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@mimosoid

Accessibility advocate, manga-reader, and indie game enthusiast. πŸ’œπŸŒ± gbergsten.github.io

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Have you raised hell today?

04.03.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 141 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is it. Way past time for everyone in this country - literally everyone - to find practical ways to support trans people and immigrants, this regime's primary targets.

Starting right now, find something practical to do to actually help people.

26.02.2026 06:23 πŸ‘ 2671 πŸ” 991 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 44
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Donate to Support Ludovic’s Legal Defense, organized by David Hazlewood Ludovic Mbock is a dear friend who has always brought kindness and positivity to those… David Hazlewood needs your support for Support Ludovic’s Legal Defense

DMV FGC cornerstone and friend of mine Ludovic Mbock has unfortunately been detained by ICE. Folks are trying to raise money for his legal fees, please donate if you can.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-lu...

18.02.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 1000 πŸ” 1287 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 52
torso-up artwork of melia antiqua from xenoblade chronicles. she is wearing a fluffy scarf over a cape and furisode. 
on the left is an "omamori" charm with the image of a chibi melia riding an Eks (horselike creature from the xenoblade games)

torso-up artwork of melia antiqua from xenoblade chronicles. she is wearing a fluffy scarf over a cape and furisode. on the left is an "omamori" charm with the image of a chibi melia riding an Eks (horselike creature from the xenoblade games)

happy new year from melia!
🐎πŸͺ½ #XenobladeChronicles

17.02.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 523 πŸ” 220 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
A U.S. patent document with engineering sketches for the "pizza saver."  Diagrams show a small plastic three-legged "table" maintaining space between food (pizza) and the lid of a cardboard box. The document includes a header with the date "Feb. 12, 1985."

A U.S. patent document with engineering sketches for the "pizza saver." Diagrams show a small plastic three-legged "table" maintaining space between food (pizza) and the lid of a cardboard box. The document includes a header with the date "Feb. 12, 1985."

Happy Pizza Table Day! It's the 41st anniversary of the US patent for the "pizza saver" being issued to Carmela Vitale on Feb. 12, 1985.

A similar patent was first issued to Claudio Daniel Troglia in Argentina on Feb. 28, 1974.

So from Feb. 12-28, you can celebrate by ordering some pizza!

12.02.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spirit Swap: A Slice of Life TTRPG A solo journaling slice-of-life TTRPG using Tarot and D6.

It's LIVE!!! Spirit Swap: A Slice-of-Life solo TTRPG is now funding on @kickstarter.com for #zinequest!!
Can't wait for people to see what we've been cooking!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sof...

10.02.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 22
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β€œPlease enjoy the museum”:

Relooted is OUT NOW!

Please share!

10.02.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 4516 πŸ” 2459 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 271

time to be loud about this terrible decision.

discord.com/company-info...

09.02.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 4828 πŸ” 4458 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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New street painting with Maya and Phoenix ! #aceattorney

01.02.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 537 πŸ” 207 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1
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there are more anti-ice posts in the splatoon plaza than normal ones.

i'm so. fucking. proud to be part of this community. keep fighting, keep loving...and splatting!

31.01.2026 05:46 πŸ‘ 464 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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#pokemon
ムク&パガシャンデラ

30.01.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 825 πŸ” 342 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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UA student detained by ICE, speaks out on treatment A University of Arizona international student named Yassine Halhoul was detained in an ICE detention facility for a month during the fall 2025 semester, despite his student visa being valid. Halhoul s...

wildcat.arizona.edu/163681/news/...

28.01.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spirit Swap developer Alex Abou Karam on marketing a game in times of war "It was really hard [...] to be so focused on making a game about queer, trans, POC joy in the midst of so much abject intentional suffering."

at mothership today we have a story about activist burnout... take care of yourselves (and maybe play some Spirit Swap) www.mothership.blog/soft-not-wea...

27.01.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call β€œsymbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

26.01.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 20841 πŸ” 8641 πŸ’¬ 266 πŸ“Œ 714

β€œThere’s no point to calling because my senators already agree with me”

β€œThere’s no point to calling because my senators won’t listen”

These are both false information and you should correct and/or block anyone circulating them. Your calls are tallied and create support and/or real pressure.

24.01.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 1422 πŸ” 656 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 13

reminder that you can and should block all gov accounts on this site and subscribing automatically blocks new ones that are added for you

bsky.app/profile/eva....

17.01.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 446 πŸ” 311 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

Block instantly.

17.01.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 9040 πŸ” 3362 πŸ’¬ 372 πŸ“Œ 98

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. πŸ‘‡ Stay safe.

08.01.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 14741 πŸ” 10267 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 101
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03.01.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 8062 πŸ” 3108 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of "Picture an Astronomer: Best Practices for Retaining Talent in Astrophysics", which features an illustration of a 19-year-old Vera Rubin looking through a telescope over a backdrop of a first light image of spiral galaxies from the Rubin Observatory.

Cover of "Picture an Astronomer: Best Practices for Retaining Talent in Astrophysics", which features an illustration of a 19-year-old Vera Rubin looking through a telescope over a backdrop of a first light image of spiral galaxies from the Rubin Observatory.

Happy New Year! + happy (white) paper day!

arxiv.org/abs/2512.24465

Whether you're waiting for the ball to drop or looking to start 2026 off right, you can read about evidence-backed best practices for retaining talent in astrophysics, which came out of discussions at our March symposium :)

πŸ§ͺπŸ”­β˜„οΈπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬

01.01.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Heartbreaking words from Dr. STONE mangaka Boichi, who decided to stop posting art on X because of the implementation of the GenAI Edit button

and who has been so distressed by its hostile, destructive purpose to destroy other artists' works that he hasn't been able to eat properly since Christmas😒

27.12.2025 03:25 πŸ‘ 2153 πŸ” 921 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 20
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#Nightreign #Eldenring
The thought of leaving you pains me.

26.12.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 275 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
Two watercolour and ink pieces, side by side. One features a naked person floating in a sitting, slightly curled up pose, on a black background. They're holding a bow and pulling it's string and an arrow pointed towards themselves. Thorny vines grow around them. The text says: "If I am not to blame, then where do I point my arrow?"

The second piece is also on a black background, but this time it's a broken bow and a few broken arrows hidden in a curly plant with vibrant leaves ranging in colour from green to yellow to orange, blue and purple.
The text on this one says: "I will grow stronger and kinder "

Two watercolour and ink pieces, side by side. One features a naked person floating in a sitting, slightly curled up pose, on a black background. They're holding a bow and pulling it's string and an arrow pointed towards themselves. Thorny vines grow around them. The text says: "If I am not to blame, then where do I point my arrow?" The second piece is also on a black background, but this time it's a broken bow and a few broken arrows hidden in a curly plant with vibrant leaves ranging in colour from green to yellow to orange, blue and purple. The text on this one says: "I will grow stronger and kinder "

A personal piece on painful healing β€οΈβ€πŸ©Ή

01.10.2024 17:31 πŸ‘ 950 πŸ” 329 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4
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Trump's push to end transgender care for young people opposed by pediatricians Doctors and children's hospitals say nothing in the evidence has changed to justify the Trump administration's efforts to ban gender-affirming care for teens and tweens.

Doctors and children's hospitals say nothing in the evidence has changed to justify the Trump administration's efforts to ban gender-affirming care for teens and tweens. n.pr/4pMl0tF

19.12.2025 22:20 πŸ‘ 423 πŸ” 100 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

omg this is incredible!! absolutely phenomenal color & lighting work πŸ’œ

19.12.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've somehow never watched cardcaptor but I really should check it out πŸ‘€ I can totally see what you mean though!!

13.12.2025 23:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

omg wait I just started reading Potion Witch too!! the art is so wonderful, I love the little ferret companion πŸ₯Ή

13.12.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In light of today’s conversation on academic accommodations, I’m going to revive a thread lost to time when I deleted my Twitter profile.

It’s about a bunch of academic accommodations that instructors can offer in lieu of an extension on an assignment. 🧡

02.12.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 149 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 15
A digital flyer titled β€œFireside Chat” has a starry space background with a faint campfire image. It announces a Black In Astro event on December 3, 2025, from 2–3 PM ET about storytelling in space sciences. Two speakers are featured with circular photos. The first is a smiling woman identified as Joy Jones, described as a trainer, poet, playwright, and author of books including The Sky Is Not Blue, Private Lessons, and Tambourine Moon. The second is a smiling bearded man resting his head on his hand, identified as Tim Fielder, described as an illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator known for his Afrofuturism work and the graphic novel Matty’s Rocket. The flyer notes that viewers can register on Zoom at blackinastro.com, with the Black In Astro logo in the corner.

A digital flyer titled β€œFireside Chat” has a starry space background with a faint campfire image. It announces a Black In Astro event on December 3, 2025, from 2–3 PM ET about storytelling in space sciences. Two speakers are featured with circular photos. The first is a smiling woman identified as Joy Jones, described as a trainer, poet, playwright, and author of books including The Sky Is Not Blue, Private Lessons, and Tambourine Moon. The second is a smiling bearded man resting his head on his hand, identified as Tim Fielder, described as an illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator known for his Afrofuturism work and the graphic novel Matty’s Rocket. The flyer notes that viewers can register on Zoom at blackinastro.com, with the Black In Astro logo in the corner.

Join us tomorrow from 2-3pm ET for a special fireside chat on the art of storytelling within space sciences! This is a free event featuring a chat and Q&A with Joy Jones and Tim Fielder. As always, the link to register can be found on our website, we hope to see you there 🌟

01.12.2025 23:55 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.

Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.

26.11.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 2481 πŸ” 2054 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 22