Five
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Me in life: I make things and think about things
Me at job: I lead things in Design/Product Ops
Me at job: I lead things in Design/Product Ops
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Five
@5arah.com
· Nov 19
Update for quiltsky: here’s the skull quilt with the double border (3/4 inch black border, 1/4 inch multicolor). I will hand stitch the binding to the back this week. I can’t wait to show you the back!
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Is it @startribune.com policy to refer to anyone confronting ICE as a protester? This obscures the nature of what people are doing. We're not protesting ICE. We're constitutional observers documenting human rights abuses by agents of the state.
January 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Is it @startribune.com policy to refer to anyone confronting ICE as a protester? This obscures the nature of what people are doing. We're not protesting ICE. We're constitutional observers documenting human rights abuses by agents of the state.
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Long-term Philadelphians: Hurricane Swartz just popped up on my clock app feed. He's talking about the storm, explaining how to determine the sources of weather misinfo, and telling us how to understand the information we're getting. He's teaching media literacy. Bless him.
January 21, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Long-term Philadelphians: Hurricane Swartz just popped up on my clock app feed. He's talking about the storm, explaining how to determine the sources of weather misinfo, and telling us how to understand the information we're getting. He's teaching media literacy. Bless him.
SO GIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE ARE POINTING OUT.
This is the shittiest timeline with a bunch of doofuses leading by saying “just trust me.”
This is the shittiest timeline with a bunch of doofuses leading by saying “just trust me.”
Jensen Huang of Nvidia, $NVDA, has said relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has done a lot of damage, per Techspot.
January 22, 2026 at 1:01 AM
SO GIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE ARE POINTING OUT.
This is the shittiest timeline with a bunch of doofuses leading by saying “just trust me.”
This is the shittiest timeline with a bunch of doofuses leading by saying “just trust me.”
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This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
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Have you donated yet? Will you boost this? I'm trying to raise $10,000 to help my sister while she is out of work and caring for my nephew. If 500 awesome souls give $20 we can finish it up. If you have less, please donate whatever you can. If you want to donate more, please do. $20 is the mark.
Donate to Support for Montiese’s Sister and Nephew, organized by Montiese McKenzie
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December 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Have you donated yet? Will you boost this? I'm trying to raise $10,000 to help my sister while she is out of work and caring for my nephew. If 500 awesome souls give $20 we can finish it up. If you have less, please donate whatever you can. If you want to donate more, please do. $20 is the mark.
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they are actively trying to get these officers killed and have been for some time
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:49 PM
they are actively trying to get these officers killed and have been for some time
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Just put my kid on a flight to St. Paul.
Checked she had her travel stuff:
* Water bottle
* Travel pillow
* Hidden airtag in case feds steal her phone so I can find her
* Charm bracelet I made w/my tel # so that she can throw it to someone in case she is getting grabbed by ICE
So, the 2026 basics
Checked she had her travel stuff:
* Water bottle
* Travel pillow
* Hidden airtag in case feds steal her phone so I can find her
* Charm bracelet I made w/my tel # so that she can throw it to someone in case she is getting grabbed by ICE
So, the 2026 basics
January 21, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Just put my kid on a flight to St. Paul.
Checked she had her travel stuff:
* Water bottle
* Travel pillow
* Hidden airtag in case feds steal her phone so I can find her
* Charm bracelet I made w/my tel # so that she can throw it to someone in case she is getting grabbed by ICE
So, the 2026 basics
Checked she had her travel stuff:
* Water bottle
* Travel pillow
* Hidden airtag in case feds steal her phone so I can find her
* Charm bracelet I made w/my tel # so that she can throw it to someone in case she is getting grabbed by ICE
So, the 2026 basics
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Governments don’t need to ban social media when they already have compulsory attendance of children for almost 10 years to provide skills, knowledge and shared experiences.
Universal schooling was reaction to last information crisis of printing. We have an infrastructure to adapt like Finland.
