Karen Saunders
karenfran.bsky.social
Karen Saunders
@karenfran.bsky.social
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The familiar IDF maps are back, now with Tehran instead of Gaza or Lebanon and Farsi instead of Arabic. This massive area of Tehran is being threatened.
June 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
These constant attacks are aimed at getting struggling people to blame trans folks for their problems. And they’re designed to keep us all politically reactive, overwhelmed, and unfocused on the deep systemic failures of our society.

otherwords.org/trans-people...
Trans People Aren’t to Blame for Your Struggles - OtherWords
Anti-trans politicians want struggling people to blame trans folks for their problems. But we’re allies in the fight against hardships we know all too well.
otherwords.org
February 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“A 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez, who previously worked for two Elon Musk companies, has direct access to Treasury Department systems responsible for nearly all payments made by the US government, three sources tell WIRED."

Source article: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
www.wired.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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New comic: How to tell a Carpenter Bee from a Bumble Bee. Thanks watchingbees.com for the help!
Support me on Patreon for more content: www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
June 4, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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Every time I read articles about extremely wealthy people/companies engaging in unethical behavior to become even more wealthy, I think about this excerpt from the book the psychology of money.

The endless quest for more is so damaging, especially when pursed by those who already have enough.
June 2, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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Hey SFF community, can we help boost this small press doing big things like publishing bold new work and translating/publishing a story by Ihor Mysiak, who was killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

[I know you already do a lot, @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com but a share from you will help]
June 5, 2024 at 1:42 AM