Els
@geekingthething.bsky.social
Queer nonbinary trans human | they/them | makes sql server and powerbi go brrrrrr | hoarder of books | me/cfs
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Els
@geekingthething.bsky.social
· May 7
Nederlands bluesky, alsjeblieft. Gebruik alt-text. Beschrijf je afbeeldingen, zodat blinde en slechtziende mensen ook volledig mee kunnen doen hier.
I'm in an online discussion with a cis person, confused on how a masc leaning nonbinary person could call themselves a lesbian (which is something even the lesbian community is devided in, and there is no 1 truth). If I'd mention the existence of he/him lesbians I think her brain would break...
February 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I'm in an online discussion with a cis person, confused on how a masc leaning nonbinary person could call themselves a lesbian (which is something even the lesbian community is devided in, and there is no 1 truth). If I'd mention the existence of he/him lesbians I think her brain would break...
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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
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please use alt text
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
February 7, 2026 at 8:42 AM
please use alt text
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
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Sans compter :
"Eddings and his wife Leigh pled guilty to 11 counts of physical child abuse of their adopted children."
"Eddings and his wife Leigh pled guilty to 11 counts of physical child abuse of their adopted children."
Ages ago, David Eddings had his publisher send us World Fantasy Award judges a cringy 16 page color pamphlet he'd clearly put together himself & then clumsily edited into third person about why he should win the lifetime achievement award, but also why his wife, who helped write the books should not
The topic of David Eddings came up at my table talk at Worldcon.
Half the folks around the table - a pretty heavily invested in genre group - didn't know.
And two of them didn't know about MZB.
Half the folks around the table - a pretty heavily invested in genre group - didn't know.
And two of them didn't know about MZB.
February 6, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Sans compter :
"Eddings and his wife Leigh pled guilty to 11 counts of physical child abuse of their adopted children."
"Eddings and his wife Leigh pled guilty to 11 counts of physical child abuse of their adopted children."
I made a Swedish mistake yesterday.... I thought I ordered a slice of a cinnamonbread. I got.... This:
February 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I made a Swedish mistake yesterday.... I thought I ordered a slice of a cinnamonbread. I got.... This:
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Inzake de Epstein-files gebruiken media (vooral mannen) de bizarre term 'minderjarige vrouwen' opeens. Net hoorde ik het weer op de radio. Dat zijn KINDEREN, eikels.
February 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Inzake de Epstein-files gebruiken media (vooral mannen) de bizarre term 'minderjarige vrouwen' opeens. Net hoorde ik het weer op de radio. Dat zijn KINDEREN, eikels.
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HI! Every Tor Books release from @annaleen.bsky.social and me is available thru @humblebundle.com for a few weeks!
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
February 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
HI! Every Tor Books release from @annaleen.bsky.social and me is available thru @humblebundle.com for a few weeks!
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
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Talk online for streaming:
FOSDEM 2026 - EU OS: learnings from 1 year advocating for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
#fosdem #fosdem26 #EU_OS #DigitalSovereignty
FOSDEM 2026 - EU OS: learnings from 1 year advocating for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
#fosdem #fosdem26 #EU_OS #DigitalSovereignty
FOSDEM 2026 - EU OS: learnings from 1 year advocating for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector
1 year ago, EU OS put out an architecture for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector. Since then, EU OS had many closed-room conversations with public servants from several member states and…
fosdem.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Talk online for streaming:
FOSDEM 2026 - EU OS: learnings from 1 year advocating for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
#fosdem #fosdem26 #EU_OS #DigitalSovereignty
FOSDEM 2026 - EU OS: learnings from 1 year advocating for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
#fosdem #fosdem26 #EU_OS #DigitalSovereignty
@hazelweakly.me hello! Cool to meet you here as well!
February 1, 2026 at 3:14 PM
@hazelweakly.me hello! Cool to meet you here as well!
Als chronisch zieke ambtenaar, waarvan de kans groot is dat ik m'n pensioen niet haal en dus WIA en/of IVA nodig ga hebben, voel ik me behoorlijk een beetje genaaid door het regeerakkoord.
January 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Als chronisch zieke ambtenaar, waarvan de kans groot is dat ik m'n pensioen niet haal en dus WIA en/of IVA nodig ga hebben, voel ik me behoorlijk een beetje genaaid door het regeerakkoord.
