Rockwell would have painted this.
12.02.2026 00:32 β π 1671 π 389 π¬ 1 π 0@grrrl.bsky.social
teacher + doctoral candidate + mama to a teen & cat β’ reader of good books β’ watcher of bad TV β’ brokenhearted ex-pat β’ recovering loudly β’ she/her/yβall used to be @grrrlmeetsworld over on the bad place words here: https://grrrlmeets.substack.com/
Rockwell would have painted this.
12.02.2026 00:32 β π 1671 π 389 π¬ 1 π 0Whoa, the Justice Dept is decimated! I guess it is a small relief that their idiocy is coming back to haunt them
bsky.app/profile/alli...
it's truly wild to watch how incredibly broken + moronic the current US administration is.
(that said it also reminds me of a few academic departments I know)
Epstein class, indeed
11.02.2026 03:42 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0age verification?
10.02.2026 16:14 β π 13 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Does desperation turn oneβs skin more orange? Because Navarro is sure sweating tomorrowβs numbers already
10.02.2026 14:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0the most radical science fiction is the kind where we choose to stay on earth and repair the damage weβve done
10.02.2026 13:39 β π 169 π 29 π¬ 4 π 1Oh you just gave me a reason to rewatch!! That series devastated me, more than once
10.02.2026 13:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This lands. And hit me like a ton of bricks
10.02.2026 13:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think itβs supercool of the authoritarian panopticon doorbell company to name themselves after the demon video that kills you in 7 days; almost as cool as the authoritarian panopticon precrime software company to name themselves after the evil demon orb that puts its users in thrall to Sauron.
10.02.2026 04:13 β π 1348 π 266 π¬ 17 π 4I see you, and your evil number of followers!!
10.02.2026 03:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0what a joy it is to work with people who actually work
10.02.2026 03:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0wins the internet
10.02.2026 02:49 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0and I love the new "Epstein class" label that Ossoff is using. It's a perfect fit.
10.02.2026 02:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thomas Massie is pretty badass, y'all
10.02.2026 02:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Letβs get you back into bed, gramps
09.02.2026 23:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0mission accomplished
09.02.2026 12:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They havenβt produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types canβt do the thing weβre already doing, making art. Jokes on them, weβre even better at despair than they are.
08.02.2026 18:24 β π 4753 π 1239 π¬ 80 π 45Iβm Analilia Mejia and I approve this message.
08.02.2026 20:33 β π 12987 π 2181 π¬ 212 π 161I got so smug thinking I found a typo in the novel Iβm reading - I saw the word βwindflowerβ and thought for sure it was supposed to be βwildflower.β Turns out, there are such flora called windflowers! Itβs the genus for anemones πΈ
08.02.2026 18:51 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientistβbecause the person felt she did didnβt deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I kinda love that the few times Iβve gone semi-viral on here have been for people who are cheering me on
06.02.2026 13:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This thread may have made my day at 7:41am
06.02.2026 13:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I was a Skepchick girlie a million years ago & as a fellow loudmouthed Rebekah, I have always loved + appreciated Rebeccaβs takes.
Itβs pretty great when a Cassandra is able to find validation, and this video has been 15+ years in the making.
I wanna watch the last 5 min again, it was that good.
Okay, you guys wanted some fun tea on Richard Dawkins? Here you go: one reason he may have gotten super duper angry about me talking about misogyny in atheism
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I love that! And yes, if anything all I know now is how much I *donβt* know
05.02.2026 19:01 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0lol trust me, I have colleagues who are happy to pitch in to do that for free π€£
05.02.2026 16:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0that perfect lil tongue π
05.02.2026 14:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh friend, I am so so sorry to read this news. Big hugs from me from afar.
If you ever wanna share stories or photos, Iβm always up to listen. Grief is the worst, and your broken heart is so valid.