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genna. archivist, soft gothic marxist, problem. historivist on the bird site, pauperluna on the elephant site & movie review site, apossiblething on the photo/shopping scams site. mainer 🌲 inexplicably still living in rhode island. she/her.
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One of the most popular and crowd-pleasing arias in classical opera, "Perché non c'è cibo nella mia ciotola, donna?" tells an emotional tale of a desperately malnourished waif and translates into English as "Why Is There No Food In My Bowl, Woman?"
January 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
One of the most popular and crowd-pleasing arias in classical opera, "Perché non c'è cibo nella mia ciotola, donna?" tells an emotional tale of a desperately malnourished waif and translates into English as "Why Is There No Food In My Bowl, Woman?"
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Cork, Ireland half an hour ago.
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Cork, Ireland half an hour ago.
We have been in zoom land for almost six years and I have only just figured out I should put my computer on night mode so it is not blasting blue light at my face while I am on camera
January 19, 2026 at 10:46 PM
We have been in zoom land for almost six years and I have only just figured out I should put my computer on night mode so it is not blasting blue light at my face while I am on camera
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WAIT WHAT THE FUCK
Thanks. We have folks in our community giving vulnerable students rides to school, and a teacher shared that they were putting small stuffed animals on their dashboards to help kids identify safe cars. ICE picked up on it and started doing the same. Horrifying.
January 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM
WAIT WHAT THE FUCK
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There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
January 18, 2026 at 12:22 AM
There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
My friend got me into playing Palia and the aesthetic is really "Arcane if it didn't traumatize you"
January 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
My friend got me into playing Palia and the aesthetic is really "Arcane if it didn't traumatize you"
I really thought the motion to impeach Noem really would have taken off by now
January 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I really thought the motion to impeach Noem really would have taken off by now
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It is kind of grimly interesting to watch the administration try to figure out a reason to shoot themselves (and us) in the gut for a reason beyond "island big on map. want"
We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate
January 18, 2026 at 3:24 PM
It is kind of grimly interesting to watch the administration try to figure out a reason to shoot themselves (and us) in the gut for a reason beyond "island big on map. want"
I apparently have a telehealth visit with my neurosurgeon this week but never got any sort of announcement until they sent me a pre check-in email. I log in and see I supposedly had another telehealth visit Jan 2, which I absolutely did not have. What is going on over there
January 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I apparently have a telehealth visit with my neurosurgeon this week but never got any sort of announcement until they sent me a pre check-in email. I log in and see I supposedly had another telehealth visit Jan 2, which I absolutely did not have. What is going on over there
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ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
I'm not into political science but giving another head of state your Nobel Peace Prize when that head of state will not even endorse you is such a weak move, like how sycophantic can you be
January 16, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I'm not into political science but giving another head of state your Nobel Peace Prize when that head of state will not even endorse you is such a weak move, like how sycophantic can you be
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just thinking about all the friends I met on Twitter. how fun it was. how I found every job that way.
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
just thinking about all the friends I met on Twitter. how fun it was. how I found every job that way.
Why are Zooms SO soporific? If I couldn't handle a lecture then I would not have made it through school. As soon as it is on a screen though, I am ready to be asleep
January 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Why are Zooms SO soporific? If I couldn't handle a lecture then I would not have made it through school. As soon as it is on a screen though, I am ready to be asleep
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Maps have a long tradition of being used for propaganda. I think this is partly because maps are often seen as authoritative. Co-opting that trust can lend credibility to absurd notions.
But all maps are arguments. They all communicate values. They should all be challenged. Start with this one.
But all maps are arguments. They all communicate values. They should all be challenged. Start with this one.
US Secretary of the Interior posts prevailing, still current view of US Administration. The propaganda imagery is getting tiring, and yet maps are still popular.
January 15, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Maps have a long tradition of being used for propaganda. I think this is partly because maps are often seen as authoritative. Co-opting that trust can lend credibility to absurd notions.
