mary g
@extravaganster.bsky.social
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(researcher, writer, editor, baker, barista, spy)
(researcher, writer, editor, baker, barista, spy)
i coulda toldya that
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i coulda toldya that
challenge: demean trump & his cronies without reinscribing the logic of rape culture
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
challenge: demean trump & his cronies without reinscribing the logic of rape culture
I’ve been seen and attacked.
So my experience of being on the spectrum is … I don’t know when I’m funniest
Because the things yall die at me saying are me being honest
And the actual bits often sink like lead balloons
Because the things yall die at me saying are me being honest
And the actual bits often sink like lead balloons
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I’ve been seen and attacked.
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So my experience of being on the spectrum is … I don’t know when I’m funniest
Because the things yall die at me saying are me being honest
And the actual bits often sink like lead balloons
Because the things yall die at me saying are me being honest
And the actual bits often sink like lead balloons
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
So my experience of being on the spectrum is … I don’t know when I’m funniest
Because the things yall die at me saying are me being honest
And the actual bits often sink like lead balloons
Because the things yall die at me saying are me being honest
And the actual bits often sink like lead balloons
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
The conflation of "writing high quality literary text" with "emulating award-winning authors" says so much about how poorly our culture understands & values language and the construction of meaning.
Put writing high quality literary text on the list of things that AIs used to not be able to do but now can do
With fine-tuning, now outperforming MFA-trained expert writers at emulating award-winning authors when rated blindly by MFA-trained experts papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
With fine-tuning, now outperforming MFA-trained expert writers at emulating award-winning authors when rated blindly by MFA-trained experts papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The conflation of "writing high quality literary text" with "emulating award-winning authors" says so much about how poorly our culture understands & values language and the construction of meaning.
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Happy LGBTQ+ in STEM Day! I’m celebrating with the dapper Invisible Enby, who is a queer fashion metaphor for the way dark matter shapes visible matter in the cosmos. Want to learn more? Preorder my new book, where they appear! 🧪
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Happy LGBTQ+ in STEM Day! I’m celebrating with the dapper Invisible Enby, who is a queer fashion metaphor for the way dark matter shapes visible matter in the cosmos. Want to learn more? Preorder my new book, where they appear! 🧪
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
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Print dictionaries: the original large language models
11/18/25
11/18/25
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Print dictionaries: the original large language models
11/18/25
11/18/25
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Alice Wong's family & friends have invited Alice's "friends, community, & her many fans to contribute to Alice's GoFundMe to continue the legacy of her work." If you are able, please consider joining me in supporting Alice's ongoing work.
www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
Donate to Help finish Alice’s work, organized by yomi wrong
Our comrade, friend, collaborator and fierce Tiger Mischief Maker, Alice Wong, needs us.
As yo… yomi wrong needs your support for Help finish Alice’s work
www.gofundme.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Alice Wong's family & friends have invited Alice's "friends, community, & her many fans to contribute to Alice's GoFundMe to continue the legacy of her work." If you are able, please consider joining me in supporting Alice's ongoing work.
www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
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An attempt to write about what Alice Wong and her work have meant to me. In my grief & rage at her passing, #SuckItAbleism is the phrase I offer in place of #RIP.
www.lisadiedrich.org/thoughts/ali...
www.lisadiedrich.org/thoughts/ali...
Alice Wong: #SuckItAbleism — Lisa Diedrich
Alice Wong was an incomparable force for disability justice and community, and the heartfelt outpouring of love and appreciation for her and her work on social media today shows the profound personal ...
www.lisadiedrich.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
An attempt to write about what Alice Wong and her work have meant to me. In my grief & rage at her passing, #SuckItAbleism is the phrase I offer in place of #RIP.
www.lisadiedrich.org/thoughts/ali...
www.lisadiedrich.org/thoughts/ali...
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The message on IG from Alice (posted by her friend Sandy Ho). As always, Alice blazes a path for the rest of us, fearlessly & with humor: "I'm honored to be your ancestor & believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The message on IG from Alice (posted by her friend Sandy Ho). As always, Alice blazes a path for the rest of us, fearlessly & with humor: "I'm honored to be your ancestor & believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
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No. No. No. Waking up to the devastating news that Alice Wong has passed. I have no words yet, except to say that Alice was a powerful force for good in the world & I loved her. I posted the below just before her passing.
Tapping the sign: "Staying alive is a lot of work for a disabled person in an ableist society."—Alice Wong in the Introduction to Disability Visibility
I find myself increasingly wondering how able bodied people appear to believe that being disabled is"easy."
Getting accommodations in school, uni and/or work: easy, a breeze, even!
Getting a doctor to write you a certificate supporting your needs: EASY!
Working from home: EASY!
Getting accommodations in school, uni and/or work: easy, a breeze, even!
Getting a doctor to write you a certificate supporting your needs: EASY!
Working from home: EASY!
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
No. No. No. Waking up to the devastating news that Alice Wong has passed. I have no words yet, except to say that Alice was a powerful force for good in the world & I loved her. I posted the below just before her passing.
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May my friend @sfdirewolf.bsky.social rest in power. I will especially miss texting with her about Star Trek.
We were lucky, all of us, to have Alice and her warmth and enthusiasm.
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
We were lucky, all of us, to have Alice and her warmth and enthusiasm.
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
6,794 likes, 536 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at th...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
May my friend @sfdirewolf.bsky.social rest in power. I will especially miss texting with her about Star Trek.
We were lucky, all of us, to have Alice and her warmth and enthusiasm.
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
We were lucky, all of us, to have Alice and her warmth and enthusiasm.
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
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Can Portland's municipal government launch a Dominion-style suit against fox, I wonder?
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Can Portland's municipal government launch a Dominion-style suit against fox, I wonder?
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
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Margot Robbie Barbie: hi Barbie! 👋
La Llorona Barbie: [unrelenting wail of grief] 👋
La Llorona Barbie: [unrelenting wail of grief] 👋
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Margot Robbie Barbie: hi Barbie! 👋
La Llorona Barbie: [unrelenting wail of grief] 👋
La Llorona Barbie: [unrelenting wail of grief] 👋
I love editing content for which I’m not an SME. The way it doesn’t stick with me is really quite lovely.
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I love editing content for which I’m not an SME. The way it doesn’t stick with me is really quite lovely.
There once was a time I could manage several messaging convos at a time. These days, I’m lucky if I’m not overcome with communication paralysis when I receive a single email in need of a response. (This is only an exaggeration about half of the days.)
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
There once was a time I could manage several messaging convos at a time. These days, I’m lucky if I’m not overcome with communication paralysis when I receive a single email in need of a response. (This is only an exaggeration about half of the days.)
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Pub day 👑 Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore is officially here! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Pub day 👑 Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore is officially here! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
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Savor this moment, friends.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Savor this moment, friends.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
Regularly scheduled reminder that "don't speak ill of the dead" is an old wives tale—a general rule for not angering spirits/bringing bad luck upon oneself—not a moral or ethical mandate.
Like all rules, it has exceptions, which help us identify the dead of whom we can (and maybe should) speak ill.
Like all rules, it has exceptions, which help us identify the dead of whom we can (and maybe should) speak ill.
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Regularly scheduled reminder that "don't speak ill of the dead" is an old wives tale—a general rule for not angering spirits/bringing bad luck upon oneself—not a moral or ethical mandate.
Like all rules, it has exceptions, which help us identify the dead of whom we can (and maybe should) speak ill.
Like all rules, it has exceptions, which help us identify the dead of whom we can (and maybe should) speak ill.