Madam Librarian Marilyn (she/her)
@nefariousnautilus.bsky.social
Librarian, scientist (seabirds for LIFE), dancer, community theater performer
They were already blocked in the “Trump Enablers” list, but I reported them for violence—> human trafficking 😇
Block instantly.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:31 AM
They were already blocked in the “Trump Enablers” list, but I reported them for violence—> human trafficking 😇
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Too many people are trying to differentiate between ICE and police.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Too many people are trying to differentiate between ICE and police.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
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People of color > me on this so if they correct me, listen, but Say Her Name is reserved for Black, Brown, and Indigenous women BECAUSE they suffer state violence but will never be remembered the way Renee will. Renee died horribly. Her whiteness will guarantee a legacy women of color DO NOT GET.
January 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
People of color > me on this so if they correct me, listen, but Say Her Name is reserved for Black, Brown, and Indigenous women BECAUSE they suffer state violence but will never be remembered the way Renee will. Renee died horribly. Her whiteness will guarantee a legacy women of color DO NOT GET.
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The guy who first dressed as Portland Frog, a major symbol of our protest and then other national protests, has been arrested while peacefully protesting. Prints of this painting by Simran Gleason are being sold to support his defense. www.simrangleason.com/prints/p/por... #pdx #protest
January 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The guy who first dressed as Portland Frog, a major symbol of our protest and then other national protests, has been arrested while peacefully protesting. Prints of this painting by Simran Gleason are being sold to support his defense. www.simrangleason.com/prints/p/por... #pdx #protest
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"shitting on ai makes you sound like a Luddite" oh okay, thank you! Luddites were cool as hell
January 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
"shitting on ai makes you sound like a Luddite" oh okay, thank you! Luddites were cool as hell
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The financial instability of The NewsHour is a civic crisis. PBS’s flagship nightly news broadcast can’t fund a weekend broadcast or keep its last bureau — Phoenix — open.
PBS News notes this Sunday will be “PBS News Weekend’s” last due to federal budget cuts
January 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The financial instability of The NewsHour is a civic crisis. PBS’s flagship nightly news broadcast can’t fund a weekend broadcast or keep its last bureau — Phoenix — open.
Reading Ari Baran’s Delay of Game and they’re just bros! Who just really want to win a cup for their best buddy! And also maybe suck each other’s dicks for good luck! And just like. Keep it bros and not be weird! These oblivious sweet traumatized chuckleheads are making my heart hurt.
January 9, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Reading Ari Baran’s Delay of Game and they’re just bros! Who just really want to win a cup for their best buddy! And also maybe suck each other’s dicks for good luck! And just like. Keep it bros and not be weird! These oblivious sweet traumatized chuckleheads are making my heart hurt.
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And just in a practical sense, don’t discount the mental health benefits of Doing Something. Just—and please listen to Grandma Liz here, who has been Doing Activism for a very long time—let go of the expectation of seeing results. This fight is endless. There are gains and losses. But it still helps
My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I call Tommy Tuberville every fucking week, multiple times a week, because he can be evil but I don't have to let him do it without pushback.
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 AM
And just in a practical sense, don’t discount the mental health benefits of Doing Something. Just—and please listen to Grandma Liz here, who has been Doing Activism for a very long time—let go of the expectation of seeing results. This fight is endless. There are gains and losses. But it still helps
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this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
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The sleight of hand is getting people to agree that there are kinds of people who should be punished, surveilled, treated as lying or incompetent until they prove otherwise.
I’m not talking about the people who enjoy punching down. Obviously that comes from somewhere darker.
I’m just saying that if you haven’t noticed ever dared say “no one is free until we are all free” and didn’t quite mean all in your heart of hearts—
You’re helping the darkness.
I’m just saying that if you haven’t noticed ever dared say “no one is free until we are all free” and didn’t quite mean all in your heart of hearts—
You’re helping the darkness.
December 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The sleight of hand is getting people to agree that there are kinds of people who should be punished, surveilled, treated as lying or incompetent until they prove otherwise.
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Statements like this? Are why minorities don't trust White people politics. Because it communicates that if the switch-up is juuuust right, you'll trade our interests for whatever you think is worth more. After all, "there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests."
Politics is not fan culture—none of these people are your friends. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.
We can be grateful that MTG is against Trump without liking her or thinking of her as a long-term ally. The anti-Trump coalition must be huge.
We can be grateful that MTG is against Trump without liking her or thinking of her as a long-term ally. The anti-Trump coalition must be huge.
December 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Statements like this? Are why minorities don't trust White people politics. Because it communicates that if the switch-up is juuuust right, you'll trade our interests for whatever you think is worth more. After all, "there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests."
I may never leave the cottage again. #HeatedRivalry
December 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I may never leave the cottage again. #HeatedRivalry
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
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It. Doesn't. Actually. Understand. A. Single. Word. Of. What. It. Is. Fed.
