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Quietly queer writer on the road to publication & AMMR9 mentee. Actually Autistic. Huge Geek. Marathon runner. PhD doing science policy work. She/they 🏳️‍🌈
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A musician friend asked me to listen to his latest song. I picked up on something not quite right, an instrument sounded flat, and told him...apparently the timing was a few milliseconds off and it was also flat. He was super impressed I picked it out. It feels good to help him out.

Grateful that Brad Lander is using his experience to highlight the biggest outrage; that ICE is re-arresting people who have been 100% compliant with ICE and the courts, with the goal of unlawfully stripping them of a court hearing to juice Stephen Miller's deportation numbers.

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

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Brad was there EVERY FUCKING WEEK as have many members of @jfrejnyc.bsky.social. This wasn't just today.

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

Out today—Biopic: A Podcast Story presents Episode 59: I Shot Andy Warhol, the 3rd movie in our Pride Month 🌈 2025 series! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

I just pulled out my copy of Newton's Principia, a book that was originally written in Latin, and noticed that the translation I am using was completed with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which has basically been destroyed Science depends on the humanities 🧪

So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

One month apart.

Very happy (and proud) to support ProPublica. They do excellent and important work that could (probably would) otherwise easily fall through the cracks.

there is now a gofundme to benefit melissa and mark hortman’s two kids www.gofundme.com/f/support-co...

Never connect anything to the internet that doesn't absolutely HAVE to be connected to the internet. A damn air fryer does NOT have to be connected to the internet. Just don't buy crap like this.

Before you do a damn thing anyone on here is suggesting you do, as someone who teaches an entire class in media disinformation, do one thing: look to see of they are click-grifters, or coming from a place of genuine expertise rooted in years of experience. Ask yourself who benefits: you, or them?

Alright everyone, one last push. If you or anyone you know is: - LGBTQ+ - 13-24 years old - In the US Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health. It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :) trvr.org/survey2025

It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

I've gotten up, grabbed my waterbottle, and left it somewhere else because I got distracted by something else *THREE TIMES* in the last 10 minutes. And each time, as soon as I sat down again, I was wondering where my water was 🤦

Sometimes it's nice to get outside and read a book

Watching Jaws for the first time. 50 years late, long after it's become a cultural staple, and it still holds up. The score is incredible and iconic.

So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco #nokings

A lot of people are cringe and the most "edgy" political thing they've encountered is Hamilton and you're just going to have to live with that and be glad they're not at home OD'ing on white nationalist propaganda. They will be cringe and you can be like, jesus christ that's cringe. It's all fine.

I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

Since people were asking about the words I shared today at the no kings protest, here's the full text. Thanks @indivistwincities.bsky.social and @mn50501.bsky.social. Wrote it last week, but because it ended up being about how we carry grief and what we might do with it, it felt appropriate:

Relevant for today (and stuck in my head) youtube.com/clip/UgkxEhd...

so in the republic that rules the world there are protests against the current elected head of state declaring himself king, a large military force has crossed a river into the capital and a guy from a security force called "praetorian" has done a political assassination what year is it again???

NYC

Los Angeles

Proud of Minnesotans

When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman. -Free school breakfast and lunch -Restoring voting rights for felons -Paid leave Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...

Look at downtown LA right now

Just found out I missed Boston Pride today and now I'm a little bummed...but also I definitely didn't have the capacity to go to anything with that many people. Especially alone. Haven't been to a Pride celebration since...2018?

How has it been 2 (TWO!) YEARS since Barbenheimer?!

This story on the shootings in Brooklyn Park and Champlin is outside the paywall. Our reporters are working to confirm details as quickly as possible. www.startribune.com/brooklyn-par...

Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings

Some nights, like tonight, I wish I had a partner. Not because I'm lonely (though I am) or because I want to feel loved (though I do)...but because I have an intense knot in my back (probably from going to the gym) and could really use someone to work it out.

For my friends who are protesting tomorrow, a quick reminder

living through 2025 and having to wake up, go to work, handle responsibilities etc feels like this

periodic reminder to artists on here that you don't have to censor your posts by saying things like "p-site in bio" "c0mms" etc. bluesky doesn't deprioritize your posts based on keywords like that. just say "patreon." say "commissions." put the link in the post. spread your wings and be free

I had some questions about which symbols are and aren't ok to use in alt text and found this resource that you might also find helpful! www.cambridge.org/core/service...

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her

Cuomo has zero excuse for mispronouncing Mamdani's name. That's a bullshit right wing racist tactic we've seen from the worst Republicans in the country. Don't rank Cuomo. Don't put him ANYWHERE on your ballot.

It’s been a day. So here’s a chance to do a little good. This is Clem. He’s a patient at my old vet in Austin. They think he got hit by a car. My vet spent hours stabilizing him. If you have a few bucks to add to his GFM, that would be amazing. He’s got an amazing vet team on his side

time for my new favorite tumblr post