Citizen.Coping
@propcazhpm.bsky.social
⛔️ Pls don't follow with 0️⃣ posts or with no alt-text on posts with images or with no bio/profile🖼 Seriously.
Beware 📌. Posts are impermanent.
Posting and reading on various and sundry topics including tech, art, music, books, food, and language learning.
Beware 📌. Posts are impermanent.
Posting and reading on various and sundry topics including tech, art, music, books, food, and language learning.
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@propcazhpm.bsky.social
· Oct 12
"We understand the world better if we tremble with it. Because the world trembles every which way. It trembles organically and geologically...with the climate—that we know. But the world also trembles through the relations that we have with each other. "
- Édouard Glissant, One World in Relation
- Édouard Glissant, One World in Relation
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New Olay & Chill video out now! youtu.be/YjvMDxC_-VI?...
She Got Pregnant on Her FIRST Prison Visit... | OLAY & CHILL
YouTube video by Olay & Chill
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
New Olay & Chill video out now! youtu.be/YjvMDxC_-VI?...
This is important because people are continuing to tell their personal 'business' or sharing their creativity on TikTok, a site now owned by friends of THIS govt, while making pennies— if that.
It video really is a public service announcement.
It video really is a public service announcement.
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is important because people are continuing to tell their personal 'business' or sharing their creativity on TikTok, a site now owned by friends of THIS govt, while making pennies— if that.
It video really is a public service announcement.
It video really is a public service announcement.
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"Forceful eviction and demolition are not new to Nigeria’s economic capital. They follow a historical trend that has seen informal settlements and waterfront communities pushed out to make way for luxury estate developments."
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
‘Colonial-era classism’: Residents decry demolitions in Nigeria’s Makoko
Thousands displaced from December to February as Lagos authorities destroy homes in Africa's largest floating village.
www.aljazeera.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM
"Forceful eviction and demolition are not new to Nigeria’s economic capital. They follow a historical trend that has seen informal settlements and waterfront communities pushed out to make way for luxury estate developments."
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
I really wish the person who wrote the introduction said "enslaved people" instead of "slaaaves".
I like when David Strathairn was John Brown.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmys...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmys...
John Brown’s Last Speech Performed by David Strathairn
YouTube video by ZinnEdProject
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I really wish the person who wrote the introduction said "enslaved people" instead of "slaaaves".
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Oh, this post just reminded me I need to get to her exhibit soon.
February 11, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Oh, this post just reminded me I need to get to her exhibit soon.
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As Kenneth B. Morris Jr, her 3x-great grandson says, there would be no Frederick Douglass without Anna Murray Douglass. Love hearing about her many accomplishments.
"A Portrait of Anna Murray Douglass" introduced by descendent of Anna & Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington
#BHM #BlackSky
"A Portrait of Anna Murray Douglass" introduced by descendent of Anna & Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington
#BHM #BlackSky
A Portrait of Anna Murray Douglass
YouTube video by Frederick Douglass Honor Society
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Méndez-Ortiz centers the Black woman in her homage to Gordon Parks's famous 1956 photograph.
Mendez-Ortiz kept the central figures of this iconic image and dramatically altered the setting by collaging found photographs from magazines, personal archives.
Parks Entrance, 2023
Chandra Méndez-Ortiz
Mendez-Ortiz kept the central figures of this iconic image and dramatically altered the setting by collaging found photographs from magazines, personal archives.
Parks Entrance, 2023
Chandra Méndez-Ortiz
May 19, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Méndez-Ortiz centers the Black woman in her homage to Gordon Parks's famous 1956 photograph.
Mendez-Ortiz kept the central figures of this iconic image and dramatically altered the setting by collaging found photographs from magazines, personal archives.
Parks Entrance, 2023
Chandra Méndez-Ortiz
Mendez-Ortiz kept the central figures of this iconic image and dramatically altered the setting by collaging found photographs from magazines, personal archives.
Parks Entrance, 2023
Chandra Méndez-Ortiz
And not being a Black woman.
February 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
And not being a Black woman.
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Reading, writing and learning languages help to protect against dementia.
So, obviously, does being rich. Hey ho.
#langsky #xl8
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
So, obviously, does being rich. Hey ho.
#langsky #xl8
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Reading, writing and learning languages help to protect against dementia.
So, obviously, does being rich. Hey ho.
#langsky #xl8
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
So, obviously, does being rich. Hey ho.
