Mary (geographile)
@geographile.bsky.social
Natural/scientific pantheist, I homeschool, I am an earth sciences fan if I define earth science to also include the science of things on the Earth and in the cosmos.
Disabled queer parent.
Lots of speech to text errors!
No unsolicited DMs please.
Disabled queer parent.
Lots of speech to text errors!
No unsolicited DMs please.
Pinned
Once again I ask activists and allies to watch this documentary. It's on Netflix in the US, find it where you can. It is so well done and shows you what we're fighting for.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp
I went to four or five high schools depending on whether you count the adult school my diploma is from. Hm.
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 5:48 AM
I went to four or five high schools depending on whether you count the adult school my diploma is from. Hm.
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You know what? Let me give y'all a fucking example.
Calling something "racist" or "white supremacist" will literally be interpreted by white people (broadly construed) as adjacent to an ad-hominem attack because of how we've culturally organized our understanding of racism and white supremacy.
Calling something "racist" or "white supremacist" will literally be interpreted by white people (broadly construed) as adjacent to an ad-hominem attack because of how we've culturally organized our understanding of racism and white supremacy.
As I repeatedly emphasize to my students: the presence of a fallacy in discourse does not render the broader argument irrelevant and many "fallacies" are premised on a given network of cultural meanings. One could make a valid and sound argument for why someone is "bitchmade" and use it effectively.
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 AM
You know what? Let me give y'all a fucking example.
Calling something "racist" or "white supremacist" will literally be interpreted by white people (broadly construed) as adjacent to an ad-hominem attack because of how we've culturally organized our understanding of racism and white supremacy.
Calling something "racist" or "white supremacist" will literally be interpreted by white people (broadly construed) as adjacent to an ad-hominem attack because of how we've culturally organized our understanding of racism and white supremacy.
Really interesting interview of, rather than by, Rachel Maddow, and what she's been thinking about.
youtu.be/cDnMZf-5OSg?...
youtu.be/cDnMZf-5OSg?...
"Stay on the air. Stay big. No state TV." A conversation with Rachel Maddow
YouTube video by Grounded Podcast: Jon Tester & Maritsa Georgiou
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Really interesting interview of, rather than by, Rachel Maddow, and what she's been thinking about.
youtu.be/cDnMZf-5OSg?...
youtu.be/cDnMZf-5OSg?...
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what is with these people and dogs?
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
what is with these people and dogs?
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My general rule of thumb is if an artist is actively spewing hate, I won't fund their hate machine one cent.
Can't do much about Picasso being a dick, so I can stare at his paintings. Though his dickiness does inform how I interpret them.
Fuck TERFS.
Can't do much about Picasso being a dick, so I can stare at his paintings. Though his dickiness does inform how I interpret them.
Fuck TERFS.
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
My general rule of thumb is if an artist is actively spewing hate, I won't fund their hate machine one cent.
Can't do much about Picasso being a dick, so I can stare at his paintings. Though his dickiness does inform how I interpret them.
Fuck TERFS.
Can't do much about Picasso being a dick, so I can stare at his paintings. Though his dickiness does inform how I interpret them.
Fuck TERFS.
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I spent a long time trying to figure out what to do with my Harry Potter books, because just dumping them in a little free library felt wrong. So I mailed them to this artist who was turning them into portraits of murdered trans women
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
Artist uses Harry Potter books to make portraits of murdered trans women
A Vermont-based artist is making a statement after using Harry Potter books to make powerful portraits of murdered trans women.
www.thepinknews.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I spent a long time trying to figure out what to do with my Harry Potter books, because just dumping them in a little free library felt wrong. So I mailed them to this artist who was turning them into portraits of murdered trans women
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
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Interview with @bi-ta.bsky.social - medical sociologist & author of "Contested & neglected: Social and medical marginalization in severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
chroniclivingtherapy.com/nezamdoust-m...
