Maria E. Orive

Remaining on this hellsite feels a bit like having a supporting role in an old school war drama. “I’ll find you there!” I call out bravely across the widening distance between us, as your train pulls away towards Bluesky. I smile through my tears. We will see each other again.

Same Fight. New Generation. All Roads Lead to the South -- National Day of Action For Voting Rights! Help in any way you can. blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/

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Almost forgot to post this - Happy John Brown’s birthday to those who celebrate. Try not to be the sort of person John Brown would have shot.

The new Jim Crow will be defeated like the old Jim Crow. We were tired then, but not defeated. We are tired now, but we will not be defeated. Weeping may endure for a night, but the morning is coming.

Well, well, well. You were all laughing when I made my students do their exams with quills and parchment, but looks like I'm the one laughing now

The State will tell you what is the Truth, and you will Believe It.

I’ve never shown ID to eat in a restaurant (sure, when I was young and fresh, I showed my ID if I was drinking alcohol). But nowadays? Nope. Where does this dude eat?

First of this spring’s peonies!

@C4nnibalC4nid @gragarciaap @leshaami Also, there is no reality in which a pregnant 13-year old is not a crime. The fact that she was pregnant at that age is evidence or rape or criminal neglect.

@gragarciaap @leshaami A 13 year old is not old enough to make that choice period

Reading comprehension is free. “Child pregnancy is abuse” does not translate to “I hate my existence.” Both can be true, I’m glad to be alive. A 13-year-old should never be forced to give birth.

Whoever invents an AI blocker is going to be a quadrillinair and I'm ready to PAY.

I wrote about this in my newsletter. The Weather Service didn't launch balloons recently and got surprised by tornadoes in Kansas. DOGE cuts at NWS cut out weather balloon launches which gather data for storm prediction. You are less safe because of that choice.

“if you’re concerned about how much water data centers use, it’s way less than agriculture” YES BUT WE HAVE TO EAT. WE DONT HAVE TO USE AI

@KeruboSk Yes, my great uncle was born in the late 1890s, he died in the 1980s when I was in college.

Just out of curiosity… who out there has actually talked to someone born in the 1800s during their lifetime?

Demonstrating KU’s prowess in the field of astrophysics, Hayley Beltz, a KU postdoc researcher, has won a highly competitive NASA Hubble Prize Fellowship that will support her research into the magnetic fields of planets beyond our solar system. 🪐 news.ku.edu/news/article/k…

“You just wanna see the Anne Hathaway movie about a tradwife influencer being dropped into the 19th century because it gives you a chance to mock and sneer at tradwife influencers.” Well… yeah. That’s exactly why I want to see it. I’m sorry, do you think I’m hiding that motivation? Let me break it down real simple: A woman who enthusiastically chooses to be a stay-at-home wife and mother is fine with me. None of my business, actually. My opinion on it doesn’t matter, nor would I offer it. That’s her choice. If she’s happy, who gives a shit? A woman who performs as a stay-at-home wife and mother in order to build an online brand that pushes gender essentialist politics—and shames other women—deserves to be mocked for her hypocrisy and weirdo misogyny. Yeah, I’m gonna have a lot of fun watching this movie. You’re absolutely right about that.

@Mollyploofkins Seems like maybe Catholicism, with the whole Vicar of Christ thing, isn’t for her.

The Pope does, in fact, represent the Catholic Church

Congratulations to the 2026 University Research Awards recipients. Your determination and discoveries help make the world a better place. 🌎 Thank you for exemplifying the creativity, ingenuity, and might that power KU’s legacy as a leading research institution. Rock Chalk!

April 1945: In the final days of World War II, the Führer obsesses over absurdly large monuments for his reimagined Berlin, focusing on an idealized future rather than the reality of his collapsing Reich.

Something very late Roman about the triumphal arches growing bigger and gaudier as the triumphs themselves grow scarcer and more dubious.

On the helicopter leaving the ship right now. This planet is impossibly beautiful from every altitude I’ve seen it…surface to 250,000 miles