Di
@whisper2ascream.bsky.social
A hiatus after the birdie dumpster fire and now here. A teaching techy geek. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦
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I don't understand a love for media that is unthinking and fanatic and uncritical. There's nothing I enjoy that I couldn't name ten issues with on the spot. That's life, that's art, that's being a huge nerd with strong opinions. Art is not consumption is not dogma.
some people treat fandom like a religion & i find that incredibly odd as a bitch who loves apocrypha & heretics.
February 17, 2026 at 9:23 AM
I don't understand a love for media that is unthinking and fanatic and uncritical. There's nothing I enjoy that I couldn't name ten issues with on the spot. That's life, that's art, that's being a huge nerd with strong opinions. Art is not consumption is not dogma.
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February 17, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement reut.rs/4rnVzzJ
February 17, 2026 at 9:55 AM
U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement reut.rs/4rnVzzJ
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FFS. The absolute baldfaced *gall…!* 😡
Book club scams are now threatening authors who don't fall for their BS. In December, I received an email from Herry Sharp, so-called CEO of "Super Book Lover Curator" praising my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders.
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
FFS. The absolute baldfaced *gall…!* 😡
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When people hear "it saved my life", there’s a presumption made that we mean without it we would quite literally die. And for many of us, that's absolutely true... But for those of us who rely upon it regularly.... it means our lives are made so much better now that they actually feel worth living."
Since Cass is again making the rounds for expounding on all the ways we might make fewer trans kids, here’s a piece on how this discourse erases the lives of trans people doing extraordinary specifically because they embraced who they are. Whose rich lives wouldn’t have happened in the closet.
In defense of trans quality of life — Jessica Kant
Today trans people exist in an atmosphere where it has become normal for strangers to demand of us that we extemporaneously provide inarguable, indisputable proof that without very safe medical care w...
jessk.org
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 PM
When people hear "it saved my life", there’s a presumption made that we mean without it we would quite literally die. And for many of us, that's absolutely true... But for those of us who rely upon it regularly.... it means our lives are made so much better now that they actually feel worth living."
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Normally this would be a 24/7 news story and instead it's like the 47th craziest thing happening right now.
Much of Cuba Goes Dark as Trump Chokes Oil Supply
A Bloomberg News analysis of satellite imagery finds the level of light at night has dropped as much as 50% across Cuba amid Trump's oil blockade
www.bloomberg.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Normally this would be a 24/7 news story and instead it's like the 47th craziest thing happening right now.
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Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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this survey took less than two minutes
yes, it's inane. do it anyway
yes, it's inane. do it anyway
The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program.
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
IRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue Service
IR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.
www.irs.gov
August 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
this survey took less than two minutes
yes, it's inane. do it anyway
yes, it's inane. do it anyway
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Breaking news: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from rapidly deporting undocumented immigrants detained away from the border without a court hearing, a setback for its mass deportation agenda.
Judge blocks Trump’s broad expansion of expedited removal of migrants
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration cannot fast-track the deportations of undocumented migrants inside the country without offering them due process.
wapo.st
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Breaking news: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from rapidly deporting undocumented immigrants detained away from the border without a court hearing, a setback for its mass deportation agenda.
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Been thinking about ancestor magic
Lots of us in the US have an ancestor who fought (and maybe died) to prevent this kind of regime from ever gaining power again
And even if you don’t believe – could it hurt to call on those ancestors to help topple this latest incarnation of totalitarianism?
Lots of us in the US have an ancestor who fought (and maybe died) to prevent this kind of regime from ever gaining power again
And even if you don’t believe – could it hurt to call on those ancestors to help topple this latest incarnation of totalitarianism?
August 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Been thinking about ancestor magic
Lots of us in the US have an ancestor who fought (and maybe died) to prevent this kind of regime from ever gaining power again
And even if you don’t believe – could it hurt to call on those ancestors to help topple this latest incarnation of totalitarianism?
Lots of us in the US have an ancestor who fought (and maybe died) to prevent this kind of regime from ever gaining power again
And even if you don’t believe – could it hurt to call on those ancestors to help topple this latest incarnation of totalitarianism?
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Worth remembering that any time I say, “It's happening,” I’m talking about the September Nintendo Direct.
Worth remembering that any time I refer to “it happening,” I’m talking about an official English release of Treasure of the Rudras.
right just so we’re clear, what I mean by “it happening” is Criterion releasing a 4K edition of In the Cut
August 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Worth remembering that any time I say, “It's happening,” I’m talking about the September Nintendo Direct.
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There is no party platform anymore. Just the whims of a madman and the agenda of his handlers.
August 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
There is no party platform anymore. Just the whims of a madman and the agenda of his handlers.
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Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
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Garcia: We finally got word from the Epstein estate. They're going to be providing the actual Epstein book… the estate is actually going to actually now get us that book and a bunch of other documents that they have that's actually not been reported yet.
August 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Garcia: We finally got word from the Epstein estate. They're going to be providing the actual Epstein book… the estate is actually going to actually now get us that book and a bunch of other documents that they have that's actually not been reported yet.
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The guy whose only claim to fame is rating the fuckability of women at his school did this? Shocking. I am shocked. Can't believe he did this with his money. Couldn't have seen that coming.
August 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The guy whose only claim to fame is rating the fuckability of women at his school did this? Shocking. I am shocked. Can't believe he did this with his money. Couldn't have seen that coming.
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Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission
Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.
reut.rs
August 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R
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You mean *THESE* crocs!?
August 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
You mean *THESE* crocs!?
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NEW: A federal judge ordered an Arkansas school district to take down Ten Commandments displays in its classrooms following our lawsuit.
August 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
NEW: A federal judge ordered an Arkansas school district to take down Ten Commandments displays in its classrooms following our lawsuit.
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if you don't have at least 3 random beverages on your desk and 36+ open tabs with no memory of having opened them, are you even browsing?
August 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
if you don't have at least 3 random beverages on your desk and 36+ open tabs with no memory of having opened them, are you even browsing?
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People forget the largest minority group is the disabled community and they are the only minority group that you can unexpectedly become apart of.
August 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
People forget the largest minority group is the disabled community and they are the only minority group that you can unexpectedly become apart of.
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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The reason it’s so powerful is that it turns /your body/ into the factory that makes the drug. It’s so exciting that the US not working on it will be seen as one of the biggest self-owns in history.
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The reason it’s so powerful is that it turns /your body/ into the factory that makes the drug. It’s so exciting that the US not working on it will be seen as one of the biggest self-owns in history.
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mRNA tech is some of the coolest, most powerful, most promising scifi shit humans are currently doing. They are being investigated to help with cancers, autoimmune diseases, M.S., stroke recovery, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and high cholesterol.
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
mRNA tech is some of the coolest, most powerful, most promising scifi shit humans are currently doing. They are being investigated to help with cancers, autoimmune diseases, M.S., stroke recovery, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and high cholesterol.