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Lara (they/them)
@quaerendum.bsky.social
writer • technologist • reluctant curator & organiser of things
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Methodology
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Denne er sterk.

Amrit Kaur, @simenbondevik.bsky.social og @mariesimonsen.bsky.social om netthets med egne- og netthetsernes ord.
Amrit Kaur: - Det har vært et og et halvt år med hets
Tidligere Rød Ungdom-leder Amrit Kaur måtte trekke seg etter å ha delt video om Charlie Kirk-drapet. Nå forteller hun om drapstrusler og netthets.
www.nrk.no
November 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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her er mer informasjon om innspillsmøtet i utvalget: einnsyn.no/kalender?f=f...

tror man kan kontakte komitesekretær for å høre om å få tid, er nok trangt om tiden
eInnsyn - Innsyn i offentlig saksbehandling
einnsyn.no
October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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bystyret vedtar budsjett til slutt, og i praksis der avgjørelsene også tar om slikt som dette (dvs frp forhandler på bakrommet i forkant med byrådet)

det er dog i utvalgene man har mest rom for å si ifra om konsekvensene, kultur og utdanningsutvalget har møte 4. november for innspill til budsjettet
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Kan noen som er klokere enn meg forklare hvem som er ansvarlig for avgjørelsen rundt dette budsjettet (ser at det er bystyret, men hele eller et av utvalgene?), når møtet avgjørelsen skal tas under tar sted og hvordan vi kan si fra til de det gjelder?
Som et barn fra en familie der vi tidvis var seks barn i en blokkleilighet (og jeg var eldst) var lokalbiblioteket et fantastisk sted! En livlinje.

Så mange som mulig bør ha bibliotek nære seg. Ferdig snakka.
Blir så forbanna.

"De kan jo bare dra på Deichman i Bjørvika, kan de ikke?"
klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...
October 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My upper wisdom teeth are coming in and they have zero respect for the fact that I had to walk around with adult braces for over a year.
October 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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My main campaign hasn't had any movement for a bit. There are still quite a few gaps in my gear, and I still do foolish things like pinch pennies from my gig wages to purchase make or break essentials (this month that's a headlamp for suturing).

Every bit helps.
Oh Hai 👋🏿

If I can keep these gig contracts steady, the last 15% of this campaign (that I started in October 2022) will go to the bigger ticket items that I still need like neonate appropriate pulse oximeters, for ex., and my licensure exam fees.

This is what I came for.
October 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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This is so lovely and smart! Buying a house with your best friend, for as long as it lasts.
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I am begging and pleading for a brand that sells wool leggings with reinforced inner thighs. Mine never last longer than a season and they are pretty much mandatory in the Norwegian winter.
October 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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det er viktig at dere skaffer lånekort på biblioteket (selv hvus du ikke bruker det) og det er viktig at du låner masse bøker (selv hvis du ikke leser dem) for ellers blir faktisk bibliotekene nedlagt
September 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Tror ikke vi trenger en granskningskommisjon. Jeg har tre ganske enkle løsninger:

(1) Sørge at alle familier har nok penger til mat, klær og husleie.
(2) Flere gratis ungdomsaktiviteter og tredje rom.
(3) Vinmonopolet, men for andre rusmidler enn alkohol. Det vil si legalisering/dekriminalisering.
Det er stadig flere veldig unge mennesker som begår alvorlig kriminalitet i Norge. Mindreårige skyter, knivstikker, og nå er 13-åringer tatt etter granatekspolosjon i Oslo. Man kan si at det er veldig få, men likevel vil jeg si at det er krise. Det er krise for ungdommene, og det er krise for
September 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Dette er viktig. Jeg er veldig lei retorikken som antyder at folk bare er late eller at det er et holdningsproblem.

Kunne det vært at nesten absolutt alt er dyrere (mat, leiepriser, Å PUSTE)? At jobbmarkedet suger? At både den ekstreme og radikale høyresiden vokser verden over?
Dette er bra forskning om mental helse:

«Det tyder på at økningen ikke drives av enkeltgrupper, men trolig skyldes endringer i samfunnet som har påvirket hele den yrkesaktive befolkningen relativt likt.»
Økt sykefravær med psykiske diagnoser har truffet hele befolkningen - nav.no
Nesten halvparten av økningen i sykefraværet fra 2019 til 2023 knyttes til sykefravær med psykiske diagnoser, men ingen enkeltgrupper peker seg ut.
www.nav.no
September 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Also great! "That's why I think we should fund libraries more. It's not just because they're a great resource, it's because I don't wanna know what librarians will do if we don't give them a place to go."
September 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
My first cellular device 🥹
The #Nokia3310 mobile phone was released 25 years ago today, September 1, 2000. Quote repost if you owned one 🔄
September 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
My library agenda continues.
Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”

Cities:
August 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Every day I am reminded of how much I love both libraries and librarians.
3 years ago, I had a patron come to the library and tell me they wanted to get into reading and didn’t know where to start.

We talked for a bit, figured what he liked, then found a few titles.

Now every summer he comes back and we find him a ton of books.

It’s a wonderful ritual :)
August 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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August 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I got up at 5 today to support a friend at the hospital. I need everybody to understand that I usually do not get up before 10am if I can help it. I got one hour of sleep.
August 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
As Ocean Vuong also put it: “Being queer saved my life. Often we see queerness as deprivation. But when I look at my life, I saw that queerness demanded an alternative innovation from me. I had to make alternative routes; it made me curious; it made me ask, ‘Is this enough for me?’”
Det deiligste med å skeiv er at så mange regler om kone-firebarn-knappefabrik ikke gjelder. Man kan lage sine egne tradisjoner og veier i livet.
August 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I’m at the spontaneously-baked-cinnamon-sugar-soft-pretzels stage of procrastination hell. This is the second time I’ve baked anything in about 5 years.
August 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I’m kinda sorta very excited to be organising Oslo’s first Black Pride.
August 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Every month my period comes. Every month I am surprised.
August 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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We see the same numbers in referral rates in Norway as well. Trans boys do not meet the same social consequences as trans girls, so trans girls come out later. The total is 50:50. How can we make it safer for trans girls to come out? 🏳️‍⚧️
I'm glad this specifically names and discusses the mechanisms of societal transmisogyny and harsh policing of transfemininity under patriarchy, which results in transfems staying closeted for longer. While the number of trans men and women are roughly equal, trans women tend to come out later.
Critics claim gender clinics are seeing an excess of trans boys. But new data suggest otherwise
Some claim ‘social contagion’ is driving teenagers who were assigned female at birth to identify as transgender and seek medical care.
theconversation.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I have decided I’m finally completing the process of getting my driver’s license (started in 2016) and spent most of today terrorising the Norwegian countryside with my very rusty driving skills. Why did no one tell me driving so long is this mentally taxing? I’m exhausted.
August 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM