cypress (evelyn)
@outofambit.bsky.social
hangin out, making friends and art. trans something or whatever. my job is computer. (she/they)
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I will die on this hill:
it isn’t hard to say “at the height of the pandemic” or “at the start of COVID” during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, don’t let your guests say “during COVID” like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.
it isn’t hard to say “at the height of the pandemic” or “at the start of COVID” during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, don’t let your guests say “during COVID” like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.
August 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I will die on this hill:
it isn’t hard to say “at the height of the pandemic” or “at the start of COVID” during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, don’t let your guests say “during COVID” like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.
it isn’t hard to say “at the height of the pandemic” or “at the start of COVID” during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, don’t let your guests say “during COVID” like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.
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One of the few things I'm absolutely sure of is that there's nothing wrong with being trans. We're just a type of person. We deserve equality because all people deserve equality.
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
One of the few things I'm absolutely sure of is that there's nothing wrong with being trans. We're just a type of person. We deserve equality because all people deserve equality.
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A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
July 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
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[reading twitter] congratulations to muslim chairman mao on his conquest of new york city
June 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
[reading twitter] congratulations to muslim chairman mao on his conquest of new york city
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next up: can you primary the times ed board
June 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
next up: can you primary the times ed board
bsky is hitting its stride / nature is healing
June 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
bsky is hitting its stride / nature is healing
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An LA organizer I trust shared this General Resource Spreadsheet with me. It includes nonofficial shelters and other resources for people affected by the LA fires.
MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
docs.google.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
An LA organizer I trust shared this General Resource Spreadsheet with me. It includes nonofficial shelters and other resources for people affected by the LA fires.
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Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
Amazon workers on strike from Black Friday to Cyber Monday
(WFXR) – Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
www.cbs42.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
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we need mutual aid, antifascism, and community defense REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS and frankly i'd feel a lot safer if more people understood that
November 6, 2024 at 5:03 AM
we need mutual aid, antifascism, and community defense REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS and frankly i'd feel a lot safer if more people understood that
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PSA: if you take or edit photos of crowds or strangers with Signal, you can use our face blur tool to quickly hide people's biometric face data.
You can then export the photo from Signal if you want to post it publicly.
More on this feature here:
https://signal.org/blog/blur-tools/
You can then export the photo from Signal if you want to post it publicly.
More on this feature here:
https://signal.org/blog/blur-tools/
Blur tools for Signal
Right now, people around the world are marching and protesting against racism and police brutality, outraged by the most recent police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. At Signal, we support the people who have gone into the streets to make their voices heard. We believe that something ...
signal.org
October 28, 2023 at 6:07 PM
PSA: if you take or edit photos of crowds or strangers with Signal, you can use our face blur tool to quickly hide people's biometric face data.
You can then export the photo from Signal if you want to post it publicly.
More on this feature here:
https://signal.org/blog/blur-tools/
You can then export the photo from Signal if you want to post it publicly.
More on this feature here:
https://signal.org/blog/blur-tools/
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I have often wondered why, when stores close, landlords leave the spaces empty for years at a time instead of lowering rents. The answer, apparently, is banks often won't let them:
The hidden culprit driving America’s apocalypse of boarded-up storefronts
The pandemic kicked off a "doom loop" that has gutted cities and towns across the country. Big banks are making it worse.
www.businessinsider.com
November 1, 2023 at 4:52 PM
I have often wondered why, when stores close, landlords leave the spaces empty for years at a time instead of lowering rents. The answer, apparently, is banks often won't let them:
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A good morning to organized labor!!!
October 30, 2023 at 2:00 PM
A good morning to organized labor!!!
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Reminder that if you see disturbing or traumatic images, playing Tetris as soon as possible afterwards can help the brain cleanse itself, and lessen the impacts of it longer term.
No, I'm not kidding. And no one knows how or why it works. But it DOES work, and I encourage you to remember it.
No, I'm not kidding. And no one knows how or why it works. But it DOES work, and I encourage you to remember it.
October 13, 2023 at 11:37 PM
Reminder that if you see disturbing or traumatic images, playing Tetris as soon as possible afterwards can help the brain cleanse itself, and lessen the impacts of it longer term.
No, I'm not kidding. And no one knows how or why it works. But it DOES work, and I encourage you to remember it.
No, I'm not kidding. And no one knows how or why it works. But it DOES work, and I encourage you to remember it.
finally! something i directly worked on has been called "too woke" on the internet
October 5, 2023 at 5:55 AM
finally! something i directly worked on has been called "too woke" on the internet
ready to ruin* my life for a romantic partner
*make reasonable changes and compromises to
*make reasonable changes and compromises to
October 3, 2023 at 7:48 PM
ready to ruin* my life for a romantic partner
*make reasonable changes and compromises to
*make reasonable changes and compromises to
turns out people paying money for art i made feels very cool
October 3, 2023 at 7:20 PM
turns out people paying money for art i made feels very cool
what did you do today?
oh nothing just researching if one of the earliest artists to use cyanotypes was gay
oh nothing just researching if one of the earliest artists to use cyanotypes was gay
September 22, 2023 at 8:05 PM
what did you do today?
oh nothing just researching if one of the earliest artists to use cyanotypes was gay
oh nothing just researching if one of the earliest artists to use cyanotypes was gay
til you can actually cut yourself with a bread knife. not a lot but still
September 21, 2023 at 3:20 PM
til you can actually cut yourself with a bread knife. not a lot but still
me: i do software engineering
them: wow you must be smart
me: smart that i can, dumb that i keep doing it
them: wow you must be smart
me: smart that i can, dumb that i keep doing it
September 14, 2023 at 8:35 PM
me: i do software engineering
them: wow you must be smart
me: smart that i can, dumb that i keep doing it
them: wow you must be smart
me: smart that i can, dumb that i keep doing it
today i learned what contact improv is :(
September 11, 2023 at 8:19 AM
today i learned what contact improv is :(
if i was a teen i would currently be putting posters of america ferrera on the wall of my bedroom
September 7, 2023 at 10:56 PM
if i was a teen i would currently be putting posters of america ferrera on the wall of my bedroom