Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 1hIbuprofen. Bliss gummy. Grapefruit seltzer. Clean dry pajama pants and T shirt since I was SOAKED even with apron. But the client’s kitchen is a LOT cleaner. 1140
Reposted by RikibethMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2hdo men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now 2584021582
Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 2hnote to self: next time I see that client, bring the heavy duty degreaser and a stiff brush 050
Reposted by RikibethMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 8h"stay at home mom" does not mean tradwife. "Person who cooks or does domestic chores" does not mean tradwife. It's a very specific set of fascist adjacent anti-feminist ideals that complement the fantasy of men's place in MAGA. It is toxic, harms women, and enables abuse of women and others. 29612
Reposted by RikibethBrian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 13hScabby the Rat is a famous inflatable champion of the working class, yet there is no Scabby the Rat inflatable costume? Big Halloween is afraid of what a Scabby Army can do. 14110
Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 21hgoing back into my mentions to see when I last took any ibuprofen (not long enough ago to take more) 0110
Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 21hok remembering that I bought a bag of frozen BBQ pork bao at Costco and hadn’t even touched them yet because I put them BEHIND the very opaque box of Uncrustables? Win And no I wasn’t going to just eat an uncrustable. I don’t like them. Milo does. 3160
Reposted by RikibethMalaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 23hMassachusetts, ours is Oct 24. You can check your registration here: www.sec.state.ma.us/voterregistr...sec.state.ma.us 01112
Reposted by RikibethRook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Happy Tuesday! Stalled at $18/$545 for Oct bills including $116 for power due the 12th. Only $527 to go! TY! Please help me keep the power on? Disabled queer trans artist just trying to survive & still struggling w/ being medically complicated. 💕💸 #MutualAid CshApp/Vmo: foxrook gofund.me/659e1b65paypal.mePay Brandi Michelle Burnett using PayPal.MeGo to paypal.me/rookkilljoy and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries. 1315
Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 23hDear American Duchess quit advertising me boots and shoes in Paris Green I want ALL of them and I have more shoes than I wear already 0110
Reposted by RikibethAdrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Help Lizbet, who is awesome and spends her days helping other people! 039
Reposted by RikibethPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026also the perfect hockey player x figure skater romance already exists and it's called The Cutting Edgeyoutube.comTHE CUTTING EDGE (1992) | Official Trailer | MGMYouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios 1027343
Reposted by RikibethPaul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If you sign up to be notified when the Murderbot graphic novel launches, you get access to goodies those who sign up *after* the launch don't! So get onboard now. Our first update to those who've signed up, with exclusive art, is sent out later this week! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...kickstarter.comComing soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series. 01710
Reposted by RikibethNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Teach your son to wait. Teach him that other people are as important as he is. Teach him to apologize and go back to the end of the line if he made an entitled decision. Teach him that girls and women deserve respect in *all* scenarios—not just during sex. 21348253
Reposted by RikibethDread Pirate Zed @dreadpiratezed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One anti-pattern that I really, really hate is - when "offering" a feature or upgrade - only presenting a choice between Do It Now and Ask Me Again Later. I would guess that 90% of users, if given their druthers, would actually choose Fuck Off And Never Bother Me Again. 13612
Reposted by RikibethClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026once while I was on a walk through the neighborhood I spotted a boy with a trombone standing in the middle of the lawn, honking away my first thought was "wtf" until I remembered it was MOTHER'S DAY in my heart I know some exhausted woman uttered the words "your gift can be PRACTICING OUTSIDE" 135110
Reposted by RikibethPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for 3142001179
Reposted by Rikibeththe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...music.youtube.comSongs In The Key Of Life - The EPEP • Stevie Wonder 532045648
Reposted by RikibethDarin Self @darinself.com · 28/09/2026The mayor of Ithaca (my friend and former fellow PhD candidate in Government at Cornell) announces a moratorium on permitting Greek Life activities until Cornell produces new standards of addressing sexual assault. 291460296
Reposted by Rikibeth🌸Bibi🌸♿ @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. My convertible bags can be worn as a backpack, crossbody bag, waist bag or on a mobility aid! They have custom lining & zipper pulls. They're on pre-order right now! Store: Bibipins.com 3221229
Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#MutualMusic youtu.be/9h_lZB-fEGg?...youtu.beBoys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)YouTube video by The Raveonettes - Topic 1101
Reposted by RikibethPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Apparently the CDC has lost a third of its workforce in one year leaving the agency “zombified,” so considering that the agency which is responsible for controlling diseases appears unable to do so, it would seem our problem is not the people still taking precautions. 17822
Reposted by RikibethEmily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm beside myself. Studies consistently show that when rapists hear *jokes* about rape, **they** believe IT IS ALL MEN & feel safe to rape. What do you think rapists think when they say "want in on this gang rape?" AND YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING TO STOP THEM. 429851
Reposted by RikibethCrip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So Dworkin wasn't saying that every man rapes. She knew full well "not all men." What she was saying was that rape and the threat of rape are woven into our culture in a way that even non-raping men refuse to examine, much less challenge. 19812
Reposted by RikibethPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yesterday the barometric pressure dropped about 0.5in/hg in the span of 12 hours, went back up in the next 12, and now it's dropped right back down. It's interesting to think of how migraines have been affected by climate change, as every summer is the hottest and every winter the coldest etc 513629
Reposted by RikibethWCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston @wcvb5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Bomb threat reported at Harvard University | Click on the image to read the full storywcvb.comBomb threat reported at Harvard UniversityHarvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, received a bomb threat Monday morning. 031
Reposted by RikibethAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026lol I'd argue that Bezos renting out Venice for his star-studded wedding was another turning point for how people felt about taxing billionaires. If you can rent a city, you're too rich and we need to tax you out of existence lol 17812
Reposted by Rikibeths. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 27/09/2026There are plenty of things that are fine to do in your personal life that are not appropriate to ask colleagues to do because they might FEEL pressuring, even if you genuinely just want to share a thing you love doing. Sex parties are very much at the extreme of this scale! 29413
Reposted by Rikibethlegal cat 🐾 @legalcat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026cc dads, moms, older folk, salespeople 1111
Reposted by Rikibethlegal cat 🐾 @legalcat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026give me your best tips and tricks for not getting swindled at the dealership tomorrow i already picked out the car and got my credit approved but they won’t tell me any numbers until i go in 40507
Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s unfair that the coating on name brand Advil is so much nicer than the Kirkland generic 1140
Reposted by RikibethThe Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Harvard has begun restricting access to the plaza outside the Smith Campus Center outside of the building’s operating hours, displacing homeless residents who have regularly stayed there overnight. Shawn A. Boehmer and Claire A. Michal report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...thecrimson.comHomeless People Displaced as Harvard Restricts Overnight Smith Center Access | The Harvard CrimsonHarvard has begun restricting access to the plaza outside the Smith Campus Center outside of the building’s operating hours, displacing homeless residents who have regularly stayed there overnight. 12117
Reposted by RikibethAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s life and death. Until we snap out of it and address that, we’re going to see arguments about visible tattoos and short skirts and hairstyles and religious (not Christian) symbols. They’ll make it feel petty. It isn’t. 213320
Reposted by RikibethAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Professionalism standards are racist, ableist, misogynistic you name it. We just think they’re neutral because they’ve been crammed down our throats since grade school. And if you’re tempted to tell me “it’s not that serious”, I assure you it is. When jobs are tied to healthcare, to income— 114228
Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Do NSAIDs even DO anything for weather headaches/joint aches? 1190
Reposted by Rikibethwe have elizabeth at home @spindlypete.bsky.social · 26/09/2026my dad and his brothers are little kids in texas and their dad my grandpa brings them home a set of "walkie talkies" from work. no idea where he got them. he worked on a naval base tho. they're playing around with them and a voice yells BOYS THIS IS A MILITARY CHANNEL!!! HANG UP!!! 2681
Reposted by RikibethWEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 26/09/2026/ UR NOR'EASTER IS UPON U BOSTON / AS U SLIP DEEPER & DEEPER IN2 UR NOR'EASTER / DEEPER & DEEPER IN2 UR DEATH SPIRAL / DEEPER & DEEPER IN2 DEATH SPIRAL FASCISM / 1 THING IS 4 CERTAIN / WEATHER IS HAPPENING / & ITS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND 46429
Reposted by RikibethAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 26/09/2026A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Since yesterday would have been the 90th birthday of the late Jim Henson, and since today marks one month since Dolly Parton died, here they are singing a duet (with Henson voicing Kermit the Frog) on Dolly's variety show in 1987. See you around.youtube.comDolly Parton & Kermit The Frog – “Everyday People” from 'Dolly' episode 5 (1987)YouTube video by Jason Kottke 6483123
Reposted by RikibethCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Instead of dragging out Arendt, re/read Clara Zetkin. For Zetkin, it was “evident that fascism is different in every country, but it always has two key features: a sham revolutionary program [that reflects] the moods .. and demands of broad social masses; and the use of brutal and violent terror.”rosalux.deClara Zetkin’s Prescient Analysis of Fascism - Rosa-Luxemburg-StiftungThe Communist icon’s groundbreaking speech 100 years ago still offers lessons today 14518
Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today was really successful. Free coffee with my rewards points Cleared a path into a client’s room that had been blocked off for, he says, YEARS collected about a dozen banker boxes WITH LIDS from client & delivered them to a friend who needs moving boxes Coloring books to another friend 2220
Reposted by RikibethClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026really learning how many people out there have never worked in the arts, where not only are we all drinking coffee all day but it is just assumed the executive director keeps a bottle of desk whiskey 340428
Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is actually fine and if I wind up overloading the curbside bin I can always walk my kitchen bucket up to the community collection bin at the Codman Square library branch 040
Reposted by RikibethLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedlemonde.frAmnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedIn a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States. 384198196346
Reposted by RikibethJonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 24/09/202699% of Boston's existing residential parcels could not be built today under it's current 4,000+ page zoning code, the longest in North America. If your zoning makes 99% of your city illegal... it's time to throw it out and start over. 0475
Reposted by RikibethParis Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 1533431486
Reposted by RikibethNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Come help us design, build and buy the trains and buses that move millions! We’re hiring for the special projects team in the rolling stock program. We’re looking for a fast and strategic thinker, problem solver and consensus builder who’ll assist w/‘hot potatoes’ — careers.mta.org/jobs/1827678... 35615
Reposted by RikibethMcJulie @mcjulie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This idea that the Republicans are for men, white people, and people who like money, and Democrats are for girls, non-white people, and communists has informed every election since 1980. It’s SO persistent, it’s like a religion. 3216