Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
@gabriellehecht.bsky.social
Writer/Prof/Anti-disciplinary
Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures: http://bit.ly/41wDJzD
Past research: 🇬🇦🇲🇬🇳🇦🇿🇦🇫🇷🇳🇴🇦🇺
Now: 🇨🇱🇨🇮🇿🇦
1st genx2 • raised 🇵🇷🇨🇴🇫🇷🇨🇭
cisbi♀• proud parent of 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🧠♾️
Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures: http://bit.ly/41wDJzD
Past research: 🇬🇦🇲🇬🇳🇦🇿🇦🇫🇷🇳🇴🇦🇺
Now: 🇨🇱🇨🇮🇿🇦
1st genx2 • raised 🇵🇷🇨🇴🇫🇷🇨🇭
cisbi♀• proud parent of 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🧠♾️
Pinned
Headshot: “character head” of a screaming man, sculpture by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt h/t @mlobelart.bsky.social
Banner: silhouette of the back of a 60 yo woman raising her arms in the face of thuinder clouds. Mapungubwe, South Africa
Banner: silhouette of the back of a 60 yo woman raising her arms in the face of thuinder clouds. Mapungubwe, South Africa
He’s looking really bloated
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
He’s looking really bloated
This rev doesn’t tempt me to read the bks
“Israel is unique among so-called developed nations in having a total fertility rate not simply above replacement level but pushing towards 3…this despite being a highly educated society w/tech-driven economy.”
Clearly they’re only counting some humans
“Israel is unique among so-called developed nations in having a total fertility rate not simply above replacement level but pushing towards 3…this despite being a highly educated society w/tech-driven economy.”
Clearly they’re only counting some humans
‘This is not a new story caused by new technology. It has been true for as long as birth rates have been measured, going back many centuries.’
David Runciman on the depopulation problem.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman on the depopulation problem.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This rev doesn’t tempt me to read the bks
“Israel is unique among so-called developed nations in having a total fertility rate not simply above replacement level but pushing towards 3…this despite being a highly educated society w/tech-driven economy.”
Clearly they’re only counting some humans
“Israel is unique among so-called developed nations in having a total fertility rate not simply above replacement level but pushing towards 3…this despite being a highly educated society w/tech-driven economy.”
Clearly they’re only counting some humans
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
Truth
This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Truth
This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
#Trans 🏳️⚧️ & 🏳️🌈 positive paintings on the way out of Museo de la Resistancia Dominicana. After an intense exhibit on human rights violations of the Trujillo regime, US complicity, & Dominican resistance, they welcome you to a future in which all humans have rights.
This is especially huge here
This is especially huge here
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#Trans 🏳️⚧️ & 🏳️🌈 positive paintings on the way out of Museo de la Resistancia Dominicana. After an intense exhibit on human rights violations of the Trujillo regime, US complicity, & Dominican resistance, they welcome you to a future in which all humans have rights.
This is especially huge here
This is especially huge here
#BadBunny in Santo Domingo. First show of his world tour.
Fucking incredible. 55,000 ppl who knew all the words to all the songs.
What a performer!
Fucking incredible. 55,000 ppl who knew all the words to all the songs.
What a performer!
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
#BadBunny in Santo Domingo. First show of his world tour.
Fucking incredible. 55,000 ppl who knew all the words to all the songs.
What a performer!
Fucking incredible. 55,000 ppl who knew all the words to all the songs.
What a performer!
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
your occasional reminder that Miller himself is not a lawyer
detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
your occasional reminder that Miller himself is not a lawyer
Painting at the Museo Memorial de la Resistencia Dominicana, in Santo Domingo.
Human rights for all humans. This is the way.
NO DEJAR NADIE ATRAS
DON'T LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND
Human rights for all humans. This is the way.
NO DEJAR NADIE ATRAS
DON'T LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Painting at the Museo Memorial de la Resistencia Dominicana, in Santo Domingo.
Human rights for all humans. This is the way.
NO DEJAR NADIE ATRAS
DON'T LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND
Human rights for all humans. This is the way.
NO DEJAR NADIE ATRAS
DON'T LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
« Nous pesons moins de 1 % des émissions et pourtant nous souffrons le plus » : à la COP30, les pays du Sud veulent plus d’argent pour s’adapter au réchauffement
« Nous pesons moins de 1 % des émissions et pourtant nous souffrons le plus » : à la COP30, les pays du Sud veulent plus d’argent pour s’adapter au réchauffement
L’adaptation est l’un des enjeux centraux et les plus débattus de la conférence de Belem, au Brésil. Elle pourrait déboucher sur de nouveaux financements et un objectif mondial pour mesurer les progrès des pays.
www.lemonde.fr
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
« Nous pesons moins de 1 % des émissions et pourtant nous souffrons le plus » : à la COP30, les pays du Sud veulent plus d’argent pour s’adapter au réchauffement
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
"Despair is a tool of your enemies." - Audre Lorde
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
"Despair is a tool of your enemies." - Audre Lorde
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
A graphic reminder: Trump ended US support for Ukraine. It is now borne by the Europeans.
