Tuner of Tiny Violins
@violintuner.bsky.social
Extreme pedestrian, woke liberal union mob teacher and proud of it, she/her, SF
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I don't care if you think that AI can do some really nifty things. It's being rammed down our throats by obscenely wealthy men who are also, obviously, both dangerously right-wing and mentally unstable, and no rational society should be allowing that to happen. End of discussion.
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I don't care if you think that AI can do some really nifty things. It's being rammed down our throats by obscenely wealthy men who are also, obviously, both dangerously right-wing and mentally unstable, and no rational society should be allowing that to happen. End of discussion.
Any word from Jeannie Noble on her colleague? Or Monica Gandhi? I get that these folks are allergic to self-reflection but this was always the end game for their let's kill more kids and school staff goals
Vinay Prasad of the FDA claims that he has proof that 10 children died from COVID19 vaccines, so the FDA will now target flu shots, look at whether people should receive multiple vaccines at the same time, and make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Any word from Jeannie Noble on her colleague? Or Monica Gandhi? I get that these folks are allergic to self-reflection but this was always the end game for their let's kill more kids and school staff goals
My hot Thanksgiving take is that it's actually pretty easy to pull the whole thing off deliciously if you have two ovens and if you don't, it's a lot of timing and planning and likely to turn out mid anyway
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I think this is unfair to turkey. turkey is good but hard to cook well because it is so damn big. turkey *parts* are great but lack the esthetic appeal of a centerpiece bird.
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My hot Thanksgiving take is that it's actually pretty easy to pull the whole thing off deliciously if you have two ovens and if you don't, it's a lot of timing and planning and likely to turn out mid anyway
I am blocked by John Arnold on every platform because I remind folks he's an ex-Enron trader. In performance reviews of his subordinates he praised them for "using the Enron bat" to beat the markets. He lost Enron an untold amount of money and personally helped sink their last bailout attempt.
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I am blocked by John Arnold on every platform because I remind folks he's an ex-Enron trader. In performance reviews of his subordinates he praised them for "using the Enron bat" to beat the markets. He lost Enron an untold amount of money and personally helped sink their last bailout attempt.
I'm on my fourth attempt to find a pharmacy to fill my stimulant medication prescription, a task I almoat certainly will give up on entirely if I run out before finding a pharmacy with some in stock because ADHD
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm on my fourth attempt to find a pharmacy to fill my stimulant medication prescription, a task I almoat certainly will give up on entirely if I run out before finding a pharmacy with some in stock because ADHD
In re the too many kids have ADHD, teachers are to blame article: yes, it's bad and so is the Common Core. We don't have to defend bad standards developed by people who hate childhood, we just don't.
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In re the too many kids have ADHD, teachers are to blame article: yes, it's bad and so is the Common Core. We don't have to defend bad standards developed by people who hate childhood, we just don't.
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Yet again terrorized by a fucking Waymo, because pedestrians in the intersection don't stop them from making rights on red. Look, Google has decided a few lives are just the cost of doing business and woe betide the pedestrian who thinks they're safe
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Yet again terrorized by a fucking Waymo, because pedestrians in the intersection don't stop them from making rights on red. Look, Google has decided a few lives are just the cost of doing business and woe betide the pedestrian who thinks they're safe
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Gameday voting on which school has the most faculty in the Epstein Files
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Gameday voting on which school has the most faculty in the Epstein Files
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Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever:
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever:
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
- taking maternity leave at the wrong time
- spending too much time with your kids
- reporting harassment
- not moving every 2-3 years
- taking a partner's job/preferences into account
- mouthing off before tenure
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A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
I have become the kind of person who has "leg days" at the gym
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I have become the kind of person who has "leg days" at the gym
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Ted Kaczynski, also famously good at math
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Ted Kaczynski, also famously good at math
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
As an actual K teacher I call bullshit on this whole story although for the sake of the PK teacher I hope that they never have to do a parent teacher conference with this terrible, self-satisfied parent
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
As an actual K teacher I call bullshit on this whole story although for the sake of the PK teacher I hope that they never have to do a parent teacher conference with this terrible, self-satisfied parent
So the district is spending another 5 million "modernizing" the fourth floor of the as yet unfinished, over $100 million Mission Bay school, if you're wondering if maybe their claimed budget woes are less fact and more unwillingness to bargain
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
So the district is spending another 5 million "modernizing" the fourth floor of the as yet unfinished, over $100 million Mission Bay school, if you're wondering if maybe their claimed budget woes are less fact and more unwillingness to bargain
So a thing Waymo does that human drivers don't is harrass Kindergartners crossing at a marked crosswalk. Like, this happens all the time. Waymos creep up and have to be physically blocked from hitting kids. They can't handle the idea of walking field trips.
missionlocal.org/2025/11/kitk...
missionlocal.org/2025/11/kitk...
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
So a thing Waymo does that human drivers don't is harrass Kindergartners crossing at a marked crosswalk. Like, this happens all the time. Waymos creep up and have to be physically blocked from hitting kids. They can't handle the idea of walking field trips.
missionlocal.org/2025/11/kitk...
missionlocal.org/2025/11/kitk...
I assume that Andreesen is always irritated with the pope because his natural head looks like a mitre and it's given him ideas
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I assume that Andreesen is always irritated with the pope because his natural head looks like a mitre and it's given him ideas
If SFUSD is too broke to offer teachers a break-even salary offer then maybe they are also too broke to have added five new senior staff making over 250k annually and receiving special benefits and retirement packages for 🤷♀️
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If SFUSD is too broke to offer teachers a break-even salary offer then maybe they are also too broke to have added five new senior staff making over 250k annually and receiving special benefits and retirement packages for 🤷♀️
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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and if you *are* a ghoul, faking decency is the price of admission into polite society. seethe about it on your own time
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
and if you *are* a ghoul, faking decency is the price of admission into polite society. seethe about it on your own time
People who cross picket lines were raised wrong (and rich) and have matured into terrible adults, so no real surprise here
Bari Weiss crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to falsely portray herself as a scrappy "Pittsburgh Girl".
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
Bari Weiss Crosses Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picket Line
This week, Bari Weiss, the controversial new right-wing head of CBS News, crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to participate in a front-page puff piece that painted her as a scrappy “Pitts...
paydayreport.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
People who cross picket lines were raised wrong (and rich) and have matured into terrible adults, so no real surprise here
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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Please check all that apply
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Please check all that apply