rachel
@royall.bsky.social
she/her
People ops in tech
Sometimes 🇺🇸 sometimes 🇪🇸
People ops in tech
Sometimes 🇺🇸 sometimes 🇪🇸
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$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this
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This is one of the significant fault lines between the Left(s) and the Right. On the Left(s) [in general], we believe that everyone deserves public goods and to live in dignity. Period.
Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?”
@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”
@aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.”
October 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is one of the significant fault lines between the Left(s) and the Right. On the Left(s) [in general], we believe that everyone deserves public goods and to live in dignity. Period.
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As I read this, I keep thinking over and over again about the two major groups I see in politics and policy spaces: folks who take opinion polls as gospel and folks who see them as indicators of what people believe at the moment that can be *shaped* into something else.
we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.
Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As I read this, I keep thinking over and over again about the two major groups I see in politics and policy spaces: folks who take opinion polls as gospel and folks who see them as indicators of what people believe at the moment that can be *shaped* into something else.
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ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.
Fuck Columbus.
Fuck Columbus.
October 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.
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Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.
Fuck Columbus.
Fuck Columbus.
October 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.
Fuck Columbus.
Fuck Columbus.
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X is reportedly censoring content related to the Epstein files in an effort to help Donald Trump quiet the controversy around his refusal to release the files. Now here's another article about the lack of intellectual diversity on BlueSky.
July 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
X is reportedly censoring content related to the Epstein files in an effort to help Donald Trump quiet the controversy around his refusal to release the files. Now here's another article about the lack of intellectual diversity on BlueSky.
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Please dont forget that Tucker Carlson is a Christian Nationalist and any resistance he shows to Isreal is based in white supremacy and not anything righteous.
June 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Please dont forget that Tucker Carlson is a Christian Nationalist and any resistance he shows to Isreal is based in white supremacy and not anything righteous.
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There’s a lot of nonsense about George Floyd out there this weekend. If you’re looking for a place to send people who need a correction, here’s my (very long) series addressing all the false claims about his death.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
The retconning of George Floyd, part three: the great flattening
The revisionist campaign to exonerate Derek Chauvin is about one thing: preserving police impunity
open.substack.com
May 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
There’s a lot of nonsense about George Floyd out there this weekend. If you’re looking for a place to send people who need a correction, here’s my (very long) series addressing all the false claims about his death.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
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No magazines available but fun to make a digital one!
May 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
No magazines available but fun to make a digital one!
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the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing.
my latest
my latest
Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to Campuses—Not Student Protestors
"The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."
www.teenvogue.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing.
my latest
my latest
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RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
February 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
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If your aesthetic is driven by homophobia, you'll always be chasing the latest code, unaware of how those styles landed in your wardrobe. Instead, I encourage you take inspiration from all of culture, including menswear and womenswear, and create an aesthetic that expresses you.
February 16, 2025 at 6:10 AM
If your aesthetic is driven by homophobia, you'll always be chasing the latest code, unaware of how those styles landed in your wardrobe. Instead, I encourage you take inspiration from all of culture, including menswear and womenswear, and create an aesthetic that expresses you.
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Tahoe pier. California, December 2024 #aowsimages
February 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Tahoe pier. California, December 2024 #aowsimages
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if only he’d shut his bitch ass up.
"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
www.404media.co
January 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
if only he’d shut his bitch ass up.
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if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools
January 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools
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I won't say it but you can think it
January 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I won't say it but you can think it
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"‘Farewell, Aragorn! Go to Minas Tirith and save my people!
I have failed.’
‘No!’ said Aragorn, taking his hand and kissing his brow. ‘You have conquered. Few have gained such a victory. Be at peace! Minas Tirith shall not fall!’"
- Tolkien, The Two Towers 📚✍️
I have failed.’
‘No!’ said Aragorn, taking his hand and kissing his brow. ‘You have conquered. Few have gained such a victory. Be at peace! Minas Tirith shall not fall!’"
- Tolkien, The Two Towers 📚✍️
January 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"‘Farewell, Aragorn! Go to Minas Tirith and save my people!
I have failed.’
‘No!’ said Aragorn, taking his hand and kissing his brow. ‘You have conquered. Few have gained such a victory. Be at peace! Minas Tirith shall not fall!’"
- Tolkien, The Two Towers 📚✍️
I have failed.’
‘No!’ said Aragorn, taking his hand and kissing his brow. ‘You have conquered. Few have gained such a victory. Be at peace! Minas Tirith shall not fall!’"
- Tolkien, The Two Towers 📚✍️
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I have twice now started the second book in a series on accident.
Even without the first novel behind me, the authors typically add plenty of reminders to help you along.
I’ve been going back to the first book in the series like a prequel type deal. It’s neat but not sure if I can recommend it 😅
Even without the first novel behind me, the authors typically add plenty of reminders to help you along.
I’ve been going back to the first book in the series like a prequel type deal. It’s neat but not sure if I can recommend it 😅
January 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I have twice now started the second book in a series on accident.
Even without the first novel behind me, the authors typically add plenty of reminders to help you along.
I’ve been going back to the first book in the series like a prequel type deal. It’s neat but not sure if I can recommend it 😅
Even without the first novel behind me, the authors typically add plenty of reminders to help you along.
I’ve been going back to the first book in the series like a prequel type deal. It’s neat but not sure if I can recommend it 😅
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January 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Did meet my goal but had a good reading year regardless 😌
January 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Did meet my goal but had a good reading year regardless 😌
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this image is going to drive me insane
December 22, 2024 at 7:19 PM
this image is going to drive me insane