Stephanie Weaver
@weaverbosity.bsky.social
Grant writer. Geek girl. Knitting rhetorician. Based in MQT, MI.
The world is not great, but @darrenkorb.bsky.social 's Hades II soundtrack is absolute fire.
October 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The world is not great, but @darrenkorb.bsky.social 's Hades II soundtrack is absolute fire.
This. Kirk wasn't interested in debate. He was interested in being right any way possible. Even in his final moments he was giving glib answers that he couldn't be held accountable for with his critic turning into the bad guy.
September 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This. Kirk wasn't interested in debate. He was interested in being right any way possible. Even in his final moments he was giving glib answers that he couldn't be held accountable for with his critic turning into the bad guy.
Need a little joy in your day? Turn on a video of a DJ. Listen to music from another time and place. Watch that person dance as they share what they love. youtu.be/h8htSF9X5sE?...
Soviet & Socialistic Grooves from 60s-70s / New Year Special by BASIC – L’atelier de Musique Ep006
YouTube video by L'atelier de Musique
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April 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Need a little joy in your day? Turn on a video of a DJ. Listen to music from another time and place. Watch that person dance as they share what they love. youtu.be/h8htSF9X5sE?...
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RFK Jr. is speaking to a specific slice of parents (mostly) who believe their autistic child is not like the autistic people who, for example, post on this app. Those parents are committed to a diagnosis of "profound" autism. They are wrong. Please read this from me and @juststimming.bsky.social
Dividing Up the Autism Spectrum Will Not End the Way You Think
The Lancet’s proposal to create a new label of “profound autism” serves only to distract us from the work of ensuring that all autistic people have everything they need to thrive.
www.thenation.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
RFK Jr. is speaking to a specific slice of parents (mostly) who believe their autistic child is not like the autistic people who, for example, post on this app. Those parents are committed to a diagnosis of "profound" autism. They are wrong. Please read this from me and @juststimming.bsky.social
Book 6/50 of Weaver's 2025 Reading Challenge was Benjamin Labatut's "When We Cease to Understand the World." Thanks, @jlavsm.bsky.social; it took me a while to get around to reading it, but it will stay with me a long time.
February 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Book 6/50 of Weaver's 2025 Reading Challenge was Benjamin Labatut's "When We Cease to Understand the World." Thanks, @jlavsm.bsky.social; it took me a while to get around to reading it, but it will stay with me a long time.
Just a little note from the grants world: Even though federal grants are "unfrozen," orgs who have received federal grants can't get anything done because their federal points of contact aren't answering their emails and probably have been fired.
February 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Just a little note from the grants world: Even though federal grants are "unfrozen," orgs who have received federal grants can't get anything done because their federal points of contact aren't answering their emails and probably have been fired.
Sometimes I wonder part of the "harm" drag performers supposedly do to minors to show them that even as grown ups they can dress up extravagantly and adopt larger-than-life personas and put on performances that bring joy and not always be the caricatures of adulthood we learned from The Office.
February 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder part of the "harm" drag performers supposedly do to minors to show them that even as grown ups they can dress up extravagantly and adopt larger-than-life personas and put on performances that bring joy and not always be the caricatures of adulthood we learned from The Office.
Book 5/50 of Weaver's 2025 Reading Challenge was Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi. I picked this one up from a professor's free book pile in grad school and hauled it through 2 states just because the cover was interesting. This book inspired this whole challenge, and now I can let it go to a new home.
February 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Book 5/50 of Weaver's 2025 Reading Challenge was Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi. I picked this one up from a professor's free book pile in grad school and hauled it through 2 states just because the cover was interesting. This book inspired this whole challenge, and now I can let it go to a new home.
Book 4/50 of Weaver's 2025 Reading Challenge was Gail Carriger's Soulless. It promised vampires, werewolves, and parasols, and it certainly delivered. (Also, if you're wondering why I'm posting these updates while the whole US government is falling apart, the answer is Spiteful Joy.)
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Book 4/50 of Weaver's 2025 Reading Challenge was Gail Carriger's Soulless. It promised vampires, werewolves, and parasols, and it certainly delivered. (Also, if you're wondering why I'm posting these updates while the whole US government is falling apart, the answer is Spiteful Joy.)
For people who really love that wet wool smell?
February 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
For people who really love that wet wool smell?
I'm glad we're talking about all the great stuff USAID does/did, like malaria research, but Trumpists never claimed to care about malaria. They do, however, talk a lot about Hamas, and you know who did a lot to counter the spread of violent extremism? USAID. So maybe that should be the story...
February 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'm glad we're talking about all the great stuff USAID does/did, like malaria research, but Trumpists never claimed to care about malaria. They do, however, talk a lot about Hamas, and you know who did a lot to counter the spread of violent extremism? USAID. So maybe that should be the story...
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My university library is assembling a list of resources for disappeared US government #data. Check it out: subjectguides.library.american.edu/data_rescue
Subject Guides: Government Information Data Rescue: Home
Links to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
subjectguides.library.american.edu
February 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My university library is assembling a list of resources for disappeared US government #data. Check it out: subjectguides.library.american.edu/data_rescue
Book 3/50 of the 2025 Weaver Reading Challenge was The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart. Somehow I didn't realize this was an academic book until the author started getting snarky about Carl Jung in a way only academics can.
February 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Book 3/50 of the 2025 Weaver Reading Challenge was The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart. Somehow I didn't realize this was an academic book until the author started getting snarky about Carl Jung in a way only academics can.
If you're wondering how the freeze on federal grants will affect your community, you can do an advanced search on www.usaspending.gov to see what services in your county/city receive federal funds. Spoiler alert: you'll probably see a lot of health care, housing, and transportation services.
USAspending.gov
www.usaspending.gov
January 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you're wondering how the freeze on federal grants will affect your community, you can do an advanced search on www.usaspending.gov to see what services in your county/city receive federal funds. Spoiler alert: you'll probably see a lot of health care, housing, and transportation services.
It is -11 degrees F outside and I have parked my floor desk next to my space heater.
January 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It is -11 degrees F outside and I have parked my floor desk next to my space heater.
I know it's irrational and unfair, but I totally judge people based on whether or not they use Oxford commas.
January 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I know it's irrational and unfair, but I totally judge people based on whether or not they use Oxford commas.
I love working from home -- having so much control over my environment is ideal for my neurodiv brain -- but it can make the line between work and home weird. Like, taking time to tidy your office at work is clearly fair game for on-the-clock time, but I always feel a little guilty for it at home.
January 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I love working from home -- having so much control over my environment is ideal for my neurodiv brain -- but it can make the line between work and home weird. Like, taking time to tidy your office at work is clearly fair game for on-the-clock time, but I always feel a little guilty for it at home.
Book 2/50 for the 2025 Weaver Reading Challenge is Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron, which I found when I was looking for urban fantasy novels set in Detroit. I especially liked the historical context that allows mages and computer-controlled cars to exist in the same world.
January 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Book 2/50 for the 2025 Weaver Reading Challenge is Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron, which I found when I was looking for urban fantasy novels set in Detroit. I especially liked the historical context that allows mages and computer-controlled cars to exist in the same world.
Finished Book 1/50 for The 2025 Weaver Reading Challenge: Per Wahlöö's The Assignment. It was a reminder that moderation in the face of fascism can far too easily become complicity in fascism. Here was my favorite passage.
January 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Finished Book 1/50 for The 2025 Weaver Reading Challenge: Per Wahlöö's The Assignment. It was a reminder that moderation in the face of fascism can far too easily become complicity in fascism. Here was my favorite passage.
Using "Freebird" as the goal song at a hockey game doesn't make any sense because you are literally trying to trap a thing in a net.
January 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Using "Freebird" as the goal song at a hockey game doesn't make any sense because you are literally trying to trap a thing in a net.
My goal for 2025 is to read 50 books I already have in my home. Maybe I can clean out some that I've been hauling around just because I haven't read them yet.
January 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My goal for 2025 is to read 50 books I already have in my home. Maybe I can clean out some that I've been hauling around just because I haven't read them yet.
Watching Lions v Vikings. Darnold reminds me of evil Cary Elwes in the live action Jungle Book movie.
January 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Watching Lions v Vikings. Darnold reminds me of evil Cary Elwes in the live action Jungle Book movie.