Bef
@chaointe.bsky.social
Patron Saint of Shiny Things, Empress of Allergies, science fangirl, LARPer, and bog body in training. She/her.
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Hello Saturday.
🐇 A little marginalia. #InternationalRabbitDay
🐇 A little marginalia. #InternationalRabbitDay
September 26, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Hello Saturday.
🐇 A little marginalia. #InternationalRabbitDay
🐇 A little marginalia. #InternationalRabbitDay
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For younger people who were not there...
Know that this country did not come together after 9/11.
They went after every brown skinned person they could. Americans didn't know the difference between a Arab and a Sikh. We perpetrated and tolerated violence and misinformation on these people.
Know that this country did not come together after 9/11.
They went after every brown skinned person they could. Americans didn't know the difference between a Arab and a Sikh. We perpetrated and tolerated violence and misinformation on these people.
September 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
For younger people who were not there...
Know that this country did not come together after 9/11.
They went after every brown skinned person they could. Americans didn't know the difference between a Arab and a Sikh. We perpetrated and tolerated violence and misinformation on these people.
Know that this country did not come together after 9/11.
They went after every brown skinned person they could. Americans didn't know the difference between a Arab and a Sikh. We perpetrated and tolerated violence and misinformation on these people.
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I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done.
This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands.
He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands.
He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
I’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.
Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids.
www.transiticsnews.com
September 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done.
This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands.
He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands.
He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
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With 100° temps a new norm, Republicans are trying to stop all federal heat safety protection regs, now or in the future. HR 6213 prohibits OSHA from creating or enforcing ANY national heat safety standard. We MUST stop it! act.seiu.org/a/fedheatreg... #WeFeedYou
August 11, 2026 at 5:21 PM
With 100° temps a new norm, Republicans are trying to stop all federal heat safety protection regs, now or in the future. HR 6213 prohibits OSHA from creating or enforcing ANY national heat safety standard. We MUST stop it! act.seiu.org/a/fedheatreg... #WeFeedYou
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Found this old stylized Megaloceros skull mandala, tweaked it a little, and now y'all can enjoy. Threw it up on Redbubble as a sticker without the textures. #art #pleistocene #paleoart #megafauna #irishelk
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1829...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1829...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1829...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1829...
August 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Found this old stylized Megaloceros skull mandala, tweaked it a little, and now y'all can enjoy. Threw it up on Redbubble as a sticker without the textures. #art #pleistocene #paleoart #megafauna #irishelk
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1829...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1829...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1829...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1829...
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Remember.
If you don't know which person in your friend group is possessed by the malevolent spirit of an ancient cat god, it's probably you.
If you don't know which person in your friend group is possessed by the malevolent spirit of an ancient cat god, it's probably you.
August 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Remember.
If you don't know which person in your friend group is possessed by the malevolent spirit of an ancient cat god, it's probably you.
If you don't know which person in your friend group is possessed by the malevolent spirit of an ancient cat god, it's probably you.
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like there used to be a time where you just could walk around and not worry about being recorded somehow, you could just... exist. You didn't have to consider how every single second of your public life couldn't be trotted out to ridicule you. No wonder everyone's neurotic are you kidding me
August 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
like there used to be a time where you just could walk around and not worry about being recorded somehow, you could just... exist. You didn't have to consider how every single second of your public life couldn't be trotted out to ridicule you. No wonder everyone's neurotic are you kidding me
Got excited when I read this, now consumed with the intrusive thought that I want to know what @seananmcguire.bsky.social thinks about it, RE: the exhaustive research she did when putting together the FEED universe. May submit it as a Patreon question.
www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/h...
FDA approves first mRNA-based flu vaccine | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the United States’ first mRNA-based flu vaccine for adults 50 and older, drugmaker Moderna said.
www.cnn.com
August 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Got excited when I read this, now consumed with the intrusive thought that I want to know what @seananmcguire.bsky.social thinks about it, RE: the exhaustive research she did when putting together the FEED universe. May submit it as a Patreon question.
www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/h...
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Shout this louder.
She should be RADIOACTIVE.
She's the most prominent and dangerous transphobe on the planet.
bsky.app/profile/dana...
She should be RADIOACTIVE.
She's the most prominent and dangerous transphobe on the planet.
bsky.app/profile/dana...
“We’re partnering with JK Rowling” needs to be like “we’re partnering with the Klan” in terms of what it does for a corporate entity’s public image.
July 26, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Shout this louder.
She should be RADIOACTIVE.
She's the most prominent and dangerous transphobe on the planet.
bsky.app/profile/dana...
She should be RADIOACTIVE.
She's the most prominent and dangerous transphobe on the planet.
bsky.app/profile/dana...
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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
July 22, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.
July 20, 2026 at 3:08 AM
A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.
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The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco.
www.koat.com/article/chac...
www.koat.com/article/chac...
Chaco Canyon public comment period opens, as BLM proposes reopening 336,000 acres to mineral leasing
A new federal assessment could reshape the future of development near Chaco Canyon. Here’s what’s in the plan and how long the public has to weigh in.
www.koat.com
July 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco.
www.koat.com/article/chac...
www.koat.com/article/chac...
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Remember, there is nothing stopping you from being kind.
Also, there's nothing stopping you from wearing the antlered crown of a long dead forest god, or eating more cheese than is medically recommended.
Also, there's nothing stopping you from wearing the antlered crown of a long dead forest god, or eating more cheese than is medically recommended.
June 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Remember, there is nothing stopping you from being kind.
