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cats = arthur 🐈 and merlin 🐈⬛
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Good question!
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Good question!
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Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
i woke up with the unforeseeable mash-up of “can’t scare me, i’m sticking to the union” and “having fun isn’t hard, if you’ve got a library card” stuck in my head. it’s a trip, you should try it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
i woke up with the unforeseeable mash-up of “can’t scare me, i’m sticking to the union” and “having fun isn’t hard, if you’ve got a library card” stuck in my head. it’s a trip, you should try it.
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
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[Black & white illustration based on the book Charlotte's Web with a pig looking at a spider's web that says "fuck ICE" with the spider hanging off the bottom]
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
[Black & white illustration based on the book Charlotte's Web with a pig looking at a spider's web that says "fuck ICE" with the spider hanging off the bottom]
i read “predate” as in “prey upon” three times before i got it right in my head
Wow
You know how yew trees are often found in old churches and their graveyards in the UK?
Just learned: THE TREES PREDATE THE CHURCHES! They put the churches and graveyards there BECAUSE the yew tree 🌲 was already there!
You know how yew trees are often found in old churches and their graveyards in the UK?
Just learned: THE TREES PREDATE THE CHURCHES! They put the churches and graveyards there BECAUSE the yew tree 🌲 was already there!
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
i read “predate” as in “prey upon” three times before i got it right in my head
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Language development, linguistic input, and linguistic racism
An indictment of the field that I put my whole heart into
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
An indictment of the field that I put my whole heart into
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Language development, linguistic input, and linguistic racism
An indictment of the field that I put my whole heart into
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
An indictment of the field that I put my whole heart into
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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I think he likes it? 😅☔️
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I think he likes it? 😅☔️
okay i aimed for cleaning, which required cat locking away, which segued into laundry sorting, which resulted in vacuuming and then swiffer-mopping, at which time i decided to craft, but then couldn’t find all the right stuff, so turned into workspace organizing anyway! i am content.
i am considering doing one of the following, with options to follow up with the other(s):
1) a craft i haven’t done in a while,
2) basic house cleaning
3) organizing a workspace
none of these feel like dreadful options!! which is great! i just can’t decide. help me bsky
1) a craft i haven’t done in a while,
2) basic house cleaning
3) organizing a workspace
none of these feel like dreadful options!! which is great! i just can’t decide. help me bsky
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
okay i aimed for cleaning, which required cat locking away, which segued into laundry sorting, which resulted in vacuuming and then swiffer-mopping, at which time i decided to craft, but then couldn’t find all the right stuff, so turned into workspace organizing anyway! i am content.
i am considering doing one of the following, with options to follow up with the other(s):
1) a craft i haven’t done in a while,
2) basic house cleaning
3) organizing a workspace
none of these feel like dreadful options!! which is great! i just can’t decide. help me bsky
1) a craft i haven’t done in a while,
2) basic house cleaning
3) organizing a workspace
none of these feel like dreadful options!! which is great! i just can’t decide. help me bsky
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
i am considering doing one of the following, with options to follow up with the other(s):
1) a craft i haven’t done in a while,
2) basic house cleaning
3) organizing a workspace
none of these feel like dreadful options!! which is great! i just can’t decide. help me bsky
1) a craft i haven’t done in a while,
2) basic house cleaning
3) organizing a workspace
none of these feel like dreadful options!! which is great! i just can’t decide. help me bsky
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Best literary analysis ever
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Best literary analysis ever
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This is unsurprising.
Also, “but leisure time? Is that an English phrase?”
Chomsky once told me he didn’t nap because “naps are for the bourgeoisie.”
If you want to show solidarity with the poor and working classes, drop the disingenuousness and own up to your privilege, my god.
Also, “but leisure time? Is that an English phrase?”
Chomsky once told me he didn’t nap because “naps are for the bourgeoisie.”
If you want to show solidarity with the poor and working classes, drop the disingenuousness and own up to your privilege, my god.
In 2023, Chomsky told WSJ about his relationship with Epstein: “First response is that it is none of your business. Or anyone’s. Second is that I knew him and we met occasionally.”
Epstein: you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with your new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again
Epstein: you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with your new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is unsurprising.
Also, “but leisure time? Is that an English phrase?”
Chomsky once told me he didn’t nap because “naps are for the bourgeoisie.”
If you want to show solidarity with the poor and working classes, drop the disingenuousness and own up to your privilege, my god.
Also, “but leisure time? Is that an English phrase?”
Chomsky once told me he didn’t nap because “naps are for the bourgeoisie.”
If you want to show solidarity with the poor and working classes, drop the disingenuousness and own up to your privilege, my god.
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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are you in #pdx? do you want a personal website? do you HAVE a personal website? Do you want to help people with their websites? my friend is putting on a Personal Website Workshop at Albina Library, Nov 16, noon-3p. reeds.website/2025/website...
the web belongs to all of us! see you there?
the web belongs to all of us! see you there?
Personal Website Workshop
reeds.website
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
are you in #pdx? do you want a personal website? do you HAVE a personal website? Do you want to help people with their websites? my friend is putting on a Personal Website Workshop at Albina Library, Nov 16, noon-3p. reeds.website/2025/website...
the web belongs to all of us! see you there?
the web belongs to all of us! see you there?
did i really go to the dentist if no one chastised me about flossing and my gums aren’t hurting at all?
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
did i really go to the dentist if no one chastised me about flossing and my gums aren’t hurting at all?
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo
just a normal morning, listening to @dearhankandjohn.bsky.social, crying about my dad ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
just a normal morning, listening to @dearhankandjohn.bsky.social, crying about my dad ❤️
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Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Look I get publishing a broad spectrum of opinions but I already fed them this morning
merlin 🐈⬛ bit my hair and tugged on it to wake me up this morning, she hasn’t done that for ages and ages 🥰
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
merlin 🐈⬛ bit my hair and tugged on it to wake me up this morning, she hasn’t done that for ages and ages 🥰
i dropped a curry chickpea on the white cat and now he has a stain 🙃
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
i dropped a curry chickpea on the white cat and now he has a stain 🙃