ruth bader yinzburgh
@violetvolume.bsky.social
Pittsburgh. she/her.
we gladly feast on those who would subdue us.
it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world
we gladly feast on those who would subdue us.
it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world
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If you follow me and I go to your profile and the only thing you post about is politics I probably won't follow you back. No offense intended, I just can't stomach a constant firehose of that kind of content.
My friends' pets keep getting sick and dying and I'm just saying my cats are gonna need to lock the fuck in, 2025 has done enough damage
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My friends' pets keep getting sick and dying and I'm just saying my cats are gonna need to lock the fuck in, 2025 has done enough damage
this is just "you smiled because you knew" but for Jesus
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
this is just "you smiled because you knew" but for Jesus
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bro every aspect of online life has just become me trying to hide from clippy’s nosy ass. this is just 1999 all over again. i open any app or page and there he is, clippy’s ghost, in the form of AI or algorithms, spying on and meddling in my life choices
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
bro every aspect of online life has just become me trying to hide from clippy’s nosy ass. this is just 1999 all over again. i open any app or page and there he is, clippy’s ghost, in the form of AI or algorithms, spying on and meddling in my life choices
WHY AM I 38 AND STILL GETTING PIMPLES.
(relatedly, WHEN WILL I LEARN TO STOP TOUCHING THEM)
(relatedly, WHEN WILL I LEARN TO STOP TOUCHING THEM)
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
WHY AM I 38 AND STILL GETTING PIMPLES.
(relatedly, WHEN WILL I LEARN TO STOP TOUCHING THEM)
(relatedly, WHEN WILL I LEARN TO STOP TOUCHING THEM)
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in terms of how many unwanted phone notifications it causes, joining a new discord server is the equivalent of signing up for ten different online accounts with companies that like to email you a lot
November 15, 2025 at 4:13 AM
in terms of how many unwanted phone notifications it causes, joining a new discord server is the equivalent of signing up for ten different online accounts with companies that like to email you a lot
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It just feels like everything is being flattened. Rape, genocide, wildfires, etc etc is all just fodder for internet discourse rather than turning points that lead to… something, anything better or different.
It’s so true. It’s actually horrifying to see the memes and jokes about this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It just feels like everything is being flattened. Rape, genocide, wildfires, etc etc is all just fodder for internet discourse rather than turning points that lead to… something, anything better or different.
this job application just asked me for my pronouns (nice!), if I identified with my legal gender (ok!) and my sexual orientation (?!?!?!?!)
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
this job application just asked me for my pronouns (nice!), if I identified with my legal gender (ok!) and my sexual orientation (?!?!?!?!)
Applying for jobs and this one is like "we would prefer a candidate with a Certified Physician Practice Manager certificate" girl a fucking what? Come on. Y'all are just making shit up now. It's office management. It ain't that serious.
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Applying for jobs and this one is like "we would prefer a candidate with a Certified Physician Practice Manager certificate" girl a fucking what? Come on. Y'all are just making shit up now. It's office management. It ain't that serious.
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Legitimately mad that Bsky doesn't have private account options. I miss that from Twitter.
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Legitimately mad that Bsky doesn't have private account options. I miss that from Twitter.
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Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
I submitted a contest for this ticket today. Apparently you do NOT have to go to court, you just do it online. We shall see.
Went down the Strip to have lunch with a friend and got a parking ticket for an "expired meter" that had to have been printed before I even turned the car off-- I DID pay for parking, at 12:24pm. The ticket was issued at 12:23. I want to contest it but it's not worth going to traffic court over $25.
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I submitted a contest for this ticket today. Apparently you do NOT have to go to court, you just do it online. We shall see.
stay classy PRT
Mt. Oliver. Mt. Oliver PD is pulling over a PRT driver in a PRT bus for hitting and running a parked car right in front of them. They are also asking for PRT police.
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
stay classy PRT
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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I touched it and a door opened somewhere in West Virginia
Kodak Hawkeye Brownie
Kodak Tri-X
#filmphotography
Kodak Hawkeye Brownie
Kodak Tri-X
#filmphotography
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I touched it and a door opened somewhere in West Virginia
Kodak Hawkeye Brownie
Kodak Tri-X
#filmphotography
Kodak Hawkeye Brownie
Kodak Tri-X
#filmphotography
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SCHUMER: Look… I know everyone’s worried about this statue facing our gates. But I see this as a chess match between us and the Greeks—and I know chess. Our best play is to move the horse straight forward.
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
SCHUMER: Look… I know everyone’s worried about this statue facing our gates. But I see this as a chess match between us and the Greeks—and I know chess. Our best play is to move the horse straight forward.
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girl was out of her depth making that promise to emergent millennials
tbh clarissa explained NONE of this
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
girl was out of her depth making that promise to emergent millennials
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that is a small margin - another reminder that every fucking vote counts, and if you decide to "sit one out", you are an asshole.
Seattle Mayor -- UPDATE:
- ☑️ Katie Wilson - 137,217 (50.25%)
- Bruce Harrell - 135,871 (49.75%)
We project that Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.
- ☑️ Katie Wilson - 137,217 (50.25%)
- Bruce Harrell - 135,871 (49.75%)
We project that Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
that is a small margin - another reminder that every fucking vote counts, and if you decide to "sit one out", you are an asshole.
if you are in your feelings today like I am please read this thread it made me laugh so hard
had an awful day. please reply with your favorite memory someone that totally ate shit in a physical way that isn’t a total bummer
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
if you are in your feelings today like I am please read this thread it made me laugh so hard
Call me Heraclitus the Obscure
Constantly weeping because the river doesn't move
It doesn't flow
It's been leaded by snider men to make a profit from the poor
Don't want to hear those vile trumpets anymore
#NowPlaying
Constantly weeping because the river doesn't move
It doesn't flow
It's been leaded by snider men to make a profit from the poor
Don't want to hear those vile trumpets anymore
#NowPlaying
A Private Understanding, by Protomartyr
from the album Relatives In Descent
share.google
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Call me Heraclitus the Obscure
Constantly weeping because the river doesn't move
It doesn't flow
It's been leaded by snider men to make a profit from the poor
Don't want to hear those vile trumpets anymore
#NowPlaying
Constantly weeping because the river doesn't move
It doesn't flow
It's been leaded by snider men to make a profit from the poor
Don't want to hear those vile trumpets anymore
#NowPlaying
Man I loved my Masculinity Studies class in undergrad and I feel like that should keep going. I recently read Niko Stratis' book and it made me realize-- well, not realize, but drove the point home-- about how much of masculinity, and the performance of it, is based in violence.
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Man I loved my Masculinity Studies class in undergrad and I feel like that should keep going. I recently read Niko Stratis' book and it made me realize-- well, not realize, but drove the point home-- about how much of masculinity, and the performance of it, is based in violence.
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It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
Roasted some chicken with rosemary and oranges tonight for dinner and
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Roasted some chicken with rosemary and oranges tonight for dinner and
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probably a good time to bring this back
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
probably a good time to bring this back
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Should billionaires exist? Yes. So long as, once a year, one is randomly chosen to thank society by being publicly burned at the stake. All assets will be redistributed to the people, a reward for creating a system that allows an individual to become disgustingly wealthy from the labor of others.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Should billionaires exist? Yes. So long as, once a year, one is randomly chosen to thank society by being publicly burned at the stake. All assets will be redistributed to the people, a reward for creating a system that allows an individual to become disgustingly wealthy from the labor of others.