Mari
@margoose.bsky.social
I do research for a living.
💗 science, social justice, ttrpgs, music, accessibility
I'm pan, poly, and I don't put up with bigots.
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💗 science, social justice, ttrpgs, music, accessibility
I'm pan, poly, and I don't put up with bigots.
she/her
Profile pic: white woman wearing newsboy cap holding hands with stone orangutan
Header pic: orange cactus flower
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Mari
@margoose.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Survive the Tyrant! - Survive The Tyrant | Dungeon Masters Guild
An RPG-style guide for surviving an authoritarian and oppressive regime
www.dmsguild.com
I recently came across "Survive the Tyrant!"
It's a guide to living through and making a difference in a country with an authoritarian, oppressive, or dangerous regime, in the style of a ttrpg.
I thought I'd share.
www.dmsguild.com/product/5077...
It's a guide to living through and making a difference in a country with an authoritarian, oppressive, or dangerous regime, in the style of a ttrpg.
I thought I'd share.
www.dmsguild.com/product/5077...
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YEAH! Yet just about any person who does Dem/blue flavored American exceptionalism and only has something bad to say about the US when it's about Trump or they want to praise places like Denmark and Canada, loves to forget about these things. They'll say "Trump has stripped the US of its values"
The IQ tests for indigenous, and poor people in AmeriKKKa in the 20s, had questions about films and radio, which they did not have access to, and were deemed not worthy to have children, and were sterilised.
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
YEAH! Yet just about any person who does Dem/blue flavored American exceptionalism and only has something bad to say about the US when it's about Trump or they want to praise places like Denmark and Canada, loves to forget about these things. They'll say "Trump has stripped the US of its values"
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
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This is the woman they wanted to step down and step back.......
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is the woman they wanted to step down and step back.......
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In about 20 years, there will be an entire generation of young people who were radicalized by growing up watching this.
The phrases "acab" and "fuck capitalism" will roll off their tongues with ease
The phrases "acab" and "fuck capitalism" will roll off their tongues with ease
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In about 20 years, there will be an entire generation of young people who were radicalized by growing up watching this.
The phrases "acab" and "fuck capitalism" will roll off their tongues with ease
The phrases "acab" and "fuck capitalism" will roll off their tongues with ease
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Anyone using Link’s words should respect who he is as a person.
He never cared about what you needed money for and has always showed support for community.
Think about this when posting about Fund Friday and adding arbitrary conditions.
He never cared about what you needed money for and has always showed support for community.
Think about this when posting about Fund Friday and adding arbitrary conditions.
🧵 This Fund Friday I wanna talk about barriers to access and MA.
I am someone who believes that people should be fed, have access to clean water, people should have $ to live, be housed, have access to medical care for free, all just as basic rights.
This is why I made @mutualaidvoid.bsky.social
I am someone who believes that people should be fed, have access to clean water, people should have $ to live, be housed, have access to medical care for free, all just as basic rights.
This is why I made @mutualaidvoid.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Anyone using Link’s words should respect who he is as a person.
He never cared about what you needed money for and has always showed support for community.
Think about this when posting about Fund Friday and adding arbitrary conditions.
He never cared about what you needed money for and has always showed support for community.
Think about this when posting about Fund Friday and adding arbitrary conditions.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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cpap machines are lifesaving and the improvement in quality of that life is astounding. please help if you can, or share if you cannot
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
cpap machines are lifesaving and the improvement in quality of that life is astounding. please help if you can, or share if you cannot
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I will argue that Elon is insouciantly doing a good thing here. He is proving incontrovertibly that "AIs" can and will lie for the people who created them. He is exposing the human agency behind "AI," whose success depends on that human agency being hidden.
the thread just keeps getting better from here
this is easily the funniest way Elon has ever broken Grok, you can get it to choose him over anyone for anything in a hypothetical scenario
*anything*
this is easily the funniest way Elon has ever broken Grok, you can get it to choose him over anyone for anything in a hypothetical scenario
*anything*
oh my god i take it back, grok is amazing
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I will argue that Elon is insouciantly doing a good thing here. He is proving incontrovertibly that "AIs" can and will lie for the people who created them. He is exposing the human agency behind "AI," whose success depends on that human agency being hidden.
Don't break the picket line! Get your holiday drink from anyone else except Amazon! Woot woot!
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Don't break the picket line! Get your holiday drink from anyone else except Amazon! Woot woot!
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Im gonna save y'all from giving Starbucks any money because fuck'em.
Ingredients:
4 oz semi-sweet chocolates (113g)
2.5 Tbs granulated sugar (32g)
1 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder (7.5 g)
pinch salt
1 1/2 cups milk (360g)
1/2 tsp peppermint extract
1 – 2 cups Ice cubes (130-260g)
Whipped Cream
Ingredients:
4 oz semi-sweet chocolates (113g)
2.5 Tbs granulated sugar (32g)
1 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder (7.5 g)
pinch salt
1 1/2 cups milk (360g)
1/2 tsp peppermint extract
1 – 2 cups Ice cubes (130-260g)
Whipped Cream
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Im gonna save y'all from giving Starbucks any money because fuck'em.
