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Janitor, genre writer, other things. Libertarian Socialism will win. She/Her. Got a New Mutants podcast called Certified Refurbished Mutants coming 2025. Please be careful when crossing the street.

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zhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 5d

For October 8th, a classic Saki short with bite!

Do one thing for me, Sredni Vashtar...

www.classicshorts.com/stories/vash...

Sredni Vashtar--H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916)

This Web site is dedicated to the wonderful world of the short story and to all who enjoy reading shorts stories as I do. I will try to add a few short stories every month.

www.classicshorts.com

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jessica BONEStown @midnightmasseffect.bsky.social · 1h

Galactus and her husband Guylactus.

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The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 2h

I’ll give it one more shot, what the hey.

The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 14h

Any of y’all kind souls wanna treat a humble Canadian to some turkey?

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The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 2h

I really need this strike to resolve before I run outta weed gummies, cos I ain’t crossing no picket line.

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ceej @ceej.online · Aug 30

my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy

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Rain 雨 @rain.starts.quest · 2h

portable dvd players are really cool

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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 2d

a lot of people need to learn the lesson "advice given to a general audience and not you specifically does not necessarily have to account for you, a stranger's, specific circumstances and isn't a personal insult against you if it doesn't." its clearly not learned naturally, please take the time.

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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 2d

like, I get it. it can be frustrating if you're suffering or struggling in some way and you see general advice that you've already tried or that seems, or is, impossible for you, especially if you feel alone and isolated. but "abstractly frustrating" is not the same as "a personal insult."

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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 1d

“atheism is responsible for trump! atheism is responsible for gamergate!” what life must be like for you, unable to meaningfully parse the events around you, but chiming in anyway. contributing nothing of value yet getting put on my feed all the same. your world must be fascinating and stupid.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 5h

Reading Miss Majors Speaks was an incredibly moving experience last year. I can't recommend this book enough for those unfamiliar with her work.

Rest in peace 🖤

Miss Major Speaks Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary by Toshio Meronek and Miss Major

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13h

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 15h

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 8h

A few messages seen today in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood

A poster on a pole next to a street says:
“ICE YOU ARE NOT INVISIBLE
!RECORD!
!RECORD!
!RECORD!
NAZI RATS LEAVE OUR CITY”

A stack of posters featuring a hammer-wielding figure with the stars of the Chicago wrapped around his torso. It says:
“I PREFER MY ICE CRUSHED. END IMMIGRATION ARRESTS, DEFEND OUR SANCTUARY”

A sign in a store window says: “WE DON’T [SERVE is crossed out] FEED ICE OR PIGS! even if you steal this sign”

The words “ICE OUT” are written in chalk on a sidewalk.

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Woltergeist II: The Other Side @wolter.bsky.social · 4h

I won’t even tell you most of the things you think are capitalism are just commerce! Because I’m not here to change your minds that hard!

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Woltergeist II: The Other Side @wolter.bsky.social · 4h

Musk is not you, if you hit a big opportunity. He’s a spoiled, racist rich kid who had enough money to be able to handily make more by being an aggressive sonovabitch who could hire PR to tell the rest of us he was a genius. He is your enemy. Always. Even if you’re a true believer in capitalism.

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Woltergeist II: The Other Side @wolter.bsky.social · 5h

Look, I’m a dirty anarchocommie fringe weirdo, but even I think it would be healthier for most regular Americans who aren’t and will never be to at least realize the difference between “worked hard and was prosperous enough to be free from want” to “has enough money we have to hear from him always.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 13h

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 13h

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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zhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 16h

2 X-Men #24s

One for me, one for Kimmy!

Two copies of X-Men 24 with an iconic rogue and gambit embrace cover by Andy Kubert

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zhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 2h

I've given up on that ever happening so i create little nuggets for people to munch on and chill out

zhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 2h

It's incredibly easy to fix the Colossus/Kitty age gap issue by saying Piotr lied about his age. If you worry that means the bereaved ladies he had a threesome with in the Savage Land or Sasjzi (or whatever-her-name was) were predators we can find workarounds for that too.

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The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 1d

Also can we talk about how insane it is to act like consumers have some social obligation to “find a use” for a new product, rather than the onus being on products designers to make useful shit?

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 1d

How it started: How it’s going:

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Vivian Moira Vampire @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 14h

Isabel Giovanni

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zhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 3h

Hmmm... on the first date I mention the unfinished Classics degree, blink my eyes and say the saddest part is that I never found out how Rome ended and see what they say?

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The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 6h

this is your dharma

A Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town · 7h

Twin Peaks: Outside Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department.

Outside Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department. Twin Peaks S01E05 - The One-Armed Man.

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zhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 3h

(But I am not playing a gotcha game here, men's eating disorders need more attention. personally speaking, a good friend in my teens developed anorexia initially triggered around making his wrestling weight)

zhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 3h

I must add that eating disorder culture for women is also aspirational, unless it admits it's eating disorder culture - that's what gets bans and has to go underground, much diet culture for women is still highly disordered "wellness!"

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J i j i ✶ @ NYCC C-30 @jijidraws.art · 3h

Madam Bones and her companion
😌🖤✨ #art

An illustration of a beautiful curvy gothic pinup embracing a skeleton who is holding her from behind.

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 5h

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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