Bear Ryver

SB 6045, a bill to allow farmworker collective bargaining in WA state, will soon be voted on. This bill is critical for WA farmworkers like Windmill mushroom workers who've been fighting to get a contract since 2022.

If you live in WA tell your state Senator to support SB 6045.

Anyway, I’ve come to the conclusion that you can not be pro-Black if you use AI

Fascinating!

I’ve been reading through a good chunk of the corpus of Aristotle and this seems like just the right thing to integrate a few threads I’ve been chasing.

I so hope you’re coming to NORWAC and we get a chance to chat this time!

ain’t that the truth!

Johannes Kepler, writing to David Fabricius on Dec 2, 1602, “Moreover, since Ephemerides did not yet exist, profections were introduced by the Chaldeans to lighten the work of calculating the stars.” In Culture & Cosmos Vol. 14.

Oh Kepler! Shots fired!

I swear I put the timer on the pizza… at least I got it out before it was completely inedible. ☄️

Yes, and/or nb kiddos of one’s siblings too!

for context - they are 8 and 10.

got my nibblings talking philosophy!

they *engaged* the first page of Aristotle’s On the Soul with great questions and intriguing intuitions about the nature of a soul.

proud uncle moment!

I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.

So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.

paging @sasharavitch.bsky.social

a is for absolutely!

A few captures as Venus and the 5% waning gibbous Moon moved until the planet disappeared behind. #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social 2/2

BEARISTOTLE!!

feeling for y’all with autocomplete and spellcheck enabled.

not i. my typos are bespoke. 100% hand-crafted.

Should ate something spicy before reaching into the oven.

Burns are not my preferred way to commune with you, Mars!

Yes!

Thank you so much!!!

We're officially one year away from UAC2026!

The countdown has officially begun for the United Astrology Conference 2026, so start looking at flights, scoping hotel rooms, and grab your registration!

There are just a couple of weeks left of our Early Bird pricing for members.

don’t care what anyone says Saturn in Pisces > Saturn in Aries

yeah! Arcturus is brighter than Vega. one of the top 5 brightest (including the Sun).

PSA:
Whats hard for you
Is not whats wrong with you

Labor Day is the most punk rock of all holidays. Power to the People! Unionize! Democratize the means of production and tax billionaires out of existence!

was profoundly healing :)

YouTube video by Orphic Astrology Astrology For Parenting Ep. 1: The Ethics of Astrology For Children

Hey friends, we’re recording a series of discussions around the various topics tied to Astrology For Parenting with a number of fellow parent-astrologers lined up to join us in conversation! This is our first convo around the ethics of astrology for children:

youtu.be/wxzYHWuSP6o?...

a sturdy tree trunk supporting a canopy of leaves

spent the afternoon sitting under the canopy of trees my great-great grandparent planted as sapling wedding gifts

a black kitten looking directly into the camera from aloft the tattooed arm and shoulder of a handsome brown man with a hot pink baseball cap.

made friends with this dude tonight

#caturday

sometimes it’s odd being from a people who’ve been thriving since well before agriculture and without agriculture.

real hard to sell… lots of things as an advancement.

how is any of this better?

Yeah a widget that I made the mistake of updating during the retrograde (waahhh/cry)

anyone else lose the ability to have chart of the moment on their homescreen with @astrogoldapps.bsky.social?

had been recommending my students use that for study and it was my fav setup for horary

today the lord of the profected AC is transiting the lord of the solar return.

all i want is to go to the climbing gym!