Marlaina
@lionsroar.bsky.social
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Marlaina
@lionsroar.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Hello, hello! I’m a queer, GNC, fat artist and educator in Arizona. I love making and reading zines, learning new info and skills, and connecting with humans and the natural world. Please say hi! I love new friends.
Alright. Time to have some tea and some of my little herbal calm-down potion thing. And time to make some art.
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Alright. Time to have some tea and some of my little herbal calm-down potion thing. And time to make some art.
Feeling like an open wound 🎶oh yeah, feeling like I’ve been flayed open 🎶 yep, feeling like a big raw nerve 🪇
December 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Feeling like an open wound 🎶oh yeah, feeling like I’ve been flayed open 🎶 yep, feeling like a big raw nerve 🪇
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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
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For Black Friday, why not spend some extra bucks supporting independent journalism made by and for trans people?
We run on a shoestring budget to provide some of the most hard-hitting journalism out there, so any support goes a long way!
We operate on a pay-what-you-can scale. See the link below!
We run on a shoestring budget to provide some of the most hard-hitting journalism out there, so any support goes a long way!
We operate on a pay-what-you-can scale. See the link below!
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November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For Black Friday, why not spend some extra bucks supporting independent journalism made by and for trans people?
We run on a shoestring budget to provide some of the most hard-hitting journalism out there, so any support goes a long way!
We operate on a pay-what-you-can scale. See the link below!
We run on a shoestring budget to provide some of the most hard-hitting journalism out there, so any support goes a long way!
We operate on a pay-what-you-can scale. See the link below!
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Reminder: you don't have to engage with AI as an instructor. You can talk about AI--even build AI literacy, if you want to call it that--and still not engage directly with a brutal, unethical, ecologically disastrous bundle of technologies. Regardless of institutional pressure, you can refuse.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reminder: you don't have to engage with AI as an instructor. You can talk about AI--even build AI literacy, if you want to call it that--and still not engage directly with a brutal, unethical, ecologically disastrous bundle of technologies. Regardless of institutional pressure, you can refuse.
I fully believe that we can build better futures. In this moment, though, I’m feeling tremendous grief and fear for the suffering and loss that comes with the exchange of power and the dissolution of ruling bodies.
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I fully believe that we can build better futures. In this moment, though, I’m feeling tremendous grief and fear for the suffering and loss that comes with the exchange of power and the dissolution of ruling bodies.
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And I swear, once again, this is not dunking on kids. We are seeing this at all levels--even grad students. AI + social media has had a profound impact on how we think and process our world, and we can't stop to reflect on it, because billionaires keep hurling addictive tech at us.
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
And I swear, once again, this is not dunking on kids. We are seeing this at all levels--even grad students. AI + social media has had a profound impact on how we think and process our world, and we can't stop to reflect on it, because billionaires keep hurling addictive tech at us.
I have so many thoughts on this whole thread but I need to sort through them. We have such incredible trauma and fatigue. Such information overload and more knowledge of the global suffering at play. Our country’s complicity in and perpetration of that suffering. Many people are so shut down
It's like they just keep...forgetting? Or they read the instructions and completely disregard them, even knowing that they can't pass the assignment without demonstrating really clear skills (citing material, writing on a course text, etc.). They just...don't do it. And don't seem to care.
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I have so many thoughts on this whole thread but I need to sort through them. We have such incredible trauma and fatigue. Such information overload and more knowledge of the global suffering at play. Our country’s complicity in and perpetration of that suffering. Many people are so shut down
At the hospital with Ma, waiting on them to order a bunch of bloodwork and tests. She’s had shortness of breath, but she’s stable. It’s always a circus navigating long COVID and dysautonomia discussions w staff, largely bc they can have poor reactions. At least we were lauded for typing up a page
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
At the hospital with Ma, waiting on them to order a bunch of bloodwork and tests. She’s had shortness of breath, but she’s stable. It’s always a circus navigating long COVID and dysautonomia discussions w staff, largely bc they can have poor reactions. At least we were lauded for typing up a page
I was just talking about this with my mom, who’s suffering with moderate-to-severe LC. I’m looking forward to reading this and sharing w her.
Nice review from Tim Henrich et al laying out a framework for thinking about how the complex landscape of prior, concurrent, and subsequent microbial infection (viral, microbial, fungal) may interact w Covid infection and whether that might play a role in Long Covid elifesciences.org/articles/106...
The role of co-infection in the pathogenesis of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and development of post-acute sequelae: A perspective
Unraveling mechanisms underlying post-acute SARS-CoV-2 sequelae (long COVID) and finding therapeutic solutions require a full understanding of the causative role of SARS-CoV-2 persistence and/or infec...
elifesciences.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I was just talking about this with my mom, who’s suffering with moderate-to-severe LC. I’m looking forward to reading this and sharing w her.
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These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
I will forever beat this drum!!! It’s genuinely one of many reasons I quit my last job. They were entirely unwilling to improve HVAC filtration and indoor air quality for myself and my students.
If I were an employer, I'd measure and graph CO₂ levels in the workplace. If levels were above 800, I'd prioritize HVAC upgrades over every other workplace investment, and I'd get CO₂ below 800 during work hours.
