RDS (formerly shawphd)
@rds773.myatproto.social
Former historian, current indexer. She/her, cis. Cats, nature, crafts, sci fi/fantasy. Covid aware. Chicago parent. GenX. West Coast ex-pat. I block & mute freely.
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Need an index for your book in the humanities or social sciences? DM me.
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Need an index for your book in the humanities or social sciences? DM me.
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What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
More than half the CO₂ emissions of the Industrial Age have been pumped into the atmosphere since 1990.
More than half the CO₂ emissions of the Industrial Age have been pumped into the atmosphere since 1990.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Literally nothing is 'carbon neutral'. It is a physical impossibility. If someone's telling you their product has zero climate impact, they're actively deciding to lie to you.
Literally nothing is 'carbon neutral'. It is a physical impossibility. If someone's telling you their product has zero climate impact, they're actively deciding to lie to you.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
Indexes in books are written by actual humans and cannot be done automatically by computers
Indexes in books are written by actual humans and cannot be done automatically by computers
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Drawing some more weird creatures. We need to adorn buildings with these again.
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Drawing some more weird creatures. We need to adorn buildings with these again.
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"The attorney in the New York office spoke in depth about the plan being recently updated to include mosques and liberal synagogues in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the New York City mayor’s race."
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
"The attorney in the New York office spoke in depth about the plan being recently updated to include mosques and liberal synagogues in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the New York City mayor’s race."
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Fairview Park will always have a place in my heart as the place I learned to bird!
It’s also the home of the largest collection of vernal pools
These ephemeral pools revive endangered fairy shrimp that emerge to life as the rain pools
I love the subtle green glow of new plants hours after rain 📷🌿
It’s also the home of the largest collection of vernal pools
These ephemeral pools revive endangered fairy shrimp that emerge to life as the rain pools
I love the subtle green glow of new plants hours after rain 📷🌿
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Fairview Park will always have a place in my heart as the place I learned to bird!
It’s also the home of the largest collection of vernal pools
These ephemeral pools revive endangered fairy shrimp that emerge to life as the rain pools
I love the subtle green glow of new plants hours after rain 📷🌿
It’s also the home of the largest collection of vernal pools
These ephemeral pools revive endangered fairy shrimp that emerge to life as the rain pools
I love the subtle green glow of new plants hours after rain 📷🌿
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New Mexico's free universal child care program is a model for the nation.
www.krqe.com/news/new-mex...
www.krqe.com/news/new-mex...
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Vogon poetry at its finest
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Vogon poetry at its finest
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So I recently passed 3000 daily doodles. If you're wondering what that looks like, I compiled them all into one image for you so you can enjoy them all at once.
June 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
So I recently passed 3000 daily doodles. If you're wondering what that looks like, I compiled them all into one image for you so you can enjoy them all at once.
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
This is true of so many small, humane things
It’s almost as if we were meant to live in a society
It’s almost as if we were meant to live in a society
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This is true of so many small, humane things
It’s almost as if we were meant to live in a society
It’s almost as if we were meant to live in a society
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I was just handed this puppy.
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I was just handed this puppy.
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if you're looking for a very, very very worthy cause to donate to, this one is it!! scarleteen has been around since /i/ was a queer teenager seeking more comprehensive sex ed than school could ever (or would ever) give me
Today is the midpoint of Scarleteen’s $40,000 fund drive to cover the health care costs of the staff and volunteers providing advice, tips, and tools for young people worldwide. 128 people have donated over $8,000 to support our work. Join them today! www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
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www.classy.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
if you're looking for a very, very very worthy cause to donate to, this one is it!! scarleteen has been around since /i/ was a queer teenager seeking more comprehensive sex ed than school could ever (or would ever) give me
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Black-led sustainable transportation groups SouthSide Critical Mass and Equiticity converged for the Chicago Bike Collective Ride.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/17/b...
@equiticity.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/17/b...
@equiticity.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Black-led sustainable transportation groups SouthSide Critical Mass and Equiticity converged for the Chicago Bike Collective Ride.
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/17/b...
@equiticity.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/11/17/b...
@equiticity.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social
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I'll be donating to help free Operation Midway Blitz detainees, and I hope some of you can join me. We tried like hell to prevent as many detentions as we could in Chicago. This is another opportunity to help our neighbors remain in our communities where they belong.
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I'll be donating to help free Operation Midway Blitz detainees, and I hope some of you can join me. We tried like hell to prevent as many detentions as we could in Chicago. This is another opportunity to help our neighbors remain in our communities where they belong.
