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@revafisheye.bsky.social
Freelance copy editor | AWU-CWA ❤️
Give to Project Hajra: tinyurl.com/project-hajra-collaborators
Banner: Green letters like vines spell Project Hajra on a gold background with red flowers.
PFP: [sic] in gold on black.
Give to Project Hajra: tinyurl.com/project-hajra-collaborators
Banner: Green letters like vines spell Project Hajra on a gold background with red flowers.
PFP: [sic] in gold on black.
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so, so good. run it as a political ad.
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
so, so good. run it as a political ad.
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I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
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Perhaps if you live in NYC, you will be moved to take action in support of increased and STABLE funding for our public libraries after reading this: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Perhaps if you live in NYC, you will be moved to take action in support of increased and STABLE funding for our public libraries after reading this: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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Critics are skeptical that Trump’s intention to sign the bill requiring the release of the Epstein files into law is genuine. “There is simply no mechanism to verify whether the Trump administration withholds, buries, or scrubs the most damaging material,” said Political Wire’s Taegan Goddard.
Congress Passes Bill on Releasing Epstein Files as Questions Swirl Over Trump’s Next Moves
The measure to release the files passed with near-unanimous support in both the House and Senate.
truthout.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Critics are skeptical that Trump’s intention to sign the bill requiring the release of the Epstein files into law is genuine. “There is simply no mechanism to verify whether the Trump administration withholds, buries, or scrubs the most damaging material,” said Political Wire’s Taegan Goddard.
For folks without broadband access, "digital" is not the great equalizer companies and publishers claim it to be.
As Jacobs says in the piece, "I think that [moving from print to digital] has everything to do with a political climate that serves a master whose staying power is beginning to wane."
As Jacobs says in the piece, "I think that [moving from print to digital] has everything to do with a political climate that serves a master whose staying power is beginning to wane."
COMMENTARY: Even though the final curtain call has been issued, moving Goldenseal magazine’s print edition out and its digital format in, it is yet another example of the very real threat that faces not only West Virginians but everyone whose life is enriched by the arts, writes Kathleen M. Jacobs.
In silent but certain protest of Goldenseal magazine switching from print to digital • West Virginia Watch
Moving Goldenseal magazine’s print edition out and its digital format in is yet another example of the very real threat that the arts face.
westvirginiawatch.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
For folks without broadband access, "digital" is not the great equalizer companies and publishers claim it to be.
As Jacobs says in the piece, "I think that [moving from print to digital] has everything to do with a political climate that serves a master whose staying power is beginning to wane."
As Jacobs says in the piece, "I think that [moving from print to digital] has everything to do with a political climate that serves a master whose staying power is beginning to wane."
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Nuclear power sucks. For decades, they've promised better reactors just around the corner. Existing reactor tech is far more expensive than solar/wind, hence the push to deregulate: they want to squeeze out profitability by doing a slipshod job and they don't care if that causes a couple Chernobyls.
People like to argue that nuclear energy mostly died in the US because of fear mongering after Three Mile Island and Chernobyl but it's really cost. And that's exacerbated by the fact that in the US nuclear is mostly a fully for profit enterprise. In most places with lots of nuclear it's state owned
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Nuclear power sucks. For decades, they've promised better reactors just around the corner. Existing reactor tech is far more expensive than solar/wind, hence the push to deregulate: they want to squeeze out profitability by doing a slipshod job and they don't care if that causes a couple Chernobyls.
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Uhm...TM1 went offline because it wasn't profitable
"The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant has been awarded a $1 billion federal loan guarantee that will enable it to shift onto taxpayers some of the risk of its plan to restart the Pennsylvania facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft for its data centers."
Trump officials give $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island
The plan to reopen Three Mile Island to supply Microsoft with power wins a federal loan guarantee, shifting some of the risk onto taxpayers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Uhm...TM1 went offline because it wasn't profitable
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I know what you're going to say: if renewables are so cost effective why do they need subsidies?
Wait until you see how many subsidies we give to fossil fuel companies
Wait until you see how many subsidies we give to fossil fuel companies
U.S. Spending Bill to Grant $40 Billion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies
e360.yale.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I know what you're going to say: if renewables are so cost effective why do they need subsidies?
Wait until you see how many subsidies we give to fossil fuel companies
Wait until you see how many subsidies we give to fossil fuel companies
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sexism is still sexism and racism is still racism. Framing them as "attacks on DEI" provides clinical detachment for the oppressor.
You'd think people in the news and information business would understand this stuff, so I have to assume it's just generalized industry editorial cowardice.
You'd think people in the news and information business would understand this stuff, so I have to assume it's just generalized industry editorial cowardice.
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
sexism is still sexism and racism is still racism. Framing them as "attacks on DEI" provides clinical detachment for the oppressor.
You'd think people in the news and information business would understand this stuff, so I have to assume it's just generalized industry editorial cowardice.
You'd think people in the news and information business would understand this stuff, so I have to assume it's just generalized industry editorial cowardice.
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This is why people keep insisting the only way forward is to reconcile with bigots and agree “the groups” must be boxed out of public life.
A big concern of mine is that, similar to the new post-Reagan consensus around publicly funding colleges, housing, and gutting large swathes of the social safety net as we knew it before Reagan. What we’re seeing now is a furious effort to crystallize consensus around the Trumpist vision of the US.
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is why people keep insisting the only way forward is to reconcile with bigots and agree “the groups” must be boxed out of public life.
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If we are not sharp-- if we are not careful and diligent-- we tee up the ball for Fuentes, MTG, Carlson, and all the rest of these grifting Nazi bottomfeeders.
They are eyeing us. They are eyeing the rightful passion and anger. They want to channel it into their Nazi project.
They are eyeing us. They are eyeing the rightful passion and anger. They want to channel it into their Nazi project.
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If we are not sharp-- if we are not careful and diligent-- we tee up the ball for Fuentes, MTG, Carlson, and all the rest of these grifting Nazi bottomfeeders.
They are eyeing us. They are eyeing the rightful passion and anger. They want to channel it into their Nazi project.
They are eyeing us. They are eyeing the rightful passion and anger. They want to channel it into their Nazi project.
Fiber artists looking for inspo, here you go!
Prashant Singh in the lab of Tina Iverson at Vanderbilt published this image of the bacterial 🦠flagellar motor, a detailed molecular model made possibly by CryoEM 🔬.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Fiber artists looking for inspo, here you go!
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It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
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"It is a searing indictment of the U.S. health care system that more than 20 million people can lose coverage overnight based on the decisions of just 100 elected officials."
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"It is a searing indictment of the U.S. health care system that more than 20 million people can lose coverage overnight based on the decisions of just 100 elected officials."
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Shelley: FINALLY, someone understands my vision!
King: and what's your vision, mary?
Shelley: that frankenstein is super fuckable
King: the doctor or the monster?
Shelley: why not both?
del Toro: yeah, why not both?
King: and what's your vision, mary?
Shelley: that frankenstein is super fuckable
King: the doctor or the monster?
Shelley: why not both?
del Toro: yeah, why not both?
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Shelley: FINALLY, someone understands my vision!
King: and what's your vision, mary?
Shelley: that frankenstein is super fuckable
King: the doctor or the monster?
Shelley: why not both?
del Toro: yeah, why not both?
King: and what's your vision, mary?
Shelley: that frankenstein is super fuckable
King: the doctor or the monster?
Shelley: why not both?
del Toro: yeah, why not both?
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Keep track with us of which members of @council.nyc.gov are public library champions who commit to increasing and STABILIZING public library funding in FY 27 and beyond: nycplan.org/scorecards/l... - It should really be the entire Council. We'll see...
Library Funding Stances by City Council Members
nycplan.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Keep track with us of which members of @council.nyc.gov are public library champions who commit to increasing and STABILIZING public library funding in FY 27 and beyond: nycplan.org/scorecards/l... - It should really be the entire Council. We'll see...
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Another Alice classic, from Archer Mag; one of her most in intimate pieces and one I revisit often as I think about relationships to the body and how disabled people are medicalized and desexualised.
'I was a sexy beast that enjoyed myself thoroughly on my own terms.'
'I was a sexy beast that enjoyed myself thoroughly on my own terms.'
Disability, pleasure and ageing: The pleasure principle - Archer Magazine
Disabled pleasure knows no bounds, bringing an intimacy that goes beyond romantic love, genitals or penetrative sex.
archermagazine.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Another Alice classic, from Archer Mag; one of her most in intimate pieces and one I revisit often as I think about relationships to the body and how disabled people are medicalized and desexualised.
'I was a sexy beast that enjoyed myself thoroughly on my own terms.'
'I was a sexy beast that enjoyed myself thoroughly on my own terms.'
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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NEW: The US government is open again, but many low-income people are still waiting for federal benefits they count on.
The stopgap bill President Donald Trump signed Wednesday night should allow the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to reopen, but it could still take weeks.
The stopgap bill President Donald Trump signed Wednesday night should allow the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to reopen, but it could still take weeks.
Heating Assistance Still on Hold as Federal Government Reopens
Federal HEAP funding will not reach New Yorkers until at least November 24, state officials say.
nysfocus.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: The US government is open again, but many low-income people are still waiting for federal benefits they count on.
The stopgap bill President Donald Trump signed Wednesday night should allow the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to reopen, but it could still take weeks.
The stopgap bill President Donald Trump signed Wednesday night should allow the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to reopen, but it could still take weeks.
I'm heartbroken as I wake to the news of Alice Wong's passing. She touched so many with her defiant and unwavering belief that disabled people have value. Rest in power, Alice. ✊🏻💔
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I'm heartbroken as I wake to the news of Alice Wong's passing. She touched so many with her defiant and unwavering belief that disabled people have value. Rest in power, Alice. ✊🏻💔
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I'll be beating this drum constantly between now and April:
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
“'She did not just approve a fossil fuel project. She made a moral choice,' Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D), who is primarying Hochul, said on Monday. 'New Yorkers deserve a governor who does not treat the climate crisis as a PR problem, but as a test of moral leadership.'”
Hochul enrages environmentalists with shift to ‘all of the above’ energy policy
Democrats are focusing on affordability over climate goals as midterm elections loom.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'll be beating this drum constantly between now and April:
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
Just know that when you send your piece for copyediting at the last minute and then say stuff like, let's not our standards slip, OK? I will be cursing at you under my breath with every I error fix.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Just know that when you send your piece for copyediting at the last minute and then say stuff like, let's not our standards slip, OK? I will be cursing at you under my breath with every I error fix.
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You're going to hand funding to Nazis and be shocked when they do awful things. Because your desire for a redemption narrative is trumping basic common sense.
In order to move men, we have to welcome folks who have done things in the past we abhor. We have to allow folks to redeem themselves.
It’s sometimes uncomfortable, but it’s the only way we can win moving forward.
The math doesn’t math without more men.
It’s sometimes uncomfortable, but it’s the only way we can win moving forward.
The math doesn’t math without more men.
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
You're going to hand funding to Nazis and be shocked when they do awful things. Because your desire for a redemption narrative is trumping basic common sense.
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This is why I have resting fuck yourselves face
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is why I have resting fuck yourselves face
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Again it’s not good that the most prominent leaders of the party keep insisting it’s a trap to talk about “identity” when the Trump administration is pushing white supremacy.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Again it’s not good that the most prominent leaders of the party keep insisting it’s a trap to talk about “identity” when the Trump administration is pushing white supremacy.