Aimai
@aimaiami.bsky.social
Social worker, therapist, all around sardonic person. Largely unknown but I take up a lot of space in my own mind.
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The Trump-Vance administration had Nayra Guzmán taken into custody for 34 hours just 15 days after she had a C-section, while she was going to see her baby in the NICU. This is the character of this administration. This is the morality of this administration.
www.instagram.com/p/DR-M-J5D_4...
www.instagram.com/p/DR-M-J5D_4...
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The Trump-Vance administration had Nayra Guzmán taken into custody for 34 hours just 15 days after she had a C-section, while she was going to see her baby in the NICU. This is the character of this administration. This is the morality of this administration.
www.instagram.com/p/DR-M-J5D_4...
www.instagram.com/p/DR-M-J5D_4...
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Sacrificial complex unearthed in Southern Urals reveals elite nomadic rituals
One of the most extensive sacrificial complexes ever documented in the early nomadic necropolises of the Southern Urals has been found by archaeologists working...
More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/12/sacr...
One of the most extensive sacrificial complexes ever documented in the early nomadic necropolises of the Southern Urals has been found by archaeologists working...
More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/12/sacr...
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Sacrificial complex unearthed in Southern Urals reveals elite nomadic rituals
One of the most extensive sacrificial complexes ever documented in the early nomadic necropolises of the Southern Urals has been found by archaeologists working...
More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/12/sacr...
One of the most extensive sacrificial complexes ever documented in the early nomadic necropolises of the Southern Urals has been found by archaeologists working...
More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/12/sacr...
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“Think of trying to look for work or do work while you’re carrying all your belongings around with you all day and wondering where you’ll sleep that night. The new paperwork alone basically doubles the difficulty of the bureaucratic process.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/07/m...
SNAP could end or be reduced for more than 150,000 Massachusetts residents. What can the state do? - The Boston Globe
Food pantries and advocates are worried that support will wane as the SNAP suspension slips from the headlines.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“Think of trying to look for work or do work while you’re carrying all your belongings around with you all day and wondering where you’ll sleep that night. The new paperwork alone basically doubles the difficulty of the bureaucratic process.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/07/m...
Man this makes me miss our old Siamese cat. His name was Herpes. A fact that did not strike me as odd but caused some consternation to my college friends when they saw me go to the door of the house and call him in from the street.
December 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Man this makes me miss our old Siamese cat. His name was Herpes. A fact that did not strike me as odd but caused some consternation to my college friends when they saw me go to the door of the house and call him in from the street.
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We need to develop an understanding that climate denial is first and foremost ideological and not driven by the supposed ‘non-ideology’ of rational self-interest/greed
“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We need to develop an understanding that climate denial is first and foremost ideological and not driven by the supposed ‘non-ideology’ of rational self-interest/greed
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Golden-winged Sunbird.
The golden-winged sunbird (Drepanorhynchus reichenowi) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Three subspecies are recognised. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests and East African montane forests.
📸: @kenyanbirder
The golden-winged sunbird (Drepanorhynchus reichenowi) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Three subspecies are recognised. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests and East African montane forests.
📸: @kenyanbirder
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Golden-winged Sunbird.
The golden-winged sunbird (Drepanorhynchus reichenowi) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Three subspecies are recognised. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests and East African montane forests.
📸: @kenyanbirder
The golden-winged sunbird (Drepanorhynchus reichenowi) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. Three subspecies are recognised. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests and East African montane forests.
📸: @kenyanbirder
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They’re desperately trying to separate the pipe bomber from MAGA, Trump, and 1/6. It’s why there’s a 22-day gap in the arrest affidavit. I’ll be covering this on the @meidastouch.com channel tomorrow at noon PT.
Please call the guy the January 6th pipe bomber.
Fox is calling him the "January 5th bomber" because he planted the bombs the night before but really because they don't want to mention 1/6 as a bad day.
Fox is calling him the "January 5th bomber" because he planted the bombs the night before but really because they don't want to mention 1/6 as a bad day.
December 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
They’re desperately trying to separate the pipe bomber from MAGA, Trump, and 1/6. It’s why there’s a 22-day gap in the arrest affidavit. I’ll be covering this on the @meidastouch.com channel tomorrow at noon PT.
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I do remember that. Man, what a blast from the past. But I take your point. Guckert would be more ethical than these droogs.
Remember when the Bush White House credentialed and planted a gay escort so he could ask friendly questions? He would be the most ethical reporter in the press pool this administration has cultivated.
December 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I do remember that. Man, what a blast from the past. But I take your point. Guckert would be more ethical than these droogs.
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The acting director of ICE is directly attacking Catholics’ religious liberty & free speech rights.
www.masslive.com/news/2025/12...
www.masslive.com/news/2025/12...
ICE director demands Mass. church remove ‘ICE was here’ nativity scene
ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons is calling for the removal of a nativity scene at a Catholic church in Mass. that protests U.S. immigration policies.
www.masslive.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The acting director of ICE is directly attacking Catholics’ religious liberty & free speech rights.
www.masslive.com/news/2025/12...
www.masslive.com/news/2025/12...
