James Trickle uP
@opalmirror.bsky.social
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James Trickle uP
@opalmirror.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello Blue Sky! I was active on Twitter before it was bought out by the world's smelliest weasel. I mostly post on Mastodon as @opalmirror@hachyderm.io now, but I thought I'd have a presence here and check in occasionally as well.
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With current border policies, it is unethical to continue holding so many important science conferences in the US. In addition to moving conferences to safer international locations, US organizers must reorganize meetings around remote participation.
April 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
With current border policies, it is unethical to continue holding so many important science conferences in the US. In addition to moving conferences to safer international locations, US organizers must reorganize meetings around remote participation.
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Ugh. I miss threads. I miss people interacting with me. I miss being able to start a discussion.
But if disappearing is what I had to do to get people to help stop supporting x, then.... So be it
But if disappearing is what I had to do to get people to help stop supporting x, then.... So be it
March 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Ugh. I miss threads. I miss people interacting with me. I miss being able to start a discussion.
But if disappearing is what I had to do to get people to help stop supporting x, then.... So be it
But if disappearing is what I had to do to get people to help stop supporting x, then.... So be it
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[Sitting in the electric chair, again]
Them: Any last words?
Me: I won't be shocked if this doesn't work.
Them: Any last words?
Me: I won't be shocked if this doesn't work.
March 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
[Sitting in the electric chair, again]
Them: Any last words?
Me: I won't be shocked if this doesn't work.
Them: Any last words?
Me: I won't be shocked if this doesn't work.
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This doesn't look good.
a look at the s&p following the election of recent us presidents:
March 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This doesn't look good.
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My friend told me to pose like the flamingo was getting away from me
Instead, it looks like the cover of a very niche romance novel 🤣
Instead, it looks like the cover of a very niche romance novel 🤣
February 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
My friend told me to pose like the flamingo was getting away from me
Instead, it looks like the cover of a very niche romance novel 🤣
Instead, it looks like the cover of a very niche romance novel 🤣
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If you can call it the “Gulf of America“ because some weird old guy tells you to, you can easily call a person “they/them,” “him/he,” or “she/her” when that normal person asks you to do so.
February 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If you can call it the “Gulf of America“ because some weird old guy tells you to, you can easily call a person “they/them,” “him/he,” or “she/her” when that normal person asks you to do so.
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wrote a long piece about how fascists justify cruelty. It works a lot like John Wick or James Bond; you create a story about evil bad guys who deserve whatever happens to them. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/the-righte...
The (Righteous) Cruelty Is the Point
Fascists frame hate and violence as necessary to destroy “evil.”
www.everythingishorrible.net
February 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
wrote a long piece about how fascists justify cruelty. It works a lot like John Wick or James Bond; you create a story about evil bad guys who deserve whatever happens to them. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/the-righte...
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This is the best big-picture (both historically and globally) analysis of what’s happening in the US government that I’ve read so far.
“Worn down by harassment and threats, many of Trump’s critics will be tempted to retreat to the sidelines. Such a retreat would be perilous. When fear, exhaustion, or resignation crowds out citizens’ commitment to democracy, emergent authoritarianism begins to take root.”
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is the best big-picture (both historically and globally) analysis of what’s happening in the US government that I’ve read so far.
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Listen to Alvin Lee here, and then listen again. Whenever I get down I put this on. Then I get off my ass and do something to fix my problem. Life changing stuff for these crazy times. 🇨🇦
"I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you"
youtu.be/zEQNb17BSd0?...
"I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you"
youtu.be/zEQNb17BSd0?...
Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change the World (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Chrysalis Records
youtu.be
February 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Listen to Alvin Lee here, and then listen again. Whenever I get down I put this on. Then I get off my ass and do something to fix my problem. Life changing stuff for these crazy times. 🇨🇦
"I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you"
youtu.be/zEQNb17BSd0?...
"I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you"
youtu.be/zEQNb17BSd0?...
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Mr. Trump, why not offer to resettle all 2 million Palestinian refugees from Gaza in the 50 States of the US of A? Transport the willing here, grant them full citizenship, provide them with health care, schools at all levels, homes, mosques and jobs... all free of charge. 1/2 #gaza #aid #uspol
February 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
WTAF (from New York Times)
February 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
WTAF (from New York Times)
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Come on folks, stand up and make your voices heard. Contact your senators and congresswo/men and tell them we will not allow this!
