The Bookwench 🇨🇦🐱🏳️🌈
@shiftercat.bsky.social
Another cis feminist for trans rights. She/her. Not quite a crone. Bad-faith arguments get you muted, slurs get you blocked. I repost a lot of geekery, some of it NSFW.
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Beginning a master thread of reference threads. Expect more additions in the future.
Until Bluesky has a Pin function, I may have to bookmark this manually.
Until Bluesky has a Pin function, I may have to bookmark this manually.
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my favorite passage of his
We shed as we pick up.
[farewell to the master]
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
my favorite passage of his
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
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a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
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I love this book!!!! Get one!
Special discount until December 7! 🧪
Grab yourself or a friend a signed/personalized copy of OUT THERE: THE SCIENCE BEHIND SCI-FI FILM & TV with a foreword from astronaut Mae Jemison...
...and support a indie filmmaker (me!) at the same time.
20% off with code SCIENCE:
patreon.com/arielwaldman
Grab yourself or a friend a signed/personalized copy of OUT THERE: THE SCIENCE BEHIND SCI-FI FILM & TV with a foreword from astronaut Mae Jemison...
...and support a indie filmmaker (me!) at the same time.
20% off with code SCIENCE:
patreon.com/arielwaldman
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I love this book!!!! Get one!
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I am allowed to fail students for AI use, and I do, and I say I will, repeatedly and emphatically. As a result, I wind up having to fail very few students for AI use.
I read the thread and know why they're not failing the students. They gotta let colleges fail the students for the sake of the curriculum and other students
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I am allowed to fail students for AI use, and I do, and I say I will, repeatedly and emphatically. As a result, I wind up having to fail very few students for AI use.
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Democrats should commit now to disregarding any presidential pardons issued before charges have been filed. Whether or not Trump tries to sign blanket pardons for officials like Hegseth, they should be arrested as soon as Trump leaves office.
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Democrats should commit now to disregarding any presidential pardons issued before charges have been filed. Whether or not Trump tries to sign blanket pardons for officials like Hegseth, they should be arrested as soon as Trump leaves office.
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Now I’ve got a new boiler … I’ve got to pay for it… I’ve worked out that I need to sell:
23 cat sofas or
80 foot stools or
199 lap mats
You know what to do.. craftysharp.etsy.com
23 cat sofas or
80 foot stools or
199 lap mats
You know what to do.. craftysharp.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Now I’ve got a new boiler … I’ve got to pay for it… I’ve worked out that I need to sell:
23 cat sofas or
80 foot stools or
199 lap mats
You know what to do.. craftysharp.etsy.com
23 cat sofas or
80 foot stools or
199 lap mats
You know what to do.. craftysharp.etsy.com
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Some Brits protest hotel refugees, others hold Santa grotto's for their kids...
This is my friend Suzi. If you can help her Mum with this event, please do:
This is my friend Suzi. If you can help her Mum with this event, please do:
My mum is President of a local Rotary Club & she’s holding a Santa’s grotto for the 250 children of a hotel housing refugees. They need help fundraising. If you’d like to help you can donate with this info:
Business Name: Rotary Benevolent
Sort: 30-97-17
Acc No: 39241560
Ref: Refugees Presents
Business Name: Rotary Benevolent
Sort: 30-97-17
Acc No: 39241560
Ref: Refugees Presents
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Some Brits protest hotel refugees, others hold Santa grotto's for their kids...
This is my friend Suzi. If you can help her Mum with this event, please do:
This is my friend Suzi. If you can help her Mum with this event, please do:
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Good morning from Ophelia who is looking very grown up today and had to suffer through SO MANY little head kisses after I took this photo.
If you look closely you can see her Big Girl tattoo in her ear!
If you look closely you can see her Big Girl tattoo in her ear!
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Good morning from Ophelia who is looking very grown up today and had to suffer through SO MANY little head kisses after I took this photo.
If you look closely you can see her Big Girl tattoo in her ear!
If you look closely you can see her Big Girl tattoo in her ear!
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Discuss.
I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Discuss.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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I should also specify that fantasy romance and romantasy of any spice level is welcome! I'm very familiar with romance story beats as both a writer and editor and edit spicy series already. That's totally fine too!
Hey, I'm looking to take on one short story or novella as a freelance editor. (less than 50K words)
Especially interested in fantasy, romance, queer, and trans stories. Experienced in localization as well. More details to follow.
Especially interested in fantasy, romance, queer, and trans stories. Experienced in localization as well. More details to follow.
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I should also specify that fantasy romance and romantasy of any spice level is welcome! I'm very familiar with romance story beats as both a writer and editor and edit spicy series already. That's totally fine too!
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The people pointing out this is yet another example of Republicans only taking bigotry seriously when it affects them directly are right—but this state senator is still showing more spine and self-respect than most Republicans these days. It’s an extremely low bar but also, this is a good sign.
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The people pointing out this is yet another example of Republicans only taking bigotry seriously when it affects them directly are right—but this state senator is still showing more spine and self-respect than most Republicans these days. It’s an extremely low bar but also, this is a good sign.
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Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
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-The Clockmaker.
2013.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
48”x48”.
-Father Time.
2016.
Oil and pencil on wood.
24”x36”.
Two approaches for the same idea. The first is still the largest piece I’ve done and donated in 2014.
The second was for a show I had in Indianapolis in 2015.
2013.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
48”x48”.
-Father Time.
2016.
Oil and pencil on wood.
24”x36”.
Two approaches for the same idea. The first is still the largest piece I’ve done and donated in 2014.
The second was for a show I had in Indianapolis in 2015.
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
-The Clockmaker.
2013.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
48”x48”.
-Father Time.
2016.
Oil and pencil on wood.
24”x36”.
Two approaches for the same idea. The first is still the largest piece I’ve done and donated in 2014.
The second was for a show I had in Indianapolis in 2015.
2013.
Oil and pencil on canvas.
48”x48”.
-Father Time.
2016.
Oil and pencil on wood.
24”x36”.
Two approaches for the same idea. The first is still the largest piece I’ve done and donated in 2014.
The second was for a show I had in Indianapolis in 2015.
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Back in the 2000s, when we said the slapstick insanity of the George Bush II admin and the wormlike obedience of the British state was an obvious stepping stone towards fascism, this was said to be proof of The Terrifying Derangement Of The Left.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Back in the 2000s, when we said the slapstick insanity of the George Bush II admin and the wormlike obedience of the British state was an obvious stepping stone towards fascism, this was said to be proof of The Terrifying Derangement Of The Left.
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I have now served a stint as a grant adjudicator. It was stressful & a bit of a bloodbath. Not sure I want to ever do that again, but it was certainly educational. There's nowhere near enough money to go to all the deserving artists. Tax the rich and bring about UBI already.
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I have now served a stint as a grant adjudicator. It was stressful & a bit of a bloodbath. Not sure I want to ever do that again, but it was certainly educational. There's nowhere near enough money to go to all the deserving artists. Tax the rich and bring about UBI already.
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It’s an exaggeration to say the key driving force of recent reactionary politics was important people discovering that the public do not in fact like or respect them, then going *absolutely apeshit* when they discovered there are hard limits on their own behaviour. But it isn’t a wild exaggeration.
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It’s an exaggeration to say the key driving force of recent reactionary politics was important people discovering that the public do not in fact like or respect them, then going *absolutely apeshit* when they discovered there are hard limits on their own behaviour. But it isn’t a wild exaggeration.
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man idk if I'm just seeing it for the first time or what, but it feels like the last few days have been such a hard turn with republicans being willing to just tell this admin to go fuck themselves. I don't think this was happening before?
I mean, as fighting words as it gets here from a GOP official against the White House.
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
man idk if I'm just seeing it for the first time or what, but it feels like the last few days have been such a hard turn with republicans being willing to just tell this admin to go fuck themselves. I don't think this was happening before?
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Do you want an apparition that can walk through walls or not
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Do you want an apparition that can walk through walls or not
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There is, appropriately, a LOT of Lord Byron baked into @realgdt.bsky.social ‘s Victor & I love all the metatextual layers his Frankenstein has
I’m a purist, but every single change made for a better story and – I dare say – a far truer tale to the spirit of Mary’s original than anything yet
I’m a purist, but every single change made for a better story and – I dare say – a far truer tale to the spirit of Mary’s original than anything yet
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
There is, appropriately, a LOT of Lord Byron baked into @realgdt.bsky.social ‘s Victor & I love all the metatextual layers his Frankenstein has
I’m a purist, but every single change made for a better story and – I dare say – a far truer tale to the spirit of Mary’s original than anything yet
I’m a purist, but every single change made for a better story and – I dare say – a far truer tale to the spirit of Mary’s original than anything yet
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Love this guy
"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Love this guy
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I spent a lot of time talking about Joe Sacco in my classes. He was chronicling Palestine in comics form well before anyone else. His work is amazing to look at and if youre not familiar with him you should look him up. Really wishing i could go to this
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I spent a lot of time talking about Joe Sacco in my classes. He was chronicling Palestine in comics form well before anyone else. His work is amazing to look at and if youre not familiar with him you should look him up. Really wishing i could go to this
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ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!