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nicole sweeney

@sweeneysays.com

Mary wished to say something sensible, but knew not how. | she/her 🏳️‍🌈 | links & stuff: sweeneysays.com

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nicole sweeney@sweeneysays.com · 3mo ago

I was trying to free up space on my phone and I just realized I accidentally deleted some old message history with my dad. It's such a small stupid thing but I feel physically ill about it.

nicole sweeney@sweeneysays.com · 4mo ago

we have a weekly "predictions" meeting so-called because we predict what videos will succeed/flop in the upcoming week (which is a framework for trying to fix packaging) and we spent so long talking about one video that nobody believes in that I simply had to become its champion

nicole sweeney@sweeneysays.com · 6mo ago

I am so stoked for the @scishow.bsky.social team to be working with @outrider.org! There is such a strong mission alignment here and it's such a privilege to have our work recognized and valued like this!

Outrider Foundation@outrider.org · 6mo ago

Introducing Nicole Sweeney, Outrider's new fellow at @complexly.org's @scishow.bsky.social. Sweeney’s appointment marks the first fellow in the Outrider New Media Accelerator, which supports digital creators across multimedia platforms. Read the full announcement 👇 outrider.org/news/nicole-...

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Seems like time to re-up: There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not only describe but shape reality....

There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not only describe but shape reality; we take vows – spiritual vows, marital vows, oaths of office, become accountable for our words when we testify under oath in court or in Congress or just make a verbal commitment. Our words shape reality when we tell someone they're worthless or valuable, beautiful or ugly, beloved or unloveable, which is a bit like chanting "I believe that you will win." Or lose. A friend of mine reminded me that the word encourage literally means to instill courage; we can do that or its opposite with how we speak, with what we say, with how we show up. It's not the only work we can do during this emergency, but it's an important part of it. It's a big part of how we express a spirit of defiance, of resoluteness, how we act with the knowledge that emotions and attitudes are contagious, be they fear or courage, strength or weakness, kindness or cruelty. Which is why it makes my head explode – picture this head as a volcano and these words as lava – when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics. There's a lot of "I believe that we will lose" on social media and in the news. One way it shows up is when journalists report on some of the rubbish spewing from the mouth of the geriatric clown/felon we have to call president as though his every utterance had the weight of law, as though words will become actions, as though the actions will succeed, as though they will not be met with opposition, as though they believe he will win.
nicole sweeney@sweeneysays.com · 9mo ago

I AM WIDE AWAKE AT 2AM BECAUSE I AM STRESSED ABOUT A THING I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER BUT WHICH WILL GREATLY AFFECT MY OVERALL HAPPINESS. I SURE DO HOPE THE GIRLS KICK THE BALL GOOD.

nicole sweeney@sweeneysays.com · 10mo ago

there's a whole genre of weird internet bitching that's basically just "well i really don't like their TONE" and i'm just like "cool i can make it worse, actually"

nicole sweeney@sweeneysays.com · 10mo ago

just saw a little time travel hypothetical video and that concept simply does not work the way it used to because I will always choose any option where I get to see my dad again, which was extremely not the point of the question but will forever be the place I answer from