dr. z
@djinnofthedamned.bsky.social
🌖 the djinn that sits by the doorway 🌔
scholar | writer | churlish crip | mad mystic
Ⓐ my ancestor's mildest dreams. 🏴
i came to haunt shit, i'mma be honest
they/themme
scholar | writer | churlish crip | mad mystic
Ⓐ my ancestor's mildest dreams. 🏴
i came to haunt shit, i'mma be honest
they/themme
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dr. z
@djinnofthedamned.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Bird flu cases are on the rise
COVID continues to cause death and debilitation
Masking up is the most radical New Year's Resolution a person can make
#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #BirdFlu #H5N1 #Covid #DisabilityJustice #COVID-19 #COVID19
COVID continues to cause death and debilitation
Masking up is the most radical New Year's Resolution a person can make
#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #BirdFlu #H5N1 #Covid #DisabilityJustice #COVID-19 #COVID19
imagine thinking an AI powered pet companion could beat my stuffed animal menagerie!
a cartoon drawing of a shrimp with smoke coming out of its mouth and the name pikoole on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a shrimp with smoke coming out of its mouth and the name pikoole on the bottom
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:12 AM
imagine thinking an AI powered pet companion could beat my stuffed animal menagerie!
i don't know who needs to hear this, but if you can't afford a living pet, build a bear's website is live 365 days of the year!
you really do not need an AI powered companion pet!
you really do not need an AI powered companion pet!
AI moves into the real world as companion robots and pets
AI moves into the real world as companion robots and pets
Sometimes AI doesn’t need to be a know-it-all, it just wants to keep you company.
buff.ly
January 7, 2026 at 1:10 AM
i don't know who needs to hear this, but if you can't afford a living pet, build a bear's website is live 365 days of the year!
you really do not need an AI powered companion pet!
you really do not need an AI powered companion pet!
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It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
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basically "no ethical consumption under capitalism" doesn't mean you have no ethical obligation to consider your consumption habits, and "don't use the csam generator to do mundane tasks" is a fairly easy ethical calculation that costs you nothing
January 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
basically "no ethical consumption under capitalism" doesn't mean you have no ethical obligation to consider your consumption habits, and "don't use the csam generator to do mundane tasks" is a fairly easy ethical calculation that costs you nothing
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Just putting this out into the universe:
If you are someone who has been collecting/hoarding greeting cards and have realized you’ll never use them, would you send them to me?
I’ve embarked on a project to send my mom as many greeting cards in 2026 as I possibly can. ✨
If you are someone who has been collecting/hoarding greeting cards and have realized you’ll never use them, would you send them to me?
I’ve embarked on a project to send my mom as many greeting cards in 2026 as I possibly can. ✨
January 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Just putting this out into the universe:
If you are someone who has been collecting/hoarding greeting cards and have realized you’ll never use them, would you send them to me?
I’ve embarked on a project to send my mom as many greeting cards in 2026 as I possibly can. ✨
If you are someone who has been collecting/hoarding greeting cards and have realized you’ll never use them, would you send them to me?
I’ve embarked on a project to send my mom as many greeting cards in 2026 as I possibly can. ✨
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It is kind of wild living in the United States after rap went mainstream, while having a working memory of what it was like before that. Doubly so because while a lot of vernacular like “baby mama” was popularized, the stigma attached to the communities closely identified with it remains.
Elon Musk’s baby mama has threatened legal action after his artificial intelligence bot produced sexualized images of her as a child.
Musk’s Baby Mama Threatens Legal Action Over His Pervy AI Bot
The bot complied with a request to edit an image of a 14-year-old Ashley St. Clair jokingly imitating a sex act.
trib.al
January 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
It is kind of wild living in the United States after rap went mainstream, while having a working memory of what it was like before that. Doubly so because while a lot of vernacular like “baby mama” was popularized, the stigma attached to the communities closely identified with it remains.
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Since there has been a lot of "what are Americans even doing" talk on the timeline today, my gentle reminder that none of you better be posting the exact details of what you are doing on bluesky dot com, it is more important to safely do the work than prove to strangers that you are doing something!
