Who was in charge of ruling & layout for this manuscript?! (Koblenz, Landeshauptarchiv, Bestland 701 Nr. 138; early 15th century) #MedievalSky

The world’s ten richest people — all Americans — saw their collective net worth increase by $260 billion in April. These ten people are now worth a combined $2.7 trillion. The bottom 50% of U.S. households, 66 million in total, is worth $4.3 trillion. Wondering if inequality is out of control?

This is a ruling purporting to halt telehealth prescriptions of mifepristone NATIONWIDE. Louisiana asked the Fifth Circuit for a decision by Monday, May 11. That they dropped it on a Friday afternoon feels intentional to keep it in effect for longer. Expect emergency appeal to SCOTUS shadow docket

Conservatives are gonna deauthorize mife soon. This country is fucked

Only people who have never faced hate would think that marginalized people are safe to just go around trying to confront bigots. Especially a former Blackwater thug!!!! Also, you don’t know what was said in private. You don’t know what was whispered. You don’t know what looks were exchanged.

Gonna need a federal court to stop mail deliveries of Viagra.

Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can

Was there even a moment of hesitation in Jeanne Manford’s mind as she wrote her now-famous letter to the NY Post? “No, I didn’t even think about it.” Why? “I was furious.” #MakingGayHistory 🔊 bit.ly/mgh-manford

Officially on vacation for a week!! Woo!! Trying to be excited even though I feel like roadkill today due to bullshit yesterday. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Some further reading, while you're here: endings.uvic.ca/index.html The Endings Project is IMNHO a really important resource on best practices for the afterlife of digital projects. kdl.kcl.ac.uk/about/archivin… Kings DIgital Lab's approach to the problem of maintaining unfunded sites.

What happened at the Supreme Court is about anti-Blackness and curtailing Black political power. Trump as a corrective to Obama. Anti CRT/ DEI as a corrective to Black Lives Matter and Black progress in education and the workforce. Anti-Blackness is America’s favorite manner of self-harm.

I think the tonal thing I miss in Star Trek is the arrogance of its optimism. It wasn’t ostensively trying to convince you of its progressive values, it was flat out telling you that one day you and your petty bigotries would be dead and gone and laughed at. I’d like some of that energy in the 2030s

Don’t mind me I’m just gonna be muttering “shit’s bad” in the cadence of “moon’s haunted” all day

So many people urge us to vote if we are dissatisfied with our democracy. And yes voting matters. But as today’s Supreme Court ruling tells us, it’s not that simple. Not everyone who should have the right to vote can exercise that right.

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

Actually a lot of people did. A lot of people did to the point they were being mocked on open mikes and pushed out of conversations . If the “they” we talk must include the constant contempt and then erasure of WHY THE PEOPLE WHO DID TALK ABOUT IT ARE ERASED

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

Ok, some timeline positivity then I’m going back to reading cause the news sucks: this weekend my girlfriend got to start HRT for the first time and I got to help her through it, and I am so exceedingly happy and proud of her for finally getting to start this journey. 🩷🤍🩵 #trans

Fuck this man and everything he stands for. He helped start the destruction of my Alma mater and former workplace, and he did it in the most cowardly way possible. Absolute toe fungus of a human being.

A good example of why I push back on most edtech tools. No, I don't need a program that can fact check for students. I want students to learn to think and critically analyze what they read online, not to learn to rely on whatever the computer tells them.

If you have learned from my work here, please send a few dollars. Trans people are not okay. I'm not okay. I'm past the point where I can afford not to beg. I will send 50% to others in crisis, tracked in replies to this post. Thank you from @idpemery.bsky.social and me 🫂💜🏳️‍⚧️ gofund.me/6a8b4b76a

Curing time! 👩🏻‍🎨 I especially like the uneven horizon in this one. 🖼️ When you do things freehand... 🤷🏻‍♀️ This is "real" grout - the kind you'd use in your shower - premixed and the consistency of buttercream frosting. 24 hours to set. 🕰️ #mosaics #repurposed #thriftshopfind #diy #reframingdisability

They said the quiet part out loud. Holding Trump accountable is up to us — and that's why we're fighting in court every day.

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…huh. I go offline for a weekend and shit goes down. This always seems to happen when I’m distracted by IRL stuff. Anyway. Is this president gonna be the one with the most assignation attempts while in office? What’s this like the 3rd?

Speaking of AI, I asked in a Slack about an issue a client is having with a json file & got DM’ed by an acquaintance suggesting I ask chatgpt. I did not tell him I would sooner sandblast my nipples than do that, but. Uh. No. I will not be doing that. I’m asking for real human expertise thanks.

If AI is so great, remove it from everything where it's been implemented without user consent and make it a user pays subscription service and see how many people REALLY want it

“Defectors must have a place in the progressive movement” my brother in Christ you have a place and it’s way at the back of the line. If you have truly changed you will not come around here giving advice to everybody who has been fighting *you* for the rights of women and minorities until yesterday.

this is how Utah's Congressional map deals with Utah's largest city, cracking it through to the middle into 4 different districts in order to deny it Congressional representation to make sure Dems get 0 seats

The artificial intelligence industry’s data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal Two Bulls, the executive director of Honor the Earth.

Latest insane Islamophobic legislation comes from Geneva, Switzerland, where new rules dictate that women at public pools must wear, "one-piece or two-piece swimming costumes whose maximum length is above the knees and which leave the arms bare”. So, women MUST show arms and legs. That's freedom!

Apparently today is Earth Day? I almost never remember to track these things. Anyway, Happy Earth Day. Try to remember to do a little for the earth every day of the year though. And remember, things are improving. We brought back the whales. What else can we save together?

People of Bluesky, I come to seeking help with research once more. If you were between the ages of 12 and 15 in 2005: - did you have your own mobile phone? - what access did you have to the internet/what websites/messaging services etc were you using? - was your family poor/middling/well off?

A very special Happy Earth Day to everyone posting AI generated "happy earth day" graphics. Amazing job. You definitely get it.

Unpopular opinion: we on the left need to stop responding to criticisms with "No True Scotsman" fallacies. "Only liberals are racist/transphobic/ableist/welcoming Tucker Carlson/etc" is problematic because anticapitalist politics aren't actually a panacea. They're just a tool.

Cannot underscore enough that this was done to trans people first, which set the precedent that politicians can destroy medical care that both doctors and patients deem necessary for survival.

"Whaaaaaa whaaaaaa whaaaaa! They did what *we* did. Only better. NOT FAIR!!!"

This is “Mittens” in 1955. 🥹 Photo from my collection.

Got a notice Netflix was raising their fees AGAIN, and finally got mad enough to actually cancel my membership like I’ve been saying I was going to for at least 6 months. 14 years of nonstop subscription & im done w their nonsense. I don’t even use it myself, I only kept it for my son.

Might start working on yet another archives project in my so-copious free time lol. I have a PROBLEM, I want to be involved in ALL THE ARCHIVES MUWAHAHAHA! All your archives are belong to me!!

I love this idea for a zine: "All the lovely messages and comments I’ve saved over the years—small acts from others that probably took seconds to write—have buoyed me during times of doubt." open.substack.com/pub/cyoo/p/m...

My azalea, she gorgeous. 😍 #bloomscrolling #photography #phonepic

Usually. I feel it is a personal affront to be forced to work on my own birthday. Even if I’m not doing anything special, birthday days are for splurging on a cake & resting & maybe going out to dinner with my family.

Girl, the solution to "the system is exploiting and replacing us" isn't "get a new system that can exploit and replace us". What are we even doing here? You can't fight for women if you're fighting for the technology that will run them out of the workplace.

I’m old enough to remember when NPR did their annual recitation of the Declaration of Independence in 2017 and a bunch of Trump voters called it anti-Trump propaganda because we live in hell

We really have to talk about how AI and EdTech are being foisted off as "solutions" or "accommodations" for students with disabilities as a first-line remediation of disability services offices at unis. Does the student with the disability really come out ahead here? Do other students? The prof?

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

Pomegranate bloom with fruit beginning to form. I did not plant this. It just started growing in the back yard so I watered it.

I love this dark purple tulip, name escapes me for now 🌱