Relevant Impertinence
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Kutchi, Trans, disabled, AuDHD therapist, writer, thinker and chaos demon
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One aggravating part of being trans is that random strangers will demand that you defend The Ideology Of This Organization while you're actively like. Annoyed by that organization, because they're doing a bad job representing your interests politically.
June 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
One aggravating part of being trans is that random strangers will demand that you defend The Ideology Of This Organization while you're actively like. Annoyed by that organization, because they're doing a bad job representing your interests politically.
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if you're not posting, no one knows what you're doing except the people you're actively helping, and in a surveillance state, that's wise.
May 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
if you're not posting, no one knows what you're doing except the people you're actively helping, and in a surveillance state, that's wise.
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An example of what I mean when I say everyday consumer interactions for basic needs are hostile.
A utility company services 8 million ppl in my state.
They changed payment platforms. Just changed.
Every customer has to create a new account, Re-enter payment info, set up billing, auto draft
A utility company services 8 million ppl in my state.
They changed payment platforms. Just changed.
Every customer has to create a new account, Re-enter payment info, set up billing, auto draft
May 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
An example of what I mean when I say everyday consumer interactions for basic needs are hostile.
A utility company services 8 million ppl in my state.
They changed payment platforms. Just changed.
Every customer has to create a new account, Re-enter payment info, set up billing, auto draft
A utility company services 8 million ppl in my state.
They changed payment platforms. Just changed.
Every customer has to create a new account, Re-enter payment info, set up billing, auto draft
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I know it wouldn’t fix all consumer hostility but a right to an analog life would be such an improvement. So much of this hostility is mediated through technology and it’s constant churn of updates and “enhancements”
An example of what I mean when I say everyday consumer interactions for basic needs are hostile.
A utility company services 8 million ppl in my state.
They changed payment platforms. Just changed.
Every customer has to create a new account, Re-enter payment info, set up billing, auto draft
A utility company services 8 million ppl in my state.
They changed payment platforms. Just changed.
Every customer has to create a new account, Re-enter payment info, set up billing, auto draft
May 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I know it wouldn’t fix all consumer hostility but a right to an analog life would be such an improvement. So much of this hostility is mediated through technology and it’s constant churn of updates and “enhancements”
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45% of Japanese workers decided to stop being exploited. Work your wage.
fortune.com/article/japa...
fortune.com/article/japa...
Japan's historic work ethic is declining—45% of workers admit they're quiet quitting
Workers said they do the basics required for their jobs for various reasons, but cite wanting a better work-life balance.
fortune.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
45% of Japanese workers decided to stop being exploited. Work your wage.
fortune.com/article/japa...
fortune.com/article/japa...
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Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO
April 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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Don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
for enough
is a destination
that you can never reach,
no, don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
ask instead
if the something
the something you are doing
is at least a step
towards that destination.
if you are doing enough,
for enough
is a destination
that you can never reach,
no, don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
ask instead
if the something
the something you are doing
is at least a step
towards that destination.
April 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
for enough
is a destination
that you can never reach,
no, don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
ask instead
if the something
the something you are doing
is at least a step
towards that destination.
if you are doing enough,
for enough
is a destination
that you can never reach,
no, don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
ask instead
if the something
the something you are doing
is at least a step
towards that destination.
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Protect the wisdom protectors.
I have said this often and I will say it again. Protect the storytellers, librarians, educators, documentarians, caretakers, creators, artists, memory preservers, performers, elders, writers, history recorders, and archivists.
Become a wisdom protector.
I have said this often and I will say it again. Protect the storytellers, librarians, educators, documentarians, caretakers, creators, artists, memory preservers, performers, elders, writers, history recorders, and archivists.
Become a wisdom protector.
March 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Protect the wisdom protectors.
I have said this often and I will say it again. Protect the storytellers, librarians, educators, documentarians, caretakers, creators, artists, memory preservers, performers, elders, writers, history recorders, and archivists.
Become a wisdom protector.
I have said this often and I will say it again. Protect the storytellers, librarians, educators, documentarians, caretakers, creators, artists, memory preservers, performers, elders, writers, history recorders, and archivists.
Become a wisdom protector.