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A graphic reminder: Trump ended US support for Ukraine. It is now borne by the Europeans.
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
The officer was "heading for duty" Wednesday night when his "weapon discharged and he accidentally shot himself in the testicles" in the station's parking lot, records show.
Off-duty Chicago cop accidentally shoots himself in groin outside police station in Gresham
chicago.suntimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The officer was "heading for duty" Wednesday night when his "weapon discharged and he accidentally shot himself in the testicles" in the station's parking lot, records show.
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
You'll also never see western celebrities like nicki minaj go to the UN to talk about the environmental destruction and indigenous genocide that western imperialists have perpetrated in Nigeria, and continue to perpetrate. Instead, they've sent an empty shell/stupid fool like nicki minaj to spew BS!
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
You'll also never see western celebrities like nicki minaj go to the UN to talk about the environmental destruction and indigenous genocide that western imperialists have perpetrated in Nigeria, and continue to perpetrate. Instead, they've sent an empty shell/stupid fool like nicki minaj to spew BS!
Guaran-fucking-teed that neither Ramaphosa (he has a name) nor the vast majority of his compatriots appreciate a single syllable coming out of the orangeade or his team. So there.
Leavitt: "I saw the South African president running his mouth a little bit against the US and the president earlier today, and that language is not appreciated by the president or his team."
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Guaran-fucking-teed that neither Ramaphosa (he has a name) nor the vast majority of his compatriots appreciate a single syllable coming out of the orangeade or his team. So there.
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Have just landed in Santo Domingo for the 1st time in 50 years and am posting to keep emotions steady because I already sobbed all the way down and i need dry eyes for customs
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Have just landed in Santo Domingo for the 1st time in 50 years and am posting to keep emotions steady because I already sobbed all the way down and i need dry eyes for customs
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
very big story here: apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
very big story here: apnews.com/article/immi...
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
À nouveau, la librairie LGBTQIA+ Violette and Co est au cœur d'une tempête politique déclenchée par la droite parisienne. Et c'est encore l'accusation infamante d'antisémitisme qui prévaut.
On vous envoie toute notre force, les amies !
actualitte.com/article/1276...
On vous envoie toute notre force, les amies !
actualitte.com/article/1276...
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
À nouveau, la librairie LGBTQIA+ Violette and Co est au cœur d'une tempête politique déclenchée par la droite parisienne. Et c'est encore l'accusation infamante d'antisémitisme qui prévaut.
On vous envoie toute notre force, les amies !
actualitte.com/article/1276...
On vous envoie toute notre force, les amies !
actualitte.com/article/1276...
With alt
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
With alt
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
Now THIS????
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Now THIS????
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
Reposted by Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 got a few spoons back from Zohran's triumph
Trump's EPA is proposing rule changes that if approved would result in fewer ponds, streams and wetlands being protected from development and pollution under clean water rules.
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Trump EPA's Rewrite of US Water Definitions Would Affect Climate Change
The agency wants to change the definitions of waterways protected under the Clean Water Act.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Trump's EPA is proposing rule changes that if approved would result in fewer ponds, streams and wetlands being protected from development and pollution under clean water rules.
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This is one of those points as an academic and researcher who focuses on authoritarianism and fascism I don’t like to make but:when the leader of the fascist movement that holds the government starts posting about murdering their opposition specifically political opposition you are in massive danger
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is one of those points as an academic and researcher who focuses on authoritarianism and fascism I don’t like to make but:when the leader of the fascist movement that holds the government starts posting about murdering their opposition specifically political opposition you are in massive danger
And this is just the recent stuff. There are superfund sites all over Silicon Valley from decades of electronics manufacturing.
The industry likes to project itself as smooth and clean, with design and style distracting us from the toxic dirt.
The industry likes to project itself as smooth and clean, with design and style distracting us from the toxic dirt.
If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.
EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
And this is just the recent stuff. There are superfund sites all over Silicon Valley from decades of electronics manufacturing.
The industry likes to project itself as smooth and clean, with design and style distracting us from the toxic dirt.
The industry likes to project itself as smooth and clean, with design and style distracting us from the toxic dirt.
From a student subjected to a course “taught” by AI:
“I feel like a bit of my life was stolen”
“I feel like a bit of my life was stolen”
No redundancies and none of this crap (yes, that is the correct sociological term for this):
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
From a student subjected to a course “taught” by AI:
“I feel like a bit of my life was stolen”
“I feel like a bit of my life was stolen”
48 horas hasta Bad Bunny en Santo Domingo!!
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
48 horas hasta Bad Bunny en Santo Domingo!!