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@brassafrax.bsky.social
· Oct 25
I s2g I draft a comment or reply that I’m positive looks right and then I read it back after posting and it’s like, “man used good was still great”
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I just love my dog so much
February 9, 2026 at 4:17 AM
I just love my dog so much
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btw don’t use Bad Bunny’s halftime show to call for Puerto Rico statehood - his album is quite literally AGAINST statehood. maybe listen to his body of work before trying to use it to push for more active colonization of our country.
February 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
btw don’t use Bad Bunny’s halftime show to call for Puerto Rico statehood - his album is quite literally AGAINST statehood. maybe listen to his body of work before trying to use it to push for more active colonization of our country.
there is so much wrong with the internet but being able to instantaneously stream designing women whenever I was is not any part of that and like let’s keep it
February 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
there is so much wrong with the internet but being able to instantaneously stream designing women whenever I was is not any part of that and like let’s keep it
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the pronoun labeler was deleted, but @ripperoni.com built a new one @pronounpicker.ripperoni.com
it doesn’t have all the same pronouns yet, but still ripp saved the day by launching this overnight, so make sure to thank him!
it doesn’t have all the same pronouns yet, but still ripp saved the day by launching this overnight, so make sure to thank him!
February 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
the pronoun labeler was deleted, but @ripperoni.com built a new one @pronounpicker.ripperoni.com
it doesn’t have all the same pronouns yet, but still ripp saved the day by launching this overnight, so make sure to thank him!
it doesn’t have all the same pronouns yet, but still ripp saved the day by launching this overnight, so make sure to thank him!
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hatred of unhoused people is genuinely a pipeline to fascism. if the wealthy can get you to dehumanize your own neighbors, then they can get you to do it to anyone.
February 8, 2026 at 4:54 AM
hatred of unhoused people is genuinely a pipeline to fascism. if the wealthy can get you to dehumanize your own neighbors, then they can get you to do it to anyone.
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The Oregon family detained by federal immigration agents outside a Portland hospital emergency room three weeks ago has returned home,
Oregon family detained by ICE back home after 22 days
Their lawyers hinted at why they were released, but the reasons remain unclear.
www.oregonlive.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The Oregon family detained by federal immigration agents outside a Portland hospital emergency room three weeks ago has returned home,
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I've asked so many people to please quit substack, and if I see a substack link, I rarely, if ever, click on it. and I know amazing people that I love and respect and learn from are on there and it makes me so sad. in case it helps you to finally quit that place:
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I've asked so many people to please quit substack, and if I see a substack link, I rarely, if ever, click on it. and I know amazing people that I love and respect and learn from are on there and it makes me so sad. in case it helps you to finally quit that place:
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Bsky mods drawing a line in the sand where we have to treat LLMs as real people while snuffing out Palestinian accounts
February 6, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Bsky mods drawing a line in the sand where we have to treat LLMs as real people while snuffing out Palestinian accounts
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
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"[P]atients have died ... waiting for evacuation."
With only 5 Palestinians in need of medical evacuation from Gaza permitted to leave through the Rafah crossing after it reopened on Monday, health authorities warned that the restrictions Israel is continuing to impose at the crossing could ultimately kill thousands of Palestinians.
20K in Gaza Need Medical Evacuation. 5 Were Let Through Rafah Crossing on Day 1.
Israeli restrictions could ultimately kill thousands of Palestinians who have been waiting for years for treatment.
truthout.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
"[P]atients have died ... waiting for evacuation."
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> “it’s ableist to not use ai art”
i have dysgraphia & repeated kindergarten because i couldn’t write letters small enough to fit more than one word on a page.
my wrist cramped up so badly i’d sob from the pain. i had to get an IEP so i could use digital tools in school.
i can draw. so can you.
i have dysgraphia & repeated kindergarten because i couldn’t write letters small enough to fit more than one word on a page.
my wrist cramped up so badly i’d sob from the pain. i had to get an IEP so i could use digital tools in school.
i can draw. so can you.
February 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
> “it’s ableist to not use ai art”
i have dysgraphia & repeated kindergarten because i couldn’t write letters small enough to fit more than one word on a page.
my wrist cramped up so badly i’d sob from the pain. i had to get an IEP so i could use digital tools in school.
i can draw. so can you.
i have dysgraphia & repeated kindergarten because i couldn’t write letters small enough to fit more than one word on a page.
my wrist cramped up so badly i’d sob from the pain. i had to get an IEP so i could use digital tools in school.
i can draw. so can you.
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There's a lot of things you could be doing right now to oppose fascism that doesn't seem heroic and doesn't reach the federal level, but are very much needed. A lot of anti-fascist work doesn't get recognized and a lot of it is a monotonous slog that might not show results.
February 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
There's a lot of things you could be doing right now to oppose fascism that doesn't seem heroic and doesn't reach the federal level, but are very much needed. A lot of anti-fascist work doesn't get recognized and a lot of it is a monotonous slog that might not show results.
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"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
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It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.
February 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
It's not just the women and girls we know of. It's all their future work, and everything they could have been, and how we build structures that shelter their abusers. It's how a man's future has always been worth more than my past, present, and future combined.
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To our friends and family who love those of us w/psych disorders:
Please please please do not phone the police for a welfare check.
No, there are not proper emergency teams for psych crises. There should be.
The police are armed and trained to meet conflict w/force, not de-escalate.
Please.
Please please please do not phone the police for a welfare check.
No, there are not proper emergency teams for psych crises. There should be.
The police are armed and trained to meet conflict w/force, not de-escalate.
Please.
February 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
To our friends and family who love those of us w/psych disorders:
Please please please do not phone the police for a welfare check.
No, there are not proper emergency teams for psych crises. There should be.
The police are armed and trained to meet conflict w/force, not de-escalate.
Please.
Please please please do not phone the police for a welfare check.
No, there are not proper emergency teams for psych crises. There should be.
The police are armed and trained to meet conflict w/force, not de-escalate.
Please.
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Via instagram comments. the feds teargassed a fucking hospital.
February 2, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Via instagram comments. the feds teargassed a fucking hospital.
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People all over Portland, Oregon were impacted by the chemical warfare deployed by the feds tonight. Here’s a thread of some Portlanders experiences who weren’t even at the protest:
Lots and lots of teargas and various other munitions. People yelling for medics. Ambulance came for one person already and there was a brutal arrest amidst all of this
February 2, 2026 at 6:02 AM
People all over Portland, Oregon were impacted by the chemical warfare deployed by the feds tonight. Here’s a thread of some Portlanders experiences who weren’t even at the protest:
this flips my stomach every time I read it
The cops have a phrase when dealing with sex workers murders
NO HUMAN INVOLVED
NO HUMAN INVOLVED
February 2, 2026 at 12:11 PM
this flips my stomach every time I read it
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I'm not being facetious. Epstein was apparently giving talking points to the people pushing anti trans rhetoric in the UK.
February 1, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I'm not being facetious. Epstein was apparently giving talking points to the people pushing anti trans rhetoric in the UK.
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don't mind me, just finding lots of bread crumbs showing Epstein and the League of Pederasts were a driving force in pushing transphobic hate.
This email was sent in October 2014, at the start of the current anti trans political campaign and astroturphing.
This email was sent in October 2014, at the start of the current anti trans political campaign and astroturphing.
February 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
don't mind me, just finding lots of bread crumbs showing Epstein and the League of Pederasts were a driving force in pushing transphobic hate.
This email was sent in October 2014, at the start of the current anti trans political campaign and astroturphing.
This email was sent in October 2014, at the start of the current anti trans political campaign and astroturphing.
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I witnessed ICE using tear gas on children.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
This was the kind of treatment the union activists got today from Oregon’s largest unions alongside coalitions like @jwjpdx.bsky.social. They fired projectiles and injured many demonstrators and broke out neighbors windows. Gas for a half dozen miles in each direction. #iceout
February 1, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I witnessed ICE using tear gas on children.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
They shattered a window of low-income housing where a disabled vet lives. He got gassed in his own home.
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that little girl has every right to be on the sidewalk of her own damn city. she lives here. i don't want to hear any shit about how she shouldn't have been down there. she is a citizen of portland oregon and she is entitled to use of our public sidewalks at all times
February 1, 2026 at 3:26 AM
that little girl has every right to be on the sidewalk of her own damn city. she lives here. i don't want to hear any shit about how she shouldn't have been down there. she is a citizen of portland oregon and she is entitled to use of our public sidewalks at all times
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If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at councilor.green@portlandoregon.gov
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 AM
If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at councilor.green@portlandoregon.gov
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what impressed me most today was that a huge crowd of people who mostly had never been tear gassed managed to retreat without running or trampling each other. under a cloud of gas that was not moving (zero wind), people held onto each other and walked blind down a street packed tight as sardines
Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
February 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
what impressed me most today was that a huge crowd of people who mostly had never been tear gassed managed to retreat without running or trampling each other. under a cloud of gas that was not moving (zero wind), people held onto each other and walked blind down a street packed tight as sardines