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Beginner Gardener - Video Gamer - Book Hoarder - General Nerd
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Hello-hello! I tend to repost more than post, being a lurker and all.
I DO NOT SUPPORT BIGOTRY, GEN-AI, CRYPTO
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Hello-hello! I tend to repost more than post, being a lurker and all.
I DO NOT SUPPORT BIGOTRY, GEN-AI, CRYPTO
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Whether intentional or not, what @lillywachowski.bsky.social has said is *precisely* what needs to be said, at *precisely* the time it needs to be said. This puts Rowling on her back foot at the worst possible time for the HBO series. Brava, Lilly!
Eye-wateringly stupid defence from Rowling’s team here - ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’ - Really? So that £70,000 towards the bathroom ban was by accident? The JKR Women’s Fund was made by an impersonator? At least have the spine to admit you want us dead
J.K. Rowling’s rep responds to Lilly Wachowski’s accusation of ‘funding trans genocide’ (exclusive)
J.K. Rowling’s representative responded to Lilly Wachowski accusing the author of ‘funding trans genocide’: ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’
ew.com
September 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Whether intentional or not, what @lillywachowski.bsky.social has said is *precisely* what needs to be said, at *precisely* the time it needs to be said. This puts Rowling on her back foot at the worst possible time for the HBO series. Brava, Lilly!
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blizzard workers had to fight tooth and nail for years, but they finally did it: they secured a union contract not just for one team, but for all unionized units--warcraft, overwatch, diablo, and more
![“We really started mobilizing as one Blizzard unit in [the] last couple of months, and I think that really helped put the pressure on,” Paul Cox, senior game designer on World of Warcraft, told Aftermath.
"I feel like the company dragged its feet and did a lot of posturing and wasting time until the very, very last moment."
Prior to spring of this year, the WoW team, which unionized in 2024, had gotten the lion's share of bargaining time. Other units found themselves stuck in the mud. Higher-ups were effectively stalling the whole process—unfortunately nothing new for unionized workers under Microsoft’s umbrella.
"For this whole year of bargaining on the Diablo side—and I imagine on the rest of the units as well—we received so few [bargaining] dates, but we kind of had the understanding that whatever WoW was able to win would at least influence and set the floor for the rest of our units,” Diablo senior environment artist Mahreen Fatima told Aftermath. “We adopted this messaging about how WoW's wins are our wins, so we should be out there mobilizing with them. But truly, I feel like the company dragged its feet and did a lot of posturing and wasting time until the very, very last moment this last month to finally be able to say, 'OK, yes, we are willing to extend this contract to everyone.' We really did not have any indication that we could get this done until last month."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreih6u6gzajbd63dovnmlnc43z5g6i35d3n735rrdkopipyjopkl72e)
September 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
blizzard workers had to fight tooth and nail for years, but they finally did it: they secured a union contract not just for one team, but for all unionized units--warcraft, overwatch, diablo, and more
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My press doesn’t use substack, or help make content for substack. We just turned down a second press interview hosted on substack—so I want to share this article.
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM
My press doesn’t use substack, or help make content for substack. We just turned down a second press interview hosted on substack—so I want to share this article.
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“Consumerism as activism” can be a questionable tactic… but it’s worth noting: if you all see COYOTE VS ACME this weekend and make it a giant hit… you will specifically humiliate David Zaslov and make him miserable… while also seeing an entertaining and heartfelt movie. The definition of win/win.
Wile E. Coyote Bored
Alt: Wile E. Coyote files his fingernails.
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August 29, 2026 at 10:42 PM
“Consumerism as activism” can be a questionable tactic… but it’s worth noting: if you all see COYOTE VS ACME this weekend and make it a giant hit… you will specifically humiliate David Zaslov and make him miserable… while also seeing an entertaining and heartfelt movie. The definition of win/win.
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What horseshit. She embraced gay people at the height of the AIDS crisis, embraced trans people at the height of the war against them, supported Black communities and artists, and wrote the most pro-worker's rights feminist pop song of all time. Neutral my ass
"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis
Analysis: Dolly Parton was the one person who could unite a deeply divided country
www.cnn.com
August 26, 2026 at 2:20 PM
What horseshit. She embraced gay people at the height of the AIDS crisis, embraced trans people at the height of the war against them, supported Black communities and artists, and wrote the most pro-worker's rights feminist pop song of all time. Neutral my ass
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Tim Curry and Dolly leaving us within hours of each other is homophobic.
August 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Tim Curry and Dolly leaving us within hours of each other is homophobic.
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As a tribute to Dolly, why not donate a book? Leave one is a free library. Give one to a friend or neighbor or child. Buy one for a teacher’s wishlist. If you have book donation ideas, add them to this thread. Dolly would love to see people getting books!
August 26, 2026 at 2:22 AM
As a tribute to Dolly, why not donate a book? Leave one is a free library. Give one to a friend or neighbor or child. Buy one for a teacher’s wishlist. If you have book donation ideas, add them to this thread. Dolly would love to see people getting books!
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Incredibly glad someone is talking about for-profit prisons. When I had a friend inside, he got too little food, forcing him to supplement from a commissary with money put into his account from folks outside. The prices were astronomical, bleeding funds from inmates' communities. It was appalling.
Florida State Rep. Angie Nixon, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, won the Senate nomination in Tuesday’s primary in a surprise victory over Lt. Col. Alex Vindman. On Morning Joe, she's asked about the DSA's agenda, including defunding police and abolishing prisons and the border.
August 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Incredibly glad someone is talking about for-profit prisons. When I had a friend inside, he got too little food, forcing him to supplement from a commissary with money put into his account from folks outside. The prices were astronomical, bleeding funds from inmates' communities. It was appalling.
When you were 91% of the way to the final drop but had to leave because it was time to go vote and then time for work @playpalia.com ;-;
August 19, 2026 at 12:13 AM
When you were 91% of the way to the final drop but had to leave because it was time to go vote and then time for work @playpalia.com ;-;
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Bamboo fabric is almost always just rayon. Rayon is made by using chemicals to turn cellulose into a goo and extruding it into a fiber, and the process is usually quite toxic. There's a lot I like about rayon as a fabric, but it's not really sustainable and you shouldn't pay a premium for bamboo.
What’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?
August 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Bamboo fabric is almost always just rayon. Rayon is made by using chemicals to turn cellulose into a goo and extruding it into a fiber, and the process is usually quite toxic. There's a lot I like about rayon as a fabric, but it's not really sustainable and you shouldn't pay a premium for bamboo.
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quickly made up some posters you can print!
i choose to believe that most HP fans are ignorant about jo rowling's hatred and if educated, would choose better. i don't think this education can be stretched further online. it's up to us to share our knowledge irl.
left is letter, right is A4
i choose to believe that most HP fans are ignorant about jo rowling's hatred and if educated, would choose better. i don't think this education can be stretched further online. it's up to us to share our knowledge irl.
left is letter, right is A4
August 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM
quickly made up some posters you can print!
i choose to believe that most HP fans are ignorant about jo rowling's hatred and if educated, would choose better. i don't think this education can be stretched further online. it's up to us to share our knowledge irl.
left is letter, right is A4
i choose to believe that most HP fans are ignorant about jo rowling's hatred and if educated, would choose better. i don't think this education can be stretched further online. it's up to us to share our knowledge irl.
left is letter, right is A4
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Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
August 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
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The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
futurism.com
August 2, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
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Beware anyone who expects you to die for the cause when they won’t even cross the street for it.
July 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Beware anyone who expects you to die for the cause when they won’t even cross the street for it.
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Sometimes he ducks into threads that have nothing to do with him, hurls a lightning bolt that burns someone to a pile of ash, and leaves
July 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Sometimes he ducks into threads that have nothing to do with him, hurls a lightning bolt that burns someone to a pile of ash, and leaves
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NEW: Mayor Mamdani announces that he has looked at all options and has determined he does NOT have the legal authority to arrest Netanyahu under the ICC warrant if he comes to New York, but the feds do, and he encourages them to do so. He adds that Netanyahu is NOT WELCOME in New York City.
July 22, 2026 at 12:42 AM
NEW: Mayor Mamdani announces that he has looked at all options and has determined he does NOT have the legal authority to arrest Netanyahu under the ICC warrant if he comes to New York, but the feds do, and he encourages them to do so. He adds that Netanyahu is NOT WELCOME in New York City.
