Alison Miner
@tubinitron.bsky.social
librarian + anthropologist. history obsessed. vegetable grower + sewing machine demystifier, co-operative housemate, community booster, organizer of things. Philadelphia.
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This is how to honor teachers.
May 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is how to honor teachers.
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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Instead of joining Chinese apps as an alternative to TikTok, Gen Z users should simply stop dancing and having fun and become mildly depressed 37 year old Bluesky users talking about Star Trek Deep Space 9
January 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Instead of joining Chinese apps as an alternative to TikTok, Gen Z users should simply stop dancing and having fun and become mildly depressed 37 year old Bluesky users talking about Star Trek Deep Space 9
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had a shitty day today and didn't make art but I did put some m&ms on my desk and accidentally made bart
January 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
had a shitty day today and didn't make art but I did put some m&ms on my desk and accidentally made bart
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FTSE 100 CEO gets more in less than 3 days than average worker pay for a yr.
Median CEO pay £4.22m, 113 times average worker.
Nothing to do with performance. Shareholder objections ignored.
Need worker-elected directors on boards. Let workers vote on exec pay.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Median CEO pay £4.22m, 113 times average worker.
Nothing to do with performance. Shareholder objections ignored.
Need worker-elected directors on boards. Let workers vote on exec pay.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
FTSE 100 bosses make more money in 2025 by noon today than average worker in a year
Bosses to hit milestone on third working day of 2025 with median hourly pay of £1,298, says High Pay Centre
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
FTSE 100 CEO gets more in less than 3 days than average worker pay for a yr.
Median CEO pay £4.22m, 113 times average worker.
Nothing to do with performance. Shareholder objections ignored.
Need worker-elected directors on boards. Let workers vote on exec pay.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Median CEO pay £4.22m, 113 times average worker.
Nothing to do with performance. Shareholder objections ignored.
Need worker-elected directors on boards. Let workers vote on exec pay.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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announcing for all to hear that i've got the malaise of centuries of ancestors wailing in my bones only to realize it's just time for breakfast
January 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
announcing for all to hear that i've got the malaise of centuries of ancestors wailing in my bones only to realize it's just time for breakfast
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How can you tell what a congressional office is spending its money on? GBH's Paul Singer explains. yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/congress-s...
How to Read a Congressional Office's Spending Report
GBH News' Paul Singer explains how members of Congress spend their money.
yourfirstbyline.substack.com
January 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How can you tell what a congressional office is spending its money on? GBH's Paul Singer explains. yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/congress-s...
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what if the good timeline is the one where y2k actually happened
January 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
what if the good timeline is the one where y2k actually happened
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The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm
Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
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I wish the Democrats were as cool as the Babylon Bee is always making them out to be
December 31, 2024 at 12:01 PM
I wish the Democrats were as cool as the Babylon Bee is always making them out to be
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Big P henceforth almost always drowns grantees in paperwork. Huge grant applications. Massive reporting requirements. And often significant restrictions on how the money can be used. All of it adds up to big cost, big hassle and inflexible funding
December 30, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Big P henceforth almost always drowns grantees in paperwork. Huge grant applications. Massive reporting requirements. And often significant restrictions on how the money can be used. All of it adds up to big cost, big hassle and inflexible funding
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First of all, unrestricted grants. No requirements for how the groups spend the money. No burdensome reporting that takes full-time staff. Just verify up front that groups do work aligned with her goals, then write them a huge check. That's like winning the lottery if you're a nonprofit.
December 30, 2024 at 10:12 PM
First of all, unrestricted grants. No requirements for how the groups spend the money. No burdensome reporting that takes full-time staff. Just verify up front that groups do work aligned with her goals, then write them a huge check. That's like winning the lottery if you're a nonprofit.
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Ah yes, I see it's the time of year when the Philanthropy Industrial Complex (Big P for short) seeds negative stories about Mackenzie Scott because everything about the way she gives money undercuts their entire model...
fortune.com/article/mack...
fortune.com/article/mack...
