Rachel Frost 🏳️🌈 🌹
@comraderachel.bsky.social
Queer 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Healthcare statistical analyst for Colorado.
FOSS copyleft advocate.
Board member of the @openSUSE.org project.
Sociology grad student at CU Denver.
Trotskyist Marxist @reformandrevolution.org
https://frostarray.net/
Healthcare statistical analyst for Colorado.
FOSS copyleft advocate.
Board member of the @openSUSE.org project.
Sociology grad student at CU Denver.
Trotskyist Marxist @reformandrevolution.org
https://frostarray.net/
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It is important to know that despite its prominence TikTok loses billions of dollars and tweaking algorithms lays havoc to your ad sales. Oracle is gonna destroy this thing and it’s going to combine with the data center debt and consume it whole
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
It is important to know that despite its prominence TikTok loses billions of dollars and tweaking algorithms lays havoc to your ad sales. Oracle is gonna destroy this thing and it’s going to combine with the data center debt and consume it whole
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
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Here’s the first episode of Better Offline’s Dot Com Bubble Week. I’m joined by @mattrosoff.bsky.social to talk about what it was like to be in tech during the last time the markets got drunk on a major digital hype cycle.
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Working In The Dot Com Bubble ft. Matt Rosoff
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/26/2026 · 56m
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January 26, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Here’s the first episode of Better Offline’s Dot Com Bubble Week. I’m joined by @mattrosoff.bsky.social to talk about what it was like to be in tech during the last time the markets got drunk on a major digital hype cycle.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Linktr.ee/betteroffline
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The University of Minnesota has confirmed that Mr. Pretti was a 2011 graduate of our CLA Geography Department's Biology, Society, and the Environment program -- a few floors down from my sociology office.
He will *not* be forgotten. apnews.com/article/immi...
He will *not* be forgotten. apnews.com/article/immi...
The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 AM
The University of Minnesota has confirmed that Mr. Pretti was a 2011 graduate of our CLA Geography Department's Biology, Society, and the Environment program -- a few floors down from my sociology office.
He will *not* be forgotten. apnews.com/article/immi...
He will *not* be forgotten. apnews.com/article/immi...
In case you missed it we recently sat down with Dr. Jennifer Reich, a sociologist and researcher at the University of Colorado Denver, on our podcast to discuss vaccine hesitancy and recent changes to the U.S. vaccine schedule. You can watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/0QAtjUlxz_s
January 24, 2026 at 10:13 PM
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:48 AM
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🧠 Call for Submissions!
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
Call for Extended Abstracts.pdf
drive.google.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM
🧠 Call for Submissions!
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
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“ I have a dream”
January 19, 2026 at 7:49 PM
“ I have a dream”
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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Only 0.26% of adults over 65 identify as transgender in America—historic invisibility made flesh. Trevor Project polling shows 90% of LGBTQ+ youth say recent politics hurt their wellbeing. Nearly half of trans and nonbinary kids' families are considering moving.
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thistleandmoss.com/p/the-week-e...
The Week Ended Sucking: But We Had Positives
Also, Play the Wendle
thistleandmoss.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Only 0.26% of adults over 65 identify as transgender in America—historic invisibility made flesh. Trevor Project polling shows 90% of LGBTQ+ youth say recent politics hurt their wellbeing. Nearly half of trans and nonbinary kids' families are considering moving.
thistleandmoss.com/p/the-week-e...
thistleandmoss.com/p/the-week-e...
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams accused of rug pull as NYC Token crashes
www.web3isgoinggreat.com?id=nyc-token...
www.web3isgoinggreat.com?id=nyc-token...
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams accused of rug pull as NYC Token crashes
Shortly after losing his campaign for re-election as mayor of New York City, Eric Adams announced he would be launching "NYC Token". He's pitched the project as a fundraising tool to fight "antisemiti...
www.web3isgoinggreat.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams accused of rug pull as NYC Token crashes
www.web3isgoinggreat.com?id=nyc-token...
www.web3isgoinggreat.com?id=nyc-token...
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Denver police issued a shelter-in-place order near the University of Denver on Saturday night due to “active barricaded subject off-campus,” according to the school’s campus safety department on X.
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Denver police issue shelter-in-place near University of Denver due to ‘active barricaded subject’
The alert was issued around 8 p.m. for “an active threat” near the area of 2495 S. Vine St.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Denver police issued a shelter-in-place order near the University of Denver on Saturday night due to “active barricaded subject off-campus,” according to the school’s campus safety department on X.
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trib.al/8dxVDHX
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The First International Antifascist Conference, to be held from March 26 to 29, 2026, in Porto Alegre Brazil.
antifas2026.org/en/
antifas2026.org/en/
1st International Antifascist Conference - The conference will take place from March 26th to 29th, 2026 in Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil
antifas2026.org
January 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The First International Antifascist Conference, to be held from March 26 to 29, 2026, in Porto Alegre Brazil.
antifas2026.org/en/
antifas2026.org/en/
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Verizon will give you $20 for the outage, but you have to claim it now
Verizon will give you $20 for the outage, but you have to claim it now
Hurry and redeem what you're owed.
ift.tt
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Verizon will give you $20 for the outage, but you have to claim it now
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“Tomorrow the revolution will ‘rise up again, clashing its weapons,’ and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!”
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
January 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
“Tomorrow the revolution will ‘rise up again, clashing its weapons,’ and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!”
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
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If Flock is in your community, you should be going to every city council meeting and screaming about it until they get rid of it.
Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error
Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that has collated public records files released by police.
www.404media.co
January 13, 2026 at 5:27 PM
If Flock is in your community, you should be going to every city council meeting and screaming about it until they get rid of it.
The way we understand love and intimacy within sociology will have a lot of new ground to explore with the rapid development occurring with human like chat bots.
Can one truly love something inorganic? I honestly don’t know.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Can one truly love something inorganic? I honestly don’t know.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Love Machines by James Muldoon review – the risks and rewards of getting intimate with AI
The sociology professor is suitably comfortable with AI helpers that he creates his own – it’s their inventors’ motives and unregulated environment he argues we should be concerned about
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:16 AM
The way we understand love and intimacy within sociology will have a lot of new ground to explore with the rapid development occurring with human like chat bots.
Can one truly love something inorganic? I honestly don’t know.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Can one truly love something inorganic? I honestly don’t know.
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Tomorrow's SCOTUS Case Is Not Just About Transgender Sports; Ruling Could Impact All Trans Rights
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open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
Tomorrow's SCOTUS Case Is Not Just About Transgender Sports; Ruling Could Impact All Trans Rights
Though much of the reporting on the Little v. Hecox court case is about transgender sports participation, the SCOTUS ruling could impact all rights of transgender people.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Tomorrow's SCOTUS Case Is Not Just About Transgender Sports; Ruling Could Impact All Trans Rights
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
Texas A&M Bans Philosophy Prof. From Teaching Plato Because of "Gender Ideology"
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
Texas A&M Bans Philosophy Prof. From Teaching Plato Because of "Gender Ideology"
“Silencing 2,500-year-old ideas from one of the world’s most influential thinkers betrays the mission of higher education.”
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Texas A&M Bans Philosophy Prof. From Teaching Plato Because of "Gender Ideology"
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...