Melissa Lafranchise
@pulchrit.bsky.social
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Bee
‘Outside another yellow moon
Has punched a hole in the nighttime…’
Goodnight folks.
Dream humans were humane.
#bee #goodnight #dream
‘Outside another yellow moon
Has punched a hole in the nighttime…’
Goodnight folks.
Dream humans were humane.
#bee #goodnight #dream
August 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Bee
‘Outside another yellow moon
Has punched a hole in the nighttime…’
Goodnight folks.
Dream humans were humane.
#bee #goodnight #dream
‘Outside another yellow moon
Has punched a hole in the nighttime…’
Goodnight folks.
Dream humans were humane.
#bee #goodnight #dream
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Do you have a passion for fashion?
So have countless style mavens throughout the ages. From headwear favored by 15th-century nobility to fashionable footwear from ancient Greece, get schooled on trends depicted in art: gty.art/45j3Iwv
So have countless style mavens throughout the ages. From headwear favored by 15th-century nobility to fashionable footwear from ancient Greece, get schooled on trends depicted in art: gty.art/45j3Iwv
July 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Do you have a passion for fashion?
So have countless style mavens throughout the ages. From headwear favored by 15th-century nobility to fashionable footwear from ancient Greece, get schooled on trends depicted in art: gty.art/45j3Iwv
So have countless style mavens throughout the ages. From headwear favored by 15th-century nobility to fashionable footwear from ancient Greece, get schooled on trends depicted in art: gty.art/45j3Iwv
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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal — and we as a nation are directly implicated in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
In response, the United States must stop all military assistance to Israel.
There's no moral clarity in wreaking vengeance on innocent people.
In response, the United States must stop all military assistance to Israel.
There's no moral clarity in wreaking vengeance on innocent people.
July 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal — and we as a nation are directly implicated in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
In response, the United States must stop all military assistance to Israel.
There's no moral clarity in wreaking vengeance on innocent people.
In response, the United States must stop all military assistance to Israel.
There's no moral clarity in wreaking vengeance on innocent people.
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I keep coming back to this James Baldwin quote these days.
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
July 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I keep coming back to this James Baldwin quote these days.
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
The Woman Behind the Iconic Glass House hyperallergic.com/1023465/edit...
The Woman Behind the Iconic Glass House
The life of Dr. Edith Farnsworth was long distorted by her dealings with Mies van der Rohe, who designed her glass house in Illinois. Almost Nothing asks us to take a closer look.
hyperallergic.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Woman Behind the Iconic Glass House hyperallergic.com/1023465/edit...
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Thanks corporate America. Your cowardice and complicity has led to this absurdity.
Bessent: "The president is the most economically sophisticated president certainly for 100 years, perhaps in history."
July 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Thanks corporate America. Your cowardice and complicity has led to this absurdity.
Curtis Yarvin’s Venice Biennale Proposal Proves the Far-Right Can’t Do Art hyperallergic.com/1021943/curt...
Curtis Yarvin’s Venice Biennale Proposal Proves the Far-Right Can’t Do Art
Not content to help disintegrate democracy here at home, the cheugy shit-poster is seeking to create a new low cultural watermark in a city known for its rising tides.
hyperallergic.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Curtis Yarvin’s Venice Biennale Proposal Proves the Far-Right Can’t Do Art hyperallergic.com/1021943/curt...
Scientists Recreate Ancient Egypt’s Prized Blue Pigment hyperallergic.com/1019613/scie...
Scientists Recreate Ancient Egypt’s Prized Blue Pigment
The researchers shared their surprising findings in a new study that highlights the importance of using science to examine art and antiquity.
hyperallergic.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Scientists Recreate Ancient Egypt’s Prized Blue Pigment hyperallergic.com/1019613/scie...
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Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
@roxanegay.bsky.social maybe you’re right.
A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills. [time.com]
June 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
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Happy Flytrap Tuesday! Today we have a freelancer piece by @rebeccamott.fit on the queer joys of being a bra fitter in Atlanta. Get ready for some wholesome gay reading time: theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/queer-joy-...
Queer Joy! at the Bra Store
How the lingerie boutique where I worked as a bra fitter became an intimate space for shared queerness.
theflytrap.beehiiv.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Happy Flytrap Tuesday! Today we have a freelancer piece by @rebeccamott.fit on the queer joys of being a bra fitter in Atlanta. Get ready for some wholesome gay reading time: theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/queer-joy-...
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Billionaires have fantasies of going to Mars, transhumanism, and superhuman AI. How the heck does someone get this way? And what does it mean for the rest of us?
Rolling Stone investigates ↓
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Rolling Stone investigates ↓
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
What You've Suspected Is True: Billionaires Are Not Like Us
Why Elon Musk and other tech billionaires have a different perspective
www.rollingstone.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Billionaires have fantasies of going to Mars, transhumanism, and superhuman AI. How the heck does someone get this way? And what does it mean for the rest of us?
Rolling Stone investigates ↓
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Rolling Stone investigates ↓
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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If you have any friends in the streets in LA (or anywhere else), it's a good idea to carry Sudecon wipes. They're specifically made to counteract the effects of teargas and pepper spray, and much more effective than trying to use milk.
byrna.com/products/sud...
byrna.com/products/sud...
