Sadie Rae
@sadierae.bsky.social
Behavioral research scientist. Morally over-tasked. 🏳️🌈 (she/her)
The sky is relentlessly
sapphire, and the past is happening quickly:
the saguaros have opened themselves, stretched
out their arms to rays millions of years old
- from Snow on the Desert by Agha Shahid Ali 🌱
sapphire, and the past is happening quickly:
the saguaros have opened themselves, stretched
out their arms to rays millions of years old
- from Snow on the Desert by Agha Shahid Ali 🌱
February 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The sky is relentlessly
sapphire, and the past is happening quickly:
the saguaros have opened themselves, stretched
out their arms to rays millions of years old
- from Snow on the Desert by Agha Shahid Ali 🌱
sapphire, and the past is happening quickly:
the saguaros have opened themselves, stretched
out their arms to rays millions of years old
- from Snow on the Desert by Agha Shahid Ali 🌱
A very predictable this happened to X today. If a system predictably produces sexual harm and cannot reliably prevent it, disabling it is basic duty of care, not censorship. Europe understands that. The U.S. hasn’t caught up yet.
February 3, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A very predictable this happened to X today. If a system predictably produces sexual harm and cannot reliably prevent it, disabling it is basic duty of care, not censorship. Europe understands that. The U.S. hasn’t caught up yet.
The body speaks first. If that doesn’t work,
the mind empties: a crate of crabs scuttling
toward nothingness. Authoritarianism
blossoms like a corpse flower: foul men
spread their stench across the globe.
- from Burn Out by Amy M. Alvarez 🌱
the mind empties: a crate of crabs scuttling
toward nothingness. Authoritarianism
blossoms like a corpse flower: foul men
spread their stench across the globe.
- from Burn Out by Amy M. Alvarez 🌱
February 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The body speaks first. If that doesn’t work,
the mind empties: a crate of crabs scuttling
toward nothingness. Authoritarianism
blossoms like a corpse flower: foul men
spread their stench across the globe.
- from Burn Out by Amy M. Alvarez 🌱
the mind empties: a crate of crabs scuttling
toward nothingness. Authoritarianism
blossoms like a corpse flower: foul men
spread their stench across the globe.
- from Burn Out by Amy M. Alvarez 🌱
“I am not going to alter my conduct, not even if I have to die a hundred deaths.” - The Apology of Socrates, Plato
January 31, 2026 at 11:58 PM
“I am not going to alter my conduct, not even if I have to die a hundred deaths.” - The Apology of Socrates, Plato
Strong, glad and soulless: elemental joys
Bathe with green flame the sinking soul of me.
- from The Dreamer by Dulcie Deamer
Bathe with green flame the sinking soul of me.
- from The Dreamer by Dulcie Deamer
January 31, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Strong, glad and soulless: elemental joys
Bathe with green flame the sinking soul of me.
- from The Dreamer by Dulcie Deamer
Bathe with green flame the sinking soul of me.
- from The Dreamer by Dulcie Deamer
Did we bring back emo and then immediately bring back mainstream mall emo as well? Because that was entirely unnecessary
January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Did we bring back emo and then immediately bring back mainstream mall emo as well? Because that was entirely unnecessary
I am
greedy to learn
what keeps everything alive.
- from Memory Poem by Marlanda Dekine 🌱
greedy to learn
what keeps everything alive.
- from Memory Poem by Marlanda Dekine 🌱
January 30, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I am
greedy to learn
what keeps everything alive.
- from Memory Poem by Marlanda Dekine 🌱
greedy to learn
what keeps everything alive.
- from Memory Poem by Marlanda Dekine 🌱
So we’re both mildly apologetic
all the time, which is a small courtesy, two pulsars fanning
light at one another in bursts detectable years later.
- from Poem in Which the Poet Ventriloquizes the Beloved
by Kimberly Quiogue Andrews 🌱
all the time, which is a small courtesy, two pulsars fanning
light at one another in bursts detectable years later.
- from Poem in Which the Poet Ventriloquizes the Beloved
by Kimberly Quiogue Andrews 🌱
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
So we’re both mildly apologetic
all the time, which is a small courtesy, two pulsars fanning
light at one another in bursts detectable years later.
- from Poem in Which the Poet Ventriloquizes the Beloved
by Kimberly Quiogue Andrews 🌱
all the time, which is a small courtesy, two pulsars fanning
light at one another in bursts detectable years later.
- from Poem in Which the Poet Ventriloquizes the Beloved
by Kimberly Quiogue Andrews 🌱
"The heart caught in the grey clouds moving"
- from Therapist Asks Me to Describe Grief
by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux
- from Therapist Asks Me to Describe Grief
by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
"The heart caught in the grey clouds moving"
- from Therapist Asks Me to Describe Grief
by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux
- from Therapist Asks Me to Describe Grief
by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux
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We're going to win because their side has no good art and they know it.
January 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
We're going to win because their side has no good art and they know it.
It's 11 degrees outside, just like it was yesterday, and my phone keeps giving me cold weather advisories. We get it.
January 28, 2026 at 4:39 PM
It's 11 degrees outside, just like it was yesterday, and my phone keeps giving me cold weather advisories. We get it.
But like why do they call them Real Housewives when so many of the have jobs?
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
But like why do they call them Real Housewives when so many of the have jobs?
repeat old incantations of humanity fables and legends
because this is how you will attain the good you will not attain
repeat great words repeat them stubbornly
like those crossing the desert who perished in the sand
1/2
because this is how you will attain the good you will not attain
repeat great words repeat them stubbornly
like those crossing the desert who perished in the sand
1/2
January 27, 2026 at 5:27 PM
repeat old incantations of humanity fables and legends
because this is how you will attain the good you will not attain
repeat great words repeat them stubbornly
like those crossing the desert who perished in the sand
1/2
because this is how you will attain the good you will not attain
repeat great words repeat them stubbornly
like those crossing the desert who perished in the sand
1/2
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HE'S DOING THE THING
January 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
HE'S DOING THE THING
Looking after feral cats in the snow is incredibly difficult, especially when one has a parasite fml
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Looking after feral cats in the snow is incredibly difficult, especially when one has a parasite fml
I just came to read the latest on the violent Federal coercion of a state
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I just came to read the latest on the violent Federal coercion of a state
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Today’s flower 🌱 #1325
Snowdrop
Snowdrop
January 25, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Today’s flower 🌱 #1325
Snowdrop
Snowdrop
Societies are structurally hostile to the people who embody their stated moral ideals before those ideals are convenient.
until the tiger got into my house, i thought we should hold off on saying there was an escaped tiger marauding in the neighborhood, to avoid alarmism
January 25, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Societies are structurally hostile to the people who embody their stated moral ideals before those ideals are convenient.
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I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
Where grief meets burnout
January 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Where grief meets burnout
I can't wait to hear the next Democratic version of “sad but not actionable”
January 24, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I can't wait to hear the next Democratic version of “sad but not actionable”
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Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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Senators, congresspeople & the governor and mayors should absolutely be prepared to get arrested trying to put a stop to this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Senators, congresspeople & the governor and mayors should absolutely be prepared to get arrested trying to put a stop to this.