dezz dudley-stevens
@lubberfiend.bsky.social
very obviously not my real name. born-again maths? dreaming every day of the sea.
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blog: lubberfiend.org
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blog: lubberfiend.org
pfp: picrew
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We built a team of young Black, Asian, queer, and trans staffers at Teen Vogue, and they deserve the world. They are passionate, whip smart, and incredibly talented. Many of them are now without jobs — please consider donating to their GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido...
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lex McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent com… Lex McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We built a team of young Black, Asian, queer, and trans staffers at Teen Vogue, and they deserve the world. They are passionate, whip smart, and incredibly talented. Many of them are now without jobs — please consider donating to their GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido...
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
Overheard @ used bookshop today: I would donate my [goopy "historical" slop] to Goodwill but they probably wouldn't even make it onto the shelves because those people wouldn't understand them? It's just I read through them in a DAY and Barnes & Noble doesn't have a buyback??
Yes, she was.
Yes, she was.
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Overheard @ used bookshop today: I would donate my [goopy "historical" slop] to Goodwill but they probably wouldn't even make it onto the shelves because those people wouldn't understand them? It's just I read through them in a DAY and Barnes & Noble doesn't have a buyback??
Yes, she was.
Yes, she was.
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I love a meme targeted for my demographic
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I love a meme targeted for my demographic
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Brad and Janet walking into Dr. Frank-N-Furter's house:
FUCK ARE YALL DOING?!
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Brad and Janet walking into Dr. Frank-N-Furter's house:
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This is the future leftists want
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is the future leftists want
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do not talk to new york times reporters if you're trans
do NOT talk to new york times reporters if you're trans
DO NOT DO IT
do NOT talk to new york times reporters if you're trans
DO NOT DO IT
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
do not talk to new york times reporters if you're trans
do NOT talk to new york times reporters if you're trans
DO NOT DO IT
do NOT talk to new york times reporters if you're trans
DO NOT DO IT
A song that you wouldn't guess bamfs me to a Minnesota state of mind (fond, nostalgic) is Ivy's 2002 cover of Steely Dan's "Only a Fool Would Say That." Ditto for Lucksmiths, "The Opposite of Coffee," same year.
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
A song that you wouldn't guess bamfs me to a Minnesota state of mind (fond, nostalgic) is Ivy's 2002 cover of Steely Dan's "Only a Fool Would Say That." Ditto for Lucksmiths, "The Opposite of Coffee," same year.
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🪼Happy World Jellyfish Day!
These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems.
youtube.com/shorts/KRi9y...
These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems.
youtube.com/shorts/KRi9y...
🪼Happy World Jellyfish Day! #shorts
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🪼Happy World Jellyfish Day!
These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems.
youtube.com/shorts/KRi9y...
These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems.
youtube.com/shorts/KRi9y...
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'You're adopted'
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(For the non-palaeo folks, this is in light of a newly published paper re-establishing that #Nanotyrannus, previously understood to be a juvenile #T.rex, is indeed its own genus after all.)
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(For the non-palaeo folks, this is in light of a newly published paper re-establishing that #Nanotyrannus, previously understood to be a juvenile #T.rex, is indeed its own genus after all.)
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
'You're adopted'
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(For the non-palaeo folks, this is in light of a newly published paper re-establishing that #Nanotyrannus, previously understood to be a juvenile #T.rex, is indeed its own genus after all.)
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(For the non-palaeo folks, this is in light of a newly published paper re-establishing that #Nanotyrannus, previously understood to be a juvenile #T.rex, is indeed its own genus after all.)
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was it my way, it was my way wasn’t it
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
was it my way, it was my way wasn’t it
I don't know all of these, but definitely looks like a list worth saving and checking out.
The news about Teen Vogue is terrible, the latest in the long list of corporate-owned media layoffs, closures, and shifting tone and coverage.
There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.
There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.
bsky.app
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I don't know all of these, but definitely looks like a list worth saving and checking out.
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Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.
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Has anyone actually written something on the apparently inability of the reactionary mind to grasp the basic themes and even overt text of Tolkien?
Like at some point Gandalf turns directly to camera and says “the Men of Gondor sure are insufficient to this task, we need the hobbits to do it”
Like at some point Gandalf turns directly to camera and says “the Men of Gondor sure are insufficient to this task, we need the hobbits to do it”
this is an overtly fascist narrative - even the misreading of myth & literature is on brand
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Has anyone actually written something on the apparently inability of the reactionary mind to grasp the basic themes and even overt text of Tolkien?
Like at some point Gandalf turns directly to camera and says “the Men of Gondor sure are insufficient to this task, we need the hobbits to do it”
Like at some point Gandalf turns directly to camera and says “the Men of Gondor sure are insufficient to this task, we need the hobbits to do it”
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what the hell is a blorbo (rhetorical)
October 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
what the hell is a blorbo (rhetorical)
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Respectfully if you decide to dress up as Smoke or Stack, please be fine af! 😅😅😅
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Respectfully if you decide to dress up as Smoke or Stack, please be fine af! 😅😅😅
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
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Zohran caught in LIES: Mamdani claims to have "loved Final Fantasy III" when he was growing up. yet research indicates that the game he played was in fact the SIXTH Final Fantasy game
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Zohran caught in LIES: Mamdani claims to have "loved Final Fantasy III" when he was growing up. yet research indicates that the game he played was in fact the SIXTH Final Fantasy game
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You had me at “fancy cheese vending machine”
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
You had me at “fancy cheese vending machine”
I took my first math test in over 20 years today. It was a pre-test for precalculus, and it made me feel like my brains were sizzling on a particularly grimy grill. But, like, in a good way.
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I took my first math test in over 20 years today. It was a pre-test for precalculus, and it made me feel like my brains were sizzling on a particularly grimy grill. But, like, in a good way.
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People will talk about fighting bears or some other apex predator but I have not seen a human being hold their own against a goose
October 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
People will talk about fighting bears or some other apex predator but I have not seen a human being hold their own against a goose