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@ebrillblaiddes.bsky.social
Part adjunct, part self-employed, entirely neurodivergent. She/her in STEM, i.e., had pronouns before people got offended by them. Can't believe it's controversial to not want SARS. Also plays with string 🧶
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Hey new followers, I recognize a few of you from Bird Hell Site (detector webapp came online or got noticed?) so I assume y'all know this, but so the rest of you know what's in the tin:
* quite autistic
* numbers are fun
* yarn yarn yarn
* cute lizard is cute
* fuck Nazi bullshit
* quite autistic
* numbers are fun
* yarn yarn yarn
* cute lizard is cute
* fuck Nazi bullshit
When I was a child, I thought like a child, such as believing that adults had their stuff together.
January 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
When I was a child, I thought like a child, such as believing that adults had their stuff together.
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May I not dissapoint them, should my time come to learn.
The next time someone tells you the civil war isn't about slavery, I want you to imagine a hot August day in Georgia, as these union soldiers, starving, dying, surrounded by their sick comrades,
Sing, to themselves, John Brown's Body.
"As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
Sing, to themselves, John Brown's Body.
"As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
January 9, 2026 at 5:03 AM
May I not dissapoint them, should my time come to learn.
Thing that my brain keeps doubling back to:
If a car is rolling, shooting the driver will make sure the driver can't turn or brake, so the car will continue its course, which is exactly what someone in front of the car wouldn't want.
If a car is rolling, shooting the driver will make sure the driver can't turn or brake, so the car will continue its course, which is exactly what someone in front of the car wouldn't want.
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Thing that my brain keeps doubling back to:
If a car is rolling, shooting the driver will make sure the driver can't turn or brake, so the car will continue its course, which is exactly what someone in front of the car wouldn't want.
If a car is rolling, shooting the driver will make sure the driver can't turn or brake, so the car will continue its course, which is exactly what someone in front of the car wouldn't want.
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we need to be nourishing ourselves regularly so that there's enough bandwidth for action
AND
so that our spirits are strong enough to say no to the motherfuckers who want us to concede and fold
(all the people who didn't just follow orders? what were THEIR inner resources? Yeahhhh.)
AND
so that our spirits are strong enough to say no to the motherfuckers who want us to concede and fold
(all the people who didn't just follow orders? what were THEIR inner resources? Yeahhhh.)
fortify inside
why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM
we need to be nourishing ourselves regularly so that there's enough bandwidth for action
AND
so that our spirits are strong enough to say no to the motherfuckers who want us to concede and fold
(all the people who didn't just follow orders? what were THEIR inner resources? Yeahhhh.)
AND
so that our spirits are strong enough to say no to the motherfuckers who want us to concede and fold
(all the people who didn't just follow orders? what were THEIR inner resources? Yeahhhh.)
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I'm old enough to remember when Republicans fearmongered about gov agents going door to door.
It was their whole argument for the 2nd amendment.
It was their whole argument for the 2nd amendment.
Leavitt: "DHS will continue to operate on the ground in Minnesota, not only to remove criminal illegal aliens, but also to continue conducting door to door investigations ... "
January 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Republicans fearmongered about gov agents going door to door.
It was their whole argument for the 2nd amendment.
It was their whole argument for the 2nd amendment.
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Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
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AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 AM
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
January 8, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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Renee Nicole Good is the one whose reputation should be protected, whose death should be marked by flags across the country being lowered to half-staff, who should be getting tearful tributes and acknowledgments from politicians and media figures. These are the people we ought to honor.
January 8, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Renee Nicole Good is the one whose reputation should be protected, whose death should be marked by flags across the country being lowered to half-staff, who should be getting tearful tributes and acknowledgments from politicians and media figures. These are the people we ought to honor.
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ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.
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It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
January 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
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Global law, including trade and oh I dunno not fucking kidnapping other world leaders from their beds ffs, only works on large-scale buy-in.
And it’s not by accident that the period from the end of WWII until now has been the most widely prosperous in all of human history.
And it’s not by accident that the period from the end of WWII until now has been the most widely prosperous in all of human history.
January 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Global law, including trade and oh I dunno not fucking kidnapping other world leaders from their beds ffs, only works on large-scale buy-in.
And it’s not by accident that the period from the end of WWII until now has been the most widely prosperous in all of human history.
And it’s not by accident that the period from the end of WWII until now has been the most widely prosperous in all of human history.
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Yes, we were right the whole time.
January 7, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Yes, we were right the whole time.
This is a start but we need to do more than just move our purchases to before or after a boycott day.
If we set ourselves up to need less fuel for good, we can screw the oil companies in the pocketbook FOREVER.
If we set ourselves up to need less fuel for good, we can screw the oil companies in the pocketbook FOREVER.
Thursday Jan 8.
The start of something new. A series of consumer wildcat strikes! No money for healthcare, plenty for war! Don't buy gas Jan 8th. #CutTheFuel No U.S. occupation in Venezuela!
The start of something new. A series of consumer wildcat strikes! No money for healthcare, plenty for war! Don't buy gas Jan 8th. #CutTheFuel No U.S. occupation in Venezuela!
January 7, 2026 at 12:11 AM
This is a start but we need to do more than just move our purchases to before or after a boycott day.
If we set ourselves up to need less fuel for good, we can screw the oil companies in the pocketbook FOREVER.
If we set ourselves up to need less fuel for good, we can screw the oil companies in the pocketbook FOREVER.
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Also the easiest way to help your community is to mask in public.
If you have an angry reaction to that you need to sit with yourself and examine why you don't want the most vulnerable populations in your area protected.
If you have an angry reaction to that you need to sit with yourself and examine why you don't want the most vulnerable populations in your area protected.
If you have had covid then the flu might kill you.
It mightve even before covid which is why we all cautioned folks against saying things like "just a flu". But now? If you've had covid, you should be responding to the world as though you have an immune deficiency, if you want to survive.
Mask up.
It mightve even before covid which is why we all cautioned folks against saying things like "just a flu". But now? If you've had covid, you should be responding to the world as though you have an immune deficiency, if you want to survive.
Mask up.
January 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Also the easiest way to help your community is to mask in public.
If you have an angry reaction to that you need to sit with yourself and examine why you don't want the most vulnerable populations in your area protected.
If you have an angry reaction to that you need to sit with yourself and examine why you don't want the most vulnerable populations in your area protected.
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Society is *already* collapsing. The workforce *has been decimated* by COVID-related disability (that means at least 1/10th of the workforce prior to COVID-19 coming along is no longer able to work).
December 11, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Society is *already* collapsing. The workforce *has been decimated* by COVID-related disability (that means at least 1/10th of the workforce prior to COVID-19 coming along is no longer able to work).
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Man I am burnt out and I didn’t even run for VP and lose to a couch fucking fascist, then have my friend & her husband & dog murdered by a masked fascist, then have my constituents brigaded & threatened by a mob of fascists, then get blamed for my friends’ murders by the fascist in Chief
January 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Man I am burnt out and I didn’t even run for VP and lose to a couch fucking fascist, then have my friend & her husband & dog murdered by a masked fascist, then have my constituents brigaded & threatened by a mob of fascists, then get blamed for my friends’ murders by the fascist in Chief
This could be one party's primary, and the other party can have the strange women in ponds thing, and I'm willing to wager it would improve matters.
One of my most popular posts on the other site we don’t talk about was a suggestion that we replace the entirety of Congress with shelter cats and I stand by it.
January 5, 2026 at 5:56 AM
This could be one party's primary, and the other party can have the strange women in ponds thing, and I'm willing to wager it would improve matters.
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Niven: mr president, we heard you were thinking of starting a war with venezuela
Niven: for freedom, right?
Trump: no, oil
Niven:
Niven: i mean, yeah, i know, but
Niven: you're not supposed to say it
Trump: who are you again
Niven: for freedom, right?
Trump: no, oil
Niven:
Niven: i mean, yeah, i know, but
Niven: you're not supposed to say it
Trump: who are you again
January 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Niven: mr president, we heard you were thinking of starting a war with venezuela
Niven: for freedom, right?
Trump: no, oil
Niven:
Niven: i mean, yeah, i know, but
Niven: you're not supposed to say it
Trump: who are you again
Niven: for freedom, right?
Trump: no, oil
Niven:
Niven: i mean, yeah, i know, but
Niven: you're not supposed to say it
Trump: who are you again
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Hey, you know how these wealthy fascists don’t care who dies for their access to oil in Venezuela since they only care about short-term profit & not long-term outcomes for the human population or planet?
They feel the same way re COVID, flu, & healthcare in general.
A n95 in public is resistance.
They feel the same way re COVID, flu, & healthcare in general.
A n95 in public is resistance.
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January 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Hey, you know how these wealthy fascists don’t care who dies for their access to oil in Venezuela since they only care about short-term profit & not long-term outcomes for the human population or planet?
They feel the same way re COVID, flu, & healthcare in general.
A n95 in public is resistance.
They feel the same way re COVID, flu, & healthcare in general.
A n95 in public is resistance.
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if you’re mentally exhausted it’s bc you’ve been paying attention
January 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
if you’re mentally exhausted it’s bc you’ve been paying attention
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Devaluing life through the ongoing, current pandemic sets the stage for every other catastrophe we face and our government’s failure to handle them. It’s all connected. I’ve been screaming it since 2020 and I mostly just get told to shut up. But it’s all connected.
They same way they sleepwalked us into a forever plague and climate collapse. #COVID
This is billionaire-controlled media. They want to sleepwalk us into another forever war. We must break free.
January 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Devaluing life through the ongoing, current pandemic sets the stage for every other catastrophe we face and our government’s failure to handle them. It’s all connected. I’ve been screaming it since 2020 and I mostly just get told to shut up. But it’s all connected.
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one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is
~3-4 years ago: omg I gotta change something, this can't go on
2 years ago: just recover from COVID
1 year ago: omg I'm not as recovered as I thought
now: ok, actual baseline is tolerable, have big change lined out to make...wheeeee but also aaaaaaaaa...
2 years ago: just recover from COVID
1 year ago: omg I'm not as recovered as I thought
now: ok, actual baseline is tolerable, have big change lined out to make...wheeeee but also aaaaaaaaa...
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
~3-4 years ago: omg I gotta change something, this can't go on
2 years ago: just recover from COVID
1 year ago: omg I'm not as recovered as I thought
now: ok, actual baseline is tolerable, have big change lined out to make...wheeeee but also aaaaaaaaa...
2 years ago: just recover from COVID
1 year ago: omg I'm not as recovered as I thought
now: ok, actual baseline is tolerable, have big change lined out to make...wheeeee but also aaaaaaaaa...