Radical Bereft 🪦

#kristinoem back at it again. These videos really just write themselves at this point.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

I am a 36 year old woman (1989, baby) and these lyrics are really, really bad. And I like some other TS albums, so I am not some anti-TS propagandist.

I thought the phrase was “bowl in a China shop/cabinet” until I was in my late teens or early twenties. I always thought it made zero sense as an expression because bowls being in a China cabinet seems very expected.

Very fair, thanks for the distinction. I thought the original comment was trying to make the point that it’s not a chronic issue compared to the other things listed.

Tooth decay and gum disease is for real, though, and has an epigenetic component. I have good hygiene and go to the dentist four times a year and still have issues with cavities once a year and struggle with periodontal disease. They are starting to connect gum disease with auto-immune disorders.

I was just telling her story to my family seconds before opening BlueSky. I am an atheist who works at a Catholic school doing violence prevention education. I have a St. Dymphna keychain on my keys and I am hoping to get a charm while I am visiting her birth country next week.

Pedro Pascal Blasts J.K. Rowling as a 'Heinous Loser' for Her Anti-Trans Views, Backs Harry Potter Boycott

he’s right and he’s right to say it

It’s Kelbourne Woolens Scout in Lichen Heather. :)

I come from a family of crafty women and I like to think I carry on the legacy, even if my grandma was primarily a quilter. The reminders are certainly bittersweet.

Green and brown ceramic button with leaf imprint laying on top a knitted gauge swatch in a mossy green color.

I have a passion for “pretty ugly” earth tones like this. I hope you get to go! I still haven’t sewn them on, but I feel like you might appreciate the buttons, too.

Spokane could soon become a shield city for queer people.  – RANGE Media A new ordinance would include Two-Spirit people to the city’s human rights code, double up on state shield protections and ensure city employees’ insurance covers gender-affirming and reproductive hea...

A new ordinance from the Spokane City Council would include Two-Spirit people in the city’s human rights code, double up on state shield protections and ensure city employees’ insurance covers gender-affirming and reproductive healthcare:

Families say school civil rights investigations have stalled after federal cuts The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights investigates discrimination in schools. It recently lost more than 40% of its staff.

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights investigates discrimination in schools. It recently lost more than 40% of its staff.

if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.

Hand knit cardigan with cables in a lichen green yarn laid out on a bed

Been working on the Glenfiddich sweater to wear on a trip to Ireland & Scotland in May. All that’s left is the finishing (including sewing on some handmade ceramic buttons). #knitsky

None of the people in my circle understand this reference and I make it all the time. Such a shame.

There are three key facts in the Holocaust Encyclopedia produced by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. This is the second key fact: What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process.

This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Pro-natalism makes me want to have children even less. My desire to give birth is in the deep negatives.

Things I don’t recommend for an individual’s health and sanity: filing claims with your home, auto, and health insurance all within 4 months. I could never speak to an insurance adjuster ever again and would be so, so pleased.

Adenomyosis, the 'silent illness' plaguing their lives, goes undiagnosed for decades This 'silent disease' plagued these women's lives for decades. One woman lost her dream job. For another, the diagnosis came after her hysterectomy.

@mdnewell.bsky.social Here’s an article you may find interesting: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
Thanks for being an excellent advocate for reproductive care for all!

I promise you, if investing wasn’t the only teeny-tiny, barely there glimmer of hope that I will ever have of retiring, I would have nothing to do with the stock market at all. Alas, here I am lighting money on fire by contributing to my 403(b).

Men will literally start a trade war with every other nation on earth instead of going to therapy.

This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.

flippers up

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come - Pasquines By Erica Frankenberg, Penn State and Maithreyi Gopalan, University of Oregon The United States Department of Education cut its workforce by nearly 50% on March 11, 2025, when it laid […]

The latest cuts further compound funding and staffing shortages that have plagued the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.

Something is fundamentally wrong with America when millions of dollars can’t buy you a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, the respect of your children, the silence of your baby mammas, or a functional penis implant.

Books are weapons in the war of ideas

An uneducated public is a compliant public.

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.