Ruth Rouvier
@wrooth.bsky.social
Archives & Language Reclamation
Budgets are value statements
Settler currently in Lenapehoking, originally from Goudi'ni
Budgets are value statements
Settler currently in Lenapehoking, originally from Goudi'ni
Maybe someday I'll actually feel safe enough to bike here
Philadelphia officials unveiled a new five-year plan Tuesday for Vision Zero, the program to eliminate traffic deaths in the city over time. The new plan calls for physical separation for bikes and pedestrians, plus more traffic cameras.
Philly officials say more traffic cameras are part of five-year Vision Zero plan
Philadelphia officials unveiled a new five-year plan Tuesday for Vision Zero, the program to eliminate traffic deaths in the city over time. The new plan calls for physical separation for bikes and pedestrians, plus more traffic cameras.
www.audacy.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Maybe someday I'll actually feel safe enough to bike here
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The sheer effort of laying out everything wrong w/ this argument *&* the fact that it's meaningless to even do so unless & until the full force of the law is levied at these people who are themselves the literal enforcement arm of the law is further evidence that we are all dead & this is superhell.
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The sheer effort of laying out everything wrong w/ this argument *&* the fact that it's meaningless to even do so unless & until the full force of the law is levied at these people who are themselves the literal enforcement arm of the law is further evidence that we are all dead & this is superhell.
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The metaphor is self-aware. 🫠
"The fire quickly spread to neighboring pavilions, said Samuel Rubin, one of the people in charge of an entertainment and culture pavilion. He said nearby pavilions include many of the Africa pavilions and one aimed at youth."
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
"The fire quickly spread to neighboring pavilions, said Samuel Rubin, one of the people in charge of an entertainment and culture pavilion. He said nearby pavilions include many of the Africa pavilions and one aimed at youth."
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Fire prompts evacuations at UN climate talks in Brazil, but officials say no one hurt
Officials say a fire that spread through pavilions being used for U.N. climate talks in Brazil has prompted evacuations on the next-to-last day of the conference, but nobody was hurt
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The metaphor is self-aware. 🫠
"The fire quickly spread to neighboring pavilions, said Samuel Rubin, one of the people in charge of an entertainment and culture pavilion. He said nearby pavilions include many of the Africa pavilions and one aimed at youth."
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
"The fire quickly spread to neighboring pavilions, said Samuel Rubin, one of the people in charge of an entertainment and culture pavilion. He said nearby pavilions include many of the Africa pavilions and one aimed at youth."
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
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I would simply not be friends with Jeffrey Epstein. That's my minimalist program. Everything flows from just that one rule.
Epstein turned to academic Chomsky, others to rehab image after Herald investigation
Other potential people Epstein considered included deceased Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen.
www.miamiherald.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I would simply not be friends with Jeffrey Epstein. That's my minimalist program. Everything flows from just that one rule.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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"Agencies within the DHS, including ICE and CBP, intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"Agencies within the DHS, including ICE and CBP, intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
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The journalists waxing nostalgic over Epstein's NYC sex trafficking parties are the same ones also freaking out about Mamdani and they're all in the fucking emails chatting with the guy a decade after his conviction.
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The journalists waxing nostalgic over Epstein's NYC sex trafficking parties are the same ones also freaking out about Mamdani and they're all in the fucking emails chatting with the guy a decade after his conviction.
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“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great
Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
Pennsylvania's 4-month-delayed state budget passed this week, but a major Dem concession was this.
Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro signs budget deal that includes Republican demand to undo state participation in regional climate change efforts. PA was only major fossil fuel-producing state w plan to force power plant owners to pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Pennsylvania's 4-month-delayed state budget passed this week, but a major Dem concession was this.
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"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
We're accepting applications for a wide range of funding opportunities, including our new two-year Archives Training Fellowship for MLIS or doctoral graduates!!
Please share with your networks, and consider applying.
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Please share with your networks, and consider applying.
www.amphilsoc.org/cnair-fundin...
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We're accepting applications for a wide range of funding opportunities, including our new two-year Archives Training Fellowship for MLIS or doctoral graduates!!
Please share with your networks, and consider applying.
www.amphilsoc.org/cnair-fundin...
Please share with your networks, and consider applying.
www.amphilsoc.org/cnair-fundin...
Our next Indigenous Learning forum features Mariela Abigail Chi Baack (Yucatec Maya) who will share her doctoral research examining how social factors shape linguistic variation in three communities in Quintana Roo.
Sociolinguistic constraints in Mayan bilingual communities
Nov. 20, 2025 @ 3 pm ET
Sociolinguistic constraints in Mayan bilingual communities
Nov. 20, 2025 @ 3 pm ET
Sociolinguistic constraints in Mayan bilingual communities | American Philosophical Society
The third 2025-2026 Indigenous Learning Forum will take place November 20, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. ET on Zoom. This talk will be given in English with Spanish translation. Se ofrecerá interpretación en espa...
www.amphilsoc.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Our next Indigenous Learning forum features Mariela Abigail Chi Baack (Yucatec Maya) who will share her doctoral research examining how social factors shape linguistic variation in three communities in Quintana Roo.
Sociolinguistic constraints in Mayan bilingual communities
Nov. 20, 2025 @ 3 pm ET
Sociolinguistic constraints in Mayan bilingual communities
Nov. 20, 2025 @ 3 pm ET
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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my high school bf's dad was a civilian tech with the air force during the carter administration tasked with installing solar panels to convert air force facilities to solar power and when reagan was elected his job was eliminated and he told us that he thought they just trashed the panels
i often think about how the us could have been an early leader on solar power. but it turns out all that capitalist stuff about the spirit of innovation and better ideas winning was bullshit. they’ll protect their dying and dirty industry at any cost so long as obsolescence can still make a dime
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
my high school bf's dad was a civilian tech with the air force during the carter administration tasked with installing solar panels to convert air force facilities to solar power and when reagan was elected his job was eliminated and he told us that he thought they just trashed the panels
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LINA KHAN is on Mamdani’s transition team????????
LET’S GOOOOOO
LET’S GOOOOOO
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
LINA KHAN is on Mamdani’s transition team????????
LET’S GOOOOOO
LET’S GOOOOOO
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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As @mississippifreepress.org notes, what changed is the success of 2022 lawsuits mandating a fairer redistricting map—these were special elections for those new districts.
Lawsuits possible due to VRA’s Section 2. which SCOTUS is contemplating gutting.
www.mississippifreepress.org/court-approv...
Lawsuits possible due to VRA’s Section 2. which SCOTUS is contemplating gutting.
www.mississippifreepress.org/court-approv...
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
As @mississippifreepress.org notes, what changed is the success of 2022 lawsuits mandating a fairer redistricting map—these were special elections for those new districts.
Lawsuits possible due to VRA’s Section 2. which SCOTUS is contemplating gutting.
www.mississippifreepress.org/court-approv...
Lawsuits possible due to VRA’s Section 2. which SCOTUS is contemplating gutting.
www.mississippifreepress.org/court-approv...