dr.joan
@theroguesenna.bsky.social
She/her (but meh about it) Millennial Mom — pop culture ADHPhD&D — griot/lore bard/scholar/artist — queer
will perform for dopamine
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The man in my pfp is my grandpa. Go read about him. Ahmed Joda (1930-2021).
will perform for dopamine
💜🩷💙
🇳🇬🇺🇸
The man in my pfp is my grandpa. Go read about him. Ahmed Joda (1930-2021).
Pinned
If you could’ve voted for Kamala or Hillary and didn’t, kindly unfollow.
Ironically a post I made to try to screen my feed went mini-viral (at least compared to its intended audience).
Things this post is not:
- a statement of my ongoing beliefs
- an opportunity for you to be congratulated on your voting record
- an invitation to argue
- an endorsement of current Dems
Things this post is not:
- a statement of my ongoing beliefs
- an opportunity for you to be congratulated on your voting record
- an invitation to argue
- an endorsement of current Dems
Imagine these circumstances but you’re not a multi-millionaire and former teen heartthrob
Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for James Van Der Beek's Family, organized by Jason K
James Van Der Beek was a beloved husband, father, and friend who touched the lives of … Jason K needs your support for Support for James Van Der Beek's Family
www.gofundme.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Imagine these circumstances but you’re not a multi-millionaire and former teen heartthrob
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Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for James Van Der Beek's Family, organized by Jason K
James Van Der Beek was a beloved husband, father, and friend who touched the lives of … Jason K needs your support for Support for James Van Der Beek's Family
www.gofundme.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Honk if you hate the US health system.
Honk if Mangione was right.
(Honk means repost)
(Or quote/reply post with your catch-22 hellscape stories of dealing with the system)
Honk if Mangione was right.
(Honk means repost)
(Or quote/reply post with your catch-22 hellscape stories of dealing with the system)
After Blue Cross Blue Shield dragged their feet throughout the month of December transitioning me to my husband’s insurance, after I resigned (at the BEGINNING of Nov),
despite me having been on it a year ago,
finally reinstated me in January but told us they *had* to backdate it to Dec.
SO…
despite me having been on it a year ago,
finally reinstated me in January but told us they *had* to backdate it to Dec.
SO…
February 12, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Honk if you hate the US health system.
Honk if Mangione was right.
(Honk means repost)
(Or quote/reply post with your catch-22 hellscape stories of dealing with the system)
Honk if Mangione was right.
(Honk means repost)
(Or quote/reply post with your catch-22 hellscape stories of dealing with the system)
After Blue Cross Blue Shield dragged their feet throughout the month of December transitioning me to my husband’s insurance, after I resigned (at the BEGINNING of Nov),
despite me having been on it a year ago,
finally reinstated me in January but told us they *had* to backdate it to Dec.
SO…
despite me having been on it a year ago,
finally reinstated me in January but told us they *had* to backdate it to Dec.
SO…
February 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
After Blue Cross Blue Shield dragged their feet throughout the month of December transitioning me to my husband’s insurance, after I resigned (at the BEGINNING of Nov),
despite me having been on it a year ago,
finally reinstated me in January but told us they *had* to backdate it to Dec.
SO…
despite me having been on it a year ago,
finally reinstated me in January but told us they *had* to backdate it to Dec.
SO…
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Also speaking as a graduate of these schools
Where my mom is finding her collected archives of racial animus …but also where apparently Epstein was trolling MY YEARMATES WITH THE HELP OF THEIR PARENTS
can we not treat the upper class as if they aren’t admitting abuse tactics IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
Where my mom is finding her collected archives of racial animus …but also where apparently Epstein was trolling MY YEARMATES WITH THE HELP OF THEIR PARENTS
can we not treat the upper class as if they aren’t admitting abuse tactics IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
February 12, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Also speaking as a graduate of these schools
Where my mom is finding her collected archives of racial animus …but also where apparently Epstein was trolling MY YEARMATES WITH THE HELP OF THEIR PARENTS
can we not treat the upper class as if they aren’t admitting abuse tactics IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
Where my mom is finding her collected archives of racial animus …but also where apparently Epstein was trolling MY YEARMATES WITH THE HELP OF THEIR PARENTS
can we not treat the upper class as if they aren’t admitting abuse tactics IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
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You Won't Believe It: Kat Abughazaleh Knows This One Weird Trick that AIPAC Hates!
