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genna. archivist, soft gothic marxist, problem. historivist on the bird site, pauperluna on the elephant site & movie review site, apossiblething on the photo/shopping scams site. mainer 🌲 inexplicably still living in rhode island. she/her.
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CIA trained killer who Trump granted asylum to in April shoots 2 national guard troops at time Trump’s approval at all time low. Trump uses tragedy to ban brown people and threatens to denaturalize US citizens who criticize him. if I were a conspiracy person I’d say there is something suspicious
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
CIA trained killer who Trump granted asylum to in April shoots 2 national guard troops at time Trump’s approval at all time low. Trump uses tragedy to ban brown people and threatens to denaturalize US citizens who criticize him. if I were a conspiracy person I’d say there is something suspicious
Ellie is behaving as if there is a critter behind the refrigerator and that is a situation on the very long list of Things I Am Not Prepared To Deal With
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Ellie is behaving as if there is a critter behind the refrigerator and that is a situation on the very long list of Things I Am Not Prepared To Deal With
How Reichstag Fire are we characterizing today as being?
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
How Reichstag Fire are we characterizing today as being?
I have often seen masculinity, conventional version, as a constant renunciation, in return for corrosive power. All the things you're not allowed to like, enjoy, do, say, wear, but (metaphorically speaking) this straitjacket comes with a gun.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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LIBRARIES MAKE BOOKS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, she shouts, apparently inaudibly
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
LIBRARIES MAKE BOOKS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, she shouts, apparently inaudibly
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
WHY DO THESE "YOU'RE A CLASS TRAITOR" PEOPLE KEEP PRETENDING LIBRARIES DON'T EXIST?
ARE THEY CLASS TRAITORS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN LIBRARIES?
Cybersecurity is so strict at my place of work that I suddenly cannot use the DuckDuckGo search engine. Can I just go home
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Cybersecurity is so strict at my place of work that I suddenly cannot use the DuckDuckGo search engine. Can I just go home
Can someone explain why most AI-generated images pain me when I look at them? It's like my whole brain has astigmatism. It's not uncanny valley because these are illustrations and I know that, but there is Something Wrong
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Can someone explain why most AI-generated images pain me when I look at them? It's like my whole brain has astigmatism. It's not uncanny valley because these are illustrations and I know that, but there is Something Wrong
I'm trying to find a particular vintage rail poster for my dad and people are selling awful AI posters on Etsy. I hate this
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'm trying to find a particular vintage rail poster for my dad and people are selling awful AI posters on Etsy. I hate this
how many times do I have to tell my coworkers that I am hard of hearing so no I do not wish to talk on the phone
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
how many times do I have to tell my coworkers that I am hard of hearing so no I do not wish to talk on the phone
Every day this week feels like both Friday and Monday
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Every day this week feels like both Friday and Monday
I think it's funny how we abandoned "freak out" for "crash out" so abruptly
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I think it's funny how we abandoned "freak out" for "crash out" so abruptly
I know film heads already know this but I have stumbled on The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie on Tubi and this movie is hilarious
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I know film heads already know this but I have stumbled on The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie on Tubi and this movie is hilarious
I'm checking in with Placebo, one of my favorite bands of my teenage years, and wow this really explains a lot about me huh
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm checking in with Placebo, one of my favorite bands of my teenage years, and wow this really explains a lot about me huh
So many sentences in this piece are, to use what for me is the highest critical praise these days, absolute bangers. At "It's QAnon as computer science" I had to get up from my desk and start pacing
www.danmcquillan.org/decomputing_...
www.danmcquillan.org/decomputing_...
Decomputing as Resistance
www.danmcquillan.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
So many sentences in this piece are, to use what for me is the highest critical praise these days, absolute bangers. At "It's QAnon as computer science" I had to get up from my desk and start pacing
www.danmcquillan.org/decomputing_...
www.danmcquillan.org/decomputing_...
Are you guys paying for extra Google storage? I don't want to and have been diligently weeding my photos, emails, and documents, but I've had this account for like 15 years and can't seem to get the amount down.
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Are you guys paying for extra Google storage? I don't want to and have been diligently weeding my photos, emails, and documents, but I've had this account for like 15 years and can't seem to get the amount down.
My beautiful limited-edition letterpress Ursula Le Guin book arrived today in a wet envelope and it! is! warped!
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My beautiful limited-edition letterpress Ursula Le Guin book arrived today in a wet envelope and it! is! warped!
Reading an insipid little travel blog post and feeling very smug about the fact that when I go to a new place I learn the local public transportation whenever possible. People just Uber all the place apparently?
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Reading an insipid little travel blog post and feeling very smug about the fact that when I go to a new place I learn the local public transportation whenever possible. People just Uber all the place apparently?
I applied for mortgage preapproval recently (was not granted enough for any real estate in this area lol) and today also got this weird unexplained credit denial/change form that I am incapable of understanding
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I applied for mortgage preapproval recently (was not granted enough for any real estate in this area lol) and today also got this weird unexplained credit denial/change form that I am incapable of understanding
My neighbors love to leave our front door open. My apartment is right inside said door and it is freezing because they cannot seem to use their motor skills or common sense
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My neighbors love to leave our front door open. My apartment is right inside said door and it is freezing because they cannot seem to use their motor skills or common sense
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BRB, turning this mushroom circle into a GitHub repo.
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
BRB, turning this mushroom circle into a GitHub repo.
Some dark thoughts: I am grateful I never pursued an autism assessment, because a bunch of ghouls in this administration have decided autism is a threat to civil society. I'm so angry.
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Some dark thoughts: I am grateful I never pursued an autism assessment, because a bunch of ghouls in this administration have decided autism is a threat to civil society. I'm so angry.
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Bill Cassidy should be required to have this shit framed and hung where he can see it every time he sits at his desk
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Bill Cassidy should be required to have this shit framed and hung where he can see it every time he sits at his desk
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
this is the bargain you made, asshole
you knew better and you did this to the rest of us anyway
Are we all taking days off this week to read Justice Dept PDFs?
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Are we all taking days off this week to read Justice Dept PDFs?
This is bananas
Roger Williams University is mandating that most of its full-time employees take a one-week unpaid furlough to tackle its $3.5 million budget deficit.
Roger Williams University mandates unpaid furloughs for most employees - The Boston Globe
The furloughs will address "up to half" of the projected $3.5 million budget deficit, according to a letter sent to faculty and staff.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is bananas
Does anybody get over the anxiety of logging into their medical portal? Like I'm just scheduling my annual MRI but my body has so much residual dread from checking test results over the past few years.
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Does anybody get over the anxiety of logging into their medical portal? Like I'm just scheduling my annual MRI but my body has so much residual dread from checking test results over the past few years.