Kirstin

The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"

never:
"We need to tax the rich"

An orange tabby cat is laying down with his paws tucked to his chin. His eyes are closed.

Some timeline bleach 🐈

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Trump's UCLA Settlement Proposal Reveals Massive Anti-Trans Attacks: Students And Faculty Fight Back It’s not only students and faculty who have something to lose—countless doctors, trans youth, and families could see health care vanish.

1. UCLA is in negotiations with Trump. Now we know the demands.

Trump wants a statement that UCLA does not recognize trans student identities, a ban on youth care at UCLA clinics, bathroom bans, and more.

Students are fighting back.

The latest from S. Baum.

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I just heard a pastor say, “How you die does not redeem how you lived.” I’m going to be thinking about that all week.

Another librarian is fighting back. Let’s help her.

A group of three images showing AmeriCorps members carrying food for distribution, the building that houses the National Endowment for the Humanities and a person looking at a book in a library.

What Happened to the Smaller Agencies Trump Tried to Shutter?

As groups like the Institute of Museum and Library Services lose staff and grant funding, the consequences trickle down to colleges and universities. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4lxLcX9

A photo of the Grand Canyon during noon under a clear blue sky.

A picture of the Grand Canyon. Jagged trees grow along the edge of the path overlooking the canyon.

Finally got to see ✨ her ✨

It is starting to get hot as hell in California and I am aggressively missing Midwestern summers already. Give me fireflies, thunderstorms, and days at the lake.

A picture of the ocean at sunset. The skies are grey and the waves are rolling into the shoreline.

Picture of calla lillies in a garden.

I hate it here.

On May 1, #InternationalWorkersDay, CHIRLA & 80+ community organizations are taking to the streets to march for justice for ALL our communities! NOW is the time to come out & raise your voice.🗣️

Let's rise up for dignity & respect, regardless of immigration status. 🫂✊🏽🦋 #MayDay #OneStruggleOneFight

A poster on a concrete wall features two bold illustrations stacked vertically. The top half, with a pink background, shows a large black fish chasing a scattered group of smaller fish. Below it, the words “DO NOT PANIC” are written in bold, capital letters. The bottom half, with a yellow background, shows the same small fish now swimming together in the shape of a large fish, facing the original predator. The caption below reads “ORGANIZE.” The image is a powerful call for collective action and solidarity, inspired by a famous 1960s political poster by artist Frank Cieciorka.

Tip of the day!

#MayDay

Target gave $1M to Trump inauguration fund, a first for the company President Donald Trump raised a record amount of cash for his inauguration, including donations from several companies with operations in Minnesota.

there is a decent chance i never spend a single dime at target again in my life www.startribune.com/target-gave-...

So this is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement. Alternatively, you can try to negotiate with a mafia boss who wants to see you grovel. When these negotiations fail, as they inevitably will, it will be too late to ask for the public’s support.

In other words: double down on our actual missions, abandon all the capitalist business nonsense we've absorbed over the years, and FIGHT.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

an american pika (small lagomorph mammal, related to rabbits and hares) carrying tiny blue wildflowers in its mouth, likely to its nest

idk who needs to see this but here is the photo that appears on the american pika's wikipedia page

Save your local library.

The administration wants them privatized.

A large number of protestors gathered in front of the Princeton public library. One sign in the center of the picture reads "my other sign is a pitchfork"

solid signs at Princeton, NJ's protest

The Observer view on SUVs: they are too dangerous and too big, their drivers should be made to pay If a car generates more potholes, takes up more space and poses more risk, it is only fair that its owner pays more

“If a car generates more potholes in our roads, takes up more parking space and poses more danger to pedestrians, cyclists and other car occupants compared with smaller vehicles, then it is only fair that its owner pays more for driving that vehicle.”

Via @theguardian.com

Two photos. The left shows me, in a red shirt with a white blouse under it, a daisy flower crown in my hair, a navy blue knee length skirt, and brown flat, holding a tray and drinking from a champagne flute. The right painting is a woman in a red shirt with white cuffs, a dark green ankle length skirt, a maid cap, brown shoes, holding a tray and drinking from a champagne flute.

Today is the 5 year anniversary to when I slowly started losing my mind during the pandemic and began dressing up as works of art.

As my Twitter account has long been abandoned, why not make a thread of my madness on BlueSky?

This was “The Maid” by Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg, from 1862

political cartoon circa 1908

CFA Opposes Executive Order Aimed at Eliminating Collective Bargaining - California Faculty Association Dear Colleagues, Last Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order that aims to revoke collective bargaining rights from 18 government

We will fight this!

Read full statement: www.calfac.org/cfa-opposes-executive-order-aimed-at-eliminating-collective-bargaining/

So close to completing my first paper with a colleague. I’m so ready to get this done! 🔥

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities

As someone who teaches research methods, I want to be very clear that this is not a methodology. The point of a methodology section is to transparently state how you produced your data so that anyone reading it can evaluate your... methods. This is just an overconfident 19 year old white guy's blog.

Hello Bluesky,
Please write your senators and voice your disagreement on the defunding of the IMLS. These are YOUR libraries and museums.

Daily calendar page with a bird on it and text: please tell me this is some kind of terrible fucking joke

If only, @effinbirds.com, if only.