Freya
@dragnflite.bsky.social
Accidental owner of multiple dogs. Feeder of two lovely pasture ornaments. I've changed. You can change, too. "We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn."- Bateson. And my favorite quote "Some things need to be broken" by PC Hodgell.
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Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
Martha Wells
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
worldbuildersmarket.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
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I agree that it’s 100% true that the eyeballs are all on short form video - and man, it’s still really depressing how the necessity of Doing Video nowadays seriously disadvantages people who aren’t conventionally attractive (or who just genuinely can’t stand being on camera)
The one thing I keep thinking about is how much direct to camera stuff rewards physical attractiveness. I mean, that's gotta be part of the reason these wellness influencers are successful, right? And you're competing for eyeballs with them.
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I agree that it’s 100% true that the eyeballs are all on short form video - and man, it’s still really depressing how the necessity of Doing Video nowadays seriously disadvantages people who aren’t conventionally attractive (or who just genuinely can’t stand being on camera)
Jazzy looked so much like this night light I bought it to keep in my office, where she was was with me every day. I miss her so much I can't breath sometimes.
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Jazzy looked so much like this night light I bought it to keep in my office, where she was was with me every day. I miss her so much I can't breath sometimes.
Jfc. Can someone, never mind. I can't say it.
Let me tell you how I became radicalized-----> this shit. These people enraged me and wish for more Luigis.
Let me tell you how I became radicalized-----> this shit. These people enraged me and wish for more Luigis.
Kurt, I imagine you fancy yourself a Christian. You clearly do not fear "your" God enough.
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Jfc. Can someone, never mind. I can't say it.
Let me tell you how I became radicalized-----> this shit. These people enraged me and wish for more Luigis.
Let me tell you how I became radicalized-----> this shit. These people enraged me and wish for more Luigis.
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FUCK.
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
FUCK.
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“He said, ‘I’m going to die – please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives.'"
--Jozay Alkanj, who was having coffee with Ahmed when the shooting erupted.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
--Jozay Alkanj, who was having coffee with Ahmed when the shooting erupted.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he’d do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’
Despite Ahmed al Ahmed being in a lot of pain, according to his migration lawyer, he felt as if disarming the gunman at Bondi was an act for the community.
www.smh.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“He said, ‘I’m going to die – please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives.'"
--Jozay Alkanj, who was having coffee with Ahmed when the shooting erupted.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
--Jozay Alkanj, who was having coffee with Ahmed when the shooting erupted.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
More shocking? Shouldn't we be shocked when our children are killed in schools, too? What a weird gd headline.
15 people were killed in an antisemitic attack at Bondi Beach on Sunday, an act more shocking because of the low gun violence numbers in Australia.
Gun Murders In Australia—Where 15 Were Slain At Bondi Beach—Are 6,000% Lower Than In U.S.
15 people were killed in an antisemitic attack at Bondi Beach on Sunday, an act more shocking because of the low gun violence numbers in Australia.
www.forbes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
More shocking? Shouldn't we be shocked when our children are killed in schools, too? What a weird gd headline.
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Terrific story about Rob Reiner being as much of a mensch in real life as he seemed.
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Terrific story about Rob Reiner being as much of a mensch in real life as he seemed.
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🎁 The best gift is to find MELIA a low traffic adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Training is funded to help her with guarding. (Food & toys) Sweet, playful, only 3 yrs old. Adopt her 🎁
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🎁 The best gift is to find MELIA a low traffic adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Training is funded to help her with guarding. (Food & toys) Sweet, playful, only 3 yrs old. Adopt her 🎁
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
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This is Rose. She's paralyzed in both her back legs from being hit by a car as a stray. But when she sees her wheelchair harness come out, she knows it's time to walk and roll. 14/10 (IG: twopawrose)
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is Rose. She's paralyzed in both her back legs from being hit by a car as a stray. But when she sees her wheelchair harness come out, she knows it's time to walk and roll. 14/10 (IG: twopawrose)
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Here is a collection of my favorite newsletter/patreon posts this year.
I'm just 104 away from hitting my 2025 paid subscribers goal.
Can you help hit it?
I'm just 104 away from hitting my 2025 paid subscribers goal.
Can you help hit it?
Ok last Patreon push of the year. On January 1 this year, I set a goal of getting to 1000 paid Patreon supporters by the end of the year. Right now between my newsletter and Patreon, I'm at 883.
Will you help me hit my year end goal? I'm only 117 away. patreon.com/katelynburns
Will you help me hit my year end goal? I'm only 117 away. patreon.com/katelynburns
Katelyn Burns | Patreon
creating LGBTQ journalism
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December 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Here is a collection of my favorite newsletter/patreon posts this year.
I'm just 104 away from hitting my 2025 paid subscribers goal.
Can you help hit it?
I'm just 104 away from hitting my 2025 paid subscribers goal.
Can you help hit it?
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Oh my god I thought you were making a joke. Like, Cougarmagic is a personals site and Pamela just wants to get back out there and enjoy wine and the sunset with somebear special. 😭
September 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Oh my god I thought you were making a joke. Like, Cougarmagic is a personals site and Pamela just wants to get back out there and enjoy wine and the sunset with somebear special. 😭
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One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
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the proximate reason i post here — beyond the fact that i like a lot of you and enjoy reading your thoughts and jokes and observations — is that this is a non-algorithmic platform where people share lots of stuff and people read what is shared. that's still valuable even if it doesn't "influence!"
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
the proximate reason i post here — beyond the fact that i like a lot of you and enjoy reading your thoughts and jokes and observations — is that this is a non-algorithmic platform where people share lots of stuff and people read what is shared. that's still valuable even if it doesn't "influence!"
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not enough looking glasses to pass through at this point:
An entire family of Kansas Citians outed themselves as ICE agents and got USA Today to write an exposé because they felt that their work, as a family deporting other families, is wrongly demonized by the media.
They’re the victims, really.
An entire family of Kansas Citians outed themselves as ICE agents and got USA Today to write an exposé because they felt that their work, as a family deporting other families, is wrongly demonized by the media.
They’re the victims, really.
Exclusive: A father and his three kids work for ICE. Why they do it
A father, daughter and twin sons are all ICE agents. They see themselves as crime fighters. Others see them as something far worse.
www.usatoday.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
not enough looking glasses to pass through at this point:
An entire family of Kansas Citians outed themselves as ICE agents and got USA Today to write an exposé because they felt that their work, as a family deporting other families, is wrongly demonized by the media.
They’re the victims, really.
An entire family of Kansas Citians outed themselves as ICE agents and got USA Today to write an exposé because they felt that their work, as a family deporting other families, is wrongly demonized by the media.
They’re the victims, really.
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It is weird to me that the shooter would yell something into a 500-person classroom before shooting (indicating perhaps they have some sort of ideological message and don’t care about getting away) and we don’t have a sketch or even a description of them. (Were they short? Tall? Big gun? Small gun?)
oh that poor guy - his name and complete biography were plastered all over the internet
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Live Updates: Police Resume Search for Gunman in Deadly Brown University Attack
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It is weird to me that the shooter would yell something into a 500-person classroom before shooting (indicating perhaps they have some sort of ideological message and don’t care about getting away) and we don’t have a sketch or even a description of them. (Were they short? Tall? Big gun? Small gun?)
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Here’s an actual example of this behavior, from the pre-gen AI before times!
Crow skiing down a roof
YouTube video by Niko Niko
m.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Here’s an actual example of this behavior, from the pre-gen AI before times!
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I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
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"Copper could hit 'stratospheric new highs' as hoarding of the metal in U.S. continues"
"Industry experts say the latest leg of the rally has been turbocharged by tariff concerns." www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/c...
"Industry experts say the latest leg of the rally has been turbocharged by tariff concerns." www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/c...
December 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Copper could hit 'stratospheric new highs' as hoarding of the metal in U.S. continues"
"Industry experts say the latest leg of the rally has been turbocharged by tariff concerns." www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/c...
"Industry experts say the latest leg of the rally has been turbocharged by tariff concerns." www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/c...
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Nobody needs to be "I'm going to rent Venice for my wedding" rich.
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Nobody needs to be "I'm going to rent Venice for my wedding" rich.
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It’s even worse than that, because there are multiple dudes from Wisconsin named Benjamin Erickson, and they’re all innocent.
When your “exclusive” lasts all of 7 hours, because you publicly named a guy who was never charged with a crime, and who now is being hounded by trolls, and will have this show up in internet searches for the rest of his life.
December 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It’s even worse than that, because there are multiple dudes from Wisconsin named Benjamin Erickson, and they’re all innocent.
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I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it
Reading a bunch of books this year has really solidified for me how awful the internet is in comparison nowadays. Obviously in terms of general hostility but more generally in terms of lack of depth, insight, reading comprehension, base of knowledge, etc
December 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it