My employees would be healthier and more productive. It's just good business.
My employees would be healthier and more productive. It's just good business.
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I will forever beat this drum!!! It’s genuinely one of many reasons I quit my last job. They were entirely unwilling to improve HVAC filtration and indoor air quality for myself and my students.
Did a little photo shoot with the bees and the fairy duster plant! I got the pillbox hat at a vintage shop the other week and this is its debut.
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Did a little photo shoot with the bees and the fairy duster plant! I got the pillbox hat at a vintage shop the other week and this is its debut.
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Moving tribute to Alice Wong from Rebecca Cokley: “Alice was constantly watching what people were doing, & lifting up people whose work she thought deserved attention & amplification. This was core to the creation of the Disability Visibility Project.”
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong
Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.
www.thenation.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Moving tribute to Alice Wong from Rebecca Cokley: “Alice was constantly watching what people were doing, & lifting up people whose work she thought deserved attention & amplification. This was core to the creation of the Disability Visibility Project.”
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Climate data and literacy are necessary for making informed decisions as we adapt to a shifting climate.
Educators should use these databases and visualization tools to engage students in justice-centered, place-based investigations of climate and environmental phenomena.
Educators should use these databases and visualization tools to engage students in justice-centered, place-based investigations of climate and environmental phenomena.
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Climate data and literacy are necessary for making informed decisions as we adapt to a shifting climate.
Educators should use these databases and visualization tools to engage students in justice-centered, place-based investigations of climate and environmental phenomena.
Educators should use these databases and visualization tools to engage students in justice-centered, place-based investigations of climate and environmental phenomena.
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NEW RESOURCE: The current administration took down many federal #EnvironmentalJustice & #ClimateJustice databases.
Our new @stemteachingtool.bsky.social lifts up various efforts that have republished those vital data & visualization tools:
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/106
#SciEd #TeachClimate
Our new @stemteachingtool.bsky.social lifts up various efforts that have republished those vital data & visualization tools:
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/106
#SciEd #TeachClimate
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
NEW RESOURCE: The current administration took down many federal #EnvironmentalJustice & #ClimateJustice databases.
Our new @stemteachingtool.bsky.social lifts up various efforts that have republished those vital data & visualization tools:
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/106
#SciEd #TeachClimate
Our new @stemteachingtool.bsky.social lifts up various efforts that have republished those vital data & visualization tools:
➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/106
#SciEd #TeachClimate
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imagine looking like this while writing tasks for a show that's basically saw for middle aged people
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
imagine looking like this while writing tasks for a show that's basically saw for middle aged people
D’you ever get weepy while reading perfume oil descriptions? The Hundred-Acre Wood collection has me feeling like an ocean contained by the thinnest of membranes. Sigh, I want them all. @bpal.bsky.social
The Hundred-Acre Wood – Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
blackphoenixalchemylab.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
D’you ever get weepy while reading perfume oil descriptions? The Hundred-Acre Wood collection has me feeling like an ocean contained by the thinnest of membranes. Sigh, I want them all. @bpal.bsky.social
I need to decide what I want to weave. HmmMMM. Maybe just something abstract to start?? I’ve got my lap loom ready, at least. Maybe I just start and see what happens…
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I need to decide what I want to weave. HmmMMM. Maybe just something abstract to start?? I’ve got my lap loom ready, at least. Maybe I just start and see what happens…
Rewatching series 14 of TM and I forgot just how pathetic and maudlin old Kearnsey is. I’m absolutely obsessed with this wet dog of a man. Sarah and Munya are absolute delights. I feel humongous kinship with Fern.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Rewatching series 14 of TM and I forgot just how pathetic and maudlin old Kearnsey is. I’m absolutely obsessed with this wet dog of a man. Sarah and Munya are absolute delights. I feel humongous kinship with Fern.
“Hammersmith Bridge’s closure worked similarly: people tried new transport modes and often found they were better.” Fascinating read!
I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
nickmaini.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
“Hammersmith Bridge’s closure worked similarly: people tried new transport modes and often found they were better.” Fascinating read!
Might someone tuck me gently inside of a large pasta shell, nestled in with warm herb-filled ricotta, and covered in tomato sauce and Parmesan? Might someone do this for me?
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Might someone tuck me gently inside of a large pasta shell, nestled in with warm herb-filled ricotta, and covered in tomato sauce and Parmesan? Might someone do this for me?
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Cyberpunk is every time you go to a taco bell and one of the menu screens is fucked up
September 8, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Cyberpunk is every time you go to a taco bell and one of the menu screens is fucked up
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I'm saving over 300/month on food shopping by just eating whatever comes floating down the creek
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm saving over 300/month on food shopping by just eating whatever comes floating down the creek
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A bit more on this podcast and how it is meant to operate. This is kind of a new idea (I think) so it might not work. It might, though. I think you'll like the story, regardless.
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A bit more on this podcast and how it is meant to operate. This is kind of a new idea (I think) so it might not work. It might, though. I think you'll like the story, regardless.