Ursula Spooky Pseudonym Owen
@ueowen.bsky.social
I do visas. Somehow married to @nbeaudrot.bsky.social. She/her/hers. same username on that other site. Bad opinions are entirely my own.
Pinned
You still need to eat
You still need to hydrate
You still need to take your meds
You still need to hydrate
You still need to take your meds
Survive, one day at a time. Love yourself enough to make it to tomorrow, and then do it again.
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one thing worth observing here is that so many of these pundits aren't earnestly trying to understand what happened in the world as much as they are shadowboxing with people they don't like on the internet. stringinamaze.net/p/the-pundit...
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
one thing worth observing here is that so many of these pundits aren't earnestly trying to understand what happened in the world as much as they are shadowboxing with people they don't like on the internet. stringinamaze.net/p/the-pundit...
Goddamnit Stranger Things is out here ruining all the melodramatic 80s classics
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Goddamnit Stranger Things is out here ruining all the melodramatic 80s classics
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Are you a member of the tech community who believes Seattle should be affordable for everyone? Sign up to get involved in building a more equitable and sustainable city! www.tech4housing.org/get-involved
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Are you a member of the tech community who believes Seattle should be affordable for everyone? Sign up to get involved in building a more equitable and sustainable city! www.tech4housing.org/get-involved
Another day, another announcement dropped at the end of the workday that will immediately require a week or more of clarification
December 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Another day, another announcement dropped at the end of the workday that will immediately require a week or more of clarification
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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the whole concept of "white genocide" is very funny because unlike a regular genocide where people try to butcher you with machetes or gas your family in white genocide your cousin marries an Indian guy
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
the whole concept of "white genocide" is very funny because unlike a regular genocide where people try to butcher you with machetes or gas your family in white genocide your cousin marries an Indian guy
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Avatar: Fire and Ash is very much another Avatar film (gorgeous, ridiculous, too long), but also a v good reminder of how well Jemaine Clement is aging
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Avatar: Fire and Ash is very much another Avatar film (gorgeous, ridiculous, too long), but also a v good reminder of how well Jemaine Clement is aging
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not to put too fine a point on it but every one of these people—lizza and nuzzi, obviously, but also sundberg herself—are symptoms of the same problem, which is that larping as a journalist is orders of magnitude more lucrative than actually practicing journalism
a paywalled substack chat is an interesting marketing strategy
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
not to put too fine a point on it but every one of these people—lizza and nuzzi, obviously, but also sundberg herself—are symptoms of the same problem, which is that larping as a journalist is orders of magnitude more lucrative than actually practicing journalism
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For the first time, Los Angeles public defenders will defend clients in immigration court
A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation
lapublicpress.org/2025/12/la-p...
A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation
lapublicpress.org/2025/12/la-p...
For the first time, LA public defenders will defend clients in immigration court
A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation.
lapublicpress.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
For the first time, Los Angeles public defenders will defend clients in immigration court
A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation
lapublicpress.org/2025/12/la-p...
A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation
lapublicpress.org/2025/12/la-p...
Yes, by all means, let's add more countrIes to the travel ban that ALREADY BARS CITIZENS OF THE COUNTRY THE SHOOTER CAME FROM.
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Yes, by all means, let's add more countrIes to the travel ban that ALREADY BARS CITIZENS OF THE COUNTRY THE SHOOTER CAME FROM.
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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People still constantly bring up my AI Statement page in the Scream zine. Some folks say it made them cry! I was going to be more eviscerating but instead felt the best way to make my point was just to be totally raw and vulnerable in a way AI can't be. sara-century.square.site
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
People still constantly bring up my AI Statement page in the Scream zine. Some folks say it made them cry! I was going to be more eviscerating but instead felt the best way to make my point was just to be totally raw and vulnerable in a way AI can't be. sara-century.square.site
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an advent calendar but instead of treats your friends pop out and tell you they don’t hate you and they’re not mad at you
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
an advent calendar but instead of treats your friends pop out and tell you they don’t hate you and they’re not mad at you
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If you're a fan of Ann Leckie and/or Arkady Martine (and why wouldn't you be), and/or discussions of empire and imperialism in science fiction, let me point you towards this conversation between the two on that very topic:
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If you're a fan of Ann Leckie and/or Arkady Martine (and why wouldn't you be), and/or discussions of empire and imperialism in science fiction, let me point you towards this conversation between the two on that very topic:
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
WUNMIIIIIIIIIIII
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
WUNMIIIIIIIIIIII
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I’ve spent a lot of time in the past 18 months really working to, if you will, kill the neoliberal in my head. as someone with my politics, I’ve been surprised by how much there’s still been to excise.
anyway, maybe productivity and efficiency are scams, and redundancy protects human happiness.
anyway, maybe productivity and efficiency are scams, and redundancy protects human happiness.
every neoliberal policy analyst wants to "trim the fat" of society until the lean times come. community level resilience, redundancies, etc are good actually
When power went out across all of Puerto Rico on 16 April, a lot of the lights in the town of Adjuntas stayed on. A combination of experimental microgrids, solar panels, and storage kept power on for many businesses and residents.
spectrum.ieee.org/puerto-rico-...
spectrum.ieee.org/puerto-rico-...
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’ve spent a lot of time in the past 18 months really working to, if you will, kill the neoliberal in my head. as someone with my politics, I’ve been surprised by how much there’s still been to excise.
anyway, maybe productivity and efficiency are scams, and redundancy protects human happiness.
anyway, maybe productivity and efficiency are scams, and redundancy protects human happiness.
Trassssssshhhhhh
This is infuriating on so many levels, but partly because it ignores Congressional intent to penalize immigrants who followed the rules. And partly because these are people who have done nothing wrong beyond trying to negotiate a broken system.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Trassssssshhhhhh
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“Strong floor no ceiling” so like, outside??
November 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“Strong floor no ceiling” so like, outside??
Found a sunbeam so I'm gonna sit in it with my eyes closed to recharge 😌
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Found a sunbeam so I'm gonna sit in it with my eyes closed to recharge 😌
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Seems bad that "manipulate the spineless administrators into not only giving me good grades but also launching my right-wing grift career" seems to be a viable path for the right kind of student these days
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Seems bad that "manipulate the spineless administrators into not only giving me good grades but also launching my right-wing grift career" seems to be a viable path for the right kind of student these days
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The article is trash, especially because it doesn't say out loud what's happening: trmp plans to unilaterally start a war. He's demanding that the leader of a foreign country abdicate and, regardless, invade that country. This is illegal on SO many levels. There isn't even a pretext!
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The article is trash, especially because it doesn't say out loud what's happening: trmp plans to unilaterally start a war. He's demanding that the leader of a foreign country abdicate and, regardless, invade that country. This is illegal on SO many levels. There isn't even a pretext!
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rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
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So embarrassing when you’re out buying groceries and you realize you forgot to live a meaningful life
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
So embarrassing when you’re out buying groceries and you realize you forgot to live a meaningful life
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i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
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step-by-step pie-throwing
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
step-by-step pie-throwing