Andromeda Yelton
@thatandromeda.bsky.social
Libraries, software, math, Latin, nonprofit governance, weightlifting, knitting, singing, my cats, Somerville (MA), planes planes planes. Hi! 👋
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you should go out of your way to use your trans friends' names when you talk to them
they chose their names and they feel it in their chests when they hear or see it
we waited our whole lives to hear our real names and it doesn't get old
they chose their names and they feel it in their chests when they hear or see it
we waited our whole lives to hear our real names and it doesn't get old
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
you should go out of your way to use your trans friends' names when you talk to them
they chose their names and they feel it in their chests when they hear or see it
we waited our whole lives to hear our real names and it doesn't get old
they chose their names and they feel it in their chests when they hear or see it
we waited our whole lives to hear our real names and it doesn't get old
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It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
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One thing that's abundantly clear: passing the SAFE Research Act would permanently end the United States' ability to be competitive in any area of advanced technology. Just straight up suicidal policy-making.
This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One thing that's abundantly clear: passing the SAFE Research Act would permanently end the United States' ability to be competitive in any area of advanced technology. Just straight up suicidal policy-making.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Behavior bio people, check out this guy's experience training an octopus!
I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
YouTube video by Mattias Krantz
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Behavior bio people, check out this guy's experience training an octopus!
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The first section of our forthcoming book is a deep dive Gee's "Academic Transformation" at WVU from those who actually lived it; after you read it you won't be able to fathom why some people in the higher ed space still insist on taking him seriously. sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-...
The Campus Crisis Toolkit
sunypress.edu
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The first section of our forthcoming book is a deep dive Gee's "Academic Transformation" at WVU from those who actually lived it; after you read it you won't be able to fathom why some people in the higher ed space still insist on taking him seriously. sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-...
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there should be a button where if enough of your mutuals press it you have to stop posting and go to bed
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
there should be a button where if enough of your mutuals press it you have to stop posting and go to bed
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Street Art - Ireland
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Street Art - Ireland
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
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This is your regular reminder that most men who sexually abuse children do not meet the clinical definition of a pedophile.
They simply want to abuse their power and no one is more vulnerable to abuse than a child.
They simply want to abuse their power and no one is more vulnerable to abuse than a child.
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is your regular reminder that most men who sexually abuse children do not meet the clinical definition of a pedophile.
They simply want to abuse their power and no one is more vulnerable to abuse than a child.
They simply want to abuse their power and no one is more vulnerable to abuse than a child.
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
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TIL: There’s a UNESCO project by (mostly) African scholars known as the General History of Africa.
11 volumes, each covering a different period of the continent.
www.unesco.org/en/general-h...
11 volumes, each covering a different period of the continent.
www.unesco.org/en/general-h...
General History of Africa
A pioneering corpus covering the history of the entire African continent
www.unesco.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
TIL: There’s a UNESCO project by (mostly) African scholars known as the General History of Africa.
11 volumes, each covering a different period of the continent.
www.unesco.org/en/general-h...
11 volumes, each covering a different period of the continent.
www.unesco.org/en/general-h...
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Heya #code4lib-bers! Last call for keynote voting for #c4l26 -- this form closes tomorow. forms.gle/Ne99JsAcpFTL... 📚
Code4Lib 2026 Keynote Voting
The Code4Lib 2026 Keynote Committee is happy to open this year's invited speaker election. Please rate each nominee on a scale of 1 to 3, with 1 being least interested and 3 being most interested. Whe...
forms.gle
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Heya #code4lib-bers! Last call for keynote voting for #c4l26 -- this form closes tomorow. forms.gle/Ne99JsAcpFTL... 📚
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Took me a while to run down the thread of memory lane to find the most current matching numbers, but: if you donate $5 before midnight PST on Friday, all the matching offers will turn that $5 into $112. That's *tremendous* leverage for your money and a whole lot of kids fed.
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Took me a while to run down the thread of memory lane to find the most current matching numbers, but: if you donate $5 before midnight PST on Friday, all the matching offers will turn that $5 into $112. That's *tremendous* leverage for your money and a whole lot of kids fed.
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"hey guys notice that the same people complaining about having to deal with silly 'cancel culture' standards don't feel like they should be moored by literally any other set of standards either. curious thing going on there wouldn't you say?"
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"hey guys notice that the same people complaining about having to deal with silly 'cancel culture' standards don't feel like they should be moored by literally any other set of standards either. curious thing going on there wouldn't you say?"
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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Do Not Cross Picket Lines
No Starbucks 'til workers get more bucks
(and whatever else it is they are striking for)
(and whatever else it is they are striking for)
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Do Not Cross Picket Lines
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These emails really do highlight why rich folk are so impressed by ChatGPT.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
These emails really do highlight why rich folk are so impressed by ChatGPT.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
OK though wow as someone who is objectively Good At Math, but also Never Actually Fit In At Math, boy do I have feelings on this 🧵
Part of the issue is that Good at Words people are generally inclined to accept that people are all different ways and to think that’s just fine. Good at Math people have been allowed too much room to think that only they have the thoughts that matter.
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
OK though wow as someone who is objectively Good At Math, but also Never Actually Fit In At Math, boy do I have feelings on this 🧵
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I'm co-leading a "teach in" with leaders of Surveillance Watch, a terrific project fighting against corporate and government surveillance, tomorrow at 1:30pm. It's online, and you're welcome to sign up here: umass-amherst.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: SURVEILLANCE AND RESISTANCE TEACH-IN. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The session will explore the complex ways surveillance companies operate across borders, exploiting legal loopholes and regulatory gaps to evade accountability. Through practical methodologies, partic...
umass-amherst.zoom.us
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm co-leading a "teach in" with leaders of Surveillance Watch, a terrific project fighting against corporate and government surveillance, tomorrow at 1:30pm. It's online, and you're welcome to sign up here: umass-amherst.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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11 Nov 2025 -- California Supreme Court rules that LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination law protects elderly trans residents in long-term care from being misgendered and mispronouned after a lower CA court held that employees could do so bec. of their 1st Amendment rights @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
California's Supreme Court upholds LGBTQ+ protections for elders in long-term care - LGBTQ Nation
It upheld a state law protecting LGBTQ+ elders' rights to live free from harassment.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
11 Nov 2025 -- California Supreme Court rules that LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination law protects elderly trans residents in long-term care from being misgendered and mispronouned after a lower CA court held that employees could do so bec. of their 1st Amendment rights @rikiwilchins.bsky.social