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Erica Rivera

@drericaoneil.bsky.social

Research in the front, bog witch in the back. Complaining about exploitation and capitalism always. Historian of sci, tech, med • STS • DH • Critical tech studies • Applied ethics Personal account, personal airing of the grievances

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It is so cheesy and so good. Definitely midnight movie at a sleepover material!

20.10.2025 03:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Dan Osborn calls out U.S. government’s Argentina bailout that hurts Nebraska soybean farmers OMAHA - Independent U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn today criticized the federal government's decision to pro...

I've been waiting for a good voice to pick up the Argentina/Soybean scandal.

Dan Osborn now has.

www.centralnebraskatoday.com/2025/10/02/d...

02.10.2025 21:05 — 👍 1593    🔁 716    💬 49    📌 23

I wrote about covering the aftermath of the immigration raids in Venture County this week. Most of what’s on my mind in this piece is dark and angry—none of this should be normal. A man shouldn’t have died running for his life

Thru all this, the community care in the county was a sight to behold.

13.07.2025 00:14 — 👍 914    🔁 309    💬 13    📌 9

The Twitter platform is built to keep people on it. It does not drive traffic virtually at all, even in its hayday, and it's even worse now.

There's no reason to stay on it.

09.07.2025 23:02 — 👍 3401    🔁 705    💬 35    📌 13
09.07.2025 18:48 — 👍 24    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling The plastics industry has heralded a type of chemical recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with old ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method…

The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much.

But the plastics industry is peddling a "solution" that works like magic.

Don't be fooled.

(Published June 2024)

26.06.2025 03:00 — 👍 1332    🔁 475    💬 47    📌 38
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What Sarah McBride Gets Wrong Congresswoman Sarah McBride recently interviewed with Ezra Klein at the New York Times, where she advocated for a more cowardly form of politics when it comes to transgender people.

1. On Tuesday, Congresswoman Sarah McBride gave a interview with Ezra Klein at the New York Times.

It has been used to seed the ground for a rightward shift in the Democratic Party on trans rights.

Some allies have failed to grasp the problems with her approach.

Here's what McBride gets wrong.

21.06.2025 02:57 — 👍 1989    🔁 502    💬 86    📌 69

The Bethesda Declaration people spoke out, despite the prohibition.

21.06.2025 04:38 — 👍 187    🔁 40    💬 2    📌 0

Stop asking marginalized populations to politely ask for basic human rights! Supreme Court just upheld the care ban for transgender youth today? A polite email ain't gonna cut it, Sarah.

18.06.2025 16:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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hahaha

15.06.2025 00:54 — 👍 931    🔁 124    💬 10    📌 5

Many of the LA Sheriffs didn't have their gas masks on yet so the Sheriffs got gassed by LAPD

LAPD was on the radio crying about getting shot by rubber bullets by the sheriffs, so I'd say fair trade

Typical level of professional policing for Los Angeles. Waiting for CHP to join the fun.

15.06.2025 01:08 — 👍 5998    🔁 1293    💬 85    📌 178
The New York Times front page.

The New York Times front page.

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

14.06.2025 21:42 — 👍 25451    🔁 6005    💬 656    📌 426
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The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible

14.06.2025 21:45 — 👍 22152    🔁 5350    💬 303    📌 356
A crowded magic the gathering event

A crowded magic the gathering event

Trump'a poorly attended birthday party

Trump'a poorly attended birthday party

Magic The Gathering event vs. Trump's Birthday Party

15.06.2025 01:10 — 👍 4265    🔁 913    💬 50    📌 58
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Ocean Beach San Francisco today. #NoKings We were there

14.06.2025 19:26 — 👍 1610    🔁 233    💬 19    📌 11
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When you spent $25 million on your birthday party but the tanks were old and the clown wasn’t funny and the taco bowls didn’t have enough cheese and all the cool kids went to a different party.

15.06.2025 01:15 — 👍 2923    🔁 473    💬 89    📌 26

being able to hear the wheels on the Sherman tanks squeal on account of no one there is some incredible footage. A+ comedy.

14.06.2025 22:44 — 👍 2567    🔁 669    💬 73    📌 37

Preach, Professor Snyder

15.06.2025 01:43 — 👍 54    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
a photo grid of dolls with protest t-shirts and signs.

a photo grid of dolls with protest t-shirts and signs.

I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

14.06.2025 22:03 — 👍 11425    🔁 3838    💬 166    📌 312

With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.

14.06.2025 15:37 — 👍 14957    🔁 4208    💬 163    📌 57

I got to be an external reviewer for NEH summer stipends. 2 things I noticed:

1) There is an overwhelming surplus of groundbreaking research being conducted in the humanities by scholars at all employment levels. It was a nearly impossible task to say which projects were more "deserving" of support

11.06.2025 17:13 — 👍 48    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 3

Reverse Cassandraing, whispering, “Everybody predicted all of this.”

10.06.2025 06:24 — 👍 548    🔁 112    💬 8    📌 1

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

11.06.2025 16:22 — 👍 49032    🔁 14850    💬 583    📌 379

wild how he immediately raises his weapon as soon as she turns and he sees the microphone

they're shooting to maim the press on purpose y'all

09.06.2025 01:47 — 👍 631    🔁 188    💬 13    📌 7

Whimsy and play in the face of oppression! 💕

09.06.2025 01:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Stormtrooper-ass looking cops standing in front of a giant donut.

Stormtrooper-ass looking cops standing in front of a giant donut.

Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize

08.06.2025 23:49 — 👍 25990    🔁 6169    💬 256    📌 350

We really lost the Mandate of Heaven when this stopped being the guiding principle for fantasy movies

11.05.2025 20:32 — 👍 482    🔁 114    💬 12    📌 1

Indy has faced formidable odds before, stsrting his life as Tonka the Bait Dog in a dog fighting circle before being rescued by a local organization and finding his way to Jake. This gentle giant was covered in scars when he came into our home. 9/

13.05.2025 01:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He will still be able to eat with his back teeth and play with his stuffed animals, but his days of chomping bees are likely over. Bonus: he will have an adorable perma-blep. Not so great bonus: he's gonna drool even more. Kind of a bonus: he gets to wear cool bandanas and baby bibs? 8/

13.05.2025 01:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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