Traci White
@thetraciest.bsky.social
Multimedia person! Takes pictures, writes stuff, laughs conspicuously.
episode 1 of "pluribus" was much more disturbing than i expected and i am here for it. vince gilligan's cinematography/humor with rhea seehorn's nuance are an iconic duo. it makes me wonder about how countries more based on collectivism (v. american individualism) depict hive minds in their sci fi.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
episode 1 of "pluribus" was much more disturbing than i expected and i am here for it. vince gilligan's cinematography/humor with rhea seehorn's nuance are an iconic duo. it makes me wonder about how countries more based on collectivism (v. american individualism) depict hive minds in their sci fi.
With all the highs and lows of what the internet has brought me in the past week, this song is even more accurate than every other day that it's extremely accurate
Welcome to the Internet - Bo Burnham (from "Inside" -- ALBUM OUT NOW)
YouTube video by boburnham
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
With all the highs and lows of what the internet has brought me in the past week, this song is even more accurate than every other day that it's extremely accurate
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalin... (namesake of professorship for women academics at the University of Groningen, too) (and while she was far from the first woman in science to not get the credit she deserves, this specific case kind of reminds me of Harmony Cobel's storyline in "Severance")
November 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalin... (namesake of professorship for women academics at the University of Groningen, too) (and while she was far from the first woman in science to not get the credit she deserves, this specific case kind of reminds me of Harmony Cobel's storyline in "Severance")
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There is really no escaping the fact that electrification = an overall massive reduction in energy consumption *but* a massive increase in *electricity* consumption.
This is why curbing pointless data centre growth is so important: make way for the socially critical stuff like electrification ->
This is why curbing pointless data centre growth is so important: make way for the socially critical stuff like electrification ->
Paper mill owner told not enough power for coal to electric conversion
Australia's only paper mill uses coal-fired boilers, which its new owner wants to convert to electric, but he says he has been told there is not enough local power in the Tasmanian grid to support thi...
www.abc.net.au
July 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
There is really no escaping the fact that electrification = an overall massive reduction in energy consumption *but* a massive increase in *electricity* consumption.
This is why curbing pointless data centre growth is so important: make way for the socially critical stuff like electrification ->
This is why curbing pointless data centre growth is so important: make way for the socially critical stuff like electrification ->
Vibe Check is the best thing every week (now twice a week!) but this episode in particular is the very best because @theferocity.bsky.social and @zachstafford.bsky.social kindly answered one of my questions and said outrageously nice things about me 🥺
Vibe Check
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated weekly · A weekly podcast where Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford make sense of what’s going on in news and culture – and how it all feels. Vibe Check is your favorite ...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Vibe Check is the best thing every week (now twice a week!) but this episode in particular is the very best because @theferocity.bsky.social and @zachstafford.bsky.social kindly answered one of my questions and said outrageously nice things about me 🥺
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Geert Wilders didn’t lose the Dutch election - he had already won
Dutch politics has been transformed by 20 years of hateful speech about foreigners
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
"History will tell you that negotiating with racism or fascism or authoritarianism never ends well." - i'm so appreciative of, and in awe of, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's ability to hit the damn nail on the head every time.
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"History will tell you that negotiating with racism or fascism or authoritarianism never ends well." - i'm so appreciative of, and in awe of, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's ability to hit the damn nail on the head every time.
Dutch elections are tomorrow, and you wouldn't know it by how little politicians campaign on it, but most voters - yes, including far right supporters - actually support strong climate action. Read all about it:
epgroningen.nl/the-people-a...
epgroningen.nl/the-people-a...
“The people at home want solutions”: most voters support strong climate policy - Environment Psychology Groningen
Political party leaders often claim their plans and policies represent what “the people" want, or at least reflect the opinion of the majority of their voters. Yet our colleagues professor Goda Perlav...
epgroningen.nl
October 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Dutch elections are tomorrow, and you wouldn't know it by how little politicians campaign on it, but most voters - yes, including far right supporters - actually support strong climate action. Read all about it:
epgroningen.nl/the-people-a...
epgroningen.nl/the-people-a...
