Ness
@nessess.bsky.social
Librarian and nerd. Formerly a murder spagurder. They/she
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Starbucks is forcing us into drastic action by refusing to finalize a fair union contract.
Baristas are striking for a fair union contract, resolution of unfair labor practices, and a better future at Starbucks.
Want to support striking baristas? STOP BUYING STARBUCKS!
Baristas are striking for a fair union contract, resolution of unfair labor practices, and a better future at Starbucks.
Want to support striking baristas? STOP BUYING STARBUCKS!
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Starbucks is forcing us into drastic action by refusing to finalize a fair union contract.
Baristas are striking for a fair union contract, resolution of unfair labor practices, and a better future at Starbucks.
Want to support striking baristas? STOP BUYING STARBUCKS!
Baristas are striking for a fair union contract, resolution of unfair labor practices, and a better future at Starbucks.
Want to support striking baristas? STOP BUYING STARBUCKS!
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‘I often think that the first dictionary a child in Gaza carries is invisible and heavy. Before they learn the names of distant animals or the months of the year, they learn to point at the sky and say زنانة “drone.”’
Shrinking Language, Bursting Memory
"Under siege, time is stolen piece by piece, and language shrinks to match the narrow space it is allowed. People abandon long sentences because every additional word must justify the power it consumes, the battery it drains, the risk it takes in that particular…
"Under siege, time is stolen piece by piece, and language shrinks to match the narrow space it is allowed. People abandon long sentences because every additional word must justify the power it consumes, the battery it drains, the risk it takes in that particular…
Shrinking Language, Bursting Memory
"Under siege, time is stolen piece by piece, and language shrinks to match the narrow space it is allowed. People abandon long sentences because every additional word must justify the power it consumes, the battery it drains, the risk it takes in that particular minute."
arablit.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
‘I often think that the first dictionary a child in Gaza carries is invisible and heavy. Before they learn the names of distant animals or the months of the year, they learn to point at the sky and say زنانة “drone.”’
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Part of the political project of genAI is to undermine knowledge and expertise until it is meaningless. And this is not theoretical. Actually existing AI is doing precisely this.
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
The 877-page study was introduced into the legislature on Tuesday
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Part of the political project of genAI is to undermine knowledge and expertise until it is meaningless. And this is not theoretical. Actually existing AI is doing precisely this.
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Hey everyone going WELL TIME TO PLAY MORE FORTNITE TO HUNT DOWN PEOPLE WEARING HARRY POTTER STUFF
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Hey everyone going WELL TIME TO PLAY MORE FORTNITE TO HUNT DOWN PEOPLE WEARING HARRY POTTER STUFF
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
i made socks with gideon the ninth yarn!
March 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
i made socks with gideon the ninth yarn!
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It's been 5 months without Tinu & we haven't reached her final goal to cover her last goal and wishes.
Please donate to Tinu's family. She gave everything to her family & community. Please support her last wishes. #ForTinu
If you can't donate, share & mask up. Tell everyone around you to mask up.
Please donate to Tinu's family. She gave everything to her family & community. Please support her last wishes. #ForTinu
If you can't donate, share & mask up. Tell everyone around you to mask up.
Tomorrow will be 5 months without @tinu.bsky.social.
My birthday is Sunday, all I want is this to be done for Tinu's wonderful family.
They need to be covered for her finals expenses, loss of income, et al.
If you can't help, please share! 💖
Let's get this #ForTinu
www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-t...
My birthday is Sunday, all I want is this to be done for Tinu's wonderful family.
They need to be covered for her finals expenses, loss of income, et al.
If you can't help, please share! 💖
Let's get this #ForTinu
www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-t...
Donate to Honoring Tinu's Legacy with Compassionate Support, organized by Brooke Crume
In loving memory of Atinuke Abayomi Paul (Tinu), beloved daughter, gran… Brooke Crume needs your support for Honoring Tinu's Legacy with Compassionate Support
www.gofundme.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It's been 5 months without Tinu & we haven't reached her final goal to cover her last goal and wishes.
Please donate to Tinu's family. She gave everything to her family & community. Please support her last wishes. #ForTinu
If you can't donate, share & mask up. Tell everyone around you to mask up.
Please donate to Tinu's family. She gave everything to her family & community. Please support her last wishes. #ForTinu
If you can't donate, share & mask up. Tell everyone around you to mask up.
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Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.
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This is great news but what has he even been charged with??
Breaking news: A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s effort to deport Palestinian organizer Mahmoud Khalil.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/u...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia student protests, attorney says | CNN
Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, was arrested Saturday night by federal immigration author...
www.cnn.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is great news but what has he even been charged with??
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It’s the five year anniversary of the pandemic. Five years that disabled people have been abandoned. Five years where many have excused our deaths as acceptable. Five years that we can’t even access safe healthcare. By you excluding disabled people, you’re aiding in fascism and eugenics.
March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It’s the five year anniversary of the pandemic. Five years that disabled people have been abandoned. Five years where many have excused our deaths as acceptable. Five years that we can’t even access safe healthcare. By you excluding disabled people, you’re aiding in fascism and eugenics.
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🚨🚨If you use kindle, Download your books before Amazon removes the ability next week. That is your money you spent and those are your books. 🚨🚨
February 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🚨🚨If you use kindle, Download your books before Amazon removes the ability next week. That is your money you spent and those are your books. 🚨🚨
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Holy shit it DOES work
Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)
February 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Holy shit it DOES work
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Eugenics & fascism go hand in hand. White supremacists don’t want disabled people around. We remind them of their fragility. We question their supremacy.
Stand up for disabled people. Fight mask bans, Medicaid & Medicare cuts.
Wear a mask. It’s one of the most powerful things you can do.
Stand up for disabled people. Fight mask bans, Medicaid & Medicare cuts.
Wear a mask. It’s one of the most powerful things you can do.
February 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Eugenics & fascism go hand in hand. White supremacists don’t want disabled people around. We remind them of their fragility. We question their supremacy.
Stand up for disabled people. Fight mask bans, Medicaid & Medicare cuts.
Wear a mask. It’s one of the most powerful things you can do.
Stand up for disabled people. Fight mask bans, Medicaid & Medicare cuts.
Wear a mask. It’s one of the most powerful things you can do.
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We’re still in a global pandemic. The threat of Covid has not passed.
We’re seeing an increase in bird flu, measles, TB & more.
Public health has been dying a slow & painful death for years. We are on our own.
The good news? Masks work for more than just Covid! My complete guide to respirators 👇🏼
We’re seeing an increase in bird flu, measles, TB & more.
Public health has been dying a slow & painful death for years. We are on our own.
The good news? Masks work for more than just Covid! My complete guide to respirators 👇🏼
We’re Witnessing the Fall of Public Health… and Your Best Tool is a Mask
Measles in Texas, bird flu in Louisiana, tuberculosis in Kansas and Covid everywhere. Public health has been dying a slow death for years, we can’t count on it anymore. What can we count on? A mask!
www.disabledginger.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We’re still in a global pandemic. The threat of Covid has not passed.
We’re seeing an increase in bird flu, measles, TB & more.
Public health has been dying a slow & painful death for years. We are on our own.
The good news? Masks work for more than just Covid! My complete guide to respirators 👇🏼
We’re seeing an increase in bird flu, measles, TB & more.
Public health has been dying a slow & painful death for years. We are on our own.
The good news? Masks work for more than just Covid! My complete guide to respirators 👇🏼
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If you wonder how countries slip into dictatorship, it’s like this.
Amidst another flurry of news, an official adds at the end that Trump has signed an Executive Order saying that “only the President or Attorney General can speak for the US…as to what the law is.”
What?!
👀
Amidst another flurry of news, an official adds at the end that Trump has signed an Executive Order saying that “only the President or Attorney General can speak for the US…as to what the law is.”
What?!
👀
February 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you wonder how countries slip into dictatorship, it’s like this.
Amidst another flurry of news, an official adds at the end that Trump has signed an Executive Order saying that “only the President or Attorney General can speak for the US…as to what the law is.”
What?!
👀
Amidst another flurry of news, an official adds at the end that Trump has signed an Executive Order saying that “only the President or Attorney General can speak for the US…as to what the law is.”
What?!
👀
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Fun fact: one of the more famous PSAs from the time was, "It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?"
Possibly the single most accurate description of parenting from 1970-89 ever written.
February 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Fun fact: one of the more famous PSAs from the time was, "It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?"
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The new “Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism—Yes, You! Yes, Now!” zine makes a great gift for your liberal fam, friends, neighbors & coworkers!
Read, print & distro freely!
Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social:
itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...
Read, print & distro freely!
Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social:
itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...
January 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The new “Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism—Yes, You! Yes, Now!” zine makes a great gift for your liberal fam, friends, neighbors & coworkers!
Read, print & distro freely!
Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social:
itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...
Read, print & distro freely!
Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social:
itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...
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Nothing to worry about, just an administration official suggesting that the DOJ may prosecute a member of Congress for advising people about their rights.
Happening right now. Right in front of us.
Happening right now. Right in front of us.
Homan on CNN suggests AOC is committing a crime by informing people about their constitutional rights
February 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Nothing to worry about, just an administration official suggesting that the DOJ may prosecute a member of Congress for advising people about their rights.
Happening right now. Right in front of us.
Happening right now. Right in front of us.
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this is really fucking bad. what the fuck.
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
this is really fucking bad. what the fuck.
This week was hard and I almost quit my job twice, but at least I got two tattoos
February 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This week was hard and I almost quit my job twice, but at least I got two tattoos
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Your kleptocracy in action.
Holy shit.
“USAID’s inspector general was investigating a public-private partnership involving Musk’s company just before Musk shut the agency down.
Key USAID web pages mentioning Musk’s company have suddenly vanished from the agency’s website.”
Follow the money.
“USAID’s inspector general was investigating a public-private partnership involving Musk’s company just before Musk shut the agency down.
Key USAID web pages mentioning Musk’s company have suddenly vanished from the agency’s website.”
Follow the money.
February 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Your kleptocracy in action.