A.S.K., a librarian
@thestackscat.bsky.social
Another Twitter escapee. @thestackscat most places.
You don't get to take your trauma out on other people.
You don't get to take your trauma out on other people.
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A direct consequence of the Supreme Court overturning the Chevron doctrine in Loper Bright Enterprises last term. We are seriously fucked.
A federal appeals court has struck down the FCC’s net neutrality rules that prevented internet service providers from throttling or blocking content or charging more to deliver it
This is really really bad. Like, you think sponsored ads on Google are annoying? Wait until ISPs throttle load speeds to websites that don't pay them for higher speeds.
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Is it performative or can you just observe someone doing it
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Is it performative or can you just observe someone doing it
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The first day of my liveaboard class went great! We caught, sampled, measured, tagged and released 4 big nurse sharks, including two that were pregnant!
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The first day of my liveaboard class went great! We caught, sampled, measured, tagged and released 4 big nurse sharks, including two that were pregnant!
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Someday there'll be a new normal, but it won't look like anything we've seen before. Until then, it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Normal isn't coming back so get off your knees and fight back - what they have planned for us is far worse than anything they've already done.
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Someday there'll be a new normal, but it won't look like anything we've seen before. Until then, it's going to get worse before it gets better.
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If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1 wish—then wish for something they think Republicans will like
Democrats continue to prove the stereotype of being feckless appeasers, and we're all worse off for it. We need a true opposition party more than ever—because this aint it
Democrats continue to prove the stereotype of being feckless appeasers, and we're all worse off for it. We need a true opposition party more than ever—because this aint it
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1 wish—then wish for something they think Republicans will like
Democrats continue to prove the stereotype of being feckless appeasers, and we're all worse off for it. We need a true opposition party more than ever—because this aint it
Democrats continue to prove the stereotype of being feckless appeasers, and we're all worse off for it. We need a true opposition party more than ever—because this aint it
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People arguing to make *fantasy* make believe worlds racist are a special kind of loser.
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
People arguing to make *fantasy* make believe worlds racist are a special kind of loser.
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Real "Brought to you by Carl's Jr." energy
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Real "Brought to you by Carl's Jr." energy
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in Paris, I had to see a same-day doctor & I found one. was gravely warned that, as a foreigner, I’d have to pay 32 euros & I laughed & laughed
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
in Paris, I had to see a same-day doctor & I found one. was gravely warned that, as a foreigner, I’d have to pay 32 euros & I laughed & laughed
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
This is what privatization looks like
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is what privatization looks like
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A Black mom who had cancer had to undergo a full Hysterectomy was out of work and fell behind on bills. She needs help catching up. Let’s each give $1 so she reaches her goal. We’ve helped 175 people so far, let’s keep going.
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A Black mom who had cancer had to undergo a full Hysterectomy was out of work and fell behind on bills. She needs help catching up. Let’s each give $1 so she reaches her goal. We’ve helped 175 people so far, let’s keep going.
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It seems very straightforward. Banning a journalist with no explanation who is on the site doing her job raises... a lot of questions, and none of them are flattering to Bluesky or to @aaron.bsky.team
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It seems very straightforward. Banning a journalist with no explanation who is on the site doing her job raises... a lot of questions, and none of them are flattering to Bluesky or to @aaron.bsky.team
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It’s wildly disingenuous for @aaron.bsky.team to reply to queries about Sarah Kendzior’s suspension about how they don’t comment publicly on individual users when he knows that we all know that they haven’t even told her privately what the basis for the suspension is
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It’s wildly disingenuous for @aaron.bsky.team to reply to queries about Sarah Kendzior’s suspension about how they don’t comment publicly on individual users when he knows that we all know that they haven’t even told her privately what the basis for the suspension is
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I don't think it gets said often enough that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are in a no-win situation that was caused by wht voters.
They are doing what they can to minimize the damage done by the criminal gop - and every day they are bearing the brunt of the blame for what the gop does.
They are doing what they can to minimize the damage done by the criminal gop - and every day they are bearing the brunt of the blame for what the gop does.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I don't think it gets said often enough that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are in a no-win situation that was caused by wht voters.
They are doing what they can to minimize the damage done by the criminal gop - and every day they are bearing the brunt of the blame for what the gop does.
They are doing what they can to minimize the damage done by the criminal gop - and every day they are bearing the brunt of the blame for what the gop does.
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This camp is in El Paso. This is where today’s flight from Gary just landed. It was carrying detainees from ICE’s detention facility in Broadview.
All of DHS’s denials in this story about inhumane conditions and lack of access to attorneys are the same false claims they made about Broadview.
All of DHS’s denials in this story about inhumane conditions and lack of access to attorneys are the same false claims they made about Broadview.
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This camp is in El Paso. This is where today’s flight from Gary just landed. It was carrying detainees from ICE’s detention facility in Broadview.
All of DHS’s denials in this story about inhumane conditions and lack of access to attorneys are the same false claims they made about Broadview.
All of DHS’s denials in this story about inhumane conditions and lack of access to attorneys are the same false claims they made about Broadview.
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you know what's awesome? green bean casserole fresh made. you know what's less awesome? cooking....just in general. also dishes. why the fuck do I have to prewash dishes for a dishwasher. that's what you get a dog for right?? (I kid. I kid...it's what little kids are for)
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
you know what's awesome? green bean casserole fresh made. you know what's less awesome? cooking....just in general. also dishes. why the fuck do I have to prewash dishes for a dishwasher. that's what you get a dog for right?? (I kid. I kid...it's what little kids are for)
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i do not "have enough books" what i have is "not enough bookshelves"
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
i do not "have enough books" what i have is "not enough bookshelves"
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are we being fucking serious rn
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
are we being fucking serious rn
Microsoft integrating OneDrive into every damn folder is annoying AF, mostly because it keeps screwing up the script I use to package dissertations to send to ProQuest because the FILE PATH IS TOO DAMN LONG
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November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Microsoft integrating OneDrive into every damn folder is annoying AF, mostly because it keeps screwing up the script I use to package dissertations to send to ProQuest because the FILE PATH IS TOO DAMN LONG
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🚨 Trump has called for troops to invade Chicago. In a late night post, he falsely attributed vacancy rates to "murder and crime." The Magnificent Mile is experiencing retail recovery, decreasing vacancy rates and increasing foot traffic (10/8/25). There is no Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🚨 Trump has called for troops to invade Chicago. In a late night post, he falsely attributed vacancy rates to "murder and crime." The Magnificent Mile is experiencing retail recovery, decreasing vacancy rates and increasing foot traffic (10/8/25). There is no Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago.
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From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
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Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
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No matter how evil the rich were in the past, & they were very evil, always have been, at least they used some of their money to fund actual human works of beauty that have lasted 100s of years instead of funding the end of humanity & trying to flatter the void of Infinite Capital instead of 'god'.
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
No matter how evil the rich were in the past, & they were very evil, always have been, at least they used some of their money to fund actual human works of beauty that have lasted 100s of years instead of funding the end of humanity & trying to flatter the void of Infinite Capital instead of 'god'.
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Social mobility has been declining for decades but that's fine, we don't need the talents of 340 million people as long as we have the several dozen children of our stupidest oligarchs
May 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Social mobility has been declining for decades but that's fine, we don't need the talents of 340 million people as long as we have the several dozen children of our stupidest oligarchs
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The UMaine economics department is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in applied economics. fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Assistant Professor of Economics
The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the stat...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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Would you join his book club?
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Would you join his book club?