Kristin
@bionicvalkyrie.bsky.social
Complicated and often cranky
Born and raised in flyover country and still here. Nostalgic for purple Iowa that helped Obama go to the White House. *sigh*
Born and raised in flyover country and still here. Nostalgic for purple Iowa that helped Obama go to the White House. *sigh*
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made - defector.com/dick-cheney-...
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector
At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a ...
defector.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made - defector.com/dick-cheney-...
I just backed Apex Magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I just backed Apex Magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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In addition to lying here, Trump and Kennedy put fetuses at risk: acetaminophen is prescribed for fever, and fevers can DEFINITELY cause problems for fetuses!
"Decades of studies have shown a clear association between fevers early in pregnancy and a specific set of birth defects, ...
In addition to lying here, Trump and Kennedy put fetuses at risk: acetaminophen is prescribed for fever, and fevers can DEFINITELY cause problems for fetuses!
"Decades of studies have shown a clear association between fevers early in pregnancy and a specific set of birth defects, ...
Trump & RFK Jr lie.
This study from last year looked at 2.5M Swedish children; 186k were exposed to acetaminophen during pregnancy. Conclusion?
"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis...
This study from last year looked at 2.5M Swedish children; 186k were exposed to acetaminophen during pregnancy. Conclusion?
"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis...
September 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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In addition to lying here, Trump and Kennedy put fetuses at risk: acetaminophen is prescribed for fever, and fevers can DEFINITELY cause problems for fetuses!
"Decades of studies have shown a clear association between fevers early in pregnancy and a specific set of birth defects, ...
In addition to lying here, Trump and Kennedy put fetuses at risk: acetaminophen is prescribed for fever, and fevers can DEFINITELY cause problems for fetuses!
"Decades of studies have shown a clear association between fevers early in pregnancy and a specific set of birth defects, ...
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Please take time to read this piece on Ward Sakeik, a 22yo Palestinian woman wrongfully detained by ICE for 141 days.
The strength and perseverance of Ward, her legal team, and her husband are phenomenal, and Ward’s story must be shared.
Call Your Reps and Senators: (202) 224-3121
INVESTIGATE ICE
The strength and perseverance of Ward, her legal team, and her husband are phenomenal, and Ward’s story must be shared.
Call Your Reps and Senators: (202) 224-3121
INVESTIGATE ICE
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Please take time to read this piece on Ward Sakeik, a 22yo Palestinian woman wrongfully detained by ICE for 141 days.
The strength and perseverance of Ward, her legal team, and her husband are phenomenal, and Ward’s story must be shared.
Call Your Reps and Senators: (202) 224-3121
INVESTIGATE ICE
The strength and perseverance of Ward, her legal team, and her husband are phenomenal, and Ward’s story must be shared.
Call Your Reps and Senators: (202) 224-3121
INVESTIGATE ICE
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I just backed Loving Reaper Origin - The Movie on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/saw...
Loving Reaper Origin - The Movie
Loving Reaper - Origin is a heartbreaking story about the first meeting between Life and Reaper.
www.kickstarter.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I just backed Loving Reaper Origin - The Movie on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/saw...
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It's puffling-tossing time! Wish I could be there to witness. Maybe next year
www.iflscience.com/people-are-t...
www.iflscience.com/people-are-t...
Happy “Throw A Baby Puffin Off A Cliff” Season To Those Who Celebrate
Happy "throw a baby puffin off a cliff" season to those who celebrate.
www.iflscience.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's puffling-tossing time! Wish I could be there to witness. Maybe next year
www.iflscience.com/people-are-t...
www.iflscience.com/people-are-t...
"The fantasy that Swift and Kelce are selling isn’t romance; it’s not even equality. It’s a fantasy world where a woman can be successful and her partner won’t be mad about it."
open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/ta...
open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/ta...
open.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"The fantasy that Swift and Kelce are selling isn’t romance; it’s not even equality. It’s a fantasy world where a woman can be successful and her partner won’t be mad about it."
open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/ta...
open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/ta...
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Today in 1948, revolutionary Fred Hampton was born. He would go on to found the Rainbow Coalition before being drugged and shot in his bed by the FBI.
Today in 1979, actress Jean Seberg died by suicide following years of surveillance and harassment by the FBI for her support of the Black Panthers.
Today in 1979, actress Jean Seberg died by suicide following years of surveillance and harassment by the FBI for her support of the Black Panthers.
August 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Today in 1948, revolutionary Fred Hampton was born. He would go on to found the Rainbow Coalition before being drugged and shot in his bed by the FBI.
Today in 1979, actress Jean Seberg died by suicide following years of surveillance and harassment by the FBI for her support of the Black Panthers.
Today in 1979, actress Jean Seberg died by suicide following years of surveillance and harassment by the FBI for her support of the Black Panthers.
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Read this book! It really is an amazing story from a talented new author, @wiswell.bsky.social!
You support literature by buying books!
You support literature by buying books!
It's my birthday next week! So Barnes & Noble put the special purple edition of Someone You Can Build A Nest In up for 25% off: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/someone-yo...
Someone You Can Build a Nest In (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
**Nebula Award Winner***Featuring all-new exclusive material for the trade paperback: an author's note, reading group guide, and teaser for Wearing the Lion!*“This unusual queer romance is a...
www.barnesandnoble.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Read this book! It really is an amazing story from a talented new author, @wiswell.bsky.social!
You support literature by buying books!
You support literature by buying books!
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The sense it makes to the Trump administration is that it’s the cruelest thing possible.
Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained by ICE during Baltimore check-in
The detention, which was expected, happened after Abrego Garcia walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Baltimore for a check-in after being released from custody on Friday.
www.npr.org
August 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The sense it makes to the Trump administration is that it’s the cruelest thing possible.
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Some notes, from an airport, on this dumb performative decision, which is calculated to appeal to vapid totalitarian twats.
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www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Prosecuting Burning of The American Flag
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
August 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Some notes, from an airport, on this dumb performative decision, which is calculated to appeal to vapid totalitarian twats.
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www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Just backed Cory Doctorow's new book on Kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc...
Enshittification: the DRM-free audiobook
"Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It" (an audiobook Amazon won't sell!)
www.kickstarter.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Just backed Cory Doctorow's new book on Kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc...
This will be awesome! Go pledge if you can!
If you are into musicals about queer people in a shitty apartment trying to make it in a gentrifying city before they die, have I got a musical for you. But instead of five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes, I figured I could do it in fifteen.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
The Last Fifteen Minutes
A marionette opera and short film about having dinner together before a giant kaiju steps on you.
www.kickstarter.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This will be awesome! Go pledge if you can!
I just backed The Last Fifteen Minutes on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
The Last Fifteen Minutes
A marionette opera and short film about having dinner together before a giant kaiju steps on you.
www.kickstarter.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I just backed The Last Fifteen Minutes on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
Best thing I've seen today
August 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Best thing I've seen today
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Supposedly the dip-shit don has successfully gotten the Epstein coverup out of the news cycle. Let's reverse that.
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files! 😎
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files! 😎
August 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Supposedly the dip-shit don has successfully gotten the Epstein coverup out of the news cycle. Let's reverse that.
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files! 😎
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files!
Release the Epstein files! 😎
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Mr. Homan, all I have been trying to do is “come visit” your facility.
You. Will. Not. Let. Me.
Now that your lawyers have admitted in court that you’re abusing your detainees, please explain why you continue to lie to the American people.
You. Will. Not. Let. Me.
Now that your lawyers have admitted in court that you’re abusing your detainees, please explain why you continue to lie to the American people.
August 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Mr. Homan, all I have been trying to do is “come visit” your facility.
You. Will. Not. Let. Me.
Now that your lawyers have admitted in court that you’re abusing your detainees, please explain why you continue to lie to the American people.
You. Will. Not. Let. Me.
Now that your lawyers have admitted in court that you’re abusing your detainees, please explain why you continue to lie to the American people.
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Congratulations to @betsyaoki.bsky.social and the rest of the folks at Uncanny Magazine on their Hugo Award!
August 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Congratulations to @betsyaoki.bsky.social and the rest of the folks at Uncanny Magazine on their Hugo Award!
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✨16% & 17% FUNDED✨
You all are going to be so happy with these pins and plushie. Thank you all for your support, let’s keep it going!!!
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You all are going to be so happy with these pins and plushie. Thank you all for your support, let’s keep it going!!!
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Good morning Bluesky!
✨The Firefly Kitten Plush is LIVE! ✨
This cute and cuddly critter has shiny wings, a glow-in-the-dark tail and curly antennae! Check it out here:
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✨The Firefly Kitten Plush is LIVE! ✨
This cute and cuddly critter has shiny wings, a glow-in-the-dark tail and curly antennae! Check it out here:
www.makeship.com/products/fir...
[ #plush #crowdfunding #signalboost #art #fireflykitten ]
August 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
✨16% & 17% FUNDED✨
You all are going to be so happy with these pins and plushie. Thank you all for your support, let’s keep it going!!!
☀️🌙✨
You all are going to be so happy with these pins and plushie. Thank you all for your support, let’s keep it going!!!
☀️🌙✨
Hurray for @clarkesworldmagazine.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Hurray for @clarkesworldmagazine.com