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#MEcfs #SevereME #CFS #PwME
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Interview with @bi-ta.bsky.social - medical sociologist & author of "Contested & neglected: Social and medical marginalization in severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
chroniclivingtherapy.com/nezamdoust-m...
Screenshot from @chronicliving123.bsky.social newsletter
#MEcfs #SevereME #CFS #PwME
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February 8, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Interview with @bi-ta.bsky.social - medical sociologist & author of "Contested & neglected: Social and medical marginalization in severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
chroniclivingtherapy.com/nezamdoust-m...
Screenshot from @chronicliving123.bsky.social newsletter
#MEcfs #SevereME #CFS #PwME
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Interview with @bi-ta.bsky.social - medical sociologist & author of "Contested & neglected: Social and medical marginalization in severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
chroniclivingtherapy.com/nezamdoust-m...
Screenshot from @chronicliving123.bsky.social newsletter
#MEcfs #SevereME #CFS #PwME
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The story link on Mastodon is from common dreams, which is usually dependable.
“We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss." […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The story link on Mastodon is from common dreams, which is usually dependable.
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MAGA Honor killing in Texas. Pro-Trump father murders his own daughter for defying Trump. And Texas grand jury refuses to indict father. This is a MAGA honor killing. I will repeat: We must ABOLISH MAGA. It can not co-exist in a Republic. www.newsweek.com/woman-shot-d...
Woman shot dead in Texas after argument with dad over Trump, boyfriend says
A British woman was shot dead in Texas after arguing with her father about Donald Trump, an inquest has heard.
www.newsweek.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:55 PM
MAGA Honor killing in Texas. Pro-Trump father murders his own daughter for defying Trump. And Texas grand jury refuses to indict father. This is a MAGA honor killing. I will repeat: We must ABOLISH MAGA. It can not co-exist in a Republic. www.newsweek.com/woman-shot-d...
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Pam Bondi's insane level of defensiveness today when asked about Trump and Epstein tells us that whatever Trump did with Epstein was the worst possible thing.
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Pam Bondi's insane level of defensiveness today when asked about Trump and Epstein tells us that whatever Trump did with Epstein was the worst possible thing.
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She REALLY doesn't want to talk about Epstein.
wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
February 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
She REALLY doesn't want to talk about Epstein.
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The logical endpoint of anti-immigrant politics. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
February 11, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The logical endpoint of anti-immigrant politics. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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The thing about public power on NorCal is that it's incredibly complicated to solve and also PG&E is structurally maldesigned with regards to solving it. The corp layer is a bunch of parasites, the debt holdings make it radioactive to change, and the magnitude of infra is A Lot.
But what if. 🥺
But what if. 🥺
“The idea of public ownership of electricity may sound like a socialist’s dream but municipal and public power are as American as baseball and apple pie, with a track record of solid, affordable, and reliable performance.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-liberal-...
The Liberal Case for Public Power
When power is treated as a public good, it becomes cheaper, more reliable, and better positioned to meet the challenges of the future than privately held electrical utilities have ever demonstrated.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:27 PM
The thing about public power on NorCal is that it's incredibly complicated to solve and also PG&E is structurally maldesigned with regards to solving it. The corp layer is a bunch of parasites, the debt holdings make it radioactive to change, and the magnitude of infra is A Lot.
But what if. 🥺
But what if. 🥺
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I'm sure the mad king being at 36% is totally unrelated to this
Gallup says it will stop doing presidential approval polls (after 88 years of doing it) because of "an evolution in how Gallup focuses it's public research". This is eliminating a time series that goes back to FDR.
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I'm sure the mad king being at 36% is totally unrelated to this
Photos are of a car that obviously got t-boned or sideswiped from an angle, it is seriously smashed in.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Photos are of a car that obviously got t-boned or sideswiped from an angle, it is seriously smashed in.
