Rebecca
@firerosearien.bsky.social
I like long swords, big books, and extra inning baseball games. puppies, kitties, sheeps and sushi. Jeopardy silver medalist.
y'know if today had stayed like that that would have been cool too
so far today, box that's supposed to be here today is still stuck in harrisburg (wtf you're shipping from NJ) and after waiting nearly two hours to try to get into the world cup ticket lottery I get 'bad gateway' (lol me for trying to trust fifa with anything)
i'm sure fencing later will be great
i'm sure fencing later will be great
September 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
y'know if today had stayed like that that would have been cool too
so far today, box that's supposed to be here today is still stuck in harrisburg (wtf you're shipping from NJ) and after waiting nearly two hours to try to get into the world cup ticket lottery I get 'bad gateway' (lol me for trying to trust fifa with anything)
i'm sure fencing later will be great
i'm sure fencing later will be great
September 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
so far today, box that's supposed to be here today is still stuck in harrisburg (wtf you're shipping from NJ) and after waiting nearly two hours to try to get into the world cup ticket lottery I get 'bad gateway' (lol me for trying to trust fifa with anything)
i'm sure fencing later will be great
i'm sure fencing later will be great
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States that have executive orders overriding COVID vaccine prescription requirement: CO, MA, NM, NY, PA
States that still have COVID vaccine prescription requirements (call your reps!): AZ, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, ME, NC, UT, VA, WV
You can't access COVID vaccines in NV even with a prescription.
States that still have COVID vaccine prescription requirements (call your reps!): AZ, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, ME, NC, UT, VA, WV
You can't access COVID vaccines in NV even with a prescription.
September 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
States that have executive orders overriding COVID vaccine prescription requirement: CO, MA, NM, NY, PA
States that still have COVID vaccine prescription requirements (call your reps!): AZ, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, ME, NC, UT, VA, WV
You can't access COVID vaccines in NV even with a prescription.
States that still have COVID vaccine prescription requirements (call your reps!): AZ, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, ME, NC, UT, VA, WV
You can't access COVID vaccines in NV even with a prescription.
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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I lived for several years in rural cattle country in Central Africa, where milk was a major part of the diet. All the milk was either boiled or fermented to make it safe. Always. No one ever drank raw milk.
September 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I lived for several years in rural cattle country in Central Africa, where milk was a major part of the diet. All the milk was either boiled or fermented to make it safe. Always. No one ever drank raw milk.
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I hate weighing in on the guns issue. Despite being an owner myself who has many armed family members, I have many complicated feelings about firearms.
That said, the government saying “this marginalized community shouldn’t be armed” is usually a sign that they should be.
This is why:
That said, the government saying “this marginalized community shouldn’t be armed” is usually a sign that they should be.
This is why:
September 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I hate weighing in on the guns issue. Despite being an owner myself who has many armed family members, I have many complicated feelings about firearms.
That said, the government saying “this marginalized community shouldn’t be armed” is usually a sign that they should be.
This is why:
That said, the government saying “this marginalized community shouldn’t be armed” is usually a sign that they should be.
This is why:
I don't expect everyone to know our five billion holidays, but rosh hashanah, yom kippur, and the first seder of Passover is a reasonable place to start.
A quick Google is your friend.
A quick Google is your friend.
PUT 👏🏻 JEWISH 👏🏻 HOLIDAYS 👏🏻 IN 👏🏻 YOUR 👏🏻 CALENDARS
The head of my org is Jewish. I have the Jewish holidays calendar on my work calendar so I don't schedule meetings during important holidays! I don't want him to have to do that calculus!
The head of my org is Jewish. I have the Jewish holidays calendar on my work calendar so I don't schedule meetings during important holidays! I don't want him to have to do that calculus!
NASA scheduled a major workshop for early career researchers during the most important week of the Jewish calendar, during two of the most important days of that week and expects me to accept that this was “difficult scheduling conflicts”
That’s what casual antisemitism sounds like
That’s what casual antisemitism sounds like
September 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I don't expect everyone to know our five billion holidays, but rosh hashanah, yom kippur, and the first seder of Passover is a reasonable place to start.
A quick Google is your friend.
A quick Google is your friend.
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My company scheduled next year's off-site for the week before Passover.
It's okay, I guess sometimes things are planned last-minute and you don't always have time to check everything in advance.
It's okay, I guess sometimes things are planned last-minute and you don't always have time to check everything in advance.
