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Another podcast. La-di-freakin-da.

@princess-vimentin.bsky.social this is a really interesting report and worth downloading the PDF. Thanks to Gillan Anderson's character 63% of women said she boosted their confidence to excel in male-dominated jobs, and 91% viewed her as a positive role model.

The Scully Effect: I Want to Believe in STEM

Explore the study revealing 63% of women inspired by Agent Scully from "The X Files" feel empowered to pursue STEM careers, showcasing the impact of media representation.

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I get the sense that some of the objectives this administration has as a foreign agent is to dismantle America’s power & influence and to establish more of these elite revenue streams, like sex traffic infrastructure, that which will last beyond this administration

Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨 👇 🚨 👇 🚨 👇 🚨 A $158M contract for the care and feeding unaccompanied migrant children has been awarded to a group run by an ex-ICE agent accused of sexual exploitation and sex trafficking.

The proven method for dismantling authoritarian regimes is through movements highlighting joy and all the positive ways life can possibly be instead of only highlighting how bad the regime is. Look up Chile's "No Campaign" and the Singing Revolutions of Estonia and the Baltic States

Tiger Pournelle, Furious Irish🏳️‍🌈@tigerpournelle.bsky.social · 4w ago

It’s kind of weird how the conservatives are even more angry and bitter after all this time of ruling literally everything.

Want to know the future of freedom? Follow the fear. There’s something about DSA/progressives that media, the right, centrists, and neoliberals get their panties in a bunch about.

A Jingle Beat A Dictator In 1988 Chile voted a dictator out. No guns, no coup. A plebiscite built on joy. What broke fifteen years of Pinochet's terror: a rainbow logo and a jingle nobody could stop humming. Sing A Song Of Joy In 2026 antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/how-a-jing...

How a Jingle Defeated a Dictator

What Chile’s “No” Campaign and the Global History of Cultural Resistance Teach Us About Defending Democracy in 2026

antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com

I am the rare librarian who does not set reading goals. It creates anxiety & something "to do." It robs me of the joy of reading. My 2026 "reading goal" is to read what I want & to enjoy the act of reading. That may be 1 book. It may be 100. Doesn't matter. 1/

Do you remember Betty Reid Soskin? She was the oldest serving National Park Ranger in the United States, we celebrated her retirement at the age of 100. Betty Reid Soskin (1921–2025) passed away on Sunday, but she lived an extraordinary life. “The answers are only temporary.” — Betty

"buying music is expensive but i wanna support artists and spotify is the only option for that" i have a tip for you: pirate all the music you want. all of it. no matter how much. set aside each month a spotify subscription's worth of money and use that to buy something off of bandcamp or itunes.