Heidi (she/her)
@hortusdeliciarum.bsky.social
Librarian, semi-lapsed art historian and medievalist, very best of intentions, ADHD-mixed follow-through
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That U.S. academics didn't collectively develop strong labor consciousness is really going to bite them in the ass as universities bend the knee to this administration. Politely worded letters to presidents and trustees are not going to count for much of anything.
October 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
That U.S. academics didn't collectively develop strong labor consciousness is really going to bite them in the ass as universities bend the knee to this administration. Politely worded letters to presidents and trustees are not going to count for much of anything.
My strong will outlasted Dr. James Dobson. #sorrynotsorry
August 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
My strong will outlasted Dr. James Dobson. #sorrynotsorry
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Plainly, the people mad about the work required to write well and make great art who are justifying various artificial intelligence tools as shortcuts to that creative process don't value the labor inherent to it.
August 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Plainly, the people mad about the work required to write well and make great art who are justifying various artificial intelligence tools as shortcuts to that creative process don't value the labor inherent to it.
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In some ways actors for the new stuff acknowledging the transphobia they are standing with is worse than if they just stay silent or even overtly support it. “Yes i know i am collaborating with the worlds no.1 transphobe destroying trans rights, HOWEVER“
Cis society would rather try to buy of their guilt with donations than let their support for Goebbels’ childrens books die
Lol lmao i mean youre still doing Harry Potter so get fucked but very funny tho how this fully acknowledges the Harry Potter brand and trans rights are fully opposed to the point of businesses trying to do carbon offset but for fascist collaboration lmao www.them.us/story/czech-...
August 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
In some ways actors for the new stuff acknowledging the transphobia they are standing with is worse than if they just stay silent or even overtly support it. “Yes i know i am collaborating with the worlds no.1 transphobe destroying trans rights, HOWEVER“
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“We won’t go back.”
‘View from the entrance to the Rohwer Internment Camp where my family and I were sent. Circa 1943.’
‘View from the entrance to the Rohwer Internment Camp where my family and I were sent. Circa 1943.’
August 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“We won’t go back.”
‘View from the entrance to the Rohwer Internment Camp where my family and I were sent. Circa 1943.’
‘View from the entrance to the Rohwer Internment Camp where my family and I were sent. Circa 1943.’
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holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
August 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
Random man, saying what we all are thinking...
“The reception was mostly warm besides an occasional detractor, including a man who pulled Cuomo in for a handshake, took out his phone for a selfie, and as the former three-term governor of New York smiled for the camera, told him, ‘I can’t wait to watch you lose again.’”
Andrew Cuomo gets out on the streets of New York as he tries to take City Hall | CNN Politics
Andrew Cuomo made his way across New York City’s five boroughs over the weekend stopping into public housing cookouts in Harlem, pouring rum behind a bar in Brooklyn and walking in the Colombian Day P...
www.cnn.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Random man, saying what we all are thinking...
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Good summary. Also, given that we have killing, persistent heat afflicting half this country and people have budgets, AI is at this moment almost certainly causing deaths for people who can no longer afford to cool their homes.
In summary:
1. Something that is effectively eliminating jobs (AI) and causing more climate change problems,
2. Is putting more of a burden on the average consumer, especially those who are in lower income brackets,
3. Who have to suffer environmentally as a result.
wapo.st/4kY7C2k
1. Something that is effectively eliminating jobs (AI) and causing more climate change problems,
2. Is putting more of a burden on the average consumer, especially those who are in lower income brackets,
3. Who have to suffer environmentally as a result.
wapo.st/4kY7C2k
The AI explosion means millions are paying more for electricity
Across much of the eastern U.S., electricity bills have jumped. The reason? Data centers required for AI and other tech wonders are driving up electricity demand.
wapo.st
July 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Good summary. Also, given that we have killing, persistent heat afflicting half this country and people have budgets, AI is at this moment almost certainly causing deaths for people who can no longer afford to cool their homes.
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"Liberate this city from socialists and burdensome leadership." If that's not regime change, I don't know what to tell you.
The inflection point is now.
The inflection point is now.
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Liberate this city from socialists and burdensome leadership." If that's not regime change, I don't know what to tell you.
The inflection point is now.
The inflection point is now.
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Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
April 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
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It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books
A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.
www.chron.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
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I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...
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If there’s one thing that makes sense it’s that after just this, other world leaders will definitely all go: oh sure America, need to make long term deals that I want to be stable and honored with her
April 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If there’s one thing that makes sense it’s that after just this, other world leaders will definitely all go: oh sure America, need to make long term deals that I want to be stable and honored with her
Whimsical skedaddler...omg.
I just need everyone to watch this and understand I have been laughing about it for 24 hours
April 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Whimsical skedaddler...omg.
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Gang members should not be disappeared to an unaccountable torture prison either.
April 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Gang members should not be disappeared to an unaccountable torture prison either.
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Nobody knew how bad this would be, except for the many people whose warnings I dismissed, but they don’t count.
Actually a good distillation of the mindset. Having already unpersoned everyone who understood what was happening, there’s no need to reconsider the belief in one’s inherent superiority.
Actually a good distillation of the mindset. Having already unpersoned everyone who understood what was happening, there’s no need to reconsider the belief in one’s inherent superiority.
April 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Nobody knew how bad this would be, except for the many people whose warnings I dismissed, but they don’t count.
Actually a good distillation of the mindset. Having already unpersoned everyone who understood what was happening, there’s no need to reconsider the belief in one’s inherent superiority.
Actually a good distillation of the mindset. Having already unpersoned everyone who understood what was happening, there’s no need to reconsider the belief in one’s inherent superiority.
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The pandemic conditioned people to see the disabled as acceptable losses
Once you sacrifice an entire group of people, it gets easier for fascism to take hold.
The Spanish flu gave way to Nazis, where the disabled were the first people killed.
Want to fight fascism? Engage in disability justice
Once you sacrifice an entire group of people, it gets easier for fascism to take hold.
The Spanish flu gave way to Nazis, where the disabled were the first people killed.
Want to fight fascism? Engage in disability justice
March 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The pandemic conditioned people to see the disabled as acceptable losses
Once you sacrifice an entire group of people, it gets easier for fascism to take hold.
The Spanish flu gave way to Nazis, where the disabled were the first people killed.
Want to fight fascism? Engage in disability justice
Once you sacrifice an entire group of people, it gets easier for fascism to take hold.
The Spanish flu gave way to Nazis, where the disabled were the first people killed.
Want to fight fascism? Engage in disability justice
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So as someone who is 1/2 French, I NEVER want to hear shit from Americans again about the cowardice of the French during WW2. Say what you want about the traitorous Vichy French, they had literal Panzer units bearing down on them. NYU is afraid of what? Getting their research grant revoked? JFC.
March 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So as someone who is 1/2 French, I NEVER want to hear shit from Americans again about the cowardice of the French during WW2. Say what you want about the traitorous Vichy French, they had literal Panzer units bearing down on them. NYU is afraid of what? Getting their research grant revoked? JFC.
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NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
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I've never heard a louder silence in all my days.
CIA Dir. Ratcliffe: My communications to be clear in a signal message group were entirely permissible and lawful and did not include classified information.
Sen. Warner: If it's not classified, share the texts with the committee
Sen. Warner: If it's not classified, share the texts with the committee
March 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I've never heard a louder silence in all my days.
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Friendly reminder that your taxes pay Geo Group and CoreCivic (the two largest owners of private prisons including ICE facilities) billions of dollars and they use it to starve people to death.
Behind every human rights violation in American history is some asshole sitting on a pile of money.
Behind every human rights violation in American history is some asshole sitting on a pile of money.
Migrants found dead at Krome Detention Center in Miami, due to possible starvation and dehydration.
The facility, which was a detention facility prior to it being converted for ICE use, has a max capacity of 500.
The facility, which was a detention facility prior to it being converted for ICE use, has a max capacity of 500.
‘They are being treated like dogs': Families concerned over living conditions at Krome Detention Center
Family members of detainees being held at Krome Detention Center are speaking out about the alleged harsh conditions of the facility.
www.nbcmiami.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Friendly reminder that your taxes pay Geo Group and CoreCivic (the two largest owners of private prisons including ICE facilities) billions of dollars and they use it to starve people to death.
Behind every human rights violation in American history is some asshole sitting on a pile of money.
Behind every human rights violation in American history is some asshole sitting on a pile of money.
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You know he isn’t looking for people who are hostile to the US; he’s looking for people who don’t like him.
March 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
You know he isn’t looking for people who are hostile to the US; he’s looking for people who don’t like him.
Even if you don't know how much the IMLS matters in your community...it does.
There is a LOT of reporting on IMLS right now, but it's being done by people who know what it is. The DOE being dismantled is overshadowing this and that's being done INTENTIONALLY.
But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it.
Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.
But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it.
Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.
Screenshot in case the main post gets taken down
March 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Even if you don't know how much the IMLS matters in your community...it does.
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The smallest red carpet ever. And it’s in a puddle.🤣🤣🤣
Bravo Canada 👏🏽
Bravo Canada 👏🏽
March 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The smallest red carpet ever. And it’s in a puddle.🤣🤣🤣
Bravo Canada 👏🏽
Bravo Canada 👏🏽
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I’m sick to death of people saying we’re “descending” into fascism. The fascism is ALREADY here. THIS IS WHAT IF FEELS LIKE.
And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.”
@michaelharriot.bsky.social explains
And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.”
@michaelharriot.bsky.social explains
The 'Threat to Democracy' Is Over
It's time to admit that the fascism we feared is already here.
www.contrabandcamp.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I’m sick to death of people saying we’re “descending” into fascism. The fascism is ALREADY here. THIS IS WHAT IF FEELS LIKE.
And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.”
@michaelharriot.bsky.social explains
And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.”
@michaelharriot.bsky.social explains