Andrea P
@apalumbo.bsky.social
Lawyer. Knitter. Socialist.
Harm reduction saves lives.
Unity with Space Comrades.
Harm reduction saves lives.
Unity with Space Comrades.
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Morning Kitten
(Hair of the dog)
(Hair of the dog)
August 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Morning Kitten
(Hair of the dog)
(Hair of the dog)
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Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong.
Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚
What’s checked out on your card right now?
Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚
What’s checked out on your card right now?
August 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong.
Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚
What’s checked out on your card right now?
Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚
What’s checked out on your card right now?
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This is fore-edge painting: a scene hidden in a book's gilded edge, invisible until you fan the pages just right. Here it meets Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
August 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
This is fore-edge painting: a scene hidden in a book's gilded edge, invisible until you fan the pages just right. Here it meets Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
I haven't been here in a minute. How's stuff?
February 21, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I haven't been here in a minute. How's stuff?
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If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Firing the statistician because you don't like the numbers is something Stalin would have done (probably did do).
August 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Firing the statistician because you don't like the numbers is something Stalin would have done (probably did do).
Same here. It's been a time.
I'm having a rough go of it lately, and have been thinking: everyone is going through something, and you have no idea what it is, or how it's affecting them.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
August 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Same here. It's been a time.
I've been away for a bit, I'm catching up.
the mamdani thing is showing you how limited the range of acceptable opinions actually is in america. republicans can be a stone's throw away from endorsing genocide and thats fine but one guy goes slightly to the left of dem party orthodoxy and we're right in the middle of soviet russia
July 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I've been away for a bit, I'm catching up.
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We did it, we finally went too far beyond satire for Tom Lehrer.
Pour one out for one of the all time Nerds with a Healthy Disrespect for Authority greats.
Pour one out for one of the all time Nerds with a Healthy Disrespect for Authority greats.
July 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We did it, we finally went too far beyond satire for Tom Lehrer.
Pour one out for one of the all time Nerds with a Healthy Disrespect for Authority greats.
Pour one out for one of the all time Nerds with a Healthy Disrespect for Authority greats.
Sounds about right.
Democrats: What do we need to do to win back disillusioned voters?
Voters: Stand up to Trump and fight him like our lives depend on it.
Democrats: Alienate our base while we chase bros who will never vote for us. Got it.
Voters: That's not-
Democrats: Can you give us five dollars right now?
Voters: Stand up to Trump and fight him like our lives depend on it.
Democrats: Alienate our base while we chase bros who will never vote for us. Got it.
Voters: That's not-
Democrats: Can you give us five dollars right now?
July 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Sounds about right.
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Released 43 years ago today
"Know Your Rights", a single by the Clash from their album Combat Rock.
The Clash-Know Your Rights Live !! US Festival 1983
#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #knowyourrights #history #punkrockhistory #otd
"Know Your Rights", a single by the Clash from their album Combat Rock.
The Clash-Know Your Rights Live !! US Festival 1983
#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #knowyourrights #history #punkrockhistory #otd
April 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Released 43 years ago today
"Know Your Rights", a single by the Clash from their album Combat Rock.
The Clash-Know Your Rights Live !! US Festival 1983
#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #knowyourrights #history #punkrockhistory #otd
"Know Your Rights", a single by the Clash from their album Combat Rock.
The Clash-Know Your Rights Live !! US Festival 1983
#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #knowyourrights #history #punkrockhistory #otd
2025 has been a pretty sucky year for me on many fronts. I'm still standing, but it's really hard.
April 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
2025 has been a pretty sucky year for me on many fronts. I'm still standing, but it's really hard.
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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
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April 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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The Dems have taken my vote for granted, assuming I'll vote for anyone so long as they're not they other guy. Give me someone to vote for.
April 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Dems have taken my vote for granted, assuming I'll vote for anyone so long as they're not they other guy. Give me someone to vote for.
@davidhogg.bsky.social is right - voters don’t view Democrats as a real alternative to the Republican Party.
April 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
@davidhogg.bsky.social is right - voters don’t view Democrats as a real alternative to the Republican Party.
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Thanks @romangressier.com for reminding me of this piece I wrote last year. Reading it back just now it rings a bit prescient, harrowing, all too relevant to understand what’s happening now. @elfaroenglish.bsky.social
With Bukele Consolidated, Salvadorans Enter Uncharted Terrain
elfaro.net
April 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Thanks @romangressier.com for reminding me of this piece I wrote last year. Reading it back just now it rings a bit prescient, harrowing, all too relevant to understand what’s happening now. @elfaroenglish.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
April 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
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Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home already!!!!
April 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home already!!!!
