@gardenpeach.bsky.social
I lived on a commune for a long time. Now I work at a community college. Back-of-the-book indexer, specializing in humanities and social sciences.
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I do not like your AI slop
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I do not like your AI slop
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
I've barfed in the Kennedy Center, on the BART, and while driving 55mph on 81N through Pennsylvania. Thanks, migraine.
I’m not sure about "exotic" but: CEO of the bookstore showed us a dark-bright-dark-bright slide-show in a movie theatre (her husband owned the chain); I had a migraine that went from 0 to 60 too fast to react from it, and barely made it to the trash can outside the theatre as soon as she was done.
what's the most exotic place you've ever puked? mine's not exactly exotic but i did once have a hangover at the nyc facebook office and barfed in their very nice bathroom
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I've barfed in the Kennedy Center, on the BART, and while driving 55mph on 81N through Pennsylvania. Thanks, migraine.
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It’s ridiculous to me that there’s not a multimodal path from the city to PVCC and Monticello
October 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s ridiculous to me that there’s not a multimodal path from the city to PVCC and Monticello
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blessed to be able to read
cursed to be unable to resist reading
cursed to be unable to resist reading
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
blessed to be able to read
cursed to be unable to resist reading
cursed to be unable to resist reading
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I didn’t have “using my nerd sewing hobbies to give a middle finger to mass surveillance” on my dystopian bingo card, but here we are.
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I didn’t have “using my nerd sewing hobbies to give a middle finger to mass surveillance” on my dystopian bingo card, but here we are.
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I think November might not actually exist in any real temporal reality. Like, 11/15? No. It was October 31 yesterday and tomorrow is December 1. That's how this works.
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I think November might not actually exist in any real temporal reality. Like, 11/15? No. It was October 31 yesterday and tomorrow is December 1. That's how this works.
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Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Jim Ryan letter
www.documentcloud.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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I fear that as management turns increasingly to AI to write their emails and their reports, work that can be done poorly in automation, they will think all work can be treated this way, and they will lose whatever critical capacities they once possessed when they had to draft their own emails
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I fear that as management turns increasingly to AI to write their emails and their reports, work that can be done poorly in automation, they will think all work can be treated this way, and they will lose whatever critical capacities they once possessed when they had to draft their own emails
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The discontinuation of the ACA tax credits means 8,811 people will die and 4.8m will be without health insurance. In 2026 alone, 340k jobs will be lost and hospitals will lose $32b. Republicans need to pass a standalone bill to extend the ACA tax credits. www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT’s Weingarten Responds to Shutdown-Ending House Vote
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement responding to the House vote to end President Trump and Republicans’ federal government shutdown:“Like many Americans, we are d...
www.aft.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The discontinuation of the ACA tax credits means 8,811 people will die and 4.8m will be without health insurance. In 2026 alone, 340k jobs will be lost and hospitals will lose $32b. Republicans need to pass a standalone bill to extend the ACA tax credits. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
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With 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving being 3 weeks away and SNAP being a shit show—but with some retailers and nonprofits offering turkeys for low or no cost—I'd love to get my free cookbook #AfterTheFeast to as many folks as possible.
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
With 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving being 3 weeks away and SNAP being a shit show—but with some retailers and nonprofits offering turkeys for low or no cost—I'd love to get my free cookbook #AfterTheFeast to as many folks as possible.
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
Would you kindly share it here and elsewhere? 🙏 ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
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nowadays every app wants to be a platform, and platform logic requires that they become the *only* platform.
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
nowadays every app wants to be a platform, and platform logic requires that they become the *only* platform.
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
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Someone needs to start a new publication, hire the talented, diverse people being fired and call it "Teen Rogue"
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Someone needs to start a new publication, hire the talented, diverse people being fired and call it "Teen Rogue"
Apple cider, gingersnaps, and extra sharp cheddar cheese.
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Apple cider, gingersnaps, and extra sharp cheddar cheese.
The new Florence+the Machine album is exactly right.
November 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The new Florence+the Machine album is exactly right.
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🎃 Some lessons from Hallowe’en: 👻
Little kids should be able to walk in the streets, even at night, without worrying about cars.
People who are well-off are expected to give out more candy.
Candy is for anyone who asks — no means-testing.
Whatever else we are, we are each other’s neighbors.
Little kids should be able to walk in the streets, even at night, without worrying about cars.
