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Dylan NDR Edwards

@dylanndr.bsky.social

Maker of queer & trans comics (Transposes, Valley of the Silk Sky) and monsters (Feeping Creatures). he/him http://www.studiondr.com/

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Micah@rincewind.run · 2d ago

we are going to have to be prepared for these people getting even stupider and more vicious as power starts to slip through their fingers

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Wow! Texts are super rare for the Hittites, basically there’s just one archive and it’s 95% lists of prayer sacrifices to mountain gods, so this is really, really exciting!

Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social · 2d ago

184 new cuneiform tablets ✍️ (total), dating to c.1400 BCE. “Preliminary examination of the texts has revealed references to military activities, epidemics, the death of an infant princess & requests for assistance sent to the king by Hittite military commanders” www.heritagedaily.com/2026/10/184-...

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 4d ago

A lot of people are struggling right now. Including your queer and trans fam, and your artists friends, and the people who are both. The mental health pressures are real and the consequences are potentially devastating. Check on your people. Let them know how much you love having them around.

DCapTO@dcapto.bsky.social · 4d ago

Clean air in schools reduces infections for the WHOLE POPULATION. Why WOULDN’T we clean the air? The healthcare/missed work costs far exceed the infrastructure costs, don’t let them get away with “it costs too much”. Demand clean air in schools and workplaces!

Hazel Newlevant@newlevant.bsky.social · 2w ago

New study suggests that raising school ventilation levels to ASHRAE 241 targets could reduce flu cases by 33% for the WHOLE POPULATION! We need clean air in schools so bad!!! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

Climate-Ready Buildings: Insights from U.S. Schools in a Global Context Climate Week NYC • Sept 23 Projected Health Impacts of Cleaner Air in NYC Schools Geetha Jeyapragasan and Charlie Whittaker I University of California, Berkeley We modelled the projected impact of higher levels of ventilation and filtration in NYC schools. We did this by assessing the impact of achieving a field-recognized standard for healthy indoor air (ASHRAE Standard 241), developed by the American Society for Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, the professional association of ventilation engineers. Adopting it in schools would reduce the burden of seasonal respiratory illness and improve preparedness for future epidemics. We developed an epidemiological modelling framework to estimate how improving building air quality affects airborne disease transmission in schools. Here, using seasonal influenza as a case study, we share results about the potential public health impact of raising ventilation such that all schools met ASHRAE 241 targets, approximately 9 equivalent air changes per hour (ACH). INFLUENZA INFECTIONS AVERTED PER YEAR 54% IN CHILDREN 33% IN OVERALL POPULATION Share of influenza infections averted in children and the general population if all schools achieved ASHRAE 241 filtration targets. This also results in 30% reduction in hospitalizations across all ages. IMPACTS 261K SCHOOL ABSENTEE DAYS ELIMINATED PER YEAR $25M IN PARENTAL PRODUCTIVITY LOSSES SAVED Days of school absenteeism prevented each year through reduced influenza transmission, and the value of the parental working time no longer lost to caring for sick children. Why This Matters for New York City ALL FLU CASES New York City operates the largest public school system in the United States, with approximately 880,000 students across 1,800 schools. A large portion of this infrastructure predates modern ventilation standards, with the average school building around 70 years old. An inspection of NYC schools i…
Dylan NDR Edwards@dylanndr.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is why I love seeing all the many Gen Z trans folks who lean hard into defiant DIY punk culture. They're absolutely refusing to cede ground; if anything they're dialing up the transness even louder. Gen Z on the whole is by far the most pro-trans generation - the refusal to back down matters

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 4d ago

“Getting social issues off the table never, ever happens—the reactionaries merely up the ante, because what they really want is the elimination of the disfavored group, and we inconveniently refuse to go away.” www.liberalcurrents.com/concede-noth...

Seanan McGuire@seananmcguire.bsky.social · 6d ago

I have been a guest at conventions where, during the pre-con walk through, my handler has pointed out the bar and mentioned how some guests are "more fun" and "get asked back," then names only men. Because a lot of female guests aren't comfortable hanging out around alcohol with strangers.

maura quint@mauraquint.bsky.social · last wk.

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

Annalee@flowerhorne.com · 6d ago

Just because someone who is literally selling something makes extraordinary unfounded claims about it doesn't make it true You know this about vacuum cleaners; it's embarrassing that you can't hold it in your heads about computers

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · last wk.

"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph

Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob- lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti- democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last wk.

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · last wk.

"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not

Urban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰@urbanlandrent.bsky.social · last wk.

“No they really believe it” is a way better heuristic for understanding political actors than “they are on the take” 9 times out of 10. Sometimes beliefs are downstream of materialism and political economy. But these relationships are more complicated than “bribes”

Prisonculture@prisonculture.bsky.social · last wk.

Public opinion doesn't DO anything and is not correlated with policy. BUT it can be a resource if people want to organize.

Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · last wk.

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

Sean T. Collins@seantcollins.com · 2w ago

Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social etsy.com/listing/6936...

Thuban Press Guide to Analog Self Publishing Step-by-Step Instructions to Make Your Own Book Without a Computer by Julia GfrörerBildBildBild
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 10mo ago

"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres." Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.