Lykara Ryder
Union activist. Conlang enthusiast. Higher education exponent and worker bee. Liberation advocate and campaigner. Disabled immigrant.
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- He ran into my knife. He ran into my knife ten times.
- Reposted by Lykara Ryder'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
- Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
- Reposted by Lykara RyderThinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
- Reposted by Lykara RyderThis is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
- Reposted by Lykara RyderHow could anybody resist this, seriously @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Lykara RyderI may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
- Reposted by Lykara Ryderinterested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”
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- Reposted by Lykara Rydermy expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
- Reposted by Lykara Ryderthey declared it an unlawful assembly an hour later and broke it up with pepperballs and flashbangs, btw
- Reposted by Lykara RyderThe government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
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- Reposted by Lykara Ryderimagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
- Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com. ‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’ economist.com/united-state...
- Reposted by Lykara RyderAnd even before the incontrovertible video evidence appears, maybe consider that the current administration has a documented history of lying, and remind your audience of that track record as context for the "conflicting accounts."
- Reposted by Lykara RyderA reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
- Reposted by Lykara RyderI spent the last year writing a book about the ridiculous demands of what it means to be masculine. But a guy who takes care of people who served our country, asks a woman “are you ok?” When she is in distress and looks out for his vulnerable neighbors seems like a pretty good role model for a man.
- Reposted by Lykara RyderWake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
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- Reposted by Lykara Rydermy Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue
- Reposted by Lykara RyderPastors working for ICE Sex workers running mutual aid for immigrants Which one looks more like Jesus???
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- Reposted by Lykara RyderSo, if I'm reading this right: 4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer, and 6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow. (HT @benjaminkabak.com)
- Reposted by Lykara RyderThe “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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- Reposted by Lykara RyderNext time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
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- Reposted by Lykara RyderExtremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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- My last meeting of 2025 wrapped up at 7pm. *whew*
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- A fantastic result! Exceedingly proud of the campaign Andrea ran - and I absolutely echo her message about the work that lies ahead. 💪
- Reposted by Lykara Ryder🚨I am delighted to have been elected as UNISON's next General Secretary. This is a win for ordinary UNISON members. Read my statement below:
- I’ve always hated when adults physically manhandle children, like (for example) grabbing their heads to move them around when brushing hair. I always say things like ‘chin to the ceiling’ or ‘point your nose at the floor’ to express how I want Dragon to move her head while I do her hair. Anyway:
- I needed a break from emails, so I went to make a cup of tea and started scrolling while I was waiting for it to steep. And I came across a man arguing that women preferring taller partners is eugenics against short men.
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- Reposted by Lykara RyderNo offense but I think we underestimate how many of our current problems, both cultural and political, are downstream of the decline in reading, the decline in learning and the loss of interest in the humanities.
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- Reposted by Lykara Ryder"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
- Absolutely baffled by the unwelcome information, as I’m trying to get home after a long day, that my city’s bus network has put my debit card on a ‘denial list’ and won’t let me pay for my bus fare using it??? There are sufficient funds and I’ve used the card elsewhere today, so… I’m at a loss.
- Reposted by Lykara Rydera load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
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- Reposted by Lykara RyderThis is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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