Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Jenn

Kate Violette @kateviolette.com · 2h

"Sometimes things are hard or unfair but reality and science don't care"

one million times this

I am genuinely sorry this is how the universe works but it is indeed how the universe works, and the sooner more people get hip to this the healthier and happier we collectively all will be.

Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 5h

The framing “it’s unreasonable to ask me to mask” reminds me of climate change discussions - “it’s unreasonable to ask for net zero” etc - bc ppl think of the politics as more “real” than the science. Sometimes things are hard or unfair but reality and science don’t care

3 18 69

Reposted by Jenn

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 4h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

40 840 3K

Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 19h

I've sewn dresses, shirts, skirts, pajamas, and underwear.

I've bought patterns for bras but haven't tackled that challenge yet. They are complicated and physics defying at my size. I know enough to be happy to just buy them for $100.

Because people are not static boxes! We have curves and move.

2 10

Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 19h

I've made delicate pieces with my grandma's old cabinet machine and hacked together crappy pieces with my "new" computerized machine.

I'm jealous of my bestie who found a serger in a pawn shop for $70! The only thing wrong with it is that it has to be rethreaded. If you know, you know.

1 11

Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 19h

The art of taking flat two dimensional pieces and turning it into 3 dimensions depends on way more than just the sewing machine.

The math! The geometry! The knowledge of fabrics! The knowledge of seams!

Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 19h

All of this to say: Any sewist who has made more than the most rudimentary projects will likely laugh themselves to tears if you suggest that the solution to clothing prices is to just make "better sewing machines." I'm sure your heart is in a good place, but you definitely have never sewn anything.

1 3 27

Reposted by Jenn

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

260 2.8K 14K

Reposted by Jenn

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article.

www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...

Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X?

John Martin is adored by white X users—but infamous among Native and Indigenous communities.

www.dailydot.com

26 470 900

Reposted by Jenn

-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❆ ☃︎︎ ❆ @moxiest.art · 1d

hey, do the thing.

thanks.

dictated but not read

💊⏰

-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❆ ☃︎︎ ❆ @moxiest.art · Mar 17

💊⏰

A typewritten note that reads:

hey!!
it's time to fill up your pill organizer for the week!!
no! not later, silly!
now.

3 9 86

Reposted by Jenn

Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 1d

I am very tired of this, but a quick review.

In America, it is legal for you to own your bullshit laser, no matter how it got into the county.

How you use your bullshit laser matters. Most jurisdictions escalate to felony for lighting up any law enforcement. Doing to them in the sky is ++Felony.

Jake @jakeythesnakey.bsky.social · 1d

This is such an astoundingly bad idea that I kinda think it’s a false flag or an op of some sort

Merits aside, it is insanely easy to be caught if you do this and the punishment for doing this is much more severe than you’d guess.

(@faineg.bsky.social often writes on stuff like this)

18 190 550

Reposted by Jenn

⚧️ Re-Inventing Venus ♀️ @thevenusbunch.bsky.social · 7d

'I am depleting my savings...' Do y'all understand the gravity of this? The lengths people have to go to in order to stay in business? In order to continue paying their bills? If the price is too high, move along, find it elsewhere, but don't harass the shop owners to lower their prices.

🌸Bibi🌸♿ (formerly bibicosplays) @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 7d

I am moving to using a US Fullfiment Centre for US customers. It will take weeks to fully implement. I am having to pay several thousands for the shipping of products to the US and the custom fees. I am depleting my savings. I am scared and stressed. I just wish people could see that I'm trying.

3 37 57

Reposted by Jenn

Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 2d

Support clean energy by eating American lamb:
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Farmers urge Americans to embrace previously overlooked type of meat: 'There's really a huge, huge potential'

"Great way to support those family farmers."

www.yahoo.com

18 24 130

Reposted by Jenn

Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 2d

This.

One of the weirdest claims about tech, is that if people only studied humanities, they would be more inclusive and kind.

No.

That's not the important dimension. Studying art or philosophy or history does not magically make you an ethical person.

Hitler was a painter. Wagner was a composer.

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

15 34 180

Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 2d

Today was leg press and OMFG it is so much easier and less weird to leg press without a port.

8

Reposted by Jenn

Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 2d

It comes down to needing to pick more people to care about because they're coming for us all.

Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 2d

It's not mutual aid because that person's not part of your community apparently even though you see them online, but why don't people get that we must expand our notion of community & get out of who white capitalism says is it is even to band together to get through our fascist predicament.

6 23

Reposted by Jenn

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 2d

When Trump was elected, I decided I would try to put my column writing energy towards somewhere local. I wanted to write in my communities about stuff that was happening.

Not all plans work out, but this one seems to be so far. I am looking forward to a slightly more formal process.

Meet the 4 new contributing columnists we’re adding to our refreshed roster

Strib Voices is welcoming writers who will focus on Gen Z perspectives, menopause, disabilities and other issues. They will join four voices from our inaugural group returning for a second year.

www.startribune.com

11 18 150

Reposted by Jenn

Kim Crayton [She/Her] @kimcrayton1.bsky.social · 2d

Any revolution, purple or otherwise, that demands those impacted by harm extend the benefit of the doubt to or assume “positive intent” from those who championed, sanctioned, or ignored that harm, without observable contrition and a strategy for repair that doesn’t center them,

When "Revolutions" Center the Comfortable

1 2 6

Reposted by Jenn

Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 2d

YOU ARE A TRUE WARRIOR. I AM PROUD OF YOU.

8 37

Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly!

My cable bin is sacred and every few years I end up pulling out a cable I haven't used in a decade that is just the right thing for a project. Keep all the cables!

1 2

Reposted by Jenn

Tami @chronictami.bsky.social · 4d

The concept of the 'deserving poor' is capitalist poison. Your worth isn't determined by how hard you fight or how much you suffer. My worth is non-negotiable. Aid isn't a reward for being a 'good' survivor; it’s a necessary tool for being an alive survivor. Solidarity disregards the purity test.

2 29 85

Reposted by Jenn

Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 3d

🎃 October 11 🎃
Cute little boo

Nubian goat with two purple bat pompoms on her head

5 69 450

Reposted by Jenn

Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 2d

Holy shit, Fr Dowling.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

9 44 320

Reposted by Jenn

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 4d

Yikes. Looks like I won't be buying a Framework laptop after all!

@frame.work - Judging by the comments in this forum, your company and community are not currently worth either my time or my money.

Do better.

community.frame.work/t/framework-...

Framework supporting far-right racists?

Hi, I am not exactly sure how best to frame this, but recent events have got me wondering where exactly Framework, as a company, stands with regards to human rights and equality. If I understand cor...

community.frame.work

4 25 57

Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 4d

Good news everybody!

My liver enzyme numbers are finally back in range!

It just took over two and a half months after my last chemo. Which in good news means all the things I am doing is helping, but also means all the things I am doing is helping.

So yay, I continue to be spite vegan....

3 1 32

Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 4d

Anywho, yadda yadda.

Poverty is a bitch, fatphobia sucks, and cancer is annoying as hell.

10

Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 4d

Welp, that was a hard therapy session.

I don't think my therapist was prepared for me to name off so many different weight loss programs that my mom was in during the 90s.

I didn't grow up with an almond mom, because nuts were expensive and only for holidays.

Also the food shelf didn't have them.

1 16