EMc2
@zabe8.bsky.social
Chicago mom, feminist, former SciFi conrunner, traveler, geek, scuba, gamer. Likes oceans, cephalopods and corvids. Head cook at Waffle House for cats. Loves kindness. No AI.
She/Her.
She/Her.
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“Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.”
I literally saw a post two weeks back in which a guy with two jobs was flagellating himself because he was short on rent, lamenting that had he donated plasma more, maybe his rent would be on time. This system is deeply fucked. Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.
February 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
“Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.”
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Incredibly powerful front page from the Sunday Post
‘These are the faces of the close to 200 women killed by men in Scotland over the last 16 years. Many were murdered in the one place they should feel completely safe - their own home. Today, we ask for your help in ending misogynistic violence’
‘These are the faces of the close to 200 women killed by men in Scotland over the last 16 years. Many were murdered in the one place they should feel completely safe - their own home. Today, we ask for your help in ending misogynistic violence’
February 15, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Incredibly powerful front page from the Sunday Post
‘These are the faces of the close to 200 women killed by men in Scotland over the last 16 years. Many were murdered in the one place they should feel completely safe - their own home. Today, we ask for your help in ending misogynistic violence’
‘These are the faces of the close to 200 women killed by men in Scotland over the last 16 years. Many were murdered in the one place they should feel completely safe - their own home. Today, we ask for your help in ending misogynistic violence’
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Its quite something to realise you were in an abusive relationship after the fact
February 15, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Its quite something to realise you were in an abusive relationship after the fact
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Please could you all really get into this and provide content for the resident young fan who only has me to talk to about it?
ME AND WHO ME AND WHO ME AND WHOOOOO cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is...
Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch On YouTube | Cord Cutters News
In a move that has delighted fans of classic science fiction, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun uploading full episodes of the iconic series Babylon 5 to YouTube, providing free access to the show just...
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February 13, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Please could you all really get into this and provide content for the resident young fan who only has me to talk to about it?
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February 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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NEW — I spoke with Rep. Delia Ramirez (@ramirez.house.gov) about her calling DHS leaders "inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol," the prospect of one day seeing them behind bars, and what it's like to see the public [finally] embrace her long-held dream to abolish ICE.
Our conversation:
Our conversation:
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
NEW — I spoke with Rep. Delia Ramirez (@ramirez.house.gov) about her calling DHS leaders "inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol," the prospect of one day seeing them behind bars, and what it's like to see the public [finally] embrace her long-held dream to abolish ICE.
Our conversation:
Our conversation:
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A Minnesota band brings together West African drumming and Celtic melody on its debut album “Badenya,” finding a shared rhythmic language that bridges musical traditions from Guinea to Ireland.
A shared pulse: Minnesota musicians unite West African and Irish traditions
A Minnesota band brings together West African drumming and Celtic melody on its debut album “Badenya,” finding a shared rhythmic language that bridges musical traditions from Guinea to Ireland.
www.mprnews.org
February 13, 2026 at 9:44 PM
A Minnesota band brings together West African drumming and Celtic melody on its debut album “Badenya,” finding a shared rhythmic language that bridges musical traditions from Guinea to Ireland.
My kid and I have briefly merged bedtimes. They are too young to stay up late on a school night and I’m too old to.
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 AM
My kid and I have briefly merged bedtimes. They are too young to stay up late on a school night and I’m too old to.
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I'm just going to say a thing.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I'm just going to say a thing.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
I'd like to thank my cat for vomiting up breakfast and fur while sitting on a bar stool and creating a waterfall at 5:45am.
I didn't know I could move that quickly that early. Go me, yay. 🙄
I didn't know I could move that quickly that early. Go me, yay. 🙄
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I'd like to thank my cat for vomiting up breakfast and fur while sitting on a bar stool and creating a waterfall at 5:45am.
I didn't know I could move that quickly that early. Go me, yay. 🙄
I didn't know I could move that quickly that early. Go me, yay. 🙄
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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"Tortured construction"
Thanks @scifantasy.bsky.social I needed a new way of describing my former marriage 👍
Thanks @scifantasy.bsky.social I needed a new way of describing my former marriage 👍
February 12, 2026 at 2:12 AM
"Tortured construction"
Thanks @scifantasy.bsky.social I needed a new way of describing my former marriage 👍
Thanks @scifantasy.bsky.social I needed a new way of describing my former marriage 👍
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My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
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I watched this twice before I went to sleep last night. What you're feeling is an appropriate response from a body & brain that are struggling to integrate horrific information, regulate your nervous system, & keep you safe.
Two minutes. Give yourself two minutes of compassionate support ❤️
Two minutes. Give yourself two minutes of compassionate support ❤️
February 11, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I watched this twice before I went to sleep last night. What you're feeling is an appropriate response from a body & brain that are struggling to integrate horrific information, regulate your nervous system, & keep you safe.
Two minutes. Give yourself two minutes of compassionate support ❤️
Two minutes. Give yourself two minutes of compassionate support ❤️
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You deserve access to abortion care if you are pregnant and do not want to be. Full stop.
Your reasons are your reasons and they are good enough.
Abortion is healthcare and everyone deserves healthcare access.
Your reasons are your reasons and they are good enough.
Abortion is healthcare and everyone deserves healthcare access.
You don’t need a traumatic or tragic story to deserve abortion care.
February 11, 2026 at 2:04 PM
You deserve access to abortion care if you are pregnant and do not want to be. Full stop.
Your reasons are your reasons and they are good enough.
Abortion is healthcare and everyone deserves healthcare access.
Your reasons are your reasons and they are good enough.
Abortion is healthcare and everyone deserves healthcare access.
You can feel the joy. ❤️
In honor of D’Angelo’s birthday here’s a video of me practicing a lil rollerskating dance routine to When We Get By. It’s been one of my favorite songs to roller skate to. Btw I am still a beginner skater so don’t judge my moves lol 💕✨
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
You can feel the joy. ❤️
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Age verification? Our harvest gold kitchen appliances.
Age verification? My first anime was "Space Cruiser Yamato"
Age verification? On my middle school basketball team we all chewed lemon-lime Gatorgum.
February 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Age verification? Our harvest gold kitchen appliances.
Truly lovely day. Workout and a walk followed by a stroll through the orchid exhibit at the Botanical Garden and then a superb lunch (best lamb burger) with a friend!
Really needed this after all the cold and gray.
Really needed this after all the cold and gray.
February 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Truly lovely day. Workout and a walk followed by a stroll through the orchid exhibit at the Botanical Garden and then a superb lunch (best lamb burger) with a friend!
Really needed this after all the cold and gray.
Really needed this after all the cold and gray.
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
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No one has ever tried to sell me drugs as hard as people try to sell me on AI.
May 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
No one has ever tried to sell me drugs as hard as people try to sell me on AI.
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That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."