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Since the early days of the space program, astronauts have quarantined before missions because any illness could be disastrous. It’s eminently logical — not “extreme” — for athletes who’ve trained their WHOLE LIVES for one event to take similar precautions in order to stay in peak physical condition
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Since the early days of the space program, astronauts have quarantined before missions because any illness could be disastrous. It’s eminently logical — not “extreme” — for athletes who’ve trained their WHOLE LIVES for one event to take similar precautions in order to stay in peak physical condition
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In the past, a president intervening in a foreign‑funded infrastructure project to protect a politically connected private monopoly would likely trigger sustained investigations, congressional hearings, and front‑page coverage as a potential abuse of power.
www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/342...
www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/342...
NY Times: Matthew Moroun Met With Howard Lutnick Hours Before Trump Threatened To Block Gordie Howe Bridge Opening
The Moroun family has for years tried to derail construction of the Gordie Howe bridge, saying it would take away business from the Ambassador Bridge, which it has operated for decades.
www.deadlinedetroit.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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My dad introduced me to Harold and Maude when I was starting to try to be an edgy teen. It woke me up to being honest with myself and not trying to be someone else.
RIP Bud Cort
RIP Bud Cort
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
My dad introduced me to Harold and Maude when I was starting to try to be an edgy teen. It woke me up to being honest with myself and not trying to be someone else.
RIP Bud Cort
RIP Bud Cort
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"Harold and Maude" actor Bud Cort has died. He was 77. (AP Photo)
Bud Cort, known for 'Harold and Maude' role, dies at 77
"Harold and Maude" actor Bud Cort has died. He was 77. (AP Photo)
www.wusa9.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"Harold and Maude" actor Bud Cort has died. He was 77. (AP Photo)
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RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
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At some point, inevitably, the US government will attempt to halt the brain drain it caused by slamming its dick in a car door, *by* slamming its dick in a car door.
March 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
At some point, inevitably, the US government will attempt to halt the brain drain it caused by slamming its dick in a car door, *by* slamming its dick in a car door.
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There's an interesting thing in physics where without calculus, all you can really do is accept a bunch of seemingly arbitrary equations.
Once you have calculus under your belt, all those arbitrary equations are suddenly connected, you can turn one into another one easily.
Once you have calculus under your belt, all those arbitrary equations are suddenly connected, you can turn one into another one easily.
March 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
There's an interesting thing in physics where without calculus, all you can really do is accept a bunch of seemingly arbitrary equations.
Once you have calculus under your belt, all those arbitrary equations are suddenly connected, you can turn one into another one easily.
Once you have calculus under your belt, all those arbitrary equations are suddenly connected, you can turn one into another one easily.
MAGA is watching the clips here, and forming their truth out of them.
I honestly can’t remember any prior AG being this overtly disrespectful in a Congressional hearing.
They really think they’re never going to be in the minority.
Maybe I memory holed it, but personal attacks on members of Congress during testimony just seems so out of bounds.
They really think they’re never going to be in the minority.
Maybe I memory holed it, but personal attacks on members of Congress during testimony just seems so out of bounds.
February 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
MAGA is watching the clips here, and forming their truth out of them.
Covering exterior access to your lungs helps prevent respiratory disease. But please use KN- or n95 masks rather than something like Saran wrap.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
New flu strain rising as Bay Area virus levels hit season high
February is often peak flu season.
www.sfgate.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Covering exterior access to your lungs helps prevent respiratory disease. But please use KN- or n95 masks rather than something like Saran wrap.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
We are a contagion.
A visibly shaken Mark Carney has promised Canadians they will make it through the aftermath of a mass shooting. While the country has high levels of gun ownership, it has much stricter laws than its southern neighbour, including a ban on assault-style firearms & a freeze on the sale of handguns.
‘We will get through this’: visibly shaken Mark Carney addresses Canada after mass shooting leaves 10 dead
Flags flown at half-mast throughout country after attack in small British Columbia town of Tumbler Ridge
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 PM
We are a contagion.