Darkrose
@darkrose.bsky.social
Queer Black nerd, SF Giants fan, kitty mom, writer, academic librarian in Norcal. Politics, baseball, FFXIV & other video games, food, choral music, & cats. She/they #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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no YOU'RE a dick
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM
no YOU'RE a dick
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If you want art like this for your FF14 character, my commission form is still open for the weekend and will be closing on Monday! #FFXIV
February 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
If you want art like this for your FF14 character, my commission form is still open for the weekend and will be closing on Monday! #FFXIV
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Not only were the results off by 35-fold, Jay didn’t disclose that he recruited subjects by having his wife email parents of the middle school in his wealthy community, falsely claiming to offer an “FDA-approved” test to “know if you are immune,” “gain peace of mind,” & “return to work without fear”
February 8, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Not only were the results off by 35-fold, Jay didn’t disclose that he recruited subjects by having his wife email parents of the middle school in his wealthy community, falsely claiming to offer an “FDA-approved” test to “know if you are immune,” “gain peace of mind,” & “return to work without fear”
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The aurora last night in Beaver, Alaska was just incredible. This is a real-time video (not sped up) of the crazy motion I saw. Also, look how BRIGHT it is, wow!
February 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The aurora last night in Beaver, Alaska was just incredible. This is a real-time video (not sped up) of the crazy motion I saw. Also, look how BRIGHT it is, wow!
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i think there's enough evidence now to say that the transphobes are pedophiles hypothesis is now a transphobes are pedophiles theory
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 AM
i think there's enough evidence now to say that the transphobes are pedophiles hypothesis is now a transphobes are pedophiles theory
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我東北の民
エオカフェ遠征出来ないので絵を描き凌ぐ
タイラント君のドリンク飲みたかった…！
エオカフェ遠征出来ないので絵を描き凌ぐ
タイラント君のドリンク飲みたかった…！
February 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
我東北の民
エオカフェ遠征出来ないので絵を描き凌ぐ
タイラント君のドリンク飲みたかった…！
エオカフェ遠征出来ないので絵を描き凌ぐ
タイラント君のドリンク飲みたかった…！
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emet glorifying ancient society is fascinating. its his rose-colored glasses, his white-knuckling to try to convince himself that the society and people he sees now HAVE to be worse than his, that they ARE inferior, his past HAS to be better, because that's how you justify it
February 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
emet glorifying ancient society is fascinating. its his rose-colored glasses, his white-knuckling to try to convince himself that the society and people he sees now HAVE to be worse than his, that they ARE inferior, his past HAS to be better, because that's how you justify it
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when emet hypes up ancient society as this paradise of paradises, and then when you see his recreation and its just a regular city with regular people at a regular dmv. but that's the whole point. its been thousand of years. at that point, you'd miss the dmv too
February 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM
when emet hypes up ancient society as this paradise of paradises, and then when you see his recreation and its just a regular city with regular people at a regular dmv. but that's the whole point. its been thousand of years. at that point, you'd miss the dmv too
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The Target situation is like a microcosmic example of the US tariff initiative. People thought they needed Target, until the boycott. Now they’ve found ways around it and don’t wanna go back. Other countries are now realizing they don’t need the big superpower USA and are adjusting accordingly.
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 AM
The Target situation is like a microcosmic example of the US tariff initiative. People thought they needed Target, until the boycott. Now they’ve found ways around it and don’t wanna go back. Other countries are now realizing they don’t need the big superpower USA and are adjusting accordingly.
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how does one get into doubles luge these days. you're allowed to get gay married now. you don't have to come up with some ridiculous excuse to lay down on top of another person of the same gender anymore.
February 8, 2026 at 6:47 AM
how does one get into doubles luge these days. you're allowed to get gay married now. you don't have to come up with some ridiculous excuse to lay down on top of another person of the same gender anymore.
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did not realize the people who resigned in protest over this were retconned as firings so Bondi could steal their banked vacation time. what a spiteful little knife twist
A Trump loyalist took over the Minnesota office, and doubled down on the loyalist abuse of the law, trying to investigate Renee Good and her wife rather than the person who killed her. At this point, career civil servants left, and were immediately labeled "deep state" by the Attorney general.
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
did not realize the people who resigned in protest over this were retconned as firings so Bondi could steal their banked vacation time. what a spiteful little knife twist
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The ex girlfriend is LA Sparks player Rickea Jackson, treated like an afterthought in these terrifying reports.
www.local10.com/news/local/2...
www.local10.com/news/local/2...
February 8, 2026 at 5:55 AM
The ex girlfriend is LA Sparks player Rickea Jackson, treated like an afterthought in these terrifying reports.
www.local10.com/news/local/2...
www.local10.com/news/local/2...
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
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Gates McFadden told a great story at a Star Trek convention I went to as a kid about Kermit goofing around with her props on a break between takes during her scene in “Muppets Take Manhattan” and finally she goes “KERMIT, STOP THAT!”, like straight to the frog, and the whole crew lost their shit
This is entirely correct / back in the day I was picked to ask Kermit a question at a Thing (all the questions were scripted but askers were allowed to embellish a little) and in the moment I was absolutely talking to Kermit, who is real.
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
February 8, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Gates McFadden told a great story at a Star Trek convention I went to as a kid about Kermit goofing around with her props on a break between takes during her scene in “Muppets Take Manhattan” and finally she goes “KERMIT, STOP THAT!”, like straight to the frog, and the whole crew lost their shit
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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this feels very STATION ELEVEN and not in a great way
It is currently 'packs of coyotes walking across the Charles River' cold outside.
February 8, 2026 at 7:03 AM
this feels very STATION ELEVEN and not in a great way
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We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for this Lite-Brite timeline cleanse.
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once a year the city of portland is like "who wants to look at a bunch of crazy light-up stuff downtown" and all the degens are like "WE DO"
February 8, 2026 at 7:07 AM
We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for this Lite-Brite timeline cleanse.
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The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online
The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online
For thousands of years, ordinary people all over the world not only worked side-by-side with domestic animals on a daily basis, they also observed the wild fauna around them to learn how to navigate a...
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February 7, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
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February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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“the Epstein class” should be THE tagline tbh. it’s so accurate their only defense is redactions, and it captures a hundred different linked evils at once. it also perfectly clarifies why trying to distinguish btw “kitchen table issues” (ie money) and “identity politics” (ie misogyny) is impossible
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
“the Epstein class” should be THE tagline tbh. it’s so accurate their only defense is redactions, and it captures a hundred different linked evils at once. it also perfectly clarifies why trying to distinguish btw “kitchen table issues” (ie money) and “identity politics” (ie misogyny) is impossible
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I am EXTREMELY annoyed at idiots insisting ICE has to wear masks so that they aren't doxxed or swatted, when the absolute same assholes were trying to tell me in 2014 that those things weren't real
February 8, 2026 at 6:53 AM
I am EXTREMELY annoyed at idiots insisting ICE has to wear masks so that they aren't doxxed or swatted, when the absolute same assholes were trying to tell me in 2014 that those things weren't real
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coming up with a new idea called "driving like shit olympics". no more bland, unprovable statements like "california drivers are the WORST" allowed. whichever state wins every 4 years gets a moonshot-sized public transit investment to get those fuckers off the road
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
coming up with a new idea called "driving like shit olympics". no more bland, unprovable statements like "california drivers are the WORST" allowed. whichever state wins every 4 years gets a moonshot-sized public transit investment to get those fuckers off the road
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LMAO Bari Weiss got $150M to just flip through the Epstein files and be like "wow, that guy's REALLY disgusting, we HAVE to hire him"
February 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM
LMAO Bari Weiss got $150M to just flip through the Epstein files and be like "wow, that guy's REALLY disgusting, we HAVE to hire him"
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Hiring the guy who torched Tumblr as the Washington Post CEO is one of the more blatant examples of how failure is a feature of the role. Not only can C suite people fuck up on a massive scale with no consequences, there is strategic value in dropping a fuckup into a role like that
February 7, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Hiring the guy who torched Tumblr as the Washington Post CEO is one of the more blatant examples of how failure is a feature of the role. Not only can C suite people fuck up on a massive scale with no consequences, there is strategic value in dropping a fuckup into a role like that