Helena
@helenae.bsky.social
Anti-car culture. Lover of attempting arts & crafts. I care deeply about our planet. I care about & work in libraries and archives. Trans rights, always. Human rights, always. she/her. Views expressed are not my employer's.
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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Think much of the over-parenting we despise stems from the early on fear of the driver.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Think much of the over-parenting we despise stems from the early on fear of the driver.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
I got myself a second bike!!! To be delivered to me Thanksgiving morning!
I don’t own a car but it still feels extravagant - even though it cost less than a friend’s recent car repairs 😂 it is used but I’m still thrilled! A road bike!!
I don’t own a car but it still feels extravagant - even though it cost less than a friend’s recent car repairs 😂 it is used but I’m still thrilled! A road bike!!
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I got myself a second bike!!! To be delivered to me Thanksgiving morning!
I don’t own a car but it still feels extravagant - even though it cost less than a friend’s recent car repairs 😂 it is used but I’m still thrilled! A road bike!!
I don’t own a car but it still feels extravagant - even though it cost less than a friend’s recent car repairs 😂 it is used but I’m still thrilled! A road bike!!
A person just basically outed themself as a fascist sympathizer on a professional discussion forum and I just can't see that going well for them.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A person just basically outed themself as a fascist sympathizer on a professional discussion forum and I just can't see that going well for them.
The discontinuation of the penny definitely feels like an example of the Onion's article entitled "The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point"
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The discontinuation of the penny definitely feels like an example of the Onion's article entitled "The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point"
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Remember that while food banks welcome donations of food, they prefer $$$$$$$. They have deals with grocery stores and suppliers. You can only buy one dollar's worth of food for one dollar, but they can buy several dollars' worth. So don't, like, buy food to donate it, just give 'em the dough.
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Remember that while food banks welcome donations of food, they prefer $$$$$$$. They have deals with grocery stores and suppliers. You can only buy one dollar's worth of food for one dollar, but they can buy several dollars' worth. So don't, like, buy food to donate it, just give 'em the dough.
When other women use fake sacchrine voices at work I wish to perish.
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
When other women use fake sacchrine voices at work I wish to perish.
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"We estimate that 36 percent of Americans over the age of 10 do not or cannot rely on a personal vehicle to meet their daily travel needs..."
Who Doesn’t Have a Car?
A new NRDC map shows car-free living and the factors affecting car usage in United States.
www.nrdc.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"We estimate that 36 percent of Americans over the age of 10 do not or cannot rely on a personal vehicle to meet their daily travel needs..."
I got really into Jane Goodall in late elementary school, and read an early reader biography about her, and while I can't recite a litany of facts, knowing about her as a kid was inspirational and important to me.
October 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I got really into Jane Goodall in late elementary school, and read an early reader biography about her, and while I can't recite a litany of facts, knowing about her as a kid was inspirational and important to me.
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I'm going to sound like the biggest hater & loser in the world and I know we must do our political performance but the "look at my war ravaged Portland" photos especially from politicians are getting a little 😬 when we have crisis levels of people without housing including unknown numbers of kids
September 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm going to sound like the biggest hater & loser in the world and I know we must do our political performance but the "look at my war ravaged Portland" photos especially from politicians are getting a little 😬 when we have crisis levels of people without housing including unknown numbers of kids
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The near daily barrage of deadly mass shootings in America feels like low level warfare against normal citizens who just want to live in peace. And because people keep electing Republicans who won’t do anything about it there’s no solution in sight.
September 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The near daily barrage of deadly mass shootings in America feels like low level warfare against normal citizens who just want to live in peace. And because people keep electing Republicans who won’t do anything about it there’s no solution in sight.
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there aren’t a lot of purely good things on the internet but “you have to share Tom Holland doing Umbrella” is one of them
September 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
there aren’t a lot of purely good things on the internet but “you have to share Tom Holland doing Umbrella” is one of them
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NEW: State of Oregon & Portland sue to block Trump administration's deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to protect an ICE facility in that city. Governor says Trump may've acted on old videos from 2020 clashes at fed courthouse. w/@kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Oregon sues to block Trump from deploying state’s National Guard in Portland
”Local law enforcement has this under control,” the governor said.
www.politico.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
NEW: State of Oregon & Portland sue to block Trump administration's deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to protect an ICE facility in that city. Governor says Trump may've acted on old videos from 2020 clashes at fed courthouse. w/@kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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it’s Sunday on bluesky so I am urging everyone to take care of themselves. Take a walk, have a second cup of coffee or tea, read a book, spend some time looking at small poems
September 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
it’s Sunday on bluesky so I am urging everyone to take care of themselves. Take a walk, have a second cup of coffee or tea, read a book, spend some time looking at small poems
This picture captures Oregon and I AM SO PROUD
September 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This picture captures Oregon and I AM SO PROUD
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Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
September 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
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Part of the issue with people saying you can't cycle in winter/rain/wind/whatever is because they haven't tried and if they did they'd find out it's almost always fine but another is that we've normalised driving in unsafe conditions and, crucially, being expected to drive in unsafe conditions.
September 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Part of the issue with people saying you can't cycle in winter/rain/wind/whatever is because they haven't tried and if they did they'd find out it's almost always fine but another is that we've normalised driving in unsafe conditions and, crucially, being expected to drive in unsafe conditions.
I understand AI isn't going to disappear and I work with information professionals so it would be foolish for my colleagues to ignore it, but when my colleagues casually use it for a creative endeavor (especially producing images) I feel ill.
September 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I understand AI isn't going to disappear and I work with information professionals so it would be foolish for my colleagues to ignore it, but when my colleagues casually use it for a creative endeavor (especially producing images) I feel ill.
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Truly outrageous. Erasing the evidence of mounting suffering won't make it go away.
It's just a matter of time before he cancels the annual homeless count.
It's just a matter of time before he cancels the annual homeless count.
September 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Truly outrageous. Erasing the evidence of mounting suffering won't make it go away.
It's just a matter of time before he cancels the annual homeless count.
It's just a matter of time before he cancels the annual homeless count.
The post vaccine fatigue is no joke. 😴😵💫
September 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The post vaccine fatigue is no joke. 😴😵💫
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The effect of car dependency: in 1940, Basil Rathbone was photographed wearing an overcoat outside his home. As more men relied on cars, overcoats became shorter to accommodate drivers. Today, the right is marketed as an "overcoat," even if it would've been considered more sport coat length in 1940.
September 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The effect of car dependency: in 1940, Basil Rathbone was photographed wearing an overcoat outside his home. As more men relied on cars, overcoats became shorter to accommodate drivers. Today, the right is marketed as an "overcoat," even if it would've been considered more sport coat length in 1940.
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Mr. President: Operation Warp Speed & the COVID vaccine were a success. As you have stated, they saved “tens of millions of lives.”
Vaccines have also helped eliminate polio, measles and mumps.
Vaccines work. Let us listen to doctors and scientists, not conspiracy theorists.
Vaccines have also helped eliminate polio, measles and mumps.
Vaccines work. Let us listen to doctors and scientists, not conspiracy theorists.
September 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Mr. President: Operation Warp Speed & the COVID vaccine were a success. As you have stated, they saved “tens of millions of lives.”
Vaccines have also helped eliminate polio, measles and mumps.
Vaccines work. Let us listen to doctors and scientists, not conspiracy theorists.
Vaccines have also helped eliminate polio, measles and mumps.
Vaccines work. Let us listen to doctors and scientists, not conspiracy theorists.
I fear despite having numerous options of food to cook for myself there is still Nothing To Eat.
September 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I fear despite having numerous options of food to cook for myself there is still Nothing To Eat.