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In an ideal world, we would see consistent, effective public health messaging about Covid.
Things like:
N95s offer superior personal protection
Vaccines don’t prevent transmission, they reduce severity of acute infection
Long Covid can follow a “mild” or asymptomatic infection
It’s not over!
Things like:
N95s offer superior personal protection
Vaccines don’t prevent transmission, they reduce severity of acute infection
Long Covid can follow a “mild” or asymptomatic infection
It’s not over!
March 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
In an ideal world, we would see consistent, effective public health messaging about Covid.
Things like:
N95s offer superior personal protection
Vaccines don’t prevent transmission, they reduce severity of acute infection
Long Covid can follow a “mild” or asymptomatic infection
It’s not over!
Things like:
N95s offer superior personal protection
Vaccines don’t prevent transmission, they reduce severity of acute infection
Long Covid can follow a “mild” or asymptomatic infection
It’s not over!
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As @mitchelldickau.bsky.social notes, carbon released from the lithosphere (fossil fuels) cannot be compensated by carbon taken up in the biosphere (trees, plants, etc). Sadly this scam is widespread; it needs to be called out on every occasion.
1/3 Another study showing why nature-based carbon removal, in which the duration of removal may only be years to decades at worst, should not be used to offset fossil emissions.
Our latest research estimates that almost 40 percent of California’s forest offset buffer pool has been lost to wildfire. That’s roughly twice as many credits than have been set aside to address wildfire risks for the next 100 years. (1/4) 🧪https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17599
March 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
As @mitchelldickau.bsky.social notes, carbon released from the lithosphere (fossil fuels) cannot be compensated by carbon taken up in the biosphere (trees, plants, etc). Sadly this scam is widespread; it needs to be called out on every occasion.
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I'm hoping people are already having these conversations with their students and staff - but if you haven't, now is the next best time.
And again - many spaces on campus are protected, and putting ICE and DHS off is a good goal.
Be slow, be incompetent. Malicious compliance.
And again - many spaces on campus are protected, and putting ICE and DHS off is a good goal.
Be slow, be incompetent. Malicious compliance.
An open question right now is whether international student workers at Columbia are expected to show up to conduct research in labs or teach undergraduates tomorrow. The university has provided no guidance. Why would anyone feel safe anywhere near campus?
March 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I'm hoping people are already having these conversations with their students and staff - but if you haven't, now is the next best time.
And again - many spaces on campus are protected, and putting ICE and DHS off is a good goal.
Be slow, be incompetent. Malicious compliance.
And again - many spaces on campus are protected, and putting ICE and DHS off is a good goal.
Be slow, be incompetent. Malicious compliance.
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🌿translation:
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Localisation:
Aaaaaaaahhh!!!! My garlic tooaaassssssttttt!!!!!!!!!
Ah ah ah ah garlic toast oh oh oh oh oh
Localisation:
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December 2, 2024 at 3:18 AM
🌿translation:
Ah ah ah ah garlic toast oh oh oh oh oh
Localisation:
Aaaaaaaahhh!!!! My garlic tooaaassssssttttt!!!!!!!!!
Ah ah ah ah garlic toast oh oh oh oh oh
Localisation:
Aaaaaaaahhh!!!! My garlic tooaaassssssttttt!!!!!!!!!
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Whenever I'm like "folks are capable of minding their business and leaving other folks alone, we just need to give them a chance." I remember that somewhere in the world, right now, a Christian missionary is listening to "Our God is an Awesome God" psyching himself up to visit North Sentinel Island.
November 28, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Whenever I'm like "folks are capable of minding their business and leaving other folks alone, we just need to give them a chance." I remember that somewhere in the world, right now, a Christian missionary is listening to "Our God is an Awesome God" psyching himself up to visit North Sentinel Island.
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One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
You can be as terrified or nonplussed or unperturbed as you like; the sun will still rise tomorrow & the rent will still be due on the 31st. The world has no romantic narratives for its fate except those we invent, because the world does not die. That is our privilege.
I said it elsewhere, but it’s weirdly exhilarating and addictive to be terrified all the time, and the people addicted to it, when they say this, may as well be saying “I can stop at any time, it’s just the world doing this *to* me.”
