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@vt-vagabond.bsky.social
Reading, procrastinating, and no longer living out of a backpack in places both familiar and foreign, because it's (still) a damn pandemic. Mercenary educator. She/her.
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"We have classrooms because you have to learn how to sustain a thought aloud— exposed to others and to your own ineloquence— to see that other people can help you reach where you can’t quite go and to see that you can help others reach better clarity…”
- Lauren Berlant to 20 y.o. about college #Lit
- Lauren Berlant to 20 y.o. about college #Lit
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"We have classrooms because you have to learn how to sustain a thought aloud— exposed to others and to your own ineloquence— to see that other people can help you reach where you can’t quite go and to see that you can help others reach better clarity…”
- Lauren Berlant to 20 y.o. about college #Lit
- Lauren Berlant to 20 y.o. about college #Lit
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Live your life so your homies send you txts like this bc your reputation is about community and bikes. We take care of us. 🫶🏽✊🏽🥰
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Live your life so your homies send you txts like this bc your reputation is about community and bikes. We take care of us. 🫶🏽✊🏽🥰
I’m currently in Argentina, and some very nice ladies (50’s?) at a museum were excited to learn I was from Chicago and asked how it is.
I genuinely didn’t know how to explain what’s happening w/o making it seem as if I didn’t recognize the context here of saying the govt was kidnapping ppl.
I genuinely didn’t know how to explain what’s happening w/o making it seem as if I didn’t recognize the context here of saying the govt was kidnapping ppl.
She was flying DOMESTICALLY. Holy effin crap.
This has the vibes of Argentina and Chile in the 1970s and I’m very serious when I say that.
This has the vibes of Argentina and Chile in the 1970s and I’m very serious when I say that.
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’m currently in Argentina, and some very nice ladies (50’s?) at a museum were excited to learn I was from Chicago and asked how it is.
I genuinely didn’t know how to explain what’s happening w/o making it seem as if I didn’t recognize the context here of saying the govt was kidnapping ppl.
I genuinely didn’t know how to explain what’s happening w/o making it seem as if I didn’t recognize the context here of saying the govt was kidnapping ppl.
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"The infant formula is still being found in multiple states, including at multiple Walmart, Target and Kroger locations, and at one or more Sprouts Organic Market, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and Star Market locations."
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"The infant formula is still being found in multiple states, including at multiple Walmart, Target and Kroger locations, and at one or more Sprouts Organic Market, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and Star Market locations."
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"ByHeart Inc. has found Clostridium botulinum — which causes botulism poisoning — in unopened containers of its powdered infant formula. And, the FDA has found that several major retailers are continuing to sell the recalled formula while an outbreak is ongoing." STILL SELLING IT EVEN NOW.
Company finds toxin that causes botulism in unopened cans of infant formula; recalled products remain on store shelves
ByHeart Inc. has found Clostridium botulinum — which causes botulism poisoning — in unopened containers of its powdered infant formula. And, the FDA has
elink5d0.foodsafetynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"ByHeart Inc. has found Clostridium botulinum — which causes botulism poisoning — in unopened containers of its powdered infant formula. And, the FDA has found that several major retailers are continuing to sell the recalled formula while an outbreak is ongoing." STILL SELLING IT EVEN NOW.
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New HHS guidance
if a man made up his mind to live, mere sickness could not kill him
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New HHS guidance
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they should invent a day that doesn't feel like four days
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
they should invent a day that doesn't feel like four days
I know Mamdani isn’t in charge yet, but I am simply going to lie to myself about who is reasonably for this, as a little treat.
Self-induced disinformation.
Self-induced disinformation.
Excellent public health messaging from New York City!!
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I know Mamdani isn’t in charge yet, but I am simply going to lie to myself about who is reasonably for this, as a little treat.
Self-induced disinformation.
Self-induced disinformation.
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The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
DAILY MEMO: Over 50 Arrested in Record Raids: Baby, Pregnant Mom, Gardeners, Sons, Elderly, Vendors, Unhoused In Last Two Days
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-o...
Full report: lataco.com/daily-memo-o...
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
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ICE abducted two day laborers as they were walking into a local Ralph's today. I was interviewing staff and they were shook up; one seemed like he might even have been in shock. One said they had no idea this was happening here at all, but there have been dozens in the last week or two.
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
ICE abducted two day laborers as they were walking into a local Ralph's today. I was interviewing staff and they were shook up; one seemed like he might even have been in shock. One said they had no idea this was happening here at all, but there have been dozens in the last week or two.
