Kaitlyn the Strange
@omendreamer.bsky.social
She/her pronouns, queer, 30 something years old. I contain multitudes.
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If I'm living forever I'm only wearing elaborate gowns the color of blood and pajamas. Nothing in between.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Next week the House E&C Committee is looking to run something of a shock and awe campaign, debating at least 19 bills that they say are related to "protecting kids online." Most of which are actually about censorship and control. Don't buy the framing. It's always the same damn thing.
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This short (The Big Snooze, 1946) is probably one of the ten best cartoons ever made. Take it from me: a freak of nature.
I just learned the Bugs Bunny No meme doesn't even come from him saying no. It's a frame rotated 90 degrees from him taking a drink from a bottle. I needed to share this.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This short (The Big Snooze, 1946) is probably one of the ten best cartoons ever made. Take it from me: a freak of nature.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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coworker made the most incredible carrot cake cupcakes with a candied cranberry on top of a mountain of cream cheese frosting, and a secret surprise cranberry chutney hiding in the middle. they might be the best cupcakes i've ever eaten
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
coworker made the most incredible carrot cake cupcakes with a candied cranberry on top of a mountain of cream cheese frosting, and a secret surprise cranberry chutney hiding in the middle. they might be the best cupcakes i've ever eaten
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
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this is pretty good but it still does not touch upon my crackpot theory about MALLRATS, which is that it's structured like a shakespeare comedy www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
“The Little Movie That Couldn’t”: ‘Mallrats’ Turns 30
In the fall of 1995, Kevin Smith’s second film was a box office humiliation. Now, it’s become an embarrassment of riches. We chat with Smith about the movie and how it forever altered his career.
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
this is pretty good but it still does not touch upon my crackpot theory about MALLRATS, which is that it's structured like a shakespeare comedy www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
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Please read this, I am screaming at this petty death metal drama, oh my god
The death metal band’s sole remaining member has launched a GoFundMe to get home to Portland
stereogum.com/2480744/vitr...
stereogum.com/2480744/vitr...
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Please read this, I am screaming at this petty death metal drama, oh my god
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need to know about the 7% of both democrats and republicans who believe in bigfoot but think the yeti is a step too far. on this issue, the centrists truly are more sensible
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
need to know about the 7% of both democrats and republicans who believe in bigfoot but think the yeti is a step too far. on this issue, the centrists truly are more sensible
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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If it turns out that trump was going to grant Bolsonaro asylum in the embassy then fucking forgot I will die laughing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If it turns out that trump was going to grant Bolsonaro asylum in the embassy then fucking forgot I will die laughing.
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Wait, so the actor who played the singer who used the godfather's influence to get a movie role in "The Godfather" (1972) apparently got his role in "The Godfather" because of the intervention of his own real-life godfather???
![Pasted in quote from Wikipedia:
Johnny Fontane
Johnny Fontane, a mob-associated singer and Vito's godson, seeks Vito's help in securing a movie role; Vito dispatches his consigliere, Tom Hagen, to Los Angeles to persuade studio head Jack Woltz to give Johnny the part. Woltz refuses until he wakes up in bed with the severed head of his prized stallion.
Al Martino, a then famed singer in nightclubs, was notified of the character Johnny Fontane by a friend who read the eponymous novel and felt Martino represented the character of Johnny Fontane.[3][4] Martino then contacted producer Albert S. Ruddy, who gave him the part.[3] However, Martino was stripped of the part after Francis Ford Coppola became director and then awarded the role to singer Vic Damone.[3] According to Martino, after being stripped of the role, he went to Russell Bufalino, his godfather and a crime boss, who then orchestrated the publication of various news articles that claimed Coppola was unaware of Ruddy having given Martino the part.[3] Damone eventually dropped the role because he did not want to provoke the mob, in addition to being paid too little.[5][3] Ultimately, the part of Johnny Fontane was given to Martino.[3][6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d6lghffuwlinx22c2rtfbdwv/bafkreiau7qifl7tt7pnmjtjjfv3yaejlpct66frjtufm57yuga66fxjpqa@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Wait, so the actor who played the singer who used the godfather's influence to get a movie role in "The Godfather" (1972) apparently got his role in "The Godfather" because of the intervention of his own real-life godfather???
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There should be more evil repelling rituals on New Year's Eve here in the West. We really need it.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
There should be more evil repelling rituals on New Year's Eve here in the West. We really need it.
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“This wouldn’t have been possible for Alastor to be in a club with white people in the 1930s due to segregation”
You’re right, but also wrong! There were clubs in the 1920 that did do this they were called “Black and Tan Club” they were clubs that welcomed all races despite segregation laws.
You’re right, but also wrong! There were clubs in the 1920 that did do this they were called “Black and Tan Club” they were clubs that welcomed all races despite segregation laws.
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
“This wouldn’t have been possible for Alastor to be in a club with white people in the 1930s due to segregation”
You’re right, but also wrong! There were clubs in the 1920 that did do this they were called “Black and Tan Club” they were clubs that welcomed all races despite segregation laws.
You’re right, but also wrong! There were clubs in the 1920 that did do this they were called “Black and Tan Club” they were clubs that welcomed all races despite segregation laws.
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People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
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There is something wonderful about living in a world where, whether etched into knackered slabs of dusty vinyl sixty years ago, or a swirling stream of immersive audio data created yesterday, music still has the power to make me feel my life has changed utterly on a regular basis.
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
There is something wonderful about living in a world where, whether etched into knackered slabs of dusty vinyl sixty years ago, or a swirling stream of immersive audio data created yesterday, music still has the power to make me feel my life has changed utterly on a regular basis.
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Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
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November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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tfw you’re fucking the lasagna man for lasagna
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
tfw you’re fucking the lasagna man for lasagna
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clocking in for an unusually late shift at nvidia and for some reason they're having me pick up a bunch of boxes from the warehouse where we ship our cards out from and i'm being told to drive to the pier and throw them into the ocean
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
clocking in for an unusually late shift at nvidia and for some reason they're having me pick up a bunch of boxes from the warehouse where we ship our cards out from and i'm being told to drive to the pier and throw them into the ocean
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When I say that locking mothers in the suburbs with small children breaks them? This is what I mean.
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
When I say that locking mothers in the suburbs with small children breaks them? This is what I mean.
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
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My Star Wars hot take is that Andor was worth the money spent for saving the franchise's reputation. www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
Disney Spent More On ‘Andor’ Than Any Of Its ‘Star Wars’ Movies
Disney has revealed it spent $60.5 million on Star Wars streaming series Andor in 2024, giving the show a total cost of $705.5 million - far higher than the spending on any of the movies in the saga.
www.forbes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
My Star Wars hot take is that Andor was worth the money spent for saving the franchise's reputation. www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
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In a just world we would have two more Romy and Michele movies with diminishing returns.
Share a '90s movie you think deserves more love.
Definitely the Mary.
Definitely the Mary.
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
In a just world we would have two more Romy and Michele movies with diminishing returns.