Becca Stareyes
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I read and play TTRPGs.
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WELL NOW, would you look at that?
A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
October 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that?
A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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never the wrong time for this classic
October 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
never the wrong time for this classic
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You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid
GTA 6 has received a rating of PEGI 18, revealing mentions of "decapitation," the ability for players to snort cocaine at any time, "scenes of sexual fetishes," and much more.
GTA 6 PEGI Age Rating Reveals Mentions of 'Decapitation' and Cocaine That Can Be 'Snorted' at 'Any Time'
bit.ly
October 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid
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Trades. crafts, apprenticeships all gaining in respect as alternatives to absurdly expensive college ... unless the trade in question is perceived as women's work.
Cosmetology doesn't pay as a craft/trade because it is licensed & regulated in a way that ensures it doesn't.
Cosmetology doesn't pay as a craft/trade because it is licensed & regulated in a way that ensures it doesn't.
October 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Trades. crafts, apprenticeships all gaining in respect as alternatives to absurdly expensive college ... unless the trade in question is perceived as women's work.
Cosmetology doesn't pay as a craft/trade because it is licensed & regulated in a way that ensures it doesn't.
Cosmetology doesn't pay as a craft/trade because it is licensed & regulated in a way that ensures it doesn't.
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Okay this is EPIC
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season.
Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
October 5, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Okay this is EPIC
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RHG and his ilk's response will be to do some racecraft, insisting that these are Berbers and thus not really racially Black (while ignoring the ample evidence for dark-skinned Romans) and/or to just botch the chronology and claim that this was part of Roman decline.
I don’t think the roman helmet guys on musk’s csam emporium know this one (from josephine quinn’s how the world made the West)
![By now the Roman imperial economy depended heavily on African agriculture, manufacturing, and trade, much of which was in the hands of Africans themselves. At the same time, local landowners attained great power and status in Rome: by the 180s CE nearly a third of Roman senators were of African origin.[33] These were men like Septimius Severus,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreihnug56wzczu6qvirzzepjtp7owp3tynpy2sqw6bset7o53w4zhbu)
October 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
RHG and his ilk's response will be to do some racecraft, insisting that these are Berbers and thus not really racially Black (while ignoring the ample evidence for dark-skinned Romans) and/or to just botch the chronology and claim that this was part of Roman decline.
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The Bronx zoo has a Himalayan Snow Leopard cub and her name is Sarka 🥹
September 30, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The Bronx zoo has a Himalayan Snow Leopard cub and her name is Sarka 🥹
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Not to insomnia-weigh-in on the concept of restorative justice, but I thought long and hard ten years ago about what I would say if someone asked what Alex Kozinski could do by way of restorative justice.
(Nobody ever asked.)
(Nobody ever asked.)
October 3, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Not to insomnia-weigh-in on the concept of restorative justice, but I thought long and hard ten years ago about what I would say if someone asked what Alex Kozinski could do by way of restorative justice.
(Nobody ever asked.)
(Nobody ever asked.)
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There is a difference between saying ignorant things out of, well, ignorance (which is almost understandable, since we weren't widely visible until recently) and openly deciding that some people don't count as fully human and can be traded for votes. That second one is where we are.
October 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
There is a difference between saying ignorant things out of, well, ignorance (which is almost understandable, since we weren't widely visible until recently) and openly deciding that some people don't count as fully human and can be traded for votes. That second one is where we are.
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Oh, what a nice idea. (Closing streets for a safer Halloween.)
Halloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle!
You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free!
Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets
You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free!
Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets
October 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Oh, what a nice idea. (Closing streets for a safer Halloween.)
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Your periodic reminder that the decision to pursue a professional ballet career happens at similar or earlier age to most youth gender affirming care and has significantly more lifetime impact on peer socialization, how the body looks and overall health than social transition and puberty blockers.
October 2, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Your periodic reminder that the decision to pursue a professional ballet career happens at similar or earlier age to most youth gender affirming care and has significantly more lifetime impact on peer socialization, how the body looks and overall health than social transition and puberty blockers.
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They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms
Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November
@washingtonsun.com
www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November
@washingtonsun.com
www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
www.washingtonsun.com
October 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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I just.
Two thirds.
That's what they're saying, assuming they're not simply spouting nonsense. If we take them at their word, they believe two thirds of the country shouldn't be here.
There are only ~150.7 million non-white people in America.
Two thirds.
That's what they're saying, assuming they're not simply spouting nonsense. If we take them at their word, they believe two thirds of the country shouldn't be here.
There are only ~150.7 million non-white people in America.
Hundreds of millions of “illegal aliens” out of a population of 340 million? And also, you’ll never guess what Greg Bovino’s great great grandfather was doing in 1863.
October 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I just.
