Elly Bangs
@ellybangs.bsky.social
Author of the apocalyptic cyberpunk novel UNITY, available in bookstores and libraries near you. Short fiction and more at elbangs.com. Queer and trans. Loneliness elemental. (She/her)
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Elly Bangs
@ellybangs.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Unity - Tachyon Publications
“Unity is an astonishing debut, twisty and startling . . . an absorbing, thrilling ride.” —New York Times In a desperate escape, Danae and her lover Naoto hire the enigmatic ex-mercenary Alexei to gui...
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I wrote this novel about a remorse-stricken master assassin who takes one last job guiding the last surviving fragment of a collective consciousness across the post-apocalyptic American West under the looming specter of a final world war. I hope you like it.
The Senate works?
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The Senate works?
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A cool thing about the Dems being absolutely useless institution-fuckers is that if they did gain control again, they'll look at the mutilated, broken remnants of the FDA and NSF and such as sacred and reject out of hand any suggestion they need to be changed.
April 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A cool thing about the Dems being absolutely useless institution-fuckers is that if they did gain control again, they'll look at the mutilated, broken remnants of the FDA and NSF and such as sacred and reject out of hand any suggestion they need to be changed.
From time to time it's important to post things nobody likes, so as to avoid developing an unwholesome craving for the esteem of others.
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
From time to time it's important to post things nobody likes, so as to avoid developing an unwholesome craving for the esteem of others.
A little pain never hurt anybody.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
A little pain never hurt anybody.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I am become woman, ruiner of worlds.
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I am become woman, ruiner of worlds.
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"conservative feminism" lmao
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"conservative feminism" lmao
These guys wake up each morning, loop their neckties, snort an unholy megadose of coke, and go right to work finding ingenious new ways to make the imminent incineration of the entire global economy even more apocalyptic than it was already going to be.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
These guys wake up each morning, loop their neckties, snort an unholy megadose of coke, and go right to work finding ingenious new ways to make the imminent incineration of the entire global economy even more apocalyptic than it was already going to be.
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A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:
It's a deep relief that society has mostly evolved beyond the bizarre old "Mrs. <her husband's entire name>" convention. My grandmother used to do it. When I was a kid she mailed me a birthday card and the return address had me convinced, probably for years, that her first name was Charles.
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's a deep relief that society has mostly evolved beyond the bizarre old "Mrs. <her husband's entire name>" convention. My grandmother used to do it. When I was a kid she mailed me a birthday card and the return address had me convinced, probably for years, that her first name was Charles.
Your headlights are too bright.
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Your headlights are too bright.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Still one of the bleakest quotes I have ever read, from one of George W Bush’s senior advisers.
![The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...] 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ygvvtokrezoev7nol4wgxjc/bafkreict5fc4gs3ctiqtgfxjkx7rliiylycp4bkm37eitwrjzqssbtddiy@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Still one of the bleakest quotes I have ever read, from one of George W Bush’s senior advisers.
Long before the pandemic it was cars that taught me there is no limit to the volume of senseless, gory, and preventable mass death Americans will tolerate, normalize, shrug off
Halloween is the perfect example of how the time spent in or around cars are the most dangerous periods of any day for most Americans. And it is rarely acknowledged on a wide scale.
Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
October 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Long before the pandemic it was cars that taught me there is no limit to the volume of senseless, gory, and preventable mass death Americans will tolerate, normalize, shrug off
The way my elderly neighbor talks to me suggests she may have identified me as a woman on some occasions and as a man on others, and has thereby gotten the idea that a straight couple lives in my house, and that I am either dating or married to a second instance of myself.
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The way my elderly neighbor talks to me suggests she may have identified me as a woman on some occasions and as a man on others, and has thereby gotten the idea that a straight couple lives in my house, and that I am either dating or married to a second instance of myself.
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My absolute favorite thing about Rise of Skywalker is the character Ochi (who you won't recall because he's barely mentioned/featured but he ties the ENTIRE forward momentum of the plot together)
This is someone's explanation of Ochi and what he did
This is someone's explanation of Ochi and what he did
October 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My absolute favorite thing about Rise of Skywalker is the character Ochi (who you won't recall because he's barely mentioned/featured but he ties the ENTIRE forward momentum of the plot together)
This is someone's explanation of Ochi and what he did
This is someone's explanation of Ochi and what he did
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We literally do disagree about this, though. Some politicians want to take food from children and some politicians don't. Pretending this "isn't political" just allows the child-starving ghouls to get away with it.
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We literally do disagree about this, though. Some politicians want to take food from children and some politicians don't. Pretending this "isn't political" just allows the child-starving ghouls to get away with it.
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
Planned obsolescence is theft.
October 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Planned obsolescence is theft.
What sucks about databases is, if you've made a mistake at all, chances are you made it ten thousand times in roughly half of one second.
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What sucks about databases is, if you've made a mistake at all, chances are you made it ten thousand times in roughly half of one second.
Thirst for power contaminates all human things.
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thirst for power contaminates all human things.
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My way back thoughts on this
October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My way back thoughts on this
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the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
Some days it gets real hard to remember that there are many wondrous people, places and things all over this world that are *not* buckets of rancid slime.
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Some days it gets real hard to remember that there are many wondrous people, places and things all over this world that are *not* buckets of rancid slime.