January 5, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Since there has been a lot of "what are Americans even doing" talk on the timeline today, my gentle reminder that none of you better be posting the exact details of what you are doing on bluesky dot com, it is more important to safely do the work than prove to strangers that you are doing something!
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THIS
The Biden administration put out a bounty on Maduro shortly before leaving office btw
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
THIS
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Keep your loved ones away from OpenAI it’s not a safe product to use.
OpenAI is now facing a total of 8 wrongful death lawsuits from grieving families....who claim that ChatGPT, in particular, the GPT-4o version, drove their loved ones to suicide. Soelberg’s complaint also alleges that company executives knew the chatbot was defective before it pushed it to the public
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Keep your loved ones away from OpenAI it’s not a safe product to use.
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💕💸🍉
Reposting from Twitter for my brother Ahmad. He is denied a space here, but not a voice as long as I can speak.
Thanks to your help he has been able to rent a better place to shelter, but that too is costly.
Never stop helping.
gofund.me/124a7c49
paypal.me/AhmadAlsbaihii
Thanks to your help he has been able to rent a better place to shelter, but that too is costly.
Never stop helping.
gofund.me/124a7c49
paypal.me/AhmadAlsbaihii
January 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM
💕💸🍉
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"If you want to know who is Black or white in Brazil [and America], just ask the police."
a few ppl from outside of brasil asked me about books to read after the most recent m*ssa*re in Rio de Janeiro
i always recommend this book by Black brasileiro writer Jaime Alves.
pls order 'The Anti-Black City: Police Terror and Black Urban Life in Brazil' through ur local bookshop or library
💙📚
i always recommend this book by Black brasileiro writer Jaime Alves.
pls order 'The Anti-Black City: Police Terror and Black Urban Life in Brazil' through ur local bookshop or library
💙📚
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"If you want to know who is Black or white in Brazil [and America], just ask the police."
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Extremely tired of living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Extremely tired of living through precedented times
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My bestie is recovering from surgery and would really appreciate help in her healing journey. She's an amazing person who has been such an integral part of Black digital culture for the past 15 years, she deserves it all and then some. 💜💜💜
#HelpSky #MutualAid
#HelpSky #MutualAid
gofund.me/f5a53ce52 you can also find me on all major US pay apps via email: sayheylenee @ gmail.
Donate to Support My Journey to Safety and Wellness, organized by Lenée A. Voss
Hi, I'm Lenée. I am an organizer and cultural worker. I need your help to get … Lenée A. Voss needs your support for Support My Journey to Safety and Wellness
gofund.me
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
My bestie is recovering from surgery and would really appreciate help in her healing journey. She's an amazing person who has been such an integral part of Black digital culture for the past 15 years, she deserves it all and then some. 💜💜💜
#HelpSky #MutualAid
#HelpSky #MutualAid
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And this also means interpersonal pressure campaigns on your military family members. This also means making right wingers' lives uncomfortable or impossible.
The era of refusing to talk politics at the dinner table is over or our world is finished. That is not hyperbole.
The era of refusing to talk politics at the dinner table is over or our world is finished. That is not hyperbole.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
And this also means interpersonal pressure campaigns on your military family members. This also means making right wingers' lives uncomfortable or impossible.
The era of refusing to talk politics at the dinner table is over or our world is finished. That is not hyperbole.
The era of refusing to talk politics at the dinner table is over or our world is finished. That is not hyperbole.
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Think about it: a boycott, when intentional & sustained, is nothing short of economic warfare, a People's embargo. The feds hate Mutual Aid bc it shows folks they don't need the feds or the existing system. We have to think of these actions as not separate from but a key part of the literal fight.
January 3, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Think about it: a boycott, when intentional & sustained, is nothing short of economic warfare, a People's embargo. The feds hate Mutual Aid bc it shows folks they don't need the feds or the existing system. We have to think of these actions as not separate from but a key part of the literal fight.
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People want one simple action to take to change the world and that's not how it works. The world changes because people shift. The world changes because people live like they really fucking mean what they say about needing it to be different. And then seemingly little actions add up precipitously.
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People want one simple action to take to change the world and that's not how it works. The world changes because people shift. The world changes because people live like they really fucking mean what they say about needing it to be different. And then seemingly little actions add up precipitously.
