Rachel G. 🐈⬛ she/they
@nonnero667.bsky.social
🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛ Saint Louis
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#OtD 19 Dec 1916 the @IWW union was outlawed in Australia for its opposition to World War I. Initially the union continued to grow but eventually the repression began to bite and caused the union to decline in 1917. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2019/01/28/e...
December 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#OtD 19 Dec 1916 the @IWW union was outlawed in Australia for its opposition to World War I. Initially the union continued to grow but eventually the repression began to bite and caused the union to decline in 1917. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2019/01/28/e...
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the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
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Even if age verification laws require data deletion, you have to trust every website and third-party verifier will actually do it. That's a lot of faith to place in companies with spotty track records—and a risk that doesn't exist when a bartender just glances at your ID. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF
www.eff.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Even if age verification laws require data deletion, you have to trust every website and third-party verifier will actually do it. That's a lot of faith to place in companies with spotty track records—and a risk that doesn't exist when a bartender just glances at your ID. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Folks can submit comments opposing these transphobic proposed rules here:
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a new set of rules attempting to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth nationwide.
Take action and tell HHS: No bans on gender-affirming care.
Take action and tell HHS: No bans on gender-affirming care.
Tell HHS: Hands Off Our Care
Take action with ACLU People Power!
act.aclu.org
December 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Folks can submit comments opposing these transphobic proposed rules here:
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Nonprofit recovers from roof collapse to continue serving community
YouTube video by KMOV St. Louis
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December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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We know Starbucks has the money - CEO Brian Niccol was paid $96 million for just 4 months of work. In fact, Starbucks has the highest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. That’s not normal!
December 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We know Starbucks has the money - CEO Brian Niccol was paid $96 million for just 4 months of work. In fact, Starbucks has the highest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. That’s not normal!
“Just this week, court filings emerged showing the administration's six-page list of words some Head Start programs cannot use in their federal funding applications, including "disability," "race" and "women."” *this article claims backlash against DEI was widespread. No, it is a few loud people.
The State Department reinstates an old font, in a typeface about-face
The State Department is swapping out Calibri for Times New Roman in all its official documents, reversing a Biden-era change that aimed to increase accessibility for readers with disabilities.
www.stlpr.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“Just this week, court filings emerged showing the administration's six-page list of words some Head Start programs cannot use in their federal funding applications, including "disability," "race" and "women."” *this article claims backlash against DEI was widespread. No, it is a few loud people.
@annieknk.bsky.social maybe the 5g people were right to be worried but wrong about what they were worried about? (No one in my circle is as flabbergasted by this as I am so I have to reach out to celebrities on the internet.)
How Wi-Fi Could Become an Invisible, No-Touch ECG
Wi-Fi signals bounce off humans in predictable patterns and can detect respiration and pulse, creating an invisible, whole-room health monitor that never touches the patient.
www.medscape.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
@annieknk.bsky.social maybe the 5g people were right to be worried but wrong about what they were worried about? (No one in my circle is as flabbergasted by this as I am so I have to reach out to celebrities on the internet.)
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Online age verification isn't like showing ID at a bar. It's more invasive, affects far more transactions, and poses serious privacy, security, and free speech risks that in-person checks never do. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF
www.eff.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Online age verification isn't like showing ID at a bar. It's more invasive, affects far more transactions, and poses serious privacy, security, and free speech risks that in-person checks never do. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
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Gently ... composition as a course teaches us how to package ideas to an audience for understanding.
The skill being taught is thinking
The skill being taught is thinking
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Gently ... composition as a course teaches us how to package ideas to an audience for understanding.
The skill being taught is thinking
The skill being taught is thinking
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It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
What do all these betting apps coming to MO think is going to happen? We don’t have disposable income. AI is taking our jobs and our water. They just want to be the last place you type in your last credit card number. #thevoid
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What do all these betting apps coming to MO think is going to happen? We don’t have disposable income. AI is taking our jobs and our water. They just want to be the last place you type in your last credit card number. #thevoid
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It's time for everyone's favorite game of calling around 25 area pharmacies to see which one has the medicine I need and then frantically telling the doctor who won't see his computer till 4pm, to send in a script that won't be filled bc they'll be out by 4pm
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's time for everyone's favorite game of calling around 25 area pharmacies to see which one has the medicine I need and then frantically telling the doctor who won't see his computer till 4pm, to send in a script that won't be filled bc they'll be out by 4pm
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#TransparencyFail No Way To Run A Govt #395681
Soooo much secrecy involving proposed Data Center at heavily corporate welfared Armory boondoggle
And most St. Louis City electeds are OK with it
*insert Walk of Sad gif*
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Soooo much secrecy involving proposed Data Center at heavily corporate welfared Armory boondoggle
And most St. Louis City electeds are OK with it
*insert Walk of Sad gif*
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Today marks 7 weeks since the second “town hall” meeting hosted by developer THO’s consultant on the data center proposed for #500Prospect next to the Armory.
I haven’t received an email from Steadfast City with answers to questions posed at the Oct. 9 & 13 #datacenterSTL meetings.
Why the delay?
I haven’t received an email from Steadfast City with answers to questions posed at the Oct. 9 & 13 #datacenterSTL meetings.
