Anne Worth
@anneworth.bsky.social
Interested in books (mainly SF/F), fandom, cats, tea, knitting/crocheting, and learning Japanese very slowly
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I have felt for quite a while that at least a part of anti-migrant, anti-refugee behaviour from successive governments is pulling the drawbridge up ahead of an increase in climate-caused refugee movement.
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
On one of the dirty hippy US politics podcasts in 2017, after the torchlit Nazi rally where one of the marchers killed a woman.
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I have felt for quite a while that at least a part of anti-migrant, anti-refugee behaviour from successive governments is pulling the drawbridge up ahead of an increase in climate-caused refugee movement.
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
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notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?
anyway that’s why these events are important
anyway that’s why these events are important
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?
anyway that’s why these events are important
anyway that’s why these events are important
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This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times.
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September 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times.
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Today's #WeAreAllDC protest in downtown Washington, D.C. demanding an immediate withdrawal of federal troops from the District and an end to the federalization of the local police department.
September 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today's #WeAreAllDC protest in downtown Washington, D.C. demanding an immediate withdrawal of federal troops from the District and an end to the federalization of the local police department.
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i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
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one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules
August 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
July 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
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Hundreds of scientists are set to take part in the first performance of a new Scottish country dance inspired by the ripples in spacetime whose existence was first theorised by Albert Einstein.
More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q
#GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow
@uofgravity.bsky.social
More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q
#GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow
@uofgravity.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Hundreds of scientists are set to take part in the first performance of a new Scottish country dance inspired by the ripples in spacetime whose existence was first theorised by Albert Einstein.
More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q
#GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow
@uofgravity.bsky.social
More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q
#GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow
@uofgravity.bsky.social
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The mad thing is, for like %99.998 of human history, nobody really spoke to anyone who wasn't born within a couple miles of them, and we're supposed to believe that *now* people's horizons are too narrow?
July 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The mad thing is, for like %99.998 of human history, nobody really spoke to anyone who wasn't born within a couple miles of them, and we're supposed to believe that *now* people's horizons are too narrow?
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I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
July 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
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My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
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"Preliminary data from the first half of 2024 shows that nationwide, the crime rate for all Index crimes likely hit its lowest point since 1961 last year"
- @prisonpolicy.org
- @prisonpolicy.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"Preliminary data from the first half of 2024 shows that nationwide, the crime rate for all Index crimes likely hit its lowest point since 1961 last year"
- @prisonpolicy.org
- @prisonpolicy.org
I am so happy right now! I was re-listening to the Graphic Audio productions of @adapalmer.bsky.social 's first two Terra Ignota books, and feeling sad because I thought the last two weren't going to be made. But on a whim I checked, and they are available! The last one is on pre-order. So glad!
May 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I am so happy right now! I was re-listening to the Graphic Audio productions of @adapalmer.bsky.social 's first two Terra Ignota books, and feeling sad because I thought the last two weren't going to be made. But on a whim I checked, and they are available! The last one is on pre-order. So glad!
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If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.)
You do NOT have to accept this! Post on the public comments to pressure them to NOT do this! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.)
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I cannot stress this enough. If you love literature, check out Its Storytime from @wilwheaton.net. Not only is a wonderfully well-made show, it gives an amazing spotlight to works that actually need it. Link attached for different podcast services.
wilwheaton.net/podcast/
wilwheaton.net/podcast/
It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton
You may recognize Wil Wheaton’s name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985’s timeless classic, Stand B…
wilwheaton.net
April 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I cannot stress this enough. If you love literature, check out Its Storytime from @wilwheaton.net. Not only is a wonderfully well-made show, it gives an amazing spotlight to works that actually need it. Link attached for different podcast services.
wilwheaton.net/podcast/
wilwheaton.net/podcast/
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we all had a lot of fun dunking on “menstrual cycle education” yesterday but what they’re talking about there is propaganda to vilify other methods of birth control in favor of the rhythm method, specifically because it has a higher failure rate
This is definitely a chapter out of The Handmaiden’s Tale.
Trump trying to find ways to get women to have more babies including paying them $5000 and educating them about their menstrual cycles.
#MagaMorons
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
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Trump trying to find ways to get women to have more babies including paying them $5000 and educating them about their menstrual cycles.
#MagaMorons
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
newrepublic.com/post/194212/... via @newrepublic.com
Team Trump Drafts Dystopian Plan to Get Women to Have More Babies
Trump’s White House is devising some interesting strategies to try to convince women to give birth more.
newrepublic.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
we all had a lot of fun dunking on “menstrual cycle education” yesterday but what they’re talking about there is propaganda to vilify other methods of birth control in favor of the rhythm method, specifically because it has a higher failure rate
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I’ve said this repeatedly but I’ll say it again: if you’re able, get an IUD. it’s easily removed but otherwise lasts for years. (voice of experience here: ask for a paracervical block pre-insertion, and if they refuse, find another dr)
NEW: Alliance Defending Freedom is urging Trump to cut ties with the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, org that helps recommend which women's preventive services to cover—including birth control. Letter cites "items that can prevent the implantation of embryos after conception"
Far-Right Group That Helped Overturn 'Roe' Is Officially Going After Birth Control
Alliance Defending Freedom is urging the Trump administration to cut ties with a top gynecologist group that recommends insurance has to cover IUDs and emergency contraception.
www.jezebel.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’ve said this repeatedly but I’ll say it again: if you’re able, get an IUD. it’s easily removed but otherwise lasts for years. (voice of experience here: ask for a paracervical block pre-insertion, and if they refuse, find another dr)
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I can think of no better things to be done with my tax money than to support the vulnerable, feed the poor, treat the sick, educate, well, everyone, and restore the ecology.
Yep, yep, this is me virtue signalling. I am virtuous, and I want people to know being virtuous is fucking cool, actually.
Yep, yep, this is me virtue signalling. I am virtuous, and I want people to know being virtuous is fucking cool, actually.
March 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I can think of no better things to be done with my tax money than to support the vulnerable, feed the poor, treat the sick, educate, well, everyone, and restore the ecology.
Yep, yep, this is me virtue signalling. I am virtuous, and I want people to know being virtuous is fucking cool, actually.
Yep, yep, this is me virtue signalling. I am virtuous, and I want people to know being virtuous is fucking cool, actually.
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Women's Day has been so heavily co-opted by bourgeois feminism but let's never forget that it originated from the labor movement under the organization of socialists like Theresa Malkiel and Clara Zetkin. It was always meant to be the International WORKING Women's Day.
March 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Women's Day has been so heavily co-opted by bourgeois feminism but let's never forget that it originated from the labor movement under the organization of socialists like Theresa Malkiel and Clara Zetkin. It was always meant to be the International WORKING Women's Day.
Trying to make my MIL an appointment at the Post Office for her passport. The website says this is "currently unavailable." That's been true for several days. Gee, wonder why.
February 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Trying to make my MIL an appointment at the Post Office for her passport. The website says this is "currently unavailable." That's been true for several days. Gee, wonder why.
Well that includes my husband. Pretty scary.
Thoughts and prayers to anyone getting on a plane in the U.S. right now.
February 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Well that includes my husband. Pretty scary.
Because the Real ID requirements will kick in this May, we're trying to decide between attempting to get my MIL either a passport or a Real ID. The passport means dealing with a federal government that is in complete chaos. The Real ID means spending hours at the RMV. Tough decision.
February 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Because the Real ID requirements will kick in this May, we're trying to decide between attempting to get my MIL either a passport or a Real ID. The passport means dealing with a federal government that is in complete chaos. The Real ID means spending hours at the RMV. Tough decision.
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Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵
January 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