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Hello, World. It’s Marina Del Rey (/ref)
She/her, artist and writer on occasion. Expect nothing. Satusugu has taken over my life.
She/her, artist and writer on occasion. Expect nothing. Satusugu has taken over my life.
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@letsrefrain.bsky.social
· Jun 14
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get more passionate. that's my advice. being an artist is super lonely. being a writer is the loneliest. mapping out the wrinkles of your brain and sharing it with the world is vulnerable, especially when no one else seems to care, but passion is the secret. get so passionate it doesn't even matter.
June 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
get more passionate. that's my advice. being an artist is super lonely. being a writer is the loneliest. mapping out the wrinkles of your brain and sharing it with the world is vulnerable, especially when no one else seems to care, but passion is the secret. get so passionate it doesn't even matter.
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I know devs who have been looking for work for 2 years who have been applying at Walmart out of desperation. I know some that have gone homeless. Who rely on gfm's. The harm is absolutely real. All for a handful of dudes to buy a yacht.
if I seem militant about AI it's because a lot of my friends are writers, concept artists, QA people, etc, and they are the ones who are currently having their careers obliterated by that shit.
not speculatively. happening right now.
I don't see a need to be soft towards ppl who shrug at that
not speculatively. happening right now.
I don't see a need to be soft towards ppl who shrug at that
June 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I know devs who have been looking for work for 2 years who have been applying at Walmart out of desperation. I know some that have gone homeless. Who rely on gfm's. The harm is absolutely real. All for a handful of dudes to buy a yacht.
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GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who was caught having multiple affairs, says James Talarico’s views “are antithetical to historical Christian views.”
July 10, 2026 at 8:55 PM
GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who was caught having multiple affairs, says James Talarico’s views “are antithetical to historical Christian views.”
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"executives with no understanding of the industry" seems to be an endemic problem across industries: higher education, medicine, you name it, a bunch of suits with MBAs and unearned arrogance are destroying everything around us, and for some reason, we're supposed to accept that they know best
TV writers were right in 2023 and are being proven more right every day — there was a stable television model that made everyone lots of money and put out good shows.
Then execs with no understanding of the industry confused the production model and the distribution model, and they blew it all up.
Then execs with no understanding of the industry confused the production model and the distribution model, and they blew it all up.
Exclusive | Netflix Is Exploring Live TV and Bundles as It Struggles to Keep Viewers Hooked
The streamer is rethinking some of its core strategies to compete with rivals.
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July 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
"executives with no understanding of the industry" seems to be an endemic problem across industries: higher education, medicine, you name it, a bunch of suits with MBAs and unearned arrogance are destroying everything around us, and for some reason, we're supposed to accept that they know best
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one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
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Not saying anything new, but for how hopeless the setup of Iron Lung is, I found it weirdly life-affirming? In lots of horror media the characters get oddly accepting of death/do dumb shit/go in guns blazing and it's so refreshing & agonising to have your doomed protagonist want to live so badly!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Not saying anything new, but for how hopeless the setup of Iron Lung is, I found it weirdly life-affirming? In lots of horror media the characters get oddly accepting of death/do dumb shit/go in guns blazing and it's so refreshing & agonising to have your doomed protagonist want to live so badly!!
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February 17, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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Why does the age of ai-slop writing have to be at the same time where I finally learn how to use the em-dash correctly 😭
March 10, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Why does the age of ai-slop writing have to be at the same time where I finally learn how to use the em-dash correctly 😭
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worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.
March 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.
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Trump wants media outlets charged with treason. This is how dictators talk.
March 16, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Trump wants media outlets charged with treason. This is how dictators talk.
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MAGA influencer accounts are baselessly accusing Thomas Massie of killing his wife.
Massie refuses to help Trump cover up the Epstein files.
Massie refuses to help Trump cover up the Epstein files.
February 25, 2026 at 12:48 PM
MAGA influencer accounts are baselessly accusing Thomas Massie of killing his wife.
Massie refuses to help Trump cover up the Epstein files.
Massie refuses to help Trump cover up the Epstein files.
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There's something fucked up about this fandom viewing ugliness as evil and beauty as good; I see it all the time with Viktor, where Arcane Herald is treated less like Viktor and more like a monster that needs to be purged to return Viktor to a more "pure" "beautiful" noticably human state
February 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
There's something fucked up about this fandom viewing ugliness as evil and beauty as good; I see it all the time with Viktor, where Arcane Herald is treated less like Viktor and more like a monster that needs to be purged to return Viktor to a more "pure" "beautiful" noticably human state
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This isn’t about just one investigation. It’s about a presidency treating the entire legal system as something to be broken or bent whenever it stands in the way.
February 25, 2026 at 9:15 PM
This isn’t about just one investigation. It’s about a presidency treating the entire legal system as something to be broken or bent whenever it stands in the way.
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February 25, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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do we think this is what made him joker out this valentines day
hearing pedro pascal was offered the sexiest man alive title for 3 years in a row and has rejected it 3 times makes perfect sense to me bc that gay ass man broke into the mainstream and immediately got typecast a hundred times into gruff latinomacho boring daddy shit to the point its laughable
February 25, 2026 at 10:18 PM
do we think this is what made him joker out this valentines day
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Daniel, you say you’ve been organizing in the streets.
Real organizers don’t stand around with their hands in their pockets while others do the work.
Let’s stop pretending.
Real organizers don’t stand around with their hands in their pockets while others do the work.
Let’s stop pretending.
February 26, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Daniel, you say you’ve been organizing in the streets.
Real organizers don’t stand around with their hands in their pockets while others do the work.
Let’s stop pretending.
Real organizers don’t stand around with their hands in their pockets while others do the work.
Let’s stop pretending.
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I have a lot of regrets in my life, but probably none more so than skipping Daft Punk during their Alive 2007 tour because I was up all night working before the show.
February 25, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I have a lot of regrets in my life, but probably none more so than skipping Daft Punk during their Alive 2007 tour because I was up all night working before the show.
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Measles was wiped out in the U.S. 25 years ago and now we’re already past 1,000 cases in February because vaccination rates dropped below the safety line. This is what happens when public health gets gutted and people stop trusting basic science.
February 25, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Measles was wiped out in the U.S. 25 years ago and now we’re already past 1,000 cases in February because vaccination rates dropped below the safety line. This is what happens when public health gets gutted and people stop trusting basic science.
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smart glasses that can detect faces and find data about the person it detects should be banned. it only has bad and evil applications
February 25, 2026 at 6:56 PM
smart glasses that can detect faces and find data about the person it detects should be banned. it only has bad and evil applications
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February 26, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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Back at it again in the mines
February 25, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Back at it again in the mines