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whetstone.bsky.social
I live in Colorado, have mad fits of creativity followed by periods of somnolence, and am charmed by snakes. She/her, or whatever. Signal: whetstone.54
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I have seen more than one person say that talking about Cuomo’s documented sexual harassment is “purity politics” and y’all, the purity politics label is supposed to be about “sorry this guy’s not ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, so I can’t vote for him.” It’s not for “this guys the fucking WORST.”

submitted 11 hours ago • 18 comments

There’s almost nothing cooler than seeing a massive strangler fig in a primary rainforest. Strangler figs can be a number of species of Ficus; they germinate on other trees up in the canopy, then grow downward and eventually root. If the host tree dies, it leaves a hollow scaffolding like this. 🌿

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

I am getting tired of saying this but I keep sporadically hearing from people things like your life has no substantively changed since trump retook power, bitch yes it has I have a conscience and I wake up mad every day fuck You lol.

submitted 10 hours ago • 96 comments

Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month. Worked on novel antivirals.

submitted 16 hours ago • 78 comments

The thing to remember about Andrew Cuomo's breakfast order is that he resigned the governorship in disgrace after being credibly accused of sexually harassing at least 11 women with unwanted groping, kissing and sexual comments

submitted 1 day ago • 56 comments

maine please please please hand this person her pink slip

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

New York Mayoral debate happening now. Promises to be chaotic. Tune in to boo Cuomo the Corrupt Creep and applaud our boy Zohran and decide who among the non sex offenders you’re going to rank after him.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Fantastic visualization and explainer about ranked voting

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Hey look, it's a decent human being!

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

The idea that the country actually cares about women athletes that much is laughable Look around at their salaries and facilities and get back to me

submitted 16 hours ago • 12 comments

'Finding serenity deep in Ireland' - my finished giant commission, a 16 inch aerial embroidery inspired by the Irish landscape. Soft heathers, segmented fields, and lots of cows and sheep! Complete with a farm house and lake. See the second post in the thread for close-up pictures 💚 1/2

submitted 17 hours ago • 9 comments

i was a teeny trekkie so mom christened me “mister sulu” as a tween and i learned to navigate

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

La modération @bsky.app est parfois excessivement prude. Ainsi, une bouteille d'eau minérale oblongue, vicieusement à moitié remplie, sur le compte d'un quotidien catholique se retrouve étiquetée "contenu pour adultes". Torride !

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Make Republicans Mister Rogers Again

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

The Trump administration has figured out a way to ensure that even acknowledging antisemitism instantly gets conscripted into right-wing cultural politics, thereby generating the conditions for further antisemitism. Breaking this cycle requires the left to take antisemitism seriously as a problem.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

This is a brave and badass example of using your platform to stand up for what's right.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Lots of questions about Kobo, #kobowritinglife and how, when and why we are using AI. Putting "AI" in the same sentence as "authors", "books" or "publishers" makes a lot of alarm bells go off, and for good reason. 1/

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

people really showing their asses over that asshole who set people on fire in my hometown yeah he said he was targeting "zionists" no, him *saying that* about a peaceful demonstration of jews who march regularly to raise awareness about israeli hostages doesn't absolve him of antisemitism

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Sorry, this is a private nest party. You can't come in.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

come for this minute-and-ten of glory, scroll down for the link to the full play on the internet archive!

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I’m horrified to hear of the attack on Run For Their Lives in Colorado. There is nothing that justifies this attack and as a Palestinian I’m appalled that anyone would do this in our name. 1/

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Happy Pride everybody, I made a Bisexshawl.

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments