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I hear that weird scant bios are kinda sketchy, so: she/her, Cambridge MA, software engineer, parent of a trans teen, ADHD-adjacent, tai chi, sometime knitter.
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Jesus fuck, no.
The #BEASTLab won second place in the departmental holiday decoration contest!
December 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Jesus fuck, no.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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Happy Gävlebocken season! Every year since 1966, Gävle, Sweden, has erected a massive version of Scandinavia's traditional straw Yule goat. It is so attractive to vandals—particularly arsonists—that in the previous 59 years, only 17 goats have survived fully intact. Good luck in 2025, Gävlebocken!
The Gävlebocken cam is live folks, this is not a drill
The Gävle Goat LIVE 2025 | Lofi Christmas mix
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November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Happy Gävlebocken season! Every year since 1966, Gävle, Sweden, has erected a massive version of Scandinavia's traditional straw Yule goat. It is so attractive to vandals—particularly arsonists—that in the previous 59 years, only 17 goats have survived fully intact. Good luck in 2025, Gävlebocken!
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
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Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...
A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote
The U.S.
joycevance.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...
I also got through very quickly. The representative seemed a little overwhelmed by my enthusiasm!
1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.
I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.
1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
October 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I also got through very quickly. The representative seemed a little overwhelmed by my enthusiasm!
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I'm not sure what's going on, but this year's freshman class is giving me ... what was that word ... hope?
They're energized and excited, they're doing the reading and doing it well, they're asking great questions and offering smart answers too.
Is this just me or are others seeing it?
They're energized and excited, they're doing the reading and doing it well, they're asking great questions and offering smart answers too.
Is this just me or are others seeing it?
September 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I'm not sure what's going on, but this year's freshman class is giving me ... what was that word ... hope?
They're energized and excited, they're doing the reading and doing it well, they're asking great questions and offering smart answers too.
Is this just me or are others seeing it?
They're energized and excited, they're doing the reading and doing it well, they're asking great questions and offering smart answers too.
Is this just me or are others seeing it?
Doctor I trust more than RFKjr
September 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Doctor I trust more than RFKjr
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SAMURAI BATS who knew these were even a thing in Japanese culture! The artist, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 國芳 1798-1861), was one of the great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.
August 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
SAMURAI BATS who knew these were even a thing in Japanese culture! The artist, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 國芳 1798-1861), was one of the great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.
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I will always remember an interview with a US Presidential advisor who realized there was not another room, where the real people in charge with the real information and real authority worked.
It was just them and few coworkers. They were The Room.
And they were making the decisions for millions.
It was just them and few coworkers. They were The Room.
And they were making the decisions for millions.
Conspiracy theories take hold because it's much more reassuring to believe that an evil cabal is running everything than that nobody is running everything and every human from the poorest child to the President of the United States is just winging it.
July 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I will always remember an interview with a US Presidential advisor who realized there was not another room, where the real people in charge with the real information and real authority worked.
It was just them and few coworkers. They were The Room.
And they were making the decisions for millions.
It was just them and few coworkers. They were The Room.
And they were making the decisions for millions.
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TIME FOR THE VERY RARE ACTIVITY: JOYSCROLLING
June 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
TIME FOR THE VERY RARE ACTIVITY: JOYSCROLLING
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GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
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May 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
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So therefore the court finds that she does not pose danger to community or present risk of flight.
THE COURT ORDERS THE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE OZTURK FROM CUSTODY IMMEDIATELY.
"Ms. Ozturk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts."
THE COURT ORDERS THE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE OZTURK FROM CUSTODY IMMEDIATELY.
"Ms. Ozturk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts."
May 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
So therefore the court finds that she does not pose danger to community or present risk of flight.
THE COURT ORDERS THE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE OZTURK FROM CUSTODY IMMEDIATELY.
"Ms. Ozturk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts."
THE COURT ORDERS THE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE OZTURK FROM CUSTODY IMMEDIATELY.
"Ms. Ozturk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts."
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The AP pope looks askance at this heresy
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The AP pope looks askance at this heresy
I'm a paid subscriber simply because Marisa does amazing work - she scoops the big news orgs working all by herself!
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April 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I'm a paid subscriber simply because Marisa does amazing work - she scoops the big news orgs working all by herself!
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Popes are chosen by God, making them the ultimate Dei hire
April 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Popes are chosen by God, making them the ultimate Dei hire
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strange women lying in ponds distributing swords starting to look like a reasonable basis for a system of government
April 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
strange women lying in ponds distributing swords starting to look like a reasonable basis for a system of government
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Update! UMass-Amherst's faculty senate is now on board!!
Last night they passed their own resolution calling for two compacts:
1) of all public and land-grant higher ed in the country
2) of all public and private higher ed in Massachusetts
Read and spread widely!!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ikin7...
Last night they passed their own resolution calling for two compacts:
1) of all public and land-grant higher ed in the country
2) of all public and private higher ed in Massachusetts
Read and spread widely!!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ikin7...
April 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Update! UMass-Amherst's faculty senate is now on board!!
Last night they passed their own resolution calling for two compacts:
1) of all public and land-grant higher ed in the country
2) of all public and private higher ed in Massachusetts
Read and spread widely!!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ikin7...
Last night they passed their own resolution calling for two compacts:
1) of all public and land-grant higher ed in the country
2) of all public and private higher ed in Massachusetts
Read and spread widely!!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ikin7...