J. Alexandra
@persephonestjames.bsky.social
Writer, Witch, Lover of the Arts, Cybersecurity Analyst
Pretty respectable wrap-up for 2025. Not as many as last year (33 vs 38 in 2025) - I've been in a bit of a slump and I've been trying to tackle more non-fiction, which takes longer. The goal is to obviously read more but any reading is important.
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Pretty respectable wrap-up for 2025. Not as many as last year (33 vs 38 in 2025) - I've been in a bit of a slump and I've been trying to tackle more non-fiction, which takes longer. The goal is to obviously read more but any reading is important.
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this is a joke for like maybe 3 people but I'm making it anyway
October 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
this is a joke for like maybe 3 people but I'm making it anyway
On a side note: This Mercury sure is retrograde-y. I've never seen so much chaos caused via email in my life.
#astrologysky #mercuryretrograde
#astrologysky #mercuryretrograde
July 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
On a side note: This Mercury sure is retrograde-y. I've never seen so much chaos caused via email in my life.
#astrologysky #mercuryretrograde
#astrologysky #mercuryretrograde
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June 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Wrote this piece for Harpers Bazaar about the life, legacy, and hate-induced murder of Jonathan Joss through the eyes of being a Two-Spirit Native person this Pride.
I hope you take a read. For Him. For all of us. 🪶
I hope you take a read. For Him. For all of us. 🪶
We All Need to Be Talking About the Murder of Jonathan Joss This Pride and Beyond
The actor, who was Comanche and White Mountain Apache, was shot in a targeted hate crime while protecting his husband.
www.harpersbazaar.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Wrote this piece for Harpers Bazaar about the life, legacy, and hate-induced murder of Jonathan Joss through the eyes of being a Two-Spirit Native person this Pride.
I hope you take a read. For Him. For all of us. 🪶
I hope you take a read. For Him. For all of us. 🪶
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This guys has a whole series of these and I hope he edits them all together into a short film
May 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This guys has a whole series of these and I hope he edits them all together into a short film
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I can't say this shit enough
May 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I can't say this shit enough
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The Pentagon will oversee retrofitting of the plane for the president's use, despite bipartisan concerns about ethics and security. www.ft.com/content/60fe...
May 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The Pentagon will oversee retrofitting of the plane for the president's use, despite bipartisan concerns about ethics and security. www.ft.com/content/60fe...
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The smartest people I know are all skeptical of A.I.
My punk friends see it as a tool of oppression.
My art friends see it as a creative cancer.
And then there’s LinkedIn.
My punk friends see it as a tool of oppression.
My art friends see it as a creative cancer.
And then there’s LinkedIn.
May 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The smartest people I know are all skeptical of A.I.
My punk friends see it as a tool of oppression.
My art friends see it as a creative cancer.
And then there’s LinkedIn.
My punk friends see it as a tool of oppression.
My art friends see it as a creative cancer.
And then there’s LinkedIn.
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NEW: More than a dozen high-ranking executive branch officials and congressional aides made well-timed trades since Trump took office, most of them selling stock before the market plunged amid fears that Trump’s tariffs would set off a global trade war.
More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging
Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the ma...
www.propublica.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
NEW: More than a dozen high-ranking executive branch officials and congressional aides made well-timed trades since Trump took office, most of them selling stock before the market plunged amid fears that Trump’s tariffs would set off a global trade war.
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The United State is keeping a dead pregnant woman alive on life support because if they unplug her it is abortion.
This baby is growing inside an incubation corpse.
This baby is growing inside an incubation corpse.
May 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The United State is keeping a dead pregnant woman alive on life support because if they unplug her it is abortion.
This baby is growing inside an incubation corpse.
This baby is growing inside an incubation corpse.
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The foreign emoluments clause was written to prevent exactly this. Blatantly unconstitutional
May 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The foreign emoluments clause was written to prevent exactly this. Blatantly unconstitutional
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People who never read books now in charge of books.
May 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
People who never read books now in charge of books.
