Aidan Wachter
@aidanwachter.bsky.social
Author of Six Ways, Weaving Fate, and Changeling. Amateur fungi photographer. I don't offer any services. patreon.com/aidanwachter
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fourth book of the year finished.
if you’re looking for something to read right now, i highly recommend this book. an extraordinary gritty utopian novel about what is possible in the midst of imperial opposition.
thank you, @margaret.bsky.social
if you’re looking for something to read right now, i highly recommend this book. an extraordinary gritty utopian novel about what is possible in the midst of imperial opposition.
thank you, @margaret.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
fourth book of the year finished.
if you’re looking for something to read right now, i highly recommend this book. an extraordinary gritty utopian novel about what is possible in the midst of imperial opposition.
thank you, @margaret.bsky.social
if you’re looking for something to read right now, i highly recommend this book. an extraordinary gritty utopian novel about what is possible in the midst of imperial opposition.
thank you, @margaret.bsky.social
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After our brief break in January, WitchLit is back with a new episode. Steampunk romance author Anne Renwick joined me to chat about Arthur Conan Doyle’s Hound of the Baskervilles. Available at all fine podcatchers and direct from the source at witchlitpod.com/episode/s10e...
February 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
After our brief break in January, WitchLit is back with a new episode. Steampunk romance author Anne Renwick joined me to chat about Arthur Conan Doyle’s Hound of the Baskervilles. Available at all fine podcatchers and direct from the source at witchlitpod.com/episode/s10e...
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i want to point out how the specificity of this declaration makes the reality of their endgame undeniable. there’s no space left to pretend that fascism is seeking anything less than the complete elimination of trans people in our society.
"You Outlaw It": Heritage Foundation President Announces Intent To Outlaw All Trans Adult Care
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"You Outlaw It": Heritage Foundation President Announces Intent To Outlaw All Trans Adult Care
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts indicated his organization's position on the PBD podcast.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:46 AM
i want to point out how the specificity of this declaration makes the reality of their endgame undeniable. there’s no space left to pretend that fascism is seeking anything less than the complete elimination of trans people in our society.
Just received the new, revised edition of @thorncoyle.bsky.social ’s Evolutionary Witchcraft, as well as the brand-new Stars of Power. I read EW during my hiatus from magic in the early 2000’s, and look forward to diving back in.
February 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Just received the new, revised edition of @thorncoyle.bsky.social ’s Evolutionary Witchcraft, as well as the brand-new Stars of Power. I read EW during my hiatus from magic in the early 2000’s, and look forward to diving back in.
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all of this
HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
February 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
all of this
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No it’s what he said. Read what he said.
February 16, 2026 at 12:10 AM
No it’s what he said. Read what he said.
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
This is worth a few minutes to harass your senators with. Calls are better, but this won’t hurt anything and might help: act.standupamerica.com/letters/no-o...
Vote NO on the SAVE Act!
The SAVE Act is a trick to undermine our voting rights. Urge Congress to vote no on the SAVE ACT.
act.standupamerica.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This is worth a few minutes to harass your senators with. Calls are better, but this won’t hurt anything and might help: act.standupamerica.com/letters/no-o...
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Pause. Breathe. Center.
This world may feel messed up, but we have this beauty. We have each other to live and fight for.
This world may feel messed up, but we have this beauty. We have each other to live and fight for.
February 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Pause. Breathe. Center.
This world may feel messed up, but we have this beauty. We have each other to live and fight for.
This world may feel messed up, but we have this beauty. We have each other to live and fight for.
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Word on the street is…
It’s another good day to help our neighbors.
It’s another good day to help our neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Word on the street is…
It’s another good day to help our neighbors.
It’s another good day to help our neighbors.
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The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
Native activists set up prayer camp outside Minneapolis ICE detention center • Minnesota Reformer
Tribal members and descendents set up tipis and a fire at a Fort Snelling Park for four days of prayer for those detained by ICE
minnesotareformer.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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I much prefer being around people who try to improve things, even if they ultimately aren't successful, rather than folks who assume nothing will ever change.
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 AM
I much prefer being around people who try to improve things, even if they ultimately aren't successful, rather than folks who assume nothing will ever change.
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Hey, y'all! I'm very excited to share my first ever @thewildhunt.bsky.social article!
