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unknown.garden
i lurk a lot. 40s. artist in watercolor, digital &etc, linux wrangler & hacker, plant hoarder, crossroads scavenger & sometimes writer. privacy nerd. unsolicited advice gets muted at *best* they/them/oh god what is that
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PSA: if you are using Signal on Windows turn on this feature to block Microsoft from screenshotting your private chats. signal.org/blog/signal-...

The best time to get rid of your doorbell camera was as soon as you bought it, the second best time is right now.

Anthropologists: please support @sapiens.org magazine and staff (who are trying to unionise!) by writing a letter to the Wenner-Gren Foundation that may choose to shut it down. At a time in which eugenics 2.0 is now debated in US politics, people need anthropology! actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

Getting to talk to public libraries about the intersection of "AI," misinformation, consensus reality, and democracy is, frankly, a dream come true. Come on in, if you can!

We did it!!! SB 2880, an extreme anti-abortion bill that would have had nationwide impact, and SB 16, Texas’ version of the SAVE Act, are dead. We ran the clock out. They won’t even get a vote in the House. That’s a HUGE fucking win! #txlege

I want to offer a public apology to FDA head Marty Makary for calling him an ignorant piece of shit in a post last night. I just learned he is an islet transplant surgeon. Yes, the cells that produce insulin. I was wrong. He is not ignorant. This piece of shit knows *exactly* what he is doing.

Also, please specify that you want to protect trans care for ALL AGES! They need to hear that there is popular support for trans youth care, and that sacrificing them is totally unacceptable and unforgivable. We need to be louder than an entire consultant industry complex telling them otherwise.

my son, a business major, sent this to me today. he said he’s learning more from certain TikTok accounts than he does in school (and I hope that’s hyperbole) it’s really good though. reminds me of the saying that you don’t fully understand something until you can explain it to a small child

New upload of old book alert! What if psychogeography was a murder weapon? What if I attempted to write gangland drama using a Shakespeare plot? What if a hot girl was also so unhinged that she stopped being hot due to scary? All of these scenarios and more! derekdesanges.itch.io/brown-bread-...

Today marked 5 years since the murder of George Floyd. Here's Zeal & Ardor's 'Wake of a Nation' zealandardor.bandcamp.com/album/wake-o...

Hattie Mae is here and she's trying fruit for the first time

have had to tell a few people that non-binary people can be masc-presenting. that this kind of gatekeeping disqualifies a lot of amab bodies. this kind of discussion puts qualifiers on who gets to be non-binary and it's gross.

Five months into DOGE and we’re already at ass butter.

As part of my art teaching degree, I’m looking into people’s feelings and attitudes around social media and the process of making art - specifically sketching. I’d love to get your input! This survey is anonymous, and open to both digital and traditional artists: 🏵️ forms.gle/8w5unHGD5wGk...

Found myself thinking about this piece again. Inspired by Cattle Decapitation' Just another body

porn > nazis should be considered a basic value of any civilized society

The recent text of the Big Bullshit Spending Bill from Congress.Gov has the Nonprofit Killer within it. It was removed previously but now it's back in, take action now!

Mother's gift

I have Professional Opinions regarding this Alexa article and domestic surveillance. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... 1. Everyone should be aware that Alexa stores the audio/ transcript every time anyone in your house talks to it (or it thinks you’re talking to it). This stuff lives forever.

me: Let Everyone in this series say 'fuck' D: oh for sure, but *especially* the medical personnel though

A deep dive into the awful provision that House Republicans smuggled into their reconciliation bill to prevent federal courts from enforcing their orders against the Trump administration, with @dahlialithwick.bsky.social: slate.com/news-and-pol...

I'm a complete heathen, used to eat them cold out of the fridge as a kid & like them unadorned on a bun, preferably as cookout appetizers, or flat fried with a scrambled egg on toast however: Would the Tijuana and the Italian sans mustard and ketchup, love fried onions and peppers on a sandwich

found a very little guy under one of my outside potted plants & ruined their night when i started to repot it, wanted a pic for id & to make sure i put it somewhere safe because i kept losing sight of it against the shorter grass

Eliasson, Olafur. One-way colour tunnel.

If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that patient safety research must be restored to a government website after articles were removed by the Trump administration for including words like “LGBTQ” and “trans.” The government can’t censor medical research simply because it disfavors certain viewpoints.

As an openly trans person, this is terrifying.

US firends - please, if you haven't already, make it clear to your senators that everyone needs healthcare, especially trans people.

This is exactly what I was looking for - a script for calling your senators to demand that they defend trans healthcare!

Land Back

Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

ok so an important thing i really think people on bluesky need to hear about the anti-trans megabill the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely please read on 🧵

"These bills are a Trojan horse. They come in with what seems like a very common sense argument: That we should keep kids from accessing adult websites. In reality, what's being passed is a broad censorship bill for the internet." www.lookoutnews.org/gov-hobbs-si...

If you work on Only Fans, I would start making backup plans, because this is a bad sign for sex workers

cat: omg you’re home I have something I absolutely cannot wait to show you me: is it your butth— cat: it’s my butthole

Call your senator and or you can use this action.transequality.org/a/stopmedica...

It's my birthday 🌱 I will be very glad to rt 🐌 Thank you so much for following my work ✶

Looks like the Trump administration made a snitch line for doctors who provide trans healthcare. I trust people here know what to do. www.hhs.gov/protect-kids...

It's #BiodiversityDay today! Bask in this bloom of beautiful botanicals illustrated by Dorothy Fernando in 'Wildflowers of Ceylon' 1954.

Did I mention that the data broker industry must be destroyed?

But what about TikTok

w i p commission in process.

Tucked in Trump’s bill: “No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order….” Short version: It will make it impossible for courts to contain him. Call the Senate and say “No.” #RFA