Aster Olsen
@asterolsen.bsky.social
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oh no the bluesky security department you say????
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
oh no the bluesky security department you say????
Redid my website to be static instead of wordpress and I've uploaded PDFs for a couple previously offline only things: Open Submission Window Now Closed and Records from the Alabastion Federation Archives.
asterolsen.com
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asterolsen.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Redid my website to be static instead of wordpress and I've uploaded PDFs for a couple previously offline only things: Open Submission Window Now Closed and Records from the Alabastion Federation Archives.
asterolsen.com
asterolsen.com
A very sweet review of the anthology I'm in. Don't sleep on what Lilac Peril is doing!
You can buy a copy here: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
You can buy a copy here: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A very sweet review of the anthology I'm in. Don't sleep on what Lilac Peril is doing!
You can buy a copy here: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
You can buy a copy here: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
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🥲 this means a lot to me actually
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
🥲 this means a lot to me actually
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To be read like this, as a baby press with many debut authors, is truly such a gift 🖤
See what all the fuss is about: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
See what all the fuss is about: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
To be read like this, as a baby press with many debut authors, is truly such a gift 🖤
See what all the fuss is about: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
See what all the fuss is about: lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
Switching to a local printer for TRANSplants but might have to raise the price if I want it to be in color (optional) and pay contributors what I want (mandatory).
Would you pay $12 for a full color zine instead of $10 for black and white?
Would you pay $12 for a full color zine instead of $10 for black and white?
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Switching to a local printer for TRANSplants but might have to raise the price if I want it to be in color (optional) and pay contributors what I want (mandatory).
Would you pay $12 for a full color zine instead of $10 for black and white?
Would you pay $12 for a full color zine instead of $10 for black and white?
Dem insiders who eight months ago wanted to sacrifice trans people to maybe win three more votes in Georgia are celebrating tonight and I just want to say that I remember and I hold grudges. The Dem establishment and party should go the way of the Whigs.
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Dem insiders who eight months ago wanted to sacrifice trans people to maybe win three more votes in Georgia are celebrating tonight and I just want to say that I remember and I hold grudges. The Dem establishment and party should go the way of the Whigs.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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the voters have spoken and they love being trans and threatening to shoot republicans in the head.
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
the voters have spoken and they love being trans and threatening to shoot republicans in the head.
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
This made me feel bad in all the best ways.
New from @hotsmartgirl.bsky.social
Sex work, light sci-fi, and deciding where your line lies.
Sex work, light sci-fi, and deciding where your line lies.
Agent Provocateur by Cassandra Spencer — Imposter
I’m at Madam’s Organ with Evvie and Andi, surrounded by a bunch of lanyard-wearing interns when the news breaks. Evvie yells over the music. “The Senate scheduled a vote tomorrow that includes a ban o...
www.imposter-review.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This made me feel bad in all the best ways.
Seattle friends and enemies, you better fucking vote today! Your landlord already voted. Handy voter guide here: www.thestranger.com/stranger-ele...
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Seattle friends and enemies, you better fucking vote today! Your landlord already voted. Handy voter guide here: www.thestranger.com/stranger-ele...
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this story infected me in the best way (don't inoculate yourself against this story; i want you to read it; let it seep into you, let it breach the blood-brain barrier)
"A sexier, kinkier story about infection, lust and MRNA does not exist!!"
smokeandmold.net/issue-12-fal...
smokeandmold.net/issue-12-fal...
November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
this story infected me in the best way (don't inoculate yourself against this story; i want you to read it; let it seep into you, let it breach the blood-brain barrier)
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Happy Halloween! I dressed up as a cis woman 😈
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Happy Halloween! I dressed up as a cis woman 😈
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"A sexier, kinkier story about infection, lust and MRNA does not exist!!"
smokeandmold.net/issue-12-fal...
smokeandmold.net/issue-12-fal...
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
"A sexier, kinkier story about infection, lust and MRNA does not exist!!"
smokeandmold.net/issue-12-fal...
smokeandmold.net/issue-12-fal...
Happy Halloween! I dressed up as a cis woman 😈
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Happy Halloween! I dressed up as a cis woman 😈
"A sexier, kinkier story about infection, lust and MRNA does not exist!!"
smokeandmold.net/issue-12-fal...
smokeandmold.net/issue-12-fal...
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
"A sexier, kinkier story about infection, lust and MRNA does not exist!!"
smokeandmold.net/issue-12-fal...
smokeandmold.net/issue-12-fal...
"everywhere I go in this city smells like shit"
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"everywhere I go in this city smells like shit"
The right wing desires death of the "other" above all else. Once one "other" is exterminated, they will choose a new one, and then a new one, until everyone in the world is dead, or they are.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The right wing desires death of the "other" above all else. Once one "other" is exterminated, they will choose a new one, and then a new one, until everyone in the world is dead, or they are.
Awaiting orders president Ferguson sir 🫡 long live Cascadia
Today I announced an agreement between Washington state, Oregon, and British Columbia to renew and strengthen our partnership.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Awaiting orders president Ferguson sir 🫡 long live Cascadia
What happens when you say the Pope's dead name? Is that a sin?
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
What happens when you say the Pope's dead name? Is that a sin?
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we WILL be going over Aster’s poor track record as a player in depth. might also talk about literature and her incredible work as well. hope you can make it out!
BTW in honor of thanksgiving I will be talking with my friend @zappy.bsky.social about the novella I put out last year and my disappointing behavior in the DND campaign she runs. Don't miss it!
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
we WILL be going over Aster’s poor track record as a player in depth. might also talk about literature and her incredible work as well. hope you can make it out!