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Emily Fox

@abstractcow

Teaching CS theory and algorithms at UIUC. Formerly UTD. Wife and mother. Huge math and programming languages nerd. I play RPGs, metroidvanias, and puzzle games. She/they. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ. AuDHD.

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Boy, 7, dies of brain condition caused by world’s most contagious disease β€” years after he had it as a baby Even those who make a full recovery from the initial infection face a lurking threat: a deadly disease that remains latent until striking β€” and killing β€” years later.

California boy dies of SSPE (measles complication) after being infected at age 7 months, when he was too young to be vaccinated.

10.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 351 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 68

replaying majora's mask to experience the fantasy of planning a schedule and efficiently acting upon it to materially improve the conditions of the people around me whilst we all try to not think about the looming existential threat the stress of which causes us to needlessly lash out at each other

08.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I can't compete with this.

09.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 10189 πŸ” 1724 πŸ’¬ 228 πŸ“Œ 406
teewatterss on Threads:
β€œlosing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”

teewatterss on Threads: β€œlosing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”

10/10 take. no notes

08.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 10266 πŸ” 2253 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 31

honk shoo

08.03.2026 05:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The meme with a guy and two girls. The guy is labeled 1:59 AM. His girlfriend islabeled 2 AM. The cute girl coming the other way is labeled 3AM.

The meme with a guy and two girls. The guy is labeled 1:59 AM. His girlfriend islabeled 2 AM. The cute girl coming the other way is labeled 3AM.

The US and Canada go to Daylight Savings Time tomorrow morning.

08.03.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 4406 πŸ” 919 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 137
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Pixar CCO Pete Docter says they removed gay elements from β€˜ELIO’ after finding some parents didn’t want entertainment forcing conversations with their kids they weren’t ready for.

β€œWe’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy.”

(via www.wsj.com/business/med...)

07.03.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 920 πŸ” 221 πŸ’¬ 728 πŸ“Œ 2634
DOS format results

DOS format results

This floppy is like the TARDIS. It might look like a normal 1.2mb floppy, but apparently it has 4 gigs of bad sectors on it!

07.03.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 457 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 4
CNN gas tracker: $3.41

CNN gas tracker: $3.41

vibe check: CNN now has a gas tracker on their front page

07.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 2043 πŸ” 411 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 118
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WV Senate passes bills targeting transgender people, drag performances β€’ West Virginia Watch Hours before the crossover day deadline, West Virginia senators passed two bills that target LGBTQ+ people on Wednesday.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 7 WVWatch
WV Senate passes 2 bills: 1 prohibits drag shows as β€œadult cabaret performances” on public property or where minors cd see them; 2 wd charge trans people using right locker rooms with indecent exposure as sex offenders. Most WV Dems backed both measures.

07.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 15
RE9 comic
Big monster dragging Grace away as she screams
Monster gets shot in the face BLAM!!
Leon smugly: "Seems like she was... a bit of a drag"
Grace, having nearly died by a giant freakish monster, looks up at Leon entirely confused "huh?"

RE9 comic Big monster dragging Grace away as she screams Monster gets shot in the face BLAM!! Leon smugly: "Seems like she was... a bit of a drag" Grace, having nearly died by a giant freakish monster, looks up at Leon entirely confused "huh?"

i almost had my head bitten off by a giant freakish monster, why is this old man making lame jokes at me 😭 #re9

07.03.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 11438 πŸ” 2463 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 27
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Today I Will Look The Burrito Man In The Eye and other stories of manifesting success

06.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 11656 πŸ” 2147 πŸ’¬ 111 πŸ“Œ 128
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05.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 4736 πŸ” 1062 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 18

What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.

03.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 7003 πŸ” 3171 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 48
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Woman sues Kenbridge, police after chief allegedly tipped off shooting suspect The town of Kenbridge and its police department are facing a lawsuit of more than $140 million.

A woman’s ex boyfriend, who is a cop, threatens to shoot her

Women are at the highest risk for being killed when they try to leave a relationship.

She calls 911 for help & the Police Chief WARNS the boyfriend instead.

Boyfriend opened fire on her car

We aren’t angry enough.

02.03.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 3447 πŸ” 1365 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 96

What if, instead of an advisor, it was literally two people in Congress

02.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 483 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

People are talking about risks related to DIY HRT and the fact that the purported risks are often overinflated by authorities seeking to limit access to transition entirely.

02.03.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 314 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

if you’re cis and you don’t get it this is LITERAL TORTURE

it will result in dead trans people

and with their other goal of making us β€œsexually explicit” for existing

you see the pipeline right?

we exist -> we’re jailed for it -> we’re tortured and die

WE NEED YOU TO STOP THIS

02.03.2026 03:34 πŸ‘ 5260 πŸ” 3342 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 34

i’m not kidding when i tell you this is my least favorite day of the year and all of the sun people can shove it or pay for me to move to the arctic if you wanna ruin my few joyful months of darkness.

27.02.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0
the-unflappablewolf
Who would you trust more?
total stranger in a star trek shirt?
94.5%
total stranger in a star wars shirt?
5.5%
99.421 Stimmen β€’ Verbleibende Zeit: 2 Tage 23 Stunden
thebaconsandwichofregret
No exaggeration, the vote split on this poll is hysterical.

the-unflappablewolf Who would you trust more? total stranger in a star trek shirt? 94.5% total stranger in a star wars shirt? 5.5% 99.421 Stimmen β€’ Verbleibende Zeit: 2 Tage 23 Stunden thebaconsandwichofregret No exaggeration, the vote split on this poll is hysterical.

No but this is entirely correct

27.02.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 5238 πŸ” 1120 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 176
a graphic of "WALT DISNEY ARCHIVES - PREDATOR - THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

a graphic of "WALT DISNEY ARCHIVES - PREDATOR - THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

it's all very weird, right?

26.02.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 241 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2

not good

26.02.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

i think we need to be very clear that forcing trans people to use documents with the wrong marker is a form of sexual humiliation, it’s sexual harassment from the state itself

26.02.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 762 πŸ” 216 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6

Of course isn’t just driving. It’s voting. Working. Travelling. Picking up a package. Applying for credit. Applying for a job. Renting a room. Filling prescriptions. Visiting loved ones in the hospital. Not expired either, but legally invalid.

26.02.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 3005 πŸ” 685 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 16

Abolish the legal gender marker entirely. No government can be trusted to have a database of which people have changed theirs, no government has any business tracking what your gender is "supposed" to be in the first place.

26.02.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 9826 πŸ” 3492 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 89

it took an expensive, coordinated effort & a lot of people saying β€œthis doesn’t matter” to get from a bathroom ban costing one state $400 million & a gubernatorial race to β€œtrans people must turn in their documents which become invalid in a few hours or face fines & potential jail time” in 10 years.

26.02.2026 04:58 πŸ‘ 4001 πŸ” 1588 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 16

I really hate anti-trans politicians, and I especially hate it because it was a culture war issue where we were clearly winning and then a bunch of nominally liberal people at the Times and the Atlantic decided to reverse that and they did.

26.02.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 2390 πŸ” 584 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 17

Let me say this: There's a fairly high chance that a court will take a look at this and stay the law and you will forget about the fact that the Kansas Legislature tried to criminalize nearly every trans person in the state.

That will be a mistake.

26.02.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 348 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

It is very hard not to have a safe choice to use the bathroom in public.

It may be impossible to continue living, working, eating, etc without a valid driver's license if your life was built around driving and the assumption that your license wouldn't be invalidated overnight by the legislature.

26.02.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 3282 πŸ” 653 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 25
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we finally reached the end of this calendar event i accidentally made 12 years ago

26.02.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 10175 πŸ” 1817 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 33