Andrea W.

@andreaisonline.bsky.social

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I'm still holding a koala.

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Ok, signing off for ... not quite sure how long. Leaving tomorrow on a long planned, much anticipated vacation and it feels like the moment to take a social media break.

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NYPD has started tear gassing inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia, per student radio WKCR

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I feel like the frog sitting in the water that's finally like "Oh. Oh fuck. Oh this water is boiling. Oh no."

Kent State was supposed to be a cautionary tale, not a playbook.

Look at the overhead shot!

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Columbia AAUP chapter faculty statement, posted online by classics professor Joseph A. Howley and read aloud on WKCR: "Columbia faculty have spent the day offering our help to defuse the situation on Columbia’s campus and have been rebuffed or ignored."

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I strongly recommend following Columbia Spectator coverage too, and not just because I'm a former Speccie. Their coverage has been tremendous throughout this.

Homepage - Columbia Daily Spectatorwww.columbiaspectator.com

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I’m listening to WKCR as student journalists at Columbia are calmly describing the situation. They are amazing and also it is *such a balm* to simply hear neutral calm descriptions. www.radio.net/s/wkcr

WKCR 89.9 FM Radio – Listen Live & Stream Onlinewww.radio.net Listen to WKCR 89.9 FM internet radio online. Access the free radio live stream and discover more online radio and radio fm stations at a glance.

Trump on Truth Social: "I am the only Presidential Candidate in History to be GAGGED." Me: Idk, there's been a lot of kinky dudes in power. thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-glass...

The 6 Kinkiest U.S. Presidentsthoughtcatalog.com John Tyler did some serious work in the White House — and I’m not talking about the 1844 Treaty of Wanghia — he fathered 15 children with two different women in his 71 years on this pla…

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As I've been saying, Democrats are the party of marijuana, mifepristone, marriage equality, (and let's add Medicaid expansion) ... and it's a popular agenda

The Drug Enforcement Administration will move to loosen restrictions on marijuana in what would be a historic shift in federal drug policy, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

DEA plans to reclassify marijuana as a lower-risk drug, officials saywww.washingtonpost.com The measure, if enacted, does not instantly legalize marijuana at the federal level but could broaden access to the drug for medicinal use.

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Trump says he'll use local police in his mass deportation plans in a second term in the White House -- and vaguely threatens to deny them federal $ if they don't participate. “They won’t partake in the riches, you know." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Trump Says He'd Use Local Police For His Massive Immigration Crackdownwww.huffpost.com Local law enforcement that won't participate "won't partake in the riches," the presumptive GOP presidential nominee vaguely threatened in a new interview.

The first Trump presidency was merely a dress rehearsal for all the bad shit they want to do. Now they know where all the levers of power are, and that there won't be any legislative or judicial brakes to slow the assault.

The wolf really is at the door, man time.com/6972021/dona...

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Dave Coverly

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I feel like "We don't need to be teaching science" is one of those clarifying quotes that explains why no person with any pretensions to normality should ever vote Republican.

MAGA, what is the right age to tell your kids that science exists?

Come on, North Carolina, I know you're better than this.

NC Lt. Governor Mark Robinson is a voting member of the State Board of Education and the GOP’s candidate to be our next governor. He wants North Carolina’s elementary schools to stop teaching science and history to children. This is the modern Republican Party.

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Louis Menand on defending academic freedom. “If capitulation [to Congressional Republicans, for ex] isn’t working, not much is lost by trying some defiance.”

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

An important point for all the pearl clutchers acting like we're in unprecedented times:

According to the Columbia wiki, Hamilton Hall was blockaded or taken over by protesters in 1968, 1969, 1972, 1985, 1987, 1992, and 1996. www.wikicu.com/Hamilton_Hal...

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“Montana Scenes” A photo set.

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I saw a bag of low-sodium potato chips called Salt Me! so idk what's going on

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I am beginning to think that, on balance, the internet was a mistake.

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Since writing this article, I have received messages from angry men, calling me names, telling I’m wrong, & that I’d be begging a man to save me if I was lost in the woods. To recap, there are men are sending me abusive emails to prove they are the safe choice. So far, no bears have written in.

Women, would you rather be stuck in a forest with a strange man or a strange bear? inews.co.uk/opinion/wome...

Women, would you rather be stuck in a forest with a man or a bear?inews.co.uk I want to say the man, I really do, but I can’t shake the idea that I would be safer with the bear

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Reminded me of one of the best headlines ever

I always assumed people who drank raw milk were kind of trying to die

This day started with a moment of zen but sadly went downhill after that.

Starting the day at a park filled with thousands of irises - not bad for a Monday

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Speaking as a tenured professor, if students just did what I wanted, comma usage would be a lot better.

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lawful protesting isn't even possible in authoritarian societies like the one Trump wants to transform America into. Just saying.

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Coastal elites don't get what real heartland Americans love: Killing dogs. Giving handjobs at "Beetlejuice" then fighting the ushers. Being in like fifty criminal trials at once, you know the usual

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Wooooaaahhhh! 🔭🧪📸 The new JWST image of a small bit of the Horsehead Nebula is INCREDIBLE. See the image in @sarahkendrew.bsky.social post below. To give you a sense of scale here, here’s an image of the nebula from my backyard. That small white box … that’s the JWST field of view! 🤯🤯🤯

Brief interlude to spend some time gawking at this new #JWST view of the tip of the Horsehead nebula 🧪🔭 This is the near-IR view, of course MIRI took a peek too. Check out the full release & all images on esawebb.org/images/weic2... Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Misselt and A. Abergel

Starting the day at a park filled with thousands of irises - not bad for a Monday

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I am trying Mr. Box.

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For all my dog-loving followers: A stunning Greek rhyton (drinking cup) in the shape of a dog's head. Dating ca. 475 BC. Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia #DontShootYourDogInAGravelPit 🏺 AncientBlueSky

Never quite so aware of all the bakeries and pizza places in my neighborhood as during Passover. This sign? Rude.