pj harvey dent
@surrealisthells.bsky.social
data privacy aficionado | military families advocate | inadvertant tech professional | mediocre Buddhist | sequin enthusiast | inveterate overexplainer
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I post about Zen Buddhism, politics, digital privacy, art history. I studied global political economy and art in protest movements, and my husband studied asymmetric warfare, so I am posting about these things a bit lately because they are dominating quite a few of our conversations for ...reasons.
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Beloved f/sf author Diane Duane could really do with help for funeral expenses right now. See details below for how we can help:
Friends, there;s no good way to give you this news (and I still so much watt to believe it's a terrible nightmare: but it's not.) Briefly: gone now, untimely, unexpectedly, and already so very much missed: @peter.petermorwood.com www.tumblr.com/dduane/78306...
May 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Beloved f/sf author Diane Duane could really do with help for funeral expenses right now. See details below for how we can help:
Hi I'm still alive. I was super sick for a few weeks and then we went from, "maybe we should buy instead of rent?" to cleared to close in three weeks to the day, and now we're moving. I see everything has continued to be the expected level of terrible despite my absence from Online.
May 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hi I'm still alive. I was super sick for a few weeks and then we went from, "maybe we should buy instead of rent?" to cleared to close in three weeks to the day, and now we're moving. I see everything has continued to be the expected level of terrible despite my absence from Online.
Having a really wild Friday night of mid-90s Law & Order eps on Hulu, NyQuil, and going to bed at 6 pm.
April 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Having a really wild Friday night of mid-90s Law & Order eps on Hulu, NyQuil, and going to bed at 6 pm.
The irony is that this administration's policies are going to inadvertently push American consumers into drastically more environmentally sustainable consumption habits.
April 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The irony is that this administration's policies are going to inadvertently push American consumers into drastically more environmentally sustainable consumption habits.
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The true lesson of the past few weeks has been how hard it is to build good things, and how easy it is to destroy them.
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The true lesson of the past few weeks has been how hard it is to build good things, and how easy it is to destroy them.
I've been sick in bed with the worst bronchitis for almost a week, but it was nice to have something more pressing than the downfall of America to attend to.
April 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I've been sick in bed with the worst bronchitis for almost a week, but it was nice to have something more pressing than the downfall of America to attend to.
Will add that my husband texted the group chat to let them know I got home okay but my phone was out of commission and they spent the day speculating that I literally Hulk crushed it in a rage at the Signal leak story--that was a pretty good hypothesis; my takes are too spicy for primetime.
My phone battery exploded on Monday and I just got it repaired, but after two full day hiatus from being extremely online I'm gonna see what I can do to limit my screen time more significantly.
March 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Will add that my husband texted the group chat to let them know I got home okay but my phone was out of commission and they spent the day speculating that I literally Hulk crushed it in a rage at the Signal leak story--that was a pretty good hypothesis; my takes are too spicy for primetime.
My phone battery exploded on Monday and I just got it repaired, but after two full day hiatus from being extremely online I'm gonna see what I can do to limit my screen time more significantly.
March 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My phone battery exploded on Monday and I just got it repaired, but after two full day hiatus from being extremely online I'm gonna see what I can do to limit my screen time more significantly.
Oh fuck yeah past me left future me which is now current me a bunch of lime Topo Chicos in the fridge for when I got off the plane.
March 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Oh fuck yeah past me left future me which is now current me a bunch of lime Topo Chicos in the fridge for when I got off the plane.
Apologies to the rental car return guy I accidentally called baby and to the good people of Boston I clearly endangered by driving while tired enough to call the rental car return guy baby.
March 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Apologies to the rental car return guy I accidentally called baby and to the good people of Boston I clearly endangered by driving while tired enough to call the rental car return guy baby.
Me: What a great vacation! I love seeing my friends and being in a real city--
My body: HELLO THIS IS YOUR BODY WITH A SCORE UPDATE. I HAVE BEEN KEEPING IT.
Me: Body, no. Please?
My body: AS OF TODAY THE SCORE IS FATIGUE, HEADACHE, MALAISE, LACK OF FOCUS, AND BONUS COLD SORE.
Me: Thanks, I guess.
My body: HELLO THIS IS YOUR BODY WITH A SCORE UPDATE. I HAVE BEEN KEEPING IT.
Me: Body, no. Please?
My body: AS OF TODAY THE SCORE IS FATIGUE, HEADACHE, MALAISE, LACK OF FOCUS, AND BONUS COLD SORE.
Me: Thanks, I guess.
March 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Me: What a great vacation! I love seeing my friends and being in a real city--
My body: HELLO THIS IS YOUR BODY WITH A SCORE UPDATE. I HAVE BEEN KEEPING IT.
Me: Body, no. Please?
My body: AS OF TODAY THE SCORE IS FATIGUE, HEADACHE, MALAISE, LACK OF FOCUS, AND BONUS COLD SORE.
Me: Thanks, I guess.
My body: HELLO THIS IS YOUR BODY WITH A SCORE UPDATE. I HAVE BEEN KEEPING IT.
Me: Body, no. Please?
My body: AS OF TODAY THE SCORE IS FATIGUE, HEADACHE, MALAISE, LACK OF FOCUS, AND BONUS COLD SORE.
Me: Thanks, I guess.
