Fred
@fredatron.bsky.social
Writer, curator, crafter, costumier, patchworker, hermit. Historical textile obsessive. I enjoy bad robots, Yog-Sothoth, and all flavours of undead. A lot older than 21. She/they.
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I don't care what little story you tell yourself to justify it, it's a cheap blow punching down at a population that is "among the most vulnerable people in society... routinely subjected to violence, discrimination, and harassment" www.amnestyusa.org/reports/sex-...
Amnesty International today published its policy on protecting sex workers from human rights violations and abuses, along with four research reports on these issues in Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Nor...
Amnesty International today published its policy on protecting sex workers from human rights violations and abuses, along with four research reports on these issues in Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Nor...
www.amnestyusa.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I don't care what little story you tell yourself to justify it, it's a cheap blow punching down at a population that is "among the most vulnerable people in society... routinely subjected to violence, discrimination, and harassment" www.amnestyusa.org/reports/sex-...
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'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition
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the cast captured some of the textures of the fabrics, which i love
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
the cast captured some of the textures of the fabrics, which i love
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Meta going more Trumpian, globally.
🤞 marginalised community groups have exit plans.
"In this latest purge, it blocked abortion hotlines in countries where abortion is legal, banned queer and sex-positive accounts in Europe, and removed posts with even non-explicit, cartoon depictions of nudity."
🤞 marginalised community groups have exit plans.
"In this latest purge, it blocked abortion hotlines in countries where abortion is legal, banned queer and sex-positive accounts in Europe, and removed posts with even non-explicit, cartoon depictions of nudity."
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Meta going more Trumpian, globally.
🤞 marginalised community groups have exit plans.
"In this latest purge, it blocked abortion hotlines in countries where abortion is legal, banned queer and sex-positive accounts in Europe, and removed posts with even non-explicit, cartoon depictions of nudity."
🤞 marginalised community groups have exit plans.
"In this latest purge, it blocked abortion hotlines in countries where abortion is legal, banned queer and sex-positive accounts in Europe, and removed posts with even non-explicit, cartoon depictions of nudity."
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Boosting because I’m interested too
Hello do we know any UK-based artists selling anti gen AI badges?
December 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Boosting because I’m interested too
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"Flu surge a challenge for NHS 'unlike any' since pandemic, Streeting says"
WHY DID YOU RESTRICT THE FLU JAB MORE THIS YEAR YOU UTTER NUMPTIES?!?
WHY DID YOU RESTRICT THE FLU JAB MORE THIS YEAR YOU UTTER NUMPTIES?!?
December 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"Flu surge a challenge for NHS 'unlike any' since pandemic, Streeting says"
WHY DID YOU RESTRICT THE FLU JAB MORE THIS YEAR YOU UTTER NUMPTIES?!?
WHY DID YOU RESTRICT THE FLU JAB MORE THIS YEAR YOU UTTER NUMPTIES?!?
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My latest blog post is a bit of writing news to share...
TL;DR: I've signed with @ajvanbelle.bsky.social to develop a very special children's picture book. Longtime fans will be able to guess the subject from the image below! 👻
Huge thanks to A.J. for taking a chance on me, my art, and words 💜
TL;DR: I've signed with @ajvanbelle.bsky.social to develop a very special children's picture book. Longtime fans will be able to guess the subject from the image below! 👻
Huge thanks to A.J. for taking a chance on me, my art, and words 💜
Surprising but exciting news! — HELEN WHISTBERRY
A writing update for fans of Whistberry art and words
www.helenwhistberry.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My latest blog post is a bit of writing news to share...
TL;DR: I've signed with @ajvanbelle.bsky.social to develop a very special children's picture book. Longtime fans will be able to guess the subject from the image below! 👻
Huge thanks to A.J. for taking a chance on me, my art, and words 💜
TL;DR: I've signed with @ajvanbelle.bsky.social to develop a very special children's picture book. Longtime fans will be able to guess the subject from the image below! 👻
Huge thanks to A.J. for taking a chance on me, my art, and words 💜
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Childhood is primetime for developing creativity. It's usually when a person takes their first, wobbly steps into getting their imaginations down on paper.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Childhood is primetime for developing creativity. It's usually when a person takes their first, wobbly steps into getting their imaginations down on paper.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
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My vet loved my shirt today - it's this anti-declawing shirt by @crits4cats.org! streamlabs.com/crits4cats/m...
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
My vet loved my shirt today - it's this anti-declawing shirt by @crits4cats.org! streamlabs.com/crits4cats/m...
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THIS!
Please leave five star reviews for books that you love wherever you can!
Please leave five star reviews for books that you love wherever you can!
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
THIS!
Please leave five star reviews for books that you love wherever you can!
Please leave five star reviews for books that you love wherever you can!
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The way the sloppers pretend their organized theft is just as taxing as actual art is genuinely pathetic.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The way the sloppers pretend their organized theft is just as taxing as actual art is genuinely pathetic.
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By reposting a terrible AI thing a million times to dunk on it, you are giving it as much attention as if it was getting reposted a million times because it is fantastic. The people who made the slop don't care. They've accomplished their goal of going viral 🤷🏻♂️
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
By reposting a terrible AI thing a million times to dunk on it, you are giving it as much attention as if it was getting reposted a million times because it is fantastic. The people who made the slop don't care. They've accomplished their goal of going viral 🤷🏻♂️
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movies were made for when you have to hand-sew a bunch of tedious bullshit. thousands of years of sewing ancestors are looking down on me second-screening something while repairing my jeans and going yes yes yessssss
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
movies were made for when you have to hand-sew a bunch of tedious bullshit. thousands of years of sewing ancestors are looking down on me second-screening something while repairing my jeans and going yes yes yessssss
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This is your casual reminder that executive orders are not laws.
EOs are directives meant to manage the operations of the federal government. Not state governments.
The states that even deign to acknowledge this are the ones who actively WANT to. No one's forcing them.
EOs are directives meant to manage the operations of the federal government. Not state governments.
The states that even deign to acknowledge this are the ones who actively WANT to. No one's forcing them.
BREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This is your casual reminder that executive orders are not laws.
EOs are directives meant to manage the operations of the federal government. Not state governments.
The states that even deign to acknowledge this are the ones who actively WANT to. No one's forcing them.
EOs are directives meant to manage the operations of the federal government. Not state governments.
The states that even deign to acknowledge this are the ones who actively WANT to. No one's forcing them.
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Have a Wyandotte chicken for today's #ArtAdventCalendar!
Had a good time drawing these feather patterns. This was another in my #TransArtMay project. You can browse that hashtag to see the others! Trans rights forever! 💜
Had a good time drawing these feather patterns. This was another in my #TransArtMay project. You can browse that hashtag to see the others! Trans rights forever! 💜
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Have a Wyandotte chicken for today's #ArtAdventCalendar!
Had a good time drawing these feather patterns. This was another in my #TransArtMay project. You can browse that hashtag to see the others! Trans rights forever! 💜
Had a good time drawing these feather patterns. This was another in my #TransArtMay project. You can browse that hashtag to see the others! Trans rights forever! 💜
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Seriously, this.
In researching which trans charity to give to for this work thing, the same small handful of names kept coming up again and again and again on the anti- side. This isn't a mass movement, it's fewer than 20 persistent, moderately rich arseholes backed by one extremely rich arsehole.
In researching which trans charity to give to for this work thing, the same small handful of names kept coming up again and again and again on the anti- side. This isn't a mass movement, it's fewer than 20 persistent, moderately rich arseholes backed by one extremely rich arsehole.
It's hard not to conclude that everything that's currently wrong with Western society up to and including the rise of the far right can be traced back to a handful of absurdly rich people who were unhappy that someone on the internet had the temerity to disagree with them.
December 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Seriously, this.
In researching which trans charity to give to for this work thing, the same small handful of names kept coming up again and again and again on the anti- side. This isn't a mass movement, it's fewer than 20 persistent, moderately rich arseholes backed by one extremely rich arsehole.
In researching which trans charity to give to for this work thing, the same small handful of names kept coming up again and again and again on the anti- side. This isn't a mass movement, it's fewer than 20 persistent, moderately rich arseholes backed by one extremely rich arsehole.
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You have to know how the story ends before you start writing it
What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever received? The write what you know quip doesn’t work out well when readers don’t like what you know 😂 #writingq #WritingCommunity
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You have to know how the story ends before you start writing it
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I will die before I let these avaricious fuckers deskill me for profit.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I will die before I let these avaricious fuckers deskill me for profit.
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this book is well written, has excellent politics, is deeply informative...and consequently a huge bummer
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
this book is well written, has excellent politics, is deeply informative...and consequently a huge bummer
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Looking to support a small person today?
threadless is having a big sale!
$12 tees + everything else also on big discounts!
New designs being added as fast as possible 😅
whistberry.threadless.com
threadless is having a big sale!
$12 tees + everything else also on big discounts!
New designs being added as fast as possible 😅
whistberry.threadless.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Looking to support a small person today?
threadless is having a big sale!
$12 tees + everything else also on big discounts!
New designs being added as fast as possible 😅
whistberry.threadless.com
threadless is having a big sale!
$12 tees + everything else also on big discounts!
New designs being added as fast as possible 😅
whistberry.threadless.com
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Saw an advert for some ai bollocks that was like “use ai to tell you which episodes of stranger things you don’t have to watch” and I would like to invite the arachnids from starship troopers to come and put us out of our fucking misery
November 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Saw an advert for some ai bollocks that was like “use ai to tell you which episodes of stranger things you don’t have to watch” and I would like to invite the arachnids from starship troopers to come and put us out of our fucking misery
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If MANY hours of fantastical escape appeal to you, with everything from traditional magic, royals and gods, to thieves, detectives, anti-heroes, shape shifters and (queer) found family... this bundle's worth a browse.
(Its even got librarians & necromancy 😉.)
🌈📚💙📚🪐 itch.io/b/3409/end-o...
(Its even got librarians & necromancy 😉.)
🌈📚💙📚🪐 itch.io/b/3409/end-o...
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
If MANY hours of fantastical escape appeal to you, with everything from traditional magic, royals and gods, to thieves, detectives, anti-heroes, shape shifters and (queer) found family... this bundle's worth a browse.
(Its even got librarians & necromancy 😉.)
🌈📚💙📚🪐 itch.io/b/3409/end-o...
(Its even got librarians & necromancy 😉.)
🌈📚💙📚🪐 itch.io/b/3409/end-o...
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Now this is journalism.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Now this is journalism.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
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New Absolute Units is live! Listen to part 2 of our conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social.
We discuss the history of land access and capitalism, the ramifications of enclosure on Britain's former colonies, and the necessary work of de-enclosure today.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We discuss the history of land access and capitalism, the ramifications of enclosure on Britain's former colonies, and the necessary work of de-enclosure today.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life
Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.
merl.reading.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
New Absolute Units is live! Listen to part 2 of our conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social.
We discuss the history of land access and capitalism, the ramifications of enclosure on Britain's former colonies, and the necessary work of de-enclosure today.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We discuss the history of land access and capitalism, the ramifications of enclosure on Britain's former colonies, and the necessary work of de-enclosure today.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...