CJ de Boix, mechanical owl, they/them👽🌈♿
@cjdeboix.bsky.social
uncooperative trans enby queer pan ace | ex-academic (music, phil, theo), retired teacher | multilingual | autistic adhd | conversion therapy survivor | breast cancer (stage IV) | pfp: Bubo the Mechanical Owl
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Meet Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre. He’s the US’ latest political prisoner.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
ICE Caged This Man For His Instagram Posts And Likes
New details about Yaa'kub Ira Vijandre's detention show his posts supporting Palestine and the wrongfully convicted representing, in Homeland Security's eyes, support for terrorism
www.forever-wars.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Meet Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre. He’s the US’ latest political prisoner.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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Groceries are cheaper if you do it the right way. First go to the oval office and give the president a fake award and tell him he's very strong and handsome. He will then call the grocery store and threaten them until they give you a discount. It's called the free market
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Groceries are cheaper if you do it the right way. First go to the oval office and give the president a fake award and tell him he's very strong and handsome. He will then call the grocery store and threaten them until they give you a discount. It's called the free market
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Great, troubling work by Candice.
From @candicebernd.bsky.social in our magazine: A Texas Observer analysis found since 2021, at least 60 cryptomines have been developed or are under construction in at least 33 counties statewide. Experts worry our grid, and water supply, can't handle the load.
Crypto's Cryptic Texas Takeover
State regulators don't want you to know about the 60-plus Bitcoin mines guzzling public water and electricity—even though consumers are already paying the price.
www.texasobserver.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Great, troubling work by Candice.
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I would like to take this opportunity to get on the record and apologize: I had complained about how every single thing at the grocery store now costs five dollars more than it used to, but I had not seen the latest data from DoorDash's State of Local Commerce report, which disproves that.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I would like to take this opportunity to get on the record and apologize: I had complained about how every single thing at the grocery store now costs five dollars more than it used to, but I had not seen the latest data from DoorDash's State of Local Commerce report, which disproves that.
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It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
As long as it's not Beyonce country music fans are fine with this development
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
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my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.
I can just imagine if Tolkien was alive today what he would say to Peter Thiel and Elon Musk. Like, Joyce Carol Oates would be standing on the sidelines, clapping.
youtube.com/shorts/LWTaG...
youtube.com/shorts/LWTaG...
missing the point
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I can just imagine if Tolkien was alive today what he would say to Peter Thiel and Elon Musk. Like, Joyce Carol Oates would be standing on the sidelines, clapping.
youtube.com/shorts/LWTaG...
youtube.com/shorts/LWTaG...
Pretty telling that my one reading group that's obsessed with literary fiction book awards has been very quiet since the Booker prize winner was announced. What a disappointing year for that prestigious award.
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Pretty telling that my one reading group that's obsessed with literary fiction book awards has been very quiet since the Booker prize winner was announced. What a disappointing year for that prestigious award.
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Whatever bug my mom has, COVID or not, we're quite sure she got it from her last visit to the doctors. She hasn't gone anywhere else recently, and I don't get out much and when I do I mask.
The first time she and I got COVID, she got it at a doctor's office as well. Why don't they require masking.🙄
The first time she and I got COVID, she got it at a doctor's office as well. Why don't they require masking.🙄
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Whatever bug my mom has, COVID or not, we're quite sure she got it from her last visit to the doctors. She hasn't gone anywhere else recently, and I don't get out much and when I do I mask.
The first time she and I got COVID, she got it at a doctor's office as well. Why don't they require masking.🙄
The first time she and I got COVID, she got it at a doctor's office as well. Why don't they require masking.🙄
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Hundreds of current and former VA doctors, nurses, and other caregivers warn that policy changes under Trump will “negatively affect the lives of all veterans.”
Veteran Affairs Losing Doctors and Nurses Amid Understaffing, Facility Closures
Hundreds of VA staff warned that policy changes under Trump will “negatively affect the lives of all veterans.”…
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hundreds of current and former VA doctors, nurses, and other caregivers warn that policy changes under Trump will “negatively affect the lives of all veterans.”
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This article is required reading.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This article is required reading.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
I'm deeply disappointed in an online friend I've known for years because she came across a song on Spotify that she loved, found out it was AI, said she was mad but kept listening to the song. This is exactly what they expect people to do at the end of the day.
So looking at the actual SF chronicle article, the only place this song is accruing notice is on Spotify, which is easily gamed by bots. If I were an AI proponent who desperately needed to boost the validity of my investment, this is exactly what I’d do.
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I'm deeply disappointed in an online friend I've known for years because she came across a song on Spotify that she loved, found out it was AI, said she was mad but kept listening to the song. This is exactly what they expect people to do at the end of the day.
Fun thing about Goodreads' pretty bullshitty Reader Choice awards is there's always a slew of books in the categories I read the most that I hadn't heard of at all before and I'm in 7 reading groups, 2 book discords and watch Booktube videos nearly every day, like where do these books come from?
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Fun thing about Goodreads' pretty bullshitty Reader Choice awards is there's always a slew of books in the categories I read the most that I hadn't heard of at all before and I'm in 7 reading groups, 2 book discords and watch Booktube videos nearly every day, like where do these books come from?
