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@en-writes.bsky.social
she/they | 💖💜💙 | nonbinary menace | writer | dice goblin | rugby enjoyer | GER/ENG
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Also, @seanhollister.bsky.social has been hanging out with the Whistle Coven, and wrote a piece about it! The opening line is "Kit Rocha and Courtney Milan have a knack for drawing attention to a cause."
Our chaos field has been immortalized.
(This should be a gift link!!!)
Our chaos field has been immortalized.
(This should be a gift link!!!)
This whistle fights fascists
I print whistles now. You can too.
www.theverge.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Also, @seanhollister.bsky.social has been hanging out with the Whistle Coven, and wrote a piece about it! The opening line is "Kit Rocha and Courtney Milan have a knack for drawing attention to a cause."
Our chaos field has been immortalized.
(This should be a gift link!!!)
Our chaos field has been immortalized.
(This should be a gift link!!!)
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
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IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
February 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
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I actually agree that there is going to be a skill gap between people who regularly use AI vs those who refuse to use it, and it's that after the bubble pops the refusers will be fine while the AI-dependent will be missing or have let atrophy basic skills
February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I actually agree that there is going to be a skill gap between people who regularly use AI vs those who refuse to use it, and it's that after the bubble pops the refusers will be fine while the AI-dependent will be missing or have let atrophy basic skills
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I hope folks grasp the fascistic resentment underpinning this shit, and the fact that there is nothing these AI robber barons would like more than to automate human creativity because they resent it and wish to devalue, own, and control it and us.
The whole article is repulsive but this passage is at the core of it. She has no interest in writing books, she wants to win some kind of competition that nobody entered
February 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I hope folks grasp the fascistic resentment underpinning this shit, and the fact that there is nothing these AI robber barons would like more than to automate human creativity because they resent it and wish to devalue, own, and control it and us.
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Do it. Create it. Try it. Just fucking do it, man. What have you got to lose? Do you want to do it? Awesome. Then. Do. IT. What? Are you afraid of someone laughing at you or thinking you're bad? Who cares about their loser mentality? You win. You will ALWAYS win by just trying. Express yourself.
An opinion I pretty firmly hold is that everyone should make a song, paint a painting, act in something, and write a book even if all of those things end up being objectively terrible
February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Do it. Create it. Try it. Just fucking do it, man. What have you got to lose? Do you want to do it? Awesome. Then. Do. IT. What? Are you afraid of someone laughing at you or thinking you're bad? Who cares about their loser mentality? You win. You will ALWAYS win by just trying. Express yourself.
Germany beating Romania in their first REC game was absolutely not on my 2026 bingo card but holy shit WHAT A FUCKING GAME
February 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Germany beating Romania in their first REC game was absolutely not on my 2026 bingo card but holy shit WHAT A FUCKING GAME
just watched Rental Family and what a movie. so good. just beautiful
February 7, 2026 at 9:15 PM
just watched Rental Family and what a movie. so good. just beautiful
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I have so many things I need to do, but all I really want to do is stay in bed. A memoir.
February 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I have so many things I need to do, but all I really want to do is stay in bed. A memoir.
Irgendwie ist es ja ein bisschen albern, dass gegen manche Kopfschmerzen nur Cola hilft 🫠
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Irgendwie ist es ja ein bisschen albern, dass gegen manche Kopfschmerzen nur Cola hilft 🫠
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Every day some loser ass little shit comes on here whining about how they can't draw or write and that's why they deserve to use the machine that steals from people who did the work to be able to draw and write. And it's tiring. Be a little bitch quietly.
February 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Every day some loser ass little shit comes on here whining about how they can't draw or write and that's why they deserve to use the machine that steals from people who did the work to be able to draw and write. And it's tiring. Be a little bitch quietly.
Ich, immer wenn ich eine PM auf dem Tisch habe:
Ah, ja, anscheinend schreibe ich jetzt Pressemittelungen 😬
Ah, ja, anscheinend schreibe ich jetzt Pressemittelungen 😬
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Ich, immer wenn ich eine PM auf dem Tisch habe:
Ah, ja, anscheinend schreibe ich jetzt Pressemittelungen 😬
Ah, ja, anscheinend schreibe ich jetzt Pressemittelungen 😬
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One of my ongoing issues with people describing men who commit heinous acts as “monsters” or saying “those aren’t real men” is that it successfully otherises the problem instead of acknowledging the issue that is male violence. The only reason we do this is to protect men’s feelings.
February 6, 2026 at 10:45 AM
One of my ongoing issues with people describing men who commit heinous acts as “monsters” or saying “those aren’t real men” is that it successfully otherises the problem instead of acknowledging the issue that is male violence. The only reason we do this is to protect men’s feelings.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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The thing about saying that genAI will enable the marginalized to create art is that not only is it not true, literally just fucking look at art and music and writing,
but it is saying that a handful of rich pedophiles should be allowed to control whether marginalized people can produce art.
but it is saying that a handful of rich pedophiles should be allowed to control whether marginalized people can produce art.
