calankh
@calankh.bsky.social
scientist, reader, gamer, mom, vegetarian, crocheter, gardener. she/her
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Never underestimate the power of being an insufferably huge pain in your enemy's ass.
An experienced organizer I really respect once reminded folks "you can't always win, but you can always, always inflict a cost. Those add up."
You cannot match the size and resources of these organizations that are abandoning trans youth and sacrificing trans lives, but you have one advantage they do not: an ability to maintain a relentless focus upon them.
Make it your work, every week, to think about how you can punish them.
Make it your work, every week, to think about how you can punish them.
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Never underestimate the power of being an insufferably huge pain in your enemy's ass.
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The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
ALT: a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
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Welcome to the annual ‘How Many Mervs?’ competition! If you’re not familiar with the fabulous Merveille du Jour moth, they look exactly like lichen! Good luck! #teammoth #mothsmatter #ukmoths #bugsky
October 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Welcome to the annual ‘How Many Mervs?’ competition! If you’re not familiar with the fabulous Merveille du Jour moth, they look exactly like lichen! Good luck! #teammoth #mothsmatter #ukmoths #bugsky
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Whenever I talk about putting the bat on the counter the second the nazis walk in, this is the reference.
for those unfamiliar with the nazi bar:
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Whenever I talk about putting the bat on the counter the second the nazis walk in, this is the reference.
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folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
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Well. Things are pretty bad for the current regime. Look who they've pissed off NOW. (Watch to the end, it's not just footage from Portland. Surprise musical guest!)
youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso
youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso
A Message From The Frog Resistance
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Well. Things are pretty bad for the current regime. Look who they've pissed off NOW. (Watch to the end, it's not just footage from Portland. Surprise musical guest!)
youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso
youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso
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so: what do we need you to do? two things.
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
![Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm one of Senator [THEIR NAME]'s constituents. House Republicans are trying to insert a multiple articles of anti-trans legislation, including a full transgender healthcare funding ban, into the F-Y '26 budget. I'm calling to tell the Senator to stand up for trans Americans and vote NO on any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown.
[you can stop here at 0:20 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
This care funding ban follows the map the G-O-P charted while attacking abortion. Democrats lost that fight by giving in to the G-O-P an inch at a time. Giving an inch at a time on trans care will devastate trans Americans and it'll get Democrats nothing in return but contempt.
[you can stop here at 0:40 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
Right now, the most popular Democrat in the U-S, [Zo-RAHN Mom-DA-nee], is campaigning on making trans healthcare cheaper and easier to access, and he's only got more good will because of it.
[you can stop here at 0:50 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
I'm asking the Senator to refuse to allow any anti-trans language including a healthcare ban in the F-Y '26 bill. Do not vote for any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. Standing with trans people is the right thing to do and it's politically smart. Voters and donors show up for Democrats who fight.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lzahebnas6od6j6jfydwst7/bafkreih4xihrkllo4bucwiubjidhjlbjt3k7x6wtzdk776qx67tpcaizli@jpeg)
September 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
so: what do we need you to do? two things.
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
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An antidote to despair and cynicism -- academics studying countries facing autocratic takeovers document that more than half of these episodes lead to "U-turns" and more than 90% result in strengthened democracies. Up to us to make it so!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
An antidote to despair and cynicism -- academics studying countries facing autocratic takeovers document that more than half of these episodes lead to "U-turns" and more than 90% result in strengthened democracies. Up to us to make it so!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Your familiar is a wombat — Those with wombat familiars tend to put others at ease. People are likely to feel more comfortable being their true selves in your presence. stealingfromwizards.com/familiar-quiz
Familiar Quiz — Stealing from Wizards
stealingfromwizards.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Your familiar is a wombat — Those with wombat familiars tend to put others at ease. People are likely to feel more comfortable being their true selves in your presence. stealingfromwizards.com/familiar-quiz
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The world has been through anti-science cycles before, to disastrous results
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
January 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The world has been through anti-science cycles before, to disastrous results
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
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incredible
June 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
incredible
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eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name.
Pope PB&J III
Pope PB&J III
[P] Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name.
Pope Snickers IV.
Pope Snickers IV.
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name.
Which makes me Pope Muffin the Fifth.
Which makes me Pope Muffin the Fifth.
May 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name.
Pope PB&J III
Pope PB&J III
@nilahmagruder.com the 6 yr old at family meeting today piped up with 'Did you know sometimes the fox doesn't want to be found? Sometimes he wants to find you.' Anyway, just wanted to thank you for this perennial favorite book.
January 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
@nilahmagruder.com the 6 yr old at family meeting today piped up with 'Did you know sometimes the fox doesn't want to be found? Sometimes he wants to find you.' Anyway, just wanted to thank you for this perennial favorite book.
@jortsthecat.bsky.social @fishtopher.bsky.social
Milo's a scaredy cat at ACCT Philly that needs a home! They didn't update his bio but I got to hang with him Sat and he's super sweet, just scared in the shelter. But look at those whiskers!
acctphilly.org/available-ca...
Milo's a scaredy cat at ACCT Philly that needs a home! They didn't update his bio but I got to hang with him Sat and he's super sweet, just scared in the shelter. But look at those whiskers!
acctphilly.org/available-ca...
November 25, 2024 at 2:30 PM
@jortsthecat.bsky.social @fishtopher.bsky.social
Milo's a scaredy cat at ACCT Philly that needs a home! They didn't update his bio but I got to hang with him Sat and he's super sweet, just scared in the shelter. But look at those whiskers!
acctphilly.org/available-ca...
Milo's a scaredy cat at ACCT Philly that needs a home! They didn't update his bio but I got to hang with him Sat and he's super sweet, just scared in the shelter. But look at those whiskers!
acctphilly.org/available-ca...
@kbspangler.com More irises! here's Red Hot Chili and Double Down. I'm waiting with anticipation for Cosmic Opera
May 8, 2024 at 5:52 PM
@kbspangler.com More irises! here's Red Hot Chili and Double Down. I'm waiting with anticipation for Cosmic Opera
DM: Doesn't matter what you roll...
P1: 12
DM: ...you decapitate him.
P2: With a bow!?
P1: 12
DM: ...you decapitate him.
P2: With a bow!?
April 12, 2024 at 1:55 AM
DM: Doesn't matter what you roll...
P1: 12
DM: ...you decapitate him.
P2: With a bow!?
P1: 12
DM: ...you decapitate him.
P2: With a bow!?
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(Thread) In an alternate universe I and my lovely partner Tony write rom coms under the name Evie Snow. For a decade now, we've received regular emails from an elderly church lady in the Midwest US who writes gratuitously steamy emails to us, always about Tony, always about him being a centaur. (1)
April 9, 2024 at 6:10 PM
(Thread) In an alternate universe I and my lovely partner Tony write rom coms under the name Evie Snow. For a decade now, we've received regular emails from an elderly church lady in the Midwest US who writes gratuitously steamy emails to us, always about Tony, always about him being a centaur. (1)
February 25, 2024 at 12:20 PM