Universal schooling was reaction to last information crisis of printing. We have an infrastructure to adapt like Finland.
Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...
Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Governments don’t need to ban social media when they already have compulsory attendance of children for almost 10 years to provide skills, knowledge and shared experiences.
Universal schooling was reaction to last information crisis of printing. We have an infrastructure to adapt like Finland.
Universal schooling was reaction to last information crisis of printing. We have an infrastructure to adapt like Finland.
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Hakeem Jeffries is the House Democratic Follower. You can't name a single policy issue in the last year he's actually led on.
When forming a position, he follows polls, public sentiment and his own caucus members. But he never, ever gets out front to persuade or lead.
When forming a position, he follows polls, public sentiment and his own caucus members. But he never, ever gets out front to persuade or lead.
Scoop: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries opposes bill funding DHS and ICE
Democrats are lining up against the bill.
www.axios.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is the House Democratic Follower. You can't name a single policy issue in the last year he's actually led on.
When forming a position, he follows polls, public sentiment and his own caucus members. But he never, ever gets out front to persuade or lead.
When forming a position, he follows polls, public sentiment and his own caucus members. But he never, ever gets out front to persuade or lead.
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Reminder that the people who said their guns were for fighting tyranny went and joined the tyranny.
Guess they really just wanted to be able to shoot them at people without getting arrested.
Guess they really just wanted to be able to shoot them at people without getting arrested.
January 20, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Reminder that the people who said their guns were for fighting tyranny went and joined the tyranny.
Guess they really just wanted to be able to shoot them at people without getting arrested.
Guess they really just wanted to be able to shoot them at people without getting arrested.
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People who produce AI slop papers love to skip the boring research and get right to the dramatic discovery. The LLMs tell them their idea is awesome and original, and write it up as a "proposed framework" (with no data or evidence). That term increased 70% in Web of Science abstracts last year.
January 11, 2026 at 9:53 PM
People who produce AI slop papers love to skip the boring research and get right to the dramatic discovery. The LLMs tell them their idea is awesome and original, and write it up as a "proposed framework" (with no data or evidence). That term increased 70% in Web of Science abstracts last year.
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Americans, seeing fascism, will call it literally anything else: communism, anarchism, Maoism, Stalinism, etc.
Like their eyes just glaze right past it, it doesn't process.
And even if they do actually notice the fascism, they don't notice its basis in centuries of domestic homegrown tradition.
Like their eyes just glaze right past it, it doesn't process.
And even if they do actually notice the fascism, they don't notice its basis in centuries of domestic homegrown tradition.
January 21, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Americans, seeing fascism, will call it literally anything else: communism, anarchism, Maoism, Stalinism, etc.
Like their eyes just glaze right past it, it doesn't process.
And even if they do actually notice the fascism, they don't notice its basis in centuries of domestic homegrown tradition.
Like their eyes just glaze right past it, it doesn't process.
And even if they do actually notice the fascism, they don't notice its basis in centuries of domestic homegrown tradition.
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Tradwife culture is damaging because it is disguised as empowerment while limiting women’s options. It’s portrayed as a women’s place. No one should ever choose a place in life where, when their circumstances change, their life falls apart. depauliaonline.com/81536/opinio...
Why are women choosing to be tradwives?
A resurgence in traditional gender roles has led to the rise of social influencers showcasing this lifestyle.
depauliaonline.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Tradwife culture is damaging because it is disguised as empowerment while limiting women’s options. It’s portrayed as a women’s place. No one should ever choose a place in life where, when their circumstances change, their life falls apart. depauliaonline.com/81536/opinio...
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It may not be helpful, but I want us all to remember every single person who smugly said "using the word fascism is overheated rhetoric" or anything remotely of the sort. We are, and were not, crazy for seeing it.
January 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM
It may not be helpful, but I want us all to remember every single person who smugly said "using the word fascism is overheated rhetoric" or anything remotely of the sort. We are, and were not, crazy for seeing it.
