Thelanor S. Astame
@thela.bsky.social
She/her, 🏳️⚧️ Goth woodland witch, Graveyard Media Editor, VA, and Voice Director! I do those Hollow Knight Videos
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I've mentioned this before: think about food. Food culture permeates across all borders, survives the worst atrocities. It is damn near impossible to kill a recipe.
Now think of how many Native American *recipes*, not ingredients, there are
That is how thorough the genocide of manifest destiny was
Now think of how many Native American *recipes*, not ingredients, there are
That is how thorough the genocide of manifest destiny was
Because again, just fucking look at art.
Art has survived *genocides*.
What genAI promises is the ability to cast creative expression into the void in a way that *not even genocide* has been able to do.
Art has survived *genocides*.
What genAI promises is the ability to cast creative expression into the void in a way that *not even genocide* has been able to do.
February 6, 2026 at 5:11 AM
I've mentioned this before: think about food. Food culture permeates across all borders, survives the worst atrocities. It is damn near impossible to kill a recipe.
Now think of how many Native American *recipes*, not ingredients, there are
That is how thorough the genocide of manifest destiny was
Now think of how many Native American *recipes*, not ingredients, there are
That is how thorough the genocide of manifest destiny was
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Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
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AI remains incredibly popular among LinkedIn Posters/People who have no friends
February 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
AI remains incredibly popular among LinkedIn Posters/People who have no friends
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February 5, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Note that @wydenpress.bsky.social sent this shortly after the Gang of 8 were briefed on the alleged misconduct of Tulsi which implicated another agency.
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Note that @wydenpress.bsky.social sent this shortly after the Gang of 8 were briefed on the alleged misconduct of Tulsi which implicated another agency.
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this goes so fuckin hard
”A revolution must be started by yourself. An egg, opened from the outside, is food; opened from the inside, it is a new life.“
Ovum exteriore apertum cibus, interiore vita nova.
Revolutio exteriore est incursio.
”A revolution must be started by yourself. An egg, opened from the outside, is food; opened from the inside, it is a new life.“
Ovum exteriore apertum cibus, interiore vita nova.
Revolutio exteriore est incursio.
February 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
this goes so fuckin hard
”A revolution must be started by yourself. An egg, opened from the outside, is food; opened from the inside, it is a new life.“
Ovum exteriore apertum cibus, interiore vita nova.
Revolutio exteriore est incursio.
”A revolution must be started by yourself. An egg, opened from the outside, is food; opened from the inside, it is a new life.“
Ovum exteriore apertum cibus, interiore vita nova.
Revolutio exteriore est incursio.
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Washington Post reporter laid off while freezing in a war zone by one of the world’s richest people.
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Washington Post reporter laid off while freezing in a war zone by one of the world’s richest people.
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Washington Post announces sweeping layoffs amid financial distress
Washington Post announces sweeping layoffs amid financial distress
The cuts represent the most drastic cost-saving measure the Post has implemented since being taken over by a new management team in early 2024.
www.axios.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Washington Post announces sweeping layoffs amid financial distress
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A new systematic review has found that trans women on HRT have the same level of fitness as cis women and don't retain any advantage in sports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
A new systematic review has found that trans women on HRT have the same level of fitness as cis women and don't retain any advantage in sports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Full on concentration camps. "We don't know half of what's going on in the camps, but we know enough" is echoing from 85 years ago.
Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
My Daughter Lived the Liam Ramos Nightmare. It Turned Out Worse for Us.
The constant threats took a toll on my health. My daughter’s health deteriorated even faster.
slate.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Full on concentration camps. "We don't know half of what's going on in the camps, but we know enough" is echoing from 85 years ago.
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I live in Iowa so if you wanna see a cow up close, you have plenty of opportunities to do so. And when you do you understand exactly why pasteurization is an essential, life-saving process.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I live in Iowa so if you wanna see a cow up close, you have plenty of opportunities to do so. And when you do you understand exactly why pasteurization is an essential, life-saving process.
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one year ago if you saw a guy dressed like this walking down your street with a rifle your first instinct would be to kill him
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
one year ago if you saw a guy dressed like this walking down your street with a rifle your first instinct would be to kill him
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She was right about everything
February 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
She was right about everything
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Humans have not evolutionarily changed to any meaningful degree within the last 50,000 years and yet in the last 200-300, one system of thinking thought up by wealth hoarding exploitative men has altered our circadian rythms, long term health and brain chemistry
This isnt fucking natural
This isnt fucking natural
I think about this post a lot.
January 28, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Humans have not evolutionarily changed to any meaningful degree within the last 50,000 years and yet in the last 200-300, one system of thinking thought up by wealth hoarding exploitative men has altered our circadian rythms, long term health and brain chemistry
This isnt fucking natural
This isnt fucking natural
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As a fun piece of trivia, I will say the overwhemling majority of TV Gundam series has had botched productions:
0079: Cancelled and then uncanceled
ZZ: Plot stripped when CCA was approved
CCA: Went through more than a usual amount of drafts before approval. Most of it was changed.
0079: Cancelled and then uncanceled
ZZ: Plot stripped when CCA was approved
CCA: Went through more than a usual amount of drafts before approval. Most of it was changed.
watching gwitch just made me worried every single one of them is gonna feel weird and unfinished from now on and it sucks that its just happening
June 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
As a fun piece of trivia, I will say the overwhemling majority of TV Gundam series has had botched productions:
0079: Cancelled and then uncanceled
ZZ: Plot stripped when CCA was approved
CCA: Went through more than a usual amount of drafts before approval. Most of it was changed.
0079: Cancelled and then uncanceled
ZZ: Plot stripped when CCA was approved
CCA: Went through more than a usual amount of drafts before approval. Most of it was changed.
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Southernizing MLK is a comfortable story. Examining his participation in northern struggles against racism—rent strikes, school strikes— complicates this history.
February 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Southernizing MLK is a comfortable story. Examining his participation in northern struggles against racism—rent strikes, school strikes— complicates this history.
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JK Rowling has not tweeted since openly denying that her team invited the world's most notorious child rapist to a kid's play despite evidence directly disproving her claims
![Peggy Siegal Company: "Hi just liet us know where you like to send the tickets.
Rhys Kimmitt "the tickets are on their way to Peggy's office. Please deal with Lila to arrange pickup"
CC Jeffrey Epstein "Rhys please deal with Jeffrey Epstein's assistant [redacted] She will send a messenger to pick up his two dinner tickets. Thanks so much! xoxo Peggy"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fv2nxxac24oxk5fqztfazyuc/bafkreibvvykhmreglympq4uaov4u3syunnowmaxran4gkhjrstbg2d6pby@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 10:34 PM
JK Rowling has not tweeted since openly denying that her team invited the world's most notorious child rapist to a kid's play despite evidence directly disproving her claims
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This woman has shown more courage than the nominal leaders of the Democratic Party.
Martinez: "[I] sat in federal court and watched from 20 feet away as the border patrol agent who attempted to kill me testified at a hearing. Agent Charles Exum—Charles Exum, my attempted executioner was Charles Exum—I hope the government does not consider my use of his name here to be...doxxing."
February 3, 2026 at 10:38 PM
This woman has shown more courage than the nominal leaders of the Democratic Party.
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
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Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible
February 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible