Christine Sandquist
@eriophora.bsky.social
Cultural consultant specializing in gender sexuality, trauma, & neurodivergence. Editor. AV Project Manager. r/Fantasy moderator.
Website: christinesandquist.com
Website: christinesandquist.com
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August 30, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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cleaning headstones seems like it should be easy but it's deceptive! especially stones that are already in bad shape (marble melts like sugar over time) or have biological growth like lichen
August 28, 2024 at 12:55 PM
cleaning headstones seems like it should be easy but it's deceptive! especially stones that are already in bad shape (marble melts like sugar over time) or have biological growth like lichen
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The common denominator in all of these stories--predetermined outcomes, iffy data and bogus metrics, the torching of campus communities--is consultants, most prominently the rpk group. There's only one reason these firms are engaged by admins. They only know one "solution."
What a mess. It seems to me that much of this could have been avoided if leaders had realized that the growth from 2014-2019 wasn't going to last forever. Projections are hard, but, come on...
How One University’s Cost Cutting Became Mired in Confusion and Distrust
The data-driven process that consultants purport to offer at places like the U. of North Carolina at Greensboro can be frustratingly subjective, a <i>Chronicle</i> and <i>Assembly</i> investigation fi...
www.chronicle.com
August 28, 2024 at 11:02 AM
The common denominator in all of these stories--predetermined outcomes, iffy data and bogus metrics, the torching of campus communities--is consultants, most prominently the rpk group. There's only one reason these firms are engaged by admins. They only know one "solution."
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Note to authors, @draft2digital.bsky.social (who until now I *have* been using as an ebook distributor, and who *have* been doing a good job, and who also own Smashwords) have a survey about "AI" use at at draft2digital.wufoo.com/forms/d2d-ai... I think you should fill in. Like this.
August 27, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Note to authors, @draft2digital.bsky.social (who until now I *have* been using as an ebook distributor, and who *have* been doing a good job, and who also own Smashwords) have a survey about "AI" use at at draft2digital.wufoo.com/forms/d2d-ai... I think you should fill in. Like this.
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"While other states were banishing books in our schools, we were banishing hunger from ours"
Clip it and run it as an ad in every battleground
Clip it and run it as an ad in every battleground
August 22, 2024 at 3:29 AM
"While other states were banishing books in our schools, we were banishing hunger from ours"
Clip it and run it as an ad in every battleground
Clip it and run it as an ad in every battleground
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Absolutely INSANE to watch Democrats get football in the national divorce over the past year!!
August 22, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Absolutely INSANE to watch Democrats get football in the national divorce over the past year!!
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corn fed boyz for walz
August 22, 2024 at 3:18 AM
corn fed boyz for walz
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No thoughts, just thinking about Slimey, his adventures in Paris, and him getting to meet the GOAT herself
August 21, 2024 at 10:55 PM
No thoughts, just thinking about Slimey, his adventures in Paris, and him getting to meet the GOAT herself
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We should attack transphobia head-on simply because it is a disgusting ideology, but if that's not enough for you, it's a system of control that stems from a patriarchal assumption about what a woman "should" be whose natural end is rigid gender roles upheld by state violence. Which seems bad!
the attacks on Ella Emhoff (as well as Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khalif) are part of what trans people have correctly warned about for a long time: the rise in transphobia will target cis women too.
August 20, 2024 at 10:43 PM
We should attack transphobia head-on simply because it is a disgusting ideology, but if that's not enough for you, it's a system of control that stems from a patriarchal assumption about what a woman "should" be whose natural end is rigid gender roles upheld by state violence. Which seems bad!
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Garter Snake in the Coral Bells. Available as a print in my store
August 18, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Garter Snake in the Coral Bells. Available as a print in my store
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"People are saying I was robbed. Thats not true. The wallet inspector will return any minute now."
great fact-checking from our journalists here
August 20, 2024 at 10:08 AM
"People are saying I was robbed. Thats not true. The wallet inspector will return any minute now."
Not being able to get Adderall since December '23 caused issues with my other meds. In a domino of side effects, this caused an infection that slowly ate away at my upper jaw. Repeated misdiagnoses meant 6 months of pain, 6k in dental bills. Not so hard to imagine a timeline in which I went septic.
