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Vins

@vindsie.bsky.social
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aka Vindsie Educator, oddly enough. Nerd at large. Pokemaniac. Writer, editor, translator.

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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just a lil guy and his mulberry branch 🪾
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dozens of municipalities and one state have declared Sept. 25 as Dolly Parton Day, a celebration timed to the date's nod to Parton's beloved hit song, "9 to 5." Read more to learn which cities across the country have plans to honor Parton on Friday. abcnews.visitlink.me/-c9C53
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This thread is cool!
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Vins @vindsie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"My writing, back when I read little, was bumbling in the dark hoping I’d touch something valuable by accident; a writer who doesn’t read now strikes me as absurd. How does a bee make honey without visiting the flowers?" johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...
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How I Learned to Read Way, Way More
I had to rethink my relationship to attention
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 24/08/2026
Here are 3 minutes of unedited sanderling joy from right before sunset tonight 🥹 🪶
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
today in wordcrimes
“Portmantos” brand box
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Vins @vindsie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
fuck. frozen blueberries are a dietary staple for me. america is becoming unlivable :/
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Remember when food was safe to eat www.dailymail.com/health/artic...
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Blueberry recall moved to highest risk level... 'probability of death'
A recall of frozen blueberries has been upgraded to the FDA's highest warning level over potential deadly bacterial contamination. There have been 12 sickened and four hospitalized.
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John Aerni-Flessner @lesothojohn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is an absolute travesty. Northwestern has, probably, the 2nd best library collection for African History/Studies in the USA (behind Yale and ahead of MSU, UCLA, etc). A self-inflicted wound that is absolutely, 100% unnecessary given the massive wealth of Northwestern--north of $15 billion.
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SCOOP: Northwestern moves to close Program of African Studies
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 13/08/2026
Remarkable photo from Reddit user u/karantza of the solar eclipse today in Mallorca. Ethereal.
A fleeting ring of fire, seen through cirrus clouds.
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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I can't stress enough the importance of making shitty things. Shitty writing. Shitty art. Shitty paintings. Shitty films. Shitty songs. Shitty sculptures. Shitty is beautiful, because it's human. There's no glory without shitty. Get out there and shit things up.
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Vins @vindsie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
sent in my letter resigning from teaching. it was rough. feels bad, man. but the call center pays a living wage and is unionized and has health benefits. marriage is also not doing great, so it's hard to write, but it is what it is. good night, bluesky. weekends aren't my friend lately.
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ScaryCatalyst 🎃 @straycatalyst.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
They're losing the reflective sunglasses truck men
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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
LinkedIn added an "AI slop" button. The U-Turn is happening, expect to see a lot more of this from other tech companies.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Palestinian-Armenian artist and curator Kegham Djeghalian Jr. (@keghamdjeghalian) has brought his grandfather's extraordinary archive back to life in ‘Photo Kegham of Gaza’ in Marseille. Filmed and presented by Rawaa Atalass
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
watched the odyssey last night. film ruined by everyone speaking english instead of ancient greek.
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Vins @vindsie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
i absolutely do this working in an insurance call center (bye academia, you never gave me health insurance)
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Video available online shows police shot this man at point-blank range while he was already on the ground. Police in the United States have killed more than 10,000 people since 2016 alone.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Debra Rae Cohen @debraraecohen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Hooray!!⚽🇪🇸
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Vins @vindsie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
canada must be so proud
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I cannot recommend n95 and kn95 masks enough. I've covered enormous wildfires multiple times throughout my career (southern california reporter) and they have saved my ass time and again. Remember, burning houses also means burning household chemicals
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
fields. Instead, he apparently laced into the company. According to the Financial Times, Eggers told the staff:

“The effect of ChatGPT on educators’ lives is catastrophic. Whether you intended to do it or not, you’ve made every teacher’s life infinitely more difficult than it was two years ago. So, just let that settle in… If students are using it to compose, which is the biggest tragedy of all, they’ll never learn to write. And their voice is stolen from them. They’ll never have the ability to say their truth and tell their own story. And that’s silencing an entire generation or two.”
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 18/07/2026
This is Lamine Yamal the 19 year old star of the Spanish National team & FC Barcelona. He did this in May at the parade when Barca won the league. In case you’re not sure whom to root for tomorrow. ⚽️
Lamine Yamal in May at the parade after Barcelona won the league title. Children are the future.
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Rikaku @beastmasterrika.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Fuck off. If anything is "millennial", it's those cool transparent colors our iMacs, Gameboys, and Tamagotchis came in. No fucking millennial likes the house flipper grey. Call it a millennial paint job when I can see through the exterior of a car because it's Glacier Purple like my GBA.
An image showing the colorful transparent plastic of various pieces of technology of the 90's and early 2000s, that were easily the popular choice of the millennial age bracket. Some of the tech is an iMac, Nintendo 64, Sega DreMcast, a PlayStation 2, a Gameboy color and Advance, and CD player.
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Vins @vindsie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
...shiny hunters? I just need to sit with that.
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
As with so many things, it is critical to realize this is not bumbling or ineptitude or not thinking through policy implications. On the contrary: making it impossible for foreign students to do the doctorate here is THE WHOLE POINT. It’s about starving higher ed under the guise of America first.
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Vins @vindsie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
this smoke is apocalyptic. with the heat, I can either run my A/C and smell the burning Canadian forests or run my air filter and get very hot... but running both feels like wasting electricity somehow. It's unpleasant enough for me, but I'm worried about the bird and sensitive folks. sigh, cough
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 08/07/2026
WAIT FOR IT WAIT. FOR. IT! 🪶 🐣
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I love copyeditors because apparently I had been calling the Statute of Anne the Statue of Anne
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 06/07/2026
Heartbreaking: The Worst Country You Know Just Won A Great World Cup Quarterfinal Game
the guy from the Original Clickhole Article I’m referencing
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Vins @vindsie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
belated happy america day to those who celebrate, it was Sylvie's hatchday yesterday, she got pineapple bird bread and is very pleased. She is six years old 😍
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Vins @vindsie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
am i the only one who that that red-card was well-deserved? Idk if I'm the only one, I am find with defending this hill, esp now it's consequence-free. aggro playing like that should have consequences, imo.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
President Claudia Sheinbaum is rolling out Universal Healthcare for 120 Million Mexican residents. Now that is leadership, I’m both jealous and very happy for the people of Mexico.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
when will Senegal have justice in tournament play? why have we stayed so far from His grace?
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Vins @vindsie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
that was a tense game but boy did we cheer at my place
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It shouldn’t be controversial to say that the creation of a “trillionaire” represents a giant and complete failure of public policy and government.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
"nearly 75% of instructional staff in American higher education now work outside the tenure system. Contingency no longer exists at the edges of academic life; it increasingly defines the structure through which the university teaches, adapts, + reproduces itself." working-mass.com/2026/06/04/i...
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Intellectual Homelessness: The Adjunct and the Disappearing University - Working Mass
By: Ashraf Hazeyen Every semester, the adjunct professor walks into the classroom carrying the full symbolic weight of the university while possessing almost none of its protections. They enter with a...
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 04/06/2026
Trump’s illegal war in Iran has descended our world and our global economy into chaos. Yesterday, the House finally met the threshold to pass a War Powers Resolution. The Senate must work quickly to advance this resolution and end this war.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
at this very late stage, full support for supreme court reconstruction should be the floor for democratic candidates
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Fuck yea, I love reading the news.
IG account headline: "Everyone Thought Capybara Was Blind, But Vet Revealed He Was Just Ignoring Them"
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/06/2026
Imagine how angry Americans would be if the media had adequately explained to them that Obama had secured a deal that was preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and Trump blew it the fuck up.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/06/2026
About 400,000 people have been detained by immigration agents since Trump returned to office. But it’s nearly impossible to know how many family separations the sweeps have caused since the administration does not track this information.
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More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates
Since the Trump administration doesn’t track how many children have been separated from their parents by immigration detention, a Brookings report tried to calculate it — and it cited ProPublica’s rep...
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DuckDuckGo @duckduckgo.com · 29/05/2026
Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/05/2026
I didn’t know there were FIVE ICE detention hunger strikes going on all over the country.
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