(hint: it's caring about people)
(hint: it's caring about people)
EXCLUSIVE: Justice Democrats & the new PAL PAC are endorsing Kat Abughazaleh in IL-09. This comes as AIPAC is flooding IL with cash to influence four upcoming races. Abughazaleh is JD’s 12th endorsement this cycle & PAL PAC’s first insurgent candidate theintercept.com/2026/02/12/a...
AIPAC Is Flooding Illinois With Cash. Pro-Palestine Groups Are Backing Kat Abughazaleh
The pro-Israel lobby has made Illinois a top target. Justice Democrats and the newly launched PAL PAC are trying to counter their influence.
theintercept.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:40 PM
You Won't Believe It: Kat Abughazaleh Knows This One Weird Trick that AIPAC Hates!
(hint: it's caring about people)
(hint: it's caring about people)
If you’re reading that NY mag article about homeschooling you should also read the book “Educated” by Tara Westover
www.thriftbooks.com/w/educated-a...
www.thriftbooks.com/w/educated-a...
Educated book by Tara Westover
Buy a cheap copy of Educated book by Tara Westover. #1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER - One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a y...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
If you’re reading that NY mag article about homeschooling you should also read the book “Educated” by Tara Westover
www.thriftbooks.com/w/educated-a...
www.thriftbooks.com/w/educated-a...
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“College doesn’t matter “ clues into why they only started defending the dismantling of colleges when it hit white people
But especially in a NYMAG article .. we should be asking why everyone is excited to make slit space more opaque
And a “trend” and WHY and why it’s happening after AA
But especially in a NYMAG article .. we should be asking why everyone is excited to make slit space more opaque
And a “trend” and WHY and why it’s happening after AA
February 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
“College doesn’t matter “ clues into why they only started defending the dismantling of colleges when it hit white people
But especially in a NYMAG article .. we should be asking why everyone is excited to make slit space more opaque
And a “trend” and WHY and why it’s happening after AA
But especially in a NYMAG article .. we should be asking why everyone is excited to make slit space more opaque
And a “trend” and WHY and why it’s happening after AA
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We're so proud to announce our newest endorsement: @katmabu.bsky.social in #IL09.
Kat has spent her career doing what so many voters are desperate to see the Democratic Party do: fight back against Republican extremism and fight for everyday people.
Let's give AIPAC another loss.
Kat has spent her career doing what so many voters are desperate to see the Democratic Party do: fight back against Republican extremism and fight for everyday people.
Let's give AIPAC another loss.
February 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
We're so proud to announce our newest endorsement: @katmabu.bsky.social in #IL09.
Kat has spent her career doing what so many voters are desperate to see the Democratic Party do: fight back against Republican extremism and fight for everyday people.
Let's give AIPAC another loss.
Kat has spent her career doing what so many voters are desperate to see the Democratic Party do: fight back against Republican extremism and fight for everyday people.
Let's give AIPAC another loss.
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It’s also making my ass itch as a feminist
That no one stops for a second to go
STRUCTURALLY why are they trying to decouple homeschooling from religion after killing Affirmative Action and wanting women out of work
IN THE VERY SPACES BEING EXPOSED FOR PREDATION
That no one stops for a second to go
STRUCTURALLY why are they trying to decouple homeschooling from religion after killing Affirmative Action and wanting women out of work
IN THE VERY SPACES BEING EXPOSED FOR PREDATION
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
It’s also making my ass itch as a feminist
That no one stops for a second to go
STRUCTURALLY why are they trying to decouple homeschooling from religion after killing Affirmative Action and wanting women out of work
IN THE VERY SPACES BEING EXPOSED FOR PREDATION
That no one stops for a second to go
STRUCTURALLY why are they trying to decouple homeschooling from religion after killing Affirmative Action and wanting women out of work
IN THE VERY SPACES BEING EXPOSED FOR PREDATION
Wow. The way this person jumps to blaming his mother instead of wondering if perhaps she’s been abused by both him and his FATHER. WHAT DID HIS FATHER DO TO INSTILL THIS BELIEF?
Ffs. Sexism is so exhausting!
Ffs. Sexism is so exhausting!
Someone needs to check on this guy's family, especially his MOM. If they drove him to this or if he just ended up like this-she probably needs help, if she is still among the living.
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Wow. The way this person jumps to blaming his mother instead of wondering if perhaps she’s been abused by both him and his FATHER. WHAT DID HIS FATHER DO TO INSTILL THIS BELIEF?