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Reporting this story, the same details kept appearing in police investigations around Europe: the perpetrators turned out to have been recruited and offered cash over Telegram.
European authorities are increasingly open in saying who is responsible: Russia.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
European authorities are increasingly open in saying who is responsible: Russia.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
From pigs’ heads to arson plots: how Russia’s hybrid war is sowing chaos across Europe
The trail from a Normandy pig farm has helped expose Russia’s campaign of sabotage across Europe aimed at inflaming division, spreading fear and weakeing support for Ukraine
www.irishtimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reporting this story, the same details kept appearing in police investigations around Europe: the perpetrators turned out to have been recruited and offered cash over Telegram.
European authorities are increasingly open in saying who is responsible: Russia.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
European authorities are increasingly open in saying who is responsible: Russia.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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Via een postbusbedrijf op Cyprus en met schepen en technologie uit onder meer Nederland heeft Rusland in stilte een geheim wapen gebouwd: een onderwaternetwerk dat zijn kernonderzeeërs beschermt en NAVO-schepen kan uitschakelen.
pointer.kro-ncrv.nl/voor-miljoen...
pointer.kro-ncrv.nl/voor-miljoen...
Voor miljoenen aan Nederlandse techniek en schepen naar Rusland gesmokkeld om Poetins kernvloot te beschermen
Met Nederlandse apparatuur en schepen bouwde Rusland in stilte Harmony: een onderwaternetwerk dat NAVO-schepen tot in de Barentszzee volgt.||Via een postbusbedrijf op Cyprus en met schepen en technolo...
pointer.kro-ncrv.nl
October 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Via een postbusbedrijf op Cyprus en met schepen en technologie uit onder meer Nederland heeft Rusland in stilte een geheim wapen gebouwd: een onderwaternetwerk dat zijn kernonderzeeërs beschermt en NAVO-schepen kan uitschakelen.
pointer.kro-ncrv.nl/voor-miljoen...
pointer.kro-ncrv.nl/voor-miljoen...
~7 million Americans joined #NoKings protests yesterday, representing 2% of the population.
The 3.5% rule: no government can withstand a challenge of 3.5% of its population without either accommodating the movement or (in extreme cases) disintegrating
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/suc...
The 3.5% rule: no government can withstand a challenge of 3.5% of its population without either accommodating the movement or (in extreme cases) disintegrating
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/suc...
The Success of Nonviolent Civil Resistance | ICNC
You may also be interested in: How the world is proving Martin Luther King right about nonviolenceSince 2011, the world has been a deeply contentious place. Although armed insurgencies rage across the...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
October 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
~7 million Americans joined #NoKings protests yesterday, representing 2% of the population.
The 3.5% rule: no government can withstand a challenge of 3.5% of its population without either accommodating the movement or (in extreme cases) disintegrating
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/suc...
The 3.5% rule: no government can withstand a challenge of 3.5% of its population without either accommodating the movement or (in extreme cases) disintegrating
www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/suc...
seeing the huge turnout across america for #nokings is keeping my vibe right. here's a protest anthem, in honour of the Portland frogs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVfa...
"Win or lose, sink or swim
One thing is certain, we'll never give in
Side by side, hand in hand
We all stand together" 🐸
"Win or lose, sink or swim
One thing is certain, we'll never give in
Side by side, hand in hand
We all stand together" 🐸
Paul McCartney - We All Stand Together (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by PaulMcCartneyVEVO
www.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
seeing the huge turnout across america for #nokings is keeping my vibe right. here's a protest anthem, in honour of the Portland frogs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVfa...
"Win or lose, sink or swim
One thing is certain, we'll never give in
Side by side, hand in hand
We all stand together" 🐸
"Win or lose, sink or swim
One thing is certain, we'll never give in
Side by side, hand in hand
We all stand together" 🐸
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Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
October 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
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According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
"Our power isn’t in making one of the choices that are presented to us. Our power is in shaping the choices available to us." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
(it's not about what sauce we'll be eaten with, it's about not being eaten in the first damn place)
(it's not about what sauce we'll be eaten with, it's about not being eaten in the first damn place)
Opinion | Mourn, or Else
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Our power isn’t in making one of the choices that are presented to us. Our power is in shaping the choices available to us." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
(it's not about what sauce we'll be eaten with, it's about not being eaten in the first damn place)
(it's not about what sauce we'll be eaten with, it's about not being eaten in the first damn place)
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worrying book I saw in Scotland that sounds like a confession I do not want to read
September 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
worrying book I saw in Scotland that sounds like a confession I do not want to read
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This video is really important.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
It connects the dots between A.I. and climate disasters and is just a perfectly crafted piece of investigation and exposition.
@katecrawford.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
It connects the dots between A.I. and climate disasters and is just a perfectly crafted piece of investigation and exposition.
@katecrawford.bsky.social
Opinion | A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This video is really important.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
It connects the dots between A.I. and climate disasters and is just a perfectly crafted piece of investigation and exposition.
@katecrawford.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
It connects the dots between A.I. and climate disasters and is just a perfectly crafted piece of investigation and exposition.
@katecrawford.bsky.social
today i'm at the peak of my powers #bivisibilityday
September 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
today i'm at the peak of my powers #bivisibilityday
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The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was engaging in good faith. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Ezra Klein’s silly eulogy claiming that Kirk was “
www.techdirt.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
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Grote Markt Groningen kleurt rood: ruim 3000 mensen verzamelen zich voor ‘Rode Lijn-protest’
Grote Markt Groningen kleurt rood: ruim 3000 mensen verzamelen zich voor ‘Rode Lijn-protest’
Op de Grote Markt in Groningen zijn zondagmiddag tussen de 3000 en 4000 mensen samengekomen voor een protest tegen het geweld in Gaza. Ze vinden dat wereldleiders moeten zorgen dat het doden van zo veel onschuldige mensen moet stoppen.
dlvr.it
September 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Grote Markt Groningen kleurt rood: ruim 3000 mensen verzamelen zich voor ‘Rode Lijn-protest’
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“But it is hard not to notice that, in the aggregate, something poisonous is in the architecture of its platforms and the way that our technologies demand not just our attention, but our most heightened emotions.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social wrote in his piece here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
@cwarzel.bsky.social wrote in his piece here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Something Is Very Wrong Online
The cycle of violence will continue as long as the medium doesn’t change.
www.theatlantic.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
“But it is hard not to notice that, in the aggregate, something poisonous is in the architecture of its platforms and the way that our technologies demand not just our attention, but our most heightened emotions.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social wrote in his piece here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
@cwarzel.bsky.social wrote in his piece here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
At a rehearsal this morning, practicing a song by Ep Wesseling using Zeina Azzam's devastating poem "Write My Name" to be performed tomorrow in #Groningen during the #RodeLijn protest for #Gaza. It'll be around 600 people singing together on the #GroteMarkt
September 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
At a rehearsal this morning, practicing a song by Ep Wesseling using Zeina Azzam's devastating poem "Write My Name" to be performed tomorrow in #Groningen during the #RodeLijn protest for #Gaza. It'll be around 600 people singing together on the #GroteMarkt
And wonder, surprise, pride, hope and love, crucially
Thank you for this book, @drkatemarvel.bsky.social
Thank you for this book, @drkatemarvel.bsky.social
If this is too hopeful for you I can also make you sad, frightened, or angry here scribepublications.co.uk/books/human-...
Human Nature by Kate Marvel | Book
A captivating exploration of climate change, through the lens of nine different emotions, to better understand the science, history, and future of our...
scribepublications.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
And wonder, surprise, pride, hope and love, crucially
Thank you for this book, @drkatemarvel.bsky.social
Thank you for this book, @drkatemarvel.bsky.social