Mari O'Kart

Mari O'Kart

@margoose.bsky.social

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I do research for a living.
💗 science, social justice, ttrpgs, music, accessibility
I'm pan, poly, and I don't put up with bigots.
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Makes my skin crawl that these people have to spend the twilight of their lives being denied justice by people who weren’t even alive when they were brutalized and that what were supposed to be the best years of their lives was stained by an overt rejection of justice.

Last known survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre challenge Oklahoma high court decision

Last known survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre challenge Oklahoma high court decisionapnews.com The last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to reconsider the case they dismissed last month.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

“Cave aged” cheese (as well as cheese rubbed in ash, etc) is the result of farmers trying to hide production under the feudal system

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A temporary emergency shelter is also available at El Dorado County Library in Placerville, located at 345 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667. #MoccasinFire

fuck fuck fuck sibling is in yellow be ready to evacuate zone for moccasin fire in el dorado county. we just spoke to them on phone and they are STRESSED. FUCK! Moccasin Fire @ 1500 block Moccasin Trail, west of Somerset - #MoccasinFire share.watchduty.org/i/24079

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Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alertsshare.watchduty.org Real-time information about wildire and firefighting efforts nearby

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You can have concerns about Biden's age, but still be absolutely appalled about editorial choices that convey the issue as more important than the Supreme Court offering a pre-emptive thumbs up to a criminal presidency

I have been saying since February that major media are 100% devoted to But Her Emails 2, but I didnt imagine it would get this bad. The day after SCOTUS stops the law applying to Trump, we have to scroll thru 4 fucking top stories on “Biden old” & an ad before getting to anything on SCOTUS decision

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He's right, and Democrats in Wisconsin will need help! This is the first time since 2010 we've had anything even remotely resembling fair maps, and while there still is a slight GOP edge, there is a real opportunity for Democrats to take control of at least one of the legislative chambers this fall.

The States Project is one of the best bang-for-your-buck options for your campaign donations. Even beyond it, though, state legislatures deserve your attention. Next time you're tempted to send money to whoever's going to lose to MTG, send it instead to a contested state leg seat.

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The Supremes ruled that a POTUS has immunity for actions directly related to his office, but not personal actions (without defining what those are) so Trump is trying to erase his felony convictions by claiming that paying porn stars hush money for sex is “official POTUS business,” as expected

Trump Moves to Overturn Manhattan Conviction, Citing Immunity Decisionwww.nytimes.com Former President Donald J. Trump took the action hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted him immunity for official acts committed in office.

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OK besides this below and DEVO coming out of the Kent State massacre, what are other facts you have about the evolution of art / music /etc that wouldn't be obvious if you didn't know but, retroactively, explain and/or illuminate a LOT ?

Reminds me of how almost all the French dadaists and surrealists were WWI veterans of the trenches seriously exploring alternatives to conventional thought and language.

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A tragically common cause of death before pasteurization was food poisoning in children who were being weaned and starting to drink cow's milk. Pasteurization is one of the greatest public health successes in the history of the world, and now it's protecting us from H5N1 bird flu 🧪

Pasteurization Kills Bird Flu Virus in Milk, New Studies Confirmwww.scientificamerican.com Flash pasteurization destroyed H5N1 viral particles that were highly concentrated in raw milk, confirming that standard techniques can keep dairy products safe from bird flu

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Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay “People said that there was one law for the rich and one law for the poor, but it wasn't true. There was no law for those who made the law, and no law for the incorrigibly lawless.”

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Look, I'm willing to try anything at this point.

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It is Disability Pride Month - the perfect time to learn about ALT text and start using it! www.perkins.org/resource/how...

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Girlies like me listen to hardcore to feel better so the loud voices in their head just mosh instead

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Since I’ve gotten a lot of questions as to what I’m talking about:

God I wish Warren Ellis hadn’t turned out to be such a prick; there are so many Transmetropolitan and Planetary panels I want to post to describe my feelings about The National Situation

Women speak out about Warren Ellis: 'Full and informed consent was impossible'www.theguardian.com Scores of women are publishing details of their relationships with the Transmetropolitan writer, who they say offered mentorship in exchange for sexual contact. But they don’t want him cancelled - the...

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Hey does anyone have any recs for Black steampunk by Black authors? I'm having a hard time finding these books myself and I really would love to see a Black perspective on this genre.

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[Voltaire has entered the chat] “Please just quote me accurately…”

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For Disability Pride Month I’m once again begging for more artists to start considering accessibility and add alt text to your images. It helps low/no vision folks, neurodivergent folks, and more. Plus alt text shows up in searches! There’s a toggle in settings so you won’t forget. 👇

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People keep asking me what this is in reference to, and the answer is not some singular event. It's been decades of political and cultural pressure to erode the right to free speech. None of this is new. Hell, it's been a step by step reenactment of Weimar Berlin from 100 years ago.

I know smut may seem like a frivolous thing to be upset about, but crushing it is part of fascism. Controlling all forms of sexual expression is fascism. Only allowing certain kinds is fascism. Smut peddlers are always canaries in the coal mines.

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surged 48%. for a mass plagiarism tool that tells you to eat rocks and glue.

Google says its greenhouse gas emissions have surged 48% in the past five years due to the expansion of the data centers that underpin its AI efforts (Financial Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

This place is annoying as hell today, and I don't think it's just because I'm hangry.

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Being really annoying is praxis. Phone, email, fax, show up in person if that’s an option. Just don’t let up until you’re too irritating to ignore.

the unexpected thing about Talking To Your Representatives is that it can actually work, if enough people are similarly mad about the same thing. you won’t get the elected on the phone. but they will hear about it from their annoyed staff, who might not have time to do anything else

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even putting aside the specifics of Italy this is a huge problem for anyone’s idea of moving out of the US in a “Trump wins” scenario how certain are you that wherever you move won’t follow the same path in short order? the far right is on the ascent everywhere we look

had to gently break it to my mom that her friends who are already planning on moving to Italy may not in fact be escaping fascism to the extent they think they are

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Indeed, American Black people HAVE had very recent, living memory experience of being subject to an authoritarian US regime. It would be wise to listen to them.

Again, Black people are an exception here, as basically anyone who stayed in the Jim Crow South has a living memory of living under what amounted to fascism, including the “always walking on eggshells/lack of social trust/long periods of boring endurance/randomized terrifying violence”

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🔞Willow Draven 🔞

$55! that handles the cell phone bill and recoup some of the van fun we had to spend. 💜⚒️💜 I just realized I'm going to need my $50 extracts tomorrow. once I can pick up the van I can drive to get those in bulk for $80 a month instead of $50 a week retail.

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I’m embarrassed to ask, but I really need $850 to keep my bank account open. They’re going to close it. It can’t even be charged overdraft anymore bc it’s at the $800 limit. This month has been so bad since my neuro hit me for $550. If you can help PayPal.me/Quiara $app: QuiaraH Vnmo: QuiaraH

Pay Quiara Hazlewood using PayPal.Mepaypal.me Go to paypal.me/Quiara and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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I don’t know how the health care workers of Gaza will ever recover from these unbearable, impossible circumstances. The likelihood is that they won’t. So many lives being destroyed in so many unique & cruel ways.

Doctors describe moving hundreds of patients from a hospital in the new evacuation zone.www.nytimes.com

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This is not a drill, go go go! (Also it’s meeee I’m the rainbow dragon volunteer haha)

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Kaitlin Has Had Enough

The United States has always been a democracy for some and a brutal authoritarian regime for others, and the effort to expand it to democracy for all has led to a 70+ year backlash culminating in SCOTUS claiming that kings are totes cool and also judges are the ones to coronate them

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These Buy it Nows were designed by the same volunteer who brought you RAINBOW DRAGONS. She created this design from scratch to give us TEENY DRAGON on RAINBOW BOOKS. We adore. www.32auctions.com/o...

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if you’re commissioning someone and they give you prices that are too low you can absolutely just say “no, i’m giving you more money than that” and you fucking should

POV: You've just priced your commissions at $50

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Blue Heron Farm

Can I provide a quick plug for the Inside Books Project? They provide books to people incarcerated in Texas and are always in need of donations (incl. by mail)! insidebooksproject.org/donate-books

Donate Used Books in Austininsidebooksproject.org Donate gently used books in Austin. Sent free to prisoners in Texas.