Zara
@zarap.bsky.social
Mostly I talk about myself, climate change, environment, probably some tech and governance stuff and Malaysia and UK stuff. And myself (must emphasise!). The little meowster in my avatar is Kavi.
HI I'M OVERWHELMED. okthxbai
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
HI I'M OVERWHELMED. okthxbai
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There is nothing you can do about Trump calling that reporter Piggy, and that is frustrating, but what you CAN do is if you're ever around a man who talks about someone like that, shut him down. Tell him right then it's vile and wrong. Call that shit out.
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There is nothing you can do about Trump calling that reporter Piggy, and that is frustrating, but what you CAN do is if you're ever around a man who talks about someone like that, shut him down. Tell him right then it's vile and wrong. Call that shit out.
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He’s held to zero standards, and yet he’s the highest officeholder in the land.
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
He’s held to zero standards, and yet he’s the highest officeholder in the land.
Adventures with a flat, part 1. Cleared my boot. Located my spare. Unscrewed the cute pink thing that keeps the spare in place. But... Where are my tools and jack???
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Adventures with a flat, part 1. Cleared my boot. Located my spare. Unscrewed the cute pink thing that keeps the spare in place. But... Where are my tools and jack???
I got hearing aids a few weeks ago to address my genetically caused "hear-like-a-grandma" issues. I've been super lazy to wear them while I'm just in the house by myself but I've just put them on to hear the rain.
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I got hearing aids a few weeks ago to address my genetically caused "hear-like-a-grandma" issues. I've been super lazy to wear them while I'm just in the house by myself but I've just put them on to hear the rain.
Was dress shopping yesterday - not a "yay! Dress shopping!" but "omg I need to find a dress, this is such a chore". At one point this little kid decided to yell "ta dah!" every time I came out of the dressing room though - that was pretty cool. Kinda needed that!!
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Was dress shopping yesterday - not a "yay! Dress shopping!" but "omg I need to find a dress, this is such a chore". At one point this little kid decided to yell "ta dah!" every time I came out of the dressing room though - that was pretty cool. Kinda needed that!!
TwoXChromosomes is a women's subreddit and it covers everything from "partner doesn't wash up" to domestic violence to when to leave a country whose politics are heading towards fascism.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
TwoXChromosomes is a women's subreddit and it covers everything from "partner doesn't wash up" to domestic violence to when to leave a country whose politics are heading towards fascism.
www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromo...
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NGL, kinda enjoying volunteering as a PA for someone who is spearheading a local action on environmental stuff on the ground.
September 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
NGL, kinda enjoying volunteering as a PA for someone who is spearheading a local action on environmental stuff on the ground.
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"You can't strike, you're too important" from a judge or government should instantly make you side with the people striking. They're *that* important but they get treated like shit? Nah. Naaaah. Let the government force better conditions.
August 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"You can't strike, you're too important" from a judge or government should instantly make you side with the people striking. They're *that* important but they get treated like shit? Nah. Naaaah. Let the government force better conditions.
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Finally, note: DOGE and the Trump administration are so opposed to remote work that they rushed CDC employees back to the office without active shooter training.
Other security measures failed because of staffing shortages. The shooter killed himself because no one else managed to.
Other security measures failed because of staffing shortages. The shooter killed himself because no one else managed to.
August 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Finally, note: DOGE and the Trump administration are so opposed to remote work that they rushed CDC employees back to the office without active shooter training.
Other security measures failed because of staffing shortages. The shooter killed himself because no one else managed to.
Other security measures failed because of staffing shortages. The shooter killed himself because no one else managed to.
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CDC leadership also hasn’t been very communicative. To be fair to them, their staff who would would have dealt with this situation were mostly fired by DOGE.
So my fellow civil servants at the CDC feel abandoned. They are hated with a murderous rage and no one cares.
So my fellow civil servants at the CDC feel abandoned. They are hated with a murderous rage and no one cares.
August 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
CDC leadership also hasn’t been very communicative. To be fair to them, their staff who would would have dealt with this situation were mostly fired by DOGE.
So my fellow civil servants at the CDC feel abandoned. They are hated with a murderous rage and no one cares.
So my fellow civil servants at the CDC feel abandoned. They are hated with a murderous rage and no one cares.
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But a white guy with a COVID conspiracy manifesto isn’t news at this point. After all, that’s who runs the government now!
