Maz Hedgehog (they/them)
@mazhedgehog.bsky.social
writer/performer/general thinking person. dyke. there will be typos.
mazhedgehog.com
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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Well we said Black and Asian home secretaries are used as a shield to implement racist policies a white man couldn’t get away with and there’s no starker example than this. The worst kind of identity politics.
Shabana Mahmood asks MPs to stop mentioning Tommy Robinson's name (in relation to his support for her policies) as "he doesn't even think I am English. I find that offensive."
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Well we said Black and Asian home secretaries are used as a shield to implement racist policies a white man couldn’t get away with and there’s no starker example than this. The worst kind of identity politics.
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Can’t believe the same thing might bring them down
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Can’t believe the same thing might bring them down
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I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever
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Almost from the beginning, the Labour regime that created the welfare state with their violence in Kenya etc. And the "most progressive government of all time" under Harold Wilson was the one that encoded Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech into law with their Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968 💀
Labour are evil in terms of their foreign and international policy and they always have been.
The distance of time has allowed us to be more critical of their policy - but they’ve had horrid home office and foreign office ministers and policies every time they’ve been in govt.
The distance of time has allowed us to be more critical of their policy - but they’ve had horrid home office and foreign office ministers and policies every time they’ve been in govt.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Almost from the beginning, the Labour regime that created the welfare state with their violence in Kenya etc. And the "most progressive government of all time" under Harold Wilson was the one that encoded Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech into law with their Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968 💀
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GET 'EM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
GET 'EM
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If you don’t derive any benefit from the act of writing, no pleasure or catharsis or satisfaction, why are you doing it? This isn’t meant to be an aggressive question, I’m not demanding an answer, but it’s a thing you may want to ask yourself. Life is short and you could do something else?
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If you don’t derive any benefit from the act of writing, no pleasure or catharsis or satisfaction, why are you doing it? This isn’t meant to be an aggressive question, I’m not demanding an answer, but it’s a thing you may want to ask yourself. Life is short and you could do something else?
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Mamdani is going to implement Maria law. Say it loud and there's music playing.
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law, but that don't impress me much.
Mamdani is going to implement Shippuden law, creating a time jump that will make Rock Lee largely irrelevant.
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Maria law. Say it loud and there's music playing.
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This is really impressive. They invented racism.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is really impressive. They invented racism.
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Look at how fast RFK Jr. gets the f*ck.
BRUH I CANT BREATHE 😭😭😭😭
BRUH I CANT BREATHE 😭😭😭😭
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Look at how fast RFK Jr. gets the f*ck.
BRUH I CANT BREATHE 😭😭😭😭
BRUH I CANT BREATHE 😭😭😭😭
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Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover
Rest in piss motherfucker
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Rest in piss motherfucker
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Teen Vogue
OUT: Marxism and Anal Sex tips
IN: Lean In
OUT: Marxism and Anal Sex tips
IN: Lean In
So, all the stories about politics are going to be replaced with pieces about... career development?
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Teen Vogue
OUT: Marxism and Anal Sex tips
IN: Lean In
OUT: Marxism and Anal Sex tips
IN: Lean In
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm
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October 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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The Flytrap is almost one year old.
To keep going, we need new subscribers and a high renewal rate—we worker-owners haven’t been paid yet.
Right now, you can get 15% off an annual Friends of the Flytrap subscription. Join us in the bog!
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A whole lot of red states are actually just highly gerrymandered and/or voter suppressed states. Not all, of course -- places like North Dakota and Wyoming exist -- but enough that people should be more conscious of it than a lot are.
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A whole lot of red states are actually just highly gerrymandered and/or voter suppressed states. Not all, of course -- places like North Dakota and Wyoming exist -- but enough that people should be more conscious of it than a lot are.
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early 21st century americans were so modest that they would regularly censor their own feet in video and artistic depictions, and it was considered improper to expose your feet in public — dismissed with cries of "put those grippers away"
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
early 21st century americans were so modest that they would regularly censor their own feet in video and artistic depictions, and it was considered improper to expose your feet in public — dismissed with cries of "put those grippers away"
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We're looking for a General Manager - Maternity Cover to join our team until Oct 2026.
This is a wide-ranging, thrilling job in a vibrant, creative office and is perfect for someone with a passion for theatre, a well-run system, equality & advocacy.
Apply by Mon 20 Oct: graeae.org/recruitment/
This is a wide-ranging, thrilling job in a vibrant, creative office and is perfect for someone with a passion for theatre, a well-run system, equality & advocacy.
Apply by Mon 20 Oct: graeae.org/recruitment/
October 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We're looking for a General Manager - Maternity Cover to join our team until Oct 2026.
This is a wide-ranging, thrilling job in a vibrant, creative office and is perfect for someone with a passion for theatre, a well-run system, equality & advocacy.
Apply by Mon 20 Oct: graeae.org/recruitment/
This is a wide-ranging, thrilling job in a vibrant, creative office and is perfect for someone with a passion for theatre, a well-run system, equality & advocacy.
Apply by Mon 20 Oct: graeae.org/recruitment/
Is Priya Satia on #bluesky? Cause Im reading Empire of Guns (I've already read Times Monster) and I really want to tell her that her books have fundamentally reshaped my brain
October 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Is Priya Satia on #bluesky? Cause Im reading Empire of Guns (I've already read Times Monster) and I really want to tell her that her books have fundamentally reshaped my brain
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Hello, I am at $60/$200 that I need for upcoming rent and some urgent bills, if you can share that's a big help, thank you!
Hi, I have spent literally the very last of my money on rent. If you can help me survive to the end of the month with a share or donation, I would be very grateful. Thank you so much.
paypal.me/kivabay
cashapp $kivabay
ko-fi.com/kivabay
paypal.me/kivabay
cashapp $kivabay
ko-fi.com/kivabay
October 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Hello, I am at $60/$200 that I need for upcoming rent and some urgent bills, if you can share that's a big help, thank you!
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Yeah I really need help with this . I’m gonna go hyperventilate into a bag but this has gone bad quickly
Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share
gofund.me/a5ee0064
gofund.me/a5ee0064
October 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Yeah I really need help with this . I’m gonna go hyperventilate into a bag but this has gone bad quickly