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Rita Briar she/they

@ritabriar.bsky.social

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Writer of SFF, Secretary of WisCon, gardener USian told to be white; bisexual and non-binary For: kittens & kindness; Against: kierarchy & prison Pic alt: self-portrait in brush pen Banner alt: eclipse pic from pi day 2025

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 4d

Also! Forgot to reblog at the time, but Kari visited and got this fantastic photo op!

Full name Elspeth di Marshmallow, known here as Mallow!

Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 10d

I visited Elspeth-Marshmallow.

A pretty colourpoint cat with white feet sits like a Bast statue in front of a collapsed cat bed.

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 4d

I took this cat friend to the vet yesterday, and they helped her out a bunch!

If you can (only if it's comfy for you!) could you help her person cover the cost?

Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 5d

Ok! So!

Puca is not being TERRIBLE but she needs to be sedated for a proper exam. That, vaccinations, some labs, some antibiotics, and a steroid shot came to 495.

I know we're all strained, but if you like Puca, you can help us help her.
ko-fi.com/karidru

Support Karidru ❤️

Become a supporter of Karidru today!

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 4d

Mallow. It's Mallow.

Still of Mallow eating crunchy from a home made puzzle bottle. There's a cat-ion pun sticker showing in this one. The cat looks a bit like her.

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 4d

Guess who's getting another growth spurt?!

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 7d

The nice thing is that when a dude claims women aren't into [practically any hobby], he's telling us all that the women who are into it have pre-screened him for us

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 7d

"Women are not usually into science fiction"is legitimately one of the stupidest, most divorced from reality sentences I have ever read in my life

Earl Grey: 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 @earlgreymemes.club · 8d

okay grandpa, let's get you to bed

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 7d

Oh, here we go! He didn't change because it wasn't his dream.
*whispers* nailed it

Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 7d

Maybe I could go deep on this one, if the mc had changed even a little.

Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 7d

Hopefully y'all don't need to hear that people should be able to live and talk about their lives. If you do, then I'll add that as they run out of victims, the definitions of cishet, white, and able-bodied will change.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 7d

Artists of all walks:

Once you open "porn" up for removal, or acceptable removal, based upon a moving scale of gray morality, everyone's work is fair game. Everyone's. Because just being queer? Is considered by many perverse. Even if everyone has their clothes on, perverse.

Protect. Porn.

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 7d

The blocking around the end of the president's dream was an echo of helping Buddy save himself.

#horrorwatch

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 7d

There's the work dream! #horrorwatch

Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 7d

Kinda loving the video game music for the chase scene in this horror film
#horrorwatch

Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 7d

Getting a little bit of a late start, but maybe I won't get ads since I haven't used tubi lately
#horrorwatch

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 8d

the grandmas in my Discord who have been drawing sexy Kirk/Spock art since the days when they had to get their reference materials by going to adult bookstores and buying gay porn magazines in black wrappers from the back room would like a word

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ghoul-chujung 👻 @gochujung.bsky.social · 7d

You can donate to the Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund to help buy out a local street vendor’s cart for the day. They’ve partnered with a bike patrol / cycling solidarity group, which rides around buying out the inventory then distributing the food at homeless & unhoused encampments & shelters.

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 7d

Today's cautious block:
3.8k follows in

7 days of posting
(5 posts, all news links)

Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 7d

When men move fast and break things, it's never their own things.

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WisCon on Bluesky @wiscon.bsky.social · 8d

Hey you. Yes, you! Want to volunteer for a feminist, inclusive SFF convention? wiscon.net/volunteer/co...
#WisConCommunity #WisCon #WisCon2026 #FeministSFF #Volunteer

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 9d

Look, Microsoft, I will switch to Linux if you press. Lay off about 11

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Kaitlin Sundling @kaitlinsundling.bsky.social · 22d

Updated COVID and Influenza Vaccines Available Now in Wisconsin. Listen to my 2-minute audio commentary and find more resources on our WCHA substack. Please share this information widely!
wcha.substack.com/p/updated-co...

An photo of a sunrise from the Garner Park path forms a backdrop for white text: Updated COVID and Influenza Vaccines Available Now in Wisconsin; State order expands COVID vaccine access and insurance coverage to include all people 6 months and up; getting the latest vaccines and masking protect against infection; wcha.substack.com

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 17d

Wow! Caaaaake!!

Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 21d

She is best kitten
(So are all other cats)

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 21d

*grumble* science cosplayers *grumble*

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 21d

Sadly, I had a tubi problem and only got the word "tendrils" from the whole explanation
And also, I guarantee no matter what that wannbe scientist said, plants communicate much weirder than that!

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Rita Briar she/they @ritabriar.bsky.social · 21d

Yeah, I did that! A little too shy to do more than like a few posts, tho

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