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Cancel subscriptions & put that money into communities. Stop watching the Oscars/NFL/pageants of empire & support local artists/craeeators/etc. Feed people. Show people how they can get their needs met without these systems. And for fuck's sake, stop being bigots. That only helps the vulture class.
January 3, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Cancel subscriptions & put that money into communities. Stop watching the Oscars/NFL/pageants of empire & support local artists/craeeators/etc. Feed people. Show people how they can get their needs met without these systems. And for fuck's sake, stop being bigots. That only helps the vulture class.
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Every president has done this, though none so brazenly. Things are getting worse AND getting uncovered, not either/or. Our response cannot be to wait around for Congress or the Glorious Revolution to appear from nowhere; we must change how we live every day.
If we want change, WE have to change.
If we want change, WE have to change.
January 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Every president has done this, though none so brazenly. Things are getting worse AND getting uncovered, not either/or. Our response cannot be to wait around for Congress or the Glorious Revolution to appear from nowhere; we must change how we live every day.
If we want change, WE have to change.
If we want change, WE have to change.
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“After getting COVID for the 6th time…it finally screwed me.”
We’ve known for years now that your risk goes up with each COVID infection. But you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in your life who acts like they’re aware of this basic fact.
#MaskUp with a good mask before it’s too late.
We’ve known for years now that your risk goes up with each COVID infection. But you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in your life who acts like they’re aware of this basic fact.
#MaskUp with a good mask before it’s too late.
January 3, 2026 at 6:03 PM
“After getting COVID for the 6th time…it finally screwed me.”
We’ve known for years now that your risk goes up with each COVID infection. But you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in your life who acts like they’re aware of this basic fact.
#MaskUp with a good mask before it’s too late.
We’ve known for years now that your risk goes up with each COVID infection. But you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in your life who acts like they’re aware of this basic fact.
#MaskUp with a good mask before it’s too late.
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Not just that. Due dates on documents like for Medicare, SNAP, etc. are decided based on when they're mailed out and uses the postmark date so see if they're met.
This WILL cause people to lose benefits.
Let me explain how it works.
This WILL cause people to lose benefits.
Let me explain how it works.
Why isn't there more shouting about this? This is the USPS undermining mail-in ballots. They find every opportunity to subvert voting and democracy.
Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, USPS warns
www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/p...
Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, USPS warns
www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/p...
Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, Postal Service warns | CNN Politics
If you rely on postmarks when casting your ballot, filing your taxes or paying bills, a new US Postal Service rule makes it clear that you should plan ahead.
www.cnn.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Not just that. Due dates on documents like for Medicare, SNAP, etc. are decided based on when they're mailed out and uses the postmark date so see if they're met.
This WILL cause people to lose benefits.
Let me explain how it works.
This WILL cause people to lose benefits.
Let me explain how it works.
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Very useful thread. 🧵
I would add learning to grow something you can eat from seed to maturity. Lettuces, herbs, spinach, kale— anything green really— is great to start.
I would add learning to grow something you can eat from seed to maturity. Lettuces, herbs, spinach, kale— anything green really— is great to start.
4. Learn how to do things. Cook, shoot, translate, talk to lawyers, fight, drive, fix, preserve, record, remember, camp, build, speak, learn first aid, hide things. Know the right people. Our social structure is coming apart and there’s fewer institutions and people we can rely on. Be one of them.
January 4, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Very useful thread. 🧵
I would add learning to grow something you can eat from seed to maturity. Lettuces, herbs, spinach, kale— anything green really— is great to start.
I would add learning to grow something you can eat from seed to maturity. Lettuces, herbs, spinach, kale— anything green really— is great to start.
this weekend's read is New Bones Abolition by Joy James
and my god
her pen!
and my god
her pen!
January 4, 2026 at 1:05 AM
this weekend's read is New Bones Abolition by Joy James
and my god
her pen!
and my god
her pen!
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so many people making excuses for dems like they won’t be some of the first people in line to cash in on the violent extraction of resources smh
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
so many people making excuses for dems like they won’t be some of the first people in line to cash in on the violent extraction of resources smh
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This is journalism.
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is journalism.