CJ the Awkward
@awkwardleftycj.bsky.social
Ballet teacher, Jesus-follower, general nerd. Love my enby spouse @taliesin82.bsky.social Highly pretentious, but only toward people who suck. Follow me for brief rants about bad writing as I consume way more romance novels than anyone ever should. she/her
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A thread of my #WritingTip posts. These are pretty much all off-the-cuff observations from fiction I'm reading at the moment, and while art is subjective and this is all only my opinion, I'm also objectively right. 😉
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For no apparent reason, other than to do so, I've been trying to figure out the name of a video game I played as a child. Didn't play it much, think it was Sega, could've been NES, had vaguely Persian theme, I remember the ground blocks were green, blue sky character might've been red. Mario-esque
February 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
For no apparent reason, other than to do so, I've been trying to figure out the name of a video game I played as a child. Didn't play it much, think it was Sega, could've been NES, had vaguely Persian theme, I remember the ground blocks were green, blue sky character might've been red. Mario-esque
Keep it simple and abolish DHS
Note: CBP, not ICE.
(Not that ICE is any angel, but it's important to keep these straight. Yes, abolish ICE, but let's not forget that CBP is a problem too.)
(Not that ICE is any angel, but it's important to keep these straight. Yes, abolish ICE, but let's not forget that CBP is a problem too.)
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
February 1, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Keep it simple and abolish DHS
Tim Miller from @thebulwark.com: hey Sarah that do you think about this new any-gay marriage ad?
Sarah Longwell: “OUR GOVERNMENT IS BEING RUN BY PEDOPHILES.”
I feel like more interview questions should be answered this way. Like all of them maybe.
Sarah Longwell: “OUR GOVERNMENT IS BEING RUN BY PEDOPHILES.”
I feel like more interview questions should be answered this way. Like all of them maybe.
February 1, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Tim Miller from @thebulwark.com: hey Sarah that do you think about this new any-gay marriage ad?
Sarah Longwell: “OUR GOVERNMENT IS BEING RUN BY PEDOPHILES.”
I feel like more interview questions should be answered this way. Like all of them maybe.
Sarah Longwell: “OUR GOVERNMENT IS BEING RUN BY PEDOPHILES.”
I feel like more interview questions should be answered this way. Like all of them maybe.
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just monumentally angry that these files were like. SEEN by people in the government who DIDNT ACT ON THEM FOR YEARS!!!!
Man scrap the whole damn nation the rot goes deeper than Hill House
Man scrap the whole damn nation the rot goes deeper than Hill House
January 31, 2026 at 6:46 AM
just monumentally angry that these files were like. SEEN by people in the government who DIDNT ACT ON THEM FOR YEARS!!!!
Man scrap the whole damn nation the rot goes deeper than Hill House
Man scrap the whole damn nation the rot goes deeper than Hill House
@marawilson.bsky.social maiasaurs are also my favorite dinosaurs but mainly because that’s what Ducky in Land Before Time is.
January 30, 2026 at 10:49 PM
@marawilson.bsky.social maiasaurs are also my favorite dinosaurs but mainly because that’s what Ducky in Land Before Time is.
Rest in peace 😥
Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
January 30, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Rest in peace 😥
I’m sorry, was she under the impression she hasn’t been canceled yet? And that of all the things she’s said and done over the last decade, this will somehow be the final straw? Girl.
January 29, 2026 at 6:51 AM
I’m sorry, was she under the impression she hasn’t been canceled yet? And that of all the things she’s said and done over the last decade, this will somehow be the final straw? Girl.
I shared #AmandaMaryanna’s video on “Republicans makeup” months ago because her analysis of this weird phenomenon is well researched and argued without descending into misogyny like a lot of other critiques. She recently released another one on how this aesthetic ties into fascism. Watch it.
Mar-a-Lago Face: The Aesthetic of Fascism
YouTube video by amandamaryanna
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I shared #AmandaMaryanna’s video on “Republicans makeup” months ago because her analysis of this weird phenomenon is well researched and argued without descending into misogyny like a lot of other critiques. She recently released another one on how this aesthetic ties into fascism. Watch it.
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I'm fucking HEATED. If we're going to survive and get out of this disaster, we white people need to uplift AND protect Black and brown leaders, with our bodies and lives.
I don't want to mourn another Black leader. I want them to lead. We need them here, not as martyrs in a goddamn history book.
I don't want to mourn another Black leader. I want them to lead. We need them here, not as martyrs in a goddamn history book.
January 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
I'm fucking HEATED. If we're going to survive and get out of this disaster, we white people need to uplift AND protect Black and brown leaders, with our bodies and lives.
