Leigh Harlen (Birch)
@leighharlen.bsky.social
Horror writer living on Duwamish land/Seattle, crocheter, and autistic queer trans nonbinary goblin prince. Novellas: A Feast for Flies and Queens of Noise. Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc.
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All invoices are paid!!!! That means it's donation time!!
I just sent $13,200 to Trans Lifeline
@translifeline.bsky.social
Thank you so much to everyone who donated items, bid, shared, and kept me going with your enthusiasm. This was really amazing, thank you all.
I just sent $13,200 to Trans Lifeline
@translifeline.bsky.social
Thank you so much to everyone who donated items, bid, shared, and kept me going with your enthusiasm. This was really amazing, thank you all.
Oh this hurts. What a wonderful, incredible, beautiful human. I’m glad I got to share a planet with her albeit far too briefly
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Oh this hurts. What a wonderful, incredible, beautiful human. I’m glad I got to share a planet with her albeit far too briefly
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Fuck yesssss goooooooo
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has taken a narrow lead in the Seattle mayor race.
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Fuck yesssss goooooooo
That is not coming home with us, sir.
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
That is not coming home with us, sir.
Lol this is such bullshit. I went to law school and the federalist society was the single loudest group in the school and 75% of the membership were blonde white girls
JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT:
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Lol this is such bullshit. I went to law school and the federalist society was the single loudest group in the school and 75% of the membership were blonde white girls
I'm sitting in the waiting room while my partner is in surgery. Send me stuff? Pet pics, memes, cool stuff you make, dad jokes, tell me a good movie you saw recently, something that makes you happy, whatever is most on your wheelhouse
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I'm sitting in the waiting room while my partner is in surgery. Send me stuff? Pet pics, memes, cool stuff you make, dad jokes, tell me a good movie you saw recently, something that makes you happy, whatever is most on your wheelhouse
The incoming mayor of NYC has seen Alf hog
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The incoming mayor of NYC has seen Alf hog
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When you recount this election day:
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
When you recount this election day:
Sure squeaky toys are great, but have you considered just removing the squeaker and going feral on it like a fox hunting lemmings?
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sure squeaky toys are great, but have you considered just removing the squeaker and going feral on it like a fox hunting lemmings?
I know all eyes are on NYC right now, but save a thought for Seattle hopefully telling Bruce Harrell to fuck off today too publicola.com/2025/10/16/i...
"It Was Cold": Mothers Who Lost Children to Gun Violence Say Harrell Ignored Their Pleas for Help - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett D’Vonne Pickett, the owner of The Postman mailing and shipping store and in the Central District,…
publicola.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I know all eyes are on NYC right now, but save a thought for Seattle hopefully telling Bruce Harrell to fuck off today too publicola.com/2025/10/16/i...
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In case this hasn't been said here yet.
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In case this hasn't been said here yet.
This is how I found out
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is how I found out
I guess he's just going to sit in the rain in the middle of am empty field until I find him a dog to play with. I tried to explain to him about 2pm on a Monday but he was having none of it.
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I guess he's just going to sit in the rain in the middle of am empty field until I find him a dog to play with. I tried to explain to him about 2pm on a Monday but he was having none of it.
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Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.
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Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior
sting? fucking STING? who in 2025 wants to see solo sting? this has to be a joke
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
NFL Succumbs To Bad Bunny Criticism And Announces Special Super Bowl Concert With Sting
In an unexpected bid to calm the frenzy over Bad Bunny headlining the 2026 Super Bowl show, the NFL has introduced a special feature.
www.yahoo.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior
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I am describing my politics as “arachno-communism” from now on
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I am describing my politics as “arachno-communism” from now on
I learn a lot about ppl's backstory by their response to Polaris's name. In order of commonality:
1. What's that?
2. Like the north star? Yes.
3. Like the comic book character? No.
4. Like the snow machine? No, but hi fellow Michiganders etc!
5. Like the submarine? No, but that's a new one!
1. What's that?
2. Like the north star? Yes.
3. Like the comic book character? No.
4. Like the snow machine? No, but hi fellow Michiganders etc!
5. Like the submarine? No, but that's a new one!
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I learn a lot about ppl's backstory by their response to Polaris's name. In order of commonality:
1. What's that?
2. Like the north star? Yes.
3. Like the comic book character? No.
4. Like the snow machine? No, but hi fellow Michiganders etc!
5. Like the submarine? No, but that's a new one!
1. What's that?
2. Like the north star? Yes.
3. Like the comic book character? No.
4. Like the snow machine? No, but hi fellow Michiganders etc!
5. Like the submarine? No, but that's a new one!
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I just don’t understand how they thought “ha ha ha this loser can’t afford child care in the city I’m currently mayor of” would be a good look.
I address the first scandal of my political life—Momgate.
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I just don’t understand how they thought “ha ha ha this loser can’t afford child care in the city I’m currently mayor of” would be a good look.
I call my mom's bff Aunt and her kids cousins. I call my mom's 2nd cousin my Uncle. I call my half brother's (unrelated to me) family grandma, grandpa, uncles, aunts, and cousins. People refer to chosen and blood family by the term that best describes their relationship. Please be normal.
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I call my mom's bff Aunt and her kids cousins. I call my mom's 2nd cousin my Uncle. I call my half brother's (unrelated to me) family grandma, grandpa, uncles, aunts, and cousins. People refer to chosen and blood family by the term that best describes their relationship. Please be normal.
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I love when the submission grinder asks me if a submission is really still pending. it's like when streaming services ask if I'm still watching. the answer yes. the answer will always be yes. we have always lived in the submission grinder.
October 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I love when the submission grinder asks me if a submission is really still pending. it's like when streaming services ask if I'm still watching. the answer yes. the answer will always be yes. we have always lived in the submission grinder.
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
Much like Missy Elliott, Polaris can't stand the rain.
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Much like Missy Elliott, Polaris can't stand the rain.