EridaniDreams
@eridanidreams.bsky.social
Fanfic writer, TTRPGer, video gamer, old-school nerd and budding artist. Current obsessions are Starfield, Star Trek and Deus Ex, but my brain is a magpie that latches on to all sorts of shiny things. My orange cat has all the brain cells, sorry!
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Every woman I know with advanced degrees has dated this guy/met this guy at a party and he has implied how ignorant/stupid she actually was because she didn't recite the History of the Peloponnesian War from memory.
And then he's been blocked/avoided by every one of those women.
And then he's been blocked/avoided by every one of those women.
August 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Every woman I know with advanced degrees has dated this guy/met this guy at a party and he has implied how ignorant/stupid she actually was because she didn't recite the History of the Peloponnesian War from memory.
And then he's been blocked/avoided by every one of those women.
And then he's been blocked/avoided by every one of those women.
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"The one thing an abuser cannot abide is something that interferes with his ongoing favorable self-regard. An abuser can never do wrong. He can only be wronged. An abuser always has to be both the hero and the victim of his own story. An abuser will always try to impose his reality upon reality."
This week I dug deep into the Paradox of Tolerance.
We might hope still to build a new house to replace the one abusive bullies are burning down, after centuries of decades of being enabled in the name of civility.
If we do, the new house will need new locks.
www.the-reframe.com/change-the-l...
We might hope still to build a new house to replace the one abusive bullies are burning down, after centuries of decades of being enabled in the name of civility.
If we do, the new house will need new locks.
www.the-reframe.com/change-the-l...
Change the Locks
A tale of two sisters; the narcissist's demand for reconciliation without reparation, and the lowest rung on justice's ladder
www.the-reframe.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"The one thing an abuser cannot abide is something that interferes with his ongoing favorable self-regard. An abuser can never do wrong. He can only be wronged. An abuser always has to be both the hero and the victim of his own story. An abuser will always try to impose his reality upon reality."
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Imagine someone saying this about other skill sets that require practice. “I don’t have natural soccer abilities, so I have to use the kicks-ball-for-me machine.” Develop a skill or don’t. It’s fine. But using an LLM or a kicks-ball-for-me machine still means you aren’t the one doing that thing.
August 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Imagine someone saying this about other skill sets that require practice. “I don’t have natural soccer abilities, so I have to use the kicks-ball-for-me machine.” Develop a skill or don’t. It’s fine. But using an LLM or a kicks-ball-for-me machine still means you aren’t the one doing that thing.
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This week’s wins share a theme: ‘Not so fast, Donald.’ From redistricting fights to courtroom showdowns, people are holding the line against authoritarianism. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-progr...
Our Wins Of The Week
Democrats are stepping up and hitting back against Trump’s overreach.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This week’s wins share a theme: ‘Not so fast, Donald.’ From redistricting fights to courtroom showdowns, people are holding the line against authoritarianism. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-progr...
And 3000 years later the Madjoy look like this:
August 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
And 3000 years later the Madjoy look like this:
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REVIEW: Hemlock & Silver by @tkingfisher.com 🍎🤍
"a damned brilliant book steeped in Kingfisher’s trademark dark humour and wit that had me intoxicated from start to finish."
@grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-hemlo...
"a damned brilliant book steeped in Kingfisher’s trademark dark humour and wit that had me intoxicated from start to finish."
@grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-hemlo...
REVIEW: Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
T. Kingfisher has proved herself to be the queen of the twisty, dark, satirical, fairytale retellings, but she truly outdid herself in Hemlock & Silver.
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
REVIEW: Hemlock & Silver by @tkingfisher.com 🍎🤍
"a damned brilliant book steeped in Kingfisher’s trademark dark humour and wit that had me intoxicated from start to finish."
@grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-hemlo...
"a damned brilliant book steeped in Kingfisher’s trademark dark humour and wit that had me intoxicated from start to finish."
@grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social
www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-hemlo...
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You may be cool but are you Krypto holding a popcorn bag of dice cool?
August 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
You may be cool but are you Krypto holding a popcorn bag of dice cool?
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A request to the wider universe: stop putting AI in everything.
My browser does not need AI, my notepad does not need AI, my fuckin e-reader does not need AI.
I don't need AI at all in fact, I've done fine up to this point without it, with the added benefit of maintaining my higher brain function.
My browser does not need AI, my notepad does not need AI, my fuckin e-reader does not need AI.
I don't need AI at all in fact, I've done fine up to this point without it, with the added benefit of maintaining my higher brain function.
August 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A request to the wider universe: stop putting AI in everything.
My browser does not need AI, my notepad does not need AI, my fuckin e-reader does not need AI.
I don't need AI at all in fact, I've done fine up to this point without it, with the added benefit of maintaining my higher brain function.
My browser does not need AI, my notepad does not need AI, my fuckin e-reader does not need AI.
I don't need AI at all in fact, I've done fine up to this point without it, with the added benefit of maintaining my higher brain function.
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Sen. Murphy continues to regularly say the things that many of you complain that no prominent Democrat is saying.
The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
June 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Sen. Murphy continues to regularly say the things that many of you complain that no prominent Democrat is saying.
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Thinking a lot lately about how AI's corruption of knowledge and understanding is poisoning everything, and the stakes in science are high; what happens when fact and fiction are indistinguishable and we pass that 'data' on to future generations?
The Potential and Perils of AI for Conservation - bioGraphic
AI can help experts sift through datasets that are otherwise unmanageable, but the technology threatens to undermine other ways of knowing.
www.biographic.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Thinking a lot lately about how AI's corruption of knowledge and understanding is poisoning everything, and the stakes in science are high; what happens when fact and fiction are indistinguishable and we pass that 'data' on to future generations?
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We’re closing in on the 3.5% rule! 8.6 million and counting! We’re in awe. Lots of events still happening make sure to be counted. Big towns, small towns you showed up.
June 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We’re closing in on the 3.5% rule! 8.6 million and counting! We’re in awe. Lots of events still happening make sure to be counted. Big towns, small towns you showed up.
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This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com
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More people saw Glory Days, the Sex Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester, Replacements at Ripley Hall in Philly, and the destruction of Pompeii from the vantage point of Pliny the Younger's villa--combined--than attended the Evil Failure's military parade.
June 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
More people saw Glory Days, the Sex Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester, Replacements at Ripley Hall in Philly, and the destruction of Pompeii from the vantage point of Pliny the Younger's villa--combined--than attended the Evil Failure's military parade.
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When you spend $45 million of other people's money on your dictator chic birthday and it's still worse than a roadside Taco Bell value-package party.
June 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When you spend $45 million of other people's money on your dictator chic birthday and it's still worse than a roadside Taco Bell value-package party.
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Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.
June 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.
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Police have started attacking peaceful protesters at L.A.’s No Kings Day by trampling them with their horses, shooting less than lethals, and deploying tear gas. 🧵 @theglutster.bsky.social & @shoton35mm.bsky.social reporting
June 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Police have started attacking peaceful protesters at L.A.’s No Kings Day by trampling them with their horses, shooting less than lethals, and deploying tear gas. 🧵 @theglutster.bsky.social & @shoton35mm.bsky.social reporting
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Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
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Everything was peaceful in downtown LA until the cops attacked, with horses, flash bang grenades, rubber bullets, and tear gas,
But it won’t be reported like that.
But it won’t be reported like that.
June 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Everything was peaceful in downtown LA until the cops attacked, with horses, flash bang grenades, rubber bullets, and tear gas,
But it won’t be reported like that.
But it won’t be reported like that.
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I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
June 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
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A few shots of No Kings in Austin.
June 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A few shots of No Kings in Austin.
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This is ✨Senator Kim Pate✨
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
June 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is ✨Senator Kim Pate✨
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
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Do today? We should enforce/expand laws to protect workers. We should allow workers to freely organize. We should provide universal basic income. We should provide health insurance to everyone (single payer kids).
That's just to start. We should FIX the shit that capitalism has hosed. (2/2)
That's just to start. We should FIX the shit that capitalism has hosed. (2/2)
June 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Do today? We should enforce/expand laws to protect workers. We should allow workers to freely organize. We should provide universal basic income. We should provide health insurance to everyone (single payer kids).
That's just to start. We should FIX the shit that capitalism has hosed. (2/2)
That's just to start. We should FIX the shit that capitalism has hosed. (2/2)
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The nation was shocked as Secretary Noem's goons tackled and handcuffed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California as he attempted to ask Noem a question at a press conference. For more on this and this week's other top stories, look no further. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/june-13-week...
June 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The nation was shocked as Secretary Noem's goons tackled and handcuffed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California as he attempted to ask Noem a question at a press conference. For more on this and this week's other top stories, look no further. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/june-13-week...
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DAMN RIGHT AND THAT NATION IS LATVERIA!
@gailsimone.bsky.social is a national treasure. I said what I said.
June 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
DAMN RIGHT AND THAT NATION IS LATVERIA!
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Lane is an excellent lawyer and I vouch for his 1A creds
If you attend a No Kings protest tomorrow in Texas, Washington, or New York, and you are arrested, please call or text 432.279.0411 with your name, location, and the phrase 1A911.
June 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Lane is an excellent lawyer and I vouch for his 1A creds