But all maps are arguments. They all communicate values. They should all be challenged. Start with this one.
But all maps are arguments. They all communicate values. They should all be challenged. Start with this one.
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It's basically a line by line parody of @lukeoneil47.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
It's basically a line by line parody of @lukeoneil47.bsky.social
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🚨🚨Breaking: "Sweden has sent military to Greenland".
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
JUST NU: Danska beskedet – skjuter tillbaka vid attack
Danmarks besked: Kungarikets soldater skjuter tillbaka om Grönland attackeras. Sverige har skickat militär till ön – mitt i den inflammerade dragkampen om den. ”Det är på förfrågan från Danmark”, skri...
www.expressen.se
January 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
🚨🚨Breaking: "Sweden has sent military to Greenland".
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
I'm so excited to see a presentation on this collection at the NEA spring conference: www.masshist.org/collection-g.... Also maybe we need to bring this organization back
Boston Anti-Man-Hunting League Records,
1846-1887
www.masshist.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I'm so excited to see a presentation on this collection at the NEA spring conference: www.masshist.org/collection-g.... Also maybe we need to bring this organization back
I really need SAA to make the August 2025 embroidery art by Rachel Searcy available as a patch for my denim jacket
January 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I really need SAA to make the August 2025 embroidery art by Rachel Searcy available as a patch for my denim jacket
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Any government, when the subject of better funding of mental healthcare is raised:
January 14, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Any government, when the subject of better funding of mental healthcare is raised:
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The doj purge to ensure they can manufacture a narrative that punishes the victims is textbook protest to fascist consolidation. The doj is being destroyed and fully replaced with a fascist regime arm here.
This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The doj purge to ensure they can manufacture a narrative that punishes the victims is textbook protest to fascist consolidation. The doj is being destroyed and fully replaced with a fascist regime arm here.
I had The Lion in Winter paused on my laptop and Tubi accidentally played through like five other theatrical films from the '60s, which I will now be watching
January 13, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I had The Lion in Winter paused on my laptop and Tubi accidentally played through like five other theatrical films from the '60s, which I will now be watching
Hearing about AI-generated holograms of Holocaust survivors as educational tools has me ready to go live in the woods and never look at a screen again. I have so many garbled thoughts but they boil down to it's ontologically evil to replace natural, human intelligence and endeavor with a computer.
January 13, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Hearing about AI-generated holograms of Holocaust survivors as educational tools has me ready to go live in the woods and never look at a screen again. I have so many garbled thoughts but they boil down to it's ontologically evil to replace natural, human intelligence and endeavor with a computer.
Unlocked a memory of my fifth grade class's colonial newspaper project, in which my best friend and I created a Dilbert knockoff called Gilbert about a guy with an unruly cravat
rather than talk about Scott Adams I want to talk about something weirder (me). Who else was really into Dilbert when you were 12. Who else was like, boy, I can't wait to work a cubicle job
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Unlocked a memory of my fifth grade class's colonial newspaper project, in which my best friend and I created a Dilbert knockoff called Gilbert about a guy with an unruly cravat
Feeling pretty Not OK and Professionally Bored and having trouble hiding it, but now that I am supervising two early-career archivists it is kind of important that I get it together and can support them
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Feeling pretty Not OK and Professionally Bored and having trouble hiding it, but now that I am supervising two early-career archivists it is kind of important that I get it together and can support them
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The problem is that the child porn website is owned by the richest man in the world, who no one wants to pick a fight with, and even less so now that he's aligned with the president of the U.S., himself a maniacal sex criminal. Nothing gets fixed without breaking the political power of big money
I am once again reminding you all that the UK government introduced an Online Safety Act that is effectively a porn ban on most adult porn websites, but is dithering over banning a website that is actually creating child porn.
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The problem is that the child porn website is owned by the richest man in the world, who no one wants to pick a fight with, and even less so now that he's aligned with the president of the U.S., himself a maniacal sex criminal. Nothing gets fixed without breaking the political power of big money