Afristotle
@fristotle.bsky.social
Just trying to elevate small talk into medium talk.
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“It should be noted, she’d given up entirely any need to be loved.” Read “Hot Spot,” by Nora Lange, the second story in this summer’s Flash Fiction series.
“Hot Spot,” by Nora Lange
He called. She answered. He was her only sibling. He’d paid to have someone deliver her citrus so that she could avoid scurvy.
www.newyorker.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“It should be noted, she’d given up entirely any need to be loved.” Read “Hot Spot,” by Nora Lange, the second story in this summer’s Flash Fiction series.
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Caring about Palestine is not some niche political issue it’s like the absolute bare minimum of being a human being
July 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Caring about Palestine is not some niche political issue it’s like the absolute bare minimum of being a human being
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My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king
June 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king
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NYT: “The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler’s office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.”
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May 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
NYT: “The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler’s office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.”
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Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.
Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.
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Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.
Judge Finds Government Acted Illegally in Russian Scientist Case
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.
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how else can you describe the rehearsal other than just “pure art”
May 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
how else can you describe the rehearsal other than just “pure art”
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reputable medical journals keep saying that RFK and his pro-disease friends are full of shit and so naturally they must be shunned www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals
The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
reputable medical journals keep saying that RFK and his pro-disease friends are full of shit and so naturally they must be shunned www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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ok I feel completely insane asking this but like
weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago. weren't we successfully sending rockets up that did not rattle apart. also weren't we like "ah yeah that was a fail" when the rocket fell apart instead of calling it a "partial success"
weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago. weren't we successfully sending rockets up that did not rattle apart. also weren't we like "ah yeah that was a fail" when the rocket fell apart instead of calling it a "partial success"
May 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
ok I feel completely insane asking this but like
weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago. weren't we successfully sending rockets up that did not rattle apart. also weren't we like "ah yeah that was a fail" when the rocket fell apart instead of calling it a "partial success"
weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago. weren't we successfully sending rockets up that did not rattle apart. also weren't we like "ah yeah that was a fail" when the rocket fell apart instead of calling it a "partial success"
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It brings me no pleasure to announce that the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation New Balances go exceptionally hard
May 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It brings me no pleasure to announce that the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation New Balances go exceptionally hard
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Making a bug engineer lady
May 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Making a bug engineer lady
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@karenattiah.bsky.social This was an inspiring message that we all should take up...Resistance as self-Reliance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcnh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcnh...
A New Era in Higher Education? Why One Professor Is Taking Her Course Online | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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May 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
@karenattiah.bsky.social This was an inspiring message that we all should take up...Resistance as self-Reliance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcnh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcnh...
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Just a few weeks ago people were pitching Cory Booker as a front runner for the 2028 Dem presidential nomination.
Tonight he was the only Senate Dem to vote to confirm Jared Kushner’s convict dad as ambassador to France.
Sheesh.
Tonight he was the only Senate Dem to vote to confirm Jared Kushner’s convict dad as ambassador to France.
Sheesh.
May 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Just a few weeks ago people were pitching Cory Booker as a front runner for the 2028 Dem presidential nomination.
Tonight he was the only Senate Dem to vote to confirm Jared Kushner’s convict dad as ambassador to France.
Sheesh.
Tonight he was the only Senate Dem to vote to confirm Jared Kushner’s convict dad as ambassador to France.
Sheesh.
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As the picture (but not the article) suggests, I'm sure that Black and brown kids are bearing the brunt of these accusations from the "you're so articulate" types.
In an effort to avoid accusations of cheating, some students are recording their own screens for hours at a time or using keystroke loggers.
A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
As the picture (but not the article) suggests, I'm sure that Black and brown kids are bearing the brunt of these accusations from the "you're so articulate" types.
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So can we call this ethnic cleansing now?
BREAKING: The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, five people with knowledge of the effort told NBC News.
Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya
Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.
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May 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So can we call this ethnic cleansing now?
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Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
May 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
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My new painting in progress
May 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My new painting in progress
One day our new robot overlords will say, "Power does not corrupt man. Man corrupts power."
May 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
One day our new robot overlords will say, "Power does not corrupt man. Man corrupts power."
who gives shit? at least he’s not using his money trying to overthrow a government.
May 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
who gives shit? at least he’s not using his money trying to overthrow a government.
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Hating women and then being angry that they hate you back is weird af.
May 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Hating women and then being angry that they hate you back is weird af.
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dropped my egg & kimchi breakfast taco and accidentally made a michelin star plating?
May 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
dropped my egg & kimchi breakfast taco and accidentally made a michelin star plating?
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at the risk of sound like bill bennett, where exactly are the men in these boy’s lives? the fathers? coaches? anyone genuinely concerned with their lives?
Essay: A senior at an all boys high school on the appeal of the Tate brothers: In a confusing time for young men, they offer “answers that are appealingly simple.”
Essay | Boys at My High School Love the Tate Brothers. Here’s Why.
In this confusing time for young men, we take our role models where we can find them.
www.wsj.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
at the risk of sound like bill bennett, where exactly are the men in these boy’s lives? the fathers? coaches? anyone genuinely concerned with their lives?
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“Harvard is leading the resistance”
Meanwhile the Harvard Black Alumni Society is asking Black alums to donate money to pay for what costs Harvard pocket change because Harvard ain’t resisting shit
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Meanwhile the Harvard Black Alumni Society is asking Black alums to donate money to pay for what costs Harvard pocket change because Harvard ain’t resisting shit
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Will Not Fund Affinity Group Graduation Celebrations Following Ed Department Warning | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard will no longer host or fund affinity group celebrations during Commencement, the University’s former diversity office wrote in an email to affinity groups on Monday afternoon.
www.thecrimson.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Harvard is leading the resistance”
Meanwhile the Harvard Black Alumni Society is asking Black alums to donate money to pay for what costs Harvard pocket change because Harvard ain’t resisting shit
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Meanwhile the Harvard Black Alumni Society is asking Black alums to donate money to pay for what costs Harvard pocket change because Harvard ain’t resisting shit
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
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May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...