Coffee & Tea Leaves
@sapphrodite.bsky.social
(she/her) 🌈 queer cis. I'm a goof and an artist type who distracts easily, pretends they don't have dyslexia, and loves listening to people who are passionate about the shit they know.
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I for one will welcome, etc. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2560607...
Oxford researchers say octopuses 'likely to take over the world'
Oxford University boffins say the octopuses are likely to take over the world after humans.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I for one will welcome, etc. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2560607...
Best match I've watched in a hot minute
Japan has a wrestling camp for kids where at the end they have a show match in front of their parents to show off what they learned.
Thought you'd enjoy this.
Thought you'd enjoy this.
September 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Best match I've watched in a hot minute
Sometimes a song just hits the mood perfectly, ya know?
Today, is a Good Day by Mudhoney : youtu.be/43Cm2MWaypE
Today, is a Good Day by Mudhoney : youtu.be/43Cm2MWaypE
September 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sometimes a song just hits the mood perfectly, ya know?
Today, is a Good Day by Mudhoney : youtu.be/43Cm2MWaypE
Today, is a Good Day by Mudhoney : youtu.be/43Cm2MWaypE
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oooogh gnnn grum gooo grrr
September 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
oooogh gnnn grum gooo grrr
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hi, cis folks!
this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love.
hi, cis americans!
this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”
this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love.
hi, cis americans!
this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
hi, cis folks!
this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love.
hi, cis americans!
this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”
this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love.
hi, cis americans!
this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”
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Tilli the aardvark reporting for duty: professional digger, dirt enthusiast, and all-around tunnel queen. 👑 Tilli digs because she loves it. Go digging with our adorable 20-year-old aardvark. It's two minutes of pure aardvark joy. 💕
📹: Assistant curator Maureen
📹: Assistant curator Maureen
August 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Tilli the aardvark reporting for duty: professional digger, dirt enthusiast, and all-around tunnel queen. 👑 Tilli digs because she loves it. Go digging with our adorable 20-year-old aardvark. It's two minutes of pure aardvark joy. 💕
📹: Assistant curator Maureen
📹: Assistant curator Maureen
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🚨There is a secret episode of Game Changer out now on Dropout -- the one @samreich.bsky.social doesn't want you to see! Go watch it now before he demands it needs to be taken down! It's the one we've all been waiting for!!!
#GameChanger
#GameChanger
August 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🚨There is a secret episode of Game Changer out now on Dropout -- the one @samreich.bsky.social doesn't want you to see! Go watch it now before he demands it needs to be taken down! It's the one we've all been waiting for!!!
#GameChanger
#GameChanger
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Well, I'll be damned.
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...
newatlas.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Well, I'll be damned.
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
When you start having to code yr calendar entries bc AI keeps helpfully fucking you by "organizing" and "optimizing" yr life by overriding you whenever you enter something as silly and unimportant as, oh I don't know, the TIME and DATE of the event?
But don't trust me, I'm just a widdle human
But don't trust me, I'm just a widdle human
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
When you start having to code yr calendar entries bc AI keeps helpfully fucking you by "organizing" and "optimizing" yr life by overriding you whenever you enter something as silly and unimportant as, oh I don't know, the TIME and DATE of the event?
But don't trust me, I'm just a widdle human
But don't trust me, I'm just a widdle human
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Meta's PR absolutely lost its shit at us a few months ago when we wrote about how a student added facial recognition to its Rayban smart glasses, the underlying implication being that it would not do that itself. Well Well Well. WELL WELL WELL
www.404media.co/well-well-we...
www.404media.co/well-well-we...
Well, Well, Well: Meta to Add Facial Recognition To Glasses After All
Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now Meta is building the invasive technology itself.
www.404media.co
May 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Meta's PR absolutely lost its shit at us a few months ago when we wrote about how a student added facial recognition to its Rayban smart glasses, the underlying implication being that it would not do that itself. Well Well Well. WELL WELL WELL
www.404media.co/well-well-we...
www.404media.co/well-well-we...
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Harry Potter $ helped pay for this ruling #boycott
"In a lawsuit backed by anti-transgender activist J.K. Rowling, the United Kingdom Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of “woman” under the 2010 Equality Act refers exclusively to the sex a person is assigned at birth."
Anti-Trans Ruling in UK Strips Protections From Trans Women
“Extremely devastating news for transgender people in the United Kingdom,” said transgender activist Erin Reed.
truthout.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Harry Potter $ helped pay for this ruling #boycott
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Seriously don't come here for GDC. Claiming folks here for GDC are "working" isn't even a stretch, and the below is a case where she was literally trying to follow the rules with a consulting Visa.
Not to mention that GDC attendees tend to be a honey pot of exactly the kind of queer folk they hate.
Not to mention that GDC attendees tend to be a honey pot of exactly the kind of queer folk they hate.
A young lady originally from Whitehorse is being detained in a detention center in Arizona. She was detained March 3rd, after her visa was denied.
Facebook post from her Mom is in the pics below. It's a disturbing sequence of events.
Do not travel to the US.
Facebook post from her Mom is in the pics below. It's a disturbing sequence of events.
Do not travel to the US.
