For you, my beloved Bsky

A message from Assata Shakur's daughter, Kakuya Shakur:

I would like to be gently scrubbed by machines while I leak in peace in my repair cubicle

I feel this deep in my soul. I must either decide to give my bodymind the care it deserves or to meet the (frankly unreasonable and constantly escalating) performance metrics in academia. I can't do both well. I seesaw between the two because I need to pay the bills but I also need to rest & heal. 🫂

They pepper sprayed us after this. We washed our faces and are back to singing we shall overcome. They’ll never win.

Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah

"Much more likely to be caused by the fairies than [Tylenol]"

Excellent. Well done, no notes 👏

dudes rock

this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

IT IS TIME.

Happy #Bisibility Day to those who celebrate. 💙💜❤️

Part of my research proposal involves recruiting 30-50 experts for a Delphi panel, and all I can think about at this time is recruiting 30-50 expert feral hogs. Pls help, the internet has eaten my brain!

GUESS WHAT WEEK IT IS

Be gay, do crimes isn’t just a funny saying. People want to incriminate your existence. If you existing is a crime, then be gay and do crimes.

Don't forget your mandatory Coltrane on the equinox! John Coltrane - Equinox

Every time I see this, I snort-giggle, then feel bad because someone painted this, but then I snort-giggle again because the facial expression is so perfectly hilarious

I'm about to start the final push on the LOI for a ridiculously large grant, so if I'm not back again this time tomorrow, please carry on, carry on, because nothing (else) really matters to meeeeeeeee 🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9r...

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Oh at this point I think most trans folx would fucking go with the deer

If I have caffeine, I will be able to get a bunch of work done today but I will have a racing heart and probably have trouble sleeping. If I don't have caffeine, I won't get work done today and will have a racing heart and trouble sleeping due to anxiety over not getting stuff done. Yay, caffeine?

Saw this sphinx moth yesterday at dusk. I loooove them. 😍 Fun Fact: They’ve been on the planet longer than hummingbirds. They are the hovering O.G.s

There is not a shred of evidence that vaccines are harmful for children, but I’m relatively sure the science is settled about measles.

Unmute this immediately, trust me

Get your vaccines, y'all! I ran the numbers - and I cannot BELIEVE I'm saying this - I agree with the insurance companies on this, even though it's tempting to stick it to them by going to the ER and running up their overhead costs

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

My white board with the *very appropriate* start of my grocery list was right next to me, so

I'd like to share what was sent to all Virginia state employees last Friday. It's...something. Please feel free to imagine patriotic music as you like. I'll add the text in a thread with no commentary, per the last paragraph. This email communication is public record.

"I don't care that he's dead." "He's not a hero." "He's a scumbag." "He shouldn't be celebrated." No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd. Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.

VCU folks: Get free food at the Little Ram Pantries all over campus. No shame, no judgement. Take what you need (and if you have extra, drop some off) littlerampantries.com

I would like to remind everyone that the #Nazi order to euthanize those with mental health issues (and other #disabilities ♿️) was called Aktion T4. This involuntary euthanasia killed 300K people by conservative estimate. Kilmeade is promoting Nazi killing protocol. Literally, he is saying we should.

Though it’s traumatic for me to bring this up, I was targeted by a group allied with Turning Point USA in 2018, with the help of Tucker Carlson on Fox. My home address circulated online and I got death threats. 1/

When will the media address the rampant racist-on-racist violence in this country

Our governor has called for a "moment of prayer and reflection" today, and I will take that moment to reflect on how incredibly thankful I am that Virginia governors are limited to one consecutive term in office www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/new...

I got my COVID booster on Tuesday (YAYYYY!) and my body has decided that this year's fun new symptom is neck spasms to go with my usual swollen lymph nodes, headache, and muscle aches. BECAUSE WHY THE FUCK NOT?!?! I still haven't grown a tentacle despite my lymph nodes' annual attempts at budding 🦑

Callisto-cat has separation anxiety, so whenever @bowlerhatscience.org takes a shower, gets the mail, takes out the trash, etc., she dramatically sings the songs of her people with a toy in her mouth. Yelling "HE'S IN THE BATHROOM YOU DORK!" doesn't help. Tragedy prevails. Alas!

Holy SHIT this is good!

“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said Adio Dinika, a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute…These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.”

My version of this is "so when I completely drop off the face of the earth for a week" Sorry, y'all. I'm not ignoring you, I just can't deal with my body/mind AND other people at the same time

I'm learning how to make tortillas from scratch! So far, they've been kind of crap, but I'm getting better at it. I'm planning to make some 50-50 tortillas (half corn, half wheat) this weekend to use with fajitas. Hopefully they will hold together better for fajitas than just plain corn tortillas!

Oh shit, the deadline's right behind me, isn't it?!

age verification i remember using 5 1/4" boot disks i think we still have one somewhere at my parents' house

I aspire to be Linda when I grow up and also this thread has some useful notes and practical advice for these situations. listen and learn

Office kitty playtime, the best part of my day!

Updated COVID vaccine availability map 9/9 It's most difficult to get a shot in these states, which require prescriptions and have no MinuteClinics: ME, OR, UT, WV These states require prescriptions but do have MinuteClinics: AZ, DC, FL, GA, LA, NC, VA In all other states, no prescription needed

Okay, I did A Task today. That means I get to go home now, right? Right? Oh. Oh damn.

This one feels a bit familiar, hmm @revrichard73.bsky.social ? comicskingdom.com/mark-trail/2...