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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍

@emmeline.bsky.social

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GenX US midwestern AuDHD trans lesbian Python dev in Quantum Computing. Lefty nonevangelical ✝︎ Just trying to get by, skating on good vibes. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 If you know me in real life, please don’t out me. Signal: @QuantumDev ChatGPT ward: Jonathan Zittrain

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · Nov 10

Introduction 🧵

I’m an old Midwestern white trans lesbian. I write software for a quantum computing startup. I have multiple overlapping flavors of neurodivergence.

I was raised by television in the 80s, so I’m nostalgic for pop culture of that era.

I take too much at face value.

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 2h

a second house has put up spooky Halloween decorations!

A suburban house, with a not-particularly-spooky religious statue in the front yard. The house number has been blocked out, for operational security.

silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 2h

it’s 70°/21°/58°, and I have a day full of meetings, so it’s time for a quick check of the perimeter before I’m stuck indoors all day

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 2h

ah, okay. i used to carry my kids around in this front backpack thing, so their head would be on my chest

thankfully i’m one of the queer neurodivergent goofballs

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 2h

I kind of wanna know who, just so that I also never accidentally make a faith based movie with them.

Amir Talai @amirtalai.bsky.social · 5h

email i just sent to my agent:

"(REDACTED) is a rage-a-holic anti-vax Trumpster so I’m gonna pass on doing a faith-based film with him lol"

silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 3h

baby… wearing?

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 3h

Just started Chair Company, and i say this as someone who loves basically everything Tim Robinson does: is he just… like this?

i’m starting to get the impression that, like Nathan Fielder, it’s not as much a consistent comedy voice as it is “here’s how I am, might as well share it with the world”

silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 3h

There was this vibe in computing in the late 80s/early 90s where everything was a little janky and a little silly

did we lose it when after dark screensavers went away?

when we got CD-ROM drives?

when we all got on the Internet?

when easter eggs stopped being a thing?

i miss doofy computing

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Jillbles @jillbles.bsky.social · 4h

It's fun that any dissent against a single political party = hating America now.
The GOP does not own America. They just really, really want to.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Scalise refers to No Kings as the "Hate America Rally"

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 4h

as a giant goofy dorky dyke, i agree

Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 13h

You cannot deny the appeal of a dyke who is a giant goofy dork

silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 4h

Sold

silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 4h

she’s already gone full umbridge

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 4h

the way she says “aren’t we” sounds like a teacher trying to explain reason to a small child

fuck J. K. Rowling, obviously, but also very big “fuck you” to Keira Knightly

living at peace alongside each other is what ~we’re~ asking for, bitch

Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 1d

The thing that gets me about actors responding like this whenever they’re asking about JKR is that they always say “we need to learn to agree to disagree ^_^” as if trans people are the ones leading the campaign, when we’re just trying to live our lives while JKR posts about trans hate 24/7

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 4h

in print, I have been prepared to take her at face value and excuse her as simply being out of touch, but she clearly knows what’s coming, and is deflecting by condescending to the asker

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 11h

my MOM lives in the world

HARD pass

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 11h

turn the world on with my smile?

gross, no thank you

have you seen the world?

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 12h

how old do you think coach Z is? Pompom?

i bet the king of town is startlingly young, and just takes REALLY poor care of himself

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 12h

wait, was the store on campus?

that would be kinda genius, having a store called “BigMan’s” on campus

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 12h

it got heated kind of quickly, but i will say in her defense, i know her and i don’t think she’s a bully or mean-spirited

silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 12h

i am dumb and very bad at reading

in-world, it’s totally plausible he’s 40

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 12h

i just know i struggled with weight for years and I got a lot of flack from people who had never struggled, and who therefore assumed fat people were morally or intellectually inferior

friends would insult other people, not realizing that they were painting me with the same broad brush, and it hurt

silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 13h

i’m pretty sure the brothers chaps are in their late 40s or early 50s at this point, so that doesn’t seem super likely

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 13h

i hate that the first response that people go to with those young republicans is making fun of their looks

i’m not saying that we need to take the high road. just that going after weight or height or looks is classless, loser behavior

criticize people for what they do, not who they are

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silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 13h

its one of my daily drivers!

a person wearing a Beetlejuice “my whole life is one dark room” T-shirt

silence of the ë̈m̈s 🏳️‍⚧️🐍 @emmeline.bsky.social · 13h

huh. adderall is pink this month

never been pink before

normally not a fan of random change, but i do like a bit of pink

it doesn’t photograph well, but it looks like it was made by mattel

two doses of adderall. the one on the left is the familiar orange. on the right is baby pink