Two thirds.
That's what they're saying, assuming they're not simply spouting nonsense. If we take them at their word, they believe two thirds of the country shouldn't be here.
There are only ~150.7 million non-white people in America.
Two thirds.
That's what they're saying, assuming they're not simply spouting nonsense. If we take them at their word, they believe two thirds of the country shouldn't be here.
There are only ~150.7 million non-white people in America.
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This!
Which tells me, personally, that if they truly believe that its OK to make a sentient being that they enslave, well, they probably think it's ok to do that to humans.
Which tells me, personally, that if they truly believe that its OK to make a sentient being that they enslave, well, they probably think it's ok to do that to humans.
What I don't get with the whole "AI is sentient" slop that they're trying to sell us is--surely if AI were sentient, it would be a living being and as such humans wouldn't be allowed to exploit AI with no pay, no rest and no workers rights?
October 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
This!
Which tells me, personally, that if they truly believe that its OK to make a sentient being that they enslave, well, they probably think it's ok to do that to humans.
Which tells me, personally, that if they truly believe that its OK to make a sentient being that they enslave, well, they probably think it's ok to do that to humans.
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I've never understood why prostitution is illegal, since most of the ugly and dangerous things related to it are caused by that illegality. I finally get it. Making it legal would create oversight, interfering with trafficking and pedophile rings--things wealthy men love.
October 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I've never understood why prostitution is illegal, since most of the ugly and dangerous things related to it are caused by that illegality. I finally get it. Making it legal would create oversight, interfering with trafficking and pedophile rings--things wealthy men love.
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This was literally on full display on Twitter a week or two back in the discussion of this news story:
www.wired.com/story/burner...
www.wired.com/story/burner...
October 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM
This was literally on full display on Twitter a week or two back in the discussion of this news story:
www.wired.com/story/burner...
www.wired.com/story/burner...
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I have to admit, I find Hegseth's "I'm not touching you" version of fascism, where he does white nationalist and christian nationalist things, but always with this pretense that he isn't doing that, even when he wrote books about how we should do that, just so very tiring and annoying.
October 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I have to admit, I find Hegseth's "I'm not touching you" version of fascism, where he does white nationalist and christian nationalist things, but always with this pretense that he isn't doing that, even when he wrote books about how we should do that, just so very tiring and annoying.
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There are NOT machine-made clothes. If there were, your clothes would be made in the country you live in (where the customers are), or in China (where machines are cheap). They’re made in Bangladesh or India or Indonesia because that’s where the LABOUR is cheap. Your clothes are made by people.
October 1, 2026 at 5:30 AM
There are NOT machine-made clothes. If there were, your clothes would be made in the country you live in (where the customers are), or in China (where machines are cheap). They’re made in Bangladesh or India or Indonesia because that’s where the LABOUR is cheap. Your clothes are made by people.
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“If [HHS] can make the argument that anyone who supports trans rights is more likely to be politically violent and politically aggressive, then it makes it easier to demonize their opponents and to try and criminalize trans people.”
www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
What's behind HHS claims that gender-affirming care 'may' radicalize
The report is the agency's latest effort to chip away at trust in established health care models for transgender people. Critics say it frames transgender identity as illegitimate or even dangerous.
www.npr.org
September 30, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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This is a country of delusional people who believe they may one day be rich. The California Wealth Tax has less than 50% support right now. We have to tell the truth about the propagandized voting public. It's incredible.
September 30, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is a country of delusional people who believe they may one day be rich. The California Wealth Tax has less than 50% support right now. We have to tell the truth about the propagandized voting public. It's incredible.
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Never actually talked to a parent.
I know this post is about America. I don't fucking care. When the small one hit three and was finally eligible for the three-hours-a-day five-days-a-week 2/3 of the year government-funded playschool here in Ireland? I stopped slowly dying of exhaustion.
I know this post is about America. I don't fucking care. When the small one hit three and was finally eligible for the three-hours-a-day five-days-a-week 2/3 of the year government-funded playschool here in Ireland? I stopped slowly dying of exhaustion.
listen i'm not gonna link to it but "stay at home parents would simply have no use for universal daycare" is some of the most "oh you've never actually talked to anyone" shit i've ever heard
September 29, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Never actually talked to a parent.
I know this post is about America. I don't fucking care. When the small one hit three and was finally eligible for the three-hours-a-day five-days-a-week 2/3 of the year government-funded playschool here in Ireland? I stopped slowly dying of exhaustion.
I know this post is about America. I don't fucking care. When the small one hit three and was finally eligible for the three-hours-a-day five-days-a-week 2/3 of the year government-funded playschool here in Ireland? I stopped slowly dying of exhaustion.
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I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article.
And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
September 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article.
And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear: