Tara
@wisetara.bsky.social
Software engineer, cross-stitcher, road tripper, coffee drinker, roadside attraction offerer and appreciator, and probably some other stuff.
Screenshot for length, though I'll see if alt text lets me go on longer to full-text it. It does! HUZZAH!
February 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Screenshot for length, though I'll see if alt text lets me go on longer to full-text it. It does! HUZZAH!
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They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
February 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
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Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
February 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
Attention #zoo accounts: Some of you let us name cockroaches on or around valentine's day. Maybe all year round. But I have a list of 19 folks this year. I need a bulk package of 20 roaches I can name. I don't want to enter my payment info 20 times. Do any of y'all sell bulk cockroach naming rights?
February 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Attention #zoo accounts: Some of you let us name cockroaches on or around valentine's day. Maybe all year round. But I have a list of 19 folks this year. I need a bulk package of 20 roaches I can name. I don't want to enter my payment info 20 times. Do any of y'all sell bulk cockroach naming rights?
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February 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
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Although @hcrichardson.bsky.social doesn't pronounce DOGE correctly (maybe on purpose? But I don't think so), but the rest of the information (via audio) is very useful and informed--I've been subscribed for a few days.
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February 3, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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February 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Although @hcrichardson.bsky.social doesn't pronounce DOGE correctly (maybe on purpose? But I don't think so), but the rest of the information (via audio) is very useful and informed--I've been subscribed for a few days.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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The Swasticar
February 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Swasticar
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5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)
1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card
1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card
February 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)
1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card
1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card
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This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
February 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
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The Framers foresaw this problem and figured legislators' ambition, self-preservation, and self-respect would drive them to act against a tyrant.
The Framers didn't expect a majority of Congress would be cowards and fools who cheered it like pigs celebrating the arrival of the butcher.
The Framers didn't expect a majority of Congress would be cowards and fools who cheered it like pigs celebrating the arrival of the butcher.
February 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Framers foresaw this problem and figured legislators' ambition, self-preservation, and self-respect would drive them to act against a tyrant.
The Framers didn't expect a majority of Congress would be cowards and fools who cheered it like pigs celebrating the arrival of the butcher.
The Framers didn't expect a majority of Congress would be cowards and fools who cheered it like pigs celebrating the arrival of the butcher.
Why would anyone be proud to be not-awake? Not-aware? Not... even remotely considerate or empathetic. It means worse, but why would they not want to be at least awake as they go through life?
Elon Musk’s DOGE brought in an HR employment attorney and consultant who spent the last few years teaching companies her “refreshing approach to diversity and inclusion."
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Musk’s DOGE Brings in HR Consultant Focused on ‘Non-Woke’ DEI 'Aligned With Our Faith’
“It’s simply just a non-woke version, offering employers an alternative approach to diversity and inclusion.”
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February 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Why would anyone be proud to be not-awake? Not-aware? Not... even remotely considerate or empathetic. It means worse, but why would they not want to be at least awake as they go through life?
if you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
- magazine writer/editor
- writing
- Went on to get an M.A. in English; Ph.D. English studies
- software engineer!
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
- magazine writer/editor
- writing
- Went on to get an M.A. in English; Ph.D. English studies
- software engineer!
if you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
- medical examiner
- pre-med bio sciences
- classical studies then English
- graphic designer (now moving toward art therapist)
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
- medical examiner
- pre-med bio sciences
- classical studies then English
- graphic designer (now moving toward art therapist)
if you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
-Get my parents off my ass
-Engineering
-Communication Studies/Film/Media
-I'm disabled—I never finished and work tried to kill me
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
-Get my parents off my ass
-Engineering
-Communication Studies/Film/Media
-I'm disabled—I never finished and work tried to kill me
January 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
if you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
- magazine writer/editor
- writing
- Went on to get an M.A. in English; Ph.D. English studies
- software engineer!
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
- magazine writer/editor
- writing
- Went on to get an M.A. in English; Ph.D. English studies
- software engineer!
Every once in awhile, I'm reminded that this press conference happened. And it grounds me (pun kind of intended). It reminds me that I'm not crazy--the folks who held the press conference are illogical, non-fact-checking folks.
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January 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Every once in awhile, I'm reminded that this press conference happened. And it grounds me (pun kind of intended). It reminds me that I'm not crazy--the folks who held the press conference are illogical, non-fact-checking folks.
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UNRELATED: I am drinking tea.
How To Be a Writer, #111:
Open laptop
Look into the void
Scream into the void
Consider that maybe the void also sometimes feels this way about you
Ask the void if it takes milk
Choose a nice mug for the void
And maybe a chocolate biscuit
Lose yourself in the void
Tea
Open laptop
Look into the void
Scream into the void
Consider that maybe the void also sometimes feels this way about you
Ask the void if it takes milk
Choose a nice mug for the void
And maybe a chocolate biscuit
Lose yourself in the void
Tea
January 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
UNRELATED: I am drinking tea.
There are two couches, a cat tree, a cat bed, and several cat mats NOT in the bedroom. Where the dryer is running. Where the cow cat normally spends her day. One senses that a statement is being made of some sort. That a grievance is being filed.
January 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
There are two couches, a cat tree, a cat bed, and several cat mats NOT in the bedroom. Where the dryer is running. Where the cow cat normally spends her day. One senses that a statement is being made of some sort. That a grievance is being filed.
Truth be told, I'm off Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok for a week, and I don't have have live television. I never watch political speeches or events from any side of the aisle, so I won't see it. Still, a figurative middle finger to the whole government and all the billionaires.
January 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Truth be told, I'm off Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok for a week, and I don't have have live television. I never watch political speeches or events from any side of the aisle, so I won't see it. Still, a figurative middle finger to the whole government and all the billionaires.
I was just thinking about Dolores O'Riordan. In September 2023, BMG said we'd get previously unreleased songs by her. But I haven't seen it yet. I hope we still get to hear more from her. I'm trying to find things for which there is hope.
Zombie. What a fuckin' song. ❤️
Zombie. What a fuckin' song. ❤️
January 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I was just thinking about Dolores O'Riordan. In September 2023, BMG said we'd get previously unreleased songs by her. But I haven't seen it yet. I hope we still get to hear more from her. I'm trying to find things for which there is hope.
Zombie. What a fuckin' song. ❤️
Zombie. What a fuckin' song. ❤️
Disgusting. This isn't supposed to be a kissing of the ring kind of a country. Tiktok can have the same blackout I'm giving Meta.
January 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Disgusting. This isn't supposed to be a kissing of the ring kind of a country. Tiktok can have the same blackout I'm giving Meta.
This is my current vibe due to the realization that I am NOT in fact in the land of the free. I will rally, because that is my way. But for now:
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January 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is my current vibe due to the realization that I am NOT in fact in the land of the free. I will rally, because that is my way. But for now: