Aparna Nair
@disabilitystor1.bsky.social
Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
Lives with epilepsy.
Lives with epilepsy.
He’s such a philanthropist
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
He’s such a philanthropist
Having photosensitive epilepsy is a fucking nightmare these days. Its been so long since I have been able to go out anywhere with heavy traffic in the night without triggering seizures; highways and crowded city streets are just impossible to navigate, even as a passenger/pedestrian (I dont drive)
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Having photosensitive epilepsy is a fucking nightmare these days. Its been so long since I have been able to go out anywhere with heavy traffic in the night without triggering seizures; highways and crowded city streets are just impossible to navigate, even as a passenger/pedestrian (I dont drive)
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Fifteen-year-old Miguel Vazquez was one of the people who took off running when federal agents arrived. “I thought, ‘Wait, why am I running? I’m a citizen,’” Vazquez said.
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ICE Agents Raid a Church With No Explanation
Operation “Charlotte’s Web” continues.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Fifteen-year-old Miguel Vazquez was one of the people who took off running when federal agents arrived. “I thought, ‘Wait, why am I running? I’m a citizen,’” Vazquez said.
newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
I personally believe that our companion dogs use humans as their tools--and no, I will not be taking questions
TBH both of my girl dogs know quite well how to use a tool, i.e., me, to get what they want. They don’t need an implement, they know socially to ask the manager. I am their tool lol.
Nyx often appeals to me, Juno’s manager, when she wants an exception to something Juno would object to.
Nyx often appeals to me, Juno’s manager, when she wants an exception to something Juno would object to.
A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I personally believe that our companion dogs use humans as their tools--and no, I will not be taking questions
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TBH both of my girl dogs know quite well how to use a tool, i.e., me, to get what they want. They don’t need an implement, they know socially to ask the manager. I am their tool lol.
Nyx often appeals to me, Juno’s manager, when she wants an exception to something Juno would object to.
Nyx often appeals to me, Juno’s manager, when she wants an exception to something Juno would object to.
A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
TBH both of my girl dogs know quite well how to use a tool, i.e., me, to get what they want. They don’t need an implement, they know socially to ask the manager. I am their tool lol.
Nyx often appeals to me, Juno’s manager, when she wants an exception to something Juno would object to.
Nyx often appeals to me, Juno’s manager, when she wants an exception to something Juno would object to.
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When the seagulldog god rises, all shall perish, none shall be spared in the tide of extra fingers.
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
When the seagulldog god rises, all shall perish, none shall be spared in the tide of extra fingers.
How do you even write alt text for this?
And who puts this shite up and thinks it’s okay?
And who puts this shite up and thinks it’s okay?
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
How do you even write alt text for this?
And who puts this shite up and thinks it’s okay?
And who puts this shite up and thinks it’s okay?
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Just throwing it out there: if you are enrolled in Larry Summers’s class and want me to fill in for you I promise to make it extremely funny and worth your time.
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just throwing it out there: if you are enrolled in Larry Summers’s class and want me to fill in for you I promise to make it extremely funny and worth your time.
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Pour one out for all the guys who can't talk to their girlfriends because ChatGPT is down
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Pour one out for all the guys who can't talk to their girlfriends because ChatGPT is down
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So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
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They’re gonna let OpenAI die lol
New @axios: Anthropic lands $15 billion investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
Anthropic lands $15 billion investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
The move is the latest in a series of deals that sees all the big players partnering with one another.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
They’re gonna let OpenAI die lol
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no we are not retconning marjorie taylor greene she is evil what is wrong with people
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
no we are not retconning marjorie taylor greene she is evil what is wrong with people
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Academia is a really racist and sexist place. Larry Summers, as the president of Harvard, epitomized that racism and sexism but he is not unique. That's why we needed DEI.
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Academia is a really racist and sexist place. Larry Summers, as the president of Harvard, epitomized that racism and sexism but he is not unique. That's why we needed DEI.
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THAT IS THE LESSON OF HOLOCAUST EDUCATION YOU SICK FREAK
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
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November 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
THAT IS THE LESSON OF HOLOCAUST EDUCATION YOU SICK FREAK
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Yes. That is the lesson. That is the fucking lesson.
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Yes. That is the lesson. That is the fucking lesson.
well.
That is almost breathtaking.
That is almost breathtaking.
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
well.
That is almost breathtaking.
That is almost breathtaking.
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Masha Gessen on this precise thing in 2023 www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Masha Gessen on this precise thing in 2023 www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
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Various group-philosophical pessimisms will have you believing that universalism is impossible, not worth striving for. That if you don't oppress, you will inevitably be a victim. I refuse. We are best protected by democracy, by the rule of law, by human and civil rights.
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Various group-philosophical pessimisms will have you believing that universalism is impossible, not worth striving for. That if you don't oppress, you will inevitably be a victim. I refuse. We are best protected by democracy, by the rule of law, by human and civil rights.
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Then enlightenment, when I said Never Again for Anyone.
The promise of politics is to end the cycles of domination and oppression, of yesterday's victims and today's oppressors. I'm thankful for my Holocaust education and how it shaped my life.
The promise of politics is to end the cycles of domination and oppression, of yesterday's victims and today's oppressors. I'm thankful for my Holocaust education and how it shaped my life.
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Then enlightenment, when I said Never Again for Anyone.
The promise of politics is to end the cycles of domination and oppression, of yesterday's victims and today's oppressors. I'm thankful for my Holocaust education and how it shaped my life.
The promise of politics is to end the cycles of domination and oppression, of yesterday's victims and today's oppressors. I'm thankful for my Holocaust education and how it shaped my life.
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I remember being about 5. My reaction of horror. How could they hate us so much? There must be something wrong with me. Then impotent rage, which would've had me supporting a fortress world and the oppression others.
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I remember being about 5. My reaction of horror. How could they hate us so much? There must be something wrong with me. Then impotent rage, which would've had me supporting a fortress world and the oppression others.
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I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
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Just found out my story on the Curtis Bay community and its fight against polluters won bronze in the Anthem Awards! That's cool. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/communi...
Community vs. Coal: Reclaiming Health in Curtis Bay | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
Protesting coal dust and half-burned medical waste, South Baltimore residents lead the way on environmental health research.
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Just found out my story on the Curtis Bay community and its fight against polluters won bronze in the Anthem Awards! That's cool. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/communi...
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Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
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My mind has been spinning the last few days as multiple crises of journalism converged—the Nuzzi book, Epstein’s emails revealing journalists hid information, Trump berating a reporter with no consequence—and it occurred to me they all stemmed from the same source: elite impunity.
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My mind has been spinning the last few days as multiple crises of journalism converged—the Nuzzi book, Epstein’s emails revealing journalists hid information, Trump berating a reporter with no consequence—and it occurred to me they all stemmed from the same source: elite impunity.