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Killing people we disagree with is wrong in every way, whether it’s Melissa Hortman or Charlie Kirk. This is especially true in a country awash with guns and run by fascists looking to amplify their already militarized policies.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Killing people we disagree with is wrong in every way, whether it’s Melissa Hortman or Charlie Kirk. This is especially true in a country awash with guns and run by fascists looking to amplify their already militarized policies.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
NEW WRITING:
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
Feed Your Head
Even now, especially now, your curiosity is powerful.
news.chanda.science
August 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NEW WRITING:
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
The extent to which the American economy is being transformed into a machine for scams and outright bribery should be spoken about more directly.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/scams-and-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/scams-and-...
Scams And Bribery Are Becoming the Foundation of Our Economy
It's bad and you should be alarmed.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The extent to which the American economy is being transformed into a machine for scams and outright bribery should be spoken about more directly.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/scams-and-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/scams-and-...
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
David Brooks needs to sit in a circle with other Worst Take Addicts and start doing the Steps
July 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
David Brooks needs to sit in a circle with other Worst Take Addicts and start doing the Steps
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
The Fisk Dept of Physics has touched the life of every living Black physicist in the United States in some way.
Black intellect always finds a way, but the way the United States stifles and contains us through deresourcing and segregation is painful.
This is the moment we are returning to.
Black intellect always finds a way, but the way the United States stifles and contains us through deresourcing and segregation is painful.
This is the moment we are returning to.
July 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Fisk Dept of Physics has touched the life of every living Black physicist in the United States in some way.
Black intellect always finds a way, but the way the United States stifles and contains us through deresourcing and segregation is painful.
This is the moment we are returning to.
Black intellect always finds a way, but the way the United States stifles and contains us through deresourcing and segregation is painful.
This is the moment we are returning to.
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
Whoever put the b in to subtle really knew what they were doing
July 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Whoever put the b in to subtle really knew what they were doing
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
Buy & read Chanda's cosmos book, and maybe one day we'll have a NASA budget 10 times what it is now, run by Blacks/Jews/Latinos/Indigenous/LGBTQ & others genuinely curious about studying the cosmos, instead of imported Nazis who see themselves as Gods hell bent on colonialism in space with slaves.
Wrote a whole fucking book about doing the cosmos ethically
#BookSky
www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/chand...
#BookSky
www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/chand...
The Disordered Cosmos
www.boldtypebooks.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Buy & read Chanda's cosmos book, and maybe one day we'll have a NASA budget 10 times what it is now, run by Blacks/Jews/Latinos/Indigenous/LGBTQ & others genuinely curious about studying the cosmos, instead of imported Nazis who see themselves as Gods hell bent on colonialism in space with slaves.
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
WHEW, BUDDY.
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
WHEW, BUDDY.
Good news for the men who feel like complaining to me about not getting published because they’re men! (Yes, this has turned out to be an actual category)
finally, someone is prioritizing the men!!!
Novelist and critic judecook_ has launched Conduit Books, a new independent press that will publish literary fiction and memoir, “focusing initially on male authors” 👇 #BookSky
April 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good news for the men who feel like complaining to me about not getting published because they’re men! (Yes, this has turned out to be an actual category)
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
Neil deGrasse Tyson went on Rogan which is a huge bummer but the good news is that there are lots of cool Black 🔭 #scicomm out there and @blackinastro.bsky.social even made a starter pack! 🧪https://go.bsky.app/6nFQdRC
April 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Neil deGrasse Tyson went on Rogan which is a huge bummer but the good news is that there are lots of cool Black 🔭 #scicomm out there and @blackinastro.bsky.social even made a starter pack! 🧪https://go.bsky.app/6nFQdRC
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
If we’re going to find our way out of this it’s going to be through art, through love, through love that seems foolish and naive and reckless. It’s going to take a reawakening of what it means to be human, to be connected in a fearless way.
This bloodless machine has to be dismantled, destroyed.
This bloodless machine has to be dismantled, destroyed.
March 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
If we’re going to find our way out of this it’s going to be through art, through love, through love that seems foolish and naive and reckless. It’s going to take a reawakening of what it means to be human, to be connected in a fearless way.
This bloodless machine has to be dismantled, destroyed.
This bloodless machine has to be dismantled, destroyed.
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
Kaveh Akbar capturing so much of what I feel right now:
"I want to say, it’s your turn now, help. This is us asking you while we still can."
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
"I want to say, it’s your turn now, help. This is us asking you while we still can."
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
What Will You Do?
What’s your “I am Spartacus” move to protect the more vulnerable, the targeted, the invisibled, the next-on-the-list?
www.thenation.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Kaveh Akbar capturing so much of what I feel right now:
"I want to say, it’s your turn now, help. This is us asking you while we still can."
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
"I want to say, it’s your turn now, help. This is us asking you while we still can."