Also, there's nothing stopping you from wearing the antlered crown of a long dead forest god, or eating more cheese than is medically recommended.
Also, there's nothing stopping you from wearing the antlered crown of a long dead forest god, or eating more cheese than is medically recommended.
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When someone who consistently does and says terrible things dies, it's helpful. It means that they can no longer do and say terrible things. It's a form of cleansing the world. That's a positive thing.
July 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
When someone who consistently does and says terrible things dies, it's helpful. It means that they can no longer do and say terrible things. It's a form of cleansing the world. That's a positive thing.
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Apologies to Robert Frost, but sometimes when you take the road less traveled, you end up living in a hollow tree, making sculptures out of weird bones, and in thrall to the queen of dark fairies.
It can happen.
It can happen.
June 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Apologies to Robert Frost, but sometimes when you take the road less traveled, you end up living in a hollow tree, making sculptures out of weird bones, and in thrall to the queen of dark fairies.
It can happen.
It can happen.
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Everything is expensive, but here are some things you can enjoy for free:
- your local library
- dreaming
- creating trouble
- talking with trees
- collecting weird bones from the forest and fleeing from the creatures that want their weird bones back
- your local library
- dreaming
- creating trouble
- talking with trees
- collecting weird bones from the forest and fleeing from the creatures that want their weird bones back
June 9, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Everything is expensive, but here are some things you can enjoy for free:
- your local library
- dreaming
- creating trouble
- talking with trees
- collecting weird bones from the forest and fleeing from the creatures that want their weird bones back
- your local library
- dreaming
- creating trouble
- talking with trees
- collecting weird bones from the forest and fleeing from the creatures that want their weird bones back
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Deep down, don't we all want the same thing?
To be with someone who makes us feel safe and loved?
Someone with decent sword skills, deep cheese knowledge, and an aura of haunted castles and windswept moors?
To be with someone who makes us feel safe and loved?
Someone with decent sword skills, deep cheese knowledge, and an aura of haunted castles and windswept moors?
July 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Deep down, don't we all want the same thing?
To be with someone who makes us feel safe and loved?
Someone with decent sword skills, deep cheese knowledge, and an aura of haunted castles and windswept moors?
To be with someone who makes us feel safe and loved?
Someone with decent sword skills, deep cheese knowledge, and an aura of haunted castles and windswept moors?
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*ahem*
Your attention, please!
Do you or someone you know need to hire an electrician for something? Great rates, fast and pleasant service! 20+ years experience!
Boston, North & South Shores, Metrowest, and Central MA, primarily, but willing to travel further, depending. Never hurts to ask.
Your attention, please!
Do you or someone you know need to hire an electrician for something? Great rates, fast and pleasant service! 20+ years experience!
Boston, North & South Shores, Metrowest, and Central MA, primarily, but willing to travel further, depending. Never hurts to ask.
July 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
*ahem*
Your attention, please!
Do you or someone you know need to hire an electrician for something? Great rates, fast and pleasant service! 20+ years experience!
Boston, North & South Shores, Metrowest, and Central MA, primarily, but willing to travel further, depending. Never hurts to ask.
Your attention, please!
Do you or someone you know need to hire an electrician for something? Great rates, fast and pleasant service! 20+ years experience!
Boston, North & South Shores, Metrowest, and Central MA, primarily, but willing to travel further, depending. Never hurts to ask.
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Instead of fireworks, why not scare your neighbors the old fashioned way?
Grow out your antlers and fangs, cultivate a thunderous beard of moss, haunt the night, and become a terrifying creature of legend and lore.
Grow out your antlers and fangs, cultivate a thunderous beard of moss, haunt the night, and become a terrifying creature of legend and lore.
July 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Instead of fireworks, why not scare your neighbors the old fashioned way?
Grow out your antlers and fangs, cultivate a thunderous beard of moss, haunt the night, and become a terrifying creature of legend and lore.
Grow out your antlers and fangs, cultivate a thunderous beard of moss, haunt the night, and become a terrifying creature of legend and lore.
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I don't want to live in interesting times.
I want to go back to mundane times when we were living in a cozy hollow tree in the old forest, drinking tea, discussing books, and having adventures with sophisticated talking animals in little tweed suits.
I want to go back to mundane times when we were living in a cozy hollow tree in the old forest, drinking tea, discussing books, and having adventures with sophisticated talking animals in little tweed suits.
June 27, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I don't want to live in interesting times.
I want to go back to mundane times when we were living in a cozy hollow tree in the old forest, drinking tea, discussing books, and having adventures with sophisticated talking animals in little tweed suits.
I want to go back to mundane times when we were living in a cozy hollow tree in the old forest, drinking tea, discussing books, and having adventures with sophisticated talking animals in little tweed suits.
This is cute - I consider myself pretty useless at geography, but I scored in the top 30th for my first try:
anthropeum.com
anthropeum.com
Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
anthropeum.com
June 16, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This is cute - I consider myself pretty useless at geography, but I scored in the top 30th for my first try:
anthropeum.com
anthropeum.com
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At the start of my terrorism studies course, I ask students what most terrorists have in common. They always say:
1- Mental illness
2- Religion.
They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are:
1- Gender
2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.
1- Mental illness
2- Religion.
They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are:
1- Gender
2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.
May 31, 2026 at 7:15 PM
At the start of my terrorism studies course, I ask students what most terrorists have in common. They always say:
1- Mental illness
2- Religion.
They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are:
1- Gender
2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.
1- Mental illness
2- Religion.
They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are:
1- Gender
2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.