Hey #FOSDEM folks! I know they're not always comfy, but don't you all want to prevent covid, the flu, or just concrud? Way too little masks!
January 31, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Hey #FOSDEM folks! I know they're not always comfy, but don't you all want to prevent covid, the flu, or just concrud? Way too little masks!
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If you have the audacity to say the future of Greenland should be up to Greenlanders but won't accept that the future of Gaza should be up to the Palestinians you’re either a hypocrite or a bigot or both
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
If you have the audacity to say the future of Greenland should be up to Greenlanders but won't accept that the future of Gaza should be up to the Palestinians you’re either a hypocrite or a bigot or both
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It's like that old "men are afraid that women will laugh at them; women are afraid that men will kill them."
Except it's cops are afraid that people will call them mean names in public; the public is afraid that cops will murder them.
Doxxing != naming a criminal and saying they did crimes.
Except it's cops are afraid that people will call them mean names in public; the public is afraid that cops will murder them.
Doxxing != naming a criminal and saying they did crimes.
January 28, 2026 at 11:35 PM
It's like that old "men are afraid that women will laugh at them; women are afraid that men will kill them."
Except it's cops are afraid that people will call them mean names in public; the public is afraid that cops will murder them.
Doxxing != naming a criminal and saying they did crimes.
Except it's cops are afraid that people will call them mean names in public; the public is afraid that cops will murder them.
Doxxing != naming a criminal and saying they did crimes.
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Artist De Strandharker, a Dutch creator known for large-scale beach rake drawings, give remarkable tribute to the victims of Trump's ICE (Renée Good and Alex Pretti) 🫶
January 28, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Artist De Strandharker, a Dutch creator known for large-scale beach rake drawings, give remarkable tribute to the victims of Trump's ICE (Renée Good and Alex Pretti) 🫶
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Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House.
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
January 28, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House.
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
I'll be at my first FOSDEM this weekend. Will I see any of you there?
January 28, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I'll be at my first FOSDEM this weekend. Will I see any of you there?
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NVU-lid lijkt op basis van digitale sporen echt nummer twee van #FvD in Nieuwegein.
Hij had het zelf in z'n bio op X staan. Inmiddels alles weggehaald uit zijn bio, tweets verwijderd en achter slotje.
January 28, 2026 at 9:43 AM
NVU-lid lijkt op basis van digitale sporen echt nummer twee van #FvD in Nieuwegein.
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i am so goddamned tired of white liberals screaming “how can this be happening!?” like, bitch we’ve been doing this all over the fucking globe for centuries as well as right here in the states. we’ve been warning you fuckers for decades that both parties give zero fucks unless hit hits their pockets
January 28, 2026 at 3:17 AM
i am so goddamned tired of white liberals screaming “how can this be happening!?” like, bitch we’ve been doing this all over the fucking globe for centuries as well as right here in the states. we’ve been warning you fuckers for decades that both parties give zero fucks unless hit hits their pockets
The pizza was better than expected! It's not really tiramisu, but more sweet cream, with some crunchy bits. The base was on the cookie/crunch side too.
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The pizza was better than expected! It's not really tiramisu, but more sweet cream, with some crunchy bits. The base was on the cookie/crunch side too.
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I think today is the day for the tiramisu pizza.
January 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I think today is the day for the tiramisu pizza.
And all the other things too!!!! Empty inbox (GTD style) for the first time in months! 🎉
Rope workshops are: planned:
queertied.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/l...
queertied.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/l...
I really want to get my administration stuff up to date today. So update my financial spreadsheet, my task list, email to zero, and my library in story graph. And I have to plan the rope bondage workshops for queertied for the next year.
Can I have some supporting cheers please?
Can I have some supporting cheers please?
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
And all the other things too!!!! Empty inbox (GTD style) for the first time in months! 🎉
Rope workshops are: planned:
queertied.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/l...
queertied.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/l...
I really want to get my administration stuff up to date today. So update my financial spreadsheet, my task list, email to zero, and my library in story graph. And I have to plan the rope bondage workshops for queertied for the next year.
Can I have some supporting cheers please?
Can I have some supporting cheers please?
January 24, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Rope workshops are: planned:
queertied.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/l...
queertied.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/l...