Ilyena_Sylph
@ilyenasylph.bsky.social
writer, rpg player, geek.
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Ribbons and bows.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Ribbons and bows.
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You do not have the right to occupy private property, which is what social media sites are. There is no "due process" for being required to leave a Walmart because you were shitting on the floor!
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
You do not have the right to occupy private property, which is what social media sites are. There is no "due process" for being required to leave a Walmart because you were shitting on the floor!
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11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
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It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
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Folks just need to remember that literally every moderation action has one party (either the reporter or the reportee) who's upset at the outcome and highly motivated to present their version of the story in the light most favorable to them!
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Folks just need to remember that literally every moderation action has one party (either the reporter or the reportee) who's upset at the outcome and highly motivated to present their version of the story in the light most favorable to them!
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Yeah, if you have a violent rhetoric policy that takes "it was a quote/it was a joke" as a reason to undo a moderation action, you do not have a violent rhetoric policy.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Yeah, if you have a violent rhetoric policy that takes "it was a quote/it was a joke" as a reason to undo a moderation action, you do not have a violent rhetoric policy.
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Evanston.
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Evanston.
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“The goal isn’t to get the money. The money is symbolic,” Meyer said. “The press has basically been under assault.” apnews.com/article/kans...
A Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over a raid on a small-town newspaper
A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in 2023.
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“The goal isn’t to get the money. The money is symbolic,” Meyer said. “The press has basically been under assault.” apnews.com/article/kans...
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I refuse
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I refuse
Whole lot of truth here.
This is a fantastic series of posts about subsistence farming and why your ancestors will rise from the grave and smack you if you return to it after they got out.
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social did a fantastic series on that reality recently.
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c...
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Whole lot of truth here.
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i swear to fuck, though, this is legitimately neutron star density compression of the material covered in montage
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
i swear to fuck, though, this is legitimately neutron star density compression of the material covered in montage
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I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
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As others have said, we all need to be clear on the fact that what is happening in Chicago is a preview of what they are planning for all blue cities.
Especially as midterms approach.
They will tear gas us at the polls and say, oh, this isn't voter suppression. It's just business as usual.
Especially as midterms approach.
They will tear gas us at the polls and say, oh, this isn't voter suppression. It's just business as usual.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
As others have said, we all need to be clear on the fact that what is happening in Chicago is a preview of what they are planning for all blue cities.
Especially as midterms approach.
They will tear gas us at the polls and say, oh, this isn't voter suppression. It's just business as usual.
Especially as midterms approach.
They will tear gas us at the polls and say, oh, this isn't voter suppression. It's just business as usual.
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I graduated high school in a conservative semi-rural area in 1998.
Gay was a normal slur used by my classmates.
A kid in one of my classes was outed and kicked out of his house. His father was the choir teacher.
1/
Gay was a normal slur used by my classmates.
A kid in one of my classes was outed and kicked out of his house. His father was the choir teacher.
1/
*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I graduated high school in a conservative semi-rural area in 1998.
Gay was a normal slur used by my classmates.
A kid in one of my classes was outed and kicked out of his house. His father was the choir teacher.
1/
Gay was a normal slur used by my classmates.
A kid in one of my classes was outed and kicked out of his house. His father was the choir teacher.
1/
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The Traitorous 8 sacrificed all of us to keep the filibuster and their ability to travel by plane for Thanksgiving.
None of the Dem Senators (or Democratic-caucusing) who voted yes on the CR are worried about reelection:
• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
1/2
• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
1/2
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Traitorous 8 sacrificed all of us to keep the filibuster and their ability to travel by plane for Thanksgiving.
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A very merry Big Boat Stuck-mas to all those who celebrate
#Canadian ship bound for Quebec City stuck in the Detroit River
More information about why the boat was stuck was not immediately available Friday evening
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
More information about why the boat was stuck was not immediately available Friday evening
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian ship bound for Quebec City stuck in the Detroit River | CBC News
A Canadian ship is stuck in the Detroit River right between downtown Detroit and downtown Windsor.
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A very merry Big Boat Stuck-mas to all those who celebrate
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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"Every accusation is a confession," persecuting the godly edition
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Every accusation is a confession," persecuting the godly edition
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November 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
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this guy fucking sucked and rosalind franklin should have gotten all of the credit he did
good riddance
good riddance
Watson was a racist who, "near the end of his life, faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people"
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
this guy fucking sucked and rosalind franklin should have gotten all of the credit he did
good riddance
good riddance
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Echoing so many folks today, I don't *just* want everyone involved in the current horror punished. I want show trials of every damn guard and ICE agent and WH/agency staffer who enabled this. I want to see them tried and jailed forever.
I want everyone to know what they did. I want them SHUNNED.
I want everyone to know what they did. I want them SHUNNED.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Echoing so many folks today, I don't *just* want everyone involved in the current horror punished. I want show trials of every damn guard and ICE agent and WH/agency staffer who enabled this. I want to see them tried and jailed forever.
I want everyone to know what they did. I want them SHUNNED.
I want everyone to know what they did. I want them SHUNNED.
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I have absolutely no interest in middle ground or compromise on any human rights, for roughly the same reasons that I have absolutely no interest in allowing a leopard to eat only *part* of my face.
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I have absolutely no interest in middle ground or compromise on any human rights, for roughly the same reasons that I have absolutely no interest in allowing a leopard to eat only *part* of my face.
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I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
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This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
The key thing to watch here: they fired a Wired political reporter. That’s the title doing the most effective, pointed work. Teen Vogue’s stuff was culturally impactful, but less focused on investigating the administration. Within the Condé portfolio, Wired and the New Yorker are the canaries.
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.