Shar(yna)Tran/Shark(aeopteryx) / is on Nostr

Sharks are cool and comfortable!

You may know me from Sandwich, from Twitter with the same username, or on Twitch, where I'm Sharkaeopteryx.

Ask me about languages, tea, teaching, food, late diagnosis ADHD, and volunteer small business/entrepreneur mentoring. Or don't, I'm not the boss of you.

Vietnamese living on Kecoughtan & Kiskiack lands. Pronouns she/her (or preferably none if we've never interacted).

Profile pic is of me in a mostly black Asian steampunk outfit.

Last Notes

2024-07-29 18:03:12

You really, really, and I mean fucking REALLY need to stop carrying water for other imperialist colonialist violent regimes just because "well, they're not the US one!" Many violent oppressive regimes can exist actually and it is FUCKED UP for you to sit there and deny the dehumanization, displacement, and murder of people in these other authoritarian states so that you can "choose sides", when you could actually condemn them ALL. Instead of switching the boot, stop licking.

2024-07-28 03:58:08

It's not even tapping the sign at this point, we just need to plaster Toni Morrison's "the function of racism is distraction" quote over every inch of fedi. And lest I be misread here…
"The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. … None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing."—Toni Morrison

2024-07-13 07:16:45

Update: It was touch and go but we got S past the first part of their goal! The NEXT goal to help them get to safety from financial abuse and stable housing is $3780 by Aug 14th! Please share if you can, and thank you so much to everyone who donated and/or shared the first time!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ss-journey-to-safety-and-stability
Venmo/CashApp: torkz428
Paypal: torkz
If not using GoFundMe, please include note "FOR S."

2024-06-19 04:44:16

dear other non-Black people,
it is officially juneteenth in the US (and in a lot of other places too but it's specific here)
if you feel the urge to be fucking weird in a Black person's mentions or to Black people in general (ever, but especially today), INSTEAD OF THAT, maybe shut up and donate to or boost a Black person's mutual aid/crowdfunding post instead (see thread). also consider reading and listening. that would be a great way to celebrate and also to live your life in general. 1/

2024-05-10 21:27:22

Some of y'all are letting people cherrypick the writing of authoritarians to play "sweet misunderstood villain" with actual war criminals who massacred hundreds of THEIR OWN people. And bragged about it! This isn't "propaganda from anti-Communists" any more than IDF soldiers taping THEMSELVES singing and dancing while they murder people is "propaganda from anti-Zionists", this shit happened and the people tankies want you to say were "right all along" were PROUD of doing it.

2024-05-06 08:28:36

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@npub19fc…ay3c logging onto mastodon disables some peoples' scrolling fingers so they can't just scroll past, it's a fucking tragedy

2024-04-30 18:16:19

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@npub19fc…ay3c they are soooooo fucking cute!!!

2024-04-30 18:14:08

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@npub19fc…ay3c I saw a joke yesterday saying "if they got married would she become Zendaya Holland or would he just become Tom?" 😂😂😂

2024-04-13 06:55:46

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@npub19fc…ay3c YEP! the weird fucking energy on here is so………
Well, you know 🙄

2024-04-11 06:20:06

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@npub1jdw…awld Oh, good to know, thank you! I will see if the library has it, and maybe check out the show too!

2024-04-11 01:32:50

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@npub1jdw…awld oh, that's interesting. Have you read the book chị? (And if so what did you think?) I haven't heard of it before, wondering if I should check it out

2024-04-02 20:50:05

"It’s true that attendance rates have dropped dramatically since pre-pandemic days. …It’s an issue that’s been stumping researchers and attendance advocates alike, said Liz Cohen, policy director at Georgetown University’s Future Ed"
WOW WHAT A MYSTERY HMMM NO IDEA WHY THAT WOULD BE!!! (note: the article itself presents the issue fairly, though with less yelling than I would ^^)
https://www.thecut.com/article/school-attendance-policies-nyc-california-illness-sick.html

2024-04-01 21:49:43

Re: Last boosts about ways to support autistic people and not eugenicist organizations who want to eradicate autistic people: I'm going to add: listen to, uplift, and materially support non-white autistic voices and experiences, especially Black autistic voices, who are disproportionately punished and silenced for their autism.