rhetoric hashira
@tumblesweed.bsky.social
ex-professor. i left academia for ethical reasons. current indie contract grant manager for rural and small Black-led and Native-led nonprofits. Sovereigntist. Abolitionist. White-privileged Yo'eme diaspora. masked. novavaxxed. land back. water back.
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Okay. This is going to be my baking thread. Follow along with me on my journey if you want.
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You olds don't need to hear this, but to you youngbloods out there, I come to you from the future: when the news begins talking about ways to save money for the holidays, rather than getting you hyped to drown in debt buying shit, that means shit is WAY FUCKING WORSE than they are letting on.
a man in a suit is holding a lemon and says this is bad i mean bad bad
ALT: a man in a suit is holding a lemon and says this is bad i mean bad bad
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
You olds don't need to hear this, but to you youngbloods out there, I come to you from the future: when the news begins talking about ways to save money for the holidays, rather than getting you hyped to drown in debt buying shit, that means shit is WAY FUCKING WORSE than they are letting on.
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I know everyone is fed up with the state of the world but what if you didn’t take it out on people you have mild disagreements with on social media
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I know everyone is fed up with the state of the world but what if you didn’t take it out on people you have mild disagreements with on social media
sighs in Indigenous
Time once again to remember the student who, ahead of my first Thanksgiving in the US, answered my question to the class of what people gave thanks for with "not being british"
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
sighs in Indigenous
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And. . . I hate it say it, but it is (collectively) our fault for not ensuring the next generation has a robust education (and I don't just mean in school)
One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
And. . . I hate it say it, but it is (collectively) our fault for not ensuring the next generation has a robust education (and I don't just mean in school)
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I mean I wasn’t gonna say it but lets say it
Oswalt's post was definitely more violent than Link's, but there's a bigger difference I can't quite put my finger on
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I mean I wasn’t gonna say it but lets say it
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Oswalt's post was definitely more violent than Link's, but there's a bigger difference I can't quite put my finger on
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Oswalt's post was definitely more violent than Link's, but there's a bigger difference I can't quite put my finger on
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Read this thread.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Read this thread.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
Everyone needs to understand the ongoing 'Problem' is not relegated to the game industry; it is a modular tumor in EVERY industry. Every sector, every field, every institution.
The C-Suite's entire job is to HURT you; to take everything, while giving nothing. They are The Enemy.
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Ppl who want you to express gratitude but suppress trauma are dangerous.
You’re in a collision and they say be glad you had a car. As if gratitude pays hospital bills.
You’re underpaid/sexually harassed at work and they say be glad you have a job. Despite being exploited with poor mental health.
You’re in a collision and they say be glad you had a car. As if gratitude pays hospital bills.
You’re underpaid/sexually harassed at work and they say be glad you have a job. Despite being exploited with poor mental health.
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ppl who want you to express gratitude but suppress trauma are dangerous.
You’re in a collision and they say be glad you had a car. As if gratitude pays hospital bills.
You’re underpaid/sexually harassed at work and they say be glad you have a job. Despite being exploited with poor mental health.
You’re in a collision and they say be glad you had a car. As if gratitude pays hospital bills.
You’re underpaid/sexually harassed at work and they say be glad you have a job. Despite being exploited with poor mental health.
another unsurprising horror to add to the list
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
another unsurprising horror to add to the list
here they are, my annual November traumaversary sads. Welcome back to hell, old friends.
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
here they are, my annual November traumaversary sads. Welcome back to hell, old friends.
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I had a great conversation about this phenomenon with some sociologists at ASA once. A colleague took me to task for failing to see how they KNOW the reference. They aren’t misreading literary references — they are wielding them to demonstrate their power to shape our ethics.
The fact that he named it Project Prometheus is priceless.
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I had a great conversation about this phenomenon with some sociologists at ASA once. A colleague took me to task for failing to see how they KNOW the reference. They aren’t misreading literary references — they are wielding them to demonstrate their power to shape our ethics.
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Please please please.
These needs going unfilled are sinking us with more bills on the way.
We dont even have basica like comfortable places to sit or lay down. Please help us attain some quality of life?
linktr.ee/wylder
These needs going unfilled are sinking us with more bills on the way.
We dont even have basica like comfortable places to sit or lay down. Please help us attain some quality of life?
linktr.ee/wylder
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Please please please.
These needs going unfilled are sinking us with more bills on the way.
We dont even have basica like comfortable places to sit or lay down. Please help us attain some quality of life?
linktr.ee/wylder
These needs going unfilled are sinking us with more bills on the way.
