tools for commensality 🧿

gloomy technoscience, quotidian dross documentarian (see pinned posts)

here: magpie, nonsense, muttering, books/reading, typos, boosts (you can hide em). i don't cw uspol news but i #. 🧿😷

#ToxicLA #CriticalLogistics #asstodon #flosstodon #PolicingTheCampus #HigherEdWorkersUnite ✊🏻

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header: colorful post-consumer plastic camel, Cynthia Minet

pfp: California oil field at night, vintage postcard

Trudges around: Southern California
Answers to: she/they/some guy
Union?: Yes!
Posts: Many delete. [#NoIndex](https://assemblag.es/tags/NoIndex ) [#NoArchive](https://assemblag.es/tags/NoArchive )

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2026-06-27 22:34:28 CEST

"Over time, we simply stirred the virus in with all the other forms of disorder and dysfunction we live with — problems that appear to be acceptable because they merely inconvenience some large portion of people, even as they devastate others"
still one of the best pieces of writing about the pandemic (Jon Mooallem in 2023)
https://web.archive.org/web/20230302191258/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/22/magazine/covid-pandemic-oral-history.html

2026-05-12 22:07:53 CEST

I'm such a sucker for this midwestern industrial aesthetic, always
(via Jennifer Jordan; held in the University of Wisconsin art collection)
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/563/401/147/980/215/original/0cdd6654efa2920c.png

2026-05-10 20:57:21 CEST

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we perhaps need a subcategory of #trashtodon that is for treasures
i also love "road orange"

2026-05-09 20:31:26 CEST

a pinnacle of #flosstodon if i do say so myself
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/546/036/762/771/991/original/6cc7ce80e33a2178.jpeg

2026-05-08 20:26:17 CEST

Don't Let It Happen To You, especially not on #WorldDonkeyDay
#asstodon
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2026-05-08 10:43:39 CEST

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super-big thank you for your swift response here!! i'm sorry they misled you at sign-up...
they seem to be signing up for several accounts at once and burning through the process of getting reported and decommissioned fast 🫠
@npub1p09…m5vl

2026-05-08 10:10:56 CEST

Hi, I'm sorry to @ you, @npub19au…9lss -- but you appear to be hosting a ban-evading sock puppet troll , currently going by @articulately@ mastodonapp.uk
They're messaging me privately but I have a notification filter set so I can't see the content of their posts, and I don't want to click through/accept this communication. They've also blocked me so I can't use the reporting tool(?)
They're also stalking @npub1p09…m5vl , as is their custom.
(everyone else, please block and report as you see fit, thanks)
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/537/920/014/174/849/original/5bb1626336a370fe.png

2026-05-07 23:43:22 CEST

"Ask me for a free mask" button designs for download!!
also a bunch of other mask-bloc type stuff, from an LA Mask Bloc organizer
*whoops i posted without the link: www.abbymahler.com/linktree
#MaskBloc #CovidIsNotOver #DIY
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/535/461/887/366/480/original/74936738fb83e6db.png

2026-05-06 04:47:38 CEST

a big THANK YOU to the moderators out there in the fediverse!!
the ban-evading stalker troll's been kicked out of commission pretty fast on a couple more servers, and that means volunteers are watching reports like hawks 🙏
(📸 Kathryn Keith/Audubon)
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/525/334/233/513/543/original/8680417971b6da90.png

2026-05-05 21:21:31 CEST

this yard has had these flying saucer blooms going for maybe two months? now!!
for @npub1tpt…kvpg
#bloomscrolling
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/523/580/854/015/360/original/99f3dd72a794d8e2.jpeg

2026-05-05 05:56:56 CEST

Nancy Fraser: "'Gaza’, I’ve suggested here, signals many things, but not least the crisis of the West’s moral order. If it now bids to replace ‘Auschwitz’ as the reigning symbol for human atrocity, might ‘Gaza’ also contain the principle of hope—of solidarity and social justice, self-determination and reconstruction, repair and care for the planet?"
https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii158/articles/nancy-fraser-gaza-as-world-event

2026-05-05 01:17:58 CEST

"On a day meant to honor students for their accomplishments, I thought it important that we would honor the student activists who have, over the course of time, pushed the institution toward justice"
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/university-michigan-professor-derek-peterson-commencement-speech-israel-gaza/
#GazaProtests #HigherEd #academia #PolicingTheCampus

2026-05-04 07:45:55 CEST

something just reminded me of when my friend got onto the plane to go to an academic conference wearing shorts, had packed no other bottoms, and had to buy them at the destination 😂
#SoCalProblems

2026-05-03 04:32:36 CEST

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bonk, bonk, it's the sound of #Saturdonk
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u3xuLD7a-No

2026-05-02 23:50:09 CEST

not me trying to see if i will get ostracized for boosting #asstodon on #caturday

2026-05-02 19:36:15 CEST

RE: https://vt.social/@lina/116502179614343118
Mastodon leaves open massive holes that function as harassment opportunities. Users can't block replies; and harassers are often given the benefit of the doubt. I wrote about this here:
https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/6644
As some of the replies to OP state, as there is new leadership it's time to bring these issues forward (again)
#note17dv…790m

2026-05-02 05:31:25 CEST

anthocyanins #NoFilter
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/502/855/684/350/253/original/563f3bb98207e20a.jpeg

2026-04-30 06:51:13 CEST

shoutout to Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis, my mom just forwarded :
"providing a few mask-required performances during the run of our production allows us to create a safe environment for immunocompromised or otherwise Covid-conscious patrons to see the show safely" 😷
#CovidIsNotOver #MSP #Minneapolis

2026-04-28 21:16:37 CEST

why i'm so mad all the time, i guess. also why this war is overdetermined even though no regular people want it at all
#uspol #IranWar
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/483/921/416/192/139/original/52bf7002e1d05e3b.png

2026-04-27 23:19:41 CEST

deeply and profoundly embarrassed by proximity to scholars who are so insecure that they claim everything as within their purview, hilariously including both Big Topics Du Jour *and* very small little things tended to by only a few people

2026-04-26 04:34:54 CEST

maximalist nasturtium scene
#Bloomscrolling
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2026-04-25 22:34:43 CEST

"When we help students reclaim their attention, they’re well-positioned to think directly and critically about AI. ...we find African-American abolitionist writing to offer an especially powerful archive of reflections on literacy and power"
https://www.oakland.edu/cetl/teaching-tips/2026/4/Creating-AI-Free-Learning-Spaces.php

2026-04-24 19:22:08 CEST

#bloomscrolling #MagicInTheMundane
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2026-04-24 07:00:22 CEST

#ICE has detained Yousof Azizi, a PhD student in public policy at Virginia Tech who holds a valid visa. He is a social scientist who's being punished for commanding public attention about Iranian nuclear energy policy
News story here; legal fund & petition below. Please share/sign/boost/donate if you can
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/immigration-news/yousof-azizi-ice-department-homeland-security-aliyeh-hashemi-iran-conflict/65-6415d42b-d6ee-4353-a4e9-5063dc90fa19
https://www.yousofazizi.com/
#YousofAzizi #IranWar #USpol #academia

2026-04-24 06:21:55 CEST

"This is more than a labor story; it’s an account of the assault on democratic institutions, the NLRB, worker rights, and higher education itself at a moment when universities are under attack from federal funding cuts and DEI rollbacks. USC’s non-tenure-track faculty are fighting not just for a contract but for the principle that workers can organize at all"
Shoutout to my colleagues who are featured on this #Jacobin #podcast !!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jacobin-radio-organizing-outside-the-tenure-track/id791564318?i=1000763043456
#HigherEd #NLRB #academia #UAW #USC

2026-04-21 00:49:35 CEST

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LOL ok the sock puppet weirdo who stalks me found this thread and started replying to everyone. Some people really just can't be normal on the internet!
https://assemblag.es/@inquiline/116432697306138252
#note1mqw…pzsf

2026-04-19 21:55:56 CEST

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granted i only know about a quarter of the references people are throwing out here, but lol, good job everyone

2026-04-19 20:06:08 CEST

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what do we think is the best term to call someone goes out of their way to communicate that they're violating a consent boundary, repeatedly?
have fun losing with your super well-adjusted tantrum, creepy loser! 💅
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY

2026-04-19 07:38:35 CEST

whose skull is this (wrong answers only)
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/429/749/338/578/234/original/04d77a5e253e45bc.jpeg

2026-04-18 08:54:04 CEST

past few days such a blur with work and exhaustion i had forgotten i snapped this. it's easily as big as my fist
#Bloomscrolling
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/424/388/731/339/148/original/729e386c2144ba92.jpeg

2026-04-17 07:40:10 CEST

"Moms Club is a documentary film investigating one of the most consequential battles shaping the future of the United States: the organized, well-funded effort to dismantle public education and weaponize LGBTQ+ rights as a political tool"
The filmmaker is seeking to crowdsource to complete this project bringing the #CNP into the light, support it if you can! (& boost pls)
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-finish-moms-club-documentary
#TransRights #uspol #MomsClub #documentary #CouncilForNationalPolicy

2026-04-17 01:29:03 CEST

uhhh wow... they're not feeding the troops, nor are care packages sent by families getting through the infrastructural snarl
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/16/iran-war-mail-packages-middle-east/89609308007/
#uspol #IranWar

2026-04-17 00:14:36 CEST

so i have been using bluesky mainly because the academics went there and i need to keep an eye on higher ed stuff in the political shitshow
bluesky went mostly down yesterday (?). i'm on a blacksky part of the architecture (myatproto.social). it now appears to have logged me out and says that to log i have to verify age. which i don't want to do, and i had thought i'd seen rudy say blacksky wouldn't ever ask for that
anyone know WTH is going on??

2026-04-16 19:50:13 CEST

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i did not know you were a potter. that's a lovely artifact! (do you have your own kiln?)

2026-04-16 08:03:13 CEST

Wetland Project invites listeners around the planet to tune in to the 10th annual “slow radio” broadcast on International Earth Day (22 April) 🐸 📻
more from @npub14ar…5ys3 :
https://mailchi.mp/4396a6512d1e/wetland-broadcast-2026
#radio #SlowRadio #EarthDay #wetlandProject #CommunityRadio

2026-04-14 19:43:24 CEST

Nearly 100 protesters were arrested yesterday during a demonstration calling on Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of thousands of U.S. bombs to Israel
https://apnews.com/article/chuck-schumer-kirsten-gillibrand-protest-israel-e53eab511e0d5f435b76c66ad772c6f9
#uspol

2026-04-13 08:49:14 CEST

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lucky you! i actually do wish i could blend in more online. my parents also both go by their middle names only and so somehow decided not to give us kids them at all

2026-04-13 06:06:14 CEST

RE: https://flipboard.com/@latimes/california-2ijlpkgrz/-/a-EMQIXuAnR0O0DdS76C--XQ%3Aa%3A460011909-%2F0
ahahah
#note12cq…7pyr

2026-04-13 05:58:36 CEST

camouflaging anti-ICE sentiment into the built environment in #LosAngeles, via #LATaco
https://lataco.com/anti-ice-parking-signs
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/395/377/028/965/425/original/dd2f429140cc071d.png

2026-04-13 01:37:04 CEST

do i trust the radar weather or my own lying eyes 🌧️

2026-04-13 00:19:27 CEST

needless to say:
people sticking up for their homies is the right thing to do; but also the huge crowd defying the ban on Budapest's Pride parade last summer was a rehearsal for massing together and sticking it to fascists
there are some lessons here for D voters and politicians who think it's ok to throw trans people under the bus, if anyone chooses to listen
*yeah i said voters too, some of you need to fix your hearts or die
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/30/budapest-pride-2025-a-record-crowd-stands-up-for-democracy

2026-04-12 23:39:28 CEST

RE: https://assemblag.es/@inquiline/116393292245545697
this may be more important antifascist praxis than is currently acknowledged (the article about Mpls is strong on this point)

2026-04-12 21:23:56 CEST

growing up we only had amaryllis in pots on the windowsills; i haven't fully adjusted to seeing them in yards
#Bloomscrolling
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2026-04-12 09:03:13 CEST

if i were a 🧦 troll stalking people to @ them with truly pathetic propaganda, i might consider that they are just going to boost more of the offending content 💅
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/390/449/734/215/295/original/2219881d2987b908.png

2026-04-11 02:22:29 CEST

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.... and, i heard no explosion

2026-04-11 01:54:39 CEST

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i'm always complaining about hearing explosions of unknown provenance here so i appreciate the heads-up on this one

2026-04-11 01:51:50 CEST

PSA: apparently we in SoCal may? will? hear a sonic boom with the #ArtemisII reentry so before we jump out of our socks, that's what the boom is(?)
supposed to be 5 or 5:15pm Pacific
#LosAngeles #SoCal #Artemis #SanDiego

2026-04-10 00:35:02 CEST

always a bummer to read peer-reviewed, recently published work that was seemingly not proofread
at least it's a tell it's not AI, i guess

2026-04-09 23:53:41 CEST

are there examples of US newsrooms or media outlets who are explicit about *not* tracking readers on their websites? (or tracking for internal use only but not selling data into the data broker tracking stream?)
(yes i know ad tech is bad, and i am asking on behalf of students)
#journalism #privacy #AdTech

2026-04-08 08:46:24 CEST

#LosAngeles is evicting an historic stuffed burro!! what!
#asstodon #JorgeElBurro #OlveraStreet
https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2026-03-23/olvera-street-iconic-donkey-eviction-judge-ruling-la-city-el-pueblo
https://archive.ph/aQMhK

2026-04-08 07:56:27 CEST

an #asstodon - #mosstodon crossover
(📸 CountryAngels/Shutterstock)
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/367/533/132/423/835/original/d7c0ad228b85a539.png

2026-04-08 06:55:43 CEST

🚫 Petition to ban Pete Hegseth permanently from the Minnesota State Fair, started by Ashley Fairbanks
https://www.change.org/p/permanently-ban-pete-hegseth-from-the-minnesota-state-fair
#Minnesota #uspol #MNastodon

2026-04-04 20:34:22 CEST

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i'll ask a household member for recs, we've gone a number of memorable places but i can't remember names. will you be driving or actually attached to a tour?
if you are in Bergen which i assume you will be, take the funicular! this is not an insider tip by any means tho

2026-04-04 19:47:14 CEST

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how long you going, what areas, just you or family, etc.? the thing to do is get out into the country and go hiking IMO

2026-04-04 03:27:00 CEST

University of Minnesota Nursing School has begun a scholarship to honor Alex Pretti, read and/or donate here:
https://crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/AlexPretti

2026-04-03 00:23:33 CEST

USC-AAUP supports RTPC faculty's right to unionize! (Statement here if you scroll down past the top)
https://www.uscaaup.org/
#Academia #unions #UAW #HigheredWorkersUnite #USC #AAUP #USCAAUP #HigherEd

2026-04-02 06:58:27 CEST

seems fine:
"Pfizer and BioNTech have decided to halt a large US trial of their updated COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults aged 50 to 64, after failing to find enough people willing to take part in it"
https://firstwordpharma.com/story/7157141
#Covid19 #vaccines #CovidIsNotOver #Pfizer #BioNTech

2026-03-31 07:20:16 CEST

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yeah they're/we're really, really wrong IRL; it's just that here (interwebs generally, not fedi particularly), they/we leave a trace (and people leap into arguing)

2026-03-31 07:14:31 CEST

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yeah i wonder... people's wrongness on the internet is right there in our faces, but they're actually wrong all over the place

2026-03-31 07:11:40 CEST

i've wondered this before... are more people more wrong on the internet, or IRL?

2026-03-30 08:06:58 CEST

"What makes for a good opera donkey? It’s not so different from what makes for any good opera star. “When it comes to hoofed animals like horses and donkeys, you want one who is bold rather than quiet... “There’s a lot going on that might seem frightening or dangerous, and if they’re too timid that will overwhelm them...”"
This donkey opera star is named Wanda. Link in next post
#asstodon
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2026-03-30 01:41:56 CEST

This seems actually significant:
"They included not only familiar precincts in New York and Los Angeles and Austin but also communities in all 50 states and every congressional district, including rural and Republican areas"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/29/no-kings-rallies-a-red-flare-for-trump/89306058007/
#uspol #NoKings

2026-03-27 19:19:03 CET

Good read: "LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity"
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying
#AI #IranWar

2026-03-27 03:33:42 CET

granted i have been offline all day, but i hadn't seen anyone post this rotting-tofu story so i figured i'd better:
https://www.stlpr.org/news-briefs/2026-03-24/wrecked-truck-carrying-tofu-stinks-up-missouri-town

2026-03-25 19:23:04 CET

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when i saw this on the ground, i had a strong flashback to Tomie dePaola's book The Clown of God, which was in my childhood book collection. not a religious family but the illustrations were, apparently, memorable

2026-03-25 00:55:49 CET

every day is pretty not-good but sometimes you spot a fallen fireball at your feet
#MagicInTheMundane
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2026-03-24 04:26:45 CET

Ok it exists! Taken on the occasion of Port of Long Beach constructing new piers, 1958; held by USC Libraries. for @npub1l27…zpk4
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/282/007/997/562/124/original/5861cabec0813fb8.png

2026-03-24 03:32:02 CET

NYU faculty (non-tenure-stream) are on #strike as of today:
https://abc7ny.com/post/tenured-faculty-members-represented-cfu-uaw-nyu-go-strike/18755836/
#academia #HigherEdWorkersUnite #NYU #unions #HigherEd

2026-03-23 06:59:43 CET

#Bloomscrolling
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2026-03-22 19:47:44 CET

there are real experts on the #IranWar geopolitics & geographies & i'm very far from one! (human & ecological costs people in that region are paying/will pay are unconscionable)
but: there is something like a force field of empire in my back yard
it's possible to peer at it & see some of the disruptions this war will cause, both as fuel prices per se & as disruption to a steady, cheap supply of goods that flow into the ports here
#ports #FossilFuels #California #oil #SupplyChain #shipping
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/274/295/942/481/071/original/947340aef90f7b4b.png

2026-03-22 05:43:15 CET

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i was not bothered by that--i read it as clearly indicating causality. but i agree that it wouldn't hurt to hit it harder! (I am guessing that is a specific term of art in their academic specialty and no one edited it to make it clearer, too?)

2026-03-22 05:29:15 CET

"Here is a sketch of what might be coming: inflation, redistribution shocks, shortages, stagflation and global financial instability"
https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/geopolitics/2026/03/the-world-energy-shock-is-coming
#energy #fossilFuels #IranWar #SupplyChain #inflation

2026-03-21 23:18:21 CET

do i use this whole afroman business to teach defamation in a couple of weeks
(the answer is probably yes)

2026-03-21 22:41:43 CET

RE: https://zirk.us/@impermanen_/116268821800495961
i want there to be an #asstodon crowd-sourced coloring book so much!!
#note16kp…f726

2026-03-21 05:24:46 CET

seems fine:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/60-health-care-workers-may-have-long-covid-4-years-after-infection
#CovidIsNotOver

2026-03-20 23:05:25 CET

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i hang most of mine on indoor racks but a few things get dried. the other day i had only two towels and it seemed both wasteful and unpleasant to contemplate running the dryer as it was 100 degrees (38C), so i squeezed them into the indoor laundry drying scheme and they did indeed dry fast
(i rent, shared laundry room, would not be allowed to put a pole or lines up)

2026-03-20 20:14:45 CET

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i was *just* thinking about this the other day. in MN growing up we had a push mower and clothesline; but here in SoCal where laundry would actually dry nearly instantly outside, i've never seen anyone dry laundry outside

2026-03-20 20:07:31 CET

Wow, it's is nice to see a student newspaper editorial board come out against AI!
"The irony is that as Penn pours endless money and energy into AI advancement in its attempt to get ahead, the University is only quickening its own demise. AI cannot coexist with education — it can only degrade it"
https://www.thedp.com/article/2026/03/penn-ai-dominance-education
#AI #HigherEd #academia #Penn #StudentJournalism

2026-03-19 06:07:26 CET

"Hundreds of people from across Greater L.A. journeyed to the Mojave Desert this weekend to protest living conditions at the Adelanto #ICE Processing Center, where an estimated 2,000 people are being held"
https://laist.com/news/politics/ice-immigrant-detention-centers-adelanto-caravan-serenade
#LAist #LosAngeles #California #ICEProtests #Uspol

2026-03-19 03:59:51 CET

well, this is why we say #WarOnCars
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/253/592/207/733/873/original/deeb7e5bf8302573.jpeg

2026-03-18 23:42:34 CET

sorry to post a screenshot from another platform but consider this a document o' the times 😱
#CAwx #ClimateDiary
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/252/580/870/214/066/original/c3de6aa4056b0582.png

2026-03-16 19:15:02 CET

Video indicates #DeltaAirlines is providing service to #ICE , removing kids from families in #MSP and transporting them to be held in #Texas
https://gillianbrockell.com/video-proves-delta-flew-liam-ramos-and-his-dad-to-ice-detention-center/
(if you have a Sky Miles account, they should hear from you. the direct line is +1-800-323-2323 and webform here: https://www.delta.com/us/en/need-help/overview?commentComplaintsForm)

2026-03-16 05:52:26 CET

today i rode my bike under a freeway. not a soul around besides a guy on a horse going in the opposite direction
this is not microfiction, it is (greater) Los Angeles

2026-03-16 05:23:51 CET

RE: https://mastodon.social/@NoveltyBot/116236856701899594
#asstodon
#note1xpw…yrte

2026-03-15 03:46:16 CET

these always make me think i’m seeing a marimekko swatch
#Bloomscrolling
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/230/888/922/179/269/original/32abbd9912262808.jpeg

2026-03-14 03:40:21 CET

deeply disturbing... and according to the local story linked here, she lost her home, car, and dog while locked up
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-grandmother-ai-fraud
#AI #surveillance #FacialRecognition

2026-03-13 06:49:18 CET

"people from Santa Monica to Los Feliz are strapping cameras on their heads and hands as they do chores at home so bots can watch how they make coffee, scrub toilets, water plants and wash dishes"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-hundreds-people-l-strapping-100000284.html
#LosAngeles #AI #GigEconomy #Labor #PeopleAllTheWayDown

2026-03-12 07:48:47 CET

what if i'm not doom scrolling but doom is scrolling me

2026-03-12 07:12:40 CET

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... i'm listening

2026-03-12 07:01:36 CET

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once again there is just so much i cannot say... oceans
i'm thinking of opening new semesters by saying that there are two reasons they can't use AI; one is i give a shit about their education and the other is i give a shit about my time
it won't work though. people are using it and not even realizing, so when they say they didn't, it's not a lie, but they've handed over their thinking. pernicious does not even begin to characterize

2026-03-11 00:06:33 CET

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what perhaps most makes me feel like i'm losing my mind is students handing things in without realizing, i guess, that instructors are mostly people who love reading/writing, went to school for years & years, & are trained how to interpret data/traces/documents
it doesn't mean our interpretive skills are infallible, but it does mean we have a big leg up e.g. quickly discerning whether claims ostensibly sourced from our course readings are in fact in our course readings... like... what

2026-03-10 23:27:49 CET

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(for every post like this that i write, i'm stifling 100 more: some because i'm SOOO sick of this topic occupying my headspace, and attempting to give it no more air than i have to; others because there is stuff going on i can't really post about)
(many of the posts that get through are vague because of the latter, but there's more i want to say!!!)

2026-03-10 23:26:33 CET

no one teaching college is paid enough that they are receiving appropriate compensation for the damage to our work process inflicted by AI adoption. no one
*except maybe B-school profs who use it to generate assignment prompts and then do their grading, idk

2026-03-07 08:41:22 CET

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i see your Gods elevator and raise you a God's Carwash (Southern California, ofc)
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/186/757/401/698/492/original/3c829a114eebe27e.png

2026-03-06 08:24:55 CET

Nearly 10,000 online and open access collections of historical documents relating to radical, labour and anti-colonial history, from around the world and in many languages:
https://hatfulofhistory.com/radical-online-collections-and-archives/
#Histodons #RadicalHistory #archives #OpenAccess

2026-03-02 20:30:45 CET

weekend pincushion protea
#bloomscrolling
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/161/235/225/823/162/original/d7cc0d9cc77289f7.jpeg

2026-02-28 08:42:28 CET

drive-by bead-bombings plaguing LA!! (fuck ICE!)
https://lapublicpress.org/2026/02/ice-immigrants-art-native-la/
#ICE #IceProtests #LosAngeles #ProtestArt #FiberArts

2026-02-28 00:50:41 CET

tell me you're in Orange County without telling me you're in Orange County (a couple nights ago)
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/145/273/428/704/514/original/9e740b6a7c7520dc.png

2026-02-28 00:26:59 CET

full-on summer in February, seems fine
#CAWx #ClimateDiary
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-ab9b494dccbef43e454fccf9f07caa75/media_attachments/files/116/145/175/161/785/548/original/41495433ba72daa3.png

2026-02-23 08:22:04 CET

"For many Native elders especially, the sight of armed, masked federal agents have triggered dark memories and the generational trauma of violence from the US government against Indigenous people"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/15/minneapolis-native-american-patrols-ice
#Minnesota #ICE #USpol #Minneapolis #MSP