Interpret as necessary. Act accordingly.

As of 2026-05-22, there will be 9 people, total, in the Critical Disability Studies minor @ my university. We have a *very* good instructor:student ratio lol

[email protected] spoke at my minor's end-of-year celebration / Alice Wong memorial. I had not known they had changed their name; it was excellent to learn that that was the reason I'dn't seen them online in a while. A grand new act (v. much vs. any of the alternatives)! (I: the wheelchair user)

President James Earl Carter wanted to outlive guinea worm. He did not meet his goal, but he was close. In 1986, when the Carter Foundation took responsibility of the guinea worm program, there were 30,000,000 cases of Dracunculiasis - guinea-worm disease. Last year? 10. On its way to eradication!

Loving things so much you want to gush about them is cool. More people should do that.

look in the same way that living conditions that allow trans people to flourish mean better, safer conditions for all of us posting conditions for porn mean freer speech for all of us also it's so easy to block the porn! you don't have to see it if you don't wanna!

folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI

I recently had the opportunity to recount the history of Ao3 and thereby had to explain livejournal to some classmates. (And to try to explain Snapewives.) Some internet memory lanes; whee! Is this what elderhood feels like?

My pet theory: the internet started going downhill & shittification began upramping as soon as Seymour Cray's (1925-1996) compact with the tunnel elves expired. Computing must stay weird or it doesn't work properly.

Northsky Social exists due to Bluesky Trust & Safety's unequal enforcement of their guidelines and their targeting of the trans community, palestinian community, and more. If you're at risk of having your account banned due to this unequal enforcement, you can apply for immediate migration

I think I have crammed as much as I can into one degree. Presenting, my major: Public Health with sides of (minors in) Critical Disability Studies and Information systems, and a certificate in the Human Context of Science and Technology. Let's get this piece of paper :> See you in ~ 3 years.

Playlist for working on my final project for I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK: Are Friends Electric? - Tubeway Army (Gary Numan) Art-I-Ficial - X-Ray Spex The Robots - Kraftwerk More Human Than Human - White Zombie Human - Killers "What's In A Name?" - Oliver Jack Panday

Do you want a pet adventure chicken / Go Pro Cluck? :>

"You hear theyre using chickens as camera gimbals now?" "What?" "Chickens. Strap a camera onto their head. No shake. Chicken camera gimbals"

Having just worked with this text for a class and having heard Williams speak on it, this is a recc.

Today i learned that there is a song called "Prince Andrew is a Sweaty Nonce" by a band called 'The Kunts'.

Rhetorial question but how is it ice's job to go after agitators

Watching US win a mixed-doubles #curling on the #Olympics while putting in a Dr Bronner's order: Duluth! Duluth! Duluth! OK

The dems have one job and one job alone, and that is to Mitch McConnell the fuck out of government until the pedophile terrorists are gone

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

"Journalism is printing what someone else doesn't want printed -- everything else is public relations." ~ George Orwell

Gudi Rutsch ins Nei Yaahr!

what if one stopped taking the view that there is any single "The Authentic People" in the US, a concept which is in itself rooted in volkishness and fascism. what if instead we took the position that any attempt to determine "authenticity" is some fascist bullshit and everyone deserves care.

It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.

Nature: Winter is a time of slowing down, resting, conserving energy and recovering for the year ahead Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE

A reminder to leave Twitter. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/goodbye-tw...

I just want to say wrt the Twitter location discussion that Bluesky also has an increasing amount of non-US accounts pretending to be Americans in the replies to big political threads. At least I definitely notice the ones with Russian memes in username/pfp/etc and I'm sure there's tons I miss.

Describe a topic, idea, or concept that you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more? "I'm AuDHD. What doesn't? LOL", only make it ~600 words and sound like a coherent grownup wrote it.

I: need to write my college essay I: instead am busily falling down a paludarium rabbithole while also bingewatching fancy baking and cookie decorating

In "things I really liked in fifth grade that turned out to be awful", TIL that Wiggington, the guy behind the Foxfire project, SA'd his students. (The other thing: Laura Ingalls Wilder's libertarian daydream/self-reinvention of rugged individualism, which I wanted to live in that year.)

the last 24 hours on X, summed up:

ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees: Nursing Public health Social work Physician assistant Occupational therapy Physical therapy Audiology Speech-language pathology Social work Counseling & therapy Health Admin A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker

I: need to write my college essay I: instead am busily falling down a paludarium rabbithole while also bingewatching fancy baking and cookie decorating

somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day

I repeat: the CEO of Roblox, a service where a little less than half of the users are under the age of 13, thinks his service would make a great dating site.

roses are red gold is the key

I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.

🧪This needs to happen. The current ACIP panel cannot be trusted & any guidance from them is no longer credible. The American Academy of Pediatrics will still be recommending vaccines as done previously. 🔗 publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

Well executed

Consider me a shocked outsider. That's awful.

Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.

Kiki has been sharing updates of her harrowing experience of her whole cattery being exposed to bird flu, which is deadly to cats. She’s also been kind enough to share what some of the warning signs to look out for are

Today in Every Day a New Horror, the chances of power outages here in the PNW is about to astronomically increase, because DOGE is ripping wires out of the walls of our power grid for no fucking reason, of course. Time to buy a generator. Cool cool. via @thestranger.com

Link to executive order:

Late yesterday, Trump issued an executive order that terminates HHS's Long COVID advisory committee. The committee's focus was bringing perspectives from outside government to inform action of the Executive Branch on Long COVID and other infection-associated chronic conditions.

Turn your tv off and grab one of these books📚 #booksky @skylight.social

God damn the man. And by "the man", I mean the US healthcare system. I first was introduced to him as Buster Poindexter, then was introduced to the New York Dolls. His fundraising page: www.sweetrelief.org/davidjohanse...

How's my day going? On the micro scale, rather good: I am drinking wine and building LEGO to rebuild my willpower. (And from what I see, I should be able to build mini orchids mostly from the pieces I have, including the dahlia in the Pretty Pink Bouquet. (Costco's sold out of the mini orchids.)

Note, this only applies to institutions in AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MA, ME, MD, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, VT, WA, and WI - because the injunction applies only "within Plaintiff States" Institutions in states with red governors/AGs - Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, etc. - remain screwed