@biskitt01.bsky.social
they/them, aussie, reads, writes, and I'll think of more description later
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Thanks to Heated Rivalry, people are asking why so many women are writing and reading m/m romance.
Not only is that a boring question, it's backwards.
Why shouldn't women (and women-adjacent people) be doing this? Also: why aren't men reading and writing more genres that center love and HEAs?
Not only is that a boring question, it's backwards.
Why shouldn't women (and women-adjacent people) be doing this? Also: why aren't men reading and writing more genres that center love and HEAs?
December 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Thanks to Heated Rivalry, people are asking why so many women are writing and reading m/m romance.
Not only is that a boring question, it's backwards.
Why shouldn't women (and women-adjacent people) be doing this? Also: why aren't men reading and writing more genres that center love and HEAs?
Not only is that a boring question, it's backwards.
Why shouldn't women (and women-adjacent people) be doing this? Also: why aren't men reading and writing more genres that center love and HEAs?
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An amazing oak I pass on one of my local walks. Must be 100s of years old. Been named Goliath by a local artist who is currently painting it. See link in comments.
#trees #uktrees #nature #naturalhistory
#trees #uktrees #nature #naturalhistory
January 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
An amazing oak I pass on one of my local walks. Must be 100s of years old. Been named Goliath by a local artist who is currently painting it. See link in comments.
#trees #uktrees #nature #naturalhistory
#trees #uktrees #nature #naturalhistory
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
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Israeli Gov's list of top 10 Australian 'anti-Semitic' orgs, politicians & people.
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
December 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Israeli Gov's list of top 10 Australian 'anti-Semitic' orgs, politicians & people.
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
No actual Nazi groups ie National Socialist Network.
Most solely oppose genocide of Palestinian civilians - this is Not anti-semitic.
Netanyahu's propaganda & true agenda are clear #Auspol
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I hope Chris Minns can correct the record linking a very important peace protect with a gross act of terrorism. We must be able to protest genocide. 50,000 people marching for peace, and influencing government for the better, did not cause 2 men to go and kill.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I hope Chris Minns can correct the record linking a very important peace protect with a gross act of terrorism. We must be able to protest genocide. 50,000 people marching for peace, and influencing government for the better, did not cause 2 men to go and kill.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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NSW Premier Chris Minns has flagged new powers to preemptively ban peaceful protests. While I appreciate his reasons ("stretch police resources ... community disharmony") the rule allows a blanket ban on protests during a "terrorism designation" What is that? Who decides it? #auspol #nswpol #nswlaw
December 17, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Netanyahu kills 70,000 and then he and Sussssan Ley blame Anthony Albanese for anti semitism. Yeah nah.
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Netanyahu kills 70,000 and then he and Sussssan Ley blame Anthony Albanese for anti semitism. Yeah nah.
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Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
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Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
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everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT
GUYS
GUYS THIS IS IS SEISMIC
GUYS I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU
OPUS DEI IS THE SCIENTOLOGY OF CATHOLICISM THEY ARE THE ONLY THING "THE DA VINCI CODE" GOT RIGHT THEY ARE AWFUL AND THEY ARE EVIL AND THEY HAVE ENORMOUS POWER AND THEY ARE INTEGRAL TO TRADFASH CATHOLICISM
GUYS
GUYS THIS IS IS SEISMIC
GUYS I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU
OPUS DEI IS THE SCIENTOLOGY OF CATHOLICISM THEY ARE THE ONLY THING "THE DA VINCI CODE" GOT RIGHT THEY ARE AWFUL AND THEY ARE EVIL AND THEY HAVE ENORMOUS POWER AND THEY ARE INTEGRAL TO TRADFASH CATHOLICISM
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
GUYS
GUYS THIS IS IS SEISMIC
GUYS I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU
OPUS DEI IS THE SCIENTOLOGY OF CATHOLICISM THEY ARE THE ONLY THING "THE DA VINCI CODE" GOT RIGHT THEY ARE AWFUL AND THEY ARE EVIL AND THEY HAVE ENORMOUS POWER AND THEY ARE INTEGRAL TO TRADFASH CATHOLICISM
GUYS
GUYS THIS IS IS SEISMIC
GUYS I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU
OPUS DEI IS THE SCIENTOLOGY OF CATHOLICISM THEY ARE THE ONLY THING "THE DA VINCI CODE" GOT RIGHT THEY ARE AWFUL AND THEY ARE EVIL AND THEY HAVE ENORMOUS POWER AND THEY ARE INTEGRAL TO TRADFASH CATHOLICISM
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
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If you're an author and have ever wondered hopefully whether it might be worth replying to the nice lady who wants to get your book to the dedicated readers in her {Exactly Your Book's Genre} book club, please read this.