MacKenzie Scott's game-changing philanthropy still mystifies nonprofits: 'Her gifts are super generous, but unfortunately, they don’t provide long term sustainability'
"What they are saying with trust-based philanthropy is to offer support beyond a check," Indiana University's Pamela Wiepking says, "and that’s typically not what she is doing.”
fortune.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Ah yes, I see it's the time of year when the Philanthropy Industrial Complex (Big P for short) seeds negative stories about Mackenzie Scott because everything about the way she gives money undercuts their entire model...
fortune.com/article/mack...
fortune.com/article/mack...
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I am honestly so so disappointed in so so many people over AI
Turns out people are a lot lazier and more credulous than I thought
Turns out people are a lot lazier and more credulous than I thought
December 31, 2024 at 8:58 AM
I am honestly so so disappointed in so so many people over AI
Turns out people are a lot lazier and more credulous than I thought
Turns out people are a lot lazier and more credulous than I thought
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And as Dean points out, if DOGE is really going after “government waste” they should start with Trump’s golf trips: www.forbes.com/sites/chuckj...
December 31, 2024 at 2:25 PM
And as Dean points out, if DOGE is really going after “government waste” they should start with Trump’s golf trips: www.forbes.com/sites/chuckj...
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one major improvement i've seen in the world over the course of my lifetime is the emergence of lightly-salted sweets. i just swung by a bakery to pick up a chocolate chip cookie and it had the slightest flaking of kosher salt on it. that shit went crazy. i think we're doing great in that department
December 30, 2024 at 7:39 PM
one major improvement i've seen in the world over the course of my lifetime is the emergence of lightly-salted sweets. i just swung by a bakery to pick up a chocolate chip cookie and it had the slightest flaking of kosher salt on it. that shit went crazy. i think we're doing great in that department
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I continue to be floored by the decision to destroy Google search in favor of bullet-pointed snippets that have a personalized aura but either don't address what you're asking or get it at least half wrong if they do.
December 31, 2024 at 6:35 AM
I continue to be floored by the decision to destroy Google search in favor of bullet-pointed snippets that have a personalized aura but either don't address what you're asking or get it at least half wrong if they do.
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just a reminder that your local library has more than just books! many also have dvds, cds, video games, internet hot spots, grindr hookup spots, chupacabras, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, skibidi toilets, gateways to the shadow realm, and so much more! maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚❤️📚❤️📚
December 31, 2024 at 3:10 AM
just a reminder that your local library has more than just books! many also have dvds, cds, video games, internet hot spots, grindr hookup spots, chupacabras, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, skibidi toilets, gateways to the shadow realm, and so much more! maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚❤️📚❤️📚
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I don’t like how folk are trying to read shame. If you read 100 books, awesome. If you read 10 books, awesome. Just read.
December 29, 2024 at 2:27 PM
I don’t like how folk are trying to read shame. If you read 100 books, awesome. If you read 10 books, awesome. Just read.
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They used to say there was no such thing as gay kids. That it was a choice that could be beaten or tortured out of them through conversion therapy
December 30, 2024 at 2:59 PM
They used to say there was no such thing as gay kids. That it was a choice that could be beaten or tortured out of them through conversion therapy
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I think it’s partly Apple’s fault for removing the headjack from iPhones. We used to be a society.
It’s wild how many people watch videos on their phones without headphones in public places now.
December 30, 2024 at 3:14 PM
I think it’s partly Apple’s fault for removing the headjack from iPhones. We used to be a society.
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Jimmy Carter may be dead but you know who preceded him: Every Guinea worm in nearly 200 countries and Henry Kissinger
December 29, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Jimmy Carter may be dead but you know who preceded him: Every Guinea worm in nearly 200 countries and Henry Kissinger
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Something similar happened while I was at NYU except it was to the entire school. IT had to turn off our emails to get the Reply-all apocalypse to end
December 30, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Something similar happened while I was at NYU except it was to the entire school. IT had to turn off our emails to get the Reply-all apocalypse to end