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I'd like to report:
1. Donald Trump for poisoning ducks in the Reflecting Pool.
2. Kristi Noem for shooting her dog Cricket in the face.
3. Sarah Palin for gunning down wolves from a helicopter.
4. Ted Cruz for abandoning his dog Snowflake in an empty house when he fled to Cancun.
1. Donald Trump for poisoning ducks in the Reflecting Pool.
2. Kristi Noem for shooting her dog Cricket in the face.
3. Sarah Palin for gunning down wolves from a helicopter.
4. Ted Cruz for abandoning his dog Snowflake in an empty house when he fled to Cancun.
July 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I'd like to report:
1. Donald Trump for poisoning ducks in the Reflecting Pool.
2. Kristi Noem for shooting her dog Cricket in the face.
3. Sarah Palin for gunning down wolves from a helicopter.
4. Ted Cruz for abandoning his dog Snowflake in an empty house when he fled to Cancun.
1. Donald Trump for poisoning ducks in the Reflecting Pool.
2. Kristi Noem for shooting her dog Cricket in the face.
3. Sarah Palin for gunning down wolves from a helicopter.
4. Ted Cruz for abandoning his dog Snowflake in an empty house when he fled to Cancun.
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Destiny 2 fans have released a free browser game that features Bungie's former CEO Pete Parsons as the final boss
Players have to defeat him by pelting him with tomatoes
Players have to defeat him by pelting him with tomatoes
July 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Destiny 2 fans have released a free browser game that features Bungie's former CEO Pete Parsons as the final boss
Players have to defeat him by pelting him with tomatoes
Players have to defeat him by pelting him with tomatoes
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Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
May 14, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Reminder that there will be motion on KOSA and the KIDS ACT on monday
Please contact your representatives literally right now of you can and demand censorship/surveillance legislation be opposed
Please contact your representatives literally right now of you can and demand censorship/surveillance legislation be opposed
‼️ Bad Internet Bills, disguised as “kids safety” bills, are moving through Congress again ‼️
It's time to get those phones in Congress ringing off the hooks again w/ one simple message: we refuse any bill that age restricts, censors & surveils the Internet. : www.politico.com/live-updates...
It's time to get those phones in Congress ringing off the hooks again w/ one simple message: we refuse any bill that age restricts, censors & surveils the Internet. : www.politico.com/live-updates...
Lawmakers cement bipartisan deal for kids online safety package
The new package complicates a separate push for a kids safety bill coming from the Senate.
www.politico.com
June 26, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Reminder that there will be motion on KOSA and the KIDS ACT on monday
Please contact your representatives literally right now of you can and demand censorship/surveillance legislation be opposed
Please contact your representatives literally right now of you can and demand censorship/surveillance legislation be opposed
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That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools
June 20, 2026 at 1:08 PM
That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools
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Mods cancel all the discord nitros
As early as next month, Discord could enable their global age verification measures. #privacy #ageverification
theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/discord-wi...
theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/discord-wi...
Discord will enable global age verification soon
Now's the time to move
theprivacycloud.substack.com
June 19, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Mods cancel all the discord nitros
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You don't have to answer the door for the Feds. Do not voluntarily talk to the Feds. If they have a warrant signed by an actual judge, then they can do precisely what the warrant says.
But DO NOT TALK TO THE FEDS. Do not answer the door. If you're arrested, your only words are "I want a lawyer."
But DO NOT TALK TO THE FEDS. Do not answer the door. If you're arrested, your only words are "I want a lawyer."
ICE observers in Minneapolis have begun receiving visits from FBI agents sent to intimidate them. A close friend-combat vet, mother, no criminal record-who was a volunteer observer during the ICE crisis, had a visit and was threatened for taking photos and videoed, claiming that filming was illegal.
June 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
You don't have to answer the door for the Feds. Do not voluntarily talk to the Feds. If they have a warrant signed by an actual judge, then they can do precisely what the warrant says.
But DO NOT TALK TO THE FEDS. Do not answer the door. If you're arrested, your only words are "I want a lawyer."
But DO NOT TALK TO THE FEDS. Do not answer the door. If you're arrested, your only words are "I want a lawyer."
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I've seen this exact picture going around instagram, facebook and now bluesky over the past week, specifically, and no one included the actual link in any of their posts. Even the "source" line doesn't really help.
Here: ocw.mit.edu
I mean it's clearly engagement bait, but why? Just link to MIT. 🤔
Here: ocw.mit.edu
I mean it's clearly engagement bait, but why? Just link to MIT. 🤔
June 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I've seen this exact picture going around instagram, facebook and now bluesky over the past week, specifically, and no one included the actual link in any of their posts. Even the "source" line doesn't really help.
Here: ocw.mit.edu
I mean it's clearly engagement bait, but why? Just link to MIT. 🤔
Here: ocw.mit.edu
I mean it's clearly engagement bait, but why? Just link to MIT. 🤔