It just chops up sentences and calculates how often words follow each other. That's it. Nothing more. It can't summarize material for you because it doesn't understand that material.
It just chops up sentences and calculates how often words follow each other. That's it. Nothing more. It can't summarize material for you because it doesn't understand that material.
What about this is controversial? Beginning an inquiry by using AI to survey material is a very normal and appropriate use.
December 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It. Doesn't. Actually. Understand. A. Single. Word. Of. What. It. Is. Fed.
It just chops up sentences and calculates how often words follow each other. That's it. Nothing more. It can't summarize material for you because it doesn't understand that material.
It just chops up sentences and calculates how often words follow each other. That's it. Nothing more. It can't summarize material for you because it doesn't understand that material.
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I've said it before but there is no such thing as "AI". It's a deliberate misnomer that functions as propaganda for "the brain is just a computer" arm of tech. And there's a whole fucked up ouroboros of dehumanization/misogyny/racism involved in that sphere.
December 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I've said it before but there is no such thing as "AI". It's a deliberate misnomer that functions as propaganda for "the brain is just a computer" arm of tech. And there's a whole fucked up ouroboros of dehumanization/misogyny/racism involved in that sphere.
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I really do not care if the guy who has raped kids is from my political party. My moral philosophy is that you don't rape kids, and there is nothing you can do that earns you a get-out-of-raping-kids-free card.
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I really do not care if the guy who has raped kids is from my political party. My moral philosophy is that you don't rape kids, and there is nothing you can do that earns you a get-out-of-raping-kids-free card.
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The thing that really gets me is back in 2014 I think bigots in NC tried to pass a bathroom ban & it blew up in their faces & when these same people came back with "fairness in sports" too many people took them seriously when it was an obvious change in tactics!
There’s a direct line from ‘just asking questions about women’s sports’ to criminalizing our health care, we warned you it was coming, you said it would be fine and you just had a few more questions.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The thing that really gets me is back in 2014 I think bigots in NC tried to pass a bathroom ban & it blew up in their faces & when these same people came back with "fairness in sports" too many people took them seriously when it was an obvious change in tactics!
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Man the universe is wild. Same time one door shut another 'door' called us.
We have an offer for a mini-van for 6k, if we can raise it ASAP.
🌠 Anyone wanna participate in a Wintermas miracle? 🕯️
A vehicle is the only chance we've got of making it.
0/$6,000 Will keep track nightly in this thread.
We have an offer for a mini-van for 6k, if we can raise it ASAP.
🌠 Anyone wanna participate in a Wintermas miracle? 🕯️
A vehicle is the only chance we've got of making it.
0/$6,000 Will keep track nightly in this thread.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Man the universe is wild. Same time one door shut another 'door' called us.
We have an offer for a mini-van for 6k, if we can raise it ASAP.
🌠 Anyone wanna participate in a Wintermas miracle? 🕯️
A vehicle is the only chance we've got of making it.
0/$6,000 Will keep track nightly in this thread.
We have an offer for a mini-van for 6k, if we can raise it ASAP.
🌠 Anyone wanna participate in a Wintermas miracle? 🕯️
A vehicle is the only chance we've got of making it.
0/$6,000 Will keep track nightly in this thread.
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Thank you to everyone who called today. I know calling feels useless sometimes. But without these calls, even more Ds might have folded and the future would become even worse. This isn't the only way we fight, but these calls still matter.
This is just five minutes. Please watch this and share it with anyone you think might be moved by it. And then call your US rep and tell them to vote AGAINST all of the anti-trans bills Republicans are pushing this week. Find your rep at reps.fyi
the full speech is something to see & is one of the reasons it is good to have a trans member of congress
youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...
youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...
December 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Thank you to everyone who called today. I know calling feels useless sometimes. But without these calls, even more Ds might have folded and the future would become even worse. This isn't the only way we fight, but these calls still matter.
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A former immigration judge alleged to DOJ that Trump fired her bc of her sex & national origin
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
The Justice Department’s rollback of disparate impact is just one new policy that makes it harder for people of color to challenge illegal discrimination.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A former immigration judge alleged to DOJ that Trump fired her bc of her sex & national origin
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Very disappointing.
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Very disappointing.
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I'm not sure I've ever seen anything with a larger disconnect between the executive class and the general public than AI - there have been cases where executives want to push something they know is unpopular, but on AI it's like the backlash hasn't penetrated their bubble at all
What gets me about executives at movie/videogame studios being taken aback at consumer backlash to AI is that they seem genuinely surprised that we like the human beings that make the things that we like
December 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm not sure I've ever seen anything with a larger disconnect between the executive class and the general public than AI - there have been cases where executives want to push something they know is unpopular, but on AI it's like the backlash hasn't penetrated their bubble at all
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If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
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Impeach him the second you get a majority, imo. Let this guy lay it all out.
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Impeach him the second you get a majority, imo. Let this guy lay it all out.