Ash, apparently
@arreffbee.bsky.social
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@arreffbee.bsky.social
· Nov 14
RULES FOR BLUESKY
Welcome friends! Here are some differences from the BirdSite that I hope you'll respect.
1. We do not quote dunk. Quote dunking is a miserable thing to do. It spreads terrible crap to your friends feeds and generates rage clicks. I unfollow people who quote dunk.
Welcome friends! Here are some differences from the BirdSite that I hope you'll respect.
1. We do not quote dunk. Quote dunking is a miserable thing to do. It spreads terrible crap to your friends feeds and generates rage clicks. I unfollow people who quote dunk.
Will you look at that. Feels like this Pope might actually have read the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
If people refuse to make room for others — like the poor, children and the stranger — then they also refuse to make room for God, Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated the birth of Jesus.
To turn away others is to turn away God, pope says on Christmas Eve
If people refuse to make room for others — like the poor, children and the stranger — then they also refuse to make room for God, Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated the birth of Jesus.
bit.ly
December 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Will you look at that. Feels like this Pope might actually have read the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
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THIS IS IT
If people refuse to make room for others — like the poor, children and the stranger — then they also refuse to make room for God, Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated the birth of Jesus.
To turn away others is to turn away God, pope says on Christmas Eve
If people refuse to make room for others — like the poor, children and the stranger — then they also refuse to make room for God, Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated the birth of Jesus.
bit.ly
December 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
THIS IS IT
No, Laura, the majority of the GOP base are the marks. The people running the show are the grifters. Like you, Laura.
evangelicals might be the largest grifters to ever exist in human history lol
December 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
No, Laura, the majority of the GOP base are the marks. The people running the show are the grifters. Like you, Laura.
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Two thing are for certain:
1. Trumpism will not die with Trump.
2. The Democratic establishment will find a way to fumble this by making a play for disaffected Trump voters rather than disaffected Democratic voters.
The Dem Party still hasn't had their equivalent of a Tea Party reckoning.
1. Trumpism will not die with Trump.
2. The Democratic establishment will find a way to fumble this by making a play for disaffected Trump voters rather than disaffected Democratic voters.
The Dem Party still hasn't had their equivalent of a Tea Party reckoning.
December 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Two thing are for certain:
1. Trumpism will not die with Trump.
2. The Democratic establishment will find a way to fumble this by making a play for disaffected Trump voters rather than disaffected Democratic voters.
The Dem Party still hasn't had their equivalent of a Tea Party reckoning.
1. Trumpism will not die with Trump.
2. The Democratic establishment will find a way to fumble this by making a play for disaffected Trump voters rather than disaffected Democratic voters.
The Dem Party still hasn't had their equivalent of a Tea Party reckoning.
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But tell me again why we need to support him?
By the way, Gavin Newsom is apparently raising money to fight AGAINST the billionaire tax. So thoughtful of him to come to their aid at this particular time in history,
December 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
But tell me again why we need to support him?
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The Democrats are more interested in racist, billionaires than they are fixing or rebuilding any kind of democracy for the population at large.
The Democrats will continue Trump‘s policies just as Biden did, all while claiming anyone pointing it out is a foreign asset or a domestic threat
The Democrats will continue Trump‘s policies just as Biden did, all while claiming anyone pointing it out is a foreign asset or a domestic threat
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Democrats are more interested in racist, billionaires than they are fixing or rebuilding any kind of democracy for the population at large.
The Democrats will continue Trump‘s policies just as Biden did, all while claiming anyone pointing it out is a foreign asset or a domestic threat
The Democrats will continue Trump‘s policies just as Biden did, all while claiming anyone pointing it out is a foreign asset or a domestic threat
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Porn is erotica you don't like, and especially porn that either offends you or that you would like others to believe is offensive to you.
Erotica is porn you like and don't mind others know is not offensive to you.
Smut is fun erotica that you use to needle people who think it's porn.
Erotica is porn you like and don't mind others know is not offensive to you.
Smut is fun erotica that you use to needle people who think it's porn.
Something of a reflective topic for today's #Smutcember prompt:
What are the differences between porn, smut, and erotica to you? What's something you wish was better understood about these distinctions, or these styles/genres in general?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What are the differences between porn, smut, and erotica to you? What's something you wish was better understood about these distinctions, or these styles/genres in general?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Porn is erotica you don't like, and especially porn that either offends you or that you would like others to believe is offensive to you.
Erotica is porn you like and don't mind others know is not offensive to you.
Smut is fun erotica that you use to needle people who think it's porn.
Erotica is porn you like and don't mind others know is not offensive to you.
Smut is fun erotica that you use to needle people who think it's porn.
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Very telling tech bros aren’t making AI Lads to help with male loneliness.
It’s almost as if it isn’t about loneliness at all.
It’s almost as if it isn’t about loneliness at all.
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Very telling tech bros aren’t making AI Lads to help with male loneliness.
It’s almost as if it isn’t about loneliness at all.
It’s almost as if it isn’t about loneliness at all.
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Looking good, Chicago.
December 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Looking good, Chicago.
Pick better candidates if you want the youth vote
“The DFL has to approach our attempts to reach voters differently than we ever have,” said Minnesota DFL Chair Richard Carlbom. “The youth vote is the new swing vote.”
Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats tap influencers to spread political message
After Republicans outmaneuvered Democrats online in the 2024 election, Walz and fellow Democrats are trying to build their own network of content creators.
bit.ly
December 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Pick better candidates if you want the youth vote
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as someone who absolutely hates cardio this is unfortunately true
lifting heavy things (fun, cool): good for you, which rocks
doing cardio (miserable, sucks): also good for you, which is bullshit
lifting heavy things (fun, cool): good for you, which rocks
doing cardio (miserable, sucks): also good for you, which is bullshit
not gonna evangelize about it but tbh coming to understand the value of cardio is one of the biggest positive changes I've made of any kind to my adult life, for whatever that's worth
Fitness gurus are always knocking cardio. Well, the elliptical is super effectively for weight loss. It’s low impact so you can do it for long time periods, every day. I can burn 800-1000 calories in an hour. I can do it daily. I lost 100 lbs once doing nothing but that damned boring elliptical.
December 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
as someone who absolutely hates cardio this is unfortunately true
lifting heavy things (fun, cool): good for you, which rocks
doing cardio (miserable, sucks): also good for you, which is bullshit
lifting heavy things (fun, cool): good for you, which rocks
doing cardio (miserable, sucks): also good for you, which is bullshit
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It has been a full year since Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was taken from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza by Israeli forces. He’s still being held in administrative detention.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It has been a full year since Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was taken from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza by Israeli forces. He’s still being held in administrative detention.
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So they're going to secretly remove people's right to vote with no due process? Totally not a fascist thing to do
December 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
So they're going to secretly remove people's right to vote with no due process? Totally not a fascist thing to do
Every person that bows to this clear manipulation always wanted to do so. The people that fired the instructor were fascists looking for an excuse. There's no other way to read the situation.
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Every person that bows to this clear manipulation always wanted to do so. The people that fired the instructor were fascists looking for an excuse. There's no other way to read the situation.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Carol of the Bells in #
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Carol of the Bells in #
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
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Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now
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Billionaire techbros took all the wrong lessons from dystopias they watched and read.
“a new life awaits you in the off-world colonies”
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Billionaire techbros took all the wrong lessons from dystopias they watched and read.
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Wait the drug companies are paying me now?
Trump: "We're bringing down drug prices at a level that has never been thought of -- think of it, by 1,000% ... 1,400% in some cases"
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Wait the drug companies are paying me now?
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Whenever I start to think Bluesky is bad, I remember that brigading on old Twitter got way more personal, with a junior-high-school “let’s ruin her life” vibe that I rarely encounter here. Medievalists basically had to preface every post with “I, for one, welcome our public struggle sessions.”
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Whenever I start to think Bluesky is bad, I remember that brigading on old Twitter got way more personal, with a junior-high-school “let’s ruin her life” vibe that I rarely encounter here. Medievalists basically had to preface every post with “I, for one, welcome our public struggle sessions.”
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
I'm just saying that if I wrote a white supremacist with a name like EriKa KirK, with exactly 3 Ks in her name, I would be accused of authorial malpractice
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm just saying that if I wrote a white supremacist with a name like EriKa KirK, with exactly 3 Ks in her name, I would be accused of authorial malpractice
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Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
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More than 50 of the men sent to CECOT came to the US legally.
They don’t want you to know this.
They want to dehumanize these men.
They want you to cheer for atrocities.
Don’t do it.
Basic human rights must extend to everyone, and they must include not being tortured.
They don’t want you to know this.
They want to dehumanize these men.
They want you to cheer for atrocities.
Don’t do it.
Basic human rights must extend to everyone, and they must include not being tortured.
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
More than 50 of the men sent to CECOT came to the US legally.
They don’t want you to know this.
They want to dehumanize these men.
They want you to cheer for atrocities.
Don’t do it.
Basic human rights must extend to everyone, and they must include not being tortured.
They don’t want you to know this.
They want to dehumanize these men.
They want you to cheer for atrocities.
Don’t do it.
Basic human rights must extend to everyone, and they must include not being tortured.