El
@phonetic-el.bsky.social
They/Them 🩷🩵🤍 QUEER AF
Anti-Fascist, Sociologist, Youth Educator, Activist, Community Advocate, Bird & Cat Person
Anti-Fascist, Sociologist, Youth Educator, Activist, Community Advocate, Bird & Cat Person
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Sure, I go to the library for books, but also sometimes I go just to exist in a space that's welcoming, organized, comfortable, judgement-free, and run by knowledgeable, helpful, passionate people, because that energy is straight up medicinal.
April 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Sure, I go to the library for books, but also sometimes I go just to exist in a space that's welcoming, organized, comfortable, judgement-free, and run by knowledgeable, helpful, passionate people, because that energy is straight up medicinal.
Our queer community in Buffalo now a gaping hole
March 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Our queer community in Buffalo now a gaping hole
No Decorum. Only resistance. The house is on fire!
March 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
No Decorum. Only resistance. The house is on fire!
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In times of revolution, many things change. If we are able to rebuild our research bodies, one thing we would Iike to see change is for-profit scientific journals.
Scientific publications should be open access if government-funded and journals should at minimum be non-profit.
💙 Aaron Swartz
Scientific publications should be open access if government-funded and journals should at minimum be non-profit.
💙 Aaron Swartz
How Scientific Publishers’ Extreme Fees Put Profit Over Progress
www.thenation.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In times of revolution, many things change. If we are able to rebuild our research bodies, one thing we would Iike to see change is for-profit scientific journals.
Scientific publications should be open access if government-funded and journals should at minimum be non-profit.
💙 Aaron Swartz
Scientific publications should be open access if government-funded and journals should at minimum be non-profit.
💙 Aaron Swartz
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Your silence will not save you.
The people in power intend to completely annihilate scientific infrastructure, capacity, & research in the US. No institution will be spared if its mission is to advance science.
Everyone is already a target, whether you speak up or not. So, institutions, consider speaking up.
Everyone is already a target, whether you speak up or not. So, institutions, consider speaking up.
March 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Your silence will not save you.
When you draft a paper on anti-trans laws for criminology class & you label sub topics as 'Taking a Piss' & 'What are you?... Illegal' #academia #sociology #transgender #queer
March 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
When you draft a paper on anti-trans laws for criminology class & you label sub topics as 'Taking a Piss' & 'What are you?... Illegal' #academia #sociology #transgender #queer
Coup noun
: a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état
: a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état
February 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Coup noun
: a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état
: a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état
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love this from @old-crone-reads.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
love this from @old-crone-reads.bsky.social
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As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit
February 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit
Sam Nordquist, a trans man, was tortured for more than a month & murdered in Canandaigua, NY. FIVE people are charged w/ 2nd Degree Murder #sayhisname #samnordquist #tanslives #hatecrime
Police find body of transgender man they say was tortured for more than a month
Police said the death was ‘by far the worst’ homicide investigation the office has ever been part of
www.independent.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Sam Nordquist, a trans man, was tortured for more than a month & murdered in Canandaigua, NY. FIVE people are charged w/ 2nd Degree Murder #sayhisname #samnordquist #tanslives #hatecrime
Some dangerous reporting from PBS to even consider this as a possibility
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes to erase the 5,525-mile-long border that separates the two countries.
Here’s what it would take to transform Canada from a nation to a state.
Here’s what it would take to transform Canada from a nation to a state.
Trump’s remarks on Canada becoming the 51st state raise a lot of questions
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state, effectively erasing the massive border the two nations share.
buff.ly
February 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Some dangerous reporting from PBS to even consider this as a possibility
You cannot erase trans people's existence
February 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You cannot erase trans people's existence
Real #academic question: Can I sit in a blanket fort & watch #Bluey all day? #sociology #tiredmillennial
February 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Real #academic question: Can I sit in a blanket fort & watch #Bluey all day? #sociology #tiredmillennial
As a maker, artist, and educator - this has been one of my favorite Uncommon Sense episodes
#ICYMI: What is #making? Why are some valorised as makers while others are made invisible? And what’s the duty of sociologists as makers of knowledge and narratives?
