Rae Ospina (She/They)
@thegammarae.bsky.social
The basics:
-Enby/Pan/Pagan/Neurodivergent/Feral
-Living rebelliously in Texas ✊🏻
-Background in physics/chemistry/geoscience
-Living my loudest authentic life
-Fiber Artist 🧶🧵
-Languages: 🇺🇸🇲🇽 (learning ASL)
-Library enthusiast
I dreamed I got carted off to a Trump concentration camp for calling an ICE agent a coward, found Alex Jones there and convinced him this was his moment to live out his persecution fantasies and he led a prisoner uprising. My fault for falling asleep listening to @knowledgefight.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I dreamed I got carted off to a Trump concentration camp for calling an ICE agent a coward, found Alex Jones there and convinced him this was his moment to live out his persecution fantasies and he led a prisoner uprising. My fault for falling asleep listening to @knowledgefight.bsky.social
I'm so relieved for her! Still more work to do to exonerate her but she is free. She can be surrounded by love and support now.
May 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I'm so relieved for her! Still more work to do to exonerate her but she is free. She can be surrounded by love and support now.
This asshole keeps knocking over my cane every chance he gets.
May 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This asshole keeps knocking over my cane every chance he gets.
"I'm still punk" I cry quietly to myself as I step into my slip on Sketchers shoes I got from Costco after once again herniating a lumbar disc.
May 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"I'm still punk" I cry quietly to myself as I step into my slip on Sketchers shoes I got from Costco after once again herniating a lumbar disc.
Petition to change the name from Aircraft Carrier to Aircraft Dropper.
May 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Petition to change the name from Aircraft Carrier to Aircraft Dropper.
Here's a tip for smart bulb manufacturers. Making the damn thing flash while you connect it really fucks with a photosensitive epileptic. Had my ass trying to navigate your app with my eyes closed.
May 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Here's a tip for smart bulb manufacturers. Making the damn thing flash while you connect it really fucks with a photosensitive epileptic. Had my ass trying to navigate your app with my eyes closed.
I just dreamed that "Having no VP" polled higher than JD Vance and it's the first laugh my brain has given me in months. Nature is healing.
May 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I just dreamed that "Having no VP" polled higher than JD Vance and it's the first laugh my brain has given me in months. Nature is healing.
Ok but with this being Star Wars I'm perhaps a little too concerned Bix turns out to be Cassian's long lost sister.
May 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Ok but with this being Star Wars I'm perhaps a little too concerned Bix turns out to be Cassian's long lost sister.
Anyone else Neurodivergent just realize you made up an arbitrary rule for yourself you didn't even know you had made? Then break it because it doesn't need to exist?
Did you know on bad pain days you can do yoga in bed? You don't have to be on a special mat on the floor? No one can stop you!
Did you know on bad pain days you can do yoga in bed? You don't have to be on a special mat on the floor? No one can stop you!
May 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Anyone else Neurodivergent just realize you made up an arbitrary rule for yourself you didn't even know you had made? Then break it because it doesn't need to exist?
Did you know on bad pain days you can do yoga in bed? You don't have to be on a special mat on the floor? No one can stop you!
Did you know on bad pain days you can do yoga in bed? You don't have to be on a special mat on the floor? No one can stop you!
"Only eat what your grandparents would consider food!"
Uh my great grandmother was from West Virginia and would make me a peanut butter and pickle sandwich because that was apparently a thing during The Great Depression.
Uh my great grandmother was from West Virginia and would make me a peanut butter and pickle sandwich because that was apparently a thing during The Great Depression.
April 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Only eat what your grandparents would consider food!"
Uh my great grandmother was from West Virginia and would make me a peanut butter and pickle sandwich because that was apparently a thing during The Great Depression.
Uh my great grandmother was from West Virginia and would make me a peanut butter and pickle sandwich because that was apparently a thing during The Great Depression.
I dreamed I was Andor last night and woke up severely disappointed to be me. I want to go back. Put me back!
What do you mean I have to wait for my husband to watch the next episode together tonight? Inject it right into my eyeballs Clockwork Orange style.
What do you mean I have to wait for my husband to watch the next episode together tonight? Inject it right into my eyeballs Clockwork Orange style.
April 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I dreamed I was Andor last night and woke up severely disappointed to be me. I want to go back. Put me back!
What do you mean I have to wait for my husband to watch the next episode together tonight? Inject it right into my eyeballs Clockwork Orange style.
What do you mean I have to wait for my husband to watch the next episode together tonight? Inject it right into my eyeballs Clockwork Orange style.
Remember kids, if you don't sin then Jesus died for nothing. So get out there and make it worth his while.
April 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Remember kids, if you don't sin then Jesus died for nothing. So get out there and make it worth his while.
I'm rewatching Andor season 1 like it's instructional and not just entertainment.
April 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'm rewatching Andor season 1 like it's instructional and not just entertainment.
Everyone contributes to society in one way or another simply by existing in society. This whole autism/disability debate is only focused on a very narrow definition of "contribution" which boils down to "production". It illuminates what our society sees as "valuable" and it's ugly.
April 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Everyone contributes to society in one way or another simply by existing in society. This whole autism/disability debate is only focused on a very narrow definition of "contribution" which boils down to "production". It illuminates what our society sees as "valuable" and it's ugly.
I felt this deeply when he spoke about his initial reaction to Oct 7th. I was in Dubai September 11, 2001. Shortly after an Arab woman asked if I was American while I was out. When I said yes she asked if she could pray and held my hand. I didn't understand then but I understand that moment now.
this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview
April 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I felt this deeply when he spoke about his initial reaction to Oct 7th. I was in Dubai September 11, 2001. Shortly after an Arab woman asked if I was American while I was out. When I said yes she asked if she could pray and held my hand. I didn't understand then but I understand that moment now.
I don't miss Target at all. Costco has all my business now. If I can't find what I want maybe that means I don't really need it. This is doing wonders for my anti-consumerism efforts.
Costco, which resisted pressure to ditch DEI, extends foot-traffic gains streak to 15 ... while Target suffers 10th consecutive week of foot traffic declines. Yes.
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Target suffers 10th consecutive week of foot traffic declines, sinking stock prices since caving on DEI
Costco, which resisted pressure to ditch DEI, extends foot-traffic gains streak to 15.
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April 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I don't miss Target at all. Costco has all my business now. If I can't find what I want maybe that means I don't really need it. This is doing wonders for my anti-consumerism efforts.
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Rep. Al Green Condemns Trump's 'Art of the Steal' Tariffs and Calls for Impeachment. Watch the clip of Rep. Al Green's floor speech by clicking here: youtu.be/xv7U3EOeBvA
Rep. Al Green Condemns Trump's 'Art of the Steal' Tariffs and Calls for Impeachment
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April 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rep. Al Green Condemns Trump's 'Art of the Steal' Tariffs and Calls for Impeachment. Watch the clip of Rep. Al Green's floor speech by clicking here: youtu.be/xv7U3EOeBvA
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As a criminal defense attorney, the vast majority of my cases were NOT immigrants.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
April 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
As a criminal defense attorney, the vast majority of my cases were NOT immigrants.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
So let's stop pretending immigrants are the problem when there's a 34-count convicted felon sitting in the White House.
The hypocrisy is outrageous.
I'm playing chicken with the tax deadline while TurboTax desperately emails me begging me to file.
April 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm playing chicken with the tax deadline while TurboTax desperately emails me begging me to file.
I don't care if 100% of them had criminal records they are still owed due process. Either everyone deserves justice or no one does and I'd rather live in a society that protects us all and not just a select few.
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I don't care if 100% of them had criminal records they are still owed due process. Either everyone deserves justice or no one does and I'd rather live in a society that protects us all and not just a select few.
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Last night, every Senate Democrat voted for my amendment calling for a $17 an hour federal minimum wage while every Republican but 1 opposed it. The movement to raise the minimum wage to a living wage is growing.
In 2025, a job must lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
In 2025, a job must lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
April 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Last night, every Senate Democrat voted for my amendment calling for a $17 an hour federal minimum wage while every Republican but 1 opposed it. The movement to raise the minimum wage to a living wage is growing.
In 2025, a job must lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
In 2025, a job must lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
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The Society of American Archivists is providing a free webinar to help you learn how to advocate for archives which are under grave threat, along with museums, galleries, and libraries, in the USA.
Apr 21, 2025 03:00 PM EST/EDT
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Archivists are concerned about developments at the national level affecting records we work with, our institutions, our users, and our professional lives. But how can we practically and effectively ad...
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April 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Society of American Archivists is providing a free webinar to help you learn how to advocate for archives which are under grave threat, along with museums, galleries, and libraries, in the USA.
Apr 21, 2025 03:00 PM EST/EDT
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
You mean all this time I've been hating on Elon Musk since he attacked one of the divers rescuing kids in Thailand I could have been getting paid for it? I'm such a fool! Where's my big paycheck?
March 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
You mean all this time I've been hating on Elon Musk since he attacked one of the divers rescuing kids in Thailand I could have been getting paid for it? I'm such a fool! Where's my big paycheck?