Sharon (she/her)
@chubacca.bsky.social
Asian American in New England. I like science and stories and TTRPGs and art and polysyndeton.
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
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We always see a surge of infectious disease, including COVID, RSV, etc etc around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Unless you want to gift your fam with a few weeks sick this year, mask up as you travel!
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We always see a surge of infectious disease, including COVID, RSV, etc etc around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Unless you want to gift your fam with a few weeks sick this year, mask up as you travel!
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BROTHER HE’S COPYING HIS LOOK NOW LMAO
November 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
BROTHER HE’S COPYING HIS LOOK NOW LMAO
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You will never guess what this is in reference to.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
You will never guess what this is in reference to.
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Two days ago, the regime police in Georgia arrested a man over squeaking a chicken toy towards the police.
So, yesterday, many people brought these chickens to do the same.
#GeorgiaProtests
📷 MOSE
So, yesterday, many people brought these chickens to do the same.
#GeorgiaProtests
📷 MOSE
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Two days ago, the regime police in Georgia arrested a man over squeaking a chicken toy towards the police.
So, yesterday, many people brought these chickens to do the same.
#GeorgiaProtests
📷 MOSE
So, yesterday, many people brought these chickens to do the same.
#GeorgiaProtests
📷 MOSE
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Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"
Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
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"That's okay. You can just say yes. That's easier than explaining it. I don't mind."
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"That's okay. You can just say yes. That's easier than explaining it. I don't mind."
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Excited to take care of some plants, and when that fails, do a little necromancy.
Come check out Greenhearth Necromancy with me!
Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames
#Sponsored by @silverstringmedia.bsky.social
Come check out Greenhearth Necromancy with me!
Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames
#Sponsored by @silverstringmedia.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Excited to take care of some plants, and when that fails, do a little necromancy.
Come check out Greenhearth Necromancy with me!
Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames
#Sponsored by @silverstringmedia.bsky.social
Come check out Greenhearth Necromancy with me!
Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames
#Sponsored by @silverstringmedia.bsky.social
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Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
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Please film in Vancouver please film in Vancouver please film in
Amazon Is Bringing 'Stargate' Back to TV
'Stargate' veteran Martin Gero will create the new show, which is based on the hit 1994 film and multiple TV spinoffs.
gizmodo.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Please film in Vancouver please film in Vancouver please film in
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alarming. gift link
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
alarming. gift link
DAE hate driving at night more than ever, and it's because headlights are so blindingly bright that it's harder to see than even 5 years ago?
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
DAE hate driving at night more than ever, and it's because headlights are so blindingly bright that it's harder to see than even 5 years ago?
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If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.
EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
(KRON) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday that it has settled claims of hazardous waste violations at an Apple microchip factory in Santa Clara. In August 2023 and January 2024, federal regulators inspected Apple’s facility at 3250 Scott Boulevard after receiving a tip from the public. The inspections, according to the EPA, [...]
www.kron4.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.
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if you’re trans and reading this:
thank you. thank you for being here, living your life as full as you can, and defending your right to live and be free.
i love you all. i hope for a day we don’t have to keep fighting. be safe out there, please. 🩷🤍💙
thank you. thank you for being here, living your life as full as you can, and defending your right to live and be free.
i love you all. i hope for a day we don’t have to keep fighting. be safe out there, please. 🩷🤍💙
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
if you’re trans and reading this:
thank you. thank you for being here, living your life as full as you can, and defending your right to live and be free.
i love you all. i hope for a day we don’t have to keep fighting. be safe out there, please. 🩷🤍💙
thank you. thank you for being here, living your life as full as you can, and defending your right to live and be free.
i love you all. i hope for a day we don’t have to keep fighting. be safe out there, please. 🩷🤍💙
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its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
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YES THIS SAFETY FOR EVERYONE
A cyclist on a sidewalk is usually a symptom of bad infrastructure.
As I often say, cyclist vs. pedestrian conflicts arise because both are fighting over the scraps of space not occupied by cars. But what if we took that space from cars to make biking, walking, and rolling safer?
As I often say, cyclist vs. pedestrian conflicts arise because both are fighting over the scraps of space not occupied by cars. But what if we took that space from cars to make biking, walking, and rolling safer?
my hot take as a full-time pedestrian and transit rider is that i want cities to do the absolute maximum amount to provide cyclists with safe and protected bike lanes everywhere so that i don't have to feel the least bit bad for kicking one off the sidewalk into the street
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
YES THIS SAFETY FOR EVERYONE
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i've been taking adderall since i was 5. any day that i snuck away from taking it i would inevitably get sent to the principal's office for something. this is a wonder drug that keeps adhd children from abject misery. adhd therapy will never come close to the effectiveness of adhd medication
every time the pediatric adhd medication discourse starts up, i gotta remind folks that getting pediatric adhd behavioral therapy is nearly impossible to get for many families. one of the worst shortages out there. medication is often the only realistic option available to desperate parents
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
i've been taking adderall since i was 5. any day that i snuck away from taking it i would inevitably get sent to the principal's office for something. this is a wonder drug that keeps adhd children from abject misery. adhd therapy will never come close to the effectiveness of adhd medication
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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You ever think about how beautiful and rare your friends are and stare into space for 10 minutes because in all the wretched terrifying universe somehow something still managed to give you the miracle of their presence?
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You ever think about how beautiful and rare your friends are and stare into space for 10 minutes because in all the wretched terrifying universe somehow something still managed to give you the miracle of their presence?
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I was reminded of this recently, looked up the history, and learned that, like a lot of things, townships in NC were largely stripped of their powers and elected officials by white supremacist Redeemers after Reconstruction because township governments contained the most Black elected officials.
Townships in North Carolina are just lines on a county map. I think they sometimes demarcate fire districts, but that’s about it. There are no township governments, and they don’t do anything. Some might contain cohesive unincorporated communities similar to towns but with no town governments.
November 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I was reminded of this recently, looked up the history, and learned that, like a lot of things, townships in NC were largely stripped of their powers and elected officials by white supremacist Redeemers after Reconstruction because township governments contained the most Black elected officials.
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BREAKING: former Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases @drdemetre.bsky.social told a group of journalists attending an @healthjournalism.org meeting that DOGE has decided to "remove" primate labs from HIV prevention studies
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
BREAKING: former Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases @drdemetre.bsky.social told a group of journalists attending an @healthjournalism.org meeting that DOGE has decided to "remove" primate labs from HIV prevention studies
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In retrospect it’s pretty fucking terrible for my mental health that the sun starts setting at 4 pm every year right when the baseball season ends.
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
In retrospect it’s pretty fucking terrible for my mental health that the sun starts setting at 4 pm every year right when the baseball season ends.
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Disability education should not be put into HHS because it's not a health issue, it's an education issue. The idea that disability = health is dehumanizing and, frankly, simply wrong.
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Disability education should not be put into HHS because it's not a health issue, it's an education issue. The idea that disability = health is dehumanizing and, frankly, simply wrong.
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.