Sophia Elzie (she/her)

Chicago Animal Care and Control's boss is defending her record as volunteers and alderpeople sound the alarm over euthanasias and conditions in the shelter. blockclubchi.co/4curwSg

get off bluesky

I know 😭

Okay I know Salman Rushdie is an important author, a Comp Lit Guy, but how am I supposed to seriously engage with the writings of a man who, during his marriage to Padma Lakshmi (yes THAT Parma Lakshmi) apparently belittled her for having endometriosis and fertility issues???

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

there is no word intellectuals like better than “palimpsest.” They will use it on the barest of pretexts, no matter the theme they will find a way to say it. It is simply their favorite word

Tallahassee has is in a gun crisis. Florida is in a gun crisis. The United States is in a gun crisis. And a mental health crisis, and inequity, and racism. Keeping all those impacted by gun violence who are just trying to live, to get an education, to support their families, in my thoughts.

Meanwhile in 2024, 76 people in Tallahassee were injured or killed by gunshots, 92 in 2023. The majority of these shootings occurred in the 32304 zip code, the poorest zip code in the state where the 2024 median income was around $16,000 a year.

Today’s shooting at Florida State is far from the first mass shooting to take place in Tallahassee, even at the university itself, in recent memory. I was in high school when there was a mass shooting at FSU’s library in 2014. In 2018, another mass shooter claimed innocent lives at a yoga studio.

My yoga teacher uses a playlist of acoustic rock/pop covers and I just got Rick Rolled by a soulful piano rendition

me : no it's ACAB, can you say ACAB

moby dick: AHAB

Can’t believe the knives are already out in the stores. The Ides of March gets more commercialized every year.

My IQ is too low to be “gifted,” so I was the “and talented,” extrapolate from that what you will.

I gave a talk at the Illinois Junior Classical League state convention and brought books, because as a nerdy 16 year old someone handing me a book of Greek plays was the dream. The moment I passed out the first book these kids were SCREAMING is this what being a rock star feels like?

Maxwell Frost Says History Won't Look Kindly on Dems Sucking Up to Trump "Why is a single Democrat voting to confirm any of these Trump Cabinet nominees?"

Critics have wondered if the Democrats intend to stand up to Trump’s onslaught at all.

Florida Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social spoke to Teen Vogue at length about the Democrats’ plan for taking on Trump and what he’s willing to risk to obstruct Elon Musk's government takeover. ⤵️

The Eastern State Penitentiary audio tour is narrated by Steve Buscemi

I just found out there's a new Philomena Cunk series coming out next week and my heart is beating in anticipation much like the thumping beat of Belgium dance band Technotronic's 1989 hit single Pump Up The Jam

Screenshot of the wikipedia page for Merychippus, a proto-horse that lived in North America 15.97-5.33 million years ago. It had three toes on each foot.

Merychippus everyone 🎄🐎

the feds: stop trying to turn this guy into some cool antihero with a badass public image

also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*

two days ago!!! haha

salmon hat

They buried the lede “she was in Australia for clown school”