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queer/nonbinary/they/she. disabled/autistic
Wisconsinite ❄️
Pronounced TAHR-uh
📚: 65/52
Find me 👇🏻
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@taratearex.bsky.social
· Jan 27
I'm posting a lot about alt text because I know a lot of folks are new to bluesky and aren't used to using it, but it's something early bluesky users made an effort to establish as the norm here. Please do your best to use alt text! It helps so many and also helps your posts get to more people! 🫶
Live feeds of animals is one of those "the internet can be good actually" things. I love the jelly cam www.youtube.com/live/NUnJc82...
Live Jelly Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Live feeds of animals is one of those "the internet can be good actually" things. I love the jelly cam www.youtube.com/live/NUnJc82...
desperately trying to finish the book Enshitification before I have a nervous breakdown because it's pissing me off so much 😵💫 it's basically about how tech companies are fucking terrible, which yeah no shit, but man hearing the history of how they started to what they are now, is so enraging
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
desperately trying to finish the book Enshitification before I have a nervous breakdown because it's pissing me off so much 😵💫 it's basically about how tech companies are fucking terrible, which yeah no shit, but man hearing the history of how they started to what they are now, is so enraging
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
starting a draft of my top ten fiction and nonfiction reads even though i ALWAYS end up reading some bangers at the end of the year. so it's just a draft to get started for now
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
starting a draft of my top ten fiction and nonfiction reads even though i ALWAYS end up reading some bangers at the end of the year. so it's just a draft to get started for now
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Alternatives are local food pantries, homeless shelters, and domestic violence shelters, as well as your local mutual aids.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Alternatives are local food pantries, homeless shelters, and domestic violence shelters, as well as your local mutual aids.
9am training is cruel and unusual punishment
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
9am training is cruel and unusual punishment
every single meeting at work is now just a bitch session... that can't be good! 😖
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
every single meeting at work is now just a bitch session... that can't be good! 😖
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Let's.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Let's.
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
April 19, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
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All the fuss:
You can get yourself the full Indian Lake Trilogy by @sgj.bsky.social on Libro.fm for ~$15
Each $4.99 non-members, $3.49 members.
Find out what all the fuss is about.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Each $4.99 non-members, $3.49 members.
Find out what all the fuss is about.
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
My Heart Is a Chainsaw Audiobook on Libro.fm
Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel Shirley Jackson meets Friday the 13th in the rollicking, bloody first novel of The Indian Lake trilogy by the master of modern horror Stephen Graham Jon...
libro.fm
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
All the fuss:
I'm in an AI training required at work (aka my personal hell) and after they listed all the things AI can do, someone asked in the chat "Ok but can it do any of that correctly?" and moderators deleted it! 🙃 I fucking hate it here. Asking about error rate is a legit fucking question jfc
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm in an AI training required at work (aka my personal hell) and after they listed all the things AI can do, someone asked in the chat "Ok but can it do any of that correctly?" and moderators deleted it! 🙃 I fucking hate it here. Asking about error rate is a legit fucking question jfc
the post office did not scan the book i mailed for pango and now i have to stress out hoping it gets there when i have no tracking 😖
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
the post office did not scan the book i mailed for pango and now i have to stress out hoping it gets there when i have no tracking 😖
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"Democrats will never fully support disabled people because disability is the antithesis of capitalism. It requires we take a step back from always making a profit when it comes to the lives of people who can produce no profit outside of extraction from our for-profit healthcare system."
100% this.
100% this.
When you actually think about how many issues are tied to disability you never think about, it’s intentional.
crutchesandspice.com/2025/11/11/c...
crutchesandspice.com/2025/11/11/c...
Capitalists Were Never Going To Protect Your Healthcare When Your Disablement Is For Profit
When I first began my career in disability advocacy as a professional, I was bright-eyed, believing that I would be working with the most vocal supporters of DEI and who rallied behind diversity as…
crutchesandspice.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Democrats will never fully support disabled people because disability is the antithesis of capitalism. It requires we take a step back from always making a profit when it comes to the lives of people who can produce no profit outside of extraction from our for-profit healthcare system."
100% this.
100% this.
Big day for nerds, Brennan Lee Mulligan is on Mythical Kitchen Last Meals
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Big day for nerds, Brennan Lee Mulligan is on Mythical Kitchen Last Meals
damn concert tickets are so outrageous these days, i feel irresponsible even contemplating purchasing any 😖
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
damn concert tickets are so outrageous these days, i feel irresponsible even contemplating purchasing any 😖
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Hemp is defined as <0.3% delta-9 THC in dry weight. The minibus adds a ban on “any intermediate hemp-derived cannabinoid products which are marketed or sold as a final product or directly to an end consumer for personal or household use,” and sets a limit of 0.4 mg THC per container.
The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hemp is defined as <0.3% delta-9 THC in dry weight. The minibus adds a ban on “any intermediate hemp-derived cannabinoid products which are marketed or sold as a final product or directly to an end consumer for personal or household use,” and sets a limit of 0.4 mg THC per container.
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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In a nutshell, this is it. They will try to destroy any leftist takeover, like they did with Bernie, even if this means more power to the GOP. *Nothing* that Trump has done (ICE, Cecot, tariffs, USAID, frivolous prosecutions of Trump oponents, even the murder of the Hortmans) matters to them.
Schumer and his friends want Trump to have power because they hate you. They are furious Mamdani won in a landslide and are afraid of repeats all over the country. Their solution is open capitulation to the far right.
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In a nutshell, this is it. They will try to destroy any leftist takeover, like they did with Bernie, even if this means more power to the GOP. *Nothing* that Trump has done (ICE, Cecot, tariffs, USAID, frivolous prosecutions of Trump oponents, even the murder of the Hortmans) matters to them.
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Also, being blamed is temporary if they can deliver something they will be loved for. These fucking cowards apparently have no stomach for uncertainty or their own capacity to get anything done.
Loser behavior through and through.
Loser behavior through and through.
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Also, being blamed is temporary if they can deliver something they will be loved for. These fucking cowards apparently have no stomach for uncertainty or their own capacity to get anything done.
Loser behavior through and through.
Loser behavior through and through.
Pray for me that my mask is well sealed cuz I’ve helped my niblings blow their nose so many times this weekend lol. I haven’t removed it at all which means going to a separate room with an air purifier to drink water or eat. I also brought another air purifier for the main room 🤞🏻
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Pray for me that my mask is well sealed cuz I’ve helped my niblings blow their nose so many times this weekend lol. I haven’t removed it at all which means going to a separate room with an air purifier to drink water or eat. I also brought another air purifier for the main room 🤞🏻
at this point my family has turned into like illness denialists lol, like covid definitely doesn't exist, but colds are now just "the weather" 😖 any history of any illness is just gone now when i talk to any of them. so trying to gauge like how risky it is to see them is impossible, everyone is FINE
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
at this point my family has turned into like illness denialists lol, like covid definitely doesn't exist, but colds are now just "the weather" 😖 any history of any illness is just gone now when i talk to any of them. so trying to gauge like how risky it is to see them is impossible, everyone is FINE
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Another person who started down this path from the most “innocuous” advertised uses of ChatGPT: homework help. I have been struck by the cases of people getting lost in delusions after using this product for work or school: ie the use cases we are supposed to encourage as faculty.
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Another person who started down this path from the most “innocuous” advertised uses of ChatGPT: homework help. I have been struck by the cases of people getting lost in delusions after using this product for work or school: ie the use cases we are supposed to encourage as faculty.