NightlingBug
@nightlingbug.bsky.social
Mazey Veselak
a smaller, softer moon
ennie-winning ttrpg designer
nebula award finalist
(she/her or zey/zem)
Wickedness: http://nightling-bug.itch.io/wickedness
Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast: https://possumcreekgames.com/pages/yazebas-bed-breakfast
a smaller, softer moon
ennie-winning ttrpg designer
nebula award finalist
(she/her or zey/zem)
Wickedness: http://nightling-bug.itch.io/wickedness
Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast: https://possumcreekgames.com/pages/yazebas-bed-breakfast
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the thing is that the conservatives have for decades been building this gun that anybody with the right look and a tolerance for publicity can pick up and aim at any minoritized or simply liberal-coded target they can manufacture a grievance with, GamerGate everywhere. for everybody, forever
we don’t need to have this conversation. a student getting a failing grade on an assignment because she failed to follow the instructions is not national news. college instructors shouldn’t be second-guessing this student’s actual instructor, who assigned and graded the work.
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
the thing is that the conservatives have for decades been building this gun that anybody with the right look and a tolerance for publicity can pick up and aim at any minoritized or simply liberal-coded target they can manufacture a grievance with, GamerGate everywhere. for everybody, forever
wdym this blizzard will undergo "bombogenesis" into a "bomb cyclone?"
from now on meteorologists are banned from making up words until they reach the age of 12
from now on meteorologists are banned from making up words until they reach the age of 12
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
wdym this blizzard will undergo "bombogenesis" into a "bomb cyclone?"
from now on meteorologists are banned from making up words until they reach the age of 12
from now on meteorologists are banned from making up words until they reach the age of 12
hands down the most inventive, lyrical sci-fi prose of a lifetime is bejeweling the Look command in a game where giant tadpoles rip off your arms but that's okay because maybe you can mutate more
🍄 LIVE AND DRINK 💧
Just about 12 hours left to nominate us for some Steam Awards, all of which we're eligible for due to releasing less than a year ago
Just about 12 hours left to nominate us for some Steam Awards, all of which we're eligible for due to releasing less than a year ago
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
hands down the most inventive, lyrical sci-fi prose of a lifetime is bejeweling the Look command in a game where giant tadpoles rip off your arms but that's okay because maybe you can mutate more
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🍄 LIVE AND DRINK 💧
Just about 12 hours left to nominate us for some Steam Awards, all of which we're eligible for due to releasing less than a year ago
Just about 12 hours left to nominate us for some Steam Awards, all of which we're eligible for due to releasing less than a year ago
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
🍄 LIVE AND DRINK 💧
Just about 12 hours left to nominate us for some Steam Awards, all of which we're eligible for due to releasing less than a year ago
Just about 12 hours left to nominate us for some Steam Awards, all of which we're eligible for due to releasing less than a year ago
having seen more episodes: I accidentally wasn't joking
having seen only the first episode, I have come to the conclusion that Pluribus is about a hive mind that has unfettered access to the combined awkward insecurity of all humankind
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
having seen more episodes: I accidentally wasn't joking
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I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
every news item about Jammie Booker is focused on her not disclosing she was transgender and characterizing that as a "deception"
and not one article correctly identifies the manner in which she was outed as sexual harrassment
and not one article correctly identifies the manner in which she was outed as sexual harrassment
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
every news item about Jammie Booker is focused on her not disclosing she was transgender and characterizing that as a "deception"
and not one article correctly identifies the manner in which she was outed as sexual harrassment
and not one article correctly identifies the manner in which she was outed as sexual harrassment
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I'm observing an argument about social gamification and sure enough someone inevitably brought up the propagandized "in China the state gave everyone a social score that other people could add or subtract points from, that's Black Mirror!!" and my good dudes, wtf do you think a credit score is
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I'm observing an argument about social gamification and sure enough someone inevitably brought up the propagandized "in China the state gave everyone a social score that other people could add or subtract points from, that's Black Mirror!!" and my good dudes, wtf do you think a credit score is
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We all expect that this sex criminal will use the experience of getting away with his sex crimes to produce his best work to date.
Better than the work you liked before you found out he was a sex criminal, who ruined the careers and livelihoods of the women he victimized when they dared speak up.
Better than the work you liked before you found out he was a sex criminal, who ruined the careers and livelihoods of the women he victimized when they dared speak up.
November 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We all expect that this sex criminal will use the experience of getting away with his sex crimes to produce his best work to date.
Better than the work you liked before you found out he was a sex criminal, who ruined the careers and livelihoods of the women he victimized when they dared speak up.
Better than the work you liked before you found out he was a sex criminal, who ruined the careers and livelihoods of the women he victimized when they dared speak up.
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And one more other thing I’m seeing now, that Northwestern unsurprisingly didn’t mention in its statement, effectively banning gender affirming care at NU school of medicine
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
And one more other thing I’m seeing now, that Northwestern unsurprisingly didn’t mention in its statement, effectively banning gender affirming care at NU school of medicine
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People who got deported and never come back, laws policies rulings "rules" that get changed in this two year period and aren't changed back later.
The last Trump administration dug in a lifetime's worth of bad Federal judges. This Trump administration they're digging deeper, burying things deeper
The last Trump administration dug in a lifetime's worth of bad Federal judges. This Trump administration they're digging deeper, burying things deeper
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
People who got deported and never come back, laws policies rulings "rules" that get changed in this two year period and aren't changed back later.
The last Trump administration dug in a lifetime's worth of bad Federal judges. This Trump administration they're digging deeper, burying things deeper
The last Trump administration dug in a lifetime's worth of bad Federal judges. This Trump administration they're digging deeper, burying things deeper
having seen only the first episode, I have come to the conclusion that Pluribus is about a hive mind that has unfettered access to the combined awkward insecurity of all humankind
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
having seen only the first episode, I have come to the conclusion that Pluribus is about a hive mind that has unfettered access to the combined awkward insecurity of all humankind
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in search of gender validation, I never go to the same place twice, thus ensuring that I am never, ever back in town
Gender is a spectrum from just wanting have fun to being back in town, and to varying degrees, each of us contains attributes of both, which is a beautiful thing
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
in search of gender validation, I never go to the same place twice, thus ensuring that I am never, ever back in town
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Youth transitioners being treated as de facto criminals and deviants
This is just the tip of the iceberg of over 314 questions outlined here including eg Do you start fires? Do you steal? Do you physically assault people?
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
Questioning trans kids
The UK Government and UK research councils have contributed £10 million pounds to a series of research studies on service users of the newly established Children and Young People’s Gender Services.…
growinguptransgender.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Youth transitioners being treated as de facto criminals and deviants
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ffs can ppl stop using insta/threads/fb already?
I guarantee you do not need any of zuck's apps
I guarantee you do not need any of zuck's apps
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ffs can ppl stop using insta/threads/fb already?
I guarantee you do not need any of zuck's apps
I guarantee you do not need any of zuck's apps
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i think young ppl who've grown up in the decades since where the kind of character and iconography represented by frank n furter is now just kind of the most commonplace mass media imagery of transfemininity are mostly just bored & unmoved by it. not really subversive to straightness even anymore
This tracks, as a lot of the writing/reviews on it I've read have been very "you young people just don't understand" in tone.
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i think young ppl who've grown up in the decades since where the kind of character and iconography represented by frank n furter is now just kind of the most commonplace mass media imagery of transfemininity are mostly just bored & unmoved by it. not really subversive to straightness even anymore
viral queer romcom premise: totally normal 2nd act love triangle. HOWEVER, there are two versions of the 3rd act, one where the heroine commits to working things out with her longtime partner, one where she runs away with the exciting new spark.
the projectionist flips a coin during the trailers.
the projectionist flips a coin during the trailers.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
viral queer romcom premise: totally normal 2nd act love triangle. HOWEVER, there are two versions of the 3rd act, one where the heroine commits to working things out with her longtime partner, one where she runs away with the exciting new spark.
the projectionist flips a coin during the trailers.
the projectionist flips a coin during the trailers.
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okay um, a long time ago I was going to do a sequel zine to this but I got really busy with a job and other things, so I'm just going to post the best of what I managed, free. These are all based off of actual outfits of hers!
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
okay um, a long time ago I was going to do a sequel zine to this but I got really busy with a job and other things, so I'm just going to post the best of what I managed, free. These are all based off of actual outfits of hers!
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
the history books are going to say that when marijuana was legalized in the US the number of potheads skyrocketed. but they'll leave out the fact that a pandemic gave 1 in 10 of us chronic pain in a country with no real health care
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
the history books are going to say that when marijuana was legalized in the US the number of potheads skyrocketed. but they'll leave out the fact that a pandemic gave 1 in 10 of us chronic pain in a country with no real health care
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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When "I won't vote for somebody who doesn't support trans people" is considered a hostage taking purity test
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
When "I won't vote for somebody who doesn't support trans people" is considered a hostage taking purity test
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
but "I won't vote for somebody who DOES support trans people" is NOT considered a hostage-taking purity test
then we aren't against hostage taking, we're just choosing our preferred hostage
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Words really can’t express how important @archive.org is in the world of information science, but it’s also pivotal to preserving digital histories targeted and then erased by the federal government as well. If you can?
Donate Here. archive.org/donate
New story: www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
Donate Here. archive.org/donate
New story: www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are stored | CNN Business
The Internet Archive is preserving the web one page at a time, a job that’s more critical than ever as the internet evolves in the age of AI.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Words really can’t express how important @archive.org is in the world of information science, but it’s also pivotal to preserving digital histories targeted and then erased by the federal government as well. If you can?
Donate Here. archive.org/donate
New story: www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
Donate Here. archive.org/donate
New story: www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
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godzilla plus two (she's polyamorous now)
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
godzilla plus two (she's polyamorous now)
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Racism is fascism practiced on Black people first.
Hitler based the Nuremberg laws on US Jim Crow. He invaded Russia because he wanted his own California.
The US shifting from a racist country to a fascist country basically means "Start treating everyone like you've always treated Black people."
Hitler based the Nuremberg laws on US Jim Crow. He invaded Russia because he wanted his own California.
The US shifting from a racist country to a fascist country basically means "Start treating everyone like you've always treated Black people."
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Racism is fascism practiced on Black people first.
Hitler based the Nuremberg laws on US Jim Crow. He invaded Russia because he wanted his own California.
The US shifting from a racist country to a fascist country basically means "Start treating everyone like you've always treated Black people."
Hitler based the Nuremberg laws on US Jim Crow. He invaded Russia because he wanted his own California.
The US shifting from a racist country to a fascist country basically means "Start treating everyone like you've always treated Black people."