Meera
@gruntleme.bsky.social
Late-model Gen X. Ecologist (especially fond of plants and insects), teacher, abolitionist. Transplant from Singapore to Duwamish land (Seattle). Not sure how much I will be here.
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The Color of Seattle for 2026-02-05 #ColorOfSeattleDaily
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The Color of Seattle for 2026-02-05 #ColorOfSeattleDaily
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‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:48 AM
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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Free pattern from stitchthesystem on insta! Language 2 for "fuck ice" finishes~
February 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Free pattern from stitchthesystem on insta! Language 2 for "fuck ice" finishes~
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Never let it be said that @law.harvard.edu doesn't teach you how to write a precise Question Presented
#lawsky #academicsky
#lawsky #academicsky
February 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Never let it be said that @law.harvard.edu doesn't teach you how to write a precise Question Presented
#lawsky #academicsky
#lawsky #academicsky
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And this is why it's so important for white people to place themselves on the front lines of the resistance to ICE.
Until the public consciousness evolves to where we as a society view nonwhite people as fully human, it's going to take more white people getting shot to keep media attention.
Until the public consciousness evolves to where we as a society view nonwhite people as fully human, it's going to take more white people getting shot to keep media attention.
February 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM
And this is why it's so important for white people to place themselves on the front lines of the resistance to ICE.
Until the public consciousness evolves to where we as a society view nonwhite people as fully human, it's going to take more white people getting shot to keep media attention.
Until the public consciousness evolves to where we as a society view nonwhite people as fully human, it's going to take more white people getting shot to keep media attention.
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Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Live in Spokane? Want your #WALeg members to fight for the Millionaires Tax?
Join us and our labor allies to rally for progressive revenue and against harmful cuts this Saturday, February 7th:
Join us and our labor allies to rally for progressive revenue and against harmful cuts this Saturday, February 7th:
February 4, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Live in Spokane? Want your #WALeg members to fight for the Millionaires Tax?
Join us and our labor allies to rally for progressive revenue and against harmful cuts this Saturday, February 7th:
Join us and our labor allies to rally for progressive revenue and against harmful cuts this Saturday, February 7th:
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Have you signed in PRO for the Millionaires Tax? Make sure you do before time runs out!
Take action ➡️ https://investwanow.org/sign-pro-millionaires-tax
Take action ➡️ https://investwanow.org/sign-pro-millionaires-tax
February 5, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Have you signed in PRO for the Millionaires Tax? Make sure you do before time runs out!
Take action ➡️ https://investwanow.org/sign-pro-millionaires-tax
Take action ➡️ https://investwanow.org/sign-pro-millionaires-tax
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Hoboken has:
1) No freeway interchanges
2) Few multi-lane streets
3) Small blocks
4) 60k population in 1.25 sq mi (a little smaller than Emeryville
So it seems like the recipe for Vision Zero is to smash the freeways, road diet everything, & build dense housing.
1) No freeway interchanges
2) Few multi-lane streets
3) Small blocks
4) 60k population in 1.25 sq mi (a little smaller than Emeryville
So it seems like the recipe for Vision Zero is to smash the freeways, road diet everything, & build dense housing.
The thing about Hoboken is, the same sort of small scale fixes (see below) that helped them eliminate traffic deaths, also make the city a nicer and more enjoyable place to be.
Great to see that Vision Zero success story getting more recognition here: reasonstobecheerful.world/the-city-whe...
Great to see that Vision Zero success story getting more recognition here: reasonstobecheerful.world/the-city-whe...
February 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Hoboken has:
1) No freeway interchanges
2) Few multi-lane streets
3) Small blocks
4) 60k population in 1.25 sq mi (a little smaller than Emeryville
So it seems like the recipe for Vision Zero is to smash the freeways, road diet everything, & build dense housing.
1) No freeway interchanges
2) Few multi-lane streets
3) Small blocks
4) 60k population in 1.25 sq mi (a little smaller than Emeryville
So it seems like the recipe for Vision Zero is to smash the freeways, road diet everything, & build dense housing.
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as someone who once managed a monthly budget of $40,000 of rent assistance for a small nonprofit social service agency?
you know how much time and effort it would take to pay 40 people’s rents?!?!?!?
applications, in-person meetings, approval from my boss, mailing a check to a landlord…
you know how much time and effort it would take to pay 40 people’s rents?!?!?!?
applications, in-person meetings, approval from my boss, mailing a check to a landlord…
today's report:
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
February 5, 2026 at 5:21 AM
as someone who once managed a monthly budget of $40,000 of rent assistance for a small nonprofit social service agency?
you know how much time and effort it would take to pay 40 people’s rents?!?!?!?
applications, in-person meetings, approval from my boss, mailing a check to a landlord…
you know how much time and effort it would take to pay 40 people’s rents?!?!?!?
applications, in-person meetings, approval from my boss, mailing a check to a landlord…
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the plot to dismantle democracy
When I worked in the DC mayor's office, my colleagues and I lived in fear of WaPo's formidable metro team. We might loathe them at time, but we always respected the hell out of them.
Solidarity with everyone affected by today's cuts.
Solidarity with everyone affected by today's cuts.
Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post'
The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.
www.npr.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
the plot to dismantle democracy
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
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The DMV is losing one of the best transportation reporters in the US. I'm sad for Rachel, but even more so for DC.
Seems like this will be my last story for the Washington Post. A handful of my colleagues will still be covering local news in the DMV and I know they’ll do great work, but they and this region deserve so much better.
Trump administration limiting use of federal funds for speed cameras, calling them "unfair revenue schemes.” www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
February 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The DMV is losing one of the best transportation reporters in the US. I'm sad for Rachel, but even more so for DC.
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 AM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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A thread on escalations in ICE tactics I've noted, that struck me as over & beyond what we saw them do in Chicago. (Besides the murders. I don't think I have to mention that, but they did that in Chicago too.) For my own reference & preparedness
February 4, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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Thanks to @spacedaddy.bsky.social for lending me Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats. Many of the pieces in it are about old cats, which suprised and moved me greatly. This poem is a stunner.
February 4, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Thanks to @spacedaddy.bsky.social for lending me Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats. Many of the pieces in it are about old cats, which suprised and moved me greatly. This poem is a stunner.
This is a great semantic distinction. I really wish Qasim would have acknowledged Ashley the Baronness. m.youtube.com/shorts/eZR21...
February 4, 2026 at 5:47 AM
This is a great semantic distinction. I really wish Qasim would have acknowledged Ashley the Baronness. m.youtube.com/shorts/eZR21...
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I can't stop thinking about anthropologist Michael Taussig's book about the terror of the rubber trade in Colombia. In it, he describes how colonizers wantonly tortured Putumayo workers, with violence becoming a culture in itself, for its own sake. Like it was a sunk cost they couldn't escape
February 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
On this day in 1948, an all-white jury sentenced a Black woman and two of her teenage sons to death for killing an armed white man in self-defense.
Feb. 3, 1948 | Black Woman and Her Children Sentenced to Die for Defending Themselves
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
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Secure your own squid first before helping others.
(I'm disproportionately proud of this drawing.)
(I'm disproportionately proud of this drawing.)
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Secure your own squid first before helping others.
(I'm disproportionately proud of this drawing.)
(I'm disproportionately proud of this drawing.)
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Everything moves so fast now. It's impossible to give every event the care and attention it deserves, especially when the bar is "at least no one died."
But what happened in Portland outside the ICE building was evidence of yet another escalation—and a terrifying harbinger of things to come.
But what happened in Portland outside the ICE building was evidence of yet another escalation—and a terrifying harbinger of things to come.
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Everything moves so fast now. It's impossible to give every event the care and attention it deserves, especially when the bar is "at least no one died."
But what happened in Portland outside the ICE building was evidence of yet another escalation—and a terrifying harbinger of things to come.
But what happened in Portland outside the ICE building was evidence of yet another escalation—and a terrifying harbinger of things to come.
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For some people, attention is the whole thing. That's the real issue at the heart of the current discourse.
February 3, 2026 at 2:46 AM
For some people, attention is the whole thing. That's the real issue at the heart of the current discourse.