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#ArtAdventCalendar #TinyTreasures Theme: A photograph from my walk to-from work each day. #Day7 #Snow #Sunflower #VT #SundayYellow
December 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar #TinyTreasures Theme: A photograph from my walk to-from work each day. #Day7 #Snow #Sunflower #VT #SundayYellow
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My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
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Photographer Yuji Shibasaki took this stunning picture of the Tokyo's Sky Tree illuminated for Valentine's day with a crescent Moon exactly on top.
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Photographer Yuji Shibasaki took this stunning picture of the Tokyo's Sky Tree illuminated for Valentine's day with a crescent Moon exactly on top.
Luminous. And now I must stop fooling around and make dinner. How does this keep happening? I’ve been doing it more or less continuously since I was 11 and I’m now 65. I’m like an old war horse that hears the trumpets.
CajsaStina Åkerström, (Swedish, born 1967)
"Indian Cress", 2021.
Oil Pastels and Color Crayons on Paper,
40 × 56 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Indian Cress", 2021.
Oil Pastels and Color Crayons on Paper,
40 × 56 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Luminous. And now I must stop fooling around and make dinner. How does this keep happening? I’ve been doing it more or less continuously since I was 11 and I’m now 65. I’m like an old war horse that hears the trumpets.
Oh, wait: no THIS is the mood.
Good morning (or at least something better than mediocre morning).
From my #landscape #art, #illustrationart, and #photography portfolio: "December Morning, Western Iowa, 1948"
From my #landscape #art, #illustrationart, and #photography portfolio: "December Morning, Western Iowa, 1948"
December 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Oh, wait: no THIS is the mood.
Mood.
here is a floof for today's #BirdofTheDay #BirdsOnTwigs - not exactly sure what it is, but maybe a Bushtit? 1000mm effective, and a big crop. #Birds #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #Photography
December 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Mood.
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“In a New York Times guest essay following Trump’s comments, Omar defended her community, writing, ‘The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.’” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Stephen Miller’s rhetoric “reminds me” of “Nazis,” says Rep. Ilhan Omar
During a Sunday interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation," the Minnesota congresswoman critiqued the top White House adviser’s “white supremist” comments.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“In a New York Times guest essay following Trump’s comments, Omar defended her community, writing, ‘The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry.’” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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That this SCOTUS used it to justify striking affirmative action bc it discriminated against WHITE people and now thinks their might be a colorable argument about the birthright part shows only that they are confused about whether the good team won the Civil War. (2/3)
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
That this SCOTUS used it to justify striking affirmative action bc it discriminated against WHITE people and now thinks their might be a colorable argument about the birthright part shows only that they are confused about whether the good team won the Civil War. (2/3)
Sorry: this is the post to which Warren Terra’s comment is affixed.
There's an episode in Blackadder 3 where Edmond uses made-up words to convince Samual Johnson that he's missed stuff from his dictionary. I have been using these same words in work meetings and reports for decades without ever being challenged on their authenticity.
December 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Sorry: this is the post to which Warren Terra’s comment is affixed.
I never got into Blackadder and always miss the joke with quotes but damn, now I really regret this choice!
If anyone should wish to join in, the words are apparently:
anaspeptic
contrafibularities
extramuralisation
interfrastically
interludicule
pendigestartery
pericombobulation
phrasmotic
velocitous
anaspeptic
contrafibularities
extramuralisation
interfrastically
interludicule
pendigestartery
pericombobulation
phrasmotic
velocitous
Client Challenge
blackadder.fandom.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I never got into Blackadder and always miss the joke with quotes but damn, now I really regret this choice!
Prayer for us all but especially some of my patients.
I first read this poem in my father's final days. It took my breath away. Tomorrow will mark one week since we lost him, but I know he's still with us. So grateful to have (finally!) read _The People's Project_, edited by @theferocity.bsky.social and @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social, where it appears.
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Prayer for us all but especially some of my patients.
Not the look patients like to see on their therapist’s face, actually.
December 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Not the look patients like to see on their therapist’s face, actually.
Wow! This is EXACTLY right. I can’t believe I didn’t see it when I am well aware of this issue. The grinding cruelty of the slave power is simply reimposed now again and again in new but really old formats. I am constantly saying it to my patients but until this post I had, in a way, repressed it.
In the era of slavery, free black people had to carry their "free papers" with them so they could prove to the authorities that they were free, or else they would be thrown in jail and sold.
BASH: If ICE says it doesn't arrest US citizens, why do we keep seeing incidents of them aggressively pursuing citizens?
HOMAN: I can't tell you how many times an illegal alien claims to be a US citizen. It happens all the time.
HOMAN: I can't tell you how many times an illegal alien claims to be a US citizen. It happens all the time.
December 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Wow! This is EXACTLY right. I can’t believe I didn’t see it when I am well aware of this issue. The grinding cruelty of the slave power is simply reimposed now again and again in new but really old formats. I am constantly saying it to my patients but until this post I had, in a way, repressed it.
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The United States of America; the so-called "land of the free" where their "amazing and the bestest freedom and democracy" can't even give working class people free healthcare, free education, free housing, free clean drinking water, free transportation, or even free care for the elderly.
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The United States of America; the so-called "land of the free" where their "amazing and the bestest freedom and democracy" can't even give working class people free healthcare, free education, free housing, free clean drinking water, free transportation, or even free care for the elderly.
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A peace prize for insecure cats!
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A peace prize for insecure cats!