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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons

@gabriellehecht.bsky.social

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · Jan 23

WH Auden,
September 1, 1939

I sit in one of the dives
On Fifty-second Street
Uncertain and afraid
As the clever hopes expire
Of a low dishonest decade:
Waves of anger and fear
Circulate over the bright
And darkened lands of the earth,
Obsessing our private lives;
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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 5h

And then there’s WHY WHY WHY WHY

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 5h

Yes

My head spins wildly whenever I see this sort of thing. Like, HOW HOW HOW the emperor is fucking buck naked how is this not crashingly obvious

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 5h

Fucking despicable

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 7h

ah. okay!

One of those "let's eat grandma" moments

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 7h

Please be careful! Things are pretty scary here.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 7h

An indicator for a horrible socio-ecology is how many dolphins are slaughtered for no good reason.

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 9h

Before the marine mammal protection act, millions of dolphins and porpoises died in nets as bicatch from commercial fisheries around the world. That is not a typo. Millions died. The first year of the MMPA in 1972, there were over 400,000 incidental takes from the US tuna fleet alone.

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 7h

Right on!

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 7h

I do not understand the "initially rejected by MIT" clause. MIT rejected it. As far as I know, it hasn't gone back on that.

So unless I'm wrong... wow. Just wow, Bloomberg.

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 8h

As expected, the first 9 compacts were a trial run.

They have now come for all of us.

And each of us, and all of us, should say no.

Scoop via @liamknox.bsky.social at Bloomberg:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 7h

I think it's fair to say that Portland has weaponized its cringe. Pretty fabulous, actually!

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 7h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 7h

a woman in a green shirt has the word nope written on her face

Alt: a Black woman in a green shirt and long light hair is shaking her head with style as she says "NOPE", which is also written below her on the screen

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 7h

100% agree.

Don't do anything (more) that begins to smell like an algorithm.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8h

Solidarity is the only way

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 9h

Feeling overwhelmed at the prospect of writing a thorough description in alt text?

Great news! You can dictate! The character limit is much higher, so you can even have fun with it

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 9h

Rainbow in San Francisco!

A very bright full rainbow against a mostly cloudy sky. On the right hand side is a typical San Francisco apartment building. Just a couple stories high beige with bump out windows. On the left is a brown, small brown building and a dark big tree. Right in the middle Where the street is there is an enormous white cloud that looks like it’s illuminated in such a fashion as to almost resemble a mushroom cloud from a nuclear weapon. Though perhaps that’s just my personal obsession. It’s fucking gorgeous is a point.

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 14h

Moisturized!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 14h

I tell you who’s not doing “real work”. Sam Altman, that’s who

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 21h

don't worry, Sam Altman is confident that his efforts to eliminate vast numbers of jobs will all just sort of work out for the unemployed, eventually, possibly after they starve to death, which is technically a form of having it work out

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Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With

Worried that AI will destroy work? Well, Sam Altman asks if you've considered what a farmer from half a century ago thinks of your job, first.

futurism.com

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 14h

🤮

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14h

If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 14h

MIT does a lot of bad things, but this is a good thing that actually makes me proud to be an alum.

www.chronicle.com/article/what...

What Could MIT’s Rejection of Trump’s Proposed ‘Compact’ Mean for the Rest of Higher Ed?

President Sally Kornbluth’s decision drew mixed reactions on the campus, while national observers hoped other universities would follow suit.

www.chronicle.com

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 14d

Another day when I wish this reminder was not needed, but politicians, publications, etc., continue to share images without alt text, which means that folx with vision loss & other disabilities will not get access to whatever information is being conveyed in images, so PLEASE update your settings! 🙏🏽

Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · Jan 30

Do you care about access? 🫂

Please try updating your settings to prompt alt text descriptions with media! 🙏🏽

Under, Accessibility, you can select "Require alt text before posting" to remind you! 👀

That way, if you forget, then you are unable to post until you provide a description of your media! ✨️

Image Description: Against a dark background, text states:
Accessibility
Alt text
Require alt text before posting
Display larger alt text badges
Haptics
Disable haptic feedback

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 1d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 1d

Any graphs of our Gini coefficient over time?

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 1d

Moist owlettes. 🪶

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Autistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 1d

"Non-Binary Passport Designations: Passports issued with “X” or other non-binary markers will be rejected by CBP systems, requiring resubmission with valid documentation showing “M” or “F” designation."

Nonbinary people will not be able to travel internationally 🙃

Persephone @apatilonia.bsky.social · 1d

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...

Anyone who has an X gender marker won't be allowed to use their passports to travel after Oct 25th

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS

CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com

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j-salvo.bsky.social @j-salvo.bsky.social · 1d

Word to the wise: do not fly internationally into Logan. All of the major public detainments of Legal Residents and Citizens at airports have been out of Logan.

Kat Stuart @luckykatstuart.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

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