MulletBraid
@mulletbraid.bsky.social
Writer, singer, cat lover, pissed-off daughter of patriot parents who defeated the Nazis the first time. Fan of NK Jemisin, CJ Cherryh and Martha Wells as well as the hero of our time, Ukraine's President Zelenksyy.
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A Dubious Hope
Opal's father is making her miserable on the doomed generation ship the New Hope. When a telepathic alien asks, she agrees to be its translator, but reluctantly. It's a lifetime job, she's only thirte...
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An anxious teen and an impulsive, hibernation-damaged soldier struggle to help their generation ship community deal with the fallout and potential of an alien rescue. www.limfic.com/book/a-dubio...
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I know this isn't the point but it seems to me that they only need to do this if the companies they're currently using to facilitate these kidnappings are facing outside pressure to stop
$140m.
Think of how many cancer drug trials or free school lunches this could have paid for www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Think of how many cancer drug trials or free school lunches this could have paid for www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of Boeing 737s for deportations
The agency will spend nearly $140 million to buy the planes, funding that comes from a massive budget increase for immigration enforcement approved by Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I know this isn't the point but it seems to me that they only need to do this if the companies they're currently using to facilitate these kidnappings are facing outside pressure to stop
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And it’s wild how a whole article about fake Black accounts and AI doesn’t mention how Black people originally challenged this in .. 2014 … and it’s in a book… New York Times best seller about Gamergate aka the thing everyone will admit modern politics is based on
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By @unburntwitch.com
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By @unburntwitch.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
And it’s wild how a whole article about fake Black accounts and AI doesn’t mention how Black people originally challenged this in .. 2014 … and it’s in a book… New York Times best seller about Gamergate aka the thing everyone will admit modern politics is based on
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By @unburntwitch.com
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By @unburntwitch.com
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This is what they've done.
New from me for the @wired.com Politics Newsletter. I broke down how the push to combine data across the government in the name of immigration enforcement has lots of possible unintended consequences, not just for undocumented immigrants, but for everyone.
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
The DHS Data Grab Is Putting US Citizens at Risk
As the US government rapidly merges data from across agencies in service of draconian immigration policies, citizens increasingly risk being caught up as well.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is what they've done.
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This is what they've done.
worth noting here that the position of the conservative legal movement is that trying to remedy environmental racism is itself illegal race discrimination
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is what they've done.
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at this point AI is the equivalent of your friend eating something disgusting and asking 800 times if you wanna try it
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
at this point AI is the equivalent of your friend eating something disgusting and asking 800 times if you wanna try it
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Gemini won't stop loading on my phone even though I disabled it. I eventually got frustrated enough that I yelled a bunch of profanities into it and demanded that Google stopped trying to shove it down my throat to justify their capex spend. It hasn't appeared since.
December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Gemini won't stop loading on my phone even though I disabled it. I eventually got frustrated enough that I yelled a bunch of profanities into it and demanded that Google stopped trying to shove it down my throat to justify their capex spend. It hasn't appeared since.
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If anyone has a few extra bucks burning a hole in their pocket, please help one of my favorite authors escape mandatory Christmas (her first one after losing her husband). She deserves All The Good Things!
I (belatedly) thought I’d inquire about this. Anybody want to assist me in Getting The Hell Out Of Dodge at #Christmas? https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/802500831283953664/ill-be-home-for-christmas-unless-theres-a
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December 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If anyone has a few extra bucks burning a hole in their pocket, please help one of my favorite authors escape mandatory Christmas (her first one after losing her husband). She deserves All The Good Things!
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I'm sharing because this is in fox news
Must read from @martinomalley.bsky.social:
"After President Donald Trump unleashed Elon Musk and DOGE on the Social Security Administration, the agency lost more staff in a shorter period of time than ever before in its 90-year history....The agency has been gutted."
"After President Donald Trump unleashed Elon Musk and DOGE on the Social Security Administration, the agency lost more staff in a shorter period of time than ever before in its 90-year history....The agency has been gutted."
Trump broke his promise to protect a lifeline for 71 million Americans
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE initiative devastated Social Security Administration staffing levels, threatening essential services for millions of Americans.
www.foxnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm sharing because this is in fox news
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Freedpm of speech...
ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Freedpm of speech...
These kittens work so HARD at being asleep. Never seen the like. Ruffles, as an example.
December 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
These kittens work so HARD at being asleep. Never seen the like. Ruffles, as an example.
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a hit skeet!!
ask your library to buy my book!
🔥⚔️🔥 BURN UP IN VICTORY🔥⚔️🔥
books2read.com/burnupinvict...
ask your library to buy my book!
🔥⚔️🔥 BURN UP IN VICTORY🔥⚔️🔥
books2read.com/burnupinvict...
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
a hit skeet!!
ask your library to buy my book!
🔥⚔️🔥 BURN UP IN VICTORY🔥⚔️🔥
books2read.com/burnupinvict...
ask your library to buy my book!
🔥⚔️🔥 BURN UP IN VICTORY🔥⚔️🔥
books2read.com/burnupinvict...
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They want us to hate each other , believe we are things to be navigated around and use more AI/ feel more entitled to increase their market share
why are all these ai ads so awful, cynical, bitter, demeaning, negative, insulting and injurious to the human spirit?
whether made with ai, or made to sell ai. the *text* is bleak.
including the ipad crush ad in here
what the hell is in the water
whether made with ai, or made to sell ai. the *text* is bleak.
including the ipad crush ad in here
what the hell is in the water
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
They want us to hate each other , believe we are things to be navigated around and use more AI/ feel more entitled to increase their market share
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Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!
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Dead kids can't sue but kids (who turn into adults) irreparably damaged from not being vaccinated ... should be allowed to
I can’t say too often: we know how this plays out because we’ve seen it before.
Anti-vax wins equal dead kids and grownups (but especially kids).
Yes, do everything you can to protect yourself and those you love. But this is a society problem, not one individuals can ”win” on their own.
Anti-vax wins equal dead kids and grownups (but especially kids).
Yes, do everything you can to protect yourself and those you love. But this is a society problem, not one individuals can ”win” on their own.
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Dead kids can't sue but kids (who turn into adults) irreparably damaged from not being vaccinated ... should be allowed to
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uhhhhhh
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
uhhhhhh
... there's something deeply dystopian about finding 70-plus dead vultures at an elementary school.
To be clear, they only tested the two — the assumption is all 72 birds had HPAI. Which um isn’t great.
"The Ohio Department of Agriculture says two of the 72 black vulture carcasses cleaned up from a Clermont County elementary school’s campus tested presumptive positive for bird flu."
December 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
... there's something deeply dystopian about finding 70-plus dead vultures at an elementary school.
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This baby Yuanxin Fanb is still just floating all alone in ICE custody and it’s just heartbreaking
He has to be so scared
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr9CTQ3S/
He has to be so scared
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr9CTQ3S/
ICE is abducting our children 😭 #ice #queens #nyc #astoria
TikTok video by The Rana Show
www.tiktok.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This baby Yuanxin Fanb is still just floating all alone in ICE custody and it’s just heartbreaking
He has to be so scared
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr9CTQ3S/
He has to be so scared
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr9CTQ3S/
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I’m dealing with enough as it is, I’m sorry but I think having an emotional outburst is justified in my situation. You could’ve just deleted the post, instead I was suspended for 3 days?? You guys never responded to my emails either.
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I’m dealing with enough as it is, I’m sorry but I think having an emotional outburst is justified in my situation. You could’ve just deleted the post, instead I was suspended for 3 days?? You guys never responded to my emails either.
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Hey so when I say Trust and Safety is plagued by racism and that for all the “experts” none of them have got it right
And people keep separating anti Blackness and xenophobia from case studies
Yeah
This is kind of why
And people keep separating anti Blackness and xenophobia from case studies
Yeah
This is kind of why
Bluesky’s head of trust & safety responding with a sarcastic image macro to a woman upset her husband was kidnapped by ICE is embarrassingly unprofessional & cruel behavior.
that account was then banned by Bluesky Trust & Safety. horrendously poor community management. what purpose does this serve?
that account was then banned by Bluesky Trust & Safety. horrendously poor community management. what purpose does this serve?
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hey so when I say Trust and Safety is plagued by racism and that for all the “experts” none of them have got it right
And people keep separating anti Blackness and xenophobia from case studies
Yeah
This is kind of why
And people keep separating anti Blackness and xenophobia from case studies
Yeah
This is kind of why
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This is what they've done.
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
wrd.cm
December 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is what they've done.
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If we're just appointing blatant dipshit idealogues to SCOTUS now then I demand that I be seated on the court at the first opportunity.
Holy shit this back and forth between Kagan/Alito/Jackson/&the SG.
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
If we're just appointing blatant dipshit idealogues to SCOTUS now then I demand that I be seated on the court at the first opportunity.
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I know two older adults who got shingles this year and it was absolutely awful for them. Both had to go on gabapentin for months to manage the pain. One went temporarily blind when it got in their eye. Get the damn vax.
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I know two older adults who got shingles this year and it was absolutely awful for them. Both had to go on gabapentin for months to manage the pain. One went temporarily blind when it got in their eye. Get the damn vax.
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I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
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I can hold two truths in my soul at once: every man in her story is a creepy-ass predator who should be marooned at sea, and also she's an ethics black hole who may have brought upon a new age of victorian era infant mortality.
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I can hold two truths in my soul at once: every man in her story is a creepy-ass predator who should be marooned at sea, and also she's an ethics black hole who may have brought upon a new age of victorian era infant mortality.
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
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Burn!
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Burn!