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6
“In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine," write an epidemiologist and a former CDC staffer.
www.statnews.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
But a white guy with a COVID conspiracy manifesto isn’t news at this point. After all, that’s who runs the government now!
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
The CDC is a part of Health & Human Services, headed by RFK Jr., whose conspiracy-addled ideology is indistinguishable from the motivations of this terrorist.
My old school campus has been turned into a mall. It's pretty cool actually, but it's led to meet ups with old classmates being "where's [restaurant]?" "9th grade math class" and "meet outside the canteen?" (Canteen no longer exists as a single room and is now a number of shops)
August 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
My old school campus has been turned into a mall. It's pretty cool actually, but it's led to meet ups with old classmates being "where's [restaurant]?" "9th grade math class" and "meet outside the canteen?" (Canteen no longer exists as a single room and is now a number of shops)
Tried watching A Family Affair and couldn't get through it. They got a firm list of favourite actors/actresses and wrote THAT script??? Plot is a bit meta???
August 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Tried watching A Family Affair and couldn't get through it. They got a firm list of favourite actors/actresses and wrote THAT script??? Plot is a bit meta???
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Alex de Waal has worked on humanitarian causes across the globe for over 40 years.
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
July 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Alex de Waal has worked on humanitarian causes across the globe for over 40 years.
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
“There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”
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A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
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Same, little pepper, same
March 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Same, little pepper, same
Went on a mission the other night to get a friend's google search cleared up and am so happy to see at least one of the forums have responded (I have verified as well).
July 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Went on a mission the other night to get a friend's google search cleared up and am so happy to see at least one of the forums have responded (I have verified as well).
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NEW: In a newly unsealed lawsuit, the former leadership of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds say Krafton sought to sabotage the game after realizing it'd be successful enough to trigger most or all of a $250 million earnout.
A wild story gets even wilder: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A wild story gets even wilder: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Subnautica 2’ Leaders Say Krafton Sabotaged Game Over Payout
In a newly unsealed complaint, the ousted leadership group accused the South Korean video-game publisher of firing them without cause to seize control of the company
www.bloomberg.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NEW: In a newly unsealed lawsuit, the former leadership of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds say Krafton sought to sabotage the game after realizing it'd be successful enough to trigger most or all of a $250 million earnout.
A wild story gets even wilder: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A wild story gets even wilder: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Reddit really just gave me a warning for saying white people colonised south east Asia, stole our resources, ran away when the Japanese came, then got kicked out and are back for sex tourism.
They said I was attacking marginalised or vulnerable groups of people.
They said I was attacking marginalised or vulnerable groups of people.
July 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reddit really just gave me a warning for saying white people colonised south east Asia, stole our resources, ran away when the Japanese came, then got kicked out and are back for sex tourism.
They said I was attacking marginalised or vulnerable groups of people.
They said I was attacking marginalised or vulnerable groups of people.
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Fascinating, informative thread.
One other 7/7 thread today. Because I think how the bus network got running again is a real testament to some serious heroes that day:
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
July 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Fascinating, informative thread.
Considering I'm on sabbatical it shouldn't be THIS hard to give myself permission to spend the evening on the couch.
July 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Considering I'm on sabbatical it shouldn't be THIS hard to give myself permission to spend the evening on the couch.
5 years after having prk surgery on my eyes and I just reached up to adjust my phantom glasses.
July 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
5 years after having prk surgery on my eyes and I just reached up to adjust my phantom glasses.
Random observation - it may just be that I don't have to deal with my ex organisation anymore, but it's been a while since I've had an intense feeling of overwhelm leading to anxiety. Mild overwhelm is still a thing, but also very rare.
#theSabbaticalIsWorking
#theSabbaticalIsWorking
June 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Random observation - it may just be that I don't have to deal with my ex organisation anymore, but it's been a while since I've had an intense feeling of overwhelm leading to anxiety. Mild overwhelm is still a thing, but also very rare.
#theSabbaticalIsWorking
#theSabbaticalIsWorking
If you look at popular GIFs you realise that some of them grew up in Geocities.
have a great start to the new week ! happy monday good day
Alt: Gif which says "have a great start to the new week !" And then on a chalk board "happy monday" then in another font "good day!" The chalkboard is on a backdrop of sunflowers and there are sunflowers in top left and bottom right of the image doing some kind of moving thing. The whole is surrounded by a bright pastel green border.
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June 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If you look at popular GIFs you realise that some of them grew up in Geocities.