Ingredients:
4 oz semi-sweet chocolates (113g)
2.5 Tbs granulated sugar (32g)
1 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder (7.5 g)
pinch salt
1 1/2 cups milk (360g)
1/2 tsp peppermint extract
1 – 2 cups Ice cubes (130-260g)
Whipped Cream
Ingredients:
4 oz semi-sweet chocolates (113g)
2.5 Tbs granulated sugar (32g)
1 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder (7.5 g)
pinch salt
1 1/2 cups milk (360g)
1/2 tsp peppermint extract
1 – 2 cups Ice cubes (130-260g)
Whipped Cream
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This is what today's storm did... Rain poured through the open window and flooded our house. We stood there crying from the bitter cold. Please help us.
We have no door or windows to protect us from the freezing wind.
My children are here, and they are not alone.
Please.
chuffed.org/project/help...
We have no door or windows to protect us from the freezing wind.
My children are here, and they are not alone.
Please.
chuffed.org/project/help...
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is what today's storm did... Rain poured through the open window and flooded our house. We stood there crying from the bitter cold. Please help us.
We have no door or windows to protect us from the freezing wind.
My children are here, and they are not alone.
Please.
chuffed.org/project/help...
We have no door or windows to protect us from the freezing wind.
My children are here, and they are not alone.
Please.
chuffed.org/project/help...
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It's my birthday! Yes, I'm using that as an excuse to ask you to check out Heart of Glass, the compelling Street Wolves mystery that includes audio files and a system agnostic option.
I just added a new tier and some new add-ons this week!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
I just added a new tier and some new add-ons this week!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
Heart of Glass: A Street Wolves Mystery
The Street Wolves are back in Heart of Glass, an adventure supplement for Street Wolves: Turbo Edition featuring the Wolves out of their element faced with a deadly mystery and a terrible conspiracy in the American heartland.
www.backerkit.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It's my birthday! Yes, I'm using that as an excuse to ask you to check out Heart of Glass, the compelling Street Wolves mystery that includes audio files and a system agnostic option.
I just added a new tier and some new add-ons this week!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
I just added a new tier and some new add-ons this week!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
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THIS IS BIG
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
THIS IS BIG
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
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bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
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I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...
Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza | CNN
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out.
edition.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...
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Oh I’m devastated to hear this- Alice had been so kind to me helping with people in Gaza and her Crips for eSIMs project helped so many of them be able to tell their stories
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
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 ...
423 likes, 73 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 the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Oh I’m devastated to hear this- Alice had been so kind to me helping with people in Gaza and her Crips for eSIMs project helped so many of them be able to tell their stories
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You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
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Something everyone needs to know about @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Alice Wong was her commitment to Palestine. Just a year ago, she & I wrote a letter in @literaryhub.bsky.social defending six Palestinian journalists. Sadly, Alice now joins two of them on the other side: Anas al-Sharif & Hossam Shabat
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Something everyone needs to know about @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Alice Wong was her commitment to Palestine. Just a year ago, she & I wrote a letter in @literaryhub.bsky.social defending six Palestinian journalists. Sadly, Alice now joins two of them on the other side: Anas al-Sharif & Hossam Shabat
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I need so many fucking things
I also have a grocery list of groceries
No donation is too small to help
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
#ko-fi #helpfolkslive #urgent #help
#TransCrowdfund #emergency #HelpFolksLive2025 #mutualaid 💸💕
I also have a grocery list of groceries
No donation is too small to help
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
#ko-fi #helpfolkslive #urgent #help
#TransCrowdfund #emergency #HelpFolksLive2025 #mutualaid 💸💕
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I need so many fucking things
I also have a grocery list of groceries
No donation is too small to help
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
#ko-fi #helpfolkslive #urgent #help
#TransCrowdfund #emergency #HelpFolksLive2025 #mutualaid 💸💕
I also have a grocery list of groceries
No donation is too small to help
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
#ko-fi #helpfolkslive #urgent #help
#TransCrowdfund #emergency #HelpFolksLive2025 #mutualaid 💸💕
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I didnt realize it wasnt obvious until a couple DMs, but folks who need mutual aid to survive ask for gift cards or wishlist items bc:
- low chance of affecting benefits negatively
- can get wants & needs without pulling from desperate survival fund
- alleviates spending while struggling guilt
- low chance of affecting benefits negatively
- can get wants & needs without pulling from desperate survival fund
- alleviates spending while struggling guilt
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I didnt realize it wasnt obvious until a couple DMs, but folks who need mutual aid to survive ask for gift cards or wishlist items bc:
- low chance of affecting benefits negatively
- can get wants & needs without pulling from desperate survival fund
- alleviates spending while struggling guilt
- low chance of affecting benefits negatively
- can get wants & needs without pulling from desperate survival fund
- alleviates spending while struggling guilt
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Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
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2026 Primary thread!
okay, so, with Dems successfully keeping anyone up in 2026 for voting for this turd let's take a look at who's up in 2026 anyway:
1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.
1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
2026 Primary thread!
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
Mahmoud still needs help.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Mahmoud still needs help.