Kathleen Childs
@octatonic.bsky.social
putting my thumb on the scale
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RIP to one of the best to ever do it. Absolute powerhouse and a legend.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
RIP to one of the best to ever do it. Absolute powerhouse and a legend.
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Reminder: If you shop on Amazon this weekend, or ever, I hope you get a baroque genital rash.
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Reminder: If you shop on Amazon this weekend, or ever, I hope you get a baroque genital rash.
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butlerian jihad but only for leaf blowers
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
butlerian jihad but only for leaf blowers
Angel on my shoulder: just play the regular bassline for this shitpost parody cover for your friends
Devil on my shoulder: What if Flea was good though. What would it sound like then.
Devil on my shoulder: What if Flea was good though. What would it sound like then.
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Angel on my shoulder: just play the regular bassline for this shitpost parody cover for your friends
Devil on my shoulder: What if Flea was good though. What would it sound like then.
Devil on my shoulder: What if Flea was good though. What would it sound like then.
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
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Nike supply chain workers across Asia are joining with US labor to shift the balance of power.
Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Help Workers. Labor Solidarity Across Borders Does.
Nike supply chain workers across Asia are joining with US labor to shift the balance of power.
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nike supply chain workers across Asia are joining with US labor to shift the balance of power.
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GRANDE DIA
Far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro arrested in Brazil
Far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro arrested in Brazil
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from the capital
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
GRANDE DIA
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Academic intros that go hard
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Academic intros that go hard
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"rejects conventional wisdom around representational politics, form or even what a movie is" -Sight and Sound
castration movie anthology
chapter i. incel superman
chapter ii. traps swan princess
available now ~ louiseweard.gumroad.com/l/castration...
youtu.be/2NsKOWWrARI?...
chapter i. incel superman
chapter ii. traps swan princess
available now ~ louiseweard.gumroad.com/l/castration...
youtu.be/2NsKOWWrARI?...
castration movie anthology i. traps (trailer)
YouTube video by Louise Weard
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"rejects conventional wisdom around representational politics, form or even what a movie is" -Sight and Sound
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SPREAD THIS FAR AND WIDE
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
SPREAD THIS FAR AND WIDE
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
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Glad to see education reporting on the heds here — because this is absolutely an education issue too.
As @people.com reported yesterday, more than 30,000 children in just one North Carolina district alone skipped class on Monday due to immigration raids: people.com/more-than-30...
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Glad to see education reporting on the heds here — because this is absolutely an education issue too.
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turns out to get in finity growth all you needed to do was multiply it by 74,
November 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
turns out to get in finity growth all you needed to do was multiply it by 74,
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This is why I love Ura. He’s facing a generational talent and he just throws everything into it anyways — win or lose, he’s having a great time. #sumo
Day7
Yz Ōnosato 6-0 (L)
M3 Ura 3-3 (R)
On the cusp of pink magic! Sato is already the only undefeated man in makuuchi #kyushubasho2025
Yz Ōnosato 6-0 (L)
M3 Ura 3-3 (R)
On the cusp of pink magic! Sato is already the only undefeated man in makuuchi #kyushubasho2025
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This is why I love Ura. He’s facing a generational talent and he just throws everything into it anyways — win or lose, he’s having a great time. #sumo
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RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
😢
If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
🏆
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
😢
If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
🏆
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
😢
If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
🏆
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Banjo-Tooie Ending E
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Banjo-Tooie Ending E
Bandmix is just like tinder also in that people either write one sentence per message or they write one long run-on sentence that doesn't quite answer your question.
Explaining bandmix to babyqueers: "Drummers are like tops. Everyone wants one, but no one wants to try because they think it's too high stress"
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Bandmix is just like tinder also in that people either write one sentence per message or they write one long run-on sentence that doesn't quite answer your question.
Mandatory education in both basic physics and cooking. Every human being should understand why acceleration is more important than speed and also how to make a soup from the ground up.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Mandatory education in both basic physics and cooking. Every human being should understand why acceleration is more important than speed and also how to make a soup from the ground up.
Explaining bandmix to babyqueers: "Drummers are like tops. Everyone wants one, but no one wants to try because they think it's too high stress"
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Explaining bandmix to babyqueers: "Drummers are like tops. Everyone wants one, but no one wants to try because they think it's too high stress"
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Periodic reminder that the Office for Victims of Crime stopped funding services altogether on Oct 1 (unrelated to the shutdown), leaving over 5,000 survivors of trafficking in the lurch, and somehow no one outside the sector talks about it even with all the Epstein buzz
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Periodic reminder that the Office for Victims of Crime stopped funding services altogether on Oct 1 (unrelated to the shutdown), leaving over 5,000 survivors of trafficking in the lurch, and somehow no one outside the sector talks about it even with all the Epstein buzz
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There’s a few groups whose right to unionize isn’t legally protected, but only two who legally *cannot:* military and prisoners
Researchers at Columbia University say the use of prison labor in Hyundai’s supply chain is driving down the wages of non-incarcerated workers by as much as 14%. www.al.com/news/2025/11...
Alabama prison labor in Hyundai supply chain has devastating effect on wages, researchers say
A new study says that inmates, who are paid for their work, also experience more frequent safety hazards.
www.al.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
There’s a few groups whose right to unionize isn’t legally protected, but only two who legally *cannot:* military and prisoners
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Everyone getting mad at the New York Times for sitting on or suppressing mountains of evidence about Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump need to realize that they had a lot on their plate with trying to keep the country afraid of trans kids and Palestinians
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Everyone getting mad at the New York Times for sitting on or suppressing mountains of evidence about Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump need to realize that they had a lot on their plate with trying to keep the country afraid of trans kids and Palestinians
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.