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Arinn Dembo

@erinys.bsky.social

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Lead Writer, Narrative Designer, Textile Artist, Anti-Fascist. Games: Homeworld, Sword of the Stars, Fort Zombie, many others. Television: World Trigger, Metalions. Stories/poetry: F&SF, Weird Tales, many anthologies. Fibre Arts: Slan Baby.

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · Oct 25

Hi! Rumor has it that lots of new people are coming to this app, so—hello to friends old and new!

Ten things I do and love (and post about):

🎮 #gamedev
👾 #pixelart
🎭 #voiceacting
💻 #writing
🏺 #archaeology
🚀 #sciencefiction
🦄 #fantasy
💀 #horror
🏳️‍🌈 #pride
🧶 #crafting (especially dyeing yarn).

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🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 2d

right wing bigots have admitted

- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue

- the “trans women in sports” issue and

- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue

were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY

are you paying attention?

Anti-trans group admits bathroom predator myth is made up
Dec 07 2018 • Written by Sofia Lotto Persio

Swimmer Riley Gaines Admits She's Just Using Sports to Make Trans Rights
"Crumble"

Helen Joyce reveals plans to use fears around trans kids as stepping stone to eliminate
"trans" in public life by Mallory Moore
& transsafety.network

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 3h

If it wasn’t for SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) I wouldn’t be alive today. Most of my childhood it was the primary way my mom put food on the table. We still went hungry some days. I also used SNAP when I was homeless in 2019. Why have a government that won’t protect its most vulnerable?

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 8h

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 2h

Yes. My father’s side of the family is Jewish.

And also I passed an 8th grade history class.

No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 15h

Honest question, asked without judgment: did you know what the tokenkopf was before today?

Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 2h

SNAP benefits support literally 42 million people.

That is more than the entire population of Canada. All starving. Overnight.

While their president demolishes the White House to build a golden ballroom for his Nuremberg cotillions.

joemag @joemag.games · 4h

SNAP expires while the president builds an ostentatious ballroom.

SNAP benefits won't be issued for November due to government shutdown

November funding for SNAP, the nation's largest anti-hunger program, will not be issued.

wgme.com

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you! I hope I can do it justice.❤️

Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 6h

Ohgodno

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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 18h

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 7h

May I use it for a reference? I am always hunting for beautiful colours to translate into hand-dyed yarns and things.

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 7h

Anna’s Promise is a wonderful name. :) Sorry I didn’t see this before I asked!

Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 7h

What a beautiful colour! Is this your photograph? Do these roses have a name…?

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 8h

“US Marshall shot BY ICE during immigration enforcement operation” is the fucking headline. God I am tired of all the dirty collaborating POS in the media.

Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 12h

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say

A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.

www.kktv.com

Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 8h

Jesus.

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10h

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah. For real.

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Ethan “Brother Ethan” Kocak @ethankocak.com · 15h

spooooooooooooky

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 17h

I’ve never lived in Tacoma, so I can’t say. But I think things will probably be better. And Seattle is not far away.

Neither is Vancouver, for that matter! 😎

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 1d

OKAY PEOPLE YOU KNOW THE DRILL: HIT THAT FOLLOW BUTTON

This is a Canadian small press, with a Canadian editor, so LET'S GET THOSE CANADIAN CLICKS (worldwide clicks also appreciated and loved equally, but I can't bully you in the same manner as I can Canadians)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...

Coming soon: Fascination: Dark Fantasy Anthology

A macabre story collection of nature-fueled magic, witches & dark fae. Creepy cottages, haunted homesteads & bespelled woods.

www.kickstarter.com

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 17h

I loved Tennessee. Except for half the people.

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Sophie Petzal @sonicscrewup.bsky.social · 22h

It’s telling how some male columnists and commentators have reacted to Riot Women as ‘man-hating’ when it’s simply depicting average everyday experiences women have with men all the time. If seeing the world through a woman’s eyes makes you hate men too the I guess you see our problem.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 1d

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 1d

Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 1d

Woo-hoo! Westcoast bound!

Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 1d

So pretty!

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

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Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 1d

It’s nice to know nice people, where guiltily us your worst case scenario.

Arinn Dembo @erinys.bsky.social · 2d

Could easily have told people this, if anyone had asked.

AI is a time sink and its outputs are not worth all the things you lose.

Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”

🎁link

David Mullin @rdmullin.bsky.social · 2d