Aubrey Jones
@aubreyjones.bsky.social
Genderqueer, anarchist, autistic author of pulp fantasy; a deserter from the trenches of tech; addicted to making. (they/any)
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Aubrey Jones
@aubreyjones.bsky.social
· Aug 16
Idle Hands -- The Jackson Grey Situation #1 by Aubrey Jones
A neo-noir urban fantasy of rebellion, rage, pleasure, and infernal power.
aubreyjones.itch.io
Idle Hands
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🌈 Queer femme protagonist
✨ (Queer trans author)
🔬 Brilliant scientist
💔 Betrayal
😈 Deal with the Devil
🔥 Dramatic infernal powers
🔫 Tight gunplay
🩸 Bloody revenge
💸 Anti-capitalist
🔔 Philadelphia
🧠 Neurodivergent characters
🌟 (ND author)
🌶️ Dash of spice
🖤 Gritty, sensual noir
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🌈 Queer femme protagonist
✨ (Queer trans author)
🔬 Brilliant scientist
💔 Betrayal
😈 Deal with the Devil
🔥 Dramatic infernal powers
🔫 Tight gunplay
🩸 Bloody revenge
💸 Anti-capitalist
🔔 Philadelphia
🧠 Neurodivergent characters
🌟 (ND author)
🌶️ Dash of spice
🖤 Gritty, sensual noir
I, too, am impressed at how much Mark Twain's father learned in 7 years.
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I, too, am impressed at how much Mark Twain's father learned in 7 years.
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It be hard out out here for the alt text scolds. Especially without Link now. But I see you out there getting attacked for suggesting users post accessibly. I hear your pain. I am one of you.
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It be hard out out here for the alt text scolds. Especially without Link now. But I see you out there getting attacked for suggesting users post accessibly. I hear your pain. I am one of you.
The age of majority ("being 18") has nothing to do with protecting children because we don't protect children.
Under capitalism, the age of majority simply specifies the term of the indentured service labor your parents are granted by the state in exchange for producing another consumer-labor unit.
Under capitalism, the age of majority simply specifies the term of the indentured service labor your parents are granted by the state in exchange for producing another consumer-labor unit.
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The age of majority ("being 18") has nothing to do with protecting children because we don't protect children.
Under capitalism, the age of majority simply specifies the term of the indentured service labor your parents are granted by the state in exchange for producing another consumer-labor unit.
Under capitalism, the age of majority simply specifies the term of the indentured service labor your parents are granted by the state in exchange for producing another consumer-labor unit.
Does anybody know an English slang term for "to swindle" or "to be swindled" that isn't racist?
"con" isn't quite right since it implies that the swindle involved outright deception, versus just exploitation of superior knowledge or whatever.
"con" isn't quite right since it implies that the swindle involved outright deception, versus just exploitation of superior knowledge or whatever.
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Does anybody know an English slang term for "to swindle" or "to be swindled" that isn't racist?
"con" isn't quite right since it implies that the swindle involved outright deception, versus just exploitation of superior knowledge or whatever.
"con" isn't quite right since it implies that the swindle involved outright deception, versus just exploitation of superior knowledge or whatever.
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Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’
AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
nymag.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
This is the beauty of gloryholes. You can have your little fantasy, I can have my little fantasy, and neither of us has to acknowledge the other as anything but an object.
the person on the other side of this gloryhole doesn't know i'm in full clown makeup and attire
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This is the beauty of gloryholes. You can have your little fantasy, I can have my little fantasy, and neither of us has to acknowledge the other as anything but an object.
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Again, I would love to have conversations about art and how important it is for the human soul, but not with people who demand cheap-to-free labor from working class artists while having a ton of expensive corporate nerd shit in the background
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Again, I would love to have conversations about art and how important it is for the human soul, but not with people who demand cheap-to-free labor from working class artists while having a ton of expensive corporate nerd shit in the background
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I feel that over the last two years I have personally experienced the way social pressures to make conditions better for minorities in STEM have evaporated and while it’s understandable that people are distracted, it’s not acceptable that people are using that as an excuse
November 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I feel that over the last two years I have personally experienced the way social pressures to make conditions better for minorities in STEM have evaporated and while it’s understandable that people are distracted, it’s not acceptable that people are using that as an excuse
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do you have any movie quotes you say a lot but are now at the point that no one gets the reference?
Mine are:
Love your body, Larry
Mighty fine cereal flakes, mrs. mcdonough a
and whenever I hear or see the word refund I yell "REFUND? REFUND!!?!"
Mine are:
Love your body, Larry
Mighty fine cereal flakes, mrs. mcdonough a
and whenever I hear or see the word refund I yell "REFUND? REFUND!!?!"
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
do you have any movie quotes you say a lot but are now at the point that no one gets the reference?
Mine are:
Love your body, Larry
Mighty fine cereal flakes, mrs. mcdonough a
and whenever I hear or see the word refund I yell "REFUND? REFUND!!?!"
Mine are:
Love your body, Larry
Mighty fine cereal flakes, mrs. mcdonough a
and whenever I hear or see the word refund I yell "REFUND? REFUND!!?!"
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The dolphins are getting Alzheimer’s from algae blooms
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The dolphins are getting Alzheimer’s from algae blooms
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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One of the creepiest things about how propaganda works is that it doesn't have to be even a little bit true or convincing.