Have developed a temporary mutual enmity with the old fuck in front of me on this plane who put, I shit you not, an empty duffle he "didn't want to crush" and a TENNIS RACKET in the overhead bin preventing my bag from fitting. Flight attendant mediated, which prevented me from catching a charge.
March 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Have developed a temporary mutual enmity with the old fuck in front of me on this plane who put, I shit you not, an empty duffle he "didn't want to crush" and a TENNIS RACKET in the overhead bin preventing my bag from fitting. Flight attendant mediated, which prevented me from catching a charge.
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"'The Postal Service is the only entity that delivers to every address in the country, no matter how remote. If we privatize it, those rural customers will be left behind,' warns Tony McKinnon, president of the NC Council of the APWU."
Fayetteville postal workers set to protest threats to dismantle postal service
Postal workers are rallying Thursday in Fayetteville against the postmaster's restructuring plan and a controversial agreement with DOGE.
www.yahoo.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"'The Postal Service is the only entity that delivers to every address in the country, no matter how remote. If we privatize it, those rural customers will be left behind,' warns Tony McKinnon, president of the NC Council of the APWU."
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I miss the subtlety of comic-book villains
March 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I miss the subtlety of comic-book villains
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"In conclusion, China is a land of contrasts. Thank you."
March 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"In conclusion, China is a land of contrasts. Thank you."
One of M's best senior officers he ever worked with described this as "experiential saturation." So many things happen so quickly to military families, some of them the kind of trauma that would derail anyone else's life and is considered a normal occurrence, you can't possibly process them all.
March 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
One of M's best senior officers he ever worked with described this as "experiential saturation." So many things happen so quickly to military families, some of them the kind of trauma that would derail anyone else's life and is considered a normal occurrence, you can't possibly process them all.
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all these systems need massive reform. but one of the most dumbfounding things about Trump’s buzzsaw approach is how to makes so many of us small-c conservative—trying to preserve the systems we have because of the unconscionable costs of losing them outright—when we’d like to imagine better worlds
March 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
all these systems need massive reform. but one of the most dumbfounding things about Trump’s buzzsaw approach is how to makes so many of us small-c conservative—trying to preserve the systems we have because of the unconscionable costs of losing them outright—when we’d like to imagine better worlds
There's a role for everyone and some people are going to do stuff you would not do and vice versa. Personally my background is in civil movements and my tools are organizing civil society and mobilizing the kind of people that it looks really bad to shoot. There are alternatives and I respect them.
March 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
There's a role for everyone and some people are going to do stuff you would not do and vice versa. Personally my background is in civil movements and my tools are organizing civil society and mobilizing the kind of people that it looks really bad to shoot. There are alternatives and I respect them.
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ANCIENT BRAIN CELLS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED
The Eureeka's Castle theme song was an absolute bop. youtu.be/6Xny-KrEIR8?...
Eureeka's Castle Intro (BEST QUALITY)
YouTube video by n64rescue
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March 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
ANCIENT BRAIN CELLS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED
Some people really need to consider conserving their dissent capital for future use. If you get arrested for making blatant threats on social media two months into this administration, that means you cannot participate in mass action, malicious compliance, or other activities a year from now.
March 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Some people really need to consider conserving their dissent capital for future use. If you get arrested for making blatant threats on social media two months into this administration, that means you cannot participate in mass action, malicious compliance, or other activities a year from now.
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“You seem like such an affable, kind, nice man,” Morgan said, her voice hesitant. “But I am so angry. I am so scared. I feel our democracy is in danger. ... I wish you’d be angry.” My story on Democrats in Congress facing rage from their constituents at town halls: www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
"I wish you'd be angry." California Democrats face voter fury over Trump, Elon Musk
In California's deep-blue congressional districts, town hall meetings have become venting sessions for voters fed up with Trump, Musk and the weakness of the Democratic Party
www.latimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“You seem like such an affable, kind, nice man,” Morgan said, her voice hesitant. “But I am so angry. I am so scared. I feel our democracy is in danger. ... I wish you’d be angry.” My story on Democrats in Congress facing rage from their constituents at town halls: www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Visa holders face more risk than US citizens & permanent residents from device searches at ports of entry, Saira Hussain told @theverge.com. “If you refuse a search of your phone or your laptop, customs officers can use that to potentially revoke your visa.”
The airport panopticon is getting people deported and detained
One lawyer called it a ‘feedback loop’ of surveillance.
www.theverge.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Visa holders face more risk than US citizens & permanent residents from device searches at ports of entry, Saira Hussain told @theverge.com. “If you refuse a search of your phone or your laptop, customs officers can use that to potentially revoke your visa.”
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When FEMA recently removed the Future Risk Index tool from its website, it took away a critical ability to quantify the economic impacts of climate change & erased years of data from multiple federal agencies. But 2 software engineers were able to rebuild it www.fastcompany.com/91294411/tru...
Kristin Toussaint on LinkedIn: Trump removed an online tool that predicts your climate risk. Rogue data…
When the Federal Emergency Management Agency recently removed the Future Risk Index tool from its website, it not only took away a critical way to quantify the…
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March 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
When FEMA recently removed the Future Risk Index tool from its website, it took away a critical ability to quantify the economic impacts of climate change & erased years of data from multiple federal agencies. But 2 software engineers were able to rebuild it www.fastcompany.com/91294411/tru...