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https://colorado-wildlife.ghost.io; working on local climate resilience and food systems; PhD in archaeological science πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ”οΈβœˆοΈ

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This never, ever happened

10.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 1

some good news

10.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After revelations that companies like Ring have been selling home security footage to ICE, the most common defense of keeping a camera up seems to be, β€œBut what if I’m stalked?”

And as a violence researcher, I’m just here to state for the record that police do not care about your security footage.

10.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 1298 πŸ” 409 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 18

In 1983, Ruth Schwartz Cowan published a book called More Work for Mother where she argued that modern household tech (washing machines/vacuums) didn't reduce women's housework time, it just raised standards of domesticity. Household work is never shortened by tech & you can extrapolate that out.

10.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 349 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

also if you truly think that machines ended farm labor then quick question, why does the United Farm Workers organization exist?

10.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
10.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 3600 πŸ” 731 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 18

sharon take: gender is part of the reason decarbonization is so hard

10.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 852 πŸ” 122 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 17

i hope the farming discourse ends soon because a lot of people i otherwise like and respect on here are wading into a nuanced discussion with sledgehammers

10.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They get mad when people on SNAP want to buy soda

10.03.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 2121 πŸ” 900 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 80

Calling Cormac McCarthy’s authorial style a β€œmistake” that AI no longer makes is so funny

10.03.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 721 πŸ” 156 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 43
a drawing of a monk wearing dark glasses and rolling dice at a table

a drawing of a monk wearing dark glasses and rolling dice at a table

gambling monk, germany, 15th century

10.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 6188 πŸ” 1545 πŸ’¬ 146 πŸ“Œ 317
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Had a dream there was an emoji like πŸ’― except it was only 60. Some post said "popeyes fries be tasting so good (60)" and I laughed so hard I woke myself up

@JDfromscrubslol Had a dream there was an emoji like πŸ’― except it was only 60. Some post said "popeyes fries be tasting so good (60)" and I laughed so hard I woke myself up

Thinking about the 60 emoji again

09.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 4888 πŸ” 886 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
John Lennon doing that stupid walk

John Lennon doing that stupid walk

Walking away from Omelas like

10.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 1880 πŸ” 266 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 11

ayatollah is supposed to be an academic position and you can tell this is true because after an extensive search they went with an internal candidate

09.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 320 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear
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On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear UNCLASSIFIED

We’re still murdering people in β€œdrug boats” even as we start a new war in Iran. Six people today.

09.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 2748 πŸ” 1255 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 66
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AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will Bunch A debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime.

They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175

Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...

08.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 5547 πŸ” 1961 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 82
Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Women are my favorite guy"

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Women are my favorite guy"

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Tell the world 'stop the war'"

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Tell the world 'stop the war'"

This song feels incredibly relevant today.

08.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 7651 πŸ” 2327 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 41

TIL that Philip Pullman spent his childhood cutting holes in spacetime with a special knife

08.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 378 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2

I think this deserves at least as much sustained attention from US media as Claudine Gay's dissertation

08.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 5172 πŸ” 1587 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 17

losing an hour on International Women’s Day feels right

08.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 1327 πŸ” 267 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

If I can’t unionize Claude then it’s not conscious, next question

07.03.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 1645 πŸ” 356 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 16
Snow covered mountains under a blue sky with clouds, in the foreground is treeless sagebrush steppe. Seen from highway in northern San Luis Valley

Snow covered mountains under a blue sky with clouds, in the foreground is treeless sagebrush steppe. Seen from highway in northern San Luis Valley

Two years ago today, Sangre de Cristo Mtns 🌿

07.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 242 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Thing that really gets my goat is the way people are eager to fund this bullshit but you need eleven layers of analysis and a ton of collateral if you want to open a small grocery store in a food desert.

07.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 3950 πŸ” 919 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 12

They've now killed four people -- three U.S. citizens and a Mexican national. They've shot several more.

They've lied about all of them. They haven't shaded the truth. They haven't "misled" us. They've brazenly, knowingly lied while in possession of the evidence disproving their lies.

07.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 4757 πŸ” 1918 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 30

We don’t talk enough about how morally depraved the tech industry turned out to be. Every single ounce of their self-regarding statements of values was an outright lie.

07.03.2026 05:03 πŸ‘ 6296 πŸ” 1335 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 100
A bright winding ribbon of green light shoots diagonally up from the bottom, left to the top right of the night sky. The bottom of the image is framed with the silhouettes of spruce trees.

A bright winding ribbon of green light shoots diagonally up from the bottom, left to the top right of the night sky. The bottom of the image is framed with the silhouettes of spruce trees.

Of the three seasons during which I guide tours in Churchill, #aurora season is by far of the most stressful, because we have no control over what people are coming up to see. Tonight’s show was a big relief and a huge excitement for my guests. Now I can sleep. 😊

07.03.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 549 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

my most pollyanna trait is that i love things like the olympics and the world baseball classic bc they show how much more we all have in common

07.03.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El NiΓ±o

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

07.03.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 4260 πŸ” 1648 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 122

38% of airline passengers vote to open plane door midflight because that bitch stewardess said not to

07.03.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 3401 πŸ” 410 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 27
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Exciting news for infectious disease enthusiasts: measles is back in Colorado after years of vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. @spencersoicher.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social:

07.03.2026 05:27 πŸ‘ 691 πŸ” 208 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 14