Why the delay?
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#TransparencyFail No Way To Run A Govt #395681
Soooo much secrecy involving proposed Data Center at heavily corporate welfared Armory boondoggle
And most St. Louis City electeds are OK with it
*insert Walk of Sad gif*
🧵
Soooo much secrecy involving proposed Data Center at heavily corporate welfared Armory boondoggle
And most St. Louis City electeds are OK with it
*insert Walk of Sad gif*
🧵
More universities I will never work at. This essay was definitely a planned grift.
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
More universities I will never work at. This essay was definitely a planned grift.
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Sen. Eric Schmitt has apparently been mainlining extremist outlets like Revolver, founded by State Department official and open white supremacist Darren Beattie.
More on Beattie and what he's been up to at State here: wiczipedia.substack.com/p/the-extrem...
More on Beattie and what he's been up to at State here: wiczipedia.substack.com/p/the-extrem...
![[Beattie] founded extremist media outlet Revolver, which served as the distributor for some of his craziest conspiracies, including that Biden’s 2020 election win was a “color revolution,” a term that has become Putin’s dogwhistle for alleged US intelligence agency interference when a popular protest movement takes a country in Moscow’s orbit farther away from Mother Russia. In Beattie’s world, Biden’s popular support was an intelligence operation, and January 6 was a false flag. Laura K. Field excoriated Revolver and Beattie at length in The Bulwark for “moving goalposts, perverse inversions, incoherence: the marks of morally and intellectually unserious individuals who either have no integrity or sacrifice it in order to kiss up to the likes of Bannon, Carlson, and Trump.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jush7662cbei73jiiaddxc72/bafkreih53olqngakzpmah6gn5w7xcatrlp2ntj3t5ua2eukevmpra2zwmq@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Sen. Eric Schmitt has apparently been mainlining extremist outlets like Revolver, founded by State Department official and open white supremacist Darren Beattie.
More on Beattie and what he's been up to at State here: wiczipedia.substack.com/p/the-extrem...
More on Beattie and what he's been up to at State here: wiczipedia.substack.com/p/the-extrem...
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could be a great day to preorder 👀 @haymarketbooks.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
could be a great day to preorder 👀 @haymarketbooks.org
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
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Great interview by our beloved Travis View with Thomas Kelly, an academic who wrote an article debunking When Prophecy Fails - a classic in the field of New Religious Movements. I had heard there were problems with that book but I really did not know the half of it
soundcloud.com/qanonanonymo...
soundcloud.com/qanonanonymo...
When “When Prophecy Fails” Fails (E350)
The 1956 book When Prophecy Fails describes one of the most famous case studies in social psychology. The researchers Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter covertly joined a small, apoc
soundcloud.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Great interview by our beloved Travis View with Thomas Kelly, an academic who wrote an article debunking When Prophecy Fails - a classic in the field of New Religious Movements. I had heard there were problems with that book but I really did not know the half of it
soundcloud.com/qanonanonymo...
soundcloud.com/qanonanonymo...
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Agents were expected to arrive in New Orleans on Friday to begin staging equipment and vehicles before the Thanksgiving holiday, according to the people familiar with the operation.
They are scheduled to return toward the end of the month, with the full sweep beginning in early December.
They are scheduled to return toward the end of the month, with the full sweep beginning in early December.
Border Agents Target Mississippi Communities in ‘Swamp Sweep’
Border agents are set to conduct a major immigration crackdown called "Swamp Sweep,” targeting immigrants in southeast Mississippi and Louisiana.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Agents were expected to arrive in New Orleans on Friday to begin staging equipment and vehicles before the Thanksgiving holiday, according to the people familiar with the operation.
They are scheduled to return toward the end of the month, with the full sweep beginning in early December.
They are scheduled to return toward the end of the month, with the full sweep beginning in early December.
Vote for the Garden Glow!
Garden Glow at Missouri Botanical Garden
10best.usatoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Vote for the Garden Glow!
Let eric schmitt know if you are happy he brought the fbi to Saint Louis. He lets you vote as many times as you want.
Survey
outreach.senate.gov
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Let eric schmitt know if you are happy he brought the fbi to Saint Louis. He lets you vote as many times as you want.
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NEW: Body-worn camera video captured an immigration agent in Chicago using ChatGPT to “compile a narrative for a report based off of a brief sentence about an encounter and several images,” Judge Ellis reveals in a scathing written ruling.
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Injunction ruling provides new look at ‘Blitz,’ from tear gas to agent using ChatGPT to help write report
A federal judge on Thursday issued a scathing opinion that takes a deep dive into the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz,” revealing new information glean…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
NEW: Body-worn camera video captured an immigration agent in Chicago using ChatGPT to “compile a narrative for a report based off of a brief sentence about an encounter and several images,” Judge Ellis reveals in a scathing written ruling.
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Better question: What if when the author of this opinion commits a crime we deport him to Europe?
What if local and state police turned criminal immigrants over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement after they are convicted as Kansas has?
Will Kansas pave the way for cities in Trump’s immigration crackdown? | Opinion
What if local and state police turned criminal immigrants over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement after they are convicted as Kansas has?
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Better question: What if when the author of this opinion commits a crime we deport him to Europe?