@katjungnickel.bsky.social reflects on this, and much more, in our #UncommonSense #podcast. https://buff.ly/4abRBAO
@katjungnickel.bsky.social reflects on this, and much more, in our #UncommonSense #podcast. https://buff.ly/4abRBAO
February 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
As a maker, artist, and educator - this has been one of my favorite Uncommon Sense episodes
Always speak the truth, even if your voice shakes
February 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Always speak the truth, even if your voice shakes
My friend has made a lovely list of helpful things you can do rn
#blog
Because pulling *The Tower* tarot card while listening to *The Stand* (45/47 hours complete!) HAS ME FEELING ALL THE THINGS.
allthingsjennifer.com/27-things-yo...
Because pulling *The Tower* tarot card while listening to *The Stand* (45/47 hours complete!) HAS ME FEELING ALL THE THINGS.
allthingsjennifer.com/27-things-yo...
27 Things You Can Do Right Now - All Things Jennifer
Buy a bidet - just in case, you know, shit happens. GET DIRTY - (mind out of the gutter, I'm thinking plants. Seeds.) Make an emergency plan with loved ones. If/When Power/Communications go down ----D...
allthingsjennifer.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My friend has made a lovely list of helpful things you can do rn
When a pothole is large enough, snow is not an ideal cold patch #infrastructure #pothole #maintenance #services #winter #taxdollars
February 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
When a pothole is large enough, snow is not an ideal cold patch #infrastructure #pothole #maintenance #services #winter #taxdollars
Absolutely vital efforts in preserving US Federal data through archives
Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer.
Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background
Alt: a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Absolutely vital efforts in preserving US Federal data through archives
So much truth in this statement
"Do what you can. And what you CAN do is enough." - A.O.C.
February 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
So much truth in this statement
I am having this general conundrum where I want to be farther than I am while simultaneously recognizing that I am doing a lot - & a lot of good - w/ my job at the Foundry & everything I want to accomplish in the field of Sociology. There's a measurable amount of imposter syndrome as well
February 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I am having this general conundrum where I want to be farther than I am while simultaneously recognizing that I am doing a lot - & a lot of good - w/ my job at the Foundry & everything I want to accomplish in the field of Sociology. There's a measurable amount of imposter syndrome as well
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Include disabled people in your resistance planning. In many ways we’re built for resistance, as we have to find creative and sustainable ways to survive every single day.
This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.
This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.
February 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Include disabled people in your resistance planning. In many ways we’re built for resistance, as we have to find creative and sustainable ways to survive every single day.
This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.
This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.
Skill and resource sharing is absolutely vital for our survival
I keep seeing people be like “I’m useless. I have no skills. How can I help?”
So I made a list of skills to learn so we can start pulling labor away from the capitalists and into our own communities.
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So I made a list of skills to learn so we can start pulling labor away from the capitalists and into our own communities.
🧵
February 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Skill and resource sharing is absolutely vital for our survival
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The revolution may need violence. That is a possibility.
But it also needs healers.
It needs gardeners.
It needs leaders.
It needs managers.
It needs cooks.
It needs farmers.
It needs tailors.
It needs educators.
It needs journalists.
It needs artists.
It needs builders.
You are not useless.
But it also needs healers.
It needs gardeners.
It needs leaders.
It needs managers.
It needs cooks.
It needs farmers.
It needs tailors.
It needs educators.
It needs journalists.
It needs artists.
It needs builders.
You are not useless.
February 2, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The revolution may need violence. That is a possibility.
But it also needs healers.
It needs gardeners.
It needs leaders.
It needs managers.
It needs cooks.
It needs farmers.
It needs tailors.
It needs educators.
It needs journalists.
It needs artists.
It needs builders.
You are not useless.
But it also needs healers.
It needs gardeners.
It needs leaders.
It needs managers.
It needs cooks.
It needs farmers.
It needs tailors.
It needs educators.
It needs journalists.
It needs artists.
It needs builders.
You are not useless.