Ginger
@gentlyepigrams.bsky.social
Life is too short to drink bad beer. Born Texas; currently Dallas. Rice grad. MA History. Gen X. She/her. Fannish, political, music, books. Mefite. TTRPG & PBEM gamer. Work in progress.
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anyway pouring one out for the zillions of competent, ethical journalists who are currently unemployed
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
anyway pouring one out for the zillions of competent, ethical journalists who are currently unemployed
Wildlife report: Bunny was back again tonight after chamber music!
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Wildlife report: Bunny was back again tonight after chamber music!
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test the plausibility of this for yourself: ask "what sort of efforts would fully counteract the sociological effects of a system where people routinely sold their own children into labor camps?" and see how different your answer is from "years of open terrorism in defense of retrenching apartheid"
The south was a chattel slave empire until the 1860s and a de facto ethnic authoritarian state for the following century, which is well in living memory. I don't think we need to pretend that that hasn't left a distinctive cultural mark.
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
test the plausibility of this for yourself: ask "what sort of efforts would fully counteract the sociological effects of a system where people routinely sold their own children into labor camps?" and see how different your answer is from "years of open terrorism in defense of retrenching apartheid"
Got a great early birthday present this morning: a clean ultrasound and second mammogram.
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Got a great early birthday present this morning: a clean ultrasound and second mammogram.
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periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
TFW you see the perfect holiday gift for someone you're fond of ... and it's $1100 or so before tax and shipping.
November 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
TFW you see the perfect holiday gift for someone you're fond of ... and it's $1100 or so before tax and shipping.
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reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Wildlife report: backyard bunny has returned!
(May be a different bunny.)
(May be a different bunny.)
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Wildlife report: backyard bunny has returned!
(May be a different bunny.)
(May be a different bunny.)
Certain parties will be pleased to know that the NorthPark Center fountain is working again.
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Certain parties will be pleased to know that the NorthPark Center fountain is working again.
Have spent my morning blocking random jerks and mainsplainers as one does when one is a woman on the internet.
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Have spent my morning blocking random jerks and mainsplainers as one does when one is a woman on the internet.
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Public service announcement- if you, like me, spend a weekend every year driving to every grocery store in your area looking for a gluten free turkey, wegmans store brand is gluten free
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Public service announcement- if you, like me, spend a weekend every year driving to every grocery store in your area looking for a gluten free turkey, wegmans store brand is gluten free
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Tapestry with Armorial Bearings and Badges of John, Lord Dynham https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468561
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Tapestry with Armorial Bearings and Badges of John, Lord Dynham https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468561
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The algorithm brought me Cake’s “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” on my drive to work, and I am wondering what other songs celebrate female competence (“she’s touring the facility / and picking up slack”, “she uses a machete / to cut through red tape” etc) from a masculine POV. They must be out there, no?
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The algorithm brought me Cake’s “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” on my drive to work, and I am wondering what other songs celebrate female competence (“she’s touring the facility / and picking up slack”, “she uses a machete / to cut through red tape” etc) from a masculine POV. They must be out there, no?
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I enjoy buying indie TTRPGs and immediately renaming them because the author decided to go with "game.pdf" or "final.pdf" (or "final1.pdf", which raises questions that ought to have been answered by the word "final"), but I think my favourite turned out to be named "pdf.pdf". Like, tell me nothing.
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I enjoy buying indie TTRPGs and immediately renaming them because the author decided to go with "game.pdf" or "final.pdf" (or "final1.pdf", which raises questions that ought to have been answered by the word "final"), but I think my favourite turned out to be named "pdf.pdf". Like, tell me nothing.
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Time to open the addiction app that tells me bad news
September 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Time to open the addiction app that tells me bad news
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Disability is socially constructed - the accommodations we make reflect how we value, or don‘t, the people affected. Myopia is a disability but nobody insists your grades are unfair if you wear glasses.
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Disability is socially constructed - the accommodations we make reflect how we value, or don‘t, the people affected. Myopia is a disability but nobody insists your grades are unfair if you wear glasses.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Things I like about having a Mini: gas sipper, easy to park, super cute.
Things I don't like about having a Mini: being on the road with SUVs whose hoods are higher than the top of my car.
Things I don't like about having a Mini: being on the road with SUVs whose hoods are higher than the top of my car.
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Things I like about having a Mini: gas sipper, easy to park, super cute.
Things I don't like about having a Mini: being on the road with SUVs whose hoods are higher than the top of my car.
Things I don't like about having a Mini: being on the road with SUVs whose hoods are higher than the top of my car.
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
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if u don't know SWITCHED-ON BACH is insane because the Moog synth is monophonic. meaning every single note of every single chord in every song had to be overdubbed separately. she had to be extremely precise & meticulous to make that album work
[Happy 86th birthday to solar eclipse photographer and composer Wendy Carlos, known for "Switched-On Bach," A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, TRON, and “Peter and the Wolf” with Weird Al Yankovic. Listen to “Switched-On Bach” below.]
archive.org/details/wend...
archive.org/details/wend...
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
if u don't know SWITCHED-ON BACH is insane because the Moog synth is monophonic. meaning every single note of every single chord in every song had to be overdubbed separately. she had to be extremely precise & meticulous to make that album work
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You don't end at the tip of your nose. You are your family, those you're in community with, our species, this world, and all their futures. These are part of you. You are vast, and stretch out into the future. You are already immortal.
"Being progressive" is just... acting like it.
"Being progressive" is just... acting like it.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
You don't end at the tip of your nose. You are your family, those you're in community with, our species, this world, and all their futures. These are part of you. You are vast, and stretch out into the future. You are already immortal.
"Being progressive" is just... acting like it.
"Being progressive" is just... acting like it.
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao