The Sasha
@thesasha.bsky.social
I’m Sasha and my politics reflect no one’s but my own. I like puns and cute animals so be prepared for those. She/her
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There’s a library social media trend where they show a staff member asking a children’s librarian for things and they get more ridiculous as time goes on.
Children’s librarians do have a lot of weird stuff. But what you should really be afraid of is when they go “I could probably make that.”
Children’s librarians do have a lot of weird stuff. But what you should really be afraid of is when they go “I could probably make that.”
December 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
There’s a library social media trend where they show a staff member asking a children’s librarian for things and they get more ridiculous as time goes on.
Children’s librarians do have a lot of weird stuff. But what you should really be afraid of is when they go “I could probably make that.”
Children’s librarians do have a lot of weird stuff. But what you should really be afraid of is when they go “I could probably make that.”
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Tate just lost against a no-name boxer (badly). Guess violence isn't so easy to enact when you don't have a fifty-pound advantage and the element of surprise.
It doesn't make up for the damage he's done, but it's heartening his seized assets will be used to combat violence against women and girls.
It doesn't make up for the damage he's done, but it's heartening his seized assets will be used to combat violence against women and girls.
More than £1m seized from Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan from bank accounts in Devon will be used to combat violence against women and girls
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cash seized from Tate brothers will tackle violence against women
Money seized from Andrew and Tristan Tate will be used by police to combat violence.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Tate just lost against a no-name boxer (badly). Guess violence isn't so easy to enact when you don't have a fifty-pound advantage and the element of surprise.
It doesn't make up for the damage he's done, but it's heartening his seized assets will be used to combat violence against women and girls.
It doesn't make up for the damage he's done, but it's heartening his seized assets will be used to combat violence against women and girls.
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This is that good shit. Straight to my veins.
BE LOUD ABOUT HOW YOU HELP PEOPLE. Signal the fuck out of your virtue. Peer pressure people into kindness. Make it cool and badass to help strangers not for clout but because it feels good for everyone to partake in their society. It rocks! Do it!
BE LOUD ABOUT HOW YOU HELP PEOPLE. Signal the fuck out of your virtue. Peer pressure people into kindness. Make it cool and badass to help strangers not for clout but because it feels good for everyone to partake in their society. It rocks! Do it!
This is my Christmas gift to my homeless neighbors, to the volunteers who get great joy from helping them…and, yes, to myself. Merry Christmas to all!
🧵 9 of 9
🧵 9 of 9
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is that good shit. Straight to my veins.
BE LOUD ABOUT HOW YOU HELP PEOPLE. Signal the fuck out of your virtue. Peer pressure people into kindness. Make it cool and badass to help strangers not for clout but because it feels good for everyone to partake in their society. It rocks! Do it!
BE LOUD ABOUT HOW YOU HELP PEOPLE. Signal the fuck out of your virtue. Peer pressure people into kindness. Make it cool and badass to help strangers not for clout but because it feels good for everyone to partake in their society. It rocks! Do it!
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A poem for Winter Solstice: "The Shortest Day" by Susan Cooper, author The Dark is Rising and numerous other luminous books.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
December 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A poem for Winter Solstice: "The Shortest Day" by Susan Cooper, author The Dark is Rising and numerous other luminous books.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill making pediatric transition care of any kind a federal felony to provide, punishable by up to a decade in prison “would not have passed without three turncoat House Democrats: Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, and Donald Davis of North Carolina.”
The Transphobic Mask Is Off - The American Prospect
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene drew up a bill making it a federal felony to provide pediatric transition care of any kind. The ultimate goal is a ban on all trans health care and the end of civil rights ...
prospect.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill making pediatric transition care of any kind a federal felony to provide, punishable by up to a decade in prison “would not have passed without three turncoat House Democrats: Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, and Donald Davis of North Carolina.”
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one of the things being a romance reader has taught me is that purity culture (all sex is bad) and porn culture (all sex is salacious/emotionally hollow) are just two sides of the same coin, and it's really not worth fighting with either group of people.
December 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
one of the things being a romance reader has taught me is that purity culture (all sex is bad) and porn culture (all sex is salacious/emotionally hollow) are just two sides of the same coin, and it's really not worth fighting with either group of people.
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21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
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What this means is that we have a significant data quality issue.
Due to lack of coverage, lack of adequate reporting, and etc. we don’t have an accurate depiction of our current Covid landscape.
Meaning things will be missed, and we will be hit hard and won’t know it until it’s too late.
Due to lack of coverage, lack of adequate reporting, and etc. we don’t have an accurate depiction of our current Covid landscape.
Meaning things will be missed, and we will be hit hard and won’t know it until it’s too late.
December 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What this means is that we have a significant data quality issue.
Due to lack of coverage, lack of adequate reporting, and etc. we don’t have an accurate depiction of our current Covid landscape.
Meaning things will be missed, and we will be hit hard and won’t know it until it’s too late.
Due to lack of coverage, lack of adequate reporting, and etc. we don’t have an accurate depiction of our current Covid landscape.
Meaning things will be missed, and we will be hit hard and won’t know it until it’s too late.
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I would call the US Covid Variant tracking by the CDC unhelpful and non-representative of the current Covid variant ecosystem.
The month lag in reporting is one thing, but the incredibly sparse (low samples/low coverage) for variant sequencing - provided near solely by public labs - worsens this
The month lag in reporting is one thing, but the incredibly sparse (low samples/low coverage) for variant sequencing - provided near solely by public labs - worsens this
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I would call the US Covid Variant tracking by the CDC unhelpful and non-representative of the current Covid variant ecosystem.
The month lag in reporting is one thing, but the incredibly sparse (low samples/low coverage) for variant sequencing - provided near solely by public labs - worsens this
The month lag in reporting is one thing, but the incredibly sparse (low samples/low coverage) for variant sequencing - provided near solely by public labs - worsens this
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December 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One way that would support me and several other creators is by buying this itch bundle: itch.io/b/3424/qtbip...
We're nearly 50% to our goal!
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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This is
Minnesota Nice
We say
FUCK ICE
(My family’s collaboratively-written contribution to the Lake Street march. Implicitly optimistic that Minnesota will ever figure out call-and-response.)
Minnesota Nice
We say
FUCK ICE
(My family’s collaboratively-written contribution to the Lake Street march. Implicitly optimistic that Minnesota will ever figure out call-and-response.)
December 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is
Minnesota Nice
We say
FUCK ICE
(My family’s collaboratively-written contribution to the Lake Street march. Implicitly optimistic that Minnesota will ever figure out call-and-response.)
Minnesota Nice
We say
FUCK ICE
(My family’s collaboratively-written contribution to the Lake Street march. Implicitly optimistic that Minnesota will ever figure out call-and-response.)
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As Erica notes, random complaints from people who don't live here and never come here.
Seattle Times opens up its pages for random people to just complain and complain about how hard it is to park in downtown Seattle, how there's supposedly shit all over the sidewalks, and oh yes, how we aren't MAGA enough. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/some...
Downtown Seattle: The good, the bad and the ugly, from readers | Op-Ed
What readers had to say about why they do or don't visit downtown.
www.seattletimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
As Erica notes, random complaints from people who don't live here and never come here.
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Sometimes I forget some of the bangers we've had on the pod.
"The only thing I know about Bill Ackman, besides the fact that he's a billionaire, is that he brags about Brad Pitt having sex with his wife, once." - KATELYN BURNS, Canceling a new type of wife guy (Bill Ackman), Cancel Me, Daddy #KatelynBurns
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Sometimes I forget some of the bangers we've had on the pod.
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
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i think the way i see it now is that platonic, romantic, sexual, etc… they’re more like classes, rather than a linear path of unlockable features, and i think the phrase “more than friends” has actually done a lot of harm to how we view and value platonic friendships as a culture!
December 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
i think the way i see it now is that platonic, romantic, sexual, etc… they’re more like classes, rather than a linear path of unlockable features, and i think the phrase “more than friends” has actually done a lot of harm to how we view and value platonic friendships as a culture!
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My parents rode out the first six months of 2020 in Haiti and the whole time we kids were begging them to come home because the state department was sending us constant emails about the "last flight out of Haiti" and my parents refused to fly home to a covid epicenter and they were correct
December 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
My parents rode out the first six months of 2020 in Haiti and the whole time we kids were begging them to come home because the state department was sending us constant emails about the "last flight out of Haiti" and my parents refused to fly home to a covid epicenter and they were correct
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We don’t have enough hospital beds to care for the sick kids we already have even without stripping vaccine recommendations. Our PICU is full. Our NICU is full. The pediatric acute care floors are nearly full.
December 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
We don’t have enough hospital beds to care for the sick kids we already have even without stripping vaccine recommendations. Our PICU is full. Our NICU is full. The pediatric acute care floors are nearly full.
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When I was in j-school they always taught us not to be phased by hate mail because if they read the article then we already won.
(Which is why you should stop fucking clicking on articles you know are gonna make you mad.)
(Which is why you should stop fucking clicking on articles you know are gonna make you mad.)
hdjeksk I just received an email that opens with
"I read with interest your recent article lamenting the current administration’s policy on affirmative action. I know that you are black and biased"
At that point I just scrolled to see how long it was (A: LONG) and replied Thank you for reading!
"I read with interest your recent article lamenting the current administration’s policy on affirmative action. I know that you are black and biased"
At that point I just scrolled to see how long it was (A: LONG) and replied Thank you for reading!
December 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
When I was in j-school they always taught us not to be phased by hate mail because if they read the article then we already won.
(Which is why you should stop fucking clicking on articles you know are gonna make you mad.)
(Which is why you should stop fucking clicking on articles you know are gonna make you mad.)
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I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
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notable how many of these republicans are self-yeeting
December 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
notable how many of these republicans are self-yeeting
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Children will die. Not just in America but here in Canada, globally. That's how infectious diseases work. They don't care about borders
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Children will die. Not just in America but here in Canada, globally. That's how infectious diseases work. They don't care about borders
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I’m currently outside of the Kennedy Center:
December 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’m currently outside of the Kennedy Center: