Dorian Dawes
@doriandawes.bsky.social
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Author of A Dream of Saints
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I thirst trap award winning authors
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Dorian Dawes
@doriandawes.bsky.social
· Aug 7
Have you read my icky little book? It features werewolf and tree related violence and a lot of body horror.
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It is so, so important to learn to understand the difference between A Gross Thing That Freaks Me Out, versus A Thing Which Causes Actual Harm In The World
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
This remains evergreen.
July 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It is so, so important to learn to understand the difference between A Gross Thing That Freaks Me Out, versus A Thing Which Causes Actual Harm In The World
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
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“Likable person who isn’t 1000 years old and generally does things you like” isn’t unicorn fantasy land bullshit it’s the bare minimum you deserve as a human being
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Likable person who isn’t 1000 years old and generally does things you like” isn’t unicorn fantasy land bullshit it’s the bare minimum you deserve as a human being
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
begging scifi writers and filmmakers to stop depicting these doofuses as smart
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
begging scifi writers and filmmakers to stop depicting these doofuses as smart
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This saga has been the best use of Twitter screenshots on Bluesky by a wide margin. This is, like, the one time we are truly being enriched by knowing something going on over there.
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This saga has been the best use of Twitter screenshots on Bluesky by a wide margin. This is, like, the one time we are truly being enriched by knowing something going on over there.
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liberals and conservatives alike talk about defunding the police and decarceration as if these are extreme, radical, unthinkable ideas— but truly what is more extreme, radical, and unthinkable than what's happening *right now* in our police state.
This week on Reveal: A ‘Goon Squad’ of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Mississippi deputies got away with years of brutality
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
revealnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
liberals and conservatives alike talk about defunding the police and decarceration as if these are extreme, radical, unthinkable ideas— but truly what is more extreme, radical, and unthinkable than what's happening *right now* in our police state.
Skinfreak is an incredibly odd and repulsive little game. I think Black Eyed Priest has really nailed the giallo vibes. A quirky sick little slasher.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Skinfreak is an incredibly odd and repulsive little game. I think Black Eyed Priest has really nailed the giallo vibes. A quirky sick little slasher.
"capitalism has lifted millions out of poverty" is so laughably horseshit the second it meets any kind of material reality. something repeated stupidly like a religious screed.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"capitalism has lifted millions out of poverty" is so laughably horseshit the second it meets any kind of material reality. something repeated stupidly like a religious screed.
Typed this out after ruminating on my experience for a few days, this is a strange one folks www.patreon.com/posts/143275...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Typed this out after ruminating on my experience for a few days, this is a strange one folks www.patreon.com/posts/143275...
i don't see myself that often in fiction so i'm curious
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
i don't see myself that often in fiction so i'm curious
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The real question is "will my private vacation flights be delayed?" and they were gonna get delayed so the Dems gave up.
The PR was fine. The polling was good. The ask was targeted. And it still didn't matter. You can't win real concessions so the question is whether the base likes a long fight with little to show for it or if it just angers them more because you caved in the end.
Shutting down is the easy part, starting up on your terms very hard. Maybe a lost shutdown fight would bring catharsis, but last time (DACA in 2018) it angered base & public because it was fruitless. Ask would need to be something Rep lawmakers want, not stop all Trump is doing
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The real question is "will my private vacation flights be delayed?" and they were gonna get delayed so the Dems gave up.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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rania's due date is in 10 days, i pray everything goes smoothly. please help and share if you are able 🙏❤️
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- ppal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/APa...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
rania's due date is in 10 days, i pray everything goes smoothly. please help and share if you are able 🙏❤️
- gfm: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid...
- ppal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/APa...
- gfm: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid...
- ppal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/APa...
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The reason why flight disruptions were the breaking point for Democrats is that they need to not be in DC as much as possible.
They need to go home. They need to fundraise. They need to not do their job.
Trump and the GOP have now learned that next time, they should start with flight disruptions.
They need to go home. They need to fundraise. They need to not do their job.
Trump and the GOP have now learned that next time, they should start with flight disruptions.
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The reason why flight disruptions were the breaking point for Democrats is that they need to not be in DC as much as possible.
They need to go home. They need to fundraise. They need to not do their job.
Trump and the GOP have now learned that next time, they should start with flight disruptions.
They need to go home. They need to fundraise. They need to not do their job.
Trump and the GOP have now learned that next time, they should start with flight disruptions.
...how is it bad faith if we're correct
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
...how is it bad faith if we're correct
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Every one of these "performative men" articles is just
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Every one of these "performative men" articles is just
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it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
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Schumer and his friends want Trump to have power because they hate you. They are furious Mamdani won in a landslide and are afraid of repeats all over the country. Their solution is open capitulation to the far right.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Schumer and his friends want Trump to have power because they hate you. They are furious Mamdani won in a landslide and are afraid of repeats all over the country. Their solution is open capitulation to the far right.
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Every day on this stupid app someone responds to something I've posted telling me something I already know.
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Every day on this stupid app someone responds to something I've posted telling me something I already know.
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
it isn't that I believed centrism was gonna survive trump 2.0 its more the speed at which its greatest champions signed its death warrant
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
it isn't that I believed centrism was gonna survive trump 2.0 its more the speed at which its greatest champions signed its death warrant
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It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.