March 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Seriously don't come here for GDC. Claiming folks here for GDC are "working" isn't even a stretch, and the below is a case where she was literally trying to follow the rules with a consulting Visa.
Not to mention that GDC attendees tend to be a honey pot of exactly the kind of queer folk they hate.
Not to mention that GDC attendees tend to be a honey pot of exactly the kind of queer folk they hate.
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GDC is providing an attendee Safety Hotline through April 4. Hotlines are staffed 24/7. Call +1 (925) 852-4361 to report an issue.
March 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
GDC is providing an attendee Safety Hotline through April 4. Hotlines are staffed 24/7. Call +1 (925) 852-4361 to report an issue.
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Spoke to Wired for this piece by @megannicolett.bsky.social about developers in Canada cancelling their GDC plans.
www.wired.com/story/canadi...
www.wired.com/story/canadi...
Canadian Devs Are Backing Out of Attending GDC
Amid deteriorating relations between the US and Canada, many Canadian video game developers are opting not to travel to San Francisco for next week’s Game Developers Conference.
www.wired.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Spoke to Wired for this piece by @megannicolett.bsky.social about developers in Canada cancelling their GDC plans.
www.wired.com/story/canadi...
www.wired.com/story/canadi...
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Every GDC is someone's first. After every GDC, we hear about mistreatment, assaults, and other horror stories.
Conference vets, share your tips for a #safeGDC!
I'll start: do NOT. under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. take meetings in someone's hotel room.
Conference vets, share your tips for a #safeGDC!
I'll start: do NOT. under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. take meetings in someone's hotel room.
March 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Every GDC is someone's first. After every GDC, we hear about mistreatment, assaults, and other horror stories.
Conference vets, share your tips for a #safeGDC!
I'll start: do NOT. under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. take meetings in someone's hotel room.
Conference vets, share your tips for a #safeGDC!
I'll start: do NOT. under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. take meetings in someone's hotel room.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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I've been waiting for an instance of censorship by government outlet Xitter that someone could build a 1A case around. This might be the one! @mluckovich.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I've been waiting for an instance of censorship by government outlet Xitter that someone could build a 1A case around. This might be the one! @mluckovich.bsky.social
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Public health PSA frens as botulism can paralyze and kill you: Tuna Recall Hits Costco, Trader Joe's, and More Over Botulism Risk www.eatthis.com/tuna-recall-...
February 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Public health PSA frens as botulism can paralyze and kill you: Tuna Recall Hits Costco, Trader Joe's, and More Over Botulism Risk www.eatthis.com/tuna-recall-...
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So when Dawkins — who purports to represent the best interests of the fields of medicine, biology, science, etc
Goes OUT OF HIS WAY to avoid addressing WHY biology lacks a Holotype and Allotype of H. sapiens,
And incorporates the word “miscegenation” into his specious (pun intended) argument,
Goes OUT OF HIS WAY to avoid addressing WHY biology lacks a Holotype and Allotype of H. sapiens,
And incorporates the word “miscegenation” into his specious (pun intended) argument,
February 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So when Dawkins — who purports to represent the best interests of the fields of medicine, biology, science, etc
Goes OUT OF HIS WAY to avoid addressing WHY biology lacks a Holotype and Allotype of H. sapiens,
And incorporates the word “miscegenation” into his specious (pun intended) argument,
Goes OUT OF HIS WAY to avoid addressing WHY biology lacks a Holotype and Allotype of H. sapiens,
And incorporates the word “miscegenation” into his specious (pun intended) argument,
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🚨UPDATE on CA Lithium Battery Plant fire near "Salad Bowl of America" (produces 70% of our greens)
-Residents have nosebleeds, lung burning, headache, rash, metallic mouth taste
-Health official says not testing soil bc "we don't necessarily know what we're looking for"
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-Residents have nosebleeds, lung burning, headache, rash, metallic mouth taste
-Health official says not testing soil bc "we don't necessarily know what we're looking for"
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January 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚨UPDATE on CA Lithium Battery Plant fire near "Salad Bowl of America" (produces 70% of our greens)
-Residents have nosebleeds, lung burning, headache, rash, metallic mouth taste
-Health official says not testing soil bc "we don't necessarily know what we're looking for"
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-Residents have nosebleeds, lung burning, headache, rash, metallic mouth taste
-Health official says not testing soil bc "we don't necessarily know what we're looking for"
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Every time I hear a politician lament about a child being online and alleged harms that come with not censoring the web, I think about how only 3 to 4 percent of foster kids go on to earn a four-year degree.
I think about how society already abandoned and harmed 1000s of us.
I think about how society already abandoned and harmed 1000s of us.
January 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Every time I hear a politician lament about a child being online and alleged harms that come with not censoring the web, I think about how only 3 to 4 percent of foster kids go on to earn a four-year degree.
I think about how society already abandoned and harmed 1000s of us.
I think about how society already abandoned and harmed 1000s of us.
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A Mississippi state senator has filed a bill called the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” which would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo”
Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’
"People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
www.wlbt.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A Mississippi state senator has filed a bill called the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” which would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo”
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Yes, to all the people who bookmarked this post, TikTok is now back online. How did I know?
January 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Yes, to all the people who bookmarked this post, TikTok is now back online. How did I know?