This is just intentional mass maiming, yes, but also they know that diseases don't respect borders, nationality or political alignment and also, they can mutate if you just let them rampage through a population which is pretty dangerous to you when you're so geographically close to said population?
UNICEF says Israel blocking one million syringes needed to vaccinate Gaza children
www.reuters.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is just intentional mass maiming, yes, but also they know that diseases don't respect borders, nationality or political alignment and also, they can mutate if you just let them rampage through a population which is pretty dangerous to you when you're so geographically close to said population?
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Benjamin Lay was out there THROWING FAKE BLOOD on Quakers in the damn EARLY 1700s because HE KNEW that enslaving Africans was a SIN, INHUMANE and should end IMMEDIATELY.
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Benjamin Lay was out there THROWING FAKE BLOOD on Quakers in the damn EARLY 1700s because HE KNEW that enslaving Africans was a SIN, INHUMANE and should end IMMEDIATELY.
The GOP have been trying to destroy the #ACA, which has been very popular, since it passed. During Trump's 1st term he did things that caused premiums to go up and now is saying the ACA is a failure because of that. I just hate this con man so much. youtube.com/shorts/LFEsO...
How Trump has sabotaged healthcare. #trump #healthcare #doctor
YouTube video by Dr. Zachary Rubin
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The GOP have been trying to destroy the #ACA, which has been very popular, since it passed. During Trump's 1st term he did things that caused premiums to go up and now is saying the ACA is a failure because of that. I just hate this con man so much. youtube.com/shorts/LFEsO...
The whole removing the black box warning thing for #HRT is complicated and generally is a good thing, despite how the FDA and RFK Jr are spinning. In this You Tube short Dr Rubin has an obstetrician give a quick rundown #womenshealth youtube.com/shorts/qrcA7...
FDA removes black box warning on hormone replacement for menopause. #menopause #womenshealth #doctor
YouTube video by Dr. Zachary Rubin
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The whole removing the black box warning thing for #HRT is complicated and generally is a good thing, despite how the FDA and RFK Jr are spinning. In this You Tube short Dr Rubin has an obstetrician give a quick rundown #womenshealth youtube.com/shorts/qrcA7...
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It's so wild watching a bunch of transphobic boomers take our hormones to save their shitty marriages
for those puzzling out why an administration hostile to HRT for transition is super pro HRT for menopause, their claims that menopause ruins women and marriages seems pretty key
No, menopause does not kill women or cause divorce.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's so wild watching a bunch of transphobic boomers take our hormones to save their shitty marriages
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No you know what people who will say things like "I use ChatGPT to DO MY JOB" with their whole ass SHOULD be publicly embarrassed like this
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
No you know what people who will say things like "I use ChatGPT to DO MY JOB" with their whole ass SHOULD be publicly embarrassed like this
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i will do nothing in my working life as difficult as a barista manning the machine at 8am in midtown manhattan
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
i will do nothing in my working life as difficult as a barista manning the machine at 8am in midtown manhattan
So you relied on psychics, ChatGPT and the fact you're a lawyer's daughter and thought you'd sail through your bar exam. Why do you want to be a lawyer if you just won't do the work that every lawyer in this country has always done to pass the bar?
These dumb, entitled rich people are disgusting.
These dumb, entitled rich people are disgusting.
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All fucking full of shit'
Kim Kardashian slams psychics who told her she'd pass the bar exam: 'All f---ing full of s---'
'All f---ing full of s---': Kim Kardashian has some choice words for the psychics who predicted she'd pass the bar exam.
ew.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
So you relied on psychics, ChatGPT and the fact you're a lawyer's daughter and thought you'd sail through your bar exam. Why do you want to be a lawyer if you just won't do the work that every lawyer in this country has always done to pass the bar?
These dumb, entitled rich people are disgusting.
These dumb, entitled rich people are disgusting.
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It was snowing yesterday in Chicago. Yet the folks who are part of the Tiny Kitchen Project were outside offering food to their community. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/04/a... - people are in motion everywhere and we should focus on those folks...
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It was snowing yesterday in Chicago. Yet the folks who are part of the Tiny Kitchen Project were outside offering food to their community. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/04/a... - people are in motion everywhere and we should focus on those folks...
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A former Army Ranger wrote this in 2014—and his questions still resonate.
Rory Fanning reflects on Veterans Day, the symbolism of gratitude, and the harsh realities facing veterans returning from war.
inthesetimes.com/article/vete...
Rory Fanning reflects on Veterans Day, the symbolism of gratitude, and the harsh realities facing veterans returning from war.
inthesetimes.com/article/vete...
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A former Army Ranger wrote this in 2014—and his questions still resonate.
Rory Fanning reflects on Veterans Day, the symbolism of gratitude, and the harsh realities facing veterans returning from war.
inthesetimes.com/article/vete...
Rory Fanning reflects on Veterans Day, the symbolism of gratitude, and the harsh realities facing veterans returning from war.
inthesetimes.com/article/vete...