Ancestor Work is an Exercise in Facing Uncomfortable Truths - Living, Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, Witchcraft
Witchcraft & Pagan News - "When we choose to honor a lineage," writes Rev. Ron Padrón, "we cannot cherry pick only what makes our ancestor - and by extension, us - look good. We take on the responsibi...
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February 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Hey, y'all! I'm very excited to share my first ever @thewildhunt.bsky.social article!
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Quit ChatGPT: quitgpt.org
QuitGPT — OpenAI Execs are Trump's Biggest Donors
Join the movement. Delete ChatGPT. Cancel your subscription. It's time to quit.
quitgpt.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Quit ChatGPT: quitgpt.org
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Fehu
Here on the streets and sidewalks
A broken twig forms the rune for wealth.
Here on the streets and sidewalks
We are each other’s wealth.
Poetry 🧵
Here on the streets and sidewalks
A broken twig forms the rune for wealth.
Here on the streets and sidewalks
We are each other’s wealth.
Poetry 🧵
February 7, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Fehu
Here on the streets and sidewalks
A broken twig forms the rune for wealth.
Here on the streets and sidewalks
We are each other’s wealth.
Poetry 🧵
Here on the streets and sidewalks
A broken twig forms the rune for wealth.
Here on the streets and sidewalks
We are each other’s wealth.
Poetry 🧵
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Epstein class gets every benefit of every shadow of a doubt, the rest of us look at an ICE agent funny and we get pepper spray and a cracked skull
February 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Epstein class gets every benefit of every shadow of a doubt, the rest of us look at an ICE agent funny and we get pepper spray and a cracked skull
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Want some fantasy written by a queer, neurodivergent person instead of that accused-of-abuse guy who just crawled out from under a rock again?
We Seek No Kings, sapphic, anarchist fantasy with motorcycles, dragons, & swords is .99 on all retailers: books2read.com/we-seek-no-k...
#BookSky
We Seek No Kings, sapphic, anarchist fantasy with motorcycles, dragons, & swords is .99 on all retailers: books2read.com/we-seek-no-k...
#BookSky
February 3, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Want some fantasy written by a queer, neurodivergent person instead of that accused-of-abuse guy who just crawled out from under a rock again?
We Seek No Kings, sapphic, anarchist fantasy with motorcycles, dragons, & swords is .99 on all retailers: books2read.com/we-seek-no-k...
#BookSky
We Seek No Kings, sapphic, anarchist fantasy with motorcycles, dragons, & swords is .99 on all retailers: books2read.com/we-seek-no-k...
#BookSky
I’ve been looking for some purely positive work that can be done in this time, while we actively push back against this massive, constructed chaos. It’s something responsive to what I believe is a deeper issue beneath much of that chaos: 1/3 www.patreon.com/posts/after-...
After The Fall: A Black Book Working | Aidan Wachter
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February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I’ve been looking for some purely positive work that can be done in this time, while we actively push back against this massive, constructed chaos. It’s something responsive to what I believe is a deeper issue beneath much of that chaos: 1/3 www.patreon.com/posts/after-...
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ICE are slave catchers and y'all want better trained slave catchers? Y'all want slave catchers with better rules? Fuck out of here
February 2, 2026 at 2:04 AM
ICE are slave catchers and y'all want better trained slave catchers? Y'all want slave catchers with better rules? Fuck out of here
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I truly believe discourse about voters (especially those who may have voted for Trump) would go better on this app if everyone was using the spectrum of allies as a framework
commonslibrary.org/spectrum-of-...
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Spectrum of Allies
The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.
commonslibrary.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I truly believe discourse about voters (especially those who may have voted for Trump) would go better on this app if everyone was using the spectrum of allies as a framework
commonslibrary.org/spectrum-of-...
commonslibrary.org/spectrum-of-...
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We’ve been here before. We’ve seen our government round up and imprison citizens based on racial profiling. We’ve seen them murder peaceful people in cold blood. We’ve seen them create groups of people that are deemed “lesser than.”
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
We’ve been here before. We’ve seen our government round up and imprison citizens based on racial profiling. We’ve seen them murder peaceful people in cold blood. We’ve seen them create groups of people that are deemed “lesser than.”