Aris Merquoni
@aristgd.bsky.social
Politely promoting the practice of pornography. Professional shipper do not attempt at home. She/her. Trans rights.
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It all sucks! But the people who are your enemies are in the WH, not the people who are just trying to fucking survive. There's nothing wrong with a civil servant being desperate to get back to work and get their backpay. Check your fucking fire.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It all sucks! But the people who are your enemies are in the WH, not the people who are just trying to fucking survive. There's nothing wrong with a civil servant being desperate to get back to work and get their backpay. Check your fucking fire.
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If you haven’t suffered through houselessness, financial stress, or food scarcity — if you have never faced trials of adversity out of your control —
Unkindly shut the fuck up trying to speak on it as if it were a lived experience for you.
Unkindly shut the fuck up trying to speak on it as if it were a lived experience for you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If you haven’t suffered through houselessness, financial stress, or food scarcity — if you have never faced trials of adversity out of your control —
Unkindly shut the fuck up trying to speak on it as if it were a lived experience for you.
Unkindly shut the fuck up trying to speak on it as if it were a lived experience for you.
challenge level: impossible
BE NORMAL ABOUT JEWS AND BLACK PEOPLE
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
challenge level: impossible
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The ACA fucking *sucks*, is a national shame, is confoundingly cruel and ineffective and insufficient and, also, simultaneously is SO MUCH MORE PREFERABLE to pre-ACA American healthcare it's not even close.
The thing about ACA is that if an American describes how it works to someone from literally anywhere else, the other person will be utterly horrified at its deliberate cruelty.
The way the horror of pre-ACA healthcare sounds to an American, is basically how ACA sounds to everyone else on earth.
The way the horror of pre-ACA healthcare sounds to an American, is basically how ACA sounds to everyone else on earth.
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The ACA fucking *sucks*, is a national shame, is confoundingly cruel and ineffective and insufficient and, also, simultaneously is SO MUCH MORE PREFERABLE to pre-ACA American healthcare it's not even close.
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I saw a post that said “If alternative kids could let go of Marilyn Manson, you can let go of Harry Potter” and now that lives rent free in my head.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans rights are human rights.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I saw a post that said “If alternative kids could let go of Marilyn Manson, you can let go of Harry Potter” and now that lives rent free in my head.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans rights are human rights.
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Long ago there was a famine period that hit one clan of Cherokee called the Ani-Tsa Guhi (ahnee-Jha Goohee)
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Long ago there was a famine period that hit one clan of Cherokee called the Ani-Tsa Guhi (ahnee-Jha Goohee)
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Long ago there was a famine period that hit one clan of Cherokee called the Ani-Tsa Guhi (ahnee-Jha Goohee)
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Long ago there was a famine period that hit one clan of Cherokee called the Ani-Tsa Guhi (ahnee-Jha Goohee)
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Unclench your jaw.
Relax your brow.
Go get a drink of water.
See if you've taken your meds
Eat something.
Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing.
Because you do.
You're a wonderful person.
And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through
Relax your brow.
Go get a drink of water.
See if you've taken your meds
Eat something.
Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing.
Because you do.
You're a wonderful person.
And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Unclench your jaw.
Relax your brow.
Go get a drink of water.
See if you've taken your meds
Eat something.
Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing.
Because you do.
You're a wonderful person.
And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through
Relax your brow.
Go get a drink of water.
See if you've taken your meds
Eat something.
Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing.
Because you do.
You're a wonderful person.
And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through
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Reminder:
Today, you will take care of yourself first. That includes your mind and spirit.
At this moment, you're doing the best you can and living your best life.
This situation may be hard, but you have the strength to rise above it.
They fear that strength.
I'm proud of you
Today, you will take care of yourself first. That includes your mind and spirit.
At this moment, you're doing the best you can and living your best life.
This situation may be hard, but you have the strength to rise above it.
They fear that strength.
I'm proud of you
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Reminder:
Today, you will take care of yourself first. That includes your mind and spirit.
At this moment, you're doing the best you can and living your best life.
This situation may be hard, but you have the strength to rise above it.
They fear that strength.
I'm proud of you
Today, you will take care of yourself first. That includes your mind and spirit.
At this moment, you're doing the best you can and living your best life.
This situation may be hard, but you have the strength to rise above it.
They fear that strength.
I'm proud of you
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*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
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Did you read Alexander Mackendrick's book when you were a film student? He talks about the difference between action and activity in animation and drama - action having a beginning and an end, a kind of story to it. This Ai stuff just feels like activity. Nothing *happens*.
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Did you read Alexander Mackendrick's book when you were a film student? He talks about the difference between action and activity in animation and drama - action having a beginning and an end, a kind of story to it. This Ai stuff just feels like activity. Nothing *happens*.
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I wish more of this could be taken as proof for why SNAP and WIC are critical and a functional government is a better distributor or critical resources than every tiny nonprofit entity being asked to suddenly replace that infrastructure.
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I wish more of this could be taken as proof for why SNAP and WIC are critical and a functional government is a better distributor or critical resources than every tiny nonprofit entity being asked to suddenly replace that infrastructure.
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IQ is stored in the skin if you're racist and balls if you're misogynistic.
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
IQ is stored in the skin if you're racist and balls if you're misogynistic.
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all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
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Correct
If the reform focuses on ICE because they're the Big Baddies in the popular mind, it'll completely miss the fact that the actual worst actor (so far) and the one with an internal culture most prone to be trumpist brownshirts is the BP
If the reform focuses on ICE because they're the Big Baddies in the popular mind, it'll completely miss the fact that the actual worst actor (so far) and the one with an internal culture most prone to be trumpist brownshirts is the BP
I understand this argument but I disagree: being precise about who is doing this stuff matters, especially since we will eventually have to determine what to do in the future if reform becomes possible.
I somewhat agree with you about political messaging, but that’s not what I’m trying to do.
I somewhat agree with you about political messaging, but that’s not what I’m trying to do.
It's fine and good to note that CBP is extra bad, but from a political messaging point of view, ICE is the way people identify the larger group and being Technically Correct is often just bad political messaging. It's ICE to the public. They're all on the same Gestapo mission.
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Correct
If the reform focuses on ICE because they're the Big Baddies in the popular mind, it'll completely miss the fact that the actual worst actor (so far) and the one with an internal culture most prone to be trumpist brownshirts is the BP
If the reform focuses on ICE because they're the Big Baddies in the popular mind, it'll completely miss the fact that the actual worst actor (so far) and the one with an internal culture most prone to be trumpist brownshirts is the BP
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Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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yeah like one real benefit of having that many influential haters is that everyone in New York can sleep pretty soundly at night knowing their new mayor has never done anything they might later wish they’d known up front, or it would be all we heard about for the last month
Another notable thing about Zohran Mamdani: those billionaires surely spent millions on opposition research to find dirt on him, and all they could come up with was that dumb Columbia application story and the fact that he made some kinda silly rap videos.
Guy seems pretty clean!
Guy seems pretty clean!
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
yeah like one real benefit of having that many influential haters is that everyone in New York can sleep pretty soundly at night knowing their new mayor has never done anything they might later wish they’d known up front, or it would be all we heard about for the last month
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
The discussion here in comments is related to the discussions about TV production I have seen. When DVDs became easy to buy, programs could suddenly start to assume you could buy older seasons. Bingeing a season at a time became a format to design for.
Hold up.
I just saw an ad for the Muppet Christmas Carol VHS tape (I presume 1993). It said $22.99.
Did people really pay $23 in 90s money for tapes?! (We were poor, we only had a few and some probably bootlegged ones.)
I just saw an ad for the Muppet Christmas Carol VHS tape (I presume 1993). It said $22.99.
Did people really pay $23 in 90s money for tapes?! (We were poor, we only had a few and some probably bootlegged ones.)
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The discussion here in comments is related to the discussions about TV production I have seen. When DVDs became easy to buy, programs could suddenly start to assume you could buy older seasons. Bingeing a season at a time became a format to design for.