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Me, during committee meetings

I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever

All substances should be fully legalized for recreational use. They should be regulated and taxed, and the income from these taxes should be used to create a low-barrier continuum of care from harm reduction (needle exchange, supervised injection, etc.) to ongoing treatment and recovery support.

With the aurora popping up again last night, I thought I'd repost this adventure from last year. I drew this when the great @nepeteaa.bsky.social wondered what night-migrating songbirds might make of it all. Part 1/2

Our latest mandatory Windows update included the AI component. We aren't able to uninstall it, so it just sits there making annoying suggestions like an even more demonic Clippy I *think* I've set it so it can't actually do anything or scrape my work, but I have no way to know if I was successful 🤬

This is the thread we need in these troubled times 😂 (gonna be cackling randomly all today at "Shetland Tony")

“What I mean is, a democratic socialist can run in Iowa and win … Despite the reputation of red states as deeply regressive places of Busch Light, angry farmers in diners, and Ford F-150 ego haulers, the Midwest has a radical history of socialist movements.” always-welcome historical perspective.

This is terrifying, not just for vaccine safety and public health, but also for the ability to do unbiased science. Government officials being able to force methods changes and withdrawal of articles submitted to journals essentially means the end of good science in these areas.

This is not my favorite style of music, but it is my new favorite earworm for thinking about people I don't like "To put it plain, I just don't like you Not a thing about the way you is And if there ever come a time I got rabies You're high on my bitin' list" www.youtube.com/watch?v=78iG...

Callisto is a bit baffled by Tuck Em In Tuesday, but her butt is warm so she’s not complaining too much

#tdih Veterans Day Read about African American veterans who fought overseas and, on return to U.S., were murdered in fight for democracy and human rights. Also, resources about vets organizing against war and Lincoln Brigades. ⬇️ 🧵#TeachOutsideTextbook www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ve...

Ear worm of the day: Skeet Surfin' from Top Secret! It's a real shame that we never got to hear "Your Skeetin' Heart" with Tammy Wynette 💔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WFH...

I'm exactly the same here, with a splash of arrogance (I obviously could do it better while spending 6x as much time and energy on it) Also, I'm damned if I'll let some techbro think for me, thankyoverymuch!

I’m not proud of not having used ChatGPT or whatever bc it’s … easy not to use it. Choosing not to use it has no impact on my day. Bc it’s not even good at the thing it’s supposed to be doing. It’d be like being proud of myself for not using a broken calculator to do math.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

Update: The grocery store reduced their luxury pumpkins to $1 each and I bought them and am now that person from your math problems! The good thing about pumpkins is that they keep really well, so I don't have to deal with 40+ pounds of pumpkin all at once?

I can’t believe Zohran is transing the trains already www.mta.info/article/f-m-...

The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book

Cleveland gets a bad rap--and believe me, there are some not-great things we can focus on--but it's actually a city with lots of grassroots activism that has pushed its leaders to enact policies that make life better for everyone.

I'm feeling awfully glad I got my updated passport just under the wire before all of this bullshirt, but this is horrendous news for all my trans siblings who weren't able to 💔

and story by me!

We have at least TWO postdoctoral fellowship openings on our @unm.edu @casaa.bsky.social T32 NIAAA Training Grant, best consideration date for applications is Nov 15 2025. Join our phenomenal community and enjoy incredible quality of life in beautiful New Mexico. casaa.unm.edu/training/ins...

"Don't get too excited, because-" Nah, how about you shut the fuck up. All the way up. Let people have a crumb of joy, you miserable fucks, my GOD. I promise, you can go back to posting "We're so fucked" and then not doing anything to stop it thrice daily tomorrow.

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

Gonna go vote in the hopes that we will stop getting threatening messages from the office of the governor telling us not to post on social media about how happy we are when atrocious people die. This is completely unrelated to current events, of course.

This is beautiful, from both the message and the art history aspects!

Can I add this to my tenure packet? "Administrative obligations have long* made it difficult for pre-tenure academics to meet expected productivity metrics. * Since at least 7th c BCE"

America is so racist that some Americans believed SNAP benefits were for white people and food stamps were for black people and they did not know they were the same thing and are now horrified to learn they are losing their food subsidies.

Oh gods, I adore "Mundane Halloween"!

"all lectures, assignments, feedback, and grades will be made by me without AI, nor will any of your intellectual property be fed to tools that train AI. Ideas are social, so let’s make them together. " against-a-i.com/syllabus-lan...

Don't care what people use SNAP on and never will, fuck you if you care

If anyone would like to watch the Social Work Disability Justice League's opening plenary at the Council on Social Work Education's Annual Conference with me, Laura Wernick, and Vandana Chaudry on Disability Justice & Disability Joy, we start at about 20:00 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vxt...

Hon hon hon joyeaux ween de hallo

Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...

I am once again pissed beyond belief at some people's absolute delight at the loss of SNAP benefits, which will affect millions of people. They claim that they're so happy because they're upset that people on benefits buy snacks and unhealthy foods. Come on. We know the real reason.

Here's a way to search all food banks: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo... After you put in your zip code, if there aren't many results then click on "see nearby pantries" and it'll give you a map with everything on it.

My favourite of the Cow Tools edits

I'm currently reframing significant portions of my life as "experimenting with frugality"

What it feels like to be a doctoral student

The VCU School of Social Work is HIRING! I'm happy to chat with anyone who is interested in the position. vcujobs.com/jobs/open-ra...

During Melissa’s rapid intensification the storm drifted slowly over exceptionally warm ocean waters that were 1.4°C (2.5°F) warmer than average — these conditions were made up to 700 times more likely because of human-caused climate change. (via @climatecentral.org) 1/2

@uh.edu Cancels ‘Confronting Oppression & Injustice’ Course The course’s axing is yet another example of curricular censorship at Texas public universities. https://bit.ly/4748W06 #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

This is seriously the best hotel shower I have ever experienced Pressure 12/10 Temp range 10/10 Places to store stuff 8/10 Room to not bonk my elbows 10/10 Nozzle adjustable between "delightful mist" and "skin flayer" setting 1000/10 (I chose "skin flayer" after dealing with airports and travel 🫠)

I'm at #CSWE_2025 so please reach out to me if you want to meet up!

my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract

Study after study shows that it's remarkably cheap and easy to solve the problems of homelessness and poverty with low-barrier supportive housing and universal basic income, but our own fear that someone, somewhere will get something they didn't "earn" keeps us looking for other (punitive) options.

Extremely thankful for the people in my life who believe me when I say I need support and/or rest and then MAKE THAT HAPPEN

Academic articles can be written in a popular science writing style

It's a "Supporting Trans Authors" kinda day (Every day is a "Supporting Trans Authors" kinda day)