Ariel
@arkaquisp.bsky.social
Sci-Fi enjoyer, Celiac, Mother of two very good girls, Progressive Christian, Speech-Language Pathologist
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Here is my Federal Employment Termination story:
February 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Here is my Federal Employment Termination story:
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My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
My kid demonstrating the mathematical law that as you cut things in half they forever approach zero but never reach zero by slurping smaller and smaller spoonfuls of the dregs of cereal milk from her bowl.
January 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My kid demonstrating the mathematical law that as you cut things in half they forever approach zero but never reach zero by slurping smaller and smaller spoonfuls of the dregs of cereal milk from her bowl.
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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
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I wrote an essay about the strange impossibility of losing a parent while becoming a parent. Maybe this has been you, and maybe you want to read it.
www.the-pom.com/p/finding-a-...
www.the-pom.com/p/finding-a-...
Finding a Baseline
an essay by Lauren Ahmed
www.the-pom.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I wrote an essay about the strange impossibility of losing a parent while becoming a parent. Maybe this has been you, and maybe you want to read it.
www.the-pom.com/p/finding-a-...
www.the-pom.com/p/finding-a-...
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thing I just learned:
The dominant meaning of "agog" is not, as I've always thought, "astonished" but "excited and eager."
Go know.
The dominant meaning of "agog" is not, as I've always thought, "astonished" but "excited and eager."
Go know.
January 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
thing I just learned:
The dominant meaning of "agog" is not, as I've always thought, "astonished" but "excited and eager."
Go know.
The dominant meaning of "agog" is not, as I've always thought, "astonished" but "excited and eager."
Go know.
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Kid: "Dad what's leather made from?"
Dad: "Hide".
Kid: "What???"
Dad: "Hide... a cow’s outside".
Kid: "I'm not afraid of a cow..."
Dad: "Hide".
Kid: "What???"
Dad: "Hide... a cow’s outside".
Kid: "I'm not afraid of a cow..."
January 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Kid: "Dad what's leather made from?"
Dad: "Hide".
Kid: "What???"
Dad: "Hide... a cow’s outside".
Kid: "I'm not afraid of a cow..."
Dad: "Hide".
Kid: "What???"
Dad: "Hide... a cow’s outside".
Kid: "I'm not afraid of a cow..."
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David Lynch on It's a Wonderful Life:
January 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
David Lynch on It's a Wonderful Life:
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Mother-in-law: “Should I pretend to recycle while you guys are here?”
December 23, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Mother-in-law: “Should I pretend to recycle while you guys are here?”
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BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
How Amazon Ruined Christmas
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:05 PM
BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
I like the part in “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” where it turns into a nonviolent protest.
🗣️ We won’t go until we get some!
🗣️ We won’t go until we get some!
December 9, 2024 at 3:15 PM
I like the part in “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” where it turns into a nonviolent protest.
🗣️ We won’t go until we get some!
🗣️ We won’t go until we get some!
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This is a deeply vulnerable & personal piece my wife Ayesha & I wrote about our daughter & the incurable disease she lives with. We wrote it not because her story is special—but because it is all too common. This torture must end.
Please read & share your story:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/when-insur...
Please read & share your story:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/when-insur...
When Insurance Rejects Life Saving Care
A deeply personal and vulnerable story about our daughter, the power of resilience, and the desperate need for change
www.qasimrashid.com
December 8, 2024 at 6:16 PM
This is a deeply vulnerable & personal piece my wife Ayesha & I wrote about our daughter & the incurable disease she lives with. We wrote it not because her story is special—but because it is all too common. This torture must end.
Please read & share your story:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/when-insur...
Please read & share your story:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/when-insur...
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a day which will live in famy
December 8, 2024 at 12:25 AM
a day which will live in famy
I feel confident that if the healthcare CEO murder happened in late September, there would be a contingent of dudes wearing their winter coats/backpacks/masks dressed up as the killer for Halloween. Low effort/high reward costume.
December 7, 2024 at 2:26 PM
I feel confident that if the healthcare CEO murder happened in late September, there would be a contingent of dudes wearing their winter coats/backpacks/masks dressed up as the killer for Halloween. Low effort/high reward costume.
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Piglet is a grown man
December 6, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Piglet is a grown man
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Where the fuck is Piglet's mom by the way
December 6, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Where the fuck is Piglet's mom by the way
My daughter loves the song, “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” and now she’s happily prancing around the house asking for Piggy Footing (figgy pudding).
She’s got spoonerisms coming out of her ears! It delights me to no end!
She’s got spoonerisms coming out of her ears! It delights me to no end!
December 6, 2024 at 4:29 PM
My daughter loves the song, “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” and now she’s happily prancing around the house asking for Piggy Footing (figgy pudding).
She’s got spoonerisms coming out of her ears! It delights me to no end!
She’s got spoonerisms coming out of her ears! It delights me to no end!
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Ta-Nehisi Coates wields words like sledgehammers.
December 5, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates wields words like sledgehammers.
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My 4yo just said “what if there was an advent calendar for opossums filled with different pieces of trash.”
December 2, 2024 at 11:36 PM
My 4yo just said “what if there was an advent calendar for opossums filled with different pieces of trash.”
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for most of my life I believed that only one turkey in the pair was pardoned and that America voted to determine which of the two would be spared in a sort of macabre public spectacle akin to the freeing of Barabbas over Jesus
November 28, 2024 at 3:26 AM
for most of my life I believed that only one turkey in the pair was pardoned and that America voted to determine which of the two would be spared in a sort of macabre public spectacle akin to the freeing of Barabbas over Jesus
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Note for the upcoming holiday season,,, some of us are on a sobriety journey and mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
November 26, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Note for the upcoming holiday season,,, some of us are on a sobriety journey and mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Sometimes when I’m looking for a lil nickname to call my daughter, I call her “Doug.”
I call her “duck” a lot but somehow I swallow the /k/ and land on Doug and just go with it.
I call her “duck” a lot but somehow I swallow the /k/ and land on Doug and just go with it.
November 24, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Sometimes when I’m looking for a lil nickname to call my daughter, I call her “Doug.”
I call her “duck” a lot but somehow I swallow the /k/ and land on Doug and just go with it.
I call her “duck” a lot but somehow I swallow the /k/ and land on Doug and just go with it.
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before I get out of bed I wish to record that the thought that’s getting me up in a great mood is “can’t wait to drink tea”
November 22, 2024 at 11:49 AM
before I get out of bed I wish to record that the thought that’s getting me up in a great mood is “can’t wait to drink tea”