H-Squared
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Cats and generally any living thing get a pspspsps from me. Open Access afficiando. Knowledge is meant to be shared.
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The Uncertainty of the Poet, by Giorgio de Chirico, 1913
September 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The Uncertainty of the Poet, by Giorgio de Chirico, 1913
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Alan Cumming on bathroom bills:
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
July 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Alan Cumming on bathroom bills:
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
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HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters have now gathered outside a federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee to support Judge Hannah Dugan
April 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters have now gathered outside a federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee to support Judge Hannah Dugan
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💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”
April 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”
I have always found learning fun and have always been dismayed when others didn't understand.
School can be terrible for sure. But learning can and should be happening everywhere.
School can be terrible for sure. But learning can and should be happening everywhere.
Educacioun that doth focus on 'workforce' alone wythout serious focus on the thrivinge and curiousitye of the individual and on the collective exploration of big questiouns about societye, knowledge, power, love, historye, and art -- that ys not educacioun, that ys just training.
April 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I have always found learning fun and have always been dismayed when others didn't understand.
School can be terrible for sure. But learning can and should be happening everywhere.
School can be terrible for sure. But learning can and should be happening everywhere.
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begging people to consider if those pushing the message that “the resistance to Trump is dead” may not actually have our best interests at heart
April 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
begging people to consider if those pushing the message that “the resistance to Trump is dead” may not actually have our best interests at heart
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COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
April 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
April 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
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We are speedrunning the Declaration of Independence, folks.
![[text from the Declaration of Independence]
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qvyj3hxm4opuuddzrhcbiio6/bafkreiahlp7acp6y2hakkfu5h66vg2ifckdo6b7fqaebenki3qoxswp73e@jpeg)
April 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We are speedrunning the Declaration of Independence, folks.
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the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor
April 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor
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We talked about whether or not he’d break this record today in my social media class. Delighted to know he did!!
Cory Booker as he breaks Strom Thurmond's speaking record: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful."
April 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We talked about whether or not he’d break this record today in my social media class. Delighted to know he did!!
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March 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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If it's classified and you know it
Don't send a text
If it's classified and you know it
Don't send a text
If it's classified and you know it
And you don't want lawyers to show it
If it's classified and you know it
Don't send a gotdamn motherfucking signal text!!!
Don't send a text
If it's classified and you know it
Don't send a text
If it's classified and you know it
And you don't want lawyers to show it
If it's classified and you know it
Don't send a gotdamn motherfucking signal text!!!
March 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If it's classified and you know it
Don't send a text
If it's classified and you know it
Don't send a text
If it's classified and you know it
And you don't want lawyers to show it
If it's classified and you know it
Don't send a gotdamn motherfucking signal text!!!
Don't send a text
If it's classified and you know it
Don't send a text
If it's classified and you know it
And you don't want lawyers to show it
If it's classified and you know it
Don't send a gotdamn motherfucking signal text!!!
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little old Southern ladies come in looking for books to help them better understand their kids or grandkids who are transitioning and/or gender nonconforming. people want to connect with their autistic kids, their chronically ill siblings, their immigrant neighbors. I see it every day. every day.
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
little old Southern ladies come in looking for books to help them better understand their kids or grandkids who are transitioning and/or gender nonconforming. people want to connect with their autistic kids, their chronically ill siblings, their immigrant neighbors. I see it every day. every day.
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Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better.
March 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better.
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The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
March 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
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This is why the people who want raw milk are dumb ass rich people who have never been in the same zip code as a farm.
March 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is why the people who want raw milk are dumb ass rich people who have never been in the same zip code as a farm.
Geriatric Penguins Get a ‘Retirement Home’ at New England Aquarium - The New York Times
Geriatric Penguins Get a ‘Retirement Home’ at New England Aquarium
Six African Penguins at the New England Aquarium in Boston have made a new home on an island designed to address the aches and pains of aging.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Not magical boarding school but magical community education classes at the library
March 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Not magical boarding school but magical community education classes at the library
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MUSK: A sophisticated cyberattack from Ukraine took out Twitter's servers
REALITY: Twitter's servers were not secured properly and were publicly visible
Great explainer here from @lhn.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
REALITY: Twitter's servers were not secured properly and were publicly visible
Great explainer here from @lhn.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X
Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.
www.wired.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
MUSK: A sophisticated cyberattack from Ukraine took out Twitter's servers
REALITY: Twitter's servers were not secured properly and were publicly visible
Great explainer here from @lhn.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
REALITY: Twitter's servers were not secured properly and were publicly visible
Great explainer here from @lhn.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
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Hey, nondisabled folks, you see how he is blaming us for disease, right? How he’s teeing up something?
Please, god, tell me you see it.
Please, god, tell me you see it.
In a normal country, this eugenicist/ableist POS would be removed from office + placed in jail:
“Without Offering Proof, Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet + Health: In a recent interview, he also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.”
“Without Offering Proof, Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet + Health: In a recent interview, he also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.”
Without Offering Proof, Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health (Gift Article)
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hey, nondisabled folks, you see how he is blaming us for disease, right? How he’s teeing up something?
Please, god, tell me you see it.
Please, god, tell me you see it.
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SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him.
He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."
He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."
SCOOP: Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained
"I haven’t been able to sleep, fearing that ICE or a dangerous individual might come to my home. I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protections to prevent further harm."
zeteo.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him.
He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."
He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."