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Girl Gains empowers women through weightlifting and community Girl Gains is creating a community for women to feel empowered in and outside of the weight room. The organization encourages inclusion and motivation for its members to feel supported while weightlif...

Ever heard of Girl Gains 💪 In the heavily male-dominated world of weightlifting, women are breaking stereotypes and inspiring each other to fill the weight room. news.ucsb.edu/2025/021804/...

#UCSB #weightlifting #girlgains

John Lithgow is sad

Social media managers whenever Adam Mosseri posts an "update."

California's fish populations are 🐠 growing 🐟

25 years after new legislation established a network of marine protected areas in the state, an international team of researchers, led by scientists at #UCSB, are confirming the many benefits to sea life: news.ucsb.edu/2025/021752/...

Black linguistic justice wins recognition in academia Writing teacher Michelle Petty has won the 2025 Braddock Award for her co-authored paper on Black linguistic justice.

Despite its deep roots in American history, African American English has been overlooked in higher education. That’s changing thanks to scholars like #UCSB’s Michelle Petty, who co-authored an illuminating paper calling for Black linguistic justice in college classrooms news.ucsb.edu/2025/021761/...

Bringing radio history to life UCSB Library expands access to rare broadcasting archives with a $100,000 grant from The Ahmanson Foundation

Radio news: #UCSB’s library will expand access to the American Radio Archives, one of the nation’s largest collections documenting radio history, thanks to a new $100K grant 🎙️🎉 The funding makes these rare materials accessible to researchers, students & the public: news.ucsb.edu/2025/021774/...

I personally consider the boycott a success because it was a baby practice action for people who have never done that before. People got on board! They got to feel what it was like! It was easy! And when they get asked to do something next, they’ll have an experience to build off of.

Grief is not linear

#handembroidery #artquotes

This Black History Month, we're highlighting stories from community changemakers Black history happens every day, and the stories from NPR listeners are good examples of that. From becoming the first Black mayor of a town to singing music about change, these stories matter.

Black history happens every day, and the stories from NPR listeners are good examples of that. From becoming the first Black mayor of a town to singing music about change, these stories matter.

Hey has anyone thought of making a movie about The Beatles?

UCSB's Art, Design & Architecture Museum unveils the largest collection of Japanese artist Tomiyama Taeko's work outside of Asia 🎨

Taeko's (1921-2021) art is bold, evocative & politically charged; offering vivid critiques of colonialism & environmental destruction: news.ucsb.edu/2025/021731/...

In hard times, find art that expresses how you feel. Celebrate those artists. Make sure they can thrive and are protected from harm. And grieve a little when they pass away and their art still rings so so true 50 years later.

Never feel bad about reposting your stuff on here because for the first year of this website we had an entirety of 20 daily posts that we all had to share and reheat like a communal soup

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Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.

Wolf standing in a sage prairie.

Welcome TikTok refugees.
BlueSky
Where the air is clear and the water is fine.

Don't despair
We rebuilt our following from Twitter.
You can rebuild yours too.
Cmon show us what you got.
Follow, retweet and repeat. 😎

Welcome, teens coming here from tiktok. I think you’ll find that through the magic of the written word I am able to craft sentences that are as vivid and compelling as any short-form video!

The fealty of openly begging Trump is insane

A Slightly Premature Obituary for TikTok Whether or not the ban holds for very long, the many unique communities on the platform will inevitably scatter across myriad smaller apps — and many will disappear altogether.

Whether or not the ban holds for very long, the many unique communities on the platform will inevitably scatter across myriad smaller apps — and many will disappear altogether. Read my piece on the death of TikTok

Tucked away in CA’s high desert is an elusive bird with the build of a turkey whose fate is tightly bound to its habitat. #UCSB’s Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab is the operations base for researchers monitoring the southwesternmost population of the #sagegrouse: magazine.ucsb.edu/fall-winter-...

I loved this phone with all my heart

How “am” I?

Their name is Sandy ☃️

Ship collisions are a leading cause of death for large whale species, according to a new study co-authored by UCSB researchers.

news.ucsb.edu/2024/021693/...

The absolute worst part about parenting is the inability to rot in bed on a Sunday.

A striking Great Spotted Woodpecker perches on the rough bark of a pine tree, its bold black and white plumage standing out against the muted background. The bright red feathers beneath its tail add a vibrant pop of colour. Its posture exudes alertness and curiosity, perfectly capturing the essence of this iconic woodland resident.

Oooh lucky you! A Great Spotted Woodpecker just landed in your feed. 😍

"The Book of Delights"—a collection of essays that finds joy in the ordinary—has been selected for the 2025 season of #UCSBReads 📚 The UCSB Library program kicks off its 19th season with book giveaways & events, culminating in a talk by author Ross Gay on May 8. news.ucsb.edu/in-focus/its...

An egret watching surfers at sunset

Me in every conversation

Probably