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 AM
The thing about saying that genAI will enable the marginalized to create art is that not only is it not true, literally just fucking look at art and music and writing,
but it is saying that a handful of rich pedophiles should be allowed to control whether marginalized people can produce art.
but it is saying that a handful of rich pedophiles should be allowed to control whether marginalized people can produce art.
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Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.
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Forschende in Japan haben einen Kunststoff entwickelt, der sich innerhalb weniger Stunden in Meerwasser auflöst und keine Rückstände hinterlässt.
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Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.
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Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.
February 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Forschende in Japan haben einen Kunststoff entwickelt, der sich innerhalb weniger Stunden in Meerwasser auflöst und keine Rückstände hinterlässt.
🔬🔬🔬
Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.
🔬🔬🔬
Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.
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"I was told you're a monster," the hero said.
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
February 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"I was told you're a monster," the hero said.
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
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There were a flurry of "spontaneous" replies last month to various posts i made. All written the same way. All trying to link to the random substack about how innocent he is.
My first thought (after blocking) was:
"Oh i see someone's publisher has hired a bot farm."
My first thought (after blocking) was:
"Oh i see someone's publisher has hired a bot farm."
Gaiman is already suing one of his accusers. If he had any actionable claims against "There is No Safe Word", he would have sued New York Magazine and Lila Shapiro. The fact that he is instead pointing readers to some random substack article tells us all we need to know.
I find the entire genre of "tens of thousands of words minutely refuting every point of an abuse clam" intrinsically unpersuasive. If any of the evidence were actually damning they'd just highlight that instead of doing a tedious Gish Gallop.
February 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
There were a flurry of "spontaneous" replies last month to various posts i made. All written the same way. All trying to link to the random substack about how innocent he is.
My first thought (after blocking) was:
"Oh i see someone's publisher has hired a bot farm."
My first thought (after blocking) was:
"Oh i see someone's publisher has hired a bot farm."
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Nun stellt auch das Innenministerium fest: Die neue Jugendorganisation der AfD ist genauso radikal wie die alte. Wen wundert’s?Rechtsextreme werden immer wieder versuchen, sich ein bürgerliches Image zu geben. Wir brauchen endlich ein Verbotsverfahren!
February 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Nun stellt auch das Innenministerium fest: Die neue Jugendorganisation der AfD ist genauso radikal wie die alte. Wen wundert’s?Rechtsextreme werden immer wieder versuchen, sich ein bürgerliches Image zu geben. Wir brauchen endlich ein Verbotsverfahren!
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In Neil Gaiman’s “I did nothing wrong ever” statement he says there’s been no good journalism about him or his assaults. There has been, of course.
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
A Burn It Down video extravaganza, and thoughts on Neil Gaiman, creative gods, American Gods and rotten pedestals
Hello!
Chicago folks, on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m., I’ll be in conversation with my friend Steve Darnall at The Book Cellar in Chicago. The occasion is the reissue of Uncle Sam, a brilliant graph...
www.moryan.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:16 AM
In Neil Gaiman’s “I did nothing wrong ever” statement he says there’s been no good journalism about him or his assaults. There has been, of course.
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
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Whole lot of you following Neil Gaiman, and I assume it's because you forgot you did so and he stopped posting when it was revealed he is a rapist.
Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.
Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.
February 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Whole lot of you following Neil Gaiman, and I assume it's because you forgot you did so and he stopped posting when it was revealed he is a rapist.
Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.
Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.
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You know, Helen of Troy was fathered by a swan and born from an egg but I’m not hearing any swan complaining she doesn’t represent them accurately. Probably because the swans are aware of how mythology works and that she is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER.
February 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
You know, Helen of Troy was fathered by a swan and born from an egg but I’m not hearing any swan complaining she doesn’t represent them accurately. Probably because the swans are aware of how mythology works and that she is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER.
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Good morning, Bluesky! Happy #Sunday!
Sunrise at Tahoma.
The sun lighting up a lenticular cloud just as it peeks above the summit of Mt Rainier, Washington on New Year's Day, 2025.
📸Morgan Stephen
Sunrise at Tahoma.
The sun lighting up a lenticular cloud just as it peeks above the summit of Mt Rainier, Washington on New Year's Day, 2025.
📸Morgan Stephen
February 1, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Good morning, Bluesky! Happy #Sunday!
Sunrise at Tahoma.
The sun lighting up a lenticular cloud just as it peeks above the summit of Mt Rainier, Washington on New Year's Day, 2025.
📸Morgan Stephen
Sunrise at Tahoma.
The sun lighting up a lenticular cloud just as it peeks above the summit of Mt Rainier, Washington on New Year's Day, 2025.
📸Morgan Stephen