FiveByFive
@fivebyfive.bsky.social
The Good Electrowitch of the Inner West.
Circuits, Code, Philosophy, Music, Art.
She/Her. Out since '94. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
#NoAI #EatTheRich
Circuits, Code, Philosophy, Music, Art.
She/Her. Out since '94. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
#NoAI #EatTheRich
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We’re quite deep within the Singularity right now, though it’s turned out be the Singularity of Stupid (SoS), which effectively prevents the original concept of the Singularity from happening.
September 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
We’re quite deep within the Singularity right now, though it’s turned out be the Singularity of Stupid (SoS), which effectively prevents the original concept of the Singularity from happening.
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The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.
August 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.
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What I call Serfdom of the Self is when our identities, attention, and even emotions become dependent on digital systems we don’t control. We hand over more of our inner lives to these systems, and in return they decide the conditions of our existence.
August 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
What I call Serfdom of the Self is when our identities, attention, and even emotions become dependent on digital systems we don’t control. We hand over more of our inner lives to these systems, and in return they decide the conditions of our existence.
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Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
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learn your history, besties
June 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
learn your history, besties
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Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
June 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
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This, from JG Ballard’s 2006 novel “Kingdom Come” (about a massive shopping mall in suburbia) is so prophetically on point it hurts
May 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This, from JG Ballard’s 2006 novel “Kingdom Come” (about a massive shopping mall in suburbia) is so prophetically on point it hurts
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"It really took me aback and made me think about all the rights that we think we have here ... to just find out that some people can be like, 'nah,' that company policy is to just say no."
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Elara wanted a safe space to work out. Fernwood said it was for 'biologically born females'
A transgender woman was denied access to Fernwood Fitness due to a company policy excluding trans women. Fernwood argues it's for members' "emotional and physical safety", but a legal expert says it c...
www.sbs.com.au
May 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"It really took me aback and made me think about all the rights that we think we have here ... to just find out that some people can be like, 'nah,' that company policy is to just say no."
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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This is a welcoming account. 🏳️⚧️
May 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This is a welcoming account. 🏳️⚧️
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I assume this is why I've pretty much exclusively had female and trans/nb friends for the last decade plus
the reflexive armor men put up around each other is just too cold and too isolating
the reflexive armor men put up around each other is just too cold and too isolating
This and
May 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I assume this is why I've pretty much exclusively had female and trans/nb friends for the last decade plus
the reflexive armor men put up around each other is just too cold and too isolating
the reflexive armor men put up around each other is just too cold and too isolating
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The far-right in Australia has been trying to find talent for ages. The reason why it doesn't exist is because we do such a great job of fighting them off.
Right-wing influencers have been trying to make tours of Australia for decades. They always get chased out.
Right-wing influencers have been trying to make tours of Australia for decades. They always get chased out.
Opinion | "The right-wing space is currently dominated by dolts, dull as dishwater, who can't string four interesting words together," @nickfeik.bsky.social writes. With such a lack of talent, it's no wonder Australia rejected conservatives.
Wait til Australia's right finds some actual talent. Then there'll be no stopping them.
Was it Australia’s fundamental decency that rejected the right? Or was it simply that they didn’t put up a good enough candidate?
www.crikey.com.au
May 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The far-right in Australia has been trying to find talent for ages. The reason why it doesn't exist is because we do such a great job of fighting them off.
Right-wing influencers have been trying to make tours of Australia for decades. They always get chased out.
Right-wing influencers have been trying to make tours of Australia for decades. They always get chased out.
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“The supreme court refused to hear me, or my evidence, to provide them with information about the impact on those trans people affected by the judgment and failed to give any reasons.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK’s first trans judge appeals to European court of human rights over supreme court ruling
Victoria McCloud brings action against UK for infringement of her human rights after ruling on biological sex
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“The supreme court refused to hear me, or my evidence, to provide them with information about the impact on those trans people affected by the judgment and failed to give any reasons.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Message from my friend about the counter-protest yesterday 💖
April 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Message from my friend about the counter-protest yesterday 💖
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heard it is lesbian visibility week. made this shield maiden bearing a rune of warding, inspired by a lovely friend of mine, in 2023.
prints here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...
tees: mxmorgan.threadless.com/designs/sist...
prints here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...
tees: mxmorgan.threadless.com/designs/sist...
April 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
heard it is lesbian visibility week. made this shield maiden bearing a rune of warding, inspired by a lovely friend of mine, in 2023.
prints here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...
tees: mxmorgan.threadless.com/designs/sist...
prints here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo...
tees: mxmorgan.threadless.com/designs/sist...
Post a GIF of who you wanted to be as a kid.
(Like obviously Theora Jones from Max Headroom. Duh.)
(Like obviously Theora Jones from Max Headroom. Duh.)
April 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Post a GIF of who you wanted to be as a kid.
(Like obviously Theora Jones from Max Headroom. Duh.)
(Like obviously Theora Jones from Max Headroom. Duh.)
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I know lots of people are panicking about this, but it's crucial to reiterate that we aren't the UK or the US.
Down here, we fight trans rights very differently. We have a different legal and political system, and we are much more well-organized. That's why we win.
Down here, we fight trans rights very differently. We have a different legal and political system, and we are much more well-organized. That's why we win.
Critics of trans rights win UK supreme court case over definition of woman
Critics of trans rights win UK supreme court case over definition of woman
Judges rule that Equality Act definition excludes transgender women holding gender recognition certificates
Critics of equal rights for transgender women have won their supreme court challenge over the definition of a woman.
Five judges from the UK supreme court ruled that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 does not include transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates (GRCs). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I know lots of people are panicking about this, but it's crucial to reiterate that we aren't the UK or the US.
Down here, we fight trans rights very differently. We have a different legal and political system, and we are much more well-organized. That's why we win.
Down here, we fight trans rights very differently. We have a different legal and political system, and we are much more well-organized. That's why we win.
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if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.
Perspective and detail practice today. Galactica, more or less. :)
#sketch #drawing #spaceship #galactica #noai
#sketch #drawing #spaceship #galactica #noai
April 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Perspective and detail practice today. Galactica, more or less. :)
#sketch #drawing #spaceship #galactica #noai
#sketch #drawing #spaceship #galactica #noai
April 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
April 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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This seems very plausible (even likely) to me: only ray of hope is that it's still 13 days away and things are going sideways FAST at the moment:
https://medium.com/@aletheisthenes/on-april-20th-2025-the-united-states-will-cross-the-point-of-no-return-0aecac04cfc3
https://medium.com/@aletheisthenes/on-april-20th-2025-the-united-states-will-cross-the-point-of-no-return-0aecac04cfc3
April 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This seems very plausible (even likely) to me: only ray of hope is that it's still 13 days away and things are going sideways FAST at the moment:
https://medium.com/@aletheisthenes/on-april-20th-2025-the-united-states-will-cross-the-point-of-no-return-0aecac04cfc3
https://medium.com/@aletheisthenes/on-april-20th-2025-the-united-states-will-cross-the-point-of-no-return-0aecac04cfc3
April 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Same kind of stupid decisions pushed by putin.
April 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Same kind of stupid decisions pushed by putin.