prema trettin
@prema.bsky.social
(she/they) maths, sciency-things, parent, justice, equity. learning, always. #neurodivergentftw oh & #ireadbooks - too many books.
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This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
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The truth is: humans don't generally enjoy diversity. We prefer people who are like us, sound like us, love what we love. We really like it when they agree with us, but we are better when they don't. Sameness may attract you, but difference makes you stronger.
You have to understand what pieces like this from the NYT are and are not.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
They are not an honest assessment of the state of politics today.
They are a negotiation tactic—an effort by a calcified, right-leaning legacy institution to steer the discourse in a direction more palatable to elites.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The truth is: humans don't generally enjoy diversity. We prefer people who are like us, sound like us, love what we love. We really like it when they agree with us, but we are better when they don't. Sameness may attract you, but difference makes you stronger.
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Seattle friends: the race for mayor is extremely close. Ballots can be cured until Nov. 24 at 4:30 p.m.
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
If you haven't checked to make sure your vote counted, you need to do it now - the race for Seattle's future depends on it!
Your Vote May Not Have Counted: 1,930 of You Could Decide This Election
Your ballot might be sick. Cure it, please. We can't bear to watch it suffer.
www.thestranger.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Seattle friends: the race for mayor is extremely close. Ballots can be cured until Nov. 24 at 4:30 p.m.
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
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Giant ancient field microscope for geologists to examine soil. /s
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Giant ancient field microscope for geologists to examine soil. /s
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The people have spoken, and they have said [USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST]
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The people have spoken, and they have said [USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST]
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Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
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YouTube simulcast for the #NoKings 2 Virtual Rally on Zoom!
(Many, many thanks to the organizers for putting this together.)
www.youtube.com/live/QtM3Ghr...
(Many, many thanks to the organizers for putting this together.)
www.youtube.com/live/QtM3Ghr...
October 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
YouTube simulcast for the #NoKings 2 Virtual Rally on Zoom!
(Many, many thanks to the organizers for putting this together.)
www.youtube.com/live/QtM3Ghr...
(Many, many thanks to the organizers for putting this together.)
www.youtube.com/live/QtM3Ghr...
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Can't make it in-person to a No Kings protest? Here are 2 alternatives:
1) Write/send letters to voters in consequential elections via @votefwd.bsky.social - votefwd.org/campaigns
2) Attend a virtual #NoKings rally via Zoom, organized by @rubyslippahs.bsky.social - www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
1) Write/send letters to voters in consequential elections via @votefwd.bsky.social - votefwd.org/campaigns
2) Attend a virtual #NoKings rally via Zoom, organized by @rubyslippahs.bsky.social - www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Can't make it in-person to a No Kings protest? Here are 2 alternatives:
1) Write/send letters to voters in consequential elections via @votefwd.bsky.social - votefwd.org/campaigns
2) Attend a virtual #NoKings rally via Zoom, organized by @rubyslippahs.bsky.social - www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
1) Write/send letters to voters in consequential elections via @votefwd.bsky.social - votefwd.org/campaigns
2) Attend a virtual #NoKings rally via Zoom, organized by @rubyslippahs.bsky.social - www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Want a fast and easy way to make your Indigenous Peoples Day impactful for years to come?
I made this list of 100+ Indigenous Voices who post daily about our lives, our truths, and our fight. Easily auto-follow all 🪶
Come honor these beautiful Native voices!
I made this list of 100+ Indigenous Voices who post daily about our lives, our truths, and our fight. Easily auto-follow all 🪶
Come honor these beautiful Native voices!
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Want a fast and easy way to make your Indigenous Peoples Day impactful for years to come?
I made this list of 100+ Indigenous Voices who post daily about our lives, our truths, and our fight. Easily auto-follow all 🪶
Come honor these beautiful Native voices!
I made this list of 100+ Indigenous Voices who post daily about our lives, our truths, and our fight. Easily auto-follow all 🪶
Come honor these beautiful Native voices!
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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🪶 In the Ojibwe language, the word for chickadee is gijigijigaaneshiinh. To hear it pronounced (it sounds really cool) visit ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/m...
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🪶 In the Ojibwe language, the word for chickadee is gijigijigaaneshiinh. To hear it pronounced (it sounds really cool) visit ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/m...
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Snuggle your babies, hug your kids, appreciate your partner, love your people, and be grateful for each day of health you’re fortunate enough to have.
October 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Snuggle your babies, hug your kids, appreciate your partner, love your people, and be grateful for each day of health you’re fortunate enough to have.
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Today, a thread to honor and celebrate #IndigenousPeoplesDay.
The world is so big, so there will be a second and maybe a third part.
We will begin with Zuni weaver We’wha (1849-1896).
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The world is so big, so there will be a second and maybe a third part.
We will begin with Zuni weaver We’wha (1849-1896).
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We’wha (1849-1896), a notable weaver and potter Lhamana (Zuni Two Spirit), took on both masculine and feminine tasks as a Zuni cultural ambassador and pottery and textile artist.
Also a spiritual leader, We’wha endeavored to preserve the history, traditions, and knowledge of the Zuni people.
Also a spiritual leader, We’wha endeavored to preserve the history, traditions, and knowledge of the Zuni people.
October 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Today, a thread to honor and celebrate #IndigenousPeoplesDay.
The world is so big, so there will be a second and maybe a third part.
We will begin with Zuni weaver We’wha (1849-1896).
🧵 1/20
The world is so big, so there will be a second and maybe a third part.
We will begin with Zuni weaver We’wha (1849-1896).
🧵 1/20
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Jane Goodall was one of a few people to earn a PhD without an undergraduate degree.
It was thought that her lack of formal academic training would allow her to remain unbiased by traditional thought and study the chimps with an open mind.
It worked. ❤️
It was thought that her lack of formal academic training would allow her to remain unbiased by traditional thought and study the chimps with an open mind.
It worked. ❤️
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Jane Goodall was one of a few people to earn a PhD without an undergraduate degree.
It was thought that her lack of formal academic training would allow her to remain unbiased by traditional thought and study the chimps with an open mind.
It worked. ❤️
It was thought that her lack of formal academic training would allow her to remain unbiased by traditional thought and study the chimps with an open mind.
It worked. ❤️
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Tonight, Bay Area!!
East Bay! ICYMI I'm gonna be talking about Lessons in Magic and Disaster *tomorrow* at Pegasus Books on Shattuck, along with Sarah Gailey, Susanna Kwan, Annalee Newitz and Lio Min. It's gonna ROCK. Hope to see you there!
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October 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Tonight, Bay Area!!
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Well said Kevin
She built a legacy that wove science AND emotion together to help us better understand ourselves, our primate cousins, and nature. She was a giant and it’s on all the people she inspired and influenced to keep her work and her values alive. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Jane Goodall, famed primatologist and conservationist, dies at 91
Jane Goodall, the most prolific primatologist of a generation, has died. She was 91 years old.
abcnews.go.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Well said Kevin
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NWS is hiring! Additional top-priority hiring efforts for mission-critical positions have been posted on USAJobs.gov! Openings for Hydrologist positions (1315 series) were posted TODAY. Many of these positions are great opportunities for first-time hires into the NWS. Spread the word!
August 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
NWS is hiring! Additional top-priority hiring efforts for mission-critical positions have been posted on USAJobs.gov! Openings for Hydrologist positions (1315 series) were posted TODAY. Many of these positions are great opportunities for first-time hires into the NWS. Spread the word!
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For all my pals who can’t see the stars tonight
August 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
For all my pals who can’t see the stars tonight
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I think it's a waste of time to spend your time on social media yelling at people who have the exact same level of power that you do to change the world which is to say very little.
It IS a good use of your time to enlist other people into actions and projects you would like them to join with you.
It IS a good use of your time to enlist other people into actions and projects you would like them to join with you.
August 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I think it's a waste of time to spend your time on social media yelling at people who have the exact same level of power that you do to change the world which is to say very little.
It IS a good use of your time to enlist other people into actions and projects you would like them to join with you.
It IS a good use of your time to enlist other people into actions and projects you would like them to join with you.
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“To put this in perspective, a single 1-megawatt data center consumes as much as 25.5 million liters of water annually. That’s enough to meet the daily water needs of 300,000 people, making each facility equivalent to the water demands of a small city.”
The Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream has a water problem
Tech giants are pouring oil riches into Middle East data centers as water scarcity threatens digital ambitions.
restofworld.org
August 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
“To put this in perspective, a single 1-megawatt data center consumes as much as 25.5 million liters of water annually. That’s enough to meet the daily water needs of 300,000 people, making each facility equivalent to the water demands of a small city.”
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
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Comrade card for 7/14/2025.
July 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Comrade card for 7/14/2025.
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There is currently an NWS flash flood warning in effect for all five boroughs of NYC.
There is currently an NWS flash flood warning in effect for all five boroughs of NYC.
July 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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There is currently an NWS flash flood warning in effect for all five boroughs of NYC.
There is currently an NWS flash flood warning in effect for all five boroughs of NYC.