Ffs. Sexism is so exhausting!
Ffs. Sexism is so exhausting!
Literally, in the HMT show, women who weren’t already married to the hideous men in charge, were forced into reproductive slavery. If they were too disobedient or dangerous or whatever to breed they were sent to the radioactive warzone to shovel waste.
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Literally, in the HMT show, women who weren’t already married to the hideous men in charge, were forced into reproductive slavery. If they were too disobedient or dangerous or whatever to breed they were sent to the radioactive warzone to shovel waste.
Gilead. This bro wants Gilead.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Gilead. This bro wants Gilead.
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Even if it weren’t #BlackHistoryMonth, I think this @locusmag.bsky.social interview with top-tier #Africnfuturist #author @nnedi.bsky.social would be well worth #reading! She finishes the “She Who Knows” Trilogy this month! #amreading #sciencefiction #BookSky📚💙
locusmag.com/feature/nned...
locusmag.com/feature/nned...
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Even if it weren’t #BlackHistoryMonth, I think this @locusmag.bsky.social interview with top-tier #Africnfuturist #author @nnedi.bsky.social would be well worth #reading! She finishes the “She Who Knows” Trilogy this month! #amreading #sciencefiction #BookSky📚💙
locusmag.com/feature/nned...
locusmag.com/feature/nned...
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A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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Alright. As is now tradition, here are my 10 favorite African SFF stories from 2025 📖 📚
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.
Ten(ish) of the Best African Speculative Short Fiction Stories of 2025 - Reactor
Here are some of the speculative fiction gems that may have flown under the radar in 2025...
reactormag.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Alright. As is now tradition, here are my 10 favorite African SFF stories from 2025 📖 📚
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
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close the camps
abolish ice
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abolish ice
🧵
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:40 PM
close the camps
abolish ice
🧵
abolish ice
🧵
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
And because it’s infinitely renewable. No matter how many people perceive it, it does not expire (unless, yknow, that’s the point)
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
And because it’s infinitely renewable. No matter how many people perceive it, it does not expire (unless, yknow, that’s the point)
I FORGOT ABOUT MY MAMMOGRAM
IT WAS YESTERDAY
GODDAMMIT ADHD
IT WAS YESTERDAY
GODDAMMIT ADHD
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I FORGOT ABOUT MY MAMMOGRAM
IT WAS YESTERDAY
GODDAMMIT ADHD
IT WAS YESTERDAY
GODDAMMIT ADHD
This video says EVERYTHING about
1. The vital importance of the American Griot
2. My true aspiration is to love and be loved like that
3. THIS is the USA I love and believe in
4. THIS is why I’m an AfroFUTURIST.
youtu.be/rMubr8KEsnM?...
1. The vital importance of the American Griot
2. My true aspiration is to love and be loved like that
3. THIS is the USA I love and believe in
4. THIS is why I’m an AfroFUTURIST.
youtu.be/rMubr8KEsnM?...
Laurence Fishburne presents LeVar Burton with the Lifetime Achievement Award
YouTube video by Empower Atlanta Magazine
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This video says EVERYTHING about
1. The vital importance of the American Griot
2. My true aspiration is to love and be loved like that
3. THIS is the USA I love and believe in
4. THIS is why I’m an AfroFUTURIST.
youtu.be/rMubr8KEsnM?...
1. The vital importance of the American Griot
2. My true aspiration is to love and be loved like that
3. THIS is the USA I love and believe in
4. THIS is why I’m an AfroFUTURIST.
youtu.be/rMubr8KEsnM?...
I know this is random but it’s all the more reason why I loathed her Star Wars character. She deserved far far better than a poorly developed plot device that would be instantly disdained by the fandom.
God, she's got such great taste and just seems like a cool person. Love her so much. What an actress.
Laura Dern’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I know this is random but it’s all the more reason why I loathed her Star Wars character. She deserved far far better than a poorly developed plot device that would be instantly disdained by the fandom.
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Daily Beast: Official statistics from DHS’s own documentation cast doubt on how effectively the sweeping immigration crackdown is targeting violent criminals involved in drugs, organized crime, or murder.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Daily Beast: Official statistics from DHS’s own documentation cast doubt on how effectively the sweeping immigration crackdown is targeting violent criminals involved in drugs, organized crime, or murder.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice