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Brigid Keely She/Her

@brigid.bsky.social

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Chicago. Parent. Fat. Bisexual. Bipolar II. Loud. Still masking. Kind of cute if you squint. Nerdy, but in a way that's fairly socially acceptable now. I have a kid, Nikole, who is she/they and a spouse, N, who is he/him. Avatar by @rally.luckyraven.cc

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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · Dec 30

If you post queerphobic bullshit like "Elonia Musk" or two male politicians kissing or whatever then I'm blocking you.

You don't need to make "ewww gaaayyy" jokes about these dipshits. You can simply point to the actual harm they are actively doing. You don't need to make gay jokes period, in fact.

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Sarah @sarahftduration.bsky.social · 4h

Wow, what a place of honor! Highly esteemed deeds must be commemorated here! And there are probably valuables...

Federal Disposal Field HZ-21 from the videogame Fallout 76

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 2h

Bruno!

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 2h

feel like TIME AFTER TIME is ripe for a reassessment/renaissance. nicholas meyer's first movie, about HG wells (malcolm mcdowell) realizing his friend (david warner) is jack the ripper and pursuing him in a time machine into 20th century san francisco

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 2h

david warner is one of those guys who in a just world would've started getting prestige roles and oscar nominations in his old age. did a lot of fun stuff and a lot of schlock and elevated everything he was in

alt.tv.pink-opaque @maxrebosroadie.bsky.social · 2h

last week of TNG prep before DS9, getting spoiled with both Ronny Cox AND David Warner kicking ass

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Sarah @sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · 6h

What you read is less important than whether you ever spend time thinking about what you've read.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 16h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 2h

I agree with the sentiment espoused by your bumper sticker and your button.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5h

Most "classics" are boring as fuck to a modern reader in no small part because the context of the story is not understood by them and so many of the allusions and "inside jokes" known to then-contemporary readers have been lost in time and in translation

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 16h

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

ICE in Chicago detained two people (that we know of) for filming them today, a cyclist and a neighborhood rapid responder. This in addition to tear gassing another neighborhood and brandishing weapons at rapid response—both things that have also already been going on for weeks.

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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 2h

Same with me & Chicago. *secret cool-city handshake*

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 3h

When that Ryan kid from “Ryan’s World” turns 18, the No Jumper interview is going to be absolutely fucking insane.

His YouTube millions predated any Coogan account laws for Kidfluencers by a DECADE. You suppose his parents have left him anything at all?

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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 3h

If someone says "I want a book that specifically has X, Y, and Z" and his books have that I'd suggest them. But I wouldn't recommend his books as an INTRO to science fiction or fantasy.

They were once.

They aren't any more.

_And that's ok._

And newer books don't mean his books no longer exist.

Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 3h

One of my fave authors published reams of stuff before I was even born. The tech is absolutely outdated.

So are the gender roles.

He paved the way for a million other authors; he inspired a LOT of people who wrote great works. I still love his stuff.

I would not present it as an intro.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4h

This is why I get so exasperated when people suggest SF written 50+ years ago as the place for new readers of the genre, especially young readers, to start with. There is SO MUCH that will throw them out of the work, from outdated tech to outdated social structures. They'll leave and not come back.

J. Hammer-Slay PhD 🎃🧛‍♂️🧟‍♂️🧌👻 @jhammersley.bsky.social · 4h

Yup was just gonna comment on this! My kids always notice how outdated computers or other technology seem when I make them rewatch e.g. original Star Wars trilogy rr something

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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 3h

Three major themes in Roger Zelazny's novels are: daddy issues; duels (fencing and/or judo); everyone smokes all the time.

Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 3h

My kid is still watching "Malcolm in the Middle" and we've had several "I'm not justifying their parenting but it used to be common...". I informed them that the opening credits are what tv used to look like when I was their age, which is probably the most horrifying thing about the show for them.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 3h

Signs your teen is secretly binging Werner Herzog:

LOL: labour of language
DILF: documentaries I love to film
BRB: brutal recordings of bears

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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 4h

System of a Down, who has songs that are literally just statistics about how prisons don't work, has the same issue with "fans."

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 4h

My most unhinged opinion is that I should be allowed to exhume Dave Thoreau and wear his bones for a hat.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 16h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 4h

The thing about the inflatable costumes at protests is that people can wear full on gas masks under the costumes and take gas to the face without being affected. Just hip thrusting their way through billowing clouds of tear gas.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 4h

took this reference photo for one of my fabricators and it's got some real Frances Glessner Lee vibes.

a miniature room. a pigeon puppet lies on the floor, partially covered by a blanket.

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Lee Wright @thewrightwordsmith.bsky.social · 14h

Rigsby WI is the good stuff, you should read it (and if you can, get the books!)

S E Case @secase.bsky.social · 11d

In the hopes of getting more eyeballs on Rigsby WI: Burn it Down leading up to the print edition's Kickstarter launch, I'll be posting Burn it Down pages in this thread over the next few days! If you havent read it, check it out ⬇️
KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Webcomic: rigsbywi.com

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 4h

I have had too many literary "classics" from white authors stuffed down my throat as part of the school curriculum despite living in Trinidad until 14, and even more upon settling on Turtle Island, so I now refuse to read books by white folx unless being paid to do so, as I deserve so much better! 🔥

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 16h

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 1d

Enchanted Forest Chronicles.

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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 1d

A bunch of rowdy jocks tossed a nerd out of a window as a lark.

Holden's room mate keeps "borrowing" his stuff and Holden is afraid to object too much because he doesn't want to be thrown out of a window and also because he wants to be liked.

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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 1d

I know, I know.

You wanted to run off to a cabin in the woods with him. ;)

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