Sudecon - Chemical Decontamination Wipes (4 Pack)
Sudecon® Decontaminant Towelettes are the first and only product of their kind. Byrna's original patented formula doesn’t use alcohol/ethanol, and is so safe that it won’t harm you even if it is inges...
byrna.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you have any friends in the streets in LA (or anywhere else), it's a good idea to carry Sudecon wipes. They're specifically made to counteract the effects of teargas and pepper spray, and much more effective than trying to use milk.
byrna.com/products/sud...
byrna.com/products/sud...
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The fact that a term such as “reverse discrimination” exists is an admission that gives away the whole game: Even they are defining the normal discrimination as being against people who aren’t white and straight.
June 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The fact that a term such as “reverse discrimination” exists is an admission that gives away the whole game: Even they are defining the normal discrimination as being against people who aren’t white and straight.
Harvard Relinquishes Photographs of Enslaved People in Historic Settlement hyperallergic.com/1016013/harv...
Harvard Relinquishes Photographs of Enslaved People in Historic Settlement
Tamara Lanier, who sued the school in 2019 over daguerreotypes of her enslaved ancestors held in its museum, called the outcome “a turning point in American history.”
hyperallergic.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Harvard Relinquishes Photographs of Enslaved People in Historic Settlement hyperallergic.com/1016013/harv...
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Loving reminder that alt text not only helps people with vision problems but also people with a variety of neurodivergent issues that make it difficult for them to process visual images.
Be inclusive. Share the joke or the beauty or the thought-provoking image with the widest audience possible. 💜
Be inclusive. Share the joke or the beauty or the thought-provoking image with the widest audience possible. 💜
May 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Loving reminder that alt text not only helps people with vision problems but also people with a variety of neurodivergent issues that make it difficult for them to process visual images.
Be inclusive. Share the joke or the beauty or the thought-provoking image with the widest audience possible. 💜
Be inclusive. Share the joke or the beauty or the thought-provoking image with the widest audience possible. 💜
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This is very high on the list of things I did not expect when I taught my cat to talk.
Why is my cat on an airplane?
YouTube video by Mary Robinette Kowal
youtu.be
May 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This is very high on the list of things I did not expect when I taught my cat to talk.
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I'm a survivor too. If you need help, you can call 988 in the US any time of the day or night. If you don't want to speak to anyone, you can go to their website and text chat with someone. Here's their site info:
988lifeline.org
988lifeline.org
May 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I'm a survivor too. If you need help, you can call 988 in the US any time of the day or night. If you don't want to speak to anyone, you can go to their website and text chat with someone. Here's their site info:
988lifeline.org
988lifeline.org
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Two days left to comment. Takes mere seconds. Saves lives.
If you’ve been feeling helpless— this is a thing you can do! It’s been effective in the past.
Healthcare is a human right. Disability & health justice is for everyone. Be LOUD.
Our enemies are spineless, and we outnumber them.
If you’ve been feeling helpless— this is a thing you can do! It’s been effective in the past.
Healthcare is a human right. Disability & health justice is for everyone. Be LOUD.
Our enemies are spineless, and we outnumber them.
Each COVID infection risks post-viral conditions, some permanent & disabling.
Everyone deserves access to vax that reduce risk. Marginalized folks esp need every shield they can get.
Click thru & comment! Deadline in 3 days! It’s community care, disability justice, & resistance. #DoSomething
Everyone deserves access to vax that reduce risk. Marginalized folks esp need every shield they can get.
Click thru & comment! Deadline in 3 days! It’s community care, disability justice, & resistance. #DoSomething
May 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Two days left to comment. Takes mere seconds. Saves lives.
If you’ve been feeling helpless— this is a thing you can do! It’s been effective in the past.
Healthcare is a human right. Disability & health justice is for everyone. Be LOUD.
Our enemies are spineless, and we outnumber them.
If you’ve been feeling helpless— this is a thing you can do! It’s been effective in the past.
Healthcare is a human right. Disability & health justice is for everyone. Be LOUD.
Our enemies are spineless, and we outnumber them.
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I’m gonna say this a little more loudly: there is no “exception” for GenAI usage if you support artists, writers, musicians, the planet, poor communities polluted by the generators, etc. None. Your “silly little uses” are still exploiting everyone and fucking everything up. Full stop. Thread.
May 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I’m gonna say this a little more loudly: there is no “exception” for GenAI usage if you support artists, writers, musicians, the planet, poor communities polluted by the generators, etc. None. Your “silly little uses” are still exploiting everyone and fucking everything up. Full stop. Thread.
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Some GREAT good news for a change:
The streets of Romania are erupting in celebration tonight.
Nicusor Dan, Romania’s pro-EU candidate beats hard-right rival to win the presidential election.
Many say he has done the impossible 53.92 vs 46.08%🥳
The world is rejecting Trumpism.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
The streets of Romania are erupting in celebration tonight.
Nicusor Dan, Romania’s pro-EU candidate beats hard-right rival to win the presidential election.
Many say he has done the impossible 53.92 vs 46.08%🥳
The world is rejecting Trumpism.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
May 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Some GREAT good news for a change:
The streets of Romania are erupting in celebration tonight.
Nicusor Dan, Romania’s pro-EU candidate beats hard-right rival to win the presidential election.
Many say he has done the impossible 53.92 vs 46.08%🥳
The world is rejecting Trumpism.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
The streets of Romania are erupting in celebration tonight.
Nicusor Dan, Romania’s pro-EU candidate beats hard-right rival to win the presidential election.
Many say he has done the impossible 53.92 vs 46.08%🥳
The world is rejecting Trumpism.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