La Donna Pietra
@ladonnapietra.bsky.social
Freelancer writer for Complex.com, The Toast, Lewton Bus, Birth.Movies.Death, /Film, and NTRSCTN.com. Drop, not rolled.
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
Question for Pluribus watchers: who would the Collective send to your door to convince you that you needed to be a part of it, a la Zosia? A friend of mine and I have decided that Cate Blanchett (her) and Natalie Portman (me) would come a-knocking.
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Question for Pluribus watchers: who would the Collective send to your door to convince you that you needed to be a part of it, a la Zosia? A friend of mine and I have decided that Cate Blanchett (her) and Natalie Portman (me) would come a-knocking.
We are thankful for lap.
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We are thankful for lap.
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Woman and Cats — Will Barnet, 1962
Pencil and charcoal on thick cream wove paper
578x702 mm
Pencil and charcoal on thick cream wove paper
578x702 mm
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Woman and Cats — Will Barnet, 1962
Pencil and charcoal on thick cream wove paper
578x702 mm
Pencil and charcoal on thick cream wove paper
578x702 mm
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Quality nerditude right here:
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Quality nerditude right here:
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Holy bejeepers:
I will take this dumb take as a flimsy springboard to show the absolutely exquisite apple pie that my friend made of me and my husband for our wedding
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Holy bejeepers:
I am going to find Jon M. Chu and stuff a light meter up his nose.
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I am going to find Jon M. Chu and stuff a light meter up his nose.
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Officially asking now for author folks (and reader folks) to tell me about the new queer holiday romances coming out this year—I don’t know why I’m having trouble finding them this year, but I am.
Drop 'em here, please.
(Bonus if low-angst; also happy for sapphic—this is not just a dude zone).
Drop 'em here, please.
(Bonus if low-angst; also happy for sapphic—this is not just a dude zone).
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Officially asking now for author folks (and reader folks) to tell me about the new queer holiday romances coming out this year—I don’t know why I’m having trouble finding them this year, but I am.
Drop 'em here, please.
(Bonus if low-angst; also happy for sapphic—this is not just a dude zone).
Drop 'em here, please.
(Bonus if low-angst; also happy for sapphic—this is not just a dude zone).
This is equal parts "oh, bless" and "OH MY GOD" :
Because people keep asking, the Story of The Lizard In That Dude's Leg. Some caveats:
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is equal parts "oh, bless" and "OH MY GOD" :
Re: Pluribus E4: Vince Gilligan is clearly out to get me, a grumpy middle-aged blonde lady who lives in Albuquerque, personally.
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Re: Pluribus E4: Vince Gilligan is clearly out to get me, a grumpy middle-aged blonde lady who lives in Albuquerque, personally.
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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"Excuse me, but have you heard the good news about our lord and savior, Huitzilopochtli?"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%C4%A...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%C4%A...
Huītzilōpōchtli - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"Excuse me, but have you heard the good news about our lord and savior, Huitzilopochtli?"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%C4%A...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%C4%A...
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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What sound do frogs make, according to different languages.
So far as I can tell, in Latin, frogs ('ranae') croaked ('coaxō'), which also appears to be their onomatopoeia for the frog sound:
coaxō 🐸🏛️?
It's 'croá, croá' in Spanish?
So far as I can tell, in Latin, frogs ('ranae') croaked ('coaxō'), which also appears to be their onomatopoeia for the frog sound:
coaxō 🐸🏛️?
It's 'croá, croá' in Spanish?
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
What sound do frogs make, according to different languages.
So far as I can tell, in Latin, frogs ('ranae') croaked ('coaxō'), which also appears to be their onomatopoeia for the frog sound:
coaxō 🐸🏛️?
It's 'croá, croá' in Spanish?
So far as I can tell, in Latin, frogs ('ranae') croaked ('coaxō'), which also appears to be their onomatopoeia for the frog sound:
coaxō 🐸🏛️?
It's 'croá, croá' in Spanish?
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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
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Today is Sextidi the 26th of Brumaire in the year 234.
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate pistachios.#JacobinDay
More information on pistachios
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate pistachios.#JacobinDay
More information on pistachios
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Sextidi the 26th of Brumaire in the year 234.
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate pistachios.#JacobinDay
More information on pistachios
Brumaire is the month of mist.
Today we celebrate pistachios.#JacobinDay
More information on pistachios
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You could literally do a horror anthology based on the different ways this can go wrong.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
What if AI dead mom ends up neglected just like one of those digital picture frames. Sold at a digital goodwill for $2.50.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
You could literally do a horror anthology based on the different ways this can go wrong.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
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Full article on Tyson's use of Palantir's surveillance tech here: sentientmedia.org/tyson-foods-...
How America’s Largest Meat Company Leverages Palantir's Surveillance Tech
Palantir’s controversial software platform is capable of integrating vast amounts of data — but at what risk?
sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Full article on Tyson's use of Palantir's surveillance tech here: sentientmedia.org/tyson-foods-...
"Oh, bless" is not quite the right sentiment here.
"RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 10th, 5:10 AM. A fight broke out at the Greyhound station, a pile of cinderblocks which made the Charlotte Greyhound station look like Jerry Jones’ private suite."
miketanier.substack.com/p/the-waywar...
miketanier.substack.com/p/the-waywar...
The Wayward Bus
In which our doughy protagonist drags his poor wife from a romantic getaway into an unscheduled 30-hour bus trip through the heart of America, courtesy of the government shutdown.
miketanier.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"Oh, bless" is not quite the right sentiment here.
Oh, bless :
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Oh, bless :
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Not every night you can step outside, see a faint pink glow over the Sandia mountains, then hold up a phone camera and watch it catch the Northern Lights above Albuquerque
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Not every night you can step outside, see a faint pink glow over the Sandia mountains, then hold up a phone camera and watch it catch the Northern Lights above Albuquerque