Chandra Steele
@chandrasteele.bsky.social
Writer and editor
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Chandra Steele
@chandrasteele.bsky.social
· Jul 20
Donate to PBS
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If you want to donate to a PBS station in a state that needs it the most, I made a list of all of the donation pages and a legend with how much of their budget relies on federal funding
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I cannot wait for the all-ferret production of Jurassic Park
Twelve baby ferrets were born this summer, descended from clones made from cells frozen nearly four decades ago, representing a milestone in a decades-long effort to revive one of North America’s most endangered mammals.
Frozen cells, clones and a new generation of endangered ferrets
Eleven black-footed ferrets were born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo facility in Virginia, marking a big step in cloning research of this endangered species.
wapo.st
December 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I cannot wait for the all-ferret production of Jurassic Park
Very I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell energy
December 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Very I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell energy
Bernie has arrived! My tree is done!
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Bernie has arrived! My tree is done!
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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“Wake Up Dead Man” is a goddamn masterpiece. Someone could make just that movie and be proud of their entire life. It’s the only thing that’s ever made me reconsider the idea and meaning of the church - not Catholicism, the church. An incredible, moving feat overall
December 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“Wake Up Dead Man” is a goddamn masterpiece. Someone could make just that movie and be proud of their entire life. It’s the only thing that’s ever made me reconsider the idea and meaning of the church - not Catholicism, the church. An incredible, moving feat overall
I always hope to see my parents in New York footage from this era. It would have been totally plausible for this one because my mom furnished our home from Bloomingdale’s and loved to shop there. When I was little we regularly went to browse dresses and have frozen yogurt at the one in Queens
December 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I always hope to see my parents in New York footage from this era. It would have been totally plausible for this one because my mom furnished our home from Bloomingdale’s and loved to shop there. When I was little we regularly went to browse dresses and have frozen yogurt at the one in Queens
Nobody writes a celebrity food story like @ralter.bsky.social and this gives me everything I wanted to know about hot ice cream
Tyra Banks is attempting to build an ice-cream empire, and she just brought her latest invention, ‘hot ice cream,’ to New York. We obviously had to try it.
Tyra Banks’s Hot Ice Cream Is Real, and I Tried It
Tyra Banks is attempting to build an ice-cream empire, and she just brought her latest invention, ‘hot ice cream,’ to New York. We obviously had to try it.
www.vulture.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Nobody writes a celebrity food story like @ralter.bsky.social and this gives me everything I wanted to know about hot ice cream
Curious if anyone has read this book
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Curious if anyone has read this book
I have had a terrible year and I couldn’t exactly afford a birthday gift for myself this year but I bought one anyway. It was supposed to be delivered today but got stolen. Truly appropriate for the time I have had lately
December 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I have had a terrible year and I couldn’t exactly afford a birthday gift for myself this year but I bought one anyway. It was supposed to be delivered today but got stolen. Truly appropriate for the time I have had lately
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From harm to children & vulnerable adults to systems that discriminate in ways that are not just unethical but actually illegal -- plus all the disemployment of artists by systems trained *on their work* it's crazy to *not* be upset about AI writ large
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
From harm to children & vulnerable adults to systems that discriminate in ways that are not just unethical but actually illegal -- plus all the disemployment of artists by systems trained *on their work* it's crazy to *not* be upset about AI writ large
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I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful:
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I say this as someone whose entire job is finding the narrow use cases in which AI is actually useful:
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
All the fear about AI, all the reluctance to adopt it, is entirely legitimate, and a product of the fact that it's been foisted on the public with no consideration of its negative externalities.
AI sounds exactly like the type of people who use AI. A real chicken and the egg situation
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
AI sounds exactly like the type of people who use AI. A real chicken and the egg situation
I knew they would come for the Italianx
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I knew they would come for the Italianx
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This planet is wild
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This planet is wild
This started selling out everywhere after I posted, so I caved and bought one of the last ones out there. It’s being shipped from Brooklyn, my paternal borough (I’m Queens on my mom’s side)
I really want this ornament but I cannot justify the price
www.etsy.com/listing/1054...
www.etsy.com/listing/1054...
December 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This started selling out everywhere after I posted, so I caved and bought one of the last ones out there. It’s being shipped from Brooklyn, my paternal borough (I’m Queens on my mom’s side)
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we recently moved the bookshelves to the front of Astoria Food Pantry and ppl have been using them much more which makes me SO HAPPY but also means we need more books! we love donations from neighbors, authors, publishers, (galleys are great), etc. you can DM me or email therollinglibrary@gmail.com
Astoria Food Pantry/The Rolling Library got some new bookshelves (custom-built by a
volunteer!) and they are beautiful and we have been filling them with amazing free books for all 🥰 come visit us on a Monday night! www.instagram.com/therollingli...
volunteer!) and they are beautiful and we have been filling them with amazing free books for all 🥰 come visit us on a Monday night! www.instagram.com/therollingli...
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
we recently moved the bookshelves to the front of Astoria Food Pantry and ppl have been using them much more which makes me SO HAPPY but also means we need more books! we love donations from neighbors, authors, publishers, (galleys are great), etc. you can DM me or email therollinglibrary@gmail.com
This guy has all of your data
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This guy has all of your data
I am begging someone to make individual LED Hanukkah candles
December 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I am begging someone to make individual LED Hanukkah candles
I really want this ornament but I cannot justify the price
www.etsy.com/listing/1054...
www.etsy.com/listing/1054...
December 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I really want this ornament but I cannot justify the price
www.etsy.com/listing/1054...
www.etsy.com/listing/1054...
Wait, this weather is called Winter Storm Chan? I finally got a storm named after me?
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Wait, this weather is called Winter Storm Chan? I finally got a storm named after me?
Somehow I have never read "The Secret History" until now. I am only partway through but have rabbit-holed into the world surrounding it. If you have any interest in Donna Tartt, Bret Easton Ellis, or Jonathan Lethem or just like gossip, set aside a few hours and hit play on this
Once Upon a Time... At Bennington College — Lili Anolik
www.lilianolik.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Somehow I have never read "The Secret History" until now. I am only partway through but have rabbit-holed into the world surrounding it. If you have any interest in Donna Tartt, Bret Easton Ellis, or Jonathan Lethem or just like gossip, set aside a few hours and hit play on this
Wearing the fluffiest coat imaginable for my birthday
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Wearing the fluffiest coat imaginable for my birthday
“Sagittarius and Scorpio have absolutely carried the brunt of this retrograde.” As a Sagittarius sun and Scorpio rising who has had an unbelievably hellish last few weeks, I will not doubt astrology again
If the past three weeks have felt particularly brutal, Mercury retrograde is probably to blame. But as of November 29, Mercury retrograde will be over and all will return to normal … or will it? Read on for what you need to know about retroshade.
Mercury Retrograde Is Over, But the Astrological Mess Isn’t
If the past three weeks have felt particularly brutal, Mercury retrograde is probably to blame. But as of November 29, Mercury retrograde will be over and all will return to normal … or will it? Read on for what you need to know about retroshade.
www.thecut.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Sagittarius and Scorpio have absolutely carried the brunt of this retrograde.” As a Sagittarius sun and Scorpio rising who has had an unbelievably hellish last few weeks, I will not doubt astrology again