Victoria Barnes
@betweenwords
I forgot to stop asking questions. You're not the boss of me. Mythologist (Ph.D.), photographer, poet. California-born. Rage against the dying of the light as #AI destroys our very humanity. Living on and honoring the Lenape people's homelands.
At first I thought it could be possible for employers to engage in resistance and pay a fine, but there's more to it (see www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/...
Oh. Gee. One option shows my loan will be paid off when I’m 99; another at 104. My loan has been on an income-driven plan since 2009. If I accept a ‘new’ one devised since SAVE was denied by SCOTUS, it will have taken as much as 46 years to reach forgiveness. I can always die first to get it paid.
‘cause critical thinking (thinking about thinking, especially to hone thinking skills) ain’t a thing (see www.criticalthinking.org/pages/study-...)
Troy Nehls (R-TX-22) does not work as hard as Edgar in Salinas. Or as hard as wait staff, cleaners, kitchen prep crews, cashiers, child care workers, laundry workers, home health aides, retail sales people, gardeners, office clerks, fast food workers, customer service reps, or . . .
Question to Christians: You okay with mandated readings from the Quran, Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, उपनिषद्, Tanakh, Odu Ifa, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Adi Granth, and maybe the Tipiṭaka? Or maybe a little bit of Huston Smith? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Oh, #Delaware. Do better. You have failed to enshrine equal rights. #GayMarriage
1950s ducktail haircut to honor the pond’s ducks. (Photo credit: rocobarbermx/Instagram)
Why they are mad: "...almost all of the country’s growth will have come once again from communities of color."
Guacamole from Cali with @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social’s new book. Hard to tell which is better, although I know which one will stay longer in my mind.
Once upon a time long long ago in a familiar land we were on our way —hobbling— towards equity.