Elle, M.D.
@amethyststeam.bsky.social
Over-educated. Sci-fi/fantasy nerd. Was a huge hockey fan until 8/2015 (a chicago team knows what they did). she/her.
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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gotta say the fact that a waymo will pick up and drive away while someone is actively trying to get a cat out from under the car seems like a major safety hazard
"Footage obtained by The New York Times of the moment a Waymo car ran over Kit Kat, a beloved San Francisco bodega cat, raises new questions about the company’s safeguards."
Waymo's robots lack situational awareness to an alarming and prob unacceptable extent.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Waymo's robots lack situational awareness to an alarming and prob unacceptable extent.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
gotta say the fact that a waymo will pick up and drive away while someone is actively trying to get a cat out from under the car seems like a major safety hazard
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multiple instances of the team captains getting married to each other!
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
multiple instances of the team captains getting married to each other!
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“hockey players in love with their rivals???”
have you never heard of the US and Canadian women’s Olympic hockey teams
have you never heard of the US and Canadian women’s Olympic hockey teams
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“hockey players in love with their rivals???”
have you never heard of the US and Canadian women’s Olympic hockey teams
have you never heard of the US and Canadian women’s Olympic hockey teams
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There are plenty of gay and bi players in professional men's sports, but they are closeted by institutional homophobia and it really sucks.
Women's sports show how well it could work and how fun and sweet it is, both when they play on the same teams and when they are rivals.
Women's sports show how well it could work and how fun and sweet it is, both when they play on the same teams and when they are rivals.
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
There are plenty of gay and bi players in professional men's sports, but they are closeted by institutional homophobia and it really sucks.
Women's sports show how well it could work and how fun and sweet it is, both when they play on the same teams and when they are rivals.
Women's sports show how well it could work and how fun and sweet it is, both when they play on the same teams and when they are rivals.
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The homophobic environments are certainly part of it but he talks about how clear it was that he would get blackballed from the NFL as soon as anyone found out (Michael Sam, etc). This is an institutional problem that leagues could solve TOMORROW if they wanted to.
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The homophobic environments are certainly part of it but he talks about how clear it was that he would get blackballed from the NFL as soon as anyone found out (Michael Sam, etc). This is an institutional problem that leagues could solve TOMORROW if they wanted to.
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I have thoughts on why this doesn't happen in men's sports beyond the obvious (homophobic environments starting from birth), if anyone is interested I would read RK Russell's memoir about being gay in the NFL.
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I have thoughts on why this doesn't happen in men's sports beyond the obvious (homophobic environments starting from birth), if anyone is interested I would read RK Russell's memoir about being gay in the NFL.
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Multiple US and Canada Olympic rivals have gotten married in women's hockey!
I am seeing some comments like “what if pro athletes really did kiss???” and I am excited for those people to learn about the WNBA
December 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Multiple US and Canada Olympic rivals have gotten married in women's hockey!
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The hit Canadian series Heated Rivalry is a breath of fresh air in a streaming landscape actively suffocating its audiences.
Canada's Heated Rivalry Destroys The Worst Trend Of American Streaming TV - SlashFilm
www.slashfilm.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The hit Canadian series Heated Rivalry is a breath of fresh air in a streaming landscape actively suffocating its audiences.
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Print out vaccine schedules NOW and save physical copies. Make copies for those in your community. Do NOT let them erase real science
RFK Jr.’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back recommending all newborns get vaccinated for hepatitis B
CDC Panel Of Vaccine Skeptics Votes To Delay Hepatitis B Shot For Most Babies
Public health officials warned that the decision by advisers picked by RFK Jr. will result in more infants being infected and experiencing lifelong liver diseases.
www.huffpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Print out vaccine schedules NOW and save physical copies. Make copies for those in your community. Do NOT let them erase real science
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Malone is now talking about the role of undocumented migrants in spreading measles.
There is no evidence of this. I am disgusted. The measles outbreak is American-grown due to declining vaccination coverage in response to disinformation.
There is no evidence of this. I am disgusted. The measles outbreak is American-grown due to declining vaccination coverage in response to disinformation.
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Malone is now talking about the role of undocumented migrants in spreading measles.
There is no evidence of this. I am disgusted. The measles outbreak is American-grown due to declining vaccination coverage in response to disinformation.
There is no evidence of this. I am disgusted. The measles outbreak is American-grown due to declining vaccination coverage in response to disinformation.
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@npr it’s not a principle. It is a constitutional guarantee.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@npr it’s not a principle. It is a constitutional guarantee.
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The stars of “Heated Rivalry” are actually OPPOSITES of their characters!? 👀
Watch the FULL interview with Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, on YT/MUCH 🎥⭐️
The first two episodes of “Heated Rivalry” are out now on Crave!
youtu.be/ZWA7OBtUppg?...
