Christina Lara (she/her)
@notacatacct.bsky.social
Reader, writer, (ex)gravedigger
Queer, Neurodivergent
Living and working in treaty six territory
My webbed site: https://booksinthesilentforest.neocities.org/
Queer, Neurodivergent
Living and working in treaty six territory
My webbed site: https://booksinthesilentforest.neocities.org/
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I've worked with Duck Prints Press before and have had a good experience! I'm hoping to submit to this anthology as well. Join me!
Are you a fanfiction author? Have you been wanting to break into publishing your original fiction? We're looking for contributors to BEYOND THE GALACTIC TIDE, our next anthology. What's it about? TL:DR... ACE IN SPACE! For the long version, visit our website: duckprintspress.com/beyond-the-g...
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January 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM
I've worked with Duck Prints Press before and have had a good experience! I'm hoping to submit to this anthology as well. Join me!
„Pretenders to the Throne of God" by @aptshadow.bsky.social looks like it'll be another good entry in the Tyrant Philosophers series
#Booksky, what's your hottest pick for 2026? Our booksellers are putting their lists together and there are some FANTASTIC BOOKS coming out this year. Literary fiction is looking strong, and romance is blooming (plus of course EVERYONE WANTS SOME OF THAT HEATED RIVALRY ACTION). Give us your recs...
January 8, 2026 at 6:26 PM
„Pretenders to the Throne of God" by @aptshadow.bsky.social looks like it'll be another good entry in the Tyrant Philosophers series
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Here’s a simple checklist for what’s still in YOUR hands, Canada.
January 8, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Here’s a simple checklist for what’s still in YOUR hands, Canada.
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I know I can't enter the USA because I said that ICE murdering people is wrong, but I'm 100% correct about that so whatever
January 7, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I know I can't enter the USA because I said that ICE murdering people is wrong, but I'm 100% correct about that so whatever
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losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
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Kate is right—Carney hasn’t done the obvious thing and called BS. Sure, Maduro was/is a huge dick, but bombing Caracas, murdering people, essentially going to war without Congressional approval breaks both International and U.S. laws. Those are facts he should have the stones to speak aloud.
"Condemnations don't do anything" yes they absolutely do! For one thing, they send a message *to Americans* that much of the world does not accept or condone their regime's behaviour, that it will lead to isolation, instability and conflict of various kinds (not necessarily military or symmetrical)
Canada in 2026: shh don't antagonize him
Canada in 2027: why isn't everyone condemning this US aggression against us
Canada in 2027: why isn't everyone condemning this US aggression against us
January 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Kate is right—Carney hasn’t done the obvious thing and called BS. Sure, Maduro was/is a huge dick, but bombing Caracas, murdering people, essentially going to war without Congressional approval breaks both International and U.S. laws. Those are facts he should have the stones to speak aloud.
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There's no legal difference between kidnapping Maduro and kidnapping Mark Carney.
January 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Meanwhile this is *machine learning* and what it is *good at*. Not generative AI bullshit, actual useful predictive statistical models. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
AI being used to help cut A&E waiting times in England this winter
Forecasting tool predicts when demand will be highest, allowing NHS trusts to better plan staffing and bed space
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Meanwhile this is *machine learning* and what it is *good at*. Not generative AI bullshit, actual useful predictive statistical models. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Actually I'm not 100% anti-AI. I think that AI has a lot of promise in specialty applications used by specialists.
I think that large language models in general use by the public is not really a good thing for a variety of reasons.
AI≠LLM
I think that large language models in general use by the public is not really a good thing for a variety of reasons.
AI≠LLM
December 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Actually I'm not 100% anti-AI. I think that AI has a lot of promise in specialty applications used by specialists.
I think that large language models in general use by the public is not really a good thing for a variety of reasons.
AI≠LLM
I think that large language models in general use by the public is not really a good thing for a variety of reasons.
AI≠LLM
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true. that's bc you've allowed your sense of style to be narrowly defined by fashion brands, instead of thinking about it in terms of cultural history. over the course of the 20th century, many groups have dressed well, even if they didn't conform to fashion trends or bourgeois respectability
December 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
true. that's bc you've allowed your sense of style to be narrowly defined by fashion brands, instead of thinking about it in terms of cultural history. over the course of the 20th century, many groups have dressed well, even if they didn't conform to fashion trends or bourgeois respectability
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![A 2-panel meme using images from Rocky Horror Picture Show, with Rocky and Frank on the left, and Janet and Brad on the right. The top image has labelled Janet and Brad as [“those” cishet readers] and has text along the bottom reading “Well, I don’t like [books] with [characters I can’t relate to…]” while the bottom image has Frank labelled as [queer authors] and text along the bottom reading “I didn’t [write it] for you!”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4cm35hw4rn7nbmqc24obl623/bafkreiaewxt5qrtojt5apcciabo7qlp3qx5dizhhtdvqgmxgaqtgsdzfji@jpeg)
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Spell check existed long before genAI and in its most basic function is not genAI. Spell check is code. It's a function. It checks against a database of available words. Spell check in certain programs, however, may have been made worse by running it through genAI.
December 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Spell check existed long before genAI and in its most basic function is not genAI. Spell check is code. It's a function. It checks against a database of available words. Spell check in certain programs, however, may have been made worse by running it through genAI.
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I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
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-Comes into your space uninvited, without permission
-Greedily uses up resources preferentially
- Forces a new mode of existence on you
-Steals your own shit to sell back to you
-Desperately wants to convince you that its arrival is good, that these are glad tidings
AI or colonialism?
-Greedily uses up resources preferentially
- Forces a new mode of existence on you
-Steals your own shit to sell back to you
-Desperately wants to convince you that its arrival is good, that these are glad tidings
AI or colonialism?
December 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
-Comes into your space uninvited, without permission
-Greedily uses up resources preferentially
- Forces a new mode of existence on you
-Steals your own shit to sell back to you
-Desperately wants to convince you that its arrival is good, that these are glad tidings
AI or colonialism?
-Greedily uses up resources preferentially
- Forces a new mode of existence on you
-Steals your own shit to sell back to you
-Desperately wants to convince you that its arrival is good, that these are glad tidings
AI or colonialism?
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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Creative solidarity means:
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Creative solidarity means:
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
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However else you label the Bondi Beach shootings — hate crime, terror attack — they were the murder of innocent people for being Jews, in a place very far from Israel and Gaza.
Fear of copycat monsters will also inhibit Chanukah celebrations all over the world now.
Fear of copycat monsters will also inhibit Chanukah celebrations all over the world now.
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
However else you label the Bondi Beach shootings — hate crime, terror attack — they were the murder of innocent people for being Jews, in a place very far from Israel and Gaza.
Fear of copycat monsters will also inhibit Chanukah celebrations all over the world now.
Fear of copycat monsters will also inhibit Chanukah celebrations all over the world now.
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Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
Horses Is Tame
Horses, the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form.
aftermath.site
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
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The distressing thing about this is that anyone who's read deeper than school or TV documentary level knows that, in its multitudinous, multifaceted way, the Holocaust was so much worse than I think the majority of people understand
Among Republicans - " The Holocaust of Jews and Nazi Germany was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe"
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The distressing thing about this is that anyone who's read deeper than school or TV documentary level knows that, in its multitudinous, multifaceted way, the Holocaust was so much worse than I think the majority of people understand
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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I would totally watch this.
Give me money and I’ll make Corner Smokes - a Native spinoff of Corner Gas where Davis moves to rez to take over his late aunt’s smokeshop. I’m not saying I’ve written the first episode and show bible, but...
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I would totally watch this.
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This is a huge step backward for Canada. PM Carney’s lack of prioritization of women’s issues is deeply concerning. A feminist foreign policy is non-negotiable in building a safer world for women and girls.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is a huge step backward for Canada. PM Carney’s lack of prioritization of women’s issues is deeply concerning. A feminist foreign policy is non-negotiable in building a safer world for women and girls.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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I know this makes me like a terminal bummer or whatever but there is still an Xbox boycott under BDS. The Gaza genocide might not be as in your face as it was a year or even six months ago but shit ain’t over. Israel/the US just put forward an ethnic cleansing proposal masquerading as a peace plan.
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I know this makes me like a terminal bummer or whatever but there is still an Xbox boycott under BDS. The Gaza genocide might not be as in your face as it was a year or even six months ago but shit ain’t over. Israel/the US just put forward an ethnic cleansing proposal masquerading as a peace plan.
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Today we honour the trans lives stolen by violence and discrimination.
In love and solidarity, we recommit to the fight for safety, dignity, and a world where trans people are valued, and free.
In love and solidarity, we recommit to the fight for safety, dignity, and a world where trans people are valued, and free.
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today we honour the trans lives stolen by violence and discrimination.
In love and solidarity, we recommit to the fight for safety, dignity, and a world where trans people are valued, and free.
In love and solidarity, we recommit to the fight for safety, dignity, and a world where trans people are valued, and free.