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The future is up for grabs. The world we live in is awful but the one we're building is worth it. Bringing my whole self to the apocalypse.
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· Dec 14
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
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The first US immigration controls were racial quotas. The present system grew out of that.
December 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The first US immigration controls were racial quotas. The present system grew out of that.
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'Record numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners for pensioners” amid increased loneliness and a growing appetite for learning and in-person interactions.' 1/2
‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
'Record numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners for pensioners” amid increased loneliness and a growing appetite for learning and in-person interactions.' 1/2
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I’m always almost temperamentally optimistic in the long run but one thing that discourages me from thinking that things will get better any time soon is how many people I see who think the US changed overnight and that all problems are the fault of this or that particularly bad individual
December 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I’m always almost temperamentally optimistic in the long run but one thing that discourages me from thinking that things will get better any time soon is how many people I see who think the US changed overnight and that all problems are the fault of this or that particularly bad individual
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"Why do we have to take ethics classes for a computer science degree?"
This is why. And frankly, we should be failing more students for inadequately demonstrating their understanding of the topic.
Let's review some fun historical examples of why "No, actually quality will continue to matter."
This is why. And frankly, we should be failing more students for inadequately demonstrating their understanding of the topic.
Let's review some fun historical examples of why "No, actually quality will continue to matter."
December 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Why do we have to take ethics classes for a computer science degree?"
This is why. And frankly, we should be failing more students for inadequately demonstrating their understanding of the topic.
Let's review some fun historical examples of why "No, actually quality will continue to matter."
This is why. And frankly, we should be failing more students for inadequately demonstrating their understanding of the topic.
Let's review some fun historical examples of why "No, actually quality will continue to matter."
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Dancing at the club is the best way to get your cardio in. 😌
December 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Dancing at the club is the best way to get your cardio in. 😌
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the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.
December 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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I think there are some very open questions with distributed PDS network and appviews as to whether an appview is a publisher if it is merely a proxy to view content that's hosted elsewhere.
see, whtwnd, would you argue it is a "publisher", or merely a portal to view content that lives on PDSes?
see, whtwnd, would you argue it is a "publisher", or merely a portal to view content that lives on PDSes?
The point of the law is that online services can and should act as publishers for 3rd party content, without being held liable for the speech of that 3rd party speech. As such, @rose.bsky.team is exactly right to proudly state that Bluesky is a publisher.
December 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I think there are some very open questions with distributed PDS network and appviews as to whether an appview is a publisher if it is merely a proxy to view content that's hosted elsewhere.
see, whtwnd, would you argue it is a "publisher", or merely a portal to view content that lives on PDSes?
see, whtwnd, would you argue it is a "publisher", or merely a portal to view content that lives on PDSes?
America is cooked.
I live in a country with a high level of legalized gambling and a mob-run government. It creates a tax on the lower and middle classes that leads to economic stagnation and reduces class mobility.
I live in a country with a high level of legalized gambling and a mob-run government. It creates a tax on the lower and middle classes that leads to economic stagnation and reduces class mobility.
ngl, seeing sports gambling offered in form of futures contracts alongside equities in my investment app certainly wasn’t on my bingo card, but it probably should have been.
December 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
America is cooked.
I live in a country with a high level of legalized gambling and a mob-run government. It creates a tax on the lower and middle classes that leads to economic stagnation and reduces class mobility.
I live in a country with a high level of legalized gambling and a mob-run government. It creates a tax on the lower and middle classes that leads to economic stagnation and reduces class mobility.
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This is the same dynamic which happened to me, a year ago to the day: a faculty appeals panel cleared
me entirely, after a six month investigation. NU effectively ignored it.
This is why adhering to rules (in Congress, the UN, unis) rarely works: the rules benefit the rulers, who can ignore them.
me entirely, after a six month investigation. NU effectively ignored it.
This is why adhering to rules (in Congress, the UN, unis) rarely works: the rules benefit the rulers, who can ignore them.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is the same dynamic which happened to me, a year ago to the day: a faculty appeals panel cleared
me entirely, after a six month investigation. NU effectively ignored it.
This is why adhering to rules (in Congress, the UN, unis) rarely works: the rules benefit the rulers, who can ignore them.
me entirely, after a six month investigation. NU effectively ignored it.
This is why adhering to rules (in Congress, the UN, unis) rarely works: the rules benefit the rulers, who can ignore them.
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hey chat is cosmic radiation good for computers
December 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
hey chat is cosmic radiation good for computers
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my favorite past time when talking to much younger men is to give them advice on wooing women that is really just care and feeding instructions for iguanas
December 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
my favorite past time when talking to much younger men is to give them advice on wooing women that is really just care and feeding instructions for iguanas
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This is astonishing. It should be headline news. For all those bleating about being ‘cancelled’ this is what being cancelled really looks like.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Yanis Varoufakis: Europe should be convulsing at US sanctions against French ICC judge
The US government has sanctioned a European judge for carrying out his official duties in Europe while working in an institution established by Europe’s elected representatives at great cost and effor...
www.irishexaminer.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is astonishing. It should be headline news. For all those bleating about being ‘cancelled’ this is what being cancelled really looks like.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Absolutely agree. One thing we learned this time around is an exhausted, traumatized and burned out protestor won't be able to be constructive and effective.
Let's all take care of ourselves and each other, take in the info we can, do what we can, and live to fight another day.
Let's all take care of ourselves and each other, take in the info we can, do what we can, and live to fight another day.