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They had the audacity to claim Bluesky didn't have the juice, but not since peak Twitter have I logged off for an evening and come back to my entire feed speaking in a new language of rapid-fire in-jokes that I have to reverse-engineer to figure out what's happening. That, my friends, is The Juice.
Two big guys walked up front and started yelling at the pilot and the pilot screamed that they weren't going to Davos, they were going to Vienna, Virginia and that he had to get home to his family.
wow just woke up from a nap, i guess everyone else on Air Force One realized we aren't going to the right place
January 21, 2026 at 7:20 AM
They had the audacity to claim Bluesky didn't have the juice, but not since peak Twitter have I logged off for an evening and come back to my entire feed speaking in a new language of rapid-fire in-jokes that I have to reverse-engineer to figure out what's happening. That, my friends, is The Juice.
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love is cool. being earnest is cool. telling your friends that you love them is cool. fuck the haters, we're loving each other, we're caremaxxing, we're rejecting cynicism together
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 AM
love is cool. being earnest is cool. telling your friends that you love them is cool. fuck the haters, we're loving each other, we're caremaxxing, we're rejecting cynicism together
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I’m becoming socially conservative in that I’m becoming a real tightass about civic virtue & honor. Fuck your boyfriend & his husband wearing dogsuits in private if you want, I don’t care at all, but I’m becoming pretty humorless about people feeling they have no obligation to any civic project
January 21, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I’m becoming socially conservative in that I’m becoming a real tightass about civic virtue & honor. Fuck your boyfriend & his husband wearing dogsuits in private if you want, I don’t care at all, but I’m becoming pretty humorless about people feeling they have no obligation to any civic project
I always announce loudly PROPITIOUS MANGO when I open one of these.
They are pricey, but tasty
They are pricey, but tasty
GET EQUIPPED
WITH
WITH
PROPITIOUS MANGO 🥭
January 21, 2026 at 7:19 AM
I always announce loudly PROPITIOUS MANGO when I open one of these.
They are pricey, but tasty
They are pricey, but tasty
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
I want to go to sleep but there’s so much possibility in this moment.
January 21, 2026 at 6:18 AM
I want to go to sleep but there’s so much possibility in this moment.
You know they’re going to bury him on an expensive piece of land to get the property tax exemption, right?
January 21, 2026 at 6:07 AM
You know they’re going to bury him on an expensive piece of land to get the property tax exemption, right?
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david byrne covered "driver's license" and honestly the result sort of sounds like a magnetic fields song
music.youtube.com/watch?v=7x6o...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=7x6o...
drivers license
YouTube video by David Byrne - Topic
music.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:59 AM
david byrne covered "driver's license" and honestly the result sort of sounds like a magnetic fields song
music.youtube.com/watch?v=7x6o...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=7x6o...
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Vaguely recall Republicans absolutely losing their shit over the (misleading to false) claim that the IRS in the Obama era targeted conservative non-profits for audits based on their ideology.
I'm sure every one of those people is speaking out in support of Mischief Toy Store or...?
I'm sure every one of those people is speaking out in support of Mischief Toy Store or...?
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Vaguely recall Republicans absolutely losing their shit over the (misleading to false) claim that the IRS in the Obama era targeted conservative non-profits for audits based on their ideology.
I'm sure every one of those people is speaking out in support of Mischief Toy Store or...?
I'm sure every one of those people is speaking out in support of Mischief Toy Store or...?
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He’s our own Puxsutawney Ted, predicting ice and a possible grid collapse.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front.
January 21, 2026 at 5:24 AM
He’s our own Puxsutawney Ted, predicting ice and a possible grid collapse.
Maybe this is when Łink descends and alights back onto Bluesky…
BlueSky is gonna have to censor and ban everybody on this app when it happens
January 21, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Maybe this is when Łink descends and alights back onto Bluesky…