We dont even have basica like comfortable places to sit or lay down. Please help us attain some quality of life?
linktr.ee/wylder
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Dont believe for a second that marginalized folks arent being purposefully suppressed here.
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Dont believe for a second that marginalized folks arent being purposefully suppressed here.
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happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you
October 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you
Sad to learn that BlueSky mods and others keep flagging @lilhazzy.bsky.social as AI. This is a real person and artist who has created my small business logo. This platform keeps getting worse and worse.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sad to learn that BlueSky mods and others keep flagging @lilhazzy.bsky.social as AI. This is a real person and artist who has created my small business logo. This platform keeps getting worse and worse.
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I got a tip a few months ago that ICE was planning to use tribal airports for ICE flights. I spent a few hours scouring flight data, found no evidence of this, and let it go.
But perhaps they all just said no? If anyone has more info, hmu on signal at gbrockell.44!
But perhaps they all just said no? If anyone has more info, hmu on signal at gbrockell.44!
The definition of audacity: ICE asking WA tribes to host detention centers.
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants
The Nisqually Indian Tribe says it is turning down a request from ICE to house detained immigrants on tribal land.
www.seattletimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I got a tip a few months ago that ICE was planning to use tribal airports for ICE flights. I spent a few hours scouring flight data, found no evidence of this, and let it go.
But perhaps they all just said no? If anyone has more info, hmu on signal at gbrockell.44!
But perhaps they all just said no? If anyone has more info, hmu on signal at gbrockell.44!
and yet, if you've met professors, not at all surprising
the professors in the emails being all chummy with epstein is pathetic and enraging.
There are so many professors/scientists y'all
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
and yet, if you've met professors, not at all surprising
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i am pissed off that people are ignoring the courage & years of work by the epstein survivors & saying this focus on releasing the epstein files is all owed to trump’s biggest backer, elon musk. sorry. it’s the survivors’ work that brought allllll of this to light.
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
i am pissed off that people are ignoring the courage & years of work by the epstein survivors & saying this focus on releasing the epstein files is all owed to trump’s biggest backer, elon musk. sorry. it’s the survivors’ work that brought allllll of this to light.
the biggest, angriest bitch planet, i love her
This is what Jupiter looks like in the infrared.
Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
Its hot, lower atmosphere shining through the cooler cloud layers above.
You show me Jupiter and I'll show you a planet that wants you dead.
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
the biggest, angriest bitch planet, i love her
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those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
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November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
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Acknowledging the dead would mean acknowledging the catastrophic public health/economic/policy failure that made the body count so high in the first place
There were a few moments in that first year where we nearly got something, but that amounted to an NYT full spread of names and a CNN clicker
There were a few moments in that first year where we nearly got something, but that amounted to an NYT full spread of names and a CNN clicker
sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Acknowledging the dead would mean acknowledging the catastrophic public health/economic/policy failure that made the body count so high in the first place
There were a few moments in that first year where we nearly got something, but that amounted to an NYT full spread of names and a CNN clicker
There were a few moments in that first year where we nearly got something, but that amounted to an NYT full spread of names and a CNN clicker
not only have i not gotten our SNAP yet, but they just notified me that they cut it by nearly half. i have no idea what we're going to do since work is slow too.
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
not only have i not gotten our SNAP yet, but they just notified me that they cut it by nearly half. i have no idea what we're going to do since work is slow too.
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A person in love being equally loved in return ain't got nothing to be shame of. Bask in it, be cooked. That feeling is rare unfortunately
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A person in love being equally loved in return ain't got nothing to be shame of. Bask in it, be cooked. That feeling is rare unfortunately
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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Was reminded that a grabbed this video 14 years ago at Occupy Wall Street. Wasn't the first or the last time I was attacked by NYPD but certainly the most memorable.
Support your local indy journalists folks. Health care is going to get a lot more expensive.
visu.news
Cashapp/Venmo: ZDRoberts
Support your local indy journalists folks. Health care is going to get a lot more expensive.
visu.news
Cashapp/Venmo: ZDRoberts
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Was reminded that a grabbed this video 14 years ago at Occupy Wall Street. Wasn't the first or the last time I was attacked by NYPD but certainly the most memorable.
Support your local indy journalists folks. Health care is going to get a lot more expensive.
visu.news
Cashapp/Venmo: ZDRoberts
Support your local indy journalists folks. Health care is going to get a lot more expensive.
visu.news
Cashapp/Venmo: ZDRoberts