Sascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now
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Author of The Dawnhounds and The Sunforge (Saga Press). Kāi Tahu/Kāti Huirapa. Rep: @arleysorg.bsky.social. She/her/ia. Header by @layahimalaya.bsky.social
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yo you should read my books, if The Locked Tomb is a goth girl they're her punk friend who reeks of tobacco
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Mazes are so weird, “I wanna get lost but don’t want to go far”
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Mazes are so weird, “I wanna get lost but don’t want to go far”
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Support this open letter written by trans and takatāpui rangatahi: "To be transgender or takatāpui is a taonga. To deny our young people access to life-saving medication on the basis of an imported culture war is cruel and abhorrent."
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Reverse the decision to deny transgender and takatāpui young people access to puberty blockers
Dear Minister Simeon Brown
We write to you as transgender and takatāpui young people of Aotearoa New Zealand to ask you to reconsider your decision to ban the use of puberty blockers (gonadotropin-re...
our.actionstation.org.nz
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Support this open letter written by trans and takatāpui rangatahi: "To be transgender or takatāpui is a taonga. To deny our young people access to life-saving medication on the basis of an imported culture war is cruel and abhorrent."
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
look, new zealand, im trying to convince everybody that we're not actually twee and ridiculous can we not do things like "robber swallows james bond themed faberge egg and the police have to spend a week monitoring his asshole"
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
look, new zealand, im trying to convince everybody that we're not actually twee and ridiculous can we not do things like "robber swallows james bond themed faberge egg and the police have to spend a week monitoring his asshole"
found a creature
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
found a creature
Take me to trurtch (train church)
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Take me to trurtch (train church)
Butchers’ Shop sign from the 60s, showing a capitalist in his true form, begging to be devoured
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Butchers’ Shop sign from the 60s, showing a capitalist in his true form, begging to be devoured
lads I thought we were very clear, this is how you LOSE the time war
December 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
lads I thought we were very clear, this is how you LOSE the time war
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One of the best NZ fiction starter packs - get amongst
If you’ve ever been published in takahē, we want to add you to our starter pack! Leave us a comment or DM 🖤
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December 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One of the best NZ fiction starter packs - get amongst
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An updated list. Some I missed, some have released statements since I released the original list.
Medical orgs in support of the ban remains at 0.
Medical orgs in support of the ban remains at 0.
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
An updated list. Some I missed, some have released statements since I released the original list.
Medical orgs in support of the ban remains at 0.
Medical orgs in support of the ban remains at 0.
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I am so fucking tired of being told "We're sorry we have to strip you of dignity and exclude your kind ): Really it's so hard on us ):"
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I am so fucking tired of being told "We're sorry we have to strip you of dignity and exclude your kind ): Really it's so hard on us ):"
genuinely cannot tell whether "SLAMS" being the verb for any time anybody says anything negative is a sign of AI or just really lazy subeditors
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
genuinely cannot tell whether "SLAMS" being the verb for any time anybody says anything negative is a sign of AI or just really lazy subeditors
god imagine being Bethesda, you go "look we're delaying TE6, the thing everybody actually wants, but the thing we're delaying it for is gonna be mindblowing, it's gonna change the whole SCENE" then you put out Starfield, a game most of you forgot existed until just now
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
god imagine being Bethesda, you go "look we're delaying TE6, the thing everybody actually wants, but the thing we're delaying it for is gonna be mindblowing, it's gonna change the whole SCENE" then you put out Starfield, a game most of you forgot existed until just now
you know i really don't have time for it but i kinda wanna write a space opera
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
you know i really don't have time for it but i kinda wanna write a space opera
BALDURS GATE 3 SPOILERS: okay look I know it might've given the game away but Withers canonically has a head more like a praying mantis than a human, and that's such a freaky design beat, I think they should've kept it
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
BALDURS GATE 3 SPOILERS: okay look I know it might've given the game away but Withers canonically has a head more like a praying mantis than a human, and that's such a freaky design beat, I think they should've kept it
the democrats can afford the best political advisors in the world and still somehow ended up on "Strong Floor, No Ceiling", a slogan that makes it sound like you're gonna get rained on
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE HOUSE, GUYS
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE HOUSE, GUYS
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
the democrats can afford the best political advisors in the world and still somehow ended up on "Strong Floor, No Ceiling", a slogan that makes it sound like you're gonna get rained on
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE HOUSE, GUYS
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE HOUSE, GUYS
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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I'm always confused when writers change the plot because a reader figured out what was coming. Surely that's good? Surely that means the breadcrumbs have been laid out appropriately?
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I'm always confused when writers change the plot because a reader figured out what was coming. Surely that's good? Surely that means the breadcrumbs have been laid out appropriately?
she doesn't even CITE the Bible. this is baseline college essay stuff, if it's a source, you need to cite it. aren't these people meant to be GOOD at citing chapter and verse?
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
she doesn't even CITE the Bible. this is baseline college essay stuff, if it's a source, you need to cite it. aren't these people meant to be GOOD at citing chapter and verse?
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okay but hear me out here, what if instead of being about two gorgeous 22 year olds who like to fuck it was about two gorgeous 22 years looking for their lost cat in the alps and—
but this? shut the fuck up. guess what, my man, gorgeous young 22 year olds like to fuck. And queer people deserve love stories that are sexy and horny. a "chaste kiss" please be for real.
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
okay but hear me out here, what if instead of being about two gorgeous 22 year olds who like to fuck it was about two gorgeous 22 years looking for their lost cat in the alps and—
a lot of people are making fun of the Assassins' Creed/Attack on Titan crossover DLC because it's a silly concept and I don't think enough people are focusing on "by completing this DLC you unlock the ability to pay for its cosmetic DLC"
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
a lot of people are making fun of the Assassins' Creed/Attack on Titan crossover DLC because it's a silly concept and I don't think enough people are focusing on "by completing this DLC you unlock the ability to pay for its cosmetic DLC"