NASA scheduled a major workshop for early career researchers during the most important week of the Jewish calendar, during two of the most important days of that week and expects me to accept that this was “difficult scheduling conflicts”
That’s what casual antisemitism sounds like
That’s what casual antisemitism sounds like
September 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My company scheduled next year's off-site for the week before Passover.
It's okay, I guess sometimes things are planned last-minute and you don't always have time to check everything in advance.
It's okay, I guess sometimes things are planned last-minute and you don't always have time to check everything in advance.
Historical coroner reports btw show drowning as an *incredibly* common cause of death
The making measles great again crowd is at it again:
Drowning is ...."the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 4 & is one of the top causes of death among children ages 5 to 14. A single drowning costs millions of dollars in terms of medical costs and societal loss"
Drowning is ...."the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 4 & is one of the top causes of death among children ages 5 to 14. A single drowning costs millions of dollars in terms of medical costs and societal loss"
Being pro-drowning of children seems like a real are-we-the-baddies moment www.npr.org/sections/sho...
September 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Historical coroner reports btw show drowning as an *incredibly* common cause of death
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the big 4 sewing pattern brands are being sold off for parts. if you want patterns, get them *now*.
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
Parent Company of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands Sold to a Liquidator - Craft Industry Alliance
The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator.
craftindustryalliance.org
September 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
the big 4 sewing pattern brands are being sold off for parts. if you want patterns, get them *now*.
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
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Someone please kill me right now.
September 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Someone please kill me right now.
Why must evil to my tomatoes things be so adorable
🎶 In your eyes, the light, the heat
(In your eyes) I am complete*
(In your eyes) I am complete*
August 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Why must evil to my tomatoes things be so adorable
we had a tornado/derecho thing on tuesday, i just got wifi back, we still don't have power WHY IS IT STORMING AGAIN
July 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
we had a tornado/derecho thing on tuesday, i just got wifi back, we still don't have power WHY IS IT STORMING AGAIN
i live in a purple county in pa and let me tell you that while support for the governor is pretty high, there is currently no one in the state more disliked than fetterman, and i'm being *nice* in my language here.
John Fetterman when asked about timing of vote that will cost millions health care and food on the table, destroy industries and jobs:
"Oh my God, I just want to go home... I've missed our entire trip to to the beach."
It is noon on a Monday.
"Oh my God, I just want to go home... I've missed our entire trip to to the beach."
It is noon on a Monday.
June 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
i live in a purple county in pa and let me tell you that while support for the governor is pretty high, there is currently no one in the state more disliked than fetterman, and i'm being *nice* in my language here.
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Welcome to the neighborhood.
June 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Welcome to the neighborhood.
went outside to check on the sheep and nearly died from the heat/sun.
...the sheep are fine, btw
...the sheep are fine, btw
June 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
went outside to check on the sheep and nearly died from the heat/sun.
...the sheep are fine, btw
...the sheep are fine, btw
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Carlos Rodon now has 5 games with 6+ IP and 0 runs allowed.
The only MLB pitcher with more games this season is Tarik Skubal
The only MLB pitcher with more games this season is Tarik Skubal
June 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Carlos Rodon now has 5 games with 6+ IP and 0 runs allowed.
The only MLB pitcher with more games this season is Tarik Skubal
The only MLB pitcher with more games this season is Tarik Skubal
i would like to say i would like it if ely de la cruz was a new york yankee
June 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
i would like to say i would like it if ely de la cruz was a new york yankee
Can someone explain Montana to me
June 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Can someone explain Montana to me
WHOA
hey theres a random baseball in my fiancee's drawer, cool i can do some self myofascial release on my back with it
hang on, this is signed...
hang on
WHAT THE FUCK
WHAT THE FUCK
hang on, this is signed...
hang on
WHAT THE FUCK
WHAT THE FUCK
June 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
WHOA
I'm extremely mad at people who are rude at customer service people because now everyone's using AI for customer service and it's so bad
June 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I'm extremely mad at people who are rude at customer service people because now everyone's using AI for customer service and it's so bad
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Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
@roxanegay.bsky.social maybe you’re right.
A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills. [time.com]
June 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
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Here’s an update from the team. I’m still heading over to find out what ICE is doing
Can confirm, as @ByJackHarris reported, that ICE agents attempted to access Dodger Stadium this morning but were denied by the Dodgers.
Images had circulated this morning of agents appearing to use the parking lots as a staging area.
Images had circulated this morning of agents appearing to use the parking lots as a staging area.
June 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Here’s an update from the team. I’m still heading over to find out what ICE is doing