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
There is literally no ethical use of genAI.
🔥 It's built on theft.
🔥 It consumes vast environmental resources.
🔥 It consumes vast financial resources to support it.
No company currently touting their "ethical" genAI has attempted to address all three. Once they do then MAYBE a discussion begins.
🔥 It's built on theft.
🔥 It consumes vast environmental resources.
🔥 It consumes vast financial resources to support it.
No company currently touting their "ethical" genAI has attempted to address all three. Once they do then MAYBE a discussion begins.
March 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
There is literally no ethical use of genAI.
🔥 It's built on theft.
🔥 It consumes vast environmental resources.
🔥 It consumes vast financial resources to support it.
No company currently touting their "ethical" genAI has attempted to address all three. Once they do then MAYBE a discussion begins.
🔥 It's built on theft.
🔥 It consumes vast environmental resources.
🔥 It consumes vast financial resources to support it.
No company currently touting their "ethical" genAI has attempted to address all three. Once they do then MAYBE a discussion begins.
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
AI is an assault on the culture, it’s a solution to a problem no one has or asked for except fascists who hate artists.
March 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
AI is an assault on the culture, it’s a solution to a problem no one has or asked for except fascists who hate artists.
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
Same with speaking to the School Boards or other elected bodies.
Letters to the editors are important tools not just for communicating with elected officials or convincing other people to join the cause. They also show your allies that they are not alone. Write one even if you know city hall or the state house will ignore it. #FreedomtoRead #ReadFreely
March 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Same with speaking to the School Boards or other elected bodies.
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
Letters to the editors are important tools not just for communicating with elected officials or convincing other people to join the cause. They also show your allies that they are not alone. Write one even if you know city hall or the state house will ignore it. #FreedomtoRead #ReadFreely
March 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Letters to the editors are important tools not just for communicating with elected officials or convincing other people to join the cause. They also show your allies that they are not alone. Write one even if you know city hall or the state house will ignore it. #FreedomtoRead #ReadFreely
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
Non-trinary neutrinos hard at work out there proving that identity transitions are a natural phenomenon 👍
AS PROMISED: extremely energetic NON-TRINARY NEUTRINOS! 🧪
Read all about it in my @newscientist.com column — ask your library about access if you’re not a subscriber!
“neutrinos are a reminder that identity transitions are a natural phenomenon.”
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Read all about it in my @newscientist.com column — ask your library about access if you’re not a subscriber!
“neutrinos are a reminder that identity transitions are a natural phenomenon.”
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
March 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Non-trinary neutrinos hard at work out there proving that identity transitions are a natural phenomenon 👍
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
This is so unAmerican. America has been the place where people from all over the world can LOOK THE WAY THEY WANT. DRESS THE WAY THEY WANT. STYLE THEMSELVES AS THEY WISH. No state requirements that any specific body parts or facial features be "covered." This is INSANE.
We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is so unAmerican. America has been the place where people from all over the world can LOOK THE WAY THEY WANT. DRESS THE WAY THEY WANT. STYLE THEMSELVES AS THEY WISH. No state requirements that any specific body parts or facial features be "covered." This is INSANE.
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i guess it's true, real geniuses do steal bsky.app/profile/gare...
The new OpenAI creative writing bot's "short story" has the phrase "democracy of ghosts". It's the sort of phrase that would make me stop and admire it, if I were reading a human author - which, it turns out, I was, because it's from Nabokov's 1957 novel "Pnin".
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
March 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
i guess it's true, real geniuses do steal bsky.app/profile/gare...
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This is why I refuse to spiral into thinking we are in an inevitable dystopia. Even if I am just one person with very little real world power, I can't let the fascists determine how I think and feel about the world.
If you’re feeling demoralized, know that psychological warfare is part of the enemy’s tactics and manage your PUBLIC response accordingly
March 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is why I refuse to spiral into thinking we are in an inevitable dystopia. Even if I am just one person with very little real world power, I can't let the fascists determine how I think and feel about the world.
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
If you’re feeling demoralized, know that psychological warfare is part of the enemy’s tactics and manage your PUBLIC response accordingly
March 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you’re feeling demoralized, know that psychological warfare is part of the enemy’s tactics and manage your PUBLIC response accordingly
Reposted by Elizabeth Crane
Every person with a working brain should be chilled to the bone by the government’s illegal capture and disappearing of this man. And every educator who works on a college campus should be enraged at this institutional cowardice and ready acquiescence.
This took less than a minute. actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention
On the evening of March 8, 2025, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil was detained by the Department of Homeland Security. The arrest comes on the heels of the Department of State’s ann...
actionnetwork.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Every person with a working brain should be chilled to the bone by the government’s illegal capture and disappearing of this man. And every educator who works on a college campus should be enraged at this institutional cowardice and ready acquiescence.