I *highly* recommend that you avoid reviewing the primary source materials from the Epstien files.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
And as several folks are saying in the comments: curiosity about the Epstein files is understandable, but just for yourself personally, think carefully about what you want in your head forever.
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
December 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Absolutely agree. One thing we learned this time around is an exhausted, traumatized and burned out protestor won't be able to be constructive and effective.
Let's all take care of ourselves and each other, take in the info we can, do what we can, and live to fight another day.
Let's all take care of ourselves and each other, take in the info we can, do what we can, and live to fight another day.
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This is exactly why I haven’t looked. I don’t need this evil in my brain.
I was talking to my dad a few weeks ago, I pointed out grown men on a private jet going to an island to have liaisons with women and not questioning if they were there willingly or paid. It can only get worse from there
I was talking to my dad a few weeks ago, I pointed out grown men on a private jet going to an island to have liaisons with women and not questioning if they were there willingly or paid. It can only get worse from there
I *highly* recommend that you avoid reviewing the primary source materials from the Epstien files.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
And as several folks are saying in the comments: curiosity about the Epstein files is understandable, but just for yourself personally, think carefully about what you want in your head forever.
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
December 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This is exactly why I haven’t looked. I don’t need this evil in my brain.
I was talking to my dad a few weeks ago, I pointed out grown men on a private jet going to an island to have liaisons with women and not questioning if they were there willingly or paid. It can only get worse from there
I was talking to my dad a few weeks ago, I pointed out grown men on a private jet going to an island to have liaisons with women and not questioning if they were there willingly or paid. It can only get worse from there
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Signed and stamped.
I, and none of us, especially those of us who are not trained and supported to handle this, need this in our heads.
Click through for the 🧵
I, and none of us, especially those of us who are not trained and supported to handle this, need this in our heads.
Click through for the 🧵
I *highly* recommend that you avoid reviewing the primary source materials from the Epstien files.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
And as several folks are saying in the comments: curiosity about the Epstein files is understandable, but just for yourself personally, think carefully about what you want in your head forever.
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
December 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Signed and stamped.
I, and none of us, especially those of us who are not trained and supported to handle this, need this in our heads.
Click through for the 🧵
I, and none of us, especially those of us who are not trained and supported to handle this, need this in our heads.
Click through for the 🧵
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I read one report and I'm still not sure how to deal with the damage it did
While I am fine, it was harrowing to read and who knows what the long term is. The shit in there is truly painful
While I am fine, it was harrowing to read and who knows what the long term is. The shit in there is truly painful
December 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I read one report and I'm still not sure how to deal with the damage it did
While I am fine, it was harrowing to read and who knows what the long term is. The shit in there is truly painful
While I am fine, it was harrowing to read and who knows what the long term is. The shit in there is truly painful
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Yep. The concept of moral injury is very helpful here.
I *highly* recommend that you avoid reviewing the primary source materials from the Epstien files.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
And as several folks are saying in the comments: curiosity about the Epstein files is understandable, but just for yourself personally, think carefully about what you want in your head forever.
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Yep. The concept of moral injury is very helpful here.
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i cannot cosign this hard enough
these things are going to get stuck in your head, and knowing they are true means they are going to hit differently than the fiction you consume that you are sure must be worse
these things are going to get stuck in your head, and knowing they are true means they are going to hit differently than the fiction you consume that you are sure must be worse
I *highly* recommend that you avoid reviewing the primary source materials from the Epstien files.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
And as several folks are saying in the comments: curiosity about the Epstein files is understandable, but just for yourself personally, think carefully about what you want in your head forever.
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
December 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
i cannot cosign this hard enough
these things are going to get stuck in your head, and knowing they are true means they are going to hit differently than the fiction you consume that you are sure must be worse
these things are going to get stuck in your head, and knowing they are true means they are going to hit differently than the fiction you consume that you are sure must be worse
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This sounds like good advice
I *highly* recommend that you avoid reviewing the primary source materials from the Epstien files.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
And as several folks are saying in the comments: curiosity about the Epstein files is understandable, but just for yourself personally, think carefully about what you want in your head forever.
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
December 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This sounds like good advice
Watching my ons massage my ex in the bar 🥵
December 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Watching my ons massage my ex in the bar 🥵
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While I was in prison, I was the food procurement clerk. It was my job to work with the first cook to design the daily food menu and then make sure the men were fed on a budget of $2.60 per person per day.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
While I was in prison, I was the food procurement clerk. It was my job to work with the first cook to design the daily food menu and then make sure the men were fed on a budget of $2.60 per person per day.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
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I *highly* recommend that you avoid reviewing the primary source materials from the Epstien files.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
And as several folks are saying in the comments: curiosity about the Epstein files is understandable, but just for yourself personally, think carefully about what you want in your head forever.
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
I promise you- people think they want to know the lurid details- they don't. I spent 30 years reading accounts of CA/SA and that shit never leaves your head.
I'm interested in knowing who was on public payroll and didn't do their jobs. And I'm happy to wait for the truth so it sticks.
I'm interested in knowing who was on public payroll and didn't do their jobs. And I'm happy to wait for the truth so it sticks.
December 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I *highly* recommend that you avoid reviewing the primary source materials from the Epstien files.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
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I also can't help but feel it violates the privacy of many of the victims, many of whom are alive and certainly do not want to be made a spectacle of, especially since these people are clearly not going on TV and doing News interviews for very good damn reasons.
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I also can't help but feel it violates the privacy of many of the victims, many of whom are alive and certainly do not want to be made a spectacle of, especially since these people are clearly not going on TV and doing News interviews for very good damn reasons.