I don't want to mourn another Black leader. I want them to lead. We need them here, not as martyrs in a goddamn history book.
I don't want to mourn another Black leader. I want them to lead. We need them here, not as martyrs in a goddamn history book.
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Lance from @theserfstv.bsky.social referring to Nick Fuentes and the Tate brothers as “DEI Nazis” because they’re biracial probably shouldn’t be as funny as it is.
January 25, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Lance from @theserfstv.bsky.social referring to Nick Fuentes and the Tate brothers as “DEI Nazis” because they’re biracial probably shouldn’t be as funny as it is.
It is New Yorkers’ patriotic duty to stay home and read a queer hockey romance.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm
via hearts530
via hearts530
January 25, 2026 at 9:20 PM
It is New Yorkers’ patriotic duty to stay home and read a queer hockey romance.
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a skilled ER nurse with a deep sense of civic responsibility is exactly the kind of person you want carrying a firearm.
every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives.
every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives.
January 25, 2026 at 5:37 AM
a skilled ER nurse with a deep sense of civic responsibility is exactly the kind of person you want carrying a firearm.
every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives.
every ICE employee should be barred from touching anything deadlier than a butter knife for the rest of their natural lives.
You might want to turn off autoplay of videos and GIFs for a while.
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
You might want to turn off autoplay of videos and GIFs for a while.
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People who go out of their way to watch executions or murders almost always reported being changed for the negative, suffering PTSD, etc...
You do not have to deliberately self-harm yourself for no benefit to stand up for others.
You do not have to deliberately self-harm yourself for no benefit to stand up for others.
January 24, 2026 at 4:24 PM
People who go out of their way to watch executions or murders almost always reported being changed for the negative, suffering PTSD, etc...
You do not have to deliberately self-harm yourself for no benefit to stand up for others.
You do not have to deliberately self-harm yourself for no benefit to stand up for others.
I’m not really a furry but this maybe explains my taste in certain types of romance novels?
January 23, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I’m not really a furry but this maybe explains my taste in certain types of romance novels?
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if you cant instruct your local police to surround schools to protect them from ice because youre scared the cops will turn around and instead help kidnap children then you should state that plainly and clearly
January 22, 2026 at 1:31 PM
if you cant instruct your local police to surround schools to protect them from ice because youre scared the cops will turn around and instead help kidnap children then you should state that plainly and clearly
#WritingTip: this might be controversial but don’t trademark your name. That’s just weird.
January 22, 2026 at 6:58 AM
#WritingTip: this might be controversial but don’t trademark your name. That’s just weird.
Imagine if they’d done this with Quibi.
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Imagine if they’d done this with Quibi.
lol Tucker Carlson believes in chemtrails
January 18, 2026 at 4:07 PM
lol Tucker Carlson believes in chemtrails
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And one more thing. Students. If you have a professor who is, for some reason, outsourcing their own job to ChatGPT....drop the class.
If they tell you to "ask ChatGPT" for sources, drop the class.
Because they apparently don't know their own discipline well enough to teach it.
If they tell you to "ask ChatGPT" for sources, drop the class.
Because they apparently don't know their own discipline well enough to teach it.
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
And one more thing. Students. If you have a professor who is, for some reason, outsourcing their own job to ChatGPT....drop the class.
If they tell you to "ask ChatGPT" for sources, drop the class.
Because they apparently don't know their own discipline well enough to teach it.
If they tell you to "ask ChatGPT" for sources, drop the class.
Because they apparently don't know their own discipline well enough to teach it.
Oops
ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.
January 15, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Oops
See how easy this is, @libbyapp.com?
nice 😎
“Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited in accordance with our existing policies prohibiting impersonation and intellectual property infringement.”
“Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited in accordance with our existing policies prohibiting impersonation and intellectual property infringement.”
Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI
We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
blog.bandcamp.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
See how easy this is, @libbyapp.com?
@taliesin82.bsky.social: 🎶merrily merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream.🎶 Muah-ha-ha-ha!
Me: will never hear that song the same way again
Me: will never hear that song the same way again
January 14, 2026 at 6:53 AM
@taliesin82.bsky.social: 🎶merrily merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream.🎶 Muah-ha-ha-ha!
Me: will never hear that song the same way again
Me: will never hear that song the same way again
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Remember, Scott Adams won't see your posts focusing on his late-career bigotry, but J.K. Rowling might.
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Remember, Scott Adams won't see your posts focusing on his late-career bigotry, but J.K. Rowling might.