Rossi
@pixieodeath.bsky.social
Comics fanficcer of the 1990s-2000s. Online roleplayer. Aussie turned Canadian. Looney Leftie. Career public servant. Fanlore editor. Occasional writer.
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Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
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Not all heroes wear capes. But some of them do
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Not all heroes wear capes. But some of them do
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
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Been trying to find actual articles about this viral "AI is reading your gmail" thing and best I can understand: Google rolled out an OPT-IN feature that allows Gemini to scan your email. The settings instructions in the viral posts WILL prevent you from opting in but ISN'T necessary for opting out
Gemini AI Deep Research Can Read Your Gmail Now
Google has confirmed that Gemini AI Deep Research can now read your Gmail, Docs, Drive And Chat. Here’s what you need to know and why you shouldn’t panic.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Been trying to find actual articles about this viral "AI is reading your gmail" thing and best I can understand: Google rolled out an OPT-IN feature that allows Gemini to scan your email. The settings instructions in the viral posts WILL prevent you from opting in but ISN'T necessary for opting out
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Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
authorsguild.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
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big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
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Mamdani comes off as very smart, very agile, and clearly knew what buttons to push with Trump, likely flattering his supposed 'NYC developer' skills. Doesn't give and inch or kowtow at all, but doesn't take any of the bait during an embarrassing show from the press corps.
The Mamdani-Trump Oval Office press conference is starting now
LIVE: Trump and Mamdani hold meeting at the White House
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mamdani comes off as very smart, very agile, and clearly knew what buttons to push with Trump, likely flattering his supposed 'NYC developer' skills. Doesn't give and inch or kowtow at all, but doesn't take any of the bait during an embarrassing show from the press corps.
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once again, the smart thing to do and the morally correct thing to do are both identical and straightforward
Nazi tattoos are a hard line. fail. next candidate
Nazi tattoos are a hard line. fail. next candidate
This is a yikes too. He gets dogwalked by Susan Collins even though Generic Dem has a 9 pt margin.
What I find funny is that the median Maine voter sees his tattoo and comments about sexual assault as a non-starter but we had how many people defending that shit here on Bluesky?
What I find funny is that the median Maine voter sees his tattoo and comments about sexual assault as a non-starter but we had how many people defending that shit here on Bluesky?
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
once again, the smart thing to do and the morally correct thing to do are both identical and straightforward
Nazi tattoos are a hard line. fail. next candidate
Nazi tattoos are a hard line. fail. next candidate
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You tell 'em, Pete!
Pete Buttigieg Effortlessly Points Out Why Trump Is Attacking Air Traffic Controllers—And He's Spot On
www.comicsands.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
You tell 'em, Pete!
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📚📖👇🏾
Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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This is Pancho and Lupe. Some siblings have the same nose or ears. Pancho and Lupe have the same side eye. 13/10 for both (IG: panchocorgi)
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is Pancho and Lupe. Some siblings have the same nose or ears. Pancho and Lupe have the same side eye. 13/10 for both (IG: panchocorgi)
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This is one of the weirder bits of fundamentalist rhetoric. There's an school of thought in several churches including some old Catholic ones that women are supposed to suffer because of Eve. I am not telling you it makes sense. I am telling you he's parroting a line that is a giant warning sign
JD Vance is working for Big Menstrual Cramps and maybe that's not even a joke
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is one of the weirder bits of fundamentalist rhetoric. There's an school of thought in several churches including some old Catholic ones that women are supposed to suffer because of Eve. I am not telling you it makes sense. I am telling you he's parroting a line that is a giant warning sign
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A group of 17 transgender members of the Air Force are suing the U.S. government over what they say is the military's unlawful revocation of their early retirement pensions and benefits.
Transgender members of the Air Force sue over losing retirement pay
www.stripes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A group of 17 transgender members of the Air Force are suing the U.S. government over what they say is the military's unlawful revocation of their early retirement pensions and benefits.
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I assume this is mostly about how women are not being Godly if they don’t experience intended pain
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I assume this is mostly about how women are not being Godly if they don’t experience intended pain
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Pope Leo is doing Catholicism the wrong way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Pope Leo is doing Catholicism the wrong way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
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mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.
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[P] Verrrrrry interesting thread
really important element of this basically total victory is that it puts the fear of god in republican incumbents and may bring the redistricting push to a total halt
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
[P] Verrrrrry interesting thread
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May all terrible people be sad tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
May all terrible people be sad tonight.
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Reminds me of one of my favorite posts
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Reminds me of one of my favorite posts
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Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
(It wasn't until Jeff and Ann VanderMeer were working on their anthology The Weird that I learned that "onions" is a typo. Either Jeff or Ann mentioned to me that Barker asked them to fix the typo that had haunted the story in countless reprintings, incl in their own earlier antho The New Weird.)
October 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
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you have been visited by Baby Bison and will now enjoy 48 hours of elevated serotonin
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
you have been visited by Baby Bison and will now enjoy 48 hours of elevated serotonin
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oh right, by popular demand here's the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ali2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ali2...
"Get Behind Anything" 2025 MLB World Series Hype Video Promo | Toronto Blue Jays
YouTube video by @iamwillycool
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
oh right, by popular demand here's the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ali2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ali2...