August 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Not being able to get Adderall since December '23 caused issues with my other meds. In a domino of side effects, this caused an infection that slowly ate away at my upper jaw. Repeated misdiagnoses meant 6 months of pain, 6k in dental bills. Not so hard to imagine a timeline in which I went septic.
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Listen, I don’t particularly like Hillary Clinton. But the image of her standing on that DNC stage and listening to a thunderous chant of LOCK HIM UP?
Yeah, I enjoy that, I unironically love that for her
Yeah, I enjoy that, I unironically love that for her
August 20, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Listen, I don’t particularly like Hillary Clinton. But the image of her standing on that DNC stage and listening to a thunderous chant of LOCK HIM UP?
Yeah, I enjoy that, I unironically love that for her
Yeah, I enjoy that, I unironically love that for her
Started playing Fields of Mistria (shoujo Stardew clone), wanna shout out both this game and also original Stardew for agreeing with and validating my belief that 2AM is a perfectly reasonable time to go to bed and will definitely give you enough sleep to keep your stamina up
August 18, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Started playing Fields of Mistria (shoujo Stardew clone), wanna shout out both this game and also original Stardew for agreeing with and validating my belief that 2AM is a perfectly reasonable time to go to bed and will definitely give you enough sleep to keep your stamina up
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It's kind of funny how many senior staff and columnists at two legacy newspapers are super mad the Harris-Walz campaign won't grant them interviews while so many other people are like "I bet the Hot Ones interview will be super interesting, Tim Walz will probably just be dying the entire time"
August 18, 2024 at 1:59 PM
It's kind of funny how many senior staff and columnists at two legacy newspapers are super mad the Harris-Walz campaign won't grant them interviews while so many other people are like "I bet the Hot Ones interview will be super interesting, Tim Walz will probably just be dying the entire time"
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nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how many squid facts you knew
- if you offered others squid facts
- how you made people feel when you told them a squid fact
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how many squid facts you knew
- if you offered others squid facts
- how you made people feel when you told them a squid fact
August 17, 2024 at 8:54 PM
nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how many squid facts you knew
- if you offered others squid facts
- how you made people feel when you told them a squid fact
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
people will remember:
- how many squid facts you knew
- if you offered others squid facts
- how you made people feel when you told them a squid fact
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Hey, science fiction writers. A request to make.
Normally it's unethical to discuss a story we didn't buy. But years later, there's a "one that got away" I still think about, and I REALLY want to know who wrote it.
Did YOU write about space snails taking over the anglican church?
(Read on...)
Normally it's unethical to discuss a story we didn't buy. But years later, there's a "one that got away" I still think about, and I REALLY want to know who wrote it.
Did YOU write about space snails taking over the anglican church?
(Read on...)
August 15, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Hey, science fiction writers. A request to make.
Normally it's unethical to discuss a story we didn't buy. But years later, there's a "one that got away" I still think about, and I REALLY want to know who wrote it.
Did YOU write about space snails taking over the anglican church?
(Read on...)
Normally it's unethical to discuss a story we didn't buy. But years later, there's a "one that got away" I still think about, and I REALLY want to know who wrote it.
Did YOU write about space snails taking over the anglican church?
(Read on...)
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the biggest fairy tale adults tell themselves on the daily is they're not one medical emergency or layoff or divorce away from being homeless
"“It’s not fair for the good citizens,” one comment reads. “They are lazy and will commit crimes,” another one says. (A 2023 study found that more than half of adults in homeless shelters have jobs and about 40% of people sleeping on the street are employed.)"
capitalbnews.org/nyc-housing-...
capitalbnews.org/nyc-housing-...
In Brooklyn, a New Homeless Shelter Reignites Decades of Racism
The fight over the shelter in New York highlights the nation’s failure to address affordable housing.
