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@helie.bsky.social
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she/her. product manager by day, @worldsawaypod.com by night, lover of alligators and books all the time.

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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just muted the word Cornell for the next 30 days. I can't do this 🙃
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
“And Loki in His Prison” is currently 25% off through Barnes and Noble preorder from W 9/9-F 9/11. Order your copy in hardcover, e-book, or both! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/and-loki-i…
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onion person @junlper.beer · 27/08/2026
one of the funniest bumper stickers i’ve ever seen
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I'm reading a used book, which usually is not an issue, because the occasional margin note can be fun. But the previous owner of this book underlined copiously. Like a quarter of every page is underlined! That's too much?!?
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
70mm must be the size of the little TV the college football refs use
A referee at a football game looking at an instant replay monitor that's a few inches tall
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Gary K. Wolf •  
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I've had to unfriend a few fans lately, all for the same reason. They made ridiculing, unkind, and in some cases outright cruel comments about pictures I posted of young women cosplaying Jessica. 
More than a person, Jessica is a state of mind. To play Jessica, you need self -confidence, a sense of humor, and a Jessican -attitude-. There is no such thing as a Jessica cosplayer being too short, too flat chested, too heavy, too thin, too unattractive, too black, too Asian, or even too male!!! All Jessica, any Jessica, every Jessica is good Jessica. 
I'm not giving any warnings or second chances. A single disparaging comment on a Jessica cosplayer, and I'm throwing you out of the rainbow colored Toontown Tent.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
if someone took me aside and said hey rax that dumb flash tattoo you got for $50 when you were 19 is actually a nazi symbol. i would be at the shop getting it covered before they got the sentence all the way out. i would blow red lights the whole way there
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
DC single-issue voter for making buses reliable
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Turbro @turbro.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Oh my god it was right after the chorus dropped too
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 24/08/2025
Re-upping this for the afternoon:
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Every thousand-page click-through consumer contract is a policy failure.
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Happy Murderbot renewal day!!! www.theverge.com/news/704047/...
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Murderbot is getting a season 2 on Apple TV Plus
Apple TV Plus is doubling down on its Murderbot adaptation.
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I have (Hindu) Lohana heritage and this was fascinating to learn! My friend married an Ismaili recently, and attending their wedding was delightful because of how much we have in common. Now I understand the roots of it in more detail - we truly are so similar!
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
When I was a freshman at UF, I campaigned for some friends who were running for student government. The day before the election, Katie Miller (then Katie Waldman) and one of her friends threw away copies of the student newspaper that reported an endorsement for our party.
Screenshot of a NYTimes article with the following text. 
A loyal partisan

In February 2012, Ms. Miller was a 20-year-old student government fixture at the University of Florida when her political allies received some unwelcome news: The head football coach, perhaps the ranking authority on any Southern campus, was endorsing against their preferred vice-presidential candidate.

But voters could not know what they did not see.

So around 9 a.m. one Monday, according to eyewitnesses at the time, Ms. Miller and a colleague from their “Unite Party” swiped 268 copies of the student newspaper chronicling the endorsement and deposited them in the trash.

When confronted, Ms. Miller denied any involvement, even amid follow-up coverage from the student paper and an eventual apology letter from her peer that named Ms. Miller and placed her at the scene.
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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
First and foremost, the models that drive this tech were created illegally. That's not hyperbole. We have the evidence that these companies went out of their way to find and download copywrited and trademarked works to train the models. bsky.app/profile/polo...
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I want a prime minister chosen by a parliament elected through mixed member proportional representation with publicly funded campaigns
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The linguistic irony of Trump denying his authoritarian tendencies while using the ROYAL WE.
Screenshot of New York Times article with the last sentence highlighted. 
Text: 
Mr. Trump addressed the “No Kings” protests directly for the first time on Thursday, brushing off their central message.

“I don’t feel like a king, I have to go through hell to get stuff approved,” Mr. Trump said, appearing to refer to the opposition he faces from Democrats. “We’re not a king at all, thank you very much,” he added.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
a friend of mine shared this ai-generated "emotion wheel" and unfortunately i have been laughing my ass off at it for like 15 minutes now. today i am feeling Fnliinneon
emotion wheel starting with "joy, fear, anger" in the center and then lapsing into gibberish
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
screenshot of the Clickhole article titled "Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point"
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
idk why this of all things got me
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
PSA: it’s about to be April Fools’ Day on the internet
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🕸️ Cobweb Curtains For Zoosha 🦇 @brianvan.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
They're going to kill Libby and all your other library book reading apps, programs funded by Congress which the administration (and certainly not Elon or his teen Nazi psychopath goons) has no power to shut down. Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email: "Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
Jeremy and colleagues, Many deals I work on have concepts of conditional
notice. This is mine. Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment, which should include at minimum (i) signing on to the firm amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie in its litigation fighting the Trump administration's executive order against it, ii) committing to broad future representation, regardless of whether powerful people view it as adverse to them, (iii) refusal to cooperate with the EEOC's request for personal information of our colleagues clearly targeted at intimidating non-white employees, (iv) public refusal to fire or otherwise force out employees at the Trump administration's directive or implied directive and (v) public commitment to maintenance of affinity
groups and related initiatives. This is not what I saw for my career or for my evening, but Paul Weiss' decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEl, representation and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not
continue to work here.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 09/02/2025
Anyone unfamiliar with how these systems work might think that an SSN makes for a natural primary key by itself. But spouses can share a single SSN. People can and do have multiple, legal SSNs for a variety of reasons. I guarantee you that Musk has no fucking clue what he is talking about.
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lighthouse prince @historiancole.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
"We've got too many people here. They're up against the barricade. We're losing the barricade"-- phllly pd scanner rn and also les mis, victor hugo, 1862
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I am still formulating my thoughts on this so happy to hear others’ thoughts But in general, countering Trump with “whack-a-mole-by-judge” does not seem like a comprehensive longterm strategy to say the least
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Annie the Book @anniethebook.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Alison Green @askamanager.org responds to some of the letters she's gotten from federal employees, plus links to resources, journalists, & our favorite subversive book: www.askamanager.org/2025/01/ques... Some of the discussion about stay & fight or cut & run might also be applicable in higher ed.
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questions from federal workers who are currently under attack
I am being inundated with letters from federal employees and others affected by the new administration’s changes in the last week — which have included
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
The wheels got stolen off my car this week. It was a bummer and resulted in many, many hours on the phone with insurance. But I also felt community in a way I haven't in a long time. Multiple neighbors approached us to check in and offer sympathy. Our neighborhood text thread offered suggestions.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 17/01/2025
i really love this piece!! i thought about this specific thing a lot when the last olivia rodrigo album came out. like damn, imagine if i had this as a teen instead of angry dude shit
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
"Physics doesn’t care about wealth; if natural systems protecting humans from laws of physics fail, physics will crush rich and poor alike. When it comes to the planet we’re all in the same boat, so our planet becoming inhospitable ought to be a concern to all." www.the-reframe.com/all-in-the-s...
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All In The Same Boat
A story about different kinds of innovation, and re-asking an ancient question.
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Reading Agatha Christie for the first time and something I really like is how, though you start with too many characters to remember, quickly they begin dying off. In a Jane Austen novel, you have to remember them the whole time.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 28/12/2024
“I not want to figure out lunch. I just want eat.” - my three year old son uncovering one of life’s biggest tribulations
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 28/12/2024
And the awful truth about this is that H-4 spouses endure a brutally high rate of domestic violence, with it being epidemic in South Asian communities, and women under these visas often being afraid to, or unfamiliar with how to, report violence to law enforcement. It’s part of the exploitation.
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
good now do more
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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 09/12/2024
I recently did a courtesy call with an indie developer. They wanted to talk to me because their game's target audience is ... uh, me. 25-40-year-old women, many of whom are moms. They wanted to know: what did I need to pick up a game? What would bar me from playing? Here are some answers 🧵(1/?):
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Clueless Wallob @sudama.randomwalks.com · 03/12/2024
become unsummarizable
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The tush push
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Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
A tour-de-force of scholarship and detective work: Fara Dabhoiwala reveals that a portrait of an 18th-century Black scientist, long dismissed as a caricature, is in fact a record of the man's mastery of Newtonian physics—and the only painting made in 1759 of the return of Halley's comet.
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Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Question for people who use AI to write emails, LinkedIn posts, etc.: you know we can tell you didn't write that, right?
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Matthew Ahn @matthewahn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
It’s not the only work that must be done, but it is a much larger part than we often give it credit for. And if we’re going to build the society that she deserves, we have to tell this story and others like it. The storytelling work continues. 21/21
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_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
In case you didn’t already know, gharials are awesome! 🐊 #reptiles www.livescience.com/animals/alli...
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Gharial: The prehistoric crocodilian that buzzes and blows bubbles to find a mate
This critically endangered animal, known for its long, thin snout with a bulbous growth at the end, split off from other crocodilian species 40 million years ago.
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Honestly, working on Worlds Away has kept me somewhat sane these last couple days. I like immersing myself in the technical work of editing, but it is also healing to roleplay. My character exists in a world that is more advanced, but also struggling with some of the same issues we face today.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 07/11/2024
get in loser we’re going to the
Country over party rally Kamala threw with Liz Cheney
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
This is the whole ballgame for me: You cannot run a functioning democracy in a media environment where voters do not know basic facts about what candidates do and believe. Voters are living in a post-internet world and legacy institutions have not kept up.
The fact that Biden’s progressive accomplishments—in particular a massive fiscal stimulus, strong wage growth, and the most significant climate legislation in American history—ultimately translated into low popularity and a popular vote loss carries some disturbing implications.
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Alina B @froshadowing.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
It's so funny it hurts #production #gamedev
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 01/06/2024
I am exactly one chapter into THE JUST CITY by @bluejo.bsky.social and I just know I'm in for a treat. I'm starting to get why I had to wait 2+ months to check out a book published in 2015!!
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Helie @helie.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
What happens when a political philosopher offers you party drugs at an eclipse-themed space rave? You say yes, obviously...
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