Ermengarde Gersberms 🏳️🌈♠️
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she/her. Techie by day, crafter by night. SF Bay Area. Aro ace.
The conservative war against desegregation continues.
The @washingtonpost.com layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, per data from the @postguild.bsky.social.
50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members, 45% of Black members, and 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members, 45% of Black members, and 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows
"We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization."
www.niemanlab.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The conservative war against desegregation continues.
Roses are red
Cain and Abel were brothers
Cain and Abel were brothers
ICYMI: Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
dlvr.it
February 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Roses are red
Cain and Abel were brothers
Cain and Abel were brothers
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if someone can come up with working adversarial garment that fucks with smart glasses, to almost any extent, I will not only buy it myself but promote it religiously
ideally something that does lasting damage, but even compromising certain functions is better than nothing
who is working on this??
ideally something that does lasting damage, but even compromising certain functions is better than nothing
who is working on this??
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
if someone can come up with working adversarial garment that fucks with smart glasses, to almost any extent, I will not only buy it myself but promote it religiously
ideally something that does lasting damage, but even compromising certain functions is better than nothing
who is working on this??
ideally something that does lasting damage, but even compromising certain functions is better than nothing
who is working on this??
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👇🎯 @willbunch.bsky.social is right. The reason all the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - from 1865 to now - is because there are never any actual legal, personal, & professional consequences for the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics. That must change this time.
Gift article: "We won’t get anything resembling democracy until we clear that widespread debris, and that means sending a bunch of these liars to prison, because they are the real criminals. America desperately needs truth and consequences."
The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison. | Will Bunch
The outrageous lies of the Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a commerce secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished.
share.inquirer.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
👇🎯 @willbunch.bsky.social is right. The reason all the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - from 1865 to now - is because there are never any actual legal, personal, & professional consequences for the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics. That must change this time.
Is anyone doing work on jamming these? I’m in.
Disaster capitalism.
“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns…”
“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns…”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Is anyone doing work on jamming these? I’m in.
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"Racist people are firing and laying off Black women at three times the rate of other women."
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
Black Women Are Losing Jobs At Three Times The Rate Of Other Women | Essence
New labor data shows Black women accounted for a disproportionate share of job losses across 2025, especially in federal, education, and care-sector roles.
www.essence.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"Racist people are firing and laying off Black women at three times the rate of other women."
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
/rolls up sleeves
When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 AM
/rolls up sleeves
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
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ATTN: Doctor Who fans! I'm looking to host a game of Who-themed Family Feud at next year's Gallifrey One (almost certainly an unofficial event).
If you are a fan of Doctor Who, please consider clicking the link to fill out the survey and sharing it with others. One response per person, please.
If you are a fan of Doctor Who, please consider clicking the link to fill out the survey and sharing it with others. One response per person, please.
Doctor Who Family Feud Survey
Please answer all questions with a short word or phrase (the survey will not allow you to leave answers blank). Although you have to sign-in (this is to discourage the submission of multiple…
docs.google.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
ATTN: Doctor Who fans! I'm looking to host a game of Who-themed Family Feud at next year's Gallifrey One (almost certainly an unofficial event).
If you are a fan of Doctor Who, please consider clicking the link to fill out the survey and sharing it with others. One response per person, please.
If you are a fan of Doctor Who, please consider clicking the link to fill out the survey and sharing it with others. One response per person, please.
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UPDATE: gave my “LGBTQIA+ Fan Meetup” ribbon to a teen, so they could melt their friend into a little puddle of envy. #gally1
Saw a “Gay the Pray Away” shirt that was 🔥🔥🔥. We are an Extremely Queer fandom and I love that about us. #gally1
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 AM
UPDATE: gave my “LGBTQIA+ Fan Meetup” ribbon to a teen, so they could melt their friend into a little puddle of envy. #gally1
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Everyone making noise about Olympic Skater Ilia Malinin (a white dude) pulling off the first legal backflip in competition as if he is a revolutionary skater needs to remember Surya Bonaly (black girl) completed a backflip in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics and was penalized for it
I call Bullshit
I call Bullshit
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Everyone making noise about Olympic Skater Ilia Malinin (a white dude) pulling off the first legal backflip in competition as if he is a revolutionary skater needs to remember Surya Bonaly (black girl) completed a backflip in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics and was penalized for it
I call Bullshit
I call Bullshit
As always at #gally1 I’m torn between “dammit I should do more costuming” and “how are they even DOING these costumes, do they all have magic sewing machines”
February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
As always at #gally1 I’m torn between “dammit I should do more costuming” and “how are they even DOING these costumes, do they all have magic sewing machines”
Kasey compares the experience of spending hours in the makeup chair to a relaxing spa. I’ve always wondered if they are not in fact super-bored, so I’m glad to hear it’s at least theoretically enjoyable. #gally1
February 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Kasey compares the experience of spending hours in the makeup chair to a relaxing spa. I’ve always wondered if they are not in fact super-bored, so I’m glad to hear it’s at least theoretically enjoyable. #gally1
February 8, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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Millie Gibson: “You forty-year-olds are amazing!” … “I had to get a movement coach to teach me how to walk as if I was forty!” #gally1
February 8, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Hell, I even agree that gerrymandering is bad and we should do proportional representation or multi member districts or something—but to pretend that this is a symmetric problem is to actively lie.
The headlines are embarrassing, but the editorials themselves are roughly self-consistent.
February 8, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Hell, I even agree that gerrymandering is bad and we should do proportional representation or multi member districts or something—but to pretend that this is a symmetric problem is to actively lie.
@logopolis.bsky.social displays effortless, casual mastery of a single twenty-year-old season of Who. Off the top of his head, like. #gally1
February 7, 2026 at 9:46 PM
@logopolis.bsky.social displays effortless, casual mastery of a single twenty-year-old season of Who. Off the top of his head, like. #gally1