#langsky #xl8
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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As of 2025:
The country with the most Spanish speakers ("speak Spanish at home") is Mexico at ~135 million.
The country with the 2nd most: the USA, with 45 million.
If you include bilinguals, it jumps to 58 million.
About 10% of all Spanish speakers, globally, live in the USA.
The country with the most Spanish speakers ("speak Spanish at home") is Mexico at ~135 million.
The country with the 2nd most: the USA, with 45 million.
If you include bilinguals, it jumps to 58 million.
About 10% of all Spanish speakers, globally, live in the USA.
February 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
As of 2025:
The country with the most Spanish speakers ("speak Spanish at home") is Mexico at ~135 million.
The country with the 2nd most: the USA, with 45 million.
If you include bilinguals, it jumps to 58 million.
About 10% of all Spanish speakers, globally, live in the USA.
The country with the most Spanish speakers ("speak Spanish at home") is Mexico at ~135 million.
The country with the 2nd most: the USA, with 45 million.
If you include bilinguals, it jumps to 58 million.
About 10% of all Spanish speakers, globally, live in the USA.
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"This English language use is based on students’ personal interests, such as gaming, sports, pop music and reading.
The students are not actively aiming to develop their English, but pick it up while doing something that interests them, combining classroom learning with out-of-school exposure.."
The students are not actively aiming to develop their English, but pick it up while doing something that interests them, combining classroom learning with out-of-school exposure.."
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"This English language use is based on students’ personal interests, such as gaming, sports, pop music and reading.
The students are not actively aiming to develop their English, but pick it up while doing something that interests them, combining classroom learning with out-of-school exposure.."
The students are not actively aiming to develop their English, but pick it up while doing something that interests them, combining classroom learning with out-of-school exposure.."
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Make a place for me on the Ark of Bones.
@fordhampress.bsky.social
@fordhampress.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Make a place for me on the Ark of Bones.
@fordhampress.bsky.social
@fordhampress.bsky.social
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Right now, buy my book PROTECTRESS (a modern sequel to the Medusa myth) & 2 other books from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social & get $10 off your order. I'll also send you a signed bookplate! Support small presses taking risks with original literature! www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/prote...
PROTECTRESS — Unsolicited Press
A clever, illuminating feminist take on Greek mythology. — Kirkus Reviews PROTECTRESS is a hybrid poetry-prose novella offering a risky take on the legend of Medusa. With stunning economy of word...
www.unsolicitedpress.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Right now, buy my book PROTECTRESS (a modern sequel to the Medusa myth) & 2 other books from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social & get $10 off your order. I'll also send you a signed bookplate! Support small presses taking risks with original literature! www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/prote...
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they will be (en)forcing this, how? anyway, the point is: they are thinking surveillance, force and punishment rather than addressing the problem of ... access to fresh, nourishing foods.
Brooke Rollins: "You talk about those on food stamps. A lot of people buy their groceries, especially those that are on food stamps, from convenience stores. We're now requiring those retailers to double the amount of healthy food that they stock if they're gonna take the EBT card."
February 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
they will be (en)forcing this, how? anyway, the point is: they are thinking surveillance, force and punishment rather than addressing the problem of ... access to fresh, nourishing foods.
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Commissioner Jessica Tisch making a public spectacle of Hannibal Lectering Luigi Mangione while letting her Epstein-network relative walk free to prey on young girls really sums up the state of things
‘New one for you’: Inside Steve Tisch’s transactional friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
In late 2011, a Russian model sent a pleading email to Jeffrey Epstein.
“We had sex, I did massage for u non-stop,” she wrote. “I took a bath with u and your girls even if I don’t like it..serve...
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Commissioner Jessica Tisch making a public spectacle of Hannibal Lectering Luigi Mangione while letting her Epstein-network relative walk free to prey on young girls really sums up the state of things
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Jessica Tisch wants to be mayor after Zohran's two terms. She's been talking about this since she was at Dalton & it's the reason she is now NYPD commissioner despite never having been an officer. Drilling down on this stuff now is really important.
Commissioner Jessica Tisch making a public spectacle of Hannibal Lectering Luigi Mangione while letting her Epstein-network relative walk free to prey on young girls really sums up the state of things
‘New one for you’: Inside Steve Tisch’s transactional friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
In late 2011, a Russian model sent a pleading email to Jeffrey Epstein.
“We had sex, I did massage for u non-stop,” she wrote. “I took a bath with u and your girls even if I don’t like it..serve...
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Jessica Tisch wants to be mayor after Zohran's two terms. She's been talking about this since she was at Dalton & it's the reason she is now NYPD commissioner despite never having been an officer. Drilling down on this stuff now is really important.
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read a lil bit of a book @nneka.bsky.social assigned to students for her Civil Rights Movement class today (as I'm milling about on her campus til she takes me to the airport later) and Black resistance is hilarious sometimes--I love this kid on the football talmbout 'we the Union Army!' lmao
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
read a lil bit of a book @nneka.bsky.social assigned to students for her Civil Rights Movement class today (as I'm milling about on her campus til she takes me to the airport later) and Black resistance is hilarious sometimes--I love this kid on the football talmbout 'we the Union Army!' lmao
Wonder why people keep quote-posting that Nick Fuentes post with nothing critical added.
Because mute filter is not able to mute.
I don't need to know anything more about him.
Because mute filter is not able to mute.
I don't need to know anything more about him.
February 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Wonder why people keep quote-posting that Nick Fuentes post with nothing critical added.
Because mute filter is not able to mute.
I don't need to know anything more about him.
Because mute filter is not able to mute.
I don't need to know anything more about him.
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These maps are incredible. We have one on the wall (with a magnifying glass on a hook next to it, because we're old), and it is fascinating. His website includes the maps he's planning as well: antonthomasart.com/collections/...
Upcoming – Wild Kenya map, Wild California map
Artist/cartographer Anton Thomas is currently drawing two new maps: Wild Kenya and Wild California. The California map is expected to launch in late 2025!
antonthomasart.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
These maps are incredible. We have one on the wall (with a magnifying glass on a hook next to it, because we're old), and it is fascinating. His website includes the maps he's planning as well: antonthomasart.com/collections/...
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You know, linking the man's shop wouldn't really hurt. antonthomasart.com/collections/...
Wild World Map — An Illustrated Map of Animals
Wild World is an epic world map of nature, hand-drawn by artist Anton Thomas. Featured in The New York Times, it has 1,642 wild animals and took 3 years to finish.
antonthomasart.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
You know, linking the man's shop wouldn't really hurt. antonthomasart.com/collections/...
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we live in fucking hell.
next thing you know they’re gonna be promoting predatory journals which probably have all kinds of AI work in them.
you don’t even have to do the research or the analysis or the writing to call yourself a researcher!!!
next thing you know they’re gonna be promoting predatory journals which probably have all kinds of AI work in them.
you don’t even have to do the research or the analysis or the writing to call yourself a researcher!!!
Nothing to see here other than a university telling its research community that AI can appropriately be used to "generate first drafts."
unbcloud.sharepoint.com/sites/AI-at-...
unbcloud.sharepoint.com/sites/AI-at-...
February 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
we live in fucking hell.
next thing you know they’re gonna be promoting predatory journals which probably have all kinds of AI work in them.
you don’t even have to do the research or the analysis or the writing to call yourself a researcher!!!
next thing you know they’re gonna be promoting predatory journals which probably have all kinds of AI work in them.
you don’t even have to do the research or the analysis or the writing to call yourself a researcher!!!
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This is the consequence of doing everything for content. When we (millennials) were in school, our phones barely had internet service
The saddest part:
“By comparison to the millennials I used to teach, Gen Z are far more quiet and reserved because they have a strange fear of being cringe or judged as cringe. From .. asking them, I know they feel paranoid when they’re answering a question, aware that someone may record them.”
“By comparison to the millennials I used to teach, Gen Z are far more quiet and reserved because they have a strange fear of being cringe or judged as cringe. From .. asking them, I know they feel paranoid when they’re answering a question, aware that someone may record them.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This is the consequence of doing everything for content. When we (millennials) were in school, our phones barely had internet service
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Today I learned that @wgbh.org has a new true crime podcast called "Catching The Codfather."
CC: @antoniafarzan.bsky.social
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Catching The Codfather
A fishing tycoon is arrested in an elaborate sting operation, but claims he’s the real hero fighting back against an overbearing Massachusetts. So who is Carlos “The Codfather” Rafael really – a folk ...
www.wgbh.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Today I learned that @wgbh.org has a new true crime podcast called "Catching The Codfather."
CC: @antoniafarzan.bsky.social
CC: @antoniafarzan.bsky.social