Mauve Rose 🌹
@mauverose.bsky.social
Amateur wordsmith and blogger - mostly science fiction or slightly scary stories. Cat slave. Take pictures of local wildlife when they are kind enough to pose for me.
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This is what happens when Donny stays up all night rage-Xitting.
September 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This is what happens when Donny stays up all night rage-Xitting.
This article illustrates why I have mixed feelings about smart glasses.
Yes, they can be used to violate privacy. But they can also make it easier to document ICE and other police infractions against citizens.
Yes, they can be used to violate privacy. But they can also make it easier to document ICE and other police infractions against citizens.
September 8, 2026 at 11:25 AM
This article illustrates why I have mixed feelings about smart glasses.
Yes, they can be used to violate privacy. But they can also make it easier to document ICE and other police infractions against citizens.
Yes, they can be used to violate privacy. But they can also make it easier to document ICE and other police infractions against citizens.
I'm currently reworking a story that I wrote back in 2018. I have a character that I don't have a name for. He's a hick dairy farmer with a shotgun and an incredible amount of luck as he survives an encounter with the big bad in the story.
September 7, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I'm currently reworking a story that I wrote back in 2018. I have a character that I don't have a name for. He's a hick dairy farmer with a shotgun and an incredible amount of luck as he survives an encounter with the big bad in the story.
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When they do this, it's not enough to reject the demand.
You've got to shove it back in their face, and ask why they never ask Republicans to denounce the racist mass murderer who is their party's top donor and who was given the keys to the federal government to cause mass chaos.
You've got to shove it back in their face, and ask why they never ask Republicans to denounce the racist mass murderer who is their party's top donor and who was given the keys to the federal government to cause mass chaos.
Raskin after Kristen Welker plays him clips of controversial Hasan Piker comments and asks him to react to them: "I think all of that is an irrelevant distraction"
September 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
When they do this, it's not enough to reject the demand.
You've got to shove it back in their face, and ask why they never ask Republicans to denounce the racist mass murderer who is their party's top donor and who was given the keys to the federal government to cause mass chaos.
You've got to shove it back in their face, and ask why they never ask Republicans to denounce the racist mass murderer who is their party's top donor and who was given the keys to the federal government to cause mass chaos.
Public Service Announcement:
September 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Public Service Announcement:
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September 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Pass it on.
September 5, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Pass it on.
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Pass it on.
September 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Pass it on.
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As I was saying...
August 25, 2026 at 2:13 AM
As I was saying...
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John Fugelsang, you are a treasure!
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10 Facts About "Illegals" A Guide For Racist Idiots
YouTube video by John Fugelsang
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November 25, 2024 at 4:07 PM
John Fugelsang, you are a treasure!
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Is it just me, or does anyone else when they see "tfg" in a post read it as "the fucking ghoul" instead of its original meaning?
August 20, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Is it just me, or does anyone else when they see "tfg" in a post read it as "the fucking ghoul" instead of its original meaning?
An apt analogy
The pump* don't work since the vandals** took the handle***
*Economy
**MAGA
***Government
*Economy
**MAGA
***Government
August 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
An apt analogy
If they want respect and dignity, they need to clean up their act and show some respect and dignity toward the people they waste their time hating.
In other words, they need to earn what they squandered by voting in the fascism.
In other words, they need to earn what they squandered by voting in the fascism.
It sounds hokey. It sounds ridiculous. But the best way to win over moderates--over people motivated by bigotry, tbh--is to show them a path to feeling good about themselves and about America that does not rely on hate. And to show them that America has a place of respect and dignity for them.
August 13, 2026 at 6:55 PM
If they want respect and dignity, they need to clean up their act and show some respect and dignity toward the people they waste their time hating.
In other words, they need to earn what they squandered by voting in the fascism.
In other words, they need to earn what they squandered by voting in the fascism.
Apologies if you've already seen this excellent thread. It's long and like Inception there are rabbit holes within rabbit holes, but well worth the time.
In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were published within weeks of one another: the first is the Snowden leaks, which revealed a system of global, pervasive digital surveillance.
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August 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Apologies if you've already seen this excellent thread. It's long and like Inception there are rabbit holes within rabbit holes, but well worth the time.
From a long thread that I will repost the beginning of later.
AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can reliably convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that *can't* do your job:
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Pluralistic: AI can’t do your job (18 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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August 11, 2026 at 1:11 PM
From a long thread that I will repost the beginning of later.
