Chroma
@chromatographic.bsky.social
fandom person, she/they, disabled and exhausted
Getting my job back at the Washington Post would not have been possible if it wasn’t for me belonging to a union. @postguild.bsky.social and @wbng.org are the unions I belong to. I was able to challenge my wrongful termination because of the collective bargaining agreement / union contract!
this is the best case for punitive taxation rates can you fund universal healthcare by taking away all of the money from musk and zuck? no, and it doesn't matter nobody should be allowed to have that kind of money, the downsides for society are simply too large
dr. rich traditions, JD@helldude.bsky.social · 3d agoive kind of landed on my position here, which is: i don't care if it fixes NOTHING economically. it fixes the fact that they can buy elections and destabilize governments. it's an issue of national security
Out of the hospital. The thing the scans found means I need to take preventive measures for stroke. I am glad we found it. The diagnosis is Vestibular Migraines. Genuinely excited for DIAGNOSIS. FUCK YEAH DIAGNOSIS.
Chroma@chromatographic.bsky.social · 5d agoLook I am in the hospital but THE SCANS FOUND A THING and I am so happy about this I don't even care RIGHT now that it's a stroke risk THEY FOUND THE THING ON THE SCANS THEY FOUND IT
Look I am in the hospital but THE SCANS FOUND A THING and I am so happy about this I don't even care RIGHT now that it's a stroke risk THEY FOUND THE THING ON THE SCANS THEY FOUND IT
A masterpiece of a thread, don't miss the alt-text
Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️🌈@kennedytcooper.bsky.social · last wk.Mid Century Modern tableware and where I think it would stand on trans issues, a thread
Here’s the thing about Y2K, the ozone layer, etc. The most leftist—in the sense of *valuing labor*—thing you can do is reject the brainwashing that tells you that heroism is running into a burning building and not the slow, patient, boring, unglamorous work of *preventing* disaster.
Jessica Price@delafina777.bsky.social · 2w agoI think a lot of people would have died without the work of people like you. The power grid could have gone down, air traffic control, supply chains, medical equipment, water infrastructure… You prevented a disaster. That is heroism. Heroism doesn’t always have to be running into a burning building
My older sister and I have diverting Bluesky habits with some minor overlap of whom we follow, and a mutual agreement to not follow each other. But the speed at which we text each other a Catholic Update from @clairewillett.bsky.social ? Unmatched.
ProPublica got so angry continually reporting on this injustice that they created a Claim File Helper to "customize a letter requesting the notes and documents your insurer used when deciding to deny you coverage." projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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... I recognize that the Mental Jukebox being back full force is the antidepressants working. But did this have to kick in at 3:30 fucking am? With something incredibly depressing to boot??? I want to go back to sleep, damnit.
'Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.'
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last mo.No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
If you can donate, please do. If you were previously not eligible to donate, the criteria have been SERIOUSLY revised: you are no longer deferred for spending time in England/the EU and the sexual risk screening has been replaced with a much more evidence based model.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last mo."On Monday, the Red Cross declared a national blood crisis for the second time ever in its history."
The way they intend to Make America Healthy Again is to kill off the unhealthy people who count against that. They have _said_ this. Believe them.
Nearly every time the opposition says “Make America Healthy” again, we reinforce the idea that was the intent and that’s a good thing, haha they’re so incompetent. Measles, explosive diarrhea, and now salmonella are the direct result of a practice if grift and eugenics. Kirby time! Eat the frame!
if I am an influencer for one thing in this life it is the Jurassic high tea at the Ampersand Hotel in London
Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew@amandasmith.bsky.social · last mo.Oh my god you guys I love dinosaurs and I love high tea and I love drama and this has ALL THREE
um oh my god????? the sedevacantists of Orkney are doing a schism tomorrow??? “The order had previously faced accusations of abuse, bullying and psychological torture”???? one monk drowned and three others had to sneak away in a boat heist to escape??????? Jennifer what am I reading holy shit
Jennifer Delaney@clanwilliam.bsky.social · last mo.BTW, @clairewillett.bsky.social, you might also want to keep an eye on Orkney tomorrow. The monks on Papa Stronsay are planning on consecrating their own bishop. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/monks-i...
My father worked for an amusement park in the 70s, directing people toward parking lots so they filled evenly. He started sorting VW Beetles (v popular at the time) by color out of boredom. End of the day, people couldn't find their Beetle in the sea of same-colored Beetles. A giant mess.
SMD@anothersmd.bsky.social · last yr.what are some absurd work situations you can share? once i got called into a meeting i had nothing to do with because the consultant brought an engineer and no one in the room could understand him, so they asked me to translate. he was scouse. i translated from english to english.
At long last! The first draft of this spilled out of me on a train last October, but I needed months of rewrites to get it to here. I'm incredibly proud of this. Thank you @erinbartram.bsky.social!!
Contingent Magazine@contingent-mag.bsky.social · last mo."The historical record can only create a woman-shaped grave for Mercy Brown. She only gains a narrative after she dies." Our latest, from Genna Duplisea.
Sometimes things that suck are good for us. Back from a grippy socks vacation.
holy shit a convent got excommunicated for pledging allegiance to a sedevacantist bishop and were fully doing elder abuse behind closed doors this is very very dark but has really interesting implications for how the SSPX real estate battles may play out. the nuns were evicted after seceding
Angela Pashia, ACC@angelapashia.com · 2mo agoAnother update on that case. Yikes. cruxnow.com/church-in-eu...
it matters to have a pope whose official position is "nope actually your virulent antisemitism is a cancer that must be immediately sliced out to save the rest of the body and I simply don't care who that pisses off" that's not just about these guys. that's a warning to everybody else
OH MY GOD GUYS okay so priests who want back in have to find a bishop willing to vouch for them, swear fealty to Vatican II and then HAND-WRITE THE POPE AN APOLOGY LETTER (I gues so he knows they didn’t use AI? 😂) and are on probation for 1-3 years this is ten times spicier than I even thought
TKarney@pecunium.bsky.social · 2mo agoLots to unpack here. 1: Leo isn't being as stern as I expected; he's being moreso. 2: He was ready for this. The subtext of his Jun 29 letter saying, "you can still walk away" is validated. Priests who wish to be reconciled must renounce Lefebvrism and probation www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...
SPIT THAT BREAD OUT RIGHT NOW IT IS *NOT* REAL JESUS