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“Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy, where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.”
- Dr. Carla Hayden
We stand with Dr. Carla Hayden 💚
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- Dr. Carla Hayden
We stand with Dr. Carla Hayden 💚
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May 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy, where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.”
- Dr. Carla Hayden
We stand with Dr. Carla Hayden 💚
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- Dr. Carla Hayden
We stand with Dr. Carla Hayden 💚
🧵 1/2
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FYI - If you have anything on SoundCloud, yank it now unless you want it to be fed to the plagiarism machine to train it for free:
YIKES @soundcloud.dev no thank you
May 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
FYI - If you have anything on SoundCloud, yank it now unless you want it to be fed to the plagiarism machine to train it for free:
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Dr. Carla Hayden will always be our Librarian of Congress ❤️🩹
1st woman, 1st African American Librarian of Congress. Your presence is a blessing to libraries. We love you! ✨
Thank you for your service 💜
apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef
1st woman, 1st African American Librarian of Congress. Your presence is a blessing to libraries. We love you! ✨
Thank you for your service 💜
apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef
President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.
apnews.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Dr. Carla Hayden will always be our Librarian of Congress ❤️🩹
1st woman, 1st African American Librarian of Congress. Your presence is a blessing to libraries. We love you! ✨
Thank you for your service 💜
apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef
1st woman, 1st African American Librarian of Congress. Your presence is a blessing to libraries. We love you! ✨
Thank you for your service 💜
apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef
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Excellent analysis here of the crass unreality of Trump’s budget proposal. Worth adding—it is not just unreal but unrealistic. If something like this were followed it is unclear the US would be able to borrow money in 2026.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
Budgets as Propaganda
Trump's budget proposal formalizes the paranoid style as government policy
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Excellent analysis here of the crass unreality of Trump’s budget proposal. Worth adding—it is not just unreal but unrealistic. If something like this were followed it is unclear the US would be able to borrow money in 2026.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/budgets-as...
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Reading is a privilege that many have died for. Don’t take it for granted
May 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reading is a privilege that many have died for. Don’t take it for granted
I love that #Harvard posted a red-lined version of the letter Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, sent them. It is exactly the type of petty I both endorse and engage in on a daily basis.
May 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I love that #Harvard posted a red-lined version of the letter Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, sent them. It is exactly the type of petty I both endorse and engage in on a daily basis.
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Dolls
Vaccines
School lunch
Parents
Special education
Rights
Books
Food safety
Seems like making America great again involves taking things from children.
Vaccines
School lunch
Parents
Special education
Rights
Books
Food safety
Seems like making America great again involves taking things from children.
May 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Dolls
Vaccines
School lunch
Parents
Special education
Rights
Books
Food safety
Seems like making America great again involves taking things from children.
Vaccines
School lunch
Parents
Special education
Rights
Books
Food safety
Seems like making America great again involves taking things from children.
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the story all but says it but hegseth is very clearly trying to purge the leadership of the military of black people and women
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a 20% reduction of four-star officers.
Hegseth Orders 20 Percent Cut in Military’s Senior Ranks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has already fired a raft of military leaders, many of them women and people of color, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
the story all but says it but hegseth is very clearly trying to purge the leadership of the military of black people and women
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Tariffs are taxation without representation. We wrote a whole Declaration of Independence about it. Threw tea in the harbor and everything.
May 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Tariffs are taxation without representation. We wrote a whole Declaration of Independence about it. Threw tea in the harbor and everything.
Or...it could be both. It's probably both.
“It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” said one tariff policy lobbyist. “To be honest, this was such a hurried mess, I am not sure who got into the White House to talk to folks about the list.”
Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion
The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could…
www.propublica.org
May 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Or...it could be both. It's probably both.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of the cure....
I guess that's not really a saying anymore in this administration.
I guess that's not really a saying anymore in this administration.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of the cure....
I guess that's not really a saying anymore in this administration.
I guess that's not really a saying anymore in this administration.