The left needs to quit with this "purity" nonsense. We all want fucking perfect. The problem is that it doesn't exist.
"Perfect" is an illusion. Nothing is perfect. Nothing ever was.
"Perfect" is an illusion. Nothing is perfect. Nothing ever was.
I would say the same thing to the left's endless armies of factional warriors, who spend most of their waking hours attacking other people in the left coalition.
The fascists are on the loose. They are tearing everything down. They must be stopped. Fucking focus.
The fascists are on the loose. They are tearing everything down. They must be stopped. Fucking focus.
August 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The left needs to quit with this "purity" nonsense. We all want fucking perfect. The problem is that it doesn't exist.
"Perfect" is an illusion. Nothing is perfect. Nothing ever was.
"Perfect" is an illusion. Nothing is perfect. Nothing ever was.
You and me both.
We peaked as a nation in the late 1960s through the early 1970s until Watergate and it's been downhill ever since. There have been bright spots, but they seemed to burn out quickly.
We peaked as a nation in the late 1960s through the early 1970s until Watergate and it's been downhill ever since. There have been bright spots, but they seemed to burn out quickly.
At this point in my life there's barely anything left of my politics *other* than a deep, burning, boundless hatred for these fascist fucks. It is so disheartening, day after day, to look out on the internet & see so many prominent people firing in so many other directions.
August 9, 2026 at 12:47 AM
You and me both.
We peaked as a nation in the late 1960s through the early 1970s until Watergate and it's been downhill ever since. There have been bright spots, but they seemed to burn out quickly.
We peaked as a nation in the late 1960s through the early 1970s until Watergate and it's been downhill ever since. There have been bright spots, but they seemed to burn out quickly.
If you are looking for a really good rabbit hole, I highly recommend this thread.
August 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
If you are looking for a really good rabbit hole, I highly recommend this thread.
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Today’s Civics Lesson
Dr. Fauci honoring a congressional subpoena and then taking the Fifth Amendment: an example of someone respecting both Congress and the Constitution.
Jim Jordan ignoring a congressional subpoena: an example of someone showing contempt for Congress.
Lesson over.
Dr. Fauci honoring a congressional subpoena and then taking the Fifth Amendment: an example of someone respecting both Congress and the Constitution.
Jim Jordan ignoring a congressional subpoena: an example of someone showing contempt for Congress.
Lesson over.
August 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Today’s Civics Lesson
Dr. Fauci honoring a congressional subpoena and then taking the Fifth Amendment: an example of someone respecting both Congress and the Constitution.
Jim Jordan ignoring a congressional subpoena: an example of someone showing contempt for Congress.
Lesson over.
Dr. Fauci honoring a congressional subpoena and then taking the Fifth Amendment: an example of someone respecting both Congress and the Constitution.
Jim Jordan ignoring a congressional subpoena: an example of someone showing contempt for Congress.
Lesson over.
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And while Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire thinks this is now a valid complaint about Muslims and will only target them, he should know by now that this Great Replacement Theory talk often blows back on other people too.
Great Replacement Theory: Here’s What Jews Need to Know About White Supremacy
The Great Replacement is a conspiracy theory rooted in white supremacist ideology that claims there is an intentional effort, led by Jews, to make whites extinct. It has inspired massacres in Pittsbur...
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August 6, 2026 at 9:49 PM
And while Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire thinks this is now a valid complaint about Muslims and will only target them, he should know by now that this Great Replacement Theory talk often blows back on other people too.
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Jesus Christ, this would've been seen as too racist and too ham-handed politically even in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.
This feels like it was written by a Klansman who'd been kicked in the head by a mule and then huffed three cans of Krylon.
This feels like it was written by a Klansman who'd been kicked in the head by a mule and then huffed three cans of Krylon.
ISLAM ATTACKS US THROUGH THE WOMBS OF OUR WOMEN SAYS BEN SHAPIRO youtu.be/sF4OZoLcCD0
Run Hide Fight: Infidels | Official Trailer
YouTube video by The Daily Wire
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August 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Jesus Christ, this would've been seen as too racist and too ham-handed politically even in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.
This feels like it was written by a Klansman who'd been kicked in the head by a mule and then huffed three cans of Krylon.
This feels like it was written by a Klansman who'd been kicked in the head by a mule and then huffed three cans of Krylon.