Aunt Hortense (acquitted)
@aunthortense.bsky.social
Calcium and spite // cryptid // professional naysayer
…ok so who is running against Katie Clark because let’s face it the entirety of leadership needs to get chucked out with extreme prejudice. May the closing door give some added momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
…ok so who is running against Katie Clark because let’s face it the entirety of leadership needs to get chucked out with extreme prejudice. May the closing door give some added momentum.
You lost this bullshit game of chicken, just own up to it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You lost this bullshit game of chicken, just own up to it.
The Milquetoast Muster
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Milquetoast Muster
Hey wait isn’t this like, an immensely blatant violation of religious liberty?
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hey wait isn’t this like, an immensely blatant violation of religious liberty?
If you want to talk about putting potentially compromising information in the worst possible hands…
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
If you want to talk about putting potentially compromising information in the worst possible hands…
New UFO just dropped
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
October 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New UFO just dropped
Fandom friends I have just finished S2 of Interview with the Vampire and OH MY FUCKING GOD 😳 🫠 🪦
October 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Fandom friends I have just finished S2 of Interview with the Vampire and OH MY FUCKING GOD 😳 🫠 🪦
Pornography being a perennial bulwark for artist’s rights never gets old and never stops being funny.
apple.news/A0GTi37pjSDq...
apple.news/A0GTi37pjSDq...
Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says — Ars Technica
Lawsuit: Meta may have seeded porn to minors while hiding piracy for AI training.
apple.news
July 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Pornography being a perennial bulwark for artist’s rights never gets old and never stops being funny.
apple.news/A0GTi37pjSDq...
apple.news/A0GTi37pjSDq...
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New Sumerian myth just dropped
News - Newly Deciphered Cuneiform Tablet Contains Unknown Sumerian Myth - Archaeology Magazine
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—A riveting lost Sumerian myth was recently rediscovered thanks to University of Chicago Sumerologist […]
archaeology.org
July 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New Sumerian myth just dropped
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It's working.
Keep calling.
Keep calling.
UKIE doesn’t seem too pleased with payment processors in the Steam / itchio / Collective Shout situation. Sounds like they feel MasterCard & Visa are de facto questioning PEGI’s credibility
www.gamesindustry.biz/ukie-respond...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ukie-respond...
UKIE responds to adult games being pulled from Steam and itch.io after pressure from payment providers
"We believe payment providers and platforms alike should have confidence in trusted age rating systems"
www.gamesindustry.biz
July 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It's working.
Keep calling.
Keep calling.
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
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2) Tradwife is a fetish. Not a sociopolitical position/preference.
July 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
2) Tradwife is a fetish. Not a sociopolitical position/preference.
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I feel like we owe Kojima an apology because he’s like “This is my villain, Corrupto Moneyguy. He controls the media and eats children.” As it turns out, this is a nuanced and accurate view of global politics.
July 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I feel like we owe Kojima an apology because he’s like “This is my villain, Corrupto Moneyguy. He controls the media and eats children.” As it turns out, this is a nuanced and accurate view of global politics.
The worst thing in the world to acknowledge is that perhaps, yes, it is you. You are the problem. Maybe you don’t mean it. Maybe you didn’t care at the time. Still—it was you the whole time.
July 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The worst thing in the world to acknowledge is that perhaps, yes, it is you. You are the problem. Maybe you don’t mean it. Maybe you didn’t care at the time. Still—it was you the whole time.
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WGBH building in Boston today
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
WGBH building in Boston today
Ok but they’re still going to run a full tox panel, right?
July 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Ok but they’re still going to run a full tox panel, right?
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It struck the deep-seated insecurity in the hearts of the wealthy, that they are that way first because of luck, and second because the government stepped in to make sure they didn't ruin themselves financially out of incompetence. This is why rich people vote Republican, not taxes.
The reaction to Obama’s “you didn’t build that” comment was a lights are flashing red moment in retrospect.
trump’s big beautiful bill is designed to family annihilate the united states
July 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It struck the deep-seated insecurity in the hearts of the wealthy, that they are that way first because of luck, and second because the government stepped in to make sure they didn't ruin themselves financially out of incompetence. This is why rich people vote Republican, not taxes.
Modern: “Why are men?”
Vintage: “All Bachelors are, and many are worse still.”
Vintage: “All Bachelors are, and many are worse still.”
July 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Modern: “Why are men?”
Vintage: “All Bachelors are, and many are worse still.”
Vintage: “All Bachelors are, and many are worse still.”
Broski what the hell else have you been rubber stamping in your career to think that other people don’t take this shit seriously?
FDA Commissioner Makary: "The day of rubber-stamping covid vaccines for young healthy kids is over. You cannot send us an application for a new covid booster each year with no new updated clinical trial data and expect the FDA to just blindly rubber-stamp it ... people don't trust us."
May 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Broski what the hell else have you been rubber stamping in your career to think that other people don’t take this shit seriously?
Art frens, is Procreate worth it? It’s been a while since I learned new art things and it looks cool
May 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Art frens, is Procreate worth it? It’s been a while since I learned new art things and it looks cool
New Zealand’s parliament needs to put on their big kid pants, find some intestinal fortitude and look long and hard in the mirror.
Get over yourselves you massive babies. A fist wrapped in velvet is still a fist and don’t you dare forget it.
Get over yourselves you massive babies. A fist wrapped in velvet is still a fist and don’t you dare forget it.
A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Māori lawmakers for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber last year.
New Zealand's Parliament will debate suspending Māori lawmakers who performed a protest haka
Three lawmakers performed the chanting dance of challenge last year to oppose a controversial bill that would have redefined the country’s founding document.
nbcnews.to
May 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
New Zealand’s parliament needs to put on their big kid pants, find some intestinal fortitude and look long and hard in the mirror.
Get over yourselves you massive babies. A fist wrapped in velvet is still a fist and don’t you dare forget it.
Get over yourselves you massive babies. A fist wrapped in velvet is still a fist and don’t you dare forget it.
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“The purpose of education is so you can get a good job”
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
May 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“The purpose of education is so you can get a good job”
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
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I have an activist friend who often repeats this quote: I’m not an ally. I’m an accomplice.
God, I love that.
God, I love that.
May 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I have an activist friend who often repeats this quote: I’m not an ally. I’m an accomplice.
God, I love that.
God, I love that.