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ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
Engagement on our updates re: ICE kidnappings/fed siege of Los Angeles is significantly lower on Bluesky compared to Twitter. Do ppl on here not care about LA anymore? Are feeds being taken over by liberal commentators? What's going on?
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
Community members on the ground can't do it all. We need help.
The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
I needed this today.
Was genuinely tempted for the first time today to break the boycott for “just one little thing.” But that one thing is very much not worth my integrity.
Sharing in case you needed this today, too.
Was genuinely tempted for the first time today to break the boycott for “just one little thing.” But that one thing is very much not worth my integrity.
Sharing in case you needed this today, too.
We can break them.
Target investors brace for market share drop, weak sales due to US shutdown reut.rs/44hsnk2
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I needed this today.
Was genuinely tempted for the first time today to break the boycott for “just one little thing.” But that one thing is very much not worth my integrity.
Sharing in case you needed this today, too.
Was genuinely tempted for the first time today to break the boycott for “just one little thing.” But that one thing is very much not worth my integrity.
Sharing in case you needed this today, too.
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Imagine its AI chatbot regurgitates that you owe $23 million dollars in taxes, and then that you can pay them by brewing a jimsonweed tea.
You try to call their customer support but connect to another chatbot that tells you that it is mistaken, the federal government owes you a tortoise.
You try to call their customer support but connect to another chatbot that tells you that it is mistaken, the federal government owes you a tortoise.
Tax preparation company Intuit to lay off 1,800 as part of an AI-focused reorganization plan
Tax preparation company Intuit to lay off 1,800 as part of an AI-focused reorganization plan
Tax preparation and financial software company Intuit announced an AI-focused reorganization plan Wednesday that includes laying off about 10% of its workforce.
apnews.com
July 11, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Imagine its AI chatbot regurgitates that you owe $23 million dollars in taxes, and then that you can pay them by brewing a jimsonweed tea.
You try to call their customer support but connect to another chatbot that tells you that it is mistaken, the federal government owes you a tortoise.
You try to call their customer support but connect to another chatbot that tells you that it is mistaken, the federal government owes you a tortoise.
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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Alice was a friend, a mentor, and a guide to so many in the disability community, and especially in the realms of disability and technology and disabled-led design.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Alice was a friend, a mentor, and a guide to so many in the disability community, and especially in the realms of disability and technology and disabled-led design.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
This one hurts bad, but some of her last words were "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Gonna try to hold that.
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ALSO.
If you're just coming across this news now, and thinking about what you can do to support disabled people like Alice in your community.
WEAR A MASK.
If you're just coming across this news now, and thinking about what you can do to support disabled people like Alice in your community.
WEAR A MASK.
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
ALSO.
If you're just coming across this news now, and thinking about what you can do to support disabled people like Alice in your community.
WEAR A MASK.
If you're just coming across this news now, and thinking about what you can do to support disabled people like Alice in your community.
WEAR A MASK.
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The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
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There are people you never have the honor of knowing but you feel the ripple effects of their person and their work from the folks who have met them.
Alice Wong made waves that went far. A tremendous loss. Memory eternal.
Alice Wong made waves that went far. A tremendous loss. Memory eternal.
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
There are people you never have the honor of knowing but you feel the ripple effects of their person and their work from the folks who have met them.
Alice Wong made waves that went far. A tremendous loss. Memory eternal.
Alice Wong made waves that went far. A tremendous loss. Memory eternal.
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She was extraordinary, and extraordinarily generous. Alice Wong: I am so grateful to have been alive in her lifetime. She was one of our species' best. She deserved better. My her legacy be for a blessing.
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
She was extraordinary, and extraordinarily generous. Alice Wong: I am so grateful to have been alive in her lifetime. She was one of our species' best. She deserved better. My her legacy be for a blessing.
NO.
My god, what a tremendous loss for not only the disability community specifically, but also society at large.
My god, what a tremendous loss for not only the disability community specifically, but also society at large.
She was extraordinary, and extraordinarily generous. Alice Wong: I am so grateful to have been alive in her lifetime. She was one of our species' best. She deserved better. My her legacy be for a blessing.
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NO.
My god, what a tremendous loss for not only the disability community specifically, but also society at large.
My god, what a tremendous loss for not only the disability community specifically, but also society at large.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
I knew that the police valued property over people, but I didn’t realize that it was enshrined in law by the Supreme Court.
My God.
My God.
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I knew that the police valued property over people, but I didn’t realize that it was enshrined in law by the Supreme Court.
My God.
My God.
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In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.