The power of a US senator or representative is limited and the extreme misgovernance we are seeing at this time requires enough people to rise up and loudly take notice for any fencesitting Republicans to feel mighty uncomfortable with the White House and join us in pushing back.
February 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Come on folks, stand up and make your voices heard. Contact your senators and congresswo/men and tell them we will not allow this!
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Here's a fact most Americans don't know:
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Here's a fact most Americans don't know:
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.
How come #physics papers never study a #cat's ability to multiply it's mass severalfold when they are curled up between your legs? #WorldsHeaviestCat #ImmovableCat #science #humor
February 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
How come #physics papers never study a #cat's ability to multiply it's mass severalfold when they are curled up between your legs? #WorldsHeaviestCat #ImmovableCat #science #humor
This is the week the rabble successfully came for America's data, rather than the failed attempt on Jan 6 2021 when they came for our legislators and the VP.
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is the week the rabble successfully came for America's data, rather than the failed attempt on Jan 6 2021 when they came for our legislators and the VP.
Byebye love byebye happiness hello loneliness I think that I could cry www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/UWE...
From the pics community on Reddit: Painting over core values at the FBI
Explore this post and more from the pics community
www.reddit.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Byebye love byebye happiness hello loneliness I think that I could cry www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/UWE...
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BREAKING: (not really, the egg is fine 🤭)
Watch Jackie, the FOBBV eagle 🦅, in labor. This is their 3rd egg. 🥚 🥚 🥚
I'm really eggscited. I've been looking forward to it since last year. Last year, her and Shadow's eggs failed to hatch. I hope they do this year.🤞🐣🐣🐣
youtu.be/4ySPOCtRrZ8?...
Watch Jackie, the FOBBV eagle 🦅, in labor. This is their 3rd egg. 🥚 🥚 🥚
I'm really eggscited. I've been looking forward to it since last year. Last year, her and Shadow's eggs failed to hatch. I hope they do this year.🤞🐣🐣🐣
youtu.be/4ySPOCtRrZ8?...
FOBBV🦅3 EGGS!🥚🥚🥚Shadow Attends Jackie Before Labor💕2025-01-28
YouTube video by Cali Condor
youtu.be
January 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
BREAKING: (not really, the egg is fine 🤭)
Watch Jackie, the FOBBV eagle 🦅, in labor. This is their 3rd egg. 🥚 🥚 🥚
I'm really eggscited. I've been looking forward to it since last year. Last year, her and Shadow's eggs failed to hatch. I hope they do this year.🤞🐣🐣🐣
youtu.be/4ySPOCtRrZ8?...
Watch Jackie, the FOBBV eagle 🦅, in labor. This is their 3rd egg. 🥚 🥚 🥚
I'm really eggscited. I've been looking forward to it since last year. Last year, her and Shadow's eggs failed to hatch. I hope they do this year.🤞🐣🐣🐣
youtu.be/4ySPOCtRrZ8?...
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Spoiler Alert: Trump’s “Biological Truth” exec order isn’t about biology — or truth.
Great piece from my friend Alicia Roth Weigel. time.com/7209300/trum...
Great piece from my friend Alicia Roth Weigel. time.com/7209300/trum...
Trump’s ‘Biological Truth’ Executive Order is Not Based in Biology or Truth
Donald Trump recently signed an executive order which attempts to ban the mentioning of of intersex people.
time.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Spoiler Alert: Trump’s “Biological Truth” exec order isn’t about biology — or truth.
Great piece from my friend Alicia Roth Weigel. time.com/7209300/trum...
Great piece from my friend Alicia Roth Weigel. time.com/7209300/trum...
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Republican death panels callously yank life support from 25M+ people. This is overseas, but don't doubt they plan to do the same thing at home next.
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Republican death panels callously yank life support from 25M+ people. This is overseas, but don't doubt they plan to do the same thing at home next.
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
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Keep it going!
January 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Keep it going!
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Folded & assembled proof sheets for @skeuomorphpress.org’s forthcoming letterpress edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s "A Rant About Technology"—an LIS practicum student created the woodcut illustrations of tech mentioned in the text, which we carved on the laser—I set type for the book & fold-out poster
January 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Folded & assembled proof sheets for @skeuomorphpress.org’s forthcoming letterpress edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s "A Rant About Technology"—an LIS practicum student created the woodcut illustrations of tech mentioned in the text, which we carved on the laser—I set type for the book & fold-out poster