Elaine
@uselaine.bsky.social
I’m here because you went here, I love you, and I want to see you. 💛
Most of my attention goes to mastodon because it is what I think the internet is supposed to be.
Profile pic is from 1995.
Banner: some Zuri dresses.
Most of my attention goes to mastodon because it is what I think the internet is supposed to be.
Profile pic is from 1995.
Banner: some Zuri dresses.
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Elaine
@uselaine.bsky.social
· Apr 27
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.com
Someone made an easy, free search bar that eliminates AI results from google. I have it pinned to my Mastodon account, but I thought I would bring it over here too.
udm14.com
udm14.com
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Cambodia releases rare captive-bred storks in conservation breakthrough reut.rs/4o3YXwQ
Cambodia releases rare captive-bred storks in conservation breakthrough
Conservationists in Cambodia have for the first time released two captive-bred Greater Adjutant Stork chicks into the wild as part of an ongoing programme to revive a species under threat from poaching and habitat loss.
reut.rs
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Cambodia releases rare captive-bred storks in conservation breakthrough reut.rs/4o3YXwQ
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"At least my regret over prior life decisions will be brief."
I should note, they don't corner well *at speed*. They can turn on a dime if stationary.
And their tusks can go through you *the long way* with room to spare.
So. I guess my real solution to "what do I do when chased by a hippo?" is something more like "pray."
And their tusks can go through you *the long way* with room to spare.
So. I guess my real solution to "what do I do when chased by a hippo?" is something more like "pray."
a hippopotamus and a lioness in a field with bbc america written on the bottom right
Alt: A hippo spins in place to chomp at a lioness that tried to jump on its flank.
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"At least my regret over prior life decisions will be brief."
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🦋 The Trump administration is proposing to revive Endangered Species Act rollbacks, ending automatic protections for threatened species. Environmental groups warn it could slow efforts to save monarch butterflies, manatees, spotted owls and more.
mendovoice.com/2025/11/trum...
#mendocinocounty
mendovoice.com/2025/11/trum...
#mendocinocounty
Trump administration revives rollbacks of species protections from first term • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA
The plan would end automatic protections for threatened species, including those found in Mendocino County, prompting warnings of delayed safeguards for vulnerable wildlife.
mendovoice.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🦋 The Trump administration is proposing to revive Endangered Species Act rollbacks, ending automatic protections for threatened species. Environmental groups warn it could slow efforts to save monarch butterflies, manatees, spotted owls and more.
mendovoice.com/2025/11/trum...
#mendocinocounty
mendovoice.com/2025/11/trum...
#mendocinocounty
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The author nailed it in this piece on the media & Nuzzi esp her relationship w/Olbermann
“Here’s what it taught her: Personal relationships with powerful media figures open doors. Access trading works. The line between personal and professional is negotiable if you’re charming and talented enough”
“Here’s what it taught her: Personal relationships with powerful media figures open doors. Access trading works. The line between personal and professional is negotiable if you’re charming and talented enough”
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The author nailed it in this piece on the media & Nuzzi esp her relationship w/Olbermann
“Here’s what it taught her: Personal relationships with powerful media figures open doors. Access trading works. The line between personal and professional is negotiable if you’re charming and talented enough”
“Here’s what it taught her: Personal relationships with powerful media figures open doors. Access trading works. The line between personal and professional is negotiable if you’re charming and talented enough”
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As we and others have repeatedly reported, credible researchers have said there is no link between vaccines and autism.
CDC plans study on vaccines and autism despite research showing no link
President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have repeatedly raised the idea that autism could be linked to vaccines.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
As we and others have repeatedly reported, credible researchers have said there is no link between vaccines and autism.
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New way of saying a thing is unlawful just dropped
President Trump's efforts to send National Guard troops to U.S. cities have been repeatedly met with resistance in the courts — most recently, in Tennessee. n.pr/3LLFeoq
Trump's National Guard deployments face mounting legal pushback
President Trump's efforts to send National Guard troops to U.S. cities have been repeatedly met with resistance in the courts — most recently, in Tennessee.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
New way of saying a thing is unlawful just dropped
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“Scarification artist”
Could’ve bought a pS5
Could’ve bought a pS5
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“Scarification artist”
Could’ve bought a pS5
Could’ve bought a pS5
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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Holy shit one of the things I have been waiting on for months finally happened
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Holy shit one of the things I have been waiting on for months finally happened
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"By any consistent standard, if Summers is unfit to work for each of these institutions [from which he resigned], he is equally unfit to teach at our school. Harvard should not be the only institution in America where Summers remains above reproach."
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Professor and the Pedophile | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Summers should choose the most straightforward path and resign. Should he refuse to, though, the University must cut ties with its former president to the greatest extent possible.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"By any consistent standard, if Summers is unfit to work for each of these institutions [from which he resigned], he is equally unfit to teach at our school. Harvard should not be the only institution in America where Summers remains above reproach."
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Extraordinary that the Texas government would be so corrupt that it would have to black out more than 80% of its emails with Elon Musk.
NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Extraordinary that the Texas government would be so corrupt that it would have to black out more than 80% of its emails with Elon Musk.
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One balance of power example I like from Choctaw culture: any decisions made by the (usually male) political chiefs that could lead the people into war were subject to veto by the clan mothers who ran the social order.
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
One balance of power example I like from Choctaw culture: any decisions made by the (usually male) political chiefs that could lead the people into war were subject to veto by the clan mothers who ran the social order.
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"American Colonists and founders thought Native American societies were simple and primitive... [but they] were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful attention to checking and balancing power."
theconversation.com/before-the-a...
theconversation.com/before-the-a...
Before the American Revolution, Native nations guarded their societies against tyranny
Native American communities were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful attention to checking and balancing power.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"American Colonists and founders thought Native American societies were simple and primitive... [but they] were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful attention to checking and balancing power."
theconversation.com/before-the-a...
theconversation.com/before-the-a...
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Govt "takes no position" on whether to unseal its inexplicably sealed original sentencing memo in case of Taylor Taranto, which had removed paragraphs describing the J6 "mob of rioters" & had referenced the role a Trump post played in one of Taranto's crimes. Judge orders memo unsealed.
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Govt "takes no position" on whether to unseal its inexplicably sealed original sentencing memo in case of Taylor Taranto, which had removed paragraphs describing the J6 "mob of rioters" & had referenced the role a Trump post played in one of Taranto's crimes. Judge orders memo unsealed.
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You see the thing about Republicans is they’re really passionate about states rights
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
You see the thing about Republicans is they’re really passionate about states rights
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Thank you, student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Thank you, student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
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Cancel your Spotify subscription until the ICE ads stop. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Cancel your Spotify subscription until the ICE ads stop. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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Donald Trump tried to paint himself as the force behind the Jeffrey Epstein files’ release in a bonkers Truth Social post.
Trump Claims Credit for Epstein Files Release as He Finally Signs Bill
The president announced that he had signed the bill in a social media post.
trib.al
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Donald Trump tried to paint himself as the force behind the Jeffrey Epstein files’ release in a bonkers Truth Social post.
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✍️ President Trump has signed a bill compelling the release of all federal files related to Jeffrey Epstein — a sharp reversal after months of resisting disclosure. The DOJ now has 30 days to release records, with limited redactions.
mendovoice.com/2025/11/trum...
mendovoice.com/2025/11/trum...
Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA
Congress overwhelmingly approved the bill compelling the release of Epstein records, prompting Trump to reverse course and sign it amid mounting political scrutiny.
mendovoice.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
✍️ President Trump has signed a bill compelling the release of all federal files related to Jeffrey Epstein — a sharp reversal after months of resisting disclosure. The DOJ now has 30 days to release records, with limited redactions.
mendovoice.com/2025/11/trum...
mendovoice.com/2025/11/trum...
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Mayes: I worry about how we’ll even know if something gets withheld.
There’s a timing issue: when will the documents be released? There’s a redaction issue: how much will be redacted? And then there’s a completeness issue: how much are they actually going to release?
There’s a timing issue: when will the documents be released? There’s a redaction issue: how much will be redacted? And then there’s a completeness issue: how much are they actually going to release?
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Mayes: I worry about how we’ll even know if something gets withheld.
There’s a timing issue: when will the documents be released? There’s a redaction issue: how much will be redacted? And then there’s a completeness issue: how much are they actually going to release?
There’s a timing issue: when will the documents be released? There’s a redaction issue: how much will be redacted? And then there’s a completeness issue: how much are they actually going to release?
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BREAKING Trump says he has signed a bill requiring his administration release documents on late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
BREAKING Trump says he has signed a bill requiring his administration release documents on late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
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ICE is basically the comments section with weapons.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
ICE is basically the comments section with weapons.
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People have done a massive disservice to Ukraine and Europe by pretending Trump might do the right thing and help Ukraine. It raised hopes in a fantasy and kept people from facing reality. Trump is with Putin and all Europeans need to face that squarely.
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
People have done a massive disservice to Ukraine and Europe by pretending Trump might do the right thing and help Ukraine. It raised hopes in a fantasy and kept people from facing reality. Trump is with Putin and all Europeans need to face that squarely.
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This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