If something is repeated enough a lot of people just start to believe it unconsciously.
They just have to lie more often than you tell the truth and more people believe it
If something is repeated enough a lot of people just start to believe it unconsciously.
They just have to lie more often than you tell the truth and more people believe it
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of the creepiest things about how propaganda works is that it doesn't have to be even a little bit true or convincing.
If something is repeated enough a lot of people just start to believe it unconsciously.
They just have to lie more often than you tell the truth and more people believe it
If something is repeated enough a lot of people just start to believe it unconsciously.
They just have to lie more often than you tell the truth and more people believe it
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Child marriage is heinous, but one thing I never see brought up in those discussions is that if you are under 18, you cannot file for divorce. If you are under 18 and married to an adult, they are your legal guardian and make decisions for you. That is not a partnership.
Most Minors Who Are Married Can't File for Divorce — Even if They Want To
The final installment of Wedlocked, our series about child marriage in the U.S., explores divorce.
www.teenvogue.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Child marriage is heinous, but one thing I never see brought up in those discussions is that if you are under 18, you cannot file for divorce. If you are under 18 and married to an adult, they are your legal guardian and make decisions for you. That is not a partnership.
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Just gonna start asking pro-sweeps people if this is what they agree with
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Just gonna start asking pro-sweeps people if this is what they agree with
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“It’s not fascism until its control is total and fear of it is ruling your life” is a take designed to keep you from fighting until it’s too late.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“It’s not fascism until its control is total and fear of it is ruling your life” is a take designed to keep you from fighting until it’s too late.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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I don’t know how to tell people this but more women/BIPOC/LGBTQ artists winning things and gaining popularity was not supposed to be a cute trend and then a return to normality. It was supposed to be progress that we continued making.
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I don’t know how to tell people this but more women/BIPOC/LGBTQ artists winning things and gaining popularity was not supposed to be a cute trend and then a return to normality. It was supposed to be progress that we continued making.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I think a lot about my writing being way too queer for straights to read without remark, and yet not really "about" a common experience of queerness that would appeal to queer readers looking for reflection of that community.
But that's just me... I don't know how to fix it.
But that's just me... I don't know how to fix it.
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I think a lot about my writing being way too queer for straights to read without remark, and yet not really "about" a common experience of queerness that would appeal to queer readers looking for reflection of that community.
But that's just me... I don't know how to fix it.
But that's just me... I don't know how to fix it.
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The thing about the centrist commentators is they think they are the intelligent reasonable people in the room and they don’t like their perceived superiority to us “extremists” being questioned when we call them useless complicit bellends
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The thing about the centrist commentators is they think they are the intelligent reasonable people in the room and they don’t like their perceived superiority to us “extremists” being questioned when we call them useless complicit bellends
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🇺🇦🇹🇷🇷🇴 Shahed attack on a Turkish ship carrying gas, which belongs to a private company, on the border between Romania and Ukraine. An evacuation was announced in the nearby settlement.
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🇺🇦🇹🇷🇷🇴 Shahed attack on a Turkish ship carrying gas, which belongs to a private company, on the border between Romania and Ukraine. An evacuation was announced in the nearby settlement.
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I love the whole "I don't have kids in school anymore, I shouldn't have to pay taxes that go to the public school" argument from people.
It's the classic "I got mine, fuck you."
I have no kids.
I never want kids.
Take more of my tax money and put it towards schools and not cops.
Thank you.
It's the classic "I got mine, fuck you."
I have no kids.
I never want kids.
Take more of my tax money and put it towards schools and not cops.
Thank you.
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I love the whole "I don't have kids in school anymore, I shouldn't have to pay taxes that go to the public school" argument from people.
It's the classic "I got mine, fuck you."
I have no kids.
I never want kids.
Take more of my tax money and put it towards schools and not cops.
Thank you.
It's the classic "I got mine, fuck you."
I have no kids.
I never want kids.
Take more of my tax money and put it towards schools and not cops.
Thank you.
One of the most alienating parts of my autism and OCD is when my brain is torturing me and I need comfort, but then I go ask for comfort and they just freak out on me for having those thoughts. I have to be careful even with a shrink, since they're obligatory cops. Been this way since I was a baby.
November 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
One of the most alienating parts of my autism and OCD is when my brain is torturing me and I need comfort, but then I go ask for comfort and they just freak out on me for having those thoughts. I have to be careful even with a shrink, since they're obligatory cops. Been this way since I was a baby.
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The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
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Oh
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Oh
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I don't expect the bluesky mods to enforce their TOS against government accounts.
But they are the ones who decided to make the social media site where all the autistic people hang out.
"Say what the rules actually are, then apply them like you said you would" is a bare minimum for this crowd.
But they are the ones who decided to make the social media site where all the autistic people hang out.
"Say what the rules actually are, then apply them like you said you would" is a bare minimum for this crowd.
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I don't expect the bluesky mods to enforce their TOS against government accounts.
But they are the ones who decided to make the social media site where all the autistic people hang out.
"Say what the rules actually are, then apply them like you said you would" is a bare minimum for this crowd.
But they are the ones who decided to make the social media site where all the autistic people hang out.
"Say what the rules actually are, then apply them like you said you would" is a bare minimum for this crowd.