My new Genre Grapevine dives into the book club scams targeting authors. These scams now include creating fake Discord communities filled with AI slop and chatbots. Artificial intelligence circles every level of this scam like water down the toilet.
www.patreon.com/posts/139940...
www.patreon.com/posts/139940...
Genre Grapevine: Book Club Scams Are a Warning of Emerging AI Super-Scams | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
Get more from Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine on Patreon
www.patreon.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
If you're an author and have ever wondered hopefully whether it might be worth replying to the nice lady who wants to get your book to the dedicated readers in her {Exactly Your Book's Genre} book club, please read this.
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Every time I feel like I know a lot about the rise of fascism in Germany, I learn something new.
My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"
Turns out, mom was right.
Turns out, mom was right.
September 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Every time I feel like I know a lot about the rise of fascism in Germany, I learn something new.
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It's not my people's Italian but I gotta go D I think, just to get Italian, Japanese, Indian, and Thai
For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose?
For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...
For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...
September 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It's not my people's Italian but I gotta go D I think, just to get Italian, Japanese, Indian, and Thai
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Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI
www.irishtimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.
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Here is the aforesaid entire blog post so we can never do this again.
Watch Your Dangly Bits – KJ Charles
kjcharleswriter.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Here is the aforesaid entire blog post so we can never do this again.
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It sounds plausible to me because that is how I feel about instagram mental health and adhd content. It feels good to read it for a while, because some of the tidbits are genuinely useful to me. I'm on a downward arc with it, because I have had my fill, yet IG keeps shoving more at me.
September 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It sounds plausible to me because that is how I feel about instagram mental health and adhd content. It feels good to read it for a while, because some of the tidbits are genuinely useful to me. I'm on a downward arc with it, because I have had my fill, yet IG keeps shoving more at me.
Why did it take them two days to arrest neo-nazi Thomas Sewell after he was filmed throwing a punch, attacking indigenous protesters? I don’t understand. He’d have been arrested doing this outside some pub. But two days?!?? Is he more immune to arrest than someone normal? He has a violent record.
September 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Why did it take them two days to arrest neo-nazi Thomas Sewell after he was filmed throwing a punch, attacking indigenous protesters? I don’t understand. He’d have been arrested doing this outside some pub. But two days?!?? Is he more immune to arrest than someone normal? He has a violent record.
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Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about
September 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about
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my favorite color, Dark Gary
August 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
my favorite color, Dark Gary
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Australia - Cookers
September 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Australia - Cookers
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Really cannot overstate how powerful this essay is. My ears were ringing by the end of it
I’ll Laugh As You Bury Me: New Zealand, America and Cultural Hegemony
by Alexandra Stronach
Read the essay at the link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
#sciencefiction #scifi #nonfiction #essays
by Alexandra Stronach
Read the essay at the link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
#sciencefiction #scifi #nonfiction #essays
August 31, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Really cannot overstate how powerful this essay is. My ears were ringing by the end of it
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Underrated cover version vocal performance. Up there with Paul Young's Wherever I Lay My Hat. Frankly.
Your #MusicBrownlowCoachesAward Top 40
Number =19 (17* votes)
Sorrow - David Bowie
youtu.be/LxDVc80Z3FI?...
Number =19 (17* votes)
Sorrow - David Bowie
youtu.be/LxDVc80Z3FI?...
David Bowie - Sorrow
YouTube video by chocolateheroine
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August 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Underrated cover version vocal performance. Up there with Paul Young's Wherever I Lay My Hat. Frankly.
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every queer and every slut is lesbian now
A funny thing I read about recently, was that ancient athenians called everyone they considered sexually liberated "lesbian", with reference to the ancient society of lesbos being broadly egalitarian and permitting extra-marital and multi-partner relationships for men and women.
August 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
every queer and every slut is lesbian now