Four Flying Fish
@four-flying-fish.bsky.social
Phage Hunter. Fish Necromancer. PCR whisperer. Chaos Keeper. Tempest Cleric. she/they - Wabanaki/ Abenaki land.
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Leave the military or accept that you will be on the wrong side of history.
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Leave the Military Now
What does courage demand?
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October 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Leave the military or accept that you will be on the wrong side of history.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/leave-the-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/leave-the-...
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Bothers me when people discuss Left movements in the U.S. w/out underscoring the GENERATIONS of repression, surveillance, violence directed at movements. The "Left" is so disorganized is used as a joke but I hardly ever see those same people saying 'THE LEFT WAS TARGETED & DISORGANIZED by the STATE'
September 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Bothers me when people discuss Left movements in the U.S. w/out underscoring the GENERATIONS of repression, surveillance, violence directed at movements. The "Left" is so disorganized is used as a joke but I hardly ever see those same people saying 'THE LEFT WAS TARGETED & DISORGANIZED by the STATE'
Is there a word for conflicting and distracting audio inputs? Like someone loudly listening to TikTok videos or listening to music loudly while you are trying to listen to something else with headphones?
September 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Is there a word for conflicting and distracting audio inputs? Like someone loudly listening to TikTok videos or listening to music loudly while you are trying to listen to something else with headphones?
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Happy Labor Day! This holiday was established in 1894 to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the contributions of working people. Celebrate with us with some thematic reading, pictured below.
September 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Happy Labor Day! This holiday was established in 1894 to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the contributions of working people. Celebrate with us with some thematic reading, pictured below.
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When I wrote this for SciAm, the thing that genuinely surprised me most was the number of emails I got (mostly from men) telling me that prior generations of women in science would be ashamed of me for my weakness in writing it.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Dark Side of Being a Female Shark Researcher
Being a scientist should not require developing the grit to continually endure misogyny, discrimination, harassment, assault or bullying
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August 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When I wrote this for SciAm, the thing that genuinely surprised me most was the number of emails I got (mostly from men) telling me that prior generations of women in science would be ashamed of me for my weakness in writing it.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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I think at this point, watching Democrats abandon trans people and Palestinians... I can't support the "blue no matter who" mentally. Probably late to the party here. But the more we allow these cowardly fucks any room to move to the right, the more they will.
August 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I think at this point, watching Democrats abandon trans people and Palestinians... I can't support the "blue no matter who" mentally. Probably late to the party here. But the more we allow these cowardly fucks any room to move to the right, the more they will.
Standing by my constant pitch that there should be AIM away messages for text messaging. And profile pages.
August 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Standing by my constant pitch that there should be AIM away messages for text messaging. And profile pages.
My friends were all getting really down yesterday about how pacified the US people are. Why protest when TV? (and shaming themselves as well).
And yes, but also. While protesting is not explicitly a crime, much of the activities involved are...made into crimes (1/ )
And yes, but also. While protesting is not explicitly a crime, much of the activities involved are...made into crimes (1/ )
August 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My friends were all getting really down yesterday about how pacified the US people are. Why protest when TV? (and shaming themselves as well).
And yes, but also. While protesting is not explicitly a crime, much of the activities involved are...made into crimes (1/ )
And yes, but also. While protesting is not explicitly a crime, much of the activities involved are...made into crimes (1/ )
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Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott just refused Trump’s request to send the state’s National Guard to D.C., calling the crackdown an improper use of the Guard.
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Phil Scott rejects second request to deploy Vermont National Guard, this time to Washington, D.C.
The Pentagon asked Vermont's Republican governor to send a "few dozen" soldiers to assist in President Donald Trump's controversial crime crackdown, according to Scott's chief of staff.
www.vermontpublic.org
August 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott just refused Trump’s request to send the state’s National Guard to D.C., calling the crackdown an improper use of the Guard.
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
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the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
August 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
Is there anyone talking about boycotting federal taxes? Like how you can boycott rent and put it in escrow?
July 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Is there anyone talking about boycotting federal taxes? Like how you can boycott rent and put it in escrow?
Ran relay in a Triathlon and now I must do all of it. Even though I can't ride a bike and panic swimming distances.
Swim training starting tomorrow. The audacity is driving this machine.
Swim training starting tomorrow. The audacity is driving this machine.
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Ran relay in a Triathlon and now I must do all of it. Even though I can't ride a bike and panic swimming distances.
Swim training starting tomorrow. The audacity is driving this machine.
Swim training starting tomorrow. The audacity is driving this machine.
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If it feels overwhelming to choose individuals to help in Gaza while not being able to help others, I am a regular donor to the Sameer Project and really vouch for the on the ground mutual aid work they have been doing.
July 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If it feels overwhelming to choose individuals to help in Gaza while not being able to help others, I am a regular donor to the Sameer Project and really vouch for the on the ground mutual aid work they have been doing.
Going outside is hard and terrible but it does increase your likelihood of finding frogs.
July 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Going outside is hard and terrible but it does increase your likelihood of finding frogs.
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A Marx quote that makes me think about workers being forced to use AI by their bosses:
"Even the lightening of the labour becomes an instrument of torture, since the machine does not free the worker from the work, but rather deprives the work itself of all content."
"Even the lightening of the labour becomes an instrument of torture, since the machine does not free the worker from the work, but rather deprives the work itself of all content."
July 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A Marx quote that makes me think about workers being forced to use AI by their bosses:
"Even the lightening of the labour becomes an instrument of torture, since the machine does not free the worker from the work, but rather deprives the work itself of all content."
"Even the lightening of the labour becomes an instrument of torture, since the machine does not free the worker from the work, but rather deprives the work itself of all content."
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Back away from the terrible food quiz klaxon, folks
Alt text screenshot of a web page titled Joseph Goebbels quotes with a photograph marked “continued from his main page on the site”
Alt text screenshot of a web page titled Joseph Goebbels quotes with a photograph marked “continued from his main page on the site”
Love 2 get my social science personality types quiz for bougie foods from a website with a quotes page for *checks notes* Joseph Goebbels citing the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
June 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Back away from the terrible food quiz klaxon, folks
Alt text screenshot of a web page titled Joseph Goebbels quotes with a photograph marked “continued from his main page on the site”
Alt text screenshot of a web page titled Joseph Goebbels quotes with a photograph marked “continued from his main page on the site”
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This picture looks like the seagull is doing a poorly-attended gig for some ducks
June 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This picture looks like the seagull is doing a poorly-attended gig for some ducks
More baby animals. Found this snapper baking on the sidewalk, no water for blocks.
Got it relocated (after checking with state wildlife folks) to a pond in the same general direction it was heading and it seemed to swim off fine!
Got it relocated (after checking with state wildlife folks) to a pond in the same general direction it was heading and it seemed to swim off fine!
June 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
More baby animals. Found this snapper baking on the sidewalk, no water for blocks.
Got it relocated (after checking with state wildlife folks) to a pond in the same general direction it was heading and it seemed to swim off fine!
Got it relocated (after checking with state wildlife folks) to a pond in the same general direction it was heading and it seemed to swim off fine!
You ever see a bird and you're like "DANG WHATS THAT BIRD?" So you comb the apps and can't find a match. So you ask your birder friend and say "I thought I saw red on the back of its head but more than a flicker" and they pull "red bellied wood pecker" and it's like you've never seen a bird before
June 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You ever see a bird and you're like "DANG WHATS THAT BIRD?" So you comb the apps and can't find a match. So you ask your birder friend and say "I thought I saw red on the back of its head but more than a flicker" and they pull "red bellied wood pecker" and it's like you've never seen a bird before
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Been having some conversations about sobriety lately and thinking about the different ways it both saved and ruined my life and I think it's interesting how different the experiences of being sober in academia and being sober in the punk scene are. Both hard to navigate but academia is worse
June 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Been having some conversations about sobriety lately and thinking about the different ways it both saved and ruined my life and I think it's interesting how different the experiences of being sober in academia and being sober in the punk scene are. Both hard to navigate but academia is worse
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I'll say it over and over.
I do not believe in gate keeping.
I do not believe in pulling up the ladder.
I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next.
Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.
I do not believe in gate keeping.
I do not believe in pulling up the ladder.
I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next.
Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.
June 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'll say it over and over.
I do not believe in gate keeping.
I do not believe in pulling up the ladder.
I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next.
Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.
I do not believe in gate keeping.
I do not believe in pulling up the ladder.
I believe in kicking the wall down like the Kool-Aid man, and making room as I go for those who come next.
Just because it was hard for me, doesn't mean it has to be hard for anyone else.
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We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
June 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
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Just in case this wasn't clear, this session is for everybody everywhere, not just Philly people. ok ok just wanna make sure.
Next Tuesday I'm running a Beginner's Guide to Street Art session!
It's free! It's online! I'll teach you everything I know about how to create a street art campaign using stickers and/or wheatpastes. I'll cover best practices, things to avoid, and how to craft a message.
RSVP here: lu.ma/052bqav5
It's free! It's online! I'll teach you everything I know about how to create a street art campaign using stickers and/or wheatpastes. I'll cover best practices, things to avoid, and how to craft a message.
RSVP here: lu.ma/052bqav5
June 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Just in case this wasn't clear, this session is for everybody everywhere, not just Philly people. ok ok just wanna make sure.