ribbonknight
@ribbonknight.bsky.social
Politics, video games, comics/manga, chronic health bullshit, & feminist SF. I live in Wisconsin and I have a dog named Stella.
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
I may have already made this point here, tbh I don’t remember, but. I think nothing is more stressful at work than usual? So I think it’s that my reserves are low due to Holiday Feelings (TM) making me lose my shit about stuff that usually makes me go, “lol no.”
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I may have already made this point here, tbh I don’t remember, but. I think nothing is more stressful at work than usual? So I think it’s that my reserves are low due to Holiday Feelings (TM) making me lose my shit about stuff that usually makes me go, “lol no.”
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The appellation is also meant to implicitly justify violence against lessers ie when they say US cities are like "third world countries" they mean they're filled with savages it's ok to kill. It's just the theology of slavery all over again
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The appellation is also meant to implicitly justify violence against lessers ie when they say US cities are like "third world countries" they mean they're filled with savages it's ok to kill. It's just the theology of slavery all over again
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I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
Was it worth the trudging in the snow? The answer is yes
November 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Was it worth the trudging in the snow? The answer is yes
We as a family are going to trudge in the snow to pick up a pizza order lmao, Stella’s coming too
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We as a family are going to trudge in the snow to pick up a pizza order lmao, Stella’s coming too
People refuse to believe the good news about these amazing fucking raisins
November 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
People refuse to believe the good news about these amazing fucking raisins
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Having a snowstorm on small biz Saturday is really gonna fuck our holiday szn, please consider buying a book for a gift (ppl in the USA) to help keep this queer little bookstore scooting along.
we are supposed to get 1 trillion inches of snow this wknd -- please enjoy a 15% off coupon code STAYCOZY at roomofonesown.com to encourage you to stay home and browse our website (and brand new holiday cat-alogggg) from the comfort and safety of home! roomofonesown.com/catalog/2025...
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Having a snowstorm on small biz Saturday is really gonna fuck our holiday szn, please consider buying a book for a gift (ppl in the USA) to help keep this queer little bookstore scooting along.
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Van Hollen has also been the most vocal non-leftist critic of the Biden and Trump admin policies of being unconditionally supportive of Israel.
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Van Hollen has also been the most vocal non-leftist critic of the Biden and Trump admin policies of being unconditionally supportive of Israel.
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Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
⭕️ Sen. Chris Van Hollen (@vanhollen.senate.gov) credited for key role in release of US teen from Israeli detention
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
We made it home, now to collapse and get snowed in.
I hope Stella’s excited to play in the snow, 🥲
I hope Stella’s excited to play in the snow, 🥲
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
We made it home, now to collapse and get snowed in.
I hope Stella’s excited to play in the snow, 🥲
I hope Stella’s excited to play in the snow, 🥲
Usually, I have to agonize about making decisions regarding winter travel, but the meteorologists pretty much doing it for me lolsob
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Usually, I have to agonize about making decisions regarding winter travel, but the meteorologists pretty much doing it for me lolsob
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and importantly frodo _fails_ to destroy the ring. The lesson is: Try
December 31, 2023 at 3:27 AM
and importantly frodo _fails_ to destroy the ring. The lesson is: Try
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One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
You can be as terrified or nonplussed or unperturbed as you like; the sun will still rise tomorrow & the rent will still be due on the 31st. The world has no romantic narratives for its fate except those we invent, because the world does not die. That is our privilege.
I said it elsewhere, but it’s weirdly exhilarating and addictive to be terrified all the time, and the people addicted to it, when they say this, may as well be saying “I can stop at any time, it’s just the world doing this *to* me.”
December 31, 2023 at 3:23 AM
One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
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I can only think of one person for whom this is true and it’s Stephen Miller, who for some reason will not rest till the US reproduces the violent xenophobia that made his and my ancestors flee eastern Europe. The rest of his family seems normal, though
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I can only think of one person for whom this is true and it’s Stephen Miller, who for some reason will not rest till the US reproduces the violent xenophobia that made his and my ancestors flee eastern Europe. The rest of his family seems normal, though
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Daily bunny no.3152 has lots of leftovers
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Daily bunny no.3152 has lots of leftovers
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(Also: the man uses archaisms like “Third World countries” in reference to global affairs as readily as he invokes “inner cities” here in the U.S. In both contexts, it’s crystal clear what — who — he means.)
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
(Also: the man uses archaisms like “Third World countries” in reference to global affairs as readily as he invokes “inner cities” here in the U.S. In both contexts, it’s crystal clear what — who — he means.)
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Nothing says Thanksgiving quite like insisting that immigrants have no place here, and that new arrivals to North America “non-compatible” with the civilization they found here must be driven out.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Nothing says Thanksgiving quite like insisting that immigrants have no place here, and that new arrivals to North America “non-compatible” with the civilization they found here must be driven out.
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My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom
Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom
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They'll build a statue to the first reporter who tells this old dumbass to eat shit on camera
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They'll build a statue to the first reporter who tells this old dumbass to eat shit on camera
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Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.