Natalie Zed 🍁
@nataliezed.bsky.social
Author of HENCH. She/her. Spec fic, videogames, heavy metal, horror, MMA, comics, TTRPGs, LARP. CanLit Tank Girl. Extremely unlikely. Rep'd by Ron Eckel at CookeMcDermid.
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Natalie Zed 🍁
@nataliezed.bsky.social
· Oct 7
Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
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As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
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ICE agents love to wave around paper that looks official. Most of it is a scam — administrative forms signed by ICE supervisors, not real judicial warrants signed by judges. Let's go through what that scam paper looks like versus a real judicial warrant.
How to Legally Protect People in Your Home from ICE | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
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January 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
ICE agents love to wave around paper that looks official. Most of it is a scam — administrative forms signed by ICE supervisors, not real judicial warrants signed by judges. Let's go through what that scam paper looks like versus a real judicial warrant.
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Chelsea was one of the first people to really start sounding the alarms of American authoritarianism in the 21st century, and her reward was being treated like a public enemy. Trump has done everything to prove her right. God bless this woman.
"...everything i feared in 2010 about authoritarianism, the rise of nationalist movements across the world, the sprawling and more entrenched police and intelligence and military apparatus all over the world ... towards full blown genocide and ethnic cleansing in the US" - chelsea manning, 2018
January 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Chelsea was one of the first people to really start sounding the alarms of American authoritarianism in the 21st century, and her reward was being treated like a public enemy. Trump has done everything to prove her right. God bless this woman.
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New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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hey uh if you have autoplay on videos still NOW is the time to turn it off
January 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
hey uh if you have autoplay on videos still NOW is the time to turn it off
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There are people who don't know, who didn't know. Moments like these are when they learn, and a window opens for people who want to turn their hunger for justice into action, for our numbers to increase. Stay mad and don't get jaded, in my opinion, get the newly passionate on board. 2/2
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
There are people who don't know, who didn't know. Moments like these are when they learn, and a window opens for people who want to turn their hunger for justice into action, for our numbers to increase. Stay mad and don't get jaded, in my opinion, get the newly passionate on board. 2/2
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in these moments, in my view, it is a political and spiritual DUTY for my outrage and anger to be as fresh as if I'd never heard how they shot Fred Hampton in his bed. As fresh as if I didn't know Bobby Hutton was surrendering when they shot him. 1/2
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
in these moments, in my view, it is a political and spiritual DUTY for my outrage and anger to be as fresh as if I'd never heard how they shot Fred Hampton in his bed. As fresh as if I didn't know Bobby Hutton was surrendering when they shot him. 1/2
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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery
my hot take is that I don't think it's this website specifically that's toxic. the Circumstances are toxic and nobody really knows what to do about it so they come online and scream. and if I may offer an alternative: actually going outside and screaming feels better.
January 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery
I'm thrilled to share that Indigo has chosen VILLAIN as one of its "most anticipated books of 2026", so it is 30% off until Jan. 11! Pre-orders matter a lot, so if you've been thinking about picking it up I would be immensely grateful. www.indigo.ca/en-ca/villai...
Villain: A Novel Book By Natalie Zina Walschots, ('tp') | Indigo
Buy the book Villain: A Novel by natalie zina walschots at Indigo
www.indigo.ca
January 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I'm thrilled to share that Indigo has chosen VILLAIN as one of its "most anticipated books of 2026", so it is 30% off until Jan. 11! Pre-orders matter a lot, so if you've been thinking about picking it up I would be immensely grateful. www.indigo.ca/en-ca/villai...
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December 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
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For fiction fans, contributors to the latest anthology of Palestinian spec fic talk about the question: “can ideological fantasy be challenged, and perhaps ruptured, through the imaginative power of fiction itself?” arablit.org/2025/12/15/o...
On ‘Fighting Ideological Fantasy with Fiction’
Several authors who contributed short stories to the collection spoke about their thoughts on the collapse of time, historical continuities and the notion of fighting ideological fantasy with ficti…
arablit.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
For fiction fans, contributors to the latest anthology of Palestinian spec fic talk about the question: “can ideological fantasy be challenged, and perhaps ruptured, through the imaginative power of fiction itself?” arablit.org/2025/12/15/o...
