ritaparada
@ritaparada.bsky.social
Emphatically foreign/realistic optimist/researcher/ethnographer/budding socio-cultural anthropologist. People/places/stories. Past @Meta @Twitter @Nokia
Interesting how language goes through semantic shift both fast and slow. For research I speak with a lot of people and notice they keep using words associated with obsolete technology or objects (vestigial terms?) Even young people who don’t have the reference keep saying “taping” or “filming”
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Interesting how language goes through semantic shift both fast and slow. For research I speak with a lot of people and notice they keep using words associated with obsolete technology or objects (vestigial terms?) Even young people who don’t have the reference keep saying “taping” or “filming”
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Players are roleplaying in Fortnite to teach each other their rights when encountering ICE officials
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
Inside an ICE Defense Training on Fortnite
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Players are roleplaying in Fortnite to teach each other their rights when encountering ICE officials
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
Budapest Memorandum (1994) Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security assurances from Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Russia has since violated this agreement. So did the US and the UK
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November 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Budapest Memorandum (1994) Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security assurances from Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Russia has since violated this agreement. So did the US and the UK
Vine is back. As diVine.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Vine is back. As diVine.
Stop the lies! Journalists are just as much to blame as politicians for all the lies being perpetuated. And I don’t know if it is just ignorance or willful ignorance on their part. Either way, it’s exhausting.
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Stop the lies! Journalists are just as much to blame as politicians for all the lies being perpetuated. And I don’t know if it is just ignorance or willful ignorance on their part. Either way, it’s exhausting.
Just felt an earthquake in the east Bay
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just felt an earthquake in the east Bay
Big earthquake, felt it in the east bay
September 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Big earthquake, felt it in the east bay
Thèse are interesting findings. The question is, however, would employers consider these wellbeing benefits to the workers, as their own priorities?
📅 4-day workweek boosts wellbeing
A global study found that switching to a 4-day workweek with full pay led to better mental and physical health, less burnout and higher job satisfaction. Workers also reported better sleep and less fatigue.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #4DayWeek 🧪
A global study found that switching to a 4-day workweek with full pay led to better mental and physical health, less burnout and higher job satisfaction. Workers also reported better sleep and less fatigue.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #4DayWeek 🧪
Work time reduction via a 4-day workweek finds improvements in workers’ well-being - Nature Human Behaviour
Fan et al. find that income-preserving 4-day workweeks boost job satisfaction and mental and physical health, while easing burnout. Gains are partly driven by improvements in work ability, reduced fat...
www.nature.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Thèse are interesting findings. The question is, however, would employers consider these wellbeing benefits to the workers, as their own priorities?
Don’t dictators just ever get tired? Even at the stage of narcissism combined with hubris syndrome, they seem to have this limitless energy and relentlessness. Meanwhile, the rest of us are utterly exhausted.
July 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Don’t dictators just ever get tired? Even at the stage of narcissism combined with hubris syndrome, they seem to have this limitless energy and relentlessness. Meanwhile, the rest of us are utterly exhausted.
East Bay earthquake?
July 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
East Bay earthquake?
Be safe out there today, my friends! ✌️
June 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Be safe out there today, my friends! ✌️
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I know everyone's been breathlessly waiting for what I was going to write about LA.
here you go - gifted
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here you go - gifted
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Trump Means to Provoke, Not Pacify
Don’t give him the pretext he wants.
www.theatlantic.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I know everyone's been breathlessly waiting for what I was going to write about LA.
here you go - gifted
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
here you go - gifted
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
What could go wrong? Vanguard and X Corp offering 90 days “digital advising” for money management for free
May 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What could go wrong? Vanguard and X Corp offering 90 days “digital advising” for money management for free
It’s one factory, Michael.
May 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s one factory, Michael.
Eurovision so bad it’s good.
May 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Eurovision so bad it’s good.
Being in Europe right now, it’s noticeable how little (none) discussion is happening about Eurovision in my North American social circles.
May 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Being in Europe right now, it’s noticeable how little (none) discussion is happening about Eurovision in my North American social circles.
Nowadays it’s so easy for a politician. Just for speaking in complete sentences they can get a standing ovation.
May 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Nowadays it’s so easy for a politician. Just for speaking in complete sentences they can get a standing ovation.
Ben makes me proud and I’d buy some of his ice cream if it wasn’t owned by Unilever.
May 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ben makes me proud and I’d buy some of his ice cream if it wasn’t owned by Unilever.
Promoting peace by selling weapons and guns. This and other contradictions.
May 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Promoting peace by selling weapons and guns. This and other contradictions.
Also, you have nothing to hide, until you do. It’s not always up to you.
"nothing to hide" was weaponized to make you give up your privacy. remember that. you have everything to hide. it is yours. no one has the right to it. we've given up the rights to our own faces, fingerprints, and our lives.
May 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Also, you have nothing to hide, until you do. It’s not always up to you.