capitalbnews.org
August 16, 2024 at 3:55 PM
the biggest fairy tale adults tell themselves on the daily is they're not one medical emergency or layoff or divorce away from being homeless
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Harris-Walz campaign economic proposals:
—$6,000 tax credit for newborns
—cap insulin cost at $35, out-of-pocket Rx costs at $2,000 for everyone
—work with states to cancel medical debt
—encourage building 3 million housing units
—eliminate incentives for corp landlords buying homes in bulk
—$6,000 tax credit for newborns
—cap insulin cost at $35, out-of-pocket Rx costs at $2,000 for everyone
—work with states to cancel medical debt
—encourage building 3 million housing units
—eliminate incentives for corp landlords buying homes in bulk
August 16, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Harris-Walz campaign economic proposals:
—$6,000 tax credit for newborns
—cap insulin cost at $35, out-of-pocket Rx costs at $2,000 for everyone
—work with states to cancel medical debt
—encourage building 3 million housing units
—eliminate incentives for corp landlords buying homes in bulk
—$6,000 tax credit for newborns
—cap insulin cost at $35, out-of-pocket Rx costs at $2,000 for everyone
—work with states to cancel medical debt
—encourage building 3 million housing units
—eliminate incentives for corp landlords buying homes in bulk
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I hope, as we unearth all these rocks and find JD Vance writhing underneath them like a long, many-legged serpent, we spare a thought for what we’re going to do to make Chris Rufo persona non grata.
August 16, 2024 at 1:06 AM
I hope, as we unearth all these rocks and find JD Vance writhing underneath them like a long, many-legged serpent, we spare a thought for what we’re going to do to make Chris Rufo persona non grata.
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I will convert to your religion if and only if I am given the power to necromance 1 (one) pterosaur into existence at a time and place of my choosing. Sorry, but those are the rules.
August 16, 2024 at 1:09 AM
I will convert to your religion if and only if I am given the power to necromance 1 (one) pterosaur into existence at a time and place of my choosing. Sorry, but those are the rules.
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Related: Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones obviously draws plot inspiration from the War of the Roses, but I really think the “sweating sickness” that plagued the British Isles should’ve made it in. Unknown virus (hantavirus?) that killed able-bodied adults in 24 hours? Brutal plot potential
Why didn’t my British history class teach me that Henry VII was *so* into his wife? Sure seems like he adored her. When seeking a new wife he gave his aides a description of his ideal and it was just…his deceased wife?
Obviously not a trait his son (Henry VIII) inherited!
Obviously not a trait his son (Henry VIII) inherited!
![Screenshot of the Wikipedia article for Henry VII of England. Text reads: throne. The King, normally a reserved man who rarely showed much emotion in public unless angry, surprised his courtiers by his intense grief and sobbing at his son's death, while his concern for the Queen is evidence that the marriage was a happy one, as is his reaction to Queen Elizabeth's death the following year, when he shut himself away for several days, refusing to speak to anyone.
166] Henry VII was shattered by the loss of Elizabeth, and her death impacted him severelv. [67]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exxuoika2qlqlk7oidz3pkq7/bafkreihuqz2bndxlnivec4oojbpssesv42tsw5mv7xfhelmvoau3py2xce@jpeg)
![Second Wikipedia screenshot, reading: Henry made half-hearted plans to remarry and beget more heirs, but these never came to anything. He entertained thoughts of remarriage to renew the alliance with Spain - Joanna, Dowager Queen of Naples (a niece of Queen Isabella of Castile), Queen Joanna of Castile, and Margaret, Dowager Duchess of Savoy (sister-in-law of Joanna of Castile), were all considered. [69] In 1505 he was sufficiently interested in a potential marriage to Joanna of Naples that he sent ambassadors to Naples to report on the 27-year-old Joanna's physical suitability. 70] The wedding never took place, and the physical description Henry sent with his ambassadors of what he desired in a new wife matched the description of his wife Elizabeth.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exxuoika2qlqlk7oidz3pkq7/bafkreicphh37x7b4ybps2t45tzdrakdzeqzd7mersy4ts6lbmrwf3lixzu@jpeg)
August 15, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Related: Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones obviously draws plot inspiration from the War of the Roses, but I really think the “sweating sickness” that plagued the British Isles should’ve made it in. Unknown virus (hantavirus?) that killed able-bodied adults in 24 hours? Brutal plot potential
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An elegant duo of green heron at daybreak.
📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4500, f10, 1/640s) 🪶
#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4500, f10, 1/640s) 🪶
#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
August 11, 2024 at 1:34 PM
An elegant duo of green heron at daybreak.
📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4500, f10, 1/640s) 🪶
#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 4500, f10, 1/640s) 🪶
#birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography