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FaeAlicia System

@faealicia.bsky.social

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Queer, neurodivergent, indigenous, plural. Usually she/her or they/them pronouns. Loves tech, fairies, foxes, and demons. Hates bigots and hierarchies. Mask wearer.

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FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · Aug 24

Reminder: Any blue MAGA that says "perfect is the enemy of good" is saying it's a good thing that Democrats are allying with Republicans in the matter of the 3.5 million trans people in the USA.

It's an anti-trans dogwhistle showing support for Holocaust levels of genocide.

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FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 18h

I hate that I don't even have to know who that is to know the type. Scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds.

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Kay 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 22h

Re: every headline involving education

A 4 panel comic.

Panel 1: closeup of a new textbook on a kid's school desk. The cover reads "World Histeries - sponcored bye PragerU + OpenAI"

Panel 2: The kid opens the book. Page titles include "How slavery boosted the enconemy" and "12 reasons hitler wasn't wrong" along with an ad that reads "more with a pragerU subscription and another that says "10% off openAI" with a QR code.

Panel 3: the kid looks up at the teacher, lifts the book, and says "what the fuck is this"

Panel 4: an exhausted teacher, still passing out a stack of the books, replies "your senator picked it"

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Juni! 🥰 @literallyjustadog.online · 19d

more chairs need to be designed to accommodate large tails

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FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 18h

Duë: As a six-tailed kitsune, I overwhelmingly support this idea.

FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 18h

And she probably is. For the first time in her life, she's able to have her five minutes of fame among her misogynist peers instead of the spotlight only going to her husband. She likely doesn't even care that it's only happening because she's able to be used as a tool to further the misogyny.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 19h

Extreme censorship in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's death.

4 frame comic. 1st frame shows the silhouette of Charlie Kirk; 2nd frame, Gretchen Felker-Martin; 3rd frame, murder victims Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas; 4th frame, author Mark Bray. Text reads : one month after charlie kirk's
assassination by someone who we
were told was a trans radical
leftist but who turned out to be
a cis nihilist, his murder is now
being used to deploy extreme
censorship in the united states.
silencing. jimmy kimmel lost
his tribune until public outcry
got the decision reversed. famous
trans writer gretchen felker-
martin got her contract with
dc comics canceled and her books
pulled from the shelves for not
mourning properly.
violence. after stalking
them for months, a 17 year old
in n.j. killed two schoolmates
by ramming into them with a
car because one of them shared a
video critical of kirk.
persecution. at least 40
professors have been fired after
being targeted by turning point
usa. mark bray, an historian of
anti-fascism, had to flee the u.s.
because of threats. 300 d.o.d.
employees are being investigated
for social media posts about kirk.
the dept. of state is revoking
visas of people who criticized kirk.

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FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 18h

I just wanna be able to boot a game, max out the textures and other VRAM-related stuff, and turn down shadows and other processing-intensive stuff. Why? Because I can.

FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 18h

Rather, I just want one because I'm a tech fairy and I love to tinker and that thing lets you allocate *so much* RAM to the iGPU. 128GB of system RAM means you can put 96 GB towards the iGPU.

That would be beneficial for AI if I believed in that crap, but I don't, so screw that.

FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 18h

Duë fronting. I'm thinking about Strix Halo again. I would love to have a laptop or minicomputer with one, tbh. Not because it's a thing I can game on. I mean, I can, but the experience won't beat our new 9060 XT.

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Ziggy West @ziggywest.bsky.social · 20h

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani released a campaign ad this week honoring transgender trailblazers in the city and vowing to make New York City a sanctuary for trans people.

Mamdani Vows to Make NYC a “Sanctuary City” for Trans People in New Campaign Ad

“New York will not sit idly by while trans people are attacked,” Mamdani said in his new campaign ad.

truthout.org

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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 19h

This is dark. But also, this display of solidarity on the part of the pentagon press corps should be a model for dealing with the regime

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 19h

And the wrong class. They chose Barbarian and they're trying to write a mage quest.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 22h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 23h

New development re: the temp restraining order meant to rein in federal agents' violence towards press and the public in the Chicago area.

Per a court entry filed today, a new hearing in the case has been set for tomorrow morning.

Prelim injunction hearing still set for 10/23, per the court.

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 19h

This is pretty clearly torture

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FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 19h

Too many liberals pretending to be antifascists out here desperately trying to continue arguing over definitions (and being objectively wrong) instead of actually fighting fascism.

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FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 19h

This is one of those cases where they're right, but for the wrong reasons.

They don't wanna honor the cops because they were the ones trying to overthrow the government.

We don't wanna honor the cops because they aided and fucking took pictures with the insurrectionists. They're on the same team.

Mike @mike-umbkm.bsky.social · 1d

House Republicans, under Speaker Mike Johnson, have refused to install a plaque honoring the police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

The plaque was mandated by a bipartisan law passed in 2022 and was completed and ready for installation, but it remains in storage.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 19h

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FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 19h

lmao. The first Talking Heads livestream I'm gonna be able to watch live ends up being episode 404. The irony.

FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 19h

iheart might've changed policies due to the UK's bullshit age verification law and being too small to guarantee users' safety. They wouldn't be the first we've seen to just block the UK as a whole due to that.

After all, if Discord can't keep their UK users safe, who can?

FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 19h

I understand why most people don't stand up to these bullies. They can't afford to. I'm not shitting on them for that.

Rather, those who *can* afford to are usually more silent on the matter than those who can't, and so seeing someone do what Steve did earns so much respect from me.

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FaeAlicia System @faealicia.bsky.social · 19h

It's hard for me not to idolize him after his documentary got taken down due to a bullshit copyright claim and he flew to Bloomberg's office to talk to them in person - and made another video out of it, to boot.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Here's Better Offline. I sat down with Steve Burke of @gamersnexus.bsky.social for an interview at their HQ to talk about the state of PC hardware, AI, linux gaming, their deep hardware testing, and building a channel watched by millions. www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
linktr.ee/betteroffline

The Interview: Steve Burke of GamersNexus - Better Offline | iHeart

<p>In this week’s episode of Better Offline, Ed flies out to North Carolina for a deep interview with Steve Burke of Gamersnexus about the state of PC hardware, AI, Linux gaming, their extremely...

www.iheart.com

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 21h

Physics Insight

xkcd.com/3154/

Comic. PERSON: Sure, when *Einstein* suggests using the Lorentz transform to explain the connection between velocity and time, people call him a genius. But when *I* suggest it, it’s “basic physics” and “undergraduate stuff.” PERSON 2 with white hat: Such a double standard!

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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 23h

“The video is very short, making it clear that the choice of lyrics was the intentional focus. Viewers are obviously meant to hear the antisemitic aspects, since it’s more or less the only audio in the 13 seconds being presented. “

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 1d

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.

gizmodo.com

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