Lacerta "Free Łink" Winters
@antarcticempire.net
Poet, posthumanist, & author since 2009 (she/her)
Spiders are my people and I am a bug. Disability justice & total liberation through decentering the human. 🏴 Arm the left and talk about power!
www.antarcticempire.net
💚 @magicspearmint.myatproto.social
Spiders are my people and I am a bug. Disability justice & total liberation through decentering the human. 🏴 Arm the left and talk about power!
www.antarcticempire.net
💚 @magicspearmint.myatproto.social
Pinned
I'd like to
Kiss you with my words
For my sharp &
Lank extension
Into the mist
Won't scratch you
Chafe you
Cause you to doubt
If I really am who you think
I am
And in my heart I
Yearn to be
Held all the same
I'd like to
See you want to kiss me
Hold my sharp &
Scrawny parts
Into the night
#poetry
Kiss you with my words
For my sharp &
Lank extension
Into the mist
Won't scratch you
Chafe you
Cause you to doubt
If I really am who you think
I am
And in my heart I
Yearn to be
Held all the same
I'd like to
See you want to kiss me
Hold my sharp &
Scrawny parts
Into the night
#poetry
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I fell behind with #febugary2026, trying to catch up!
February 14, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I fell behind with #febugary2026, trying to catch up!
If you pay attention to pop art right now you'll start to see a weird phenomenon born out of the suppression of queer and trans people where cis people are reinventing trans ideology from first principles in order to fill the holes left in a culture that can't function without us
February 14, 2026 at 2:20 AM
If you pay attention to pop art right now you'll start to see a weird phenomenon born out of the suppression of queer and trans people where cis people are reinventing trans ideology from first principles in order to fill the holes left in a culture that can't function without us
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I was really proud of this post. 🥺
Writers, I made a post about 6 jobs in sci-fi/fantasy that we see all the time, and 6 jobs in sci-fi/fantasy we don't see enough, along with some ideas on how to make the latter work in fiction.
theangrynoodle.com/science-fict...
Writers, I made a post about 6 jobs in sci-fi/fantasy that we see all the time, and 6 jobs in sci-fi/fantasy we don't see enough, along with some ideas on how to make the latter work in fiction.
theangrynoodle.com/science-fict...
12 Jobs in Sci-Fi & Fantasy We See Too Much (Or Not Enough) - The Angry Noodle
A list of science fiction and fantasy jobs we don't see much in media (and another six sci-fi and fantasy jobs we don't).
theangrynoodle.com
December 28, 2023 at 11:27 PM
I was really proud of this post. 🥺
Writers, I made a post about 6 jobs in sci-fi/fantasy that we see all the time, and 6 jobs in sci-fi/fantasy we don't see enough, along with some ideas on how to make the latter work in fiction.
theangrynoodle.com/science-fict...
Writers, I made a post about 6 jobs in sci-fi/fantasy that we see all the time, and 6 jobs in sci-fi/fantasy we don't see enough, along with some ideas on how to make the latter work in fiction.
theangrynoodle.com/science-fict...
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Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
February 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
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learning Abt American black history should radicalize people because 80% of it is just-
"yeah these white people committed hate crimes and mostly got away with it while black families and communities were left in shambles and still haven't had reparations met decades later"
"yeah these white people committed hate crimes and mostly got away with it while black families and communities were left in shambles and still haven't had reparations met decades later"
February 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
learning Abt American black history should radicalize people because 80% of it is just-
"yeah these white people committed hate crimes and mostly got away with it while black families and communities were left in shambles and still haven't had reparations met decades later"
"yeah these white people committed hate crimes and mostly got away with it while black families and communities were left in shambles and still haven't had reparations met decades later"
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These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.
I seem to recall seeing this exact scene in a movie about the Holocaust
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 14, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I seem to recall seeing this exact scene in a movie about the Holocaust
writing is art
February 13, 2026 at 8:59 AM
writing is art
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walaphyllium monteithi, Australian leaf insect 🪲🍃this month's patreon sticker 💌
February 6, 2026 at 3:21 AM
walaphyllium monteithi, Australian leaf insect 🪲🍃this month's patreon sticker 💌
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Somebody left the cellar door unlocked...