People who are well-off are expected to give out more candy.
Candy is for anyone who asks — no means-testing.
Whatever else we are, we are each other’s neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🎃 Some lessons from Hallowe’en: 👻
Little kids should be able to walk in the streets, even at night, without worrying about cars.
People who are well-off are expected to give out more candy.
Candy is for anyone who asks — no means-testing.
Whatever else we are, we are each other’s neighbors.
Little kids should be able to walk in the streets, even at night, without worrying about cars.
People who are well-off are expected to give out more candy.
Candy is for anyone who asks — no means-testing.
Whatever else we are, we are each other’s neighbors.
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Not seeing much on Bluesky vs Twitter but St. Elizabeth parish in Jamaica is devastated after Hurricane Melissa made landfall there yesterday.
This is the government’s official support site, which is quite well organized.
This is the government’s official support site, which is quite well organized.
#Jamaica needs our support more than ever right now and, never ones to shy away from self-reliance, they’ve set up an officially sanctioned website for recovery donations. The footage of Hurricane Melissa’s destruction in St. Elizabeth coming in from my family is HARROWING.
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Not seeing much on Bluesky vs Twitter but St. Elizabeth parish in Jamaica is devastated after Hurricane Melissa made landfall there yesterday.
This is the government’s official support site, which is quite well organized.
This is the government’s official support site, which is quite well organized.
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Today is Quintidi the 5th of Brumaire in the year 234.
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate geese.#JacobinDay
More information on geese
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate geese.#JacobinDay
More information on geese
October 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Today is Quintidi the 5th of Brumaire in the year 234.
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate geese.#JacobinDay
More information on geese
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate geese.#JacobinDay
More information on geese
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women are about 78% of the healthcare workforce in america. i know people know this but it’s always worthwhile to state it outright. not only is it gendered to underpay healthcare workers but men who get “caught up” in it are undervalued for doing female-coded work. same with teachers.
It will never not bother me how often when you’re talking to someone — in life, for work, w/e — who is struggling that that person works in healthcare. Nurses, orderlies, home health aids, people who draw blood, etc
October 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
women are about 78% of the healthcare workforce in america. i know people know this but it’s always worthwhile to state it outright. not only is it gendered to underpay healthcare workers but men who get “caught up” in it are undervalued for doing female-coded work. same with teachers.
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This perfectly describes how day to day life feels lately when every bit of news feels like an assault on decency, logic, and reason.
"I realize there’s a lot going on right now between work and the seven-headed dragon that is here to brutally murder us, but I really need you to focus."
Don’t Let the Beasts from Revelation Distract You from Your Expense Reports
Thanks for coming in. Have a seat. I realize there’s a lot going on right now between work and the seven-headed dragon that is here to brutally mur...
buff.ly
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This perfectly describes how day to day life feels lately when every bit of news feels like an assault on decency, logic, and reason.
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I'm so sick of technology. I want my devices to do their basic functions such as "text/make phone calls" or "access the internet" or "have word processing software and decent storage capability." I do not want one billion gigabytes of AI bloatware that spies on me and fucks with my work!!!!
October 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I'm so sick of technology. I want my devices to do their basic functions such as "text/make phone calls" or "access the internet" or "have word processing software and decent storage capability." I do not want one billion gigabytes of AI bloatware that spies on me and fucks with my work!!!!
Tried to move away from Gmail and use more privacy-oriented email services instead but now I have four email accounts with multiple aliases and everything I actually want to receive gets stuck in the spam filters. My Gmail's running out of space, 15 years of data to sort through.
I counted up the number of ways (platforms, accounts, apps) that people in my professional and personal lives plus healthcare systems and kid’s school are contacting me and uhh. This is objectively impossible.
October 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Tried to move away from Gmail and use more privacy-oriented email services instead but now I have four email accounts with multiple aliases and everything I actually want to receive gets stuck in the spam filters. My Gmail's running out of space, 15 years of data to sort through.
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Public health is like cake. Cake has layers. Public health has layers. And when we stack the layers of public health – think combining sanitation + nutrition + medical treatments + vaccines + addressing social & environmental factors that impact health – we get to enjoy more birthday cakes.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Public health is like cake. Cake has layers. Public health has layers. And when we stack the layers of public health – think combining sanitation + nutrition + medical treatments + vaccines + addressing social & environmental factors that impact health – we get to enjoy more birthday cakes.
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