December 31, 2023 at 3:23 AM
One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
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And I get that. But the world is very very far from ideal. I have people in my life whom I love dearly who credit:
heroin with saving them from suicide.
Meth with keeping them awake and safe from assault while living on the street.
Weed for easing them through chemotherapy in one piece.
heroin with saving them from suicide.
Meth with keeping them awake and safe from assault while living on the street.
Weed for easing them through chemotherapy in one piece.
November 17, 2024 at 1:57 AM
And I get that. But the world is very very far from ideal. I have people in my life whom I love dearly who credit:
heroin with saving them from suicide.
Meth with keeping them awake and safe from assault while living on the street.
Weed for easing them through chemotherapy in one piece.
heroin with saving them from suicide.
Meth with keeping them awake and safe from assault while living on the street.
Weed for easing them through chemotherapy in one piece.
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Not every drug makes sense for every person at every point in time. Banned drugs, just like pharmaceuticals, are tools in a kit. What works for you may not work for others, and that’s fine. And banned drugs are frequently cited as life-saving by folks. People tend to be shocked by this…
November 17, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Not every drug makes sense for every person at every point in time. Banned drugs, just like pharmaceuticals, are tools in a kit. What works for you may not work for others, and that’s fine. And banned drugs are frequently cited as life-saving by folks. People tend to be shocked by this…
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Please #repost/#share for the #bees.🙏🏼🐝
This matters.
So let’s talk about #honeybees in the context of ‘Saving the Bees’.
Let’s cut the bull and cut to the chase as there’s way too much confusion/misinformation out there which is a hinderance to, and detrimental to, genuine bee saving.
1/18
This matters.
So let’s talk about #honeybees in the context of ‘Saving the Bees’.
Let’s cut the bull and cut to the chase as there’s way too much confusion/misinformation out there which is a hinderance to, and detrimental to, genuine bee saving.
1/18
November 17, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Please #repost/#share for the #bees.🙏🏼🐝
This matters.
So let’s talk about #honeybees in the context of ‘Saving the Bees’.
Let’s cut the bull and cut to the chase as there’s way too much confusion/misinformation out there which is a hinderance to, and detrimental to, genuine bee saving.
1/18
This matters.
So let’s talk about #honeybees in the context of ‘Saving the Bees’.
Let’s cut the bull and cut to the chase as there’s way too much confusion/misinformation out there which is a hinderance to, and detrimental to, genuine bee saving.
1/18
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fascism is stopped when enough people say one of two things:
1) "nah, I'm not doing that"
2) "nah, you're not doing that"
a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one
1) "nah, I'm not doing that"
2) "nah, you're not doing that"
a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one
November 17, 2024 at 4:32 AM
fascism is stopped when enough people say one of two things:
1) "nah, I'm not doing that"
2) "nah, you're not doing that"
a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one
1) "nah, I'm not doing that"
2) "nah, you're not doing that"
a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one
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Shakespeare for the 21st century...
7. “To even, or can’t even, that is the question”
6. “All that glisters is not goals”
5. “Out, dammed Spotify!”
4. “As You, like, Like It”
3. “Romeo, Romeo, WTF Romeo?!”
2. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds”
1. “Alas, poor Yorick. He got ratio'd”
7. “To even, or can’t even, that is the question”
6. “All that glisters is not goals”
5. “Out, dammed Spotify!”
4. “As You, like, Like It”
3. “Romeo, Romeo, WTF Romeo?!”
2. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds”
1. “Alas, poor Yorick. He got ratio'd”
November 17, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Shakespeare for the 21st century...
7. “To even, or can’t even, that is the question”
6. “All that glisters is not goals”
5. “Out, dammed Spotify!”
4. “As You, like, Like It”
3. “Romeo, Romeo, WTF Romeo?!”
2. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds”
1. “Alas, poor Yorick. He got ratio'd”
7. “To even, or can’t even, that is the question”
6. “All that glisters is not goals”
5. “Out, dammed Spotify!”
4. “As You, like, Like It”
3. “Romeo, Romeo, WTF Romeo?!”
2. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds”
1. “Alas, poor Yorick. He got ratio'd”
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Do not obey in advance.
November 8, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Do not obey in advance.