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Somebody left the cellar door unlocked...
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And I
Don't know
While you're away
But here
In a way where I
Can't know
And not
Knowing is
Drying out the day
For me
Underneath the
Winter sun
#poetry
Don't know
While you're away
But here
In a way where I
Can't know
And not
Knowing is
Drying out the day
For me
Underneath the
Winter sun
#poetry
February 12, 2026 at 12:57 AM
And I
Don't know
While you're away
But here
In a way where I
Can't know
And not
Knowing is
Drying out the day
For me
Underneath the
Winter sun
#poetry
Don't know
While you're away
But here
In a way where I
Can't know
And not
Knowing is
Drying out the day
For me
Underneath the
Winter sun
#poetry
Wow I am very emotionally needy
February 12, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Wow I am very emotionally needy
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A winter fresh switch 2
February 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
A winter fresh switch 2
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Golden northern bumblebee on a zinnia that is too small for all the feet #Invertebrates
February 12, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Golden northern bumblebee on a zinnia that is too small for all the feet #Invertebrates
And I
Don't know
While you're away
But here
In a way where I
Can't know
And not
Knowing is
Drying out the day
For me
Underneath the
Winter sun
#poetry
Don't know
While you're away
But here
In a way where I
Can't know
And not
Knowing is
Drying out the day
For me
Underneath the
Winter sun
#poetry
February 12, 2026 at 12:57 AM
And I
Don't know
While you're away
But here
In a way where I
Can't know
And not
Knowing is
Drying out the day
For me
Underneath the
Winter sun
#poetry
Don't know
While you're away
But here
In a way where I
Can't know
And not
Knowing is
Drying out the day
For me
Underneath the
Winter sun
#poetry
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reposting my PSMD team here on bsky <3 I have my problems with this game but I really really loved it and gameplay-wise it's my favorite of the series
February 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
reposting my PSMD team here on bsky <3 I have my problems with this game but I really really loved it and gameplay-wise it's my favorite of the series
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palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
![Tamer Nahed 𓂆🇵🇸
@Tamer_Alnoaizy
BlueSky is one of the worst platforms I have ever dealt with. Within seconds of creating a second account, after my first one was shut down just two days after it was created, my account was closed again. This happened despite the fact that I hadn’t posted anything or followed anyone. I was only in the process of adding a profile photo, yet I received an email claiming that my account was “spam” and that it was “causing harm.” What kind of logic is this?
The painful truth is that the account was shut down the moment it became clear it was created from inside Gaza. It seems we are no longer allowed to write or speak about what is happening to us here. They are not afraid of content itself, but of our voices and the reality we carry with us.
Millions are spent to silence these voices and to erase the truth. I am exhausted by this platform and by how our photos and videos, which document real suffering, are treated as “violations of community standards,” as if pain itself has become a crime.
What is happening is not simple moderation or policy enforcement. It is an attempt to erase our existence and bury the truth. And honestly, this is shameful and unbearably painful.
[the original poster has included two screenshots showing the email from bluesky admin informing him that his account has been taken down for being 'spammy, inauthentic or disruptive to users'. it's the standard boilerplate you get when they take moderation action.]
2:45 PM · Feb 10, 2026
https://twitter.com/Tamer_Alnoaizy/status/2021234178461704409](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2l6seozmjsqc4kfukjejat77/bafkreiga45xjdal6lfcqt2zmambaymeoelxafbrlt7fi2nmoahpbqj3cja@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
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Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
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I want to reiterate, because it may have gotten lost in this thread, but ice is now wearing plain clothes, carrying whistles and blowing them at observers in an effort to intentionally confuse people on the ground. That alone is a major escalation and shift in tactics which should be noted.
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 AM
I want to reiterate, because it may have gotten lost in this thread, but ice is now wearing plain clothes, carrying whistles and blowing them at observers in an effort to intentionally confuse people on the ground. That alone is a major escalation and shift in tactics which should be noted.