Reposted by Vicki ATanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Still here, barely. Still seeking a gig. I'd love to stay in the industry but it's just bleak y'all. So many jobs that were ghost postings, or worse; you hear back months after you already figure you didn't get an interview. 16211 0
Reposted by Vicki ACharles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 13/10/2026KITTEN ADOPTION KLAXON Gravy needs a home in the Baltimore/DC area ASAP, preferably one with other young cats. After the sudden death of her only sister, she really craves playtime with other kittens. Gravy is fully vaccinated and spayed, cuddly and playful, and learns what is ok and not ok fast. 16901392 0
Reposted by Vicki Amcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of 6164122451 0
Reposted by Vicki ADr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 06/06/2026A lot of y'all owe this man your whole sense of humour; go drop a dollar: www.gofundme.com/f/back-our-s...gofundme.comDonate to Help us keep living while I sew, organized by Carey MeansWe started this business with money that Carey got from conventions and used a sewing mach… Carey Means needs your support for Help us keep living while I sew 91185921 0
Vicki A @vickiaphd.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I was just there for a small conference and it was delightful! Wish I’d had more time to explore. And also, it absolutely felt like everyone I talked with about the World Cup specifically (mostly ride share drivers!!) was worried/concerned about how it was all going to work. 021 0
Reposted by Vicki AMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 20/04/2026Newly released records on the police response to the assassination of Melissa Hortman show officers knew a woman was lying motionless on the top of the stairs inside the Hortman home but waited 30 minutes to physically check on her.bit.lyNewly released records detail police response to lawmaker attacksAuthorities first identified Vance Boelter as a suspect within three hours of the start of the politically motivated rampage. 631086564 0
Reposted by Vicki ADon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Bit in the weeds here, but from a state capacity perspective, Direct File also modeled new ways of working in government: one that was controlled by capable govt employees and not contractors, user-centered, and engaged in constant and iterative improvement. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-d... 110718 0
Reposted by Vicki APopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Did I ever tell you about the reason I can never go to the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center again? /1 2384090 0
Vicki A @vickiaphd.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Best to keep those guys on their toes, they’ve been known to get into some trouble (content warning on this link)…wcvb.comBedford official accused in 'cannibal cop's' kidnap, rape plotA police official at a Massachusetts veterans hospital and a former New York City high school librarian have been arrested on charges they plotted to rape and murder women. 050 0
Reposted by Vicki AGround Game LA @groundgamela.bsky.social · 06/04/2026"People who have never slept with their things under their arm don’t understand what getting your possessions taken feels like. Documents, medication, and faded family photos aren’t trash. They’re proof of identity, the thin scaffolding that keeps you connected to services" 128670 0
Reposted by Vicki ALouise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 25/06/2025I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu. 171538434 0
Reposted by Vicki AJohn Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Re: Means Testing. When City College of New York was wondering about charging tuition to cover costs in the 70s they found it would cost more in admin and red tape then not charging but were told to do it anyway to teach students a lesson about responsibility 4432117 0
Reposted by Vicki ABita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 02/04/2026100+ year old Pasteur Institute in Tehran was a premier infectious disease research institute and vaccine manufacturer It is a reason Iranian kids like me born in 60s had access to measles vaccines soon after they were developed in the west 12789471 0
Reposted by Vicki Ajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/04/2026the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...morethanjustparks.substack.comBREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest ServiceThe headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed. 20473613334 0
Reposted by Vicki ARegressor @the-regressor.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Longtime college friend of mine, Mike Prinke, was among those laid off at Epic Games: he has been fighting terminal brain cancer, and now he, his wife, and kid, have no income or health insurance. Sharing here in hopes it can reach the right people on their behalf. #epicgames 3723471690 0
Reposted by Vicki AKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Once upon a time, you'd go to give a talk at another university and a nice administrator would hand you a W-9 to sign and they'd send you a check in the mail for the honorarium. Now you have to spend a half hour entering data on a Special Contractor Website that was designed in a lab by sadists. 982116165 0
Vicki A @vickiaphd.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Mine is missing 30 (so…most of them), but they’re available in the ORCID tab in the Biosketch tool. Hopefully it’s a bug of some sort? 000 0
Reposted by Vicki AAndromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social · 16/03/2026OK so this young trans gentleman was cut off by his parents, has been unable to get MIT to up his financial aid, has been working multiple jobs while maintaining an A- average AT MIT (no one does this), but he is gonna need to actually pay his tuition to graduate: www.gofundme.com/f/help-matth...gofundme.comDonate to Help Matthew Graduate From MIT, organized by Irene DongHello everyone, my name is Irene. I'm writing this on behalf of my friend, fellow MIT studen… Irene Dong needs your support for Help Matthew Graduate From MIT 191467987 0
Reposted by Vicki AProPublica @propublica.org · 20/02/2026We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose. “They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote. (Published Dec. 2024)projects.propublica.org“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless SweepsCities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th... 371787721 0
Reposted by Vicki AMPR News @mprnews.org · 10/02/2026Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family. “He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.mprnews.org‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to sufferSome people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten... 371137765282 0
Reposted by Vicki ATiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned. 3130701424 0
Reposted by Vicki ABrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke." 4423334910319 0
Reposted by Vicki AAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 24/01/2026the thing about satyagraha is that Gandhi being murdered himself doesn't constitute failure--the point of nonviolent resistance isn't that it's more safe, it's that it dramatizes the violence of the state and highlights its illegitimacy via contrast, and it mobilizes public outrage against injustice 837079 0
Reposted by Vicki ADimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage. 13856004918625 0
Reposted by Vicki Atalia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Also, you don’t need to share gore! You don’t need to watch gore! Bearing witness means bearing witness to INFORMATION not trauma porn! You do not need to traumatize yourself and send yourself into a panic spiral! You need to get organized and focused! 120849 0
Reposted by Vicki AWEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 23/01/2026/ WARNING / BOSTON COLD EMERGENCY / BTWIXT FRIDAY & MONDAY / TEMPS DOWN 2WARDS 0 DEGREES @ NITE / WIND CHILLS -10 & BELOW / & THEN / MAJOR SNOWBLOBS SUNDAY IN2 MONDAY / PART OF REPENTANCE 2 UR WEATHER LORDS IS EVRE1 STAYING SAFE & NOT DYING / SO THAT U MAY ALL LIVE 2 REPENT ANOTHER DAY 0237 0
Reposted by Vicki ASydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 20/01/2026If anyone works at major HR firms and platforms (Salesforce, Workday, etc.) and has info about what drove adding these questions to job applications in the last few months my DMs are open and my Signal is SydneyBauer.30 You will have anonymity. 292455846 0
Reposted by Vicki ABrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Positively shocked that the house magazine of the Manhattan Institute is upset that my book refuses to attribute America's record-high homelessness to "personal choices"—rather than, say, rents outpacing income gains by 325 percent since 1985.city-journal.org“There Is No Place for Us”: A Sympathetic, but Skewed, Portrait of the Working HomelessBrian Goldstone’s new book downplays the role of personal choices. 682310629 0
Reposted by Vicki AJoanna "Ms. Crow" Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 16/01/2026I need all yall that dont speak spanish to learn a few words, real quick. pls RT "La Migra" - common slang for ICE "La Patrulla" - "The Patrol" "No digas nada" - "Say nothing." ¿Cómo te llamas? - "Whats your name?" "¿Quién quieres que llame?" - "Who do you want me to call?" Escondense - Hide 20924571 0
Reposted by Vicki ASheila Vakharia PhD MSW @myharmreduction.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Devastating. Infuriating. Murderous. These cruel funding cuts will destroy grassroots and treatment programs that are providing vital life-saving services to people who use drugs and those with addictions. www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...npr.orgTrump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grantsThe Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion. 014 0
Reposted by Vicki AZombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Just found out my wife might be losing her job, so I'm desperately searching for work. Contract, full-time, freelance, whatever. Press, PR, consulting, anything. I have 16 years of editorial experience and have been writing about games for 13. Reviews, news, previews, guides, etc. RTs appreciated. 12488519 0
Reposted by Vicki AALVIRA, the BASTARD of the Dark 🇮🇪 🍉 @alkalinecollective.bsky.social · 07/01/2026If you're thinking of breaking your sober run because of today just remember you're stronger than them and you can outlive these fucks x 14515 0
Reposted by Vicki AHipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 07/01/2026If you don't know your account's default moderation settings: open sidebar, scroll down to settings, select moderation settings, and check content filters. HIDE will just show you a label, and you won't have the choice to bypass it. WARN will show the label, and you can choose to open and see. 121 0
Reposted by Vicki A🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026EXPEDITIOUSLY 0229 0
Reposted by Vicki AMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 02/01/2026There seems to be a lot of confusion between “lots of professors who lack merit are being hired” (false) and “lots of people with merit are unable to find jobs as professors” (true). 1754493 0
Reposted by Vicki ATressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/01/2026In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing. You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics. That is all. 3896532296 0
Reposted by Vicki AThe Spooky Dude @2house2fly.bsky.social · 05/12/2025The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service 627225956718 0
Reposted by Vicki AJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 02/12/2025Also, extra time for exams is just ... not that big a deal? It takes some extra logistics, but for almost any course I teach, it doesn't remotely harm pedagogical goals or assessment quality if students take two hours instead of one 327329 0
Reposted by Vicki Aghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 02/12/2025the thing about extra-time accommodations is that either they help you a lot or they don't matter much, and if they help you a lot that is evidence that you should get them 2764960 0
Reposted by Vicki AMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 30/11/2025I just found out there is a BEAUTIFUL senior cat named MRS. DOUBTFIRE up for adoption in Centre County, Pennsylvania! So, of course, I had to spread the word. If you’re in Central Pennsylvania, please help this elegant lady find a home! centrecountypaws.org/cats/adopt 191793409 0
Reposted by Vicki AJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/11/2025"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years." 13569652649 0
Reposted by Vicki AStephen Murray, MPH, NRP @stephen-murray.com · 26/11/2025My first byline in @latimes.com op-ed! www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... 714826 0
Reposted by Vicki ANathaniel Glasgow @ncglasgow.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Apropos of nothing, here, in no particular order, are some things I do in exchange for money in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon: Replace appliances and fixtures like faucets, dishwashers, microwaves, and garbage disposals Repair/replace windows and doors Repair rotten stuff Baseboards etc / 35827 0
Reposted by Vicki AIan Boatman @wxdawg.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise. I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform. 18206144 0
Reposted by Vicki Adaviss @daviss.org · 12/11/2025Northern Lights out here in South Minneapolis 121126119 0