Watch the FULL interview with Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, on YT/MUCH 🎥⭐️
The first two episodes of “Heated Rivalry” are out now on Crave!
youtu.be/ZWA7OBtUppg?...
November 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The stars of “Heated Rivalry” are actually OPPOSITES of their characters!? 👀
Watch the FULL interview with Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, on YT/MUCH 🎥⭐️
The first two episodes of “Heated Rivalry” are out now on Crave!
youtu.be/ZWA7OBtUppg?...
Watch the FULL interview with Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, on YT/MUCH 🎥⭐️
The first two episodes of “Heated Rivalry” are out now on Crave!
youtu.be/ZWA7OBtUppg?...
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I mean, yeah. That's the entire point? Heated Rivalry, the book, is about loneliness and isolation and shoving yourself so deeply in the closet that you can't see anything outside of it, except you can't deny yourself one fundamental sweetness. The one that allows you to express your true self.
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I mean, yeah. That's the entire point? Heated Rivalry, the book, is about loneliness and isolation and shoving yourself so deeply in the closet that you can't see anything outside of it, except you can't deny yourself one fundamental sweetness. The one that allows you to express your true self.
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Sex is part of human behavior, and our attitudes towards sex, as well as the kinds of sex we desire and why we find it desirable, all inform who we are. Why would you dismiss that aspect of character-building if you're a writer or creator, especially of love stories? Why wouldn't you want to use it?
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Sex is part of human behavior, and our attitudes towards sex, as well as the kinds of sex we desire and why we find it desirable, all inform who we are. Why would you dismiss that aspect of character-building if you're a writer or creator, especially of love stories? Why wouldn't you want to use it?
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Why is sex-as-punishment or sex-as-suffering elevated as art, but as soon as you see characters having sex for the pure pleasure of it, it's immediately dismissed? Why do we have so many graphic depictions of sexual assault and sexual trauma and so very few of sexual fulfillment? Rly makes u think
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Why is sex-as-punishment or sex-as-suffering elevated as art, but as soon as you see characters having sex for the pure pleasure of it, it's immediately dismissed? Why do we have so many graphic depictions of sexual assault and sexual trauma and so very few of sexual fulfillment? Rly makes u think
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"Why are they boning already"--have you lived such an unspeakably sheltered life that you've never had a bad-idea hookup and then caught feelings? Or had a friend go through this? Or, like, read about it??
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"Why are they boning already"--have you lived such an unspeakably sheltered life that you've never had a bad-idea hookup and then caught feelings? Or had a friend go through this? Or, like, read about it??
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Where's the romance. WHERE'S THE ROMANCE. I am screaming and yanking on my hair. Did you miss the parts in which they're flirting incessantly? When Shane checks in after Ilya suffers the most devastating defeat of his life? Shane covering for an overwhelmed Ilya during their first press conference?
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Where's the romance. WHERE'S THE ROMANCE. I am screaming and yanking on my hair. Did you miss the parts in which they're flirting incessantly? When Shane checks in after Ilya suffers the most devastating defeat of his life? Shane covering for an overwhelmed Ilya during their first press conference?
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Y'all this past week I've seen some baffling takes on Heated Rivalry by people who have zero knowledge or enjoyment of romance novels, romance narratives, or sex scenes as a storytelling device. "Uh where's the romance? Why are they boning so much???"
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Y'all this past week I've seen some baffling takes on Heated Rivalry by people who have zero knowledge or enjoyment of romance novels, romance narratives, or sex scenes as a storytelling device. "Uh where's the romance? Why are they boning so much???"
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This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.
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the white house social media folded to sabrina carpenter so fast everybody should treat the companies that turned their head to their stuff being used in propaganda like shit for the rest of time
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
the white house social media folded to sabrina carpenter so fast everybody should treat the companies that turned their head to their stuff being used in propaganda like shit for the rest of time
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Y’all I wish I could express to people that this image? Is showing a good thing. We have eradicated diseases, and discovered preventatives for diseases in the last 40 years. How do you not want your children protected from what you had to go through? And the number of vaccines…? (1/4)
Of course they visualize the schedule like this because it elicits a strong emotional reaction—especially among new parents. Let’s add some critical context to this image…
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Y’all I wish I could express to people that this image? Is showing a good thing. We have eradicated diseases, and discovered preventatives for diseases in the last 40 years. How do you not want your children protected from what you had to go through? And the number of vaccines…? (1/4)
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Someday this cruelty will be reversed for Rachel Levine. It will be covered as a touching moment, a "correction" of an injustice. People will expect her to be grateful. Fuck that. The expectation of easy forgiveness & the shaming of rage at injustice is what brings us back to this awful place
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Someday this cruelty will be reversed for Rachel Levine. It will be covered as a touching moment, a "correction" of an injustice. People will expect her to be grateful. Fuck that. The expectation of easy forgiveness & the shaming of rage at injustice is what brings us back to this awful place
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This is the energy we need from everyone
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is the energy we need from everyone