.
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I described something as “waist-high” and they yelled at me that the metric system exists and I was just scared of France.
Okay, my dude, it’s waist-high but in metric.
Okay, my dude, it’s waist-high but in metric.
Fig Newton!
It’s not letting me upload the video I shared on IG here but these screenshots capture a tiny bit of Fig Newton’s…whole vibe this holiday season.
December 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Fig Newton!
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Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.
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NEW: A newly unsealed legal filing suggests the DOJ may have brought retaliatory criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia after a court ordered the Trump administration to return him to the U.S. from a Salvadoran prison. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
'It’s A Top Priority’: Unsealed Order Suggests DOJ Retaliated Against Abrego Garcia for Court Victory
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NEW: A newly unsealed legal filing suggests the DOJ may have brought retaliatory criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia after a court ordered the Trump administration to return him to the U.S. from a Salvadoran prison. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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I had a dream about a musical called "Faculty Meeting" and weirdly it was good?
The first number is about someone objecting to approving the minutes without unanimous consent but not offering a correction. This is how we meet The Parliamentarian, our narrator.
The first number is about someone objecting to approving the minutes without unanimous consent but not offering a correction. This is how we meet The Parliamentarian, our narrator.
December 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I had a dream about a musical called "Faculty Meeting" and weirdly it was good?
The first number is about someone objecting to approving the minutes without unanimous consent but not offering a correction. This is how we meet The Parliamentarian, our narrator.
The first number is about someone objecting to approving the minutes without unanimous consent but not offering a correction. This is how we meet The Parliamentarian, our narrator.
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"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
www.thebulwark.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"Norman Rockwell was antifa," his granddaughter says. (Fact check: literally true.)
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
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"your honor -- my emotional support whiskey is medicinal; i rest my case"
Wyoming Freedom Caucus member allegedly admitted that "he drinks while driving for anxiety," Johnson County Sheriff's Office report says.
Rep. Bill Allemand arrested for drinking and driving - WyoFile
Wyoming Freedom Caucus member allegedly admitted that ‘he drinks while driving for anxiety,’ Johnson County Sheriff’s Office report says.
wyofile.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"your honor -- my emotional support whiskey is medicinal; i rest my case"
we've even gotten extra grief crossing from Canada in a Canadian rental car (back in May, I believe) because they didn't realize we're dual. the hostility started early.
I love the logic here: the huge success of the Canadian boycott has "backfired" because there are now more stringent checks on the Canadians who do cross over.
Thank you US Border services for helping enforce the boycott.
www.thetravel.com/canadas-us-t...
Thank you US Border services for helping enforce the boycott.
www.thetravel.com/canadas-us-t...
Canada's U.S. Travel Boycott Is Backfiring In The Most Unexpected Way At U.S. Customs And Border Protection
Some Canadians are starting to pay the consequences of the U.S. travel boycott. Here is what happened and why.
www.thetravel.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
we've even gotten extra grief crossing from Canada in a Canadian rental car (back in May, I believe) because they didn't realize we're dual. the hostility started early.
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Because they do the same things to kids Trump does.
Why evangelicals couldn't care less about Trump's Epstein scandal
Why evangelicals couldn't care less about Trump's Epstein scandal
They have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Because they do the same things to kids Trump does.
what are Google Share links and can they go fuck themselves?
December 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
what are Google Share links and can they go fuck themselves?
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Remember the city navigation part of your brain you sacrificed to Google Maps? Remember how your spelling used to be better before automatic spell check?
What happens when you give up basic writing and reasoning skills?
What happens when you give up basic writing and reasoning skills?
Just heard this on NPR. This is depressing as all fuck, and every teacher ceding their job to AI and encouraging their students to cede their brains to AI ought to lose their job.
Virginia legislators to weigh AI in education; it's already in our schools
The ongoing experiences educators are having with AI may help inform Virginia legislators as they head back to Richmond for the 2026 legislative session in mid-January.
www.wvtf.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Remember the city navigation part of your brain you sacrificed to Google Maps? Remember how your spelling used to be better before automatic spell check?
What happens when you give up basic writing and reasoning skills?
What happens when you give up basic writing and reasoning skills?
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"Design cognitively demanding, AI-supported tasks"
Those are muturally exclusive.
"Streamlining teacher planning and reducing administrative burden"
The things that could help that are not genAI.
Those are muturally exclusive.
"Streamlining teacher planning and reducing administrative burden"
The things that could help that are not genAI.
December 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"Design cognitively demanding, AI-supported tasks"
Those are muturally exclusive.
"Streamlining teacher planning and reducing administrative burden"
The things that could help that are not genAI.
Those are muturally exclusive.
"Streamlining teacher planning and reducing administrative burden"
The things that could help that are not genAI.
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"Trying to explain to students and other faculty, they have to change their curriculum"
They don't.
"It’s here to stay and it's not going anywhere.”
May you be the wrongest a person has ever been.
They don't.
"It’s here to stay and it's not going anywhere.”
May you be the wrongest a person has ever been.
December 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"Trying to explain to students and other faculty, they have to change their curriculum"
They don't.
"It’s here to stay and it's not going anywhere.”
May you be the wrongest a person has ever been.
They don't.
"It’s here to stay and it's not going anywhere.”
May you be the wrongest a person has ever been.
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“You want to make sure the AI is responsible"
It's not.
"It’s helping students learn"
It's not.
"and it's not replacing educators.”
It can't replace their value, but it'll sure try to take their jobs bc people *really* hate paying teachers.
It's not.
"It’s helping students learn"
It's not.
"and it's not replacing educators.”
It can't replace their value, but it'll sure try to take their jobs bc people *really* hate paying teachers.
December 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“You want to make sure the AI is responsible"
It's not.
"It’s helping students learn"
It's not.
"and it's not replacing educators.”
It can't replace their value, but it'll sure try to take their jobs bc people *really* hate paying teachers.
It's not.
"It’s helping students learn"
It's not.
"and it's not replacing educators.”
It can't replace their value, but it'll sure try to take their jobs bc people *really* hate paying teachers.
got treated to a sex segregation in sports discussion in the dojo as we were collecting our stuff to leave, and my guy, we train co-ed here and the baddest bitches in this dojo are women.
(we do give a lot of leeway because of the demographic we train with, but I'm just sayin'. . .)
(we do give a lot of leeway because of the demographic we train with, but I'm just sayin'. . .)
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
got treated to a sex segregation in sports discussion in the dojo as we were collecting our stuff to leave, and my guy, we train co-ed here and the baddest bitches in this dojo are women.
(we do give a lot of leeway because of the demographic we train with, but I'm just sayin'. . .)
(we do give a lot of leeway because of the demographic we train with, but I'm just sayin'. . .)
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Scientists discover 2 new subtypes of multiple sclerosis, paving the way for personalised treatments & better outcomes for patients.
Experts say the “exciting” breakthrough could revolutionise treatment of the disease.
🧪🧠 #medsky #neuroskyence
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Experts say the “exciting” breakthrough could revolutionise treatment of the disease.
🧪🧠 #medsky #neuroskyence
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two new subtypes of MS found in ‘exciting’ breakthrough
Exclusive: Scientists uncovered biological strands using artificial intelligence and hope discovery will revolutionise treatment
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Scientists discover 2 new subtypes of multiple sclerosis, paving the way for personalised treatments & better outcomes for patients.
Experts say the “exciting” breakthrough could revolutionise treatment of the disease.
🧪🧠 #medsky #neuroskyence
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Experts say the “exciting” breakthrough could revolutionise treatment of the disease.
🧪🧠 #medsky #neuroskyence
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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TIL Japan built the bullet train before California built the 5 freeway.
The best time to build a high speed rail line was 20 years ago, the second best time to build one is today.
The best time to build a high speed rail line was 20 years ago, the second best time to build one is today.
December 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
TIL Japan built the bullet train before California built the 5 freeway.
The best time to build a high speed rail line was 20 years ago, the second best time to build one is today.
The best time to build a high speed rail line was 20 years ago, the second best time to build one is today.
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“Hello, I would like to enquire about something called peas?
Can we have some please? We’ve been very good ducklings….”
Soon baby duck, soon you shall have all the peas.
#ducklings
Can we have some please? We’ve been very good ducklings….”
Soon baby duck, soon you shall have all the peas.
#ducklings
December 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
“Hello, I would like to enquire about something called peas?
Can we have some please? We’ve been very good ducklings….”
Soon baby duck, soon you shall have all the peas.
#ducklings
Can we have some please? We’ve been very good ducklings….”
Soon baby duck, soon you shall have all the peas.
#ducklings