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do you make up ridiculous longform versions of your dog's name? if so please share. I've been calling lambo "lamborghini wigglesworth" (mr. wiggles for short)
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
do you make up ridiculous longform versions of your dog's name? if so please share. I've been calling lambo "lamborghini wigglesworth" (mr. wiggles for short)
Thinking for the nth time that folks really need to read up on the 25th & learn that it’s not a “he’s crazy, yoink!” card
It’s meant for *temporary* incapacity and presumes presidential cooperation or inability to disagree
*Impeachment* is how you permanently remove a president against his wishes
It’s meant for *temporary* incapacity and presumes presidential cooperation or inability to disagree
*Impeachment* is how you permanently remove a president against his wishes
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Thinking for the nth time that folks really need to read up on the 25th & learn that it’s not a “he’s crazy, yoink!” card
It’s meant for *temporary* incapacity and presumes presidential cooperation or inability to disagree
*Impeachment* is how you permanently remove a president against his wishes
It’s meant for *temporary* incapacity and presumes presidential cooperation or inability to disagree
*Impeachment* is how you permanently remove a president against his wishes
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In one of my astrophoto groups, a guy posted a photo that shows some non-celestial stuff in it and someone said it’s satellite constellations and another person said that astronomers really hate those and several men have weighed in to say actually astronomers think they’re fine
Me: WE DO NOT
🔭
Me: WE DO NOT
🔭
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In one of my astrophoto groups, a guy posted a photo that shows some non-celestial stuff in it and someone said it’s satellite constellations and another person said that astronomers really hate those and several men have weighed in to say actually astronomers think they’re fine
Me: WE DO NOT
🔭
Me: WE DO NOT
🔭
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I really disliked this piece on trans passports by Amy Harmon of the New York Times. It is, admittedly, an "old" New York Times story, one that makes a reasonable effort to cloak its biases and present itself as seeking both sides of a story ("new" NYT stories don't bother).
Here's a gift link:
Here's a gift link:
New Passport Rule Sends Blunt and Sweeping Message to Trans Americans
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I really disliked this piece on trans passports by Amy Harmon of the New York Times. It is, admittedly, an "old" New York Times story, one that makes a reasonable effort to cloak its biases and present itself as seeking both sides of a story ("new" NYT stories don't bother).
Here's a gift link:
Here's a gift link:
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I am feeling very good about my most recent purchase
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I am feeling very good about my most recent purchase
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cannot stress enough how important it is to retaliate, because unlike the ginned up bullshit these guys are trying to pin on folks like Comey and James a lot of them are doing actual real big boy crimes
burn the Justice Department to the ground and rebuild from the ashes
burn the Justice Department to the ground and rebuild from the ashes
Trump will not just be four years of bad management. The culture of these organizations will be fucked for a long time. The pressure to retaliate and clean house will be strong, and no-one wants to work in a war zone.
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
cannot stress enough how important it is to retaliate, because unlike the ginned up bullshit these guys are trying to pin on folks like Comey and James a lot of them are doing actual real big boy crimes
burn the Justice Department to the ground and rebuild from the ashes
burn the Justice Department to the ground and rebuild from the ashes
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A Magellanic penguin making sure the seals were asleep before walking past them..
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A Magellanic penguin making sure the seals were asleep before walking past them..
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psst reminder to book your appointments for flu and covid shots if you haven't already. just do it right now it takes two seconds ok xoxo
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
psst reminder to book your appointments for flu and covid shots if you haven't already. just do it right now it takes two seconds ok xoxo
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I realize this goes against the grain of US society... but that grain is how we got here. The people who can be criminally probed should be; those who want to hold positions of power should be making that clear now.
Trump will not just be four years of bad management. The culture of these organizations will be fucked for a long time. The pressure to retaliate and clean house will be strong, and no-one wants to work in a war zone.
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I realize this goes against the grain of US society... but that grain is how we got here. The people who can be criminally probed should be; those who want to hold positions of power should be making that clear now.
Me, relatedly: Wearing too many layers and sweating
Next day: wearing too few and shivering
Eventually it’s cold enough that I can just wear the same level every day
Next day: wearing too few and shivering
Eventually it’s cold enough that I can just wear the same level every day
Me, in a winter coat that could double as a sleeping bag, walking past two people in shorts.
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Me, relatedly: Wearing too many layers and sweating
Next day: wearing too few and shivering
Eventually it’s cold enough that I can just wear the same level every day
Next day: wearing too few and shivering
Eventually it’s cold enough that I can just wear the same level every day
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Chicago Over Everything
Me, in a winter coat that could double as a sleeping bag, walking past two people in shorts.
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Chicago Over Everything
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Anyone have good book recommendations for municipal finance? Doesn't have to be Chicago oriented
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Anyone have good book recommendations for municipal finance? Doesn't have to be Chicago oriented
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