Magna Tolvan
@magnatolvan.bsky.social
The “official” Bluesky account of Magna Tolvan from the Doctor Aphra comics 🦾
She/Her Cis • Anti-capitalist Anti-imperial • ACAB • FREE PALESTINE🔻• Abolish ICE • No gen AI • Communist ☭
She/Her Cis • Anti-capitalist Anti-imperial • ACAB • FREE PALESTINE🔻• Abolish ICE • No gen AI • Communist ☭
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Magna Tolvan
@magnatolvan.bsky.social
· Mar 25
MFW I #MagnaTolvan get a HoloCall from #DoctorAphra and I *think* it’s going to be about meeting up today, the 10th anniversary of Chelli’s 1st appearance!
But then it turns out to be #Aphra asking me to rescue her — AGAIN. Sloppy!
Happy birthday, Doctor Aphra! 🎂
But then it turns out to be #Aphra asking me to rescue her — AGAIN. Sloppy!
Happy birthday, Doctor Aphra! 🎂
It's dangerous to go alone... take this
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It's dangerous to go alone... take this
I don't know if I'd call it charming but: I relearned how to drive, and made a point of regularly leaving the city to go on long walks and hikes in nature
TLDR, I touched grass
TLDR, I touched grass
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I don't know if I'd call it charming but: I relearned how to drive, and made a point of regularly leaving the city to go on long walks and hikes in nature
TLDR, I touched grass
TLDR, I touched grass
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The boys, Fadi Abu Assi, 11, and Goma Abu Assi, 8, were gathering firewood for their wheelchair-bound father.
"Israeli" occupation forces used a drone to murder them from the sky.
"Israeli" occupation forces used a drone to murder them from the sky.
November 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The boys, Fadi Abu Assi, 11, and Goma Abu Assi, 8, were gathering firewood for their wheelchair-bound father.
"Israeli" occupation forces used a drone to murder them from the sky.
"Israeli" occupation forces used a drone to murder them from the sky.
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So grateful to everyone in NYC who mobilized to stop the ICE raid of Canal St. The violence being committed against immigrants is heart-wrenching, but the shows of solidarity we have seen around the country give me so much hope.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
So grateful to everyone in NYC who mobilized to stop the ICE raid of Canal St. The violence being committed against immigrants is heart-wrenching, but the shows of solidarity we have seen around the country give me so much hope.
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Average folks kettled ICE
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Average folks kettled ICE
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Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
Israel is violating all its ceasefire agreements and escalating on all fronts
Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
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ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
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But OK irl?
- Many a stray cat
- Eastern Cottontail rabbit
- Snake
- Caterpillar (for the 1st time just the other week)
- A downed bird of brey — Hawk? Falcon? Eagle? — standing with its wings spread on a sidewalk back in Boston, as pedestrians gawked. Damn bird was bigger than a child. Looked HUGE
- Many a stray cat
- Eastern Cottontail rabbit
- Snake
- Caterpillar (for the 1st time just the other week)
- A downed bird of brey — Hawk? Falcon? Eagle? — standing with its wings spread on a sidewalk back in Boston, as pedestrians gawked. Damn bird was bigger than a child. Looked HUGE
November 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
But OK irl?
- Many a stray cat
- Eastern Cottontail rabbit
- Snake
- Caterpillar (for the 1st time just the other week)
- A downed bird of brey — Hawk? Falcon? Eagle? — standing with its wings spread on a sidewalk back in Boston, as pedestrians gawked. Damn bird was bigger than a child. Looked HUGE
- Many a stray cat
- Eastern Cottontail rabbit
- Snake
- Caterpillar (for the 1st time just the other week)
- A downed bird of brey — Hawk? Falcon? Eagle? — standing with its wings spread on a sidewalk back in Boston, as pedestrians gawked. Damn bird was bigger than a child. Looked HUGE
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There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
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No matter what field they are in, the only job responsibilities of every AI believer is just sending emails to other people who actually work telling them what to do
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
No matter what field they are in, the only job responsibilities of every AI believer is just sending emails to other people who actually work telling them what to do
Introduce yourself w 5 animals you've seen in the wild
- Chthonic Worm God
- Explosive Tooka
- Tauntaun
- Qaberworm
- Chelli Aphra's unbridled avarice & selfishness
- Chthonic Worm God
- Explosive Tooka
- Tauntaun
- Qaberworm
- Chelli Aphra's unbridled avarice & selfishness
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Dog
- Cat
- Someone else’s cat
- A bird
- Devil’s Coach Horse
- Dog
- Cat
- Someone else’s cat
- A bird
- Devil’s Coach Horse
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Elephant
- Moose
- Alligator
- Brown Bear
- Mountain Goat
Listed in decreasing order of proximity. The elephant was a quarter mile away. Moose, about the same. Alligator? 15 feet. Bear? 10 feet (through a window). Goat? TOO DAMN CLOSE.
- Elephant
- Moose
- Alligator
- Brown Bear
- Mountain Goat
Listed in decreasing order of proximity. The elephant was a quarter mile away. Moose, about the same. Alligator? 15 feet. Bear? 10 feet (through a window). Goat? TOO DAMN CLOSE.
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Introduce yourself w 5 animals you've seen in the wild
- Chthonic Worm God
- Explosive Tooka
- Tauntaun
- Qaberworm
- Chelli Aphra's unbridled avarice & selfishness
- Chthonic Worm God
- Explosive Tooka
- Tauntaun
- Qaberworm
- Chelli Aphra's unbridled avarice & selfishness
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We've seen time and time again we can't change capital from the inside
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We've seen time and time again we can't change capital from the inside
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The other problem of course being the lack of a material analysis of what the Democrats are, what they are institutionally bound to and what their ideological commitments are
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The other problem of course being the lack of a material analysis of what the Democrats are, what they are institutionally bound to and what their ideological commitments are
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the biggest problem with this take is the label “doomer;” I’m actually incredibly optimistic about the chances of making a better world, I just understand what will and won’t be part of that change
I find the 'the Democrats won't do anything' doomer line annoying, because the Democrats will be who you make them - look how much the GOP changed over the past decade!
Right now the party feels immovable but the moment it has a presidential nominee, it will be whatever that person is.
Right now the party feels immovable but the moment it has a presidential nominee, it will be whatever that person is.
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
the biggest problem with this take is the label “doomer;” I’m actually incredibly optimistic about the chances of making a better world, I just understand what will and won’t be part of that change
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The law is not now, nor has it ever been, a moral instrument.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The law is not now, nor has it ever been, a moral instrument.
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The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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"fact that the Trump administration is dropping charges for gang leaders who committed crimes against the US, and instead handing them to El Salvador to be disappeared into the prison system, amounts to collusion between two governments to cover up a gang pact by disappearing witnesses."
this imo
this imo
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"fact that the Trump administration is dropping charges for gang leaders who committed crimes against the US, and instead handing them to El Salvador to be disappeared into the prison system, amounts to collusion between two governments to cover up a gang pact by disappearing witnesses."
this imo
this imo
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I've been thinking more about Sarah Hurwitz's vile comments and I think what a lot of people are missing is that her "wall of dead babies" comments are based on the assumption that serious people will *prospectively* accept mass murdered children are simply a fact of life.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I've been thinking more about Sarah Hurwitz's vile comments and I think what a lot of people are missing is that her "wall of dead babies" comments are based on the assumption that serious people will *prospectively* accept mass murdered children are simply a fact of life.
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Doctor Aphra and crew.
It would be nice if some of the other Marvel characters got a chance in TVC- like Valance or Sana Starros.
I know TVC slavishly only recreates packaging from 1978-84 but I would love if they gave the comic book two pack expression used from 2006-10 another go.
It would be nice if some of the other Marvel characters got a chance in TVC- like Valance or Sana Starros.
I know TVC slavishly only recreates packaging from 1978-84 but I would love if they gave the comic book two pack expression used from 2006-10 another go.
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Doctor Aphra and crew.
It would be nice if some of the other Marvel characters got a chance in TVC- like Valance or Sana Starros.
I know TVC slavishly only recreates packaging from 1978-84 but I would love if they gave the comic book two pack expression used from 2006-10 another go.
It would be nice if some of the other Marvel characters got a chance in TVC- like Valance or Sana Starros.
I know TVC slavishly only recreates packaging from 1978-84 but I would love if they gave the comic book two pack expression used from 2006-10 another go.
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Preview for Dec. 2's Star Wars: Doctor Aphra - Friends and Enemies CONCLUDED.
#StarWars #SanaStarros #StarWarsComics #DoctorAphra
(5/5)
#StarWars #SanaStarros #StarWarsComics #DoctorAphra
(5/5)
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Preview for Dec. 2's Star Wars: Doctor Aphra - Friends and Enemies CONCLUDED.
#StarWars #SanaStarros #StarWarsComics #DoctorAphra
(5/5)
#StarWars #SanaStarros #StarWarsComics #DoctorAphra
(5/5)
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Preview for Dec. 2's Star Wars: Doctor Aphra - Friends and Enemies CONT.
#StarWars #SanaStarros #StarWarsComics #DoctorAphra
(4/5)
#StarWars #SanaStarros #StarWarsComics #DoctorAphra
(4/5)
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Preview for Dec. 2's Star Wars: Doctor Aphra - Friends and Enemies CONT.
#StarWars #SanaStarros #StarWarsComics #DoctorAphra
(4/5)
#StarWars #SanaStarros #StarWarsComics #DoctorAphra
(4/5)
Last night I finally watched Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me—incredible, empathetic film, where Lynch’s nightmare logic is all too real in how it fits the subject matter
Sheryl Lee gives an incredible, moving, layered/complex performance as Laura Palmer that rings as true as it does tragic. Profound
Sheryl Lee gives an incredible, moving, layered/complex performance as Laura Palmer that rings as true as it does tragic. Profound
Unironically one of the best line reads in the history of cinema. She should have won an Oscar.
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Last night I finally watched Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me—incredible, empathetic film, where Lynch’s nightmare logic is all too real in how it fits the subject matter
Sheryl Lee gives an incredible, moving, layered/complex performance as Laura Palmer that rings as true as it does tragic. Profound
Sheryl Lee gives an incredible, moving, layered/complex performance as Laura Palmer that rings as true as it does tragic. Profound
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Unironically one of the best line reads in the history of cinema. She should have won an Oscar.
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Unironically one of the best line reads in the history of cinema. She should have won an Oscar.
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Fire Walk With Me is a Thanksgiving movie
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Fire Walk With Me is a Thanksgiving movie