liv
@livya.bsky.social
you, who are on the road
must have a code
that you can live by
the revolution will not be liveskeeted
must have a code
that you can live by
the revolution will not be liveskeeted
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@livya.bsky.social
· Feb 4
How are y'all dealing with the cognitive dissonance of much of your daily life continuing as normal right now even as really really really bad shit is happening in government (that will certainly have ripple effects that will reach us all)? Because I'm honestly feeling a little insane right now.
the best advice I have: do something that makes you feel brave. something deeply aligned with your values, something validating.
something wholly unpolitical.
your strength there will carry you here.
something wholly unpolitical.
your strength there will carry you here.
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“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
How are voters meant to understand how serious things are if in lieu of shouting fire AND going into building with hoses, you're simply posting fire safety suggestions on social media?
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
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Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
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meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
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via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
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darkest night, brightest night
December 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
darkest night, brightest night
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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tbc I don’t mean shingles or whatever, I mean the entire roof
December 18, 2025 at 6:18 AM
tbc I don’t mean shingles or whatever, I mean the entire roof
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about half the people on this website act like the first time anyone lied on the internet is when we managed to teach linear algebra to do it. like separating truth from fiction is somehow a new demand that this talking magic box imposes on us.
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
about half the people on this website act like the first time anyone lied on the internet is when we managed to teach linear algebra to do it. like separating truth from fiction is somehow a new demand that this talking magic box imposes on us.
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While this sucks for a lot of people, I am really glad that we are getting strong messaging about this, and people are taking wind-power fire danger seriously.
NEW: Xcel Energy says it will preemptively shut off power to 50,000 customers in Colorado at 10AM due to extreme winds and fire danger.
Xcel now says similar conditions on Friday may result in some customers being without power for three days. co.my.xcelenergy.com/s/outage-saf...
Xcel now says similar conditions on Friday may result in some customers being without power for three days. co.my.xcelenergy.com/s/outage-saf...
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
While this sucks for a lot of people, I am really glad that we are getting strong messaging about this, and people are taking wind-power fire danger seriously.
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Reminder that, as the current federal administration has shown, vast-majority-white spaces are artificial, and defended/enforced.
Stats like this don't Just Happen.
Stats like this don't Just Happen.
December 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Reminder that, as the current federal administration has shown, vast-majority-white spaces are artificial, and defended/enforced.
Stats like this don't Just Happen.
Stats like this don't Just Happen.
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This is efficient. It is trained narrowly and specifically, reducing electrical waste. It does not replace meteorologists because it relies on them to provide data and interpret the results. Not everything with AI in the name is bad and AI is not ChatGPT, that's just Sam Altman's marketing tactic.
December 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is efficient. It is trained narrowly and specifically, reducing electrical waste. It does not replace meteorologists because it relies on them to provide data and interpret the results. Not everything with AI in the name is bad and AI is not ChatGPT, that's just Sam Altman's marketing tactic.
this makes me incredibly angry
not least because I can see NCAR from my house
I moved 1,000 effing miles to get away from DC nonsense and I am very angry that they are messing with my space here too
(I am very aware there are other reasons to be angry today too)
not least because I can see NCAR from my house
I moved 1,000 effing miles to get away from DC nonsense and I am very angry that they are messing with my space here too
(I am very aware there are other reasons to be angry today too)
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
this makes me incredibly angry
not least because I can see NCAR from my house
I moved 1,000 effing miles to get away from DC nonsense and I am very angry that they are messing with my space here too
(I am very aware there are other reasons to be angry today too)
not least because I can see NCAR from my house
I moved 1,000 effing miles to get away from DC nonsense and I am very angry that they are messing with my space here too
(I am very aware there are other reasons to be angry today too)
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
not a super big fan of the hurricane force winds that hit our house every december now
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
not a super big fan of the hurricane force winds that hit our house every december now
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Okay I know this is a very late entry but: I *loved* the mechanical elephant at Nantes. I shrieked out loud. It was such a moment of like... awe, wonder, delight, and I felt... a very different effect than seeing it on a screen? If that makes any sense?
December 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Okay I know this is a very late entry but: I *loved* the mechanical elephant at Nantes. I shrieked out loud. It was such a moment of like... awe, wonder, delight, and I felt... a very different effect than seeing it on a screen? If that makes any sense?
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Lol the crazy thing is, no, you’re not running out of good ideas. There are tons of great ideas everywhere. You’re just not willing to fund them because you’re all cowards.
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Lol the crazy thing is, no, you’re not running out of good ideas. There are tons of great ideas everywhere. You’re just not willing to fund them because you’re all cowards.
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I really don't think it's a good thing that you can casually browse a website you've never been on before for 30 seconds and suddenly they can email you like HEY ARE YOU SURE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BUY SOMETHING. I'm bravely saying that should not be able to happen.
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I really don't think it's a good thing that you can casually browse a website you've never been on before for 30 seconds and suddenly they can email you like HEY ARE YOU SURE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BUY SOMETHING. I'm bravely saying that should not be able to happen.
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![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Another comic from this past year. Sometimes I'm in awe about how incredibly small birds can be.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Another comic from this past year. Sometimes I'm in awe about how incredibly small birds can be.
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Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
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What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
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I think a big thing I struggle with, and something that is an important thing for people of my generation to attempt to understand, is separating toxic nostalgia from knowledge of the actual ways in which American life has gotten appreciably worse in my lifetime
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I think a big thing I struggle with, and something that is an important thing for people of my generation to attempt to understand, is separating toxic nostalgia from knowledge of the actual ways in which American life has gotten appreciably worse in my lifetime
it really is bizarre reading news in the post-copyediting era
today I read an article where a girl “balls her eyes out,” which sounds like she’s been taking a melon baller to them
(it’s “bawls,” if you didn’t know)
but this is the sort of thing editors were supposed to catch
today I read an article where a girl “balls her eyes out,” which sounds like she’s been taking a melon baller to them
(it’s “bawls,” if you didn’t know)
but this is the sort of thing editors were supposed to catch
November 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
it really is bizarre reading news in the post-copyediting era
today I read an article where a girl “balls her eyes out,” which sounds like she’s been taking a melon baller to them
(it’s “bawls,” if you didn’t know)
but this is the sort of thing editors were supposed to catch
today I read an article where a girl “balls her eyes out,” which sounds like she’s been taking a melon baller to them
(it’s “bawls,” if you didn’t know)
but this is the sort of thing editors were supposed to catch