Feral Appalachian witch in Texas 🌞🌻🏳️🌈
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Hikes and crochet.
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STEM Librarian
Feral Appalachian witch and general menace with Crohn’s disease living on DMB, coffee, rage, Cleveland baseball and trashy books
She/they 🏳️🌈
STEM Librarian
Feral Appalachian witch and general menace with Crohn’s disease living on DMB, coffee, rage, Cleveland baseball and trashy books
Pinned
How many pride flags can I make this weekend?
I’m still selling them for $10 a piece + $10 shipping. Dm me if’n you want one or a few!
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Maybe don’t put it at the top of every search result then?
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Maybe don’t put it at the top of every search result then?
is this *really* necessary?
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
is this *really* necessary?
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"With an estimated monthly user base of around 800 million, that means roughly 560,000 people are, every week, interacting with ChatGPT in a way that signals that they might be experiencing a break with reality, while about 1.2 million might be expressing suicidality."
Plus Google and Microsoft AI.
Plus Google and Microsoft AI.
Uh huh. Because there are billions to be made with OpenAI, and not billions for the lemonade, and so we allow it to continue.
ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace
ChatGPT has been publicly linked to at least eight deaths. OpenAI has announced no plans to take it off the market.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"With an estimated monthly user base of around 800 million, that means roughly 560,000 people are, every week, interacting with ChatGPT in a way that signals that they might be experiencing a break with reality, while about 1.2 million might be expressing suicidality."
Plus Google and Microsoft AI.
Plus Google and Microsoft AI.
Uh huh. Because there are billions to be made with OpenAI, and not billions for the lemonade, and so we allow it to continue.
ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace
ChatGPT has been publicly linked to at least eight deaths. OpenAI has announced no plans to take it off the market.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Uh huh. Because there are billions to be made with OpenAI, and not billions for the lemonade, and so we allow it to continue.
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
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“I’d release my taxes but they’re under audit.”
“I’d release the Epstein files but they’re part of an active investigation.”
“You’ll have it in two weeks.”
America is tired of the excuses and lies.
“I’d release the Epstein files but they’re part of an active investigation.”
“You’ll have it in two weeks.”
America is tired of the excuses and lies.
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“I’d release my taxes but they’re under audit.”
“I’d release the Epstein files but they’re part of an active investigation.”
“You’ll have it in two weeks.”
America is tired of the excuses and lies.
“I’d release the Epstein files but they’re part of an active investigation.”
“You’ll have it in two weeks.”
America is tired of the excuses and lies.
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Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Does Bezos see himself as Prometheus? Because I'm fine with how that turns out, if so
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Does Bezos see himself as Prometheus? Because I'm fine with how that turns out, if so
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The first rule of plutocrat AI competitions is 1. name your new company with a classical allusion or Tolkien reference. I see Bezos went with the former. How… great.
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The first rule of plutocrat AI competitions is 1. name your new company with a classical allusion or Tolkien reference. I see Bezos went with the former. How… great.
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Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
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The fact that @harvard.edu's Larry Summers is teaching three courses this semester while Texas A&M Professor Melissa McCoul was fired tells you all you need to know about what "gender ideology" is allowed and which is not. @aaup.org
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The fact that @harvard.edu's Larry Summers is teaching three courses this semester while Texas A&M Professor Melissa McCoul was fired tells you all you need to know about what "gender ideology" is allowed and which is not. @aaup.org
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Turner Classic Movies is airing an 11-film exploration of trans identities in movies hosted by the authors of Corpses, Fools, & Monsters (great recent history of the topic) starting tomorrow at 8
Trans Images on Film
November 17 & 24 | 11 FilmsWith the recent publication of “Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema,” Turner Classic Movies sheds light on the various perspe...
www.tcm.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Turner Classic Movies is airing an 11-film exploration of trans identities in movies hosted by the authors of Corpses, Fools, & Monsters (great recent history of the topic) starting tomorrow at 8
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One of our neighbouring archives is now on Bluesky! Go give them a follow.
Hello all, the Oxfordshire History Centre is now on Bluesky!
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
One of our neighbouring archives is now on Bluesky! Go give them a follow.
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Seeing IP based game announcements these days are a rollercoaster of highs and lows. High? Thundercats! Low? 5e conversion. It's not the worst choice, but it's certainly one that won't support the scope/stakes/types of adventures seen in the original show with ease.
Dynamite Games and Comics is adapting the 80s cartoon THUNDERCATS into a TTRPG.
Yes, it is a 5e conversion. Why do you ask? www.kickstarter.com/projects/toy...
Yes, it is a 5e conversion. Why do you ask? www.kickstarter.com/projects/toy...
Coming soon: The Thundercats Roleplaying Game is Here!
Thunder - Thunder - Thundercats Hoooo! You can play as your favorite Thunderian in an awesome paper and pencil roleplaying game!
www.kickstarter.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Seeing IP based game announcements these days are a rollercoaster of highs and lows. High? Thundercats! Low? 5e conversion. It's not the worst choice, but it's certainly one that won't support the scope/stakes/types of adventures seen in the original show with ease.
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With the starbucks strike happening we thought it would be helpful to cover what we, as people, can we do to support, striking workers. Sourced from r/union:
From the union community on Reddit: CEO Pay Versus Worker Wages
Posted by transcendent167 - 2,668 votes and 53 comments
www.reddit.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
With the starbucks strike happening we thought it would be helpful to cover what we, as people, can we do to support, striking workers. Sourced from r/union:
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Introducing WikiBear, The Wikipedia-Powered Teddy | CONAN on TBS
YouTube video by Team Coco
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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OpenAI needs to be shuttered permanently, its assets appropriated for public use, & Altman punted into the phantom zone.
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
OpenAI needs to be shuttered permanently, its assets appropriated for public use, & Altman punted into the phantom zone.
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truly orwellian .. presidents now can determine whether hundreds of courses are 'legitimate' ... censorship of the worst kind––how knowledge is constructed, validated, accessed
Faculty, advocates react to Texas A&M University's new race and gender approval system
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Faculty, advocates react to Texas A&M University's new race and gender approval system
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Faculty, advocates react to Texas A&M University's new race and gender approval system
The new Texas A&M University System, which requires professors to obtain approval from the school president to discuss certain race and gender topics, has been met with opposition from faculty and fre...
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
truly orwellian .. presidents now can determine whether hundreds of courses are 'legitimate' ... censorship of the worst kind––how knowledge is constructed, validated, accessed
Faculty, advocates react to Texas A&M University's new race and gender approval system
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Faculty, advocates react to Texas A&M University's new race and gender approval system
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
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The Trump Administration has turned the NEH into a slush fund for the president’s political agenda — and the communities across this country that rely on fair, competitive grants are the ones paying the price.
These abuses must be answered for.
These abuses must be answered for.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Trump Administration has turned the NEH into a slush fund for the president’s political agenda — and the communities across this country that rely on fair, competitive grants are the ones paying the price.
These abuses must be answered for.
These abuses must be answered for.
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They wiped out nearly every longstanding grant, fired the independent scholars who ensure integrity in the review process, and gutted the staff needed to run the NEH.
And once those guardrails were removed, they rammed through enormous handpicked awards that avoided any real scrutiny.
And once those guardrails were removed, they rammed through enormous handpicked awards that avoided any real scrutiny.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
They wiped out nearly every longstanding grant, fired the independent scholars who ensure integrity in the review process, and gutted the staff needed to run the NEH.
And once those guardrails were removed, they rammed through enormous handpicked awards that avoided any real scrutiny.
And once those guardrails were removed, they rammed through enormous handpicked awards that avoided any real scrutiny.
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As the top Democrat overseeing the National Endowment for the Humanities, I’ve spent the past few months digging into the Administration’s unprecedented dismantling of the agency.
What I found reveals a disturbing pattern of corruption.
What I found reveals a disturbing pattern of corruption.
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As the top Democrat overseeing the National Endowment for the Humanities, I’ve spent the past few months digging into the Administration’s unprecedented dismantling of the agency.
What I found reveals a disturbing pattern of corruption.
What I found reveals a disturbing pattern of corruption.
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"Smaller discretionary grants, awarded without scholarly review, have so far gone to scholars with ties to conservative or religious institutions... including $30,000 for a project called 'Meritocracy vs. Equity: The Declaration of Independence in Tension With Critical Race Theory and D.E.I.'"
As the top Democrat overseeing the National Endowment for the Humanities, I’ve spent the past few months digging into the Administration’s unprecedented dismantling of the agency.
What I found reveals a disturbing pattern of corruption.
What I found reveals a disturbing pattern of corruption.
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Smaller discretionary grants, awarded without scholarly review, have so far gone to scholars with ties to conservative or religious institutions... including $30,000 for a project called 'Meritocracy vs. Equity: The Declaration of Independence in Tension With Critical Race Theory and D.E.I.'"
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It has rapidly become clear why not even the Browns have been willing to play him this year.
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It has rapidly become clear why not even the Browns have been willing to play him this year.
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there has never been a quicker and more definitive answer to "well he can't be worse than dillon gabriel"
Shedeur is the most overmatched QB I think I have ever seen on an NFL field
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
there has never been a quicker and more definitive answer to "well he can't be worse than dillon gabriel"