Amanda B
@bookcurious.bsky.social
Lurking around the English Department 📚🚲🦫
No please don't send us back to 90s-00s body image issues no no no
The return of extremely skeletal bodies for women as a norm is deeply concerning.
Being hungry all the time cooks your brain.
Being hungry all the time cooks your brain.
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
No please don't send us back to 90s-00s body image issues no no no
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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Lots of replies and quotes warning parents to ban their kids from using Roblox. And fair enough.
But don’t forget that pushing the problem onto individual parents was what the CEO advocated for.
The real solution is government regulation. So call your representatives too.
But don’t forget that pushing the problem onto individual parents was what the CEO advocated for.
The real solution is government regulation. So call your representatives too.
This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Lots of replies and quotes warning parents to ban their kids from using Roblox. And fair enough.
But don’t forget that pushing the problem onto individual parents was what the CEO advocated for.
The real solution is government regulation. So call your representatives too.
But don’t forget that pushing the problem onto individual parents was what the CEO advocated for.
The real solution is government regulation. So call your representatives too.
Having zero regrets about deleting Roblox from my kids' iPad.
Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Having zero regrets about deleting Roblox from my kids' iPad.
Sending this to everyone who makes fun of me for continuing to Google instead of just asking Chat GPT. Also if you have a few extra bucks, donate to Wikipedia.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sending this to everyone who makes fun of me for continuing to Google instead of just asking Chat GPT. Also if you have a few extra bucks, donate to Wikipedia.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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LOUISIANA… Manhattan-sized Meta data center with no community input… sound familiar, Memphis?
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
LOUISIANA… Manhattan-sized Meta data center with no community input… sound familiar, Memphis?
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is a virulent antisemite who has spent her entire time in public life advancing the most disgusting, delirious, and dangerous conspiracies about Jews, don't you jackasses dare expand this woman's platform beyond the horrific Facebook forums she lives her life in
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene is a virulent antisemite who has spent her entire time in public life advancing the most disgusting, delirious, and dangerous conspiracies about Jews, don't you jackasses dare expand this woman's platform beyond the horrific Facebook forums she lives her life in
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Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
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We need more honest language:
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
"theft tech" is a term my pal @astra.bsky.social thought of just today when we were working on our book about these End Times Fascists.
We were thinking about what should happen when this this bubble busts, as we all know it will.
Remember: they have bunkers. We don't. 2/3
We were thinking about what should happen when this this bubble busts, as we all know it will.
Remember: they have bunkers. We don't. 2/3
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We need more honest language:
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
Theft Tech (AI)
Grift Tech (crypto)
Death Tech (automated weapons and military surveillance)
Spinning Starbucks Pokestops counts as crossing the picket line. Don't you dare gift me that shit.
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Spinning Starbucks Pokestops counts as crossing the picket line. Don't you dare gift me that shit.
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Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
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People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
It just needs to be way easier to lose your license and your car for reckless driving, because a few months of major societal disruption 5 years ago taught people that driving in such a way that kills others or themselves is nbd
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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See also: The Onion's take on car bloat
Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident
PRESCOTT, AZ—Explaining that she did not have any strong preferences when it came to make or model, area woman Laura Bauer, a conscientious SUV shopper, confirmed Wednesday that she just wanted someth...
theonion.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
See also: The Onion's take on car bloat
What a day to be on the Internet.
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
What a day to be on the Internet.
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The highest-ranking transportation congressman is saying that biking & walking paths aren't "traditional infrastructure" and don't deserve funding in the next federal transportation bill. Broke down why that's historically inaccurate, morally wrong, and *possible to defeat* — if we organize.
House T&I Chair Vows ‘No Money for Bikes or Walking’ in Fed Transportation Bill — Streetsblog USA
The outlook for active transportation won't be good if advocates don't stand up.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The highest-ranking transportation congressman is saying that biking & walking paths aren't "traditional infrastructure" and don't deserve funding in the next federal transportation bill. Broke down why that's historically inaccurate, morally wrong, and *possible to defeat* — if we organize.
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
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Another case of headline sabotage
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Another case of headline sabotage
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You think you’re a serious adult with dignity and then you try to put on a duvet cover.
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
You think you’re a serious adult with dignity and then you try to put on a duvet cover.
Republicans are going to learn what climate activists already know. Telling people they can not/should not take an airplane to see their families is a losing message.
TAPPER: Do you have any numerical idea of how many Americans will not be able to be with their families for Thanksgiving because of this?
DUFFY: I think the number is going to be substantial
DUFFY: I think the number is going to be substantial
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Republicans are going to learn what climate activists already know. Telling people they can not/should not take an airplane to see their families is a losing message.
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This is so freaking good. 👇
As a new retiree, I never had the cottage-in-the-country retirement dream.
I want a cafe, grocery store, pharmacy, bike lanes, bus line, and MDs in walking distance. I want a place where rallies & protests are normal.
I want a functional *community.*
As a new retiree, I never had the cottage-in-the-country retirement dream.
I want a cafe, grocery store, pharmacy, bike lanes, bus line, and MDs in walking distance. I want a place where rallies & protests are normal.
I want a functional *community.*
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is so freaking good. 👇
As a new retiree, I never had the cottage-in-the-country retirement dream.
I want a cafe, grocery store, pharmacy, bike lanes, bus line, and MDs in walking distance. I want a place where rallies & protests are normal.
I want a functional *community.*
As a new retiree, I never had the cottage-in-the-country retirement dream.
I want a cafe, grocery store, pharmacy, bike lanes, bus line, and MDs in walking distance. I want a place where rallies & protests are normal.
I want a functional *community.*
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours