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@ebrillblaiddes.bsky.social
Part adjunct, part self-employed, entirely neurodivergent. She/her in STEM, i.e., had pronouns before people got offended by them. Can't believe it's controversial to not want SARS. Also plays with string 🧶
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Hey new followers, I recognize a few of you from Bird Hell Site (detector webapp came online or got noticed?) so I assume y'all know this, but so the rest of you know what's in the tin:
* quite autistic
* numbers are fun
* yarn yarn yarn
* cute lizard is cute
* fuck Nazi bullshit
* quite autistic
* numbers are fun
* yarn yarn yarn
* cute lizard is cute
* fuck Nazi bullshit
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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All these attempts to frame it as “oooh, scary foreigners are bringing foreign diseases!” No, you miserable little bookend, pushing the screwworms south was an incredible feat of international cooperation, and the minute it broke up, the screwworms were always coming home again.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
All these attempts to frame it as “oooh, scary foreigners are bringing foreign diseases!” No, you miserable little bookend, pushing the screwworms south was an incredible feat of international cooperation, and the minute it broke up, the screwworms were always coming home again.
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I do not care what any consenting adult of any gender configuration does sexually with other consenting adults, and also my God, could you sweaty freaks who tragically currently run the world be a little a more goddamned discreet about it?
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I do not care what any consenting adult of any gender configuration does sexually with other consenting adults, and also my God, could you sweaty freaks who tragically currently run the world be a little a more goddamned discreet about it?
Just spent executive function to drag myself to the gym for DIY-PT in the pool for the second day in a row bc it'd been too long and maybe other contributing factors, and in short stuff had gotten *bad*
My body better fucking appreciate this
My body better fucking appreciate this
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Just spent executive function to drag myself to the gym for DIY-PT in the pool for the second day in a row bc it'd been too long and maybe other contributing factors, and in short stuff had gotten *bad*
My body better fucking appreciate this
My body better fucking appreciate this
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Trump's campaign to kill an industry where America runs a massive trade surplus is succeeding
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump's campaign to kill an industry where America runs a massive trade surplus is succeeding
TFW you realize you *have to* get into and through law school bc you already lost the ability to watch the investigational TV show genre without yelling at it, annoying your partner, so it'd better be for something
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
TFW you realize you *have to* get into and through law school bc you already lost the ability to watch the investigational TV show genre without yelling at it, annoying your partner, so it'd better be for something
But on the other hand
What if they're right?
What if they're right?
how do you tell if the thoughts
that you can make something work
are just as much bullshit as they were about the last thing
that you can make something work
are just as much bullshit as they were about the last thing
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
But on the other hand
What if they're right?
What if they're right?
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
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If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker.
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker.
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…
...the FUCK
My body is being extra obnoxious in the last few days and I just realized it's almost exactly a year since my "oh shit this is *not* getting better on its own" flare.
Seasonal effects of LongCOVID? Light levels, temperatures, clock changes (compare with shift work?) as flare triggers?
My body is being extra obnoxious in the last few days and I just realized it's almost exactly a year since my "oh shit this is *not* getting better on its own" flare.
Seasonal effects of LongCOVID? Light levels, temperatures, clock changes (compare with shift work?) as flare triggers?
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
...the FUCK
My body is being extra obnoxious in the last few days and I just realized it's almost exactly a year since my "oh shit this is *not* getting better on its own" flare.
Seasonal effects of LongCOVID? Light levels, temperatures, clock changes (compare with shift work?) as flare triggers?
My body is being extra obnoxious in the last few days and I just realized it's almost exactly a year since my "oh shit this is *not* getting better on its own" flare.
Seasonal effects of LongCOVID? Light levels, temperatures, clock changes (compare with shift work?) as flare triggers?
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Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
How exactly are any of us supposed to make sense of a situation being sufficiently weird for *that being* to end up on the right side of a sliver of history?
*Marjorie Taylor Greene* being so sincerely anti-child sex abuse that she's willing to douse both her own political career and the president's in gasoline before tackling him into an open fire was actually not one I saw coming at all ngl
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
How exactly are any of us supposed to make sense of a situation being sufficiently weird for *that being* to end up on the right side of a sliver of history?
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From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
how do you tell if the thoughts
that you can make something work
are just as much bullshit as they were about the last thing
that you can make something work
are just as much bullshit as they were about the last thing
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
how do you tell if the thoughts
that you can make something work
are just as much bullshit as they were about the last thing
that you can make something work
are just as much bullshit as they were about the last thing
Am kinda holding myself together with duct tape right now.
Either I've lost the damn plot, or someone has been in our house unauthorized but rather than anything worth taking they made off with a very used floor-standing HEPA fan (maybe worth $~20?). I HATE BOTH OPTIONS.
Either I've lost the damn plot, or someone has been in our house unauthorized but rather than anything worth taking they made off with a very used floor-standing HEPA fan (maybe worth $~20?). I HATE BOTH OPTIONS.
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Am kinda holding myself together with duct tape right now.
Either I've lost the damn plot, or someone has been in our house unauthorized but rather than anything worth taking they made off with a very used floor-standing HEPA fan (maybe worth $~20?). I HATE BOTH OPTIONS.
Either I've lost the damn plot, or someone has been in our house unauthorized but rather than anything worth taking they made off with a very used floor-standing HEPA fan (maybe worth $~20?). I HATE BOTH OPTIONS.
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We eased up on "couch fucker" too soon and look what we got. Learn from it and do better, folks.
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
We eased up on "couch fucker" too soon and look what we got. Learn from it and do better, folks.
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Oh gods. And here comes Rule 34... (hides eyes)
It got put on my timeline so now you have to see it too
WHAT.
whhhhattttt.
To be clear we are talking about Donald J. Trump fellating William Jefferson Clinton?
IS THAT WHAT I AM READING
whhhhattttt.
To be clear we are talking about Donald J. Trump fellating William Jefferson Clinton?
IS THAT WHAT I AM READING
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Oh gods. And here comes Rule 34... (hides eyes)
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Prisoners having basic human dignity: good
Prisoners having basic human dignity only if they lie to help the president of the United States get away with crimes: bad
Prisoners having basic human dignity only if they lie to help the president of the United States get away with crimes: bad
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Prisoners having basic human dignity: good
Prisoners having basic human dignity only if they lie to help the president of the United States get away with crimes: bad
Prisoners having basic human dignity only if they lie to help the president of the United States get away with crimes: bad
The good news is now I have envelopes (bc have to mail a thing) but the bad news is I have toooooo many envelopes bc the 250 pack is what I could get. Considering yard sale.
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The good news is now I have envelopes (bc have to mail a thing) but the bad news is I have toooooo many envelopes bc the 250 pack is what I could get. Considering yard sale.
Hypothesis: this is also the impulse behind throwing bread for birds (yes I know other foods are healthier, but that's orthogonal to the existence of the motivation)
Permit me a little maudlin gushing. I can’t tell you how good for the soul caring for animals is for me. The animals in question don’t even have to like me or acknowledge me, but spending time feeding and caring about something matters.
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hypothesis: this is also the impulse behind throwing bread for birds (yes I know other foods are healthier, but that's orthogonal to the existence of the motivation)
I remember when this would've been enough to start a theory that the CEO of Starbucks is the Antichrist.
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I remember when this would've been enough to start a theory that the CEO of Starbucks is the Antichrist.
Someone please tell that couch fucker that ibuprofen is important to this government bc it keeps me, the product of a second amendment kind of family of origin, from working my way toward "nothing to lose" amounts of pain.
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Someone please tell that couch fucker that ibuprofen is important to this government bc it keeps me, the product of a second amendment kind of family of origin, from working my way toward "nothing to lose" amounts of pain.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM