Salty Olives 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️🦓
@salty-olives.bsky.social
They/He | 30+ | ADHD | EDS | cPTSD | Endometriosis | this is a personal account. The adult-sona account is not happening. Welcome to the chaos. ~ likes and follows nsfw fyi ~
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
I DID IT
I SUBMITTED MY POEMS FOR PUBLICATION.
WTF!?!?!
AHHHHHHHHHH
(I don't expect them to be accepted, I'm just proud of doing the thing)
I SUBMITTED MY POEMS FOR PUBLICATION.
WTF!?!?!
AHHHHHHHHHH
(I don't expect them to be accepted, I'm just proud of doing the thing)
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I DID IT
I SUBMITTED MY POEMS FOR PUBLICATION.
WTF!?!?!
AHHHHHHHHHH
(I don't expect them to be accepted, I'm just proud of doing the thing)
I SUBMITTED MY POEMS FOR PUBLICATION.
WTF!?!?!
AHHHHHHHHHH
(I don't expect them to be accepted, I'm just proud of doing the thing)
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In memory of Alice Wong, the 10 Principles of Disability Justice. May she rest in power
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
10 Principles of Disability Justice | Sins Invalid
sinsinvalid.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In memory of Alice Wong, the 10 Principles of Disability Justice. May she rest in power
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
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I’ve been circling around this idea for awhile but didn’t have the skill to summarize what others have now done extremely eloquently:
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I’ve been circling around this idea for awhile but didn’t have the skill to summarize what others have now done extremely eloquently:
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
Proposing the concept of misinformation exposure as a social determinant of health.
Read on if you’re interested.
*prays to the fanfic gods* for courage, stamina, and executive functioning.
'Cause I'm gonna do something sooooooo stupid.
I'm going to collect a pile of my poems and submit them to a publisher.
I have zero confidence in anything coming of it, and I'll regret not trying.
Whhhheeeee 🤪😵💫🥴🙃
'Cause I'm gonna do something sooooooo stupid.
I'm going to collect a pile of my poems and submit them to a publisher.
I have zero confidence in anything coming of it, and I'll regret not trying.
Whhhheeeee 🤪😵💫🥴🙃
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
*prays to the fanfic gods* for courage, stamina, and executive functioning.
'Cause I'm gonna do something sooooooo stupid.
I'm going to collect a pile of my poems and submit them to a publisher.
I have zero confidence in anything coming of it, and I'll regret not trying.
Whhhheeeee 🤪😵💫🥴🙃
'Cause I'm gonna do something sooooooo stupid.
I'm going to collect a pile of my poems and submit them to a publisher.
I have zero confidence in anything coming of it, and I'll regret not trying.
Whhhheeeee 🤪😵💫🥴🙃
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The union is asking that you not patronize any Starbucks, even ones that aren't unionized, for the duration! Time to find your new favoriteocal coffee shop. To donate to their strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The union is asking that you not patronize any Starbucks, even ones that aren't unionized, for the duration! Time to find your new favoriteocal coffee shop. To donate to their strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
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Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
For the first time in over 6 years, I actually flailed around with my flow toys.
First off, damn that's an absurdly long time. Never thought that would happen.
Secondly, woah, the amount that I can still do is absolutely surreal.
First off, damn that's an absurdly long time. Never thought that would happen.
Secondly, woah, the amount that I can still do is absolutely surreal.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For the first time in over 6 years, I actually flailed around with my flow toys.
First off, damn that's an absurdly long time. Never thought that would happen.
Secondly, woah, the amount that I can still do is absolutely surreal.
First off, damn that's an absurdly long time. Never thought that would happen.
Secondly, woah, the amount that I can still do is absolutely surreal.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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good morning to everyone who makes fascists uncomfortable 💗
September 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
good morning to everyone who makes fascists uncomfortable 💗
Jfc I think 'idiot plot' is my new favorite tag. There's bearly anything in it. But oooohhhhh, muffins, what's in here from the fandoms I like?
Absolutely hilarious. 10/10 would recommend. I feel like I haven't laughed this much in years.
Absolutely hilarious. 10/10 would recommend. I feel like I haven't laughed this much in years.
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Jfc I think 'idiot plot' is my new favorite tag. There's bearly anything in it. But oooohhhhh, muffins, what's in here from the fandoms I like?
Absolutely hilarious. 10/10 would recommend. I feel like I haven't laughed this much in years.
Absolutely hilarious. 10/10 would recommend. I feel like I haven't laughed this much in years.
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It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Reading this book was life changing for me.
I have it, and to have it removed is a disservice to science, and all genders.
He details how to be a good mentor. That knowledge is applicable to any circumstance.
*big sad*
I have it, and to have it removed is a disservice to science, and all genders.
He details how to be a good mentor. That knowledge is applicable to any circumstance.
*big sad*
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Reading this book was life changing for me.
I have it, and to have it removed is a disservice to science, and all genders.
He details how to be a good mentor. That knowledge is applicable to any circumstance.
*big sad*
I have it, and to have it removed is a disservice to science, and all genders.
He details how to be a good mentor. That knowledge is applicable to any circumstance.
*big sad*
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One of my old PIs told me how surreal it was to her that people saw Barres at a conference (after transition) and would say things like "He's such a better speaker than his sister" and just be completely oblivious.
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
One of my old PIs told me how surreal it was to her that people saw Barres at a conference (after transition) and would say things like "He's such a better speaker than his sister" and just be completely oblivious.
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I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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this is really annoying man my tablet was purchased new in 2019. I spent 2000 dollars on It and it works perfectly fine. Why should anyone buy an expensive tech product that's going to brick in 6 years
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
this is really annoying man my tablet was purchased new in 2019. I spent 2000 dollars on It and it works perfectly fine. Why should anyone buy an expensive tech product that's going to brick in 6 years
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Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section.
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
Teen Vogue Is Folding Into Vogue.com
According to Condé Nast’s announcement, the outlet will keep its “unique editorial identity and mission.”
www.thecut.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section.
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
www.thecut.com/article/teen...
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Teen Vogue changed my life and their politics team was doing incredible journalism comparable to very little other publications. I can't say I'm not disappointed with this decision. Sending y'all love❤️
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Teen Vogue changed my life and their politics team was doing incredible journalism comparable to very little other publications. I can't say I'm not disappointed with this decision. Sending y'all love❤️
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This is what I am talking about!!
If you come to my house on Halloween, kids will get candy and adults will get a candy with a free zine illustrated by @meganpiont.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is what I am talking about!!
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 25 - Nov 7, 2025
SEVERE: NB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NL, North, ON, PEI
HIGH: QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 126 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: NB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NL, North, ON, PEI
HIGH: QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 126 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 25 - Nov 7, 2025
SEVERE: NB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NL, North, ON, PEI
HIGH: QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 126 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: NB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NL, North, ON, PEI
HIGH: QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 126 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
Holy muffins.
The copy as HTML option on obsidian makes posting chapters to Ao3 SO MUCH EASIER.
I wish I knew about this plug-in sooner.
Soooo much of my formatting and editing issues would've been resolved soooo much faster.
Oh well. At least I know about it now! Lol
The copy as HTML option on obsidian makes posting chapters to Ao3 SO MUCH EASIER.
I wish I knew about this plug-in sooner.
Soooo much of my formatting and editing issues would've been resolved soooo much faster.
Oh well. At least I know about it now! Lol
October 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Holy muffins.
The copy as HTML option on obsidian makes posting chapters to Ao3 SO MUCH EASIER.
I wish I knew about this plug-in sooner.
Soooo much of my formatting and editing issues would've been resolved soooo much faster.
Oh well. At least I know about it now! Lol
The copy as HTML option on obsidian makes posting chapters to Ao3 SO MUCH EASIER.
I wish I knew about this plug-in sooner.
Soooo much of my formatting and editing issues would've been resolved soooo much faster.
Oh well. At least I know about it now! Lol
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"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it