Bly🕯️
@morethanreasonably.bsky.social
No offence intended or committed. The P Word Net. Carrying a barely-lit candle through a dark time.
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The barber said, "Didn't I cut your hair just yesterday?" "Good point," I said. "I'll leave it two days next time."
The world turns on its dark side.
January 25, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The world turns on its dark side.
The barber said, "Didn't I cut your hair just yesterday?" "Good point," I said. "I'll leave it two days next time."
January 24, 2026 at 9:51 AM
The barber said, "Didn't I cut your hair just yesterday?" "Good point," I said. "I'll leave it two days next time."
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Elon Musk: "I'm a free speech absolutist!"
Also Elon Musk: "Anyone who teaches students that America was built on stolen land is guilty of treason and should be imprisoned."
Look, some of us tried to warn people that Elon Musk doesn't care one bit about free speech. But did anyone listen?
Also Elon Musk: "Anyone who teaches students that America was built on stolen land is guilty of treason and should be imprisoned."
Look, some of us tried to warn people that Elon Musk doesn't care one bit about free speech. But did anyone listen?
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Elon Musk: "I'm a free speech absolutist!"
Also Elon Musk: "Anyone who teaches students that America was built on stolen land is guilty of treason and should be imprisoned."
Look, some of us tried to warn people that Elon Musk doesn't care one bit about free speech. But did anyone listen?
Also Elon Musk: "Anyone who teaches students that America was built on stolen land is guilty of treason and should be imprisoned."
Look, some of us tried to warn people that Elon Musk doesn't care one bit about free speech. But did anyone listen?
Social media callouts are worth trying if you believe
(a) they'll pass enough people's seeing-and-caring threshold
(b) via outcry, some higher authority will be ashamed by injustice and act.
But the highest authorities now pursue injustice and the public no longer share digital public spaces.
(a) they'll pass enough people's seeing-and-caring threshold
(b) via outcry, some higher authority will be ashamed by injustice and act.
But the highest authorities now pursue injustice and the public no longer share digital public spaces.
January 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Social media callouts are worth trying if you believe
(a) they'll pass enough people's seeing-and-caring threshold
(b) via outcry, some higher authority will be ashamed by injustice and act.
But the highest authorities now pursue injustice and the public no longer share digital public spaces.
(a) they'll pass enough people's seeing-and-caring threshold
(b) via outcry, some higher authority will be ashamed by injustice and act.
But the highest authorities now pursue injustice and the public no longer share digital public spaces.
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Are you a child or adult pedophile dealing with depression, anxiety, isolation, or other mental health struggles? You're not alone! Help is available. Check out the information available on our "Get Help" page: end-the-stigma.com/get-help/ #MentalHealthMatters #YouMatter
January 12, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Are you a child or adult pedophile dealing with depression, anxiety, isolation, or other mental health struggles? You're not alone! Help is available. Check out the information available on our "Get Help" page: end-the-stigma.com/get-help/ #MentalHealthMatters #YouMatter
Stunned by how wrong almost every opinion I've seen on both sides of the Grok scandal is.
January 11, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Stunned by how wrong almost every opinion I've seen on both sides of the Grok scandal is.
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the idea that we will ever devise a technology that can automatically sort true statements from false ones and factual ones from “hallucinations” is a lead-to-gold fantasy
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
the idea that we will ever devise a technology that can automatically sort true statements from false ones and factual ones from “hallucinations” is a lead-to-gold fantasy
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🧵Feels like im throwing a frozen turkey into a pot of hot oil w/ this take but:
Having a paraphilia is morally neutral. It's a feeling, and feelings don't have an inherent morality. Lust, anger, joy, fear. None if these are "good" or "bad" on their own, they simply are.
It's actions-
Having a paraphilia is morally neutral. It's a feeling, and feelings don't have an inherent morality. Lust, anger, joy, fear. None if these are "good" or "bad" on their own, they simply are.
It's actions-
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🧵Feels like im throwing a frozen turkey into a pot of hot oil w/ this take but:
Having a paraphilia is morally neutral. It's a feeling, and feelings don't have an inherent morality. Lust, anger, joy, fear. None if these are "good" or "bad" on their own, they simply are.
It's actions-
Having a paraphilia is morally neutral. It's a feeling, and feelings don't have an inherent morality. Lust, anger, joy, fear. None if these are "good" or "bad" on their own, they simply are.
It's actions-
Benjamin Britten's birthday.
Another year in which his lack of cancellation becomes more conspicuous.
Is it a matter of time, or does it make a difference that there's no evidence of an offence?
#BenjaminBritten
Another year in which his lack of cancellation becomes more conspicuous.
Is it a matter of time, or does it make a difference that there's no evidence of an offence?
#BenjaminBritten
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Benjamin Britten's birthday.
Another year in which his lack of cancellation becomes more conspicuous.
Is it a matter of time, or does it make a difference that there's no evidence of an offence?
#BenjaminBritten
Another year in which his lack of cancellation becomes more conspicuous.
Is it a matter of time, or does it make a difference that there's no evidence of an offence?
#BenjaminBritten
Therapy for us is like renting an igloo in the tundra by the hour.
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Therapy for us is like renting an igloo in the tundra by the hour.
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we've now seen multiple generations raised in the post-AIDS landscape that are simultaneously terrified of and obsessed with sex. and this is causing some wild cultural distortions, especially in the generation raised on the internet that saw goatse when they were in kindergarten
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
we've now seen multiple generations raised in the post-AIDS landscape that are simultaneously terrified of and obsessed with sex. and this is causing some wild cultural distortions, especially in the generation raised on the internet that saw goatse when they were in kindergarten
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normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
October 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
The policy he was protesting is kind of nonsensical, to be fair.
A man accused of interrupting a Wikipedia conference in New York on Friday posted to Bluesky in September that he was a "non-offending pedophile."
The man, Connor Weston of Ohio, is current at a New York-area hospital. Criminal charges are pending.
The man, Connor Weston of Ohio, is current at a New York-area hospital. Criminal charges are pending.
Armed man arrested after disrupting Wikimedia conference
October 17, 2025 - The man, Connor Weston of Ohio, was taken to a local hospital for medical and mental evaluations.
thedesk.net
October 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The policy he was protesting is kind of nonsensical, to be fair.
What's the point of even being happy?
August 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
What's the point of even being happy?
tfw your only plan for the future is to keep yourself distracted from the fact there is no plan for the future.
August 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
tfw your only plan for the future is to keep yourself distracted from the fact there is no plan for the future.
Yes, often and exclusively.
Have you ever used the "dark web" for legitimate purposes? #TeamCompSci
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Privacy at a cost: the dark web’s main browser helps pedophile networks flourish, experts say
The Tor network’s privacy architecture creates a safe haven for predators to share child sexual abuse material
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Yes, often and exclusively.
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There's a great irony to the fact that expansive porn access may have done far more than any abstinence-only curriculum to promote teen chastity
August 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There's a great irony to the fact that expansive porn access may have done far more than any abstinence-only curriculum to promote teen chastity
Silver linings edging the biggest clouds I ever saw.
Reddit has now blocked r/NoFap in the UK over the Online Safety Act.
The anti-masturbation forum can now not be accessed unless you submit biometrics or identifying information.
The anti-masturbation forum can now not be accessed unless you submit biometrics or identifying information.
August 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Silver linings edging the biggest clouds I ever saw.
I am posting to point out how silent I, and the people like me, have become.
July 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I am posting to point out how silent I, and the people like me, have become.
Technically "without misinformation".
The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.
The White House is sued over lack of sign language interpreters at press briefings
The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.
n.pr
May 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Technically "without misinformation".
Eight years since I signed up to VP and since my life changed forever.
I think it changes everyone who encounters it, in some way.
At times, I've been so proud of it I wanted to tell everyone about it.
Sometimes I've despaired that its simple, modest, true message is near-universally rejected.
I think it changes everyone who encounters it, in some way.
At times, I've been so proud of it I wanted to tell everyone about it.
Sometimes I've despaired that its simple, modest, true message is near-universally rejected.
May 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Eight years since I signed up to VP and since my life changed forever.
I think it changes everyone who encounters it, in some way.
At times, I've been so proud of it I wanted to tell everyone about it.
Sometimes I've despaired that its simple, modest, true message is near-universally rejected.
I think it changes everyone who encounters it, in some way.
At times, I've been so proud of it I wanted to tell everyone about it.
Sometimes I've despaired that its simple, modest, true message is near-universally rejected.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
"Die." is not as long a sentence as "Live."
May 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"Die." is not as long a sentence as "Live."
RIP nitro, died 21 April 2025
May 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
RIP nitro, died 21 April 2025