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
By Crom! is one of my favourite things to ever exist. I own the original of this piece of art and it is one of my prized possessions, it will hang in ever kitchen I will ever have.
Life advice? From Conan the Barbarian? It's more practical than you'd think!
In stock now at the Danforth Arts Market and @thebeguiling.bsky.social in Toronto!
In stock now at the Danforth Arts Market and @thebeguiling.bsky.social in Toronto!
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
By Crom! is one of my favourite things to ever exist. I own the original of this piece of art and it is one of my prized possessions, it will hang in ever kitchen I will ever have.
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
1) I just read this article and can already tell it is going to haunt me
2) you could not waterboard me into reentering the dating pool
2) you could not waterboard me into reentering the dating pool
A writer tried dating alt-right men as an experiment to learn about them. There is so much going on here I don't even know where to start
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
1) I just read this article and can already tell it is going to haunt me
2) you could not waterboard me into reentering the dating pool
2) you could not waterboard me into reentering the dating pool
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PSA: IF you wanted to jailbreak your kindle but had a firmware that was too new, THERE IS A NEW JAILBREAK OUT FOR IT.
This new jailbreak now add supports for kindles on firmwares 5.18.1+! Even the latest firmware update is moddable rn. I covered the entire process here:
youtu.be/l4ZliC82RtA
This new jailbreak now add supports for kindles on firmwares 5.18.1+! Even the latest firmware update is moddable rn. I covered the entire process here:
youtu.be/l4ZliC82RtA
October 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
PSA: IF you wanted to jailbreak your kindle but had a firmware that was too new, THERE IS A NEW JAILBREAK OUT FOR IT.
This new jailbreak now add supports for kindles on firmwares 5.18.1+! Even the latest firmware update is moddable rn. I covered the entire process here:
youtu.be/l4ZliC82RtA
This new jailbreak now add supports for kindles on firmwares 5.18.1+! Even the latest firmware update is moddable rn. I covered the entire process here:
youtu.be/l4ZliC82RtA
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We’ve already seen quite a few examples of ICE agents trying to kidnap someone and eventually giving up and running away because a crowd had gathered and shouted them down. That’s EFFECTIVE.
A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.
More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We’ve already seen quite a few examples of ICE agents trying to kidnap someone and eventually giving up and running away because a crowd had gathered and shouted them down. That’s EFFECTIVE.
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Wait til this fuckwit hears about Mary Shelley
October 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Wait til this fuckwit hears about Mary Shelley
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women are absolutely the reason modern fandom exists, and you can even trace the origin of the term "slash [fic]" to women!
it's frustrating to see men know nothing (or not caring) about what women have contributed to society while pretending they add so much.
it's frustrating to see men know nothing (or not caring) about what women have contributed to society while pretending they add so much.
October 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
women are absolutely the reason modern fandom exists, and you can even trace the origin of the term "slash [fic]" to women!
it's frustrating to see men know nothing (or not caring) about what women have contributed to society while pretending they add so much.
it's frustrating to see men know nothing (or not caring) about what women have contributed to society while pretending they add so much.
I have heard pill bug, sow bug, potato bug, roly-poly, wood bug and cement bug, but most of these are delightfully new to me.
I like to think that this map of all the regional names for woodlice in the UK could also be a map illustrating the new tribes of humans to be found on the same landmass after The Great Digital Crash and ensuing breakdown of society.
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I have heard pill bug, sow bug, potato bug, roly-poly, wood bug and cement bug, but most of these are delightfully new to me.
I left @jairuskhan.bsky.social to his own devices for like 15 minutes and returned to the living room to find him constructing a printable 3d model of his own brain from MRI data.
October 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I left @jairuskhan.bsky.social to his own devices for like 15 minutes and returned to the living room to find him constructing a printable 3d model of his own brain from MRI data.
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Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
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