Em Ciel
@emciel.bsky.social
I stalk interesting people on here but I only talk about my perversions. Follow at your own risk.
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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
Sigh. I am going to assume this person values lives within and outside of the US equally and was trying to make a point about misinformed assessment by the commentariat of the T’s regime death toll abroad. Framing this in terms of who’s right and who’s wrong dehumanises those killed in these strikes
December 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sigh. I am going to assume this person values lives within and outside of the US equally and was trying to make a point about misinformed assessment by the commentariat of the T’s regime death toll abroad. Framing this in terms of who’s right and who’s wrong dehumanises those killed in these strikes
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As we experience a huge surge of flu cases, a reminder that the widespread usage of masks at the start of the COVID pandemic wiped out a strain of the flu.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines | CNN
For 10 years, Americans have had access to flu shots that protect against four strains of the virus: two A strains and two B strains. Starting this fall, however, all the flu shots distributed in the ...
edition.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
As we experience a huge surge of flu cases, a reminder that the widespread usage of masks at the start of the COVID pandemic wiped out a strain of the flu.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
If you haven’t been masking up lately, now would be a great time to restart.
I thoroughly enjoyed this very sex positive vertical #cdrama.
youtu.be/RDkdShowr0E?...
Also these YouTube titles are getting more incendiary by the day
youtu.be/RDkdShowr0E?...
Also these YouTube titles are getting more incendiary by the day
Forced to Marry A Cold Layer CEO… the Only Thing He Asked Me To Do is.... 😳
YouTube video by Sizzling Romance Reels
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I thoroughly enjoyed this very sex positive vertical #cdrama.
youtu.be/RDkdShowr0E?...
Also these YouTube titles are getting more incendiary by the day
youtu.be/RDkdShowr0E?...
Also these YouTube titles are getting more incendiary by the day
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Queer Palestinian singer Bashar Murad for Vogue Japan, wearing "Intifada Obi" with embroideries by Gazan women, supported by a collective that preserve Palestinian embroidery in kimono designs.
My favorite songs of him are "Maskhara" and "Antenne". Just listened to them today.
📷: Hiroshi Asakura
My favorite songs of him are "Maskhara" and "Antenne". Just listened to them today.
📷: Hiroshi Asakura
October 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Queer Palestinian singer Bashar Murad for Vogue Japan, wearing "Intifada Obi" with embroideries by Gazan women, supported by a collective that preserve Palestinian embroidery in kimono designs.
My favorite songs of him are "Maskhara" and "Antenne". Just listened to them today.
📷: Hiroshi Asakura
My favorite songs of him are "Maskhara" and "Antenne". Just listened to them today.
📷: Hiroshi Asakura
I was doing a count of American presidents mentally unfit for office just in the last century (stroke, Alzheimer’s, age related cognitive declines) the number is alarmingly high.
Is this high prevalence uniquely American?
Is this high prevalence uniquely American?
September 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I was doing a count of American presidents mentally unfit for office just in the last century (stroke, Alzheimer’s, age related cognitive declines) the number is alarmingly high.
Is this high prevalence uniquely American?
Is this high prevalence uniquely American?
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I was part of a working group on AI and Fraternity assembled by the Vatican. We met in Rome and worked on this over two days. I am happy to share the result of that intense effort: a Declaration we presented to the Pope and other government authorities
coexistence.global
coexistence.global
September 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I was part of a working group on AI and Fraternity assembled by the Vatican. We met in Rome and worked on this over two days. I am happy to share the result of that intense effort: a Declaration we presented to the Pope and other government authorities
coexistence.global
coexistence.global
Me, from chaps 01-12, chuckling away at the humour in the novel Offering Salted Fish to the Master aka #WhenDestinyBringsTheDemon
Me, chap 13 😵💫 or literally oh my f** god!
I wasn’t expecting the novel to have an even more horrific back story for the Sima clan that needed censoring in the #cdrama
Me, chap 13 😵💫 or literally oh my f** god!
I wasn’t expecting the novel to have an even more horrific back story for the Sima clan that needed censoring in the #cdrama
September 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Me, from chaps 01-12, chuckling away at the humour in the novel Offering Salted Fish to the Master aka #WhenDestinyBringsTheDemon
Me, chap 13 😵💫 or literally oh my f** god!
I wasn’t expecting the novel to have an even more horrific back story for the Sima clan that needed censoring in the #cdrama
Me, chap 13 😵💫 or literally oh my f** god!
I wasn’t expecting the novel to have an even more horrific back story for the Sima clan that needed censoring in the #cdrama
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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This is a ten minute video broken up into parts for Bluesky from two australian doctors who made it into Gaza. The video starts with them saying the baby formula they brought with them was taken away and that Israel bombing the hospital in front of them and lying about giving warnings
September 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is a ten minute video broken up into parts for Bluesky from two australian doctors who made it into Gaza. The video starts with them saying the baby formula they brought with them was taken away and that Israel bombing the hospital in front of them and lying about giving warnings
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Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
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📊 The scale of the problem is staggering:
• 47+ shipments of Canadian parts to Israeli arms firms (Oct 2023–Jul 2025)
• 421,070 bullets exported to Israel, incl. 175,000 in April 2025 alone
• 391 shipments of weapons/components in < 2 years. 3/6
• 47+ shipments of Canadian parts to Israeli arms firms (Oct 2023–Jul 2025)
• 421,070 bullets exported to Israel, incl. 175,000 in April 2025 alone
• 391 shipments of weapons/components in < 2 years. 3/6
September 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📊 The scale of the problem is staggering:
• 47+ shipments of Canadian parts to Israeli arms firms (Oct 2023–Jul 2025)
• 421,070 bullets exported to Israel, incl. 175,000 in April 2025 alone
• 391 shipments of weapons/components in < 2 years. 3/6
• 47+ shipments of Canadian parts to Israeli arms firms (Oct 2023–Jul 2025)
• 421,070 bullets exported to Israel, incl. 175,000 in April 2025 alone
• 391 shipments of weapons/components in < 2 years. 3/6
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If you saw a woman being sexually harassed on the train, would you know how to help? If you witnessed transphobia at a coffee shop, would you step in?
Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you 5 concrete, practical ways you can safely intervene and be an ally!
Sign up: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you 5 concrete, practical ways you can safely intervene and be an ally!
Sign up: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If you saw a woman being sexually harassed on the train, would you know how to help? If you witnessed transphobia at a coffee shop, would you step in?
Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you 5 concrete, practical ways you can safely intervene and be an ally!
Sign up: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you 5 concrete, practical ways you can safely intervene and be an ally!
Sign up: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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this is sexual assault and it has been sexual assault the whole time including when its done to trans people
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
www.nbcnews.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
this is sexual assault and it has been sexual assault the whole time including when its done to trans people
August 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I’m adding stupid-cute as category tag to #cdramas for now. It’s self explanatory
August 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’m adding stupid-cute as category tag to #cdramas for now. It’s self explanatory
“What is needed now is for the world to impose sanctions, to intervene—for the billions who witness this genocide to have the spine of a single Palestinian man”
Canada, France, Britain, and others offer Palestinians the same poisoned chalice they have offered for decades: recognition without sovereignty, statehood without power, liberation without freedom, writes Ahmad Ibsais. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham
Western countries are rushing to recognize Palestine not to stop genocide but to solve a political problem. They're offering colonial lies dressed up as liberation.
www.thenation.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“What is needed now is for the world to impose sanctions, to intervene—for the billions who witness this genocide to have the spine of a single Palestinian man”
So I’ve looked into proton VPN. It mostly works fine but ideally I want my elected representatives to not embrace mass censorship
I did an hour long beginner’s breakdown on why age verification is extremely dangerous, bad, and leading to mass censorship, with tech policy expert @ericgoldman.bsky.social. What’s happening in the UK can and will happen here if we don’t fight it!
Age Verification Will Kill Free Speech Online
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
August 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
So I’ve looked into proton VPN. It mostly works fine but ideally I want my elected representatives to not embrace mass censorship
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Niemöller was a Nazi. He fought in the Freikorps. He was a willing participant in the Third Reich because he had sought and received assurances from Hitler himself that the Nazis would not go after Protestants. Then he ended up in a Camp. He was wrong. That’s why he wrote the poem.
August 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Niemöller was a Nazi. He fought in the Freikorps. He was a willing participant in the Third Reich because he had sought and received assurances from Hitler himself that the Nazis would not go after Protestants. Then he ended up in a Camp. He was wrong. That’s why he wrote the poem.
This brings us back full circle to that stupid post about teaching leftist men how to get laid. Which is, don’t be a dick. Treat women like they are real human beings not someone who owes you sex. And chances are you’ll find someone compatible if you start a real hobby
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bsky.app/profile/mugr...
August 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This brings us back full circle to that stupid post about teaching leftist men how to get laid. Which is, don’t be a dick. Treat women like they are real human beings not someone who owes you sex. And chances are you’ll find someone compatible if you start a real hobby
bsky.app/profile/mugr...
bsky.app/profile/mugr...
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The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making.
The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
interc.pt
July 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
We don’t talk about this enough because we’re struggling with the present day hellscape due to us being permanently online
But in the before times, like before smart phones, some of us succumbed to reading aloud anything and everything - road signs to shampoo bottles
bsky.app/profile/amut...
But in the before times, like before smart phones, some of us succumbed to reading aloud anything and everything - road signs to shampoo bottles
bsky.app/profile/amut...
not a lot of discussion of Certified Mom Behavior™️, so i'll toss this out there to start: reading random signs out loud during family car trips
July 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We don’t talk about this enough because we’re struggling with the present day hellscape due to us being permanently online
But in the before times, like before smart phones, some of us succumbed to reading aloud anything and everything - road signs to shampoo bottles
bsky.app/profile/amut...
But in the before times, like before smart phones, some of us succumbed to reading aloud anything and everything - road signs to shampoo bottles
bsky.app/profile/amut...
Happiness is reading a book under a Japanese tree lilac on a perfect summer’s day
The perfumed air, the warm breeze, the dappling shadow of the leaves..
The perfumed air, the warm breeze, the dappling shadow of the leaves..
June 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happiness is reading a book under a Japanese tree lilac on a perfect summer’s day
The perfumed air, the warm breeze, the dappling shadow of the leaves..
The perfumed air, the warm breeze, the dappling shadow of the leaves..
Part of the fun of reading cnovels is reading the translator comments. Sometimes it’s explanations of memes and context for literary references. And sometimes it’s the translator and editor getting increasingly hysterical at the author’s flowery descriptions of the god tier beauty of her leading man
June 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Part of the fun of reading cnovels is reading the translator comments. Sometimes it’s explanations of memes and context for literary references. And sometimes it’s the translator and editor getting increasingly hysterical at the author’s flowery descriptions of the god tier beauty of her leading man