Reposted by SaraRyan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Guess it’s time to resurrect my essay from 2023 undark.org/2023/06/22/a... 28226
Reposted by SaraMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/08/2026"Now Young Learning Partners™ don’t have to worry about late nights in the library, because there is no library. Yes, centuries of knowledge have been erased, but on the bright side, no more paper cuts. Think of short-form video as a pain-free substitute for book learning." buff.ly/AGaHs7bmcsweeneys.netOur University Does Not Require Books, Paper, or Human Knowledge“Such a radical shakeup in learning has never happened before, as far as I know. Is there even a way to learn about whether or not something has happened bef... 25417
Reposted by SaraRep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 28/07/2026A 7-year-old wants to go to school. A 9-year-old begs to leave. A 12-year-old is told to drink the water that's making children sick. These are children imprisoned at Dilley under Donald Trump. I am demanding Trump #ShutDownDilley and free the children. 12581199
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This headline and framing is seriously misleading, and as a Muskegon resident I am alarmed by the kind of attention my city and state will now receive as a result of Trump's lies, not to mention his obvious strategy to use this non-story as a pretext to disenfranchise voters he doesn't like. 000
Reposted by SaraMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10736504620331
Reposted by SaraParis Marx @parismarx.com · 17/06/2026“industry convinced us to be okay with cars mowing down kids and taking away public space. we can also adjust to all the harms of the product making me a lot of money.” 4414123
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I was curious and went looking. Right here. (Scroll down.) dhsi.org/institute-lectures/dhsi.orgInstitute LecturesWe have the pleasure of hosting four institute lectures at DHSI 2026, taking place on the Université de Montréal’s campus in room B-2285, 3200 Jean-Brillant Street. Please visit our timetable for a de... 000
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 03/04/2026I recently said that sometimes efficiency is overrated in a presentation for a class and got some pushback. "I don't believe in efficiency as an ultimate good" says it better. I'm going to borrow that for the next time I need to defend myself for taking this stance. 010
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I can't stop thinking about writers using AI to write and readers using AI to summarize that writing. People's willingness to cede their capacity for thought to machines is baffling and alarming. 1748
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 26/03/2026what happens when people use machines to write and other people use the same machines to read and respond, and literacy in society depends on machines generating text at each other. 010
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 26/03/2026The increasing pressure to use AI for projects in my graduate program and learning that professors are using AI to assist with grading has me thinking about 120
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Exactly. We're continually expected to make concessions to machines, for what? To benefit someone else's bottom line? I'm glad I live in a city so small that this particular situation will probably never happen in my neighborhood. 020
Reposted by SaraIPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 17/03/2026“This isn’t just an oil crisis. It’s a food crisis in the making.” As Gulf conflict hits fertilizer supply, the risks to #FoodSystems are clear. “We’ve built a food system that rises and falls with the price of #oil” writes @rajpatel.org for @civileats.com. But it doesn't have to be this waycivileats.comOp-ed: The Persian Gulf Oil Crisis Is a Food CrisisThe fertilizer shock hasn't even hit yet, but the fossil fuel industry is still betting its future on our dependency. 05830
Reposted by Sarakey-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 01/03/2026You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off. Leave your comment here: eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-... morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...morethanjustparks.substack.comBLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great ForestsOne billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard. 7220372269
Reposted by SaraGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 17/02/2026The more of these fascist atrocities I see, the more I become an immigration maximalist. Let everyone in, give everyone work permits/green cards. Make it possible to get citizenship within a few months. Make it as easy as getting a driver's license. 221835424
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 27/01/2026"ICE is breaking the law, so we need more laws." That's what he sounds like here. Just completely nonsensical. 070
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 13/01/2026My pharmacist talked me out of it when I asked for an MMR booster. Said she doesn't recommend it for people under 55. I was born in 1984. 010
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 13/01/2026There used to be before it was dammed! The Grand is mine too. 😊 050
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Michigan is blue-ish. It's a swing state with lots of regional and rural/urban red/blue divides. 030
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 05/01/2026The police action here has nothing to do with the political preferences of the city as a whole, which is definitely not red to begin with, as others have pointed out. 000
Reposted by SaraCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 04/01/2026Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world. 523799754
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 11/12/2025There needs to be consequences, but it does matter for anyone watching this to understand what depraved liars these people are. The more they're publicly called out, straight to their faces, the better, in my opinion. 0173
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 11/11/2025There are hundreds of shipwrecks in the Great lakes! It was a pretty brutal environment for shipping before NOAA existed. 010
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 11/11/2025I've lived close to Lake Michigan (on the Michigan side) my entire life. The maritime history and culture here in the Great Lakes runs deep. 110
Reposted by SaraPhil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Remember to live your life such that people don't talk about the abject evils you did when you die. 10836183
Reposted by SaraRed Emma’s @redemmas.org · 28/10/2025With a lot of people already hungry, and many more about to lose SNAP benefits, here's a timely piece from @baltimoremagazine.com on Baltimore's growing network of community fridges, including the one we host inside our store: www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/comm... 110253
Reposted by SaraMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23/10/2025All of the pilfering, vandalism, and outright death caused by DOGE cuts, and all of the thefts from the future by illegally stopping research grants, didn't save a penny, Trump spent the money and more on corruption and incompetent ICE goons. 222280873
Reposted by SaraNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 13/10/2025NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency. 986141158907
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Also, your local library probably has a streaming service with a good selection of movies and shows. Support that instead. 020
Reposted by SaraKate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social · 29/08/2025New from me for @thestranger.com With Feucht coming to Seattle this weekend I took some time to lay out his playbook, in detail. Understanding how the rage machine works will help folks respond while keeping those most vulnerable safe www.thestranger.com/news/2025/08...thestranger.comDecoding Christian Supremacists' Playbook Before Sean Feucht Takes Over Gas Works ParkChristian Supremacist worship leader Sean Feucht is heading back to Seattle for Revive in 25, and anyone paying attention should recognize this isn't just another stop on his revival tour. It's a calc... 19228110
Reposted by Saraadam mahoney (he/him) @adamlmahoney.bsky.social · 29/08/2025NEW: Last week, oil literally rained down on a Black town in rural Louisiana where 60% of folks live in poverty. The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi... 321395873
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 21/06/2025This clicked for me when I read Dark Money by @janemayer.bsky.social. 030
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 10/06/2025I'm down in the Lower Peninsula, but love Marquette and hope you get a good turnout! 020
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Speaking up once again as a former poor kid with parents who had zero dollars for my college education. Pell grants, a scholarship, and subsidized federal loans got me through. College was absolutely critical for me. They want poor kids to stay poor and uneducated. 020
Reposted by SaraTW @twesq.bsky.social · 29/04/2025I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points 148104674527
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Here's a program that generates economic benefits across 8 states and provides info about marine safety, water quality, fisheries, weather, ship navigation. If you live near a Great Lake like I do, you've benefited from this data. www.mlive.com/environment/...mlive.comSevere cuts at NOAA would kill Great Lakes data buoy network“This map is going to go dark,” say Great Lakes Observing System directors. 011
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I was away for a few days due to a family emergency and noticed this exact thing. It takes special effort to find out what is happening from day to day. 010
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 03/04/2025There have been so many predictable, highly publicized cases like this that I've concluded that they do understand and they simply don't care. All they care about is maintaining their control over women's bodies. 0141
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 02/04/2025This is fucking stupid, btw. I didn't listen to my great-grandmother's stories about her schoolmates dying of now-preventable disease just to get infected with fucking MEASLES IN 2025. Please check your vax status, not just for yourself, but for everyone around you, especially the immunocompromised. 000
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Hey, do you know your MMR vax status? I just learned I narrowly missed being exposed to measles in two different places last week. I don't know if I had one dose of the vaccine or two when I was a child, so I'm scheduling my MMR booster now. 100
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Power to the people. Billionaires need us. We don't need them. 010
Sara @sarajrose.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Right? Unhinged billionaires are currently dismantling society, and this is what people want to focus on. Also, when will they stop fooling themselves that this will do anything other than give right wingers openings to erode trans rights even more? 160
