Quibble While Rome Burns
@nimi0us.blacksky.app
Just here to be on bullshit
Black//Gray Ace/Bi lesbian//Agender//AuDHD//Ancom Sex+ Feminist//♊🌞♏🌕♍🌠//"proship"//🔞
Politics, Games, Sewing, Fashion, Food, and whatever I'm into.
Black//Gray Ace/Bi lesbian//Agender//AuDHD//Ancom Sex+ Feminist//♊🌞♏🌕♍🌠//"proship"//🔞
Politics, Games, Sewing, Fashion, Food, and whatever I'm into.
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First they take your health, then they take your care.
In the end, they take it all.
It's never enough.
We've been betrayed.
In the end, they take it all.
It's never enough.
We've been betrayed.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
First they take your health, then they take your care.
In the end, they take it all.
It's never enough.
We've been betrayed.
In the end, they take it all.
It's never enough.
We've been betrayed.
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It's really just nostalgia and homesickness that makes me want to move back to the States. Any practical consideration would be the lifestyle equivalent of shooting myself in the hand with a shotgun
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It's really just nostalgia and homesickness that makes me want to move back to the States. Any practical consideration would be the lifestyle equivalent of shooting myself in the hand with a shotgun
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
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Last month's Ballionaire partnership gave you a game that was both very BRIGHT and very COLOURFUL.
This month we're going for DARK and DANK.
We'll announce our partner game and studio a little today. Get the news straight from the source via our newsletter:
www.pantaloon.io
#indiegames
This month we're going for DARK and DANK.
We'll announce our partner game and studio a little today. Get the news straight from the source via our newsletter:
www.pantaloon.io
#indiegames
Pantaloon - a Home for Bold & Bizarre Games.
Pantaloon is a home for misfits, and a pedestal for bold and bizarre indie games. Sign up to the newsletter and get free games sent directly to your inbox each month.
www.pantaloon.io
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Last month's Ballionaire partnership gave you a game that was both very BRIGHT and very COLOURFUL.
This month we're going for DARK and DANK.
We'll announce our partner game and studio a little today. Get the news straight from the source via our newsletter:
www.pantaloon.io
#indiegames
This month we're going for DARK and DANK.
We'll announce our partner game and studio a little today. Get the news straight from the source via our newsletter:
www.pantaloon.io
#indiegames
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If Black lives — or all lives — truly matter, then the people of Sudan deserve protection from the horrors of genocide, says author Jennifer R. Farmer. Over the past two years, more than 150,000 people have died during the conflict in the region.
wordinblack.com/2025/11/suda...
wordinblack.com/2025/11/suda...
Sudan: In the Face of Dastardly Acts, the World Remains Silent
If Black lives — or all lives — matter, we must stop this genocide.
wordinblack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If Black lives — or all lives — truly matter, then the people of Sudan deserve protection from the horrors of genocide, says author Jennifer R. Farmer. Over the past two years, more than 150,000 people have died during the conflict in the region.
wordinblack.com/2025/11/suda...
wordinblack.com/2025/11/suda...
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Have you ever paid for work, ghosted, & then when you asked for accountability months later, you were told you’re “unwell” for expecting a refund? Many autistic’s know this pattern. Emotional closeness as cover. Mental health weaponised to avoid responsibility.
Meet @digitaldavina.bsky.social
Meet @digitaldavina.bsky.social
The Freelancer Who Weaponized Neurodivergence to Justify Taking Payment Without Delivering
How Davina Campbell of Digital Davina Designs disclosed mental health struggles to gain trust, then stigmatized mental health to silence accountability.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Have you ever paid for work, ghosted, & then when you asked for accountability months later, you were told you’re “unwell” for expecting a refund? Many autistic’s know this pattern. Emotional closeness as cover. Mental health weaponised to avoid responsibility.
Meet @digitaldavina.bsky.social
Meet @digitaldavina.bsky.social
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Mental health stigma is not a shield from accountability. Autistic people are tired of being labeled “unwell” for asking for the work we paid for. People prey on autistics and think we will be silent.
Documentation is public now.
@digitaldavina.bsky.social
Documentation is public now.
@digitaldavina.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Mental health stigma is not a shield from accountability. Autistic people are tired of being labeled “unwell” for asking for the work we paid for. People prey on autistics and think we will be silent.
Documentation is public now.
@digitaldavina.bsky.social
Documentation is public now.
@digitaldavina.bsky.social
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of continued spread, international health experts say.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of continued spread, international health experts say.
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For my first piece back from vacation, I blogged about the people who moved from Texas to Russia to escape gay people and then found out living in Russia kind of sucks:
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
They left Texas for Russia to escape 'LGBT indoctrination.' Turns out, it sucks.
Their Texas towns had too much "DEI" and "LGBT indoctrination." So they moved to Russia and became influencers.
www.chron.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
For my first piece back from vacation, I blogged about the people who moved from Texas to Russia to escape gay people and then found out living in Russia kind of sucks:
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Hi, your friendly fandom neighbourhood biologist here!
It has recently come to my attention that many authors writing Omegaverse (and other more exotic breeding tropes) have not read this book. I would encourage you all to do so!
I guarantee it'll broaden your horizons about what's possible 🙂
It has recently come to my attention that many authors writing Omegaverse (and other more exotic breeding tropes) have not read this book. I would encourage you all to do so!
I guarantee it'll broaden your horizons about what's possible 🙂
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Hi, your friendly fandom neighbourhood biologist here!
It has recently come to my attention that many authors writing Omegaverse (and other more exotic breeding tropes) have not read this book. I would encourage you all to do so!
I guarantee it'll broaden your horizons about what's possible 🙂
It has recently come to my attention that many authors writing Omegaverse (and other more exotic breeding tropes) have not read this book. I would encourage you all to do so!
I guarantee it'll broaden your horizons about what's possible 🙂
Frfr I'm about to dip from this bullshit if Link and Sarah Kendzior aren't unsuspended
How can we call this a safer space than other platforms when it seems like the CEO, developers, and moderation here are happily treating this place as a federal honeypot? Might as well go elsewhere to reach more
How can we call this a safer space than other platforms when it seems like the CEO, developers, and moderation here are happily treating this place as a federal honeypot? Might as well go elsewhere to reach more
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Frfr I'm about to dip from this bullshit if Link and Sarah Kendzior aren't unsuspended
How can we call this a safer space than other platforms when it seems like the CEO, developers, and moderation here are happily treating this place as a federal honeypot? Might as well go elsewhere to reach more
How can we call this a safer space than other platforms when it seems like the CEO, developers, and moderation here are happily treating this place as a federal honeypot? Might as well go elsewhere to reach more
Link and now Sarah Kendzior? This platform is compromised, guaranteed, if it's suspending her without word. And we know why, let's not be oblivious: she's a critical journalist and historian of exactly how our criminal genocidal government came to be.
What's the point of being here frfr with this?
What's the point of being here frfr with this?
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Link and now Sarah Kendzior? This platform is compromised, guaranteed, if it's suspending her without word. And we know why, let's not be oblivious: she's a critical journalist and historian of exactly how our criminal genocidal government came to be.
What's the point of being here frfr with this?
What's the point of being here frfr with this?
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They didn't even tell her why 😩
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
They didn't even tell her why 😩
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Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
Did not realize how much that small corner of an edible was helping with pain post-throwing up cause HOLY SHIT
It feels like somebody took a meat tenderizer to my ribs, then scraped the flesh with clawed fingers after
I did what I could to minimize pain but it actually hurts to breathe rn 😬
It feels like somebody took a meat tenderizer to my ribs, then scraped the flesh with clawed fingers after
I did what I could to minimize pain but it actually hurts to breathe rn 😬
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Did not realize how much that small corner of an edible was helping with pain post-throwing up cause HOLY SHIT
It feels like somebody took a meat tenderizer to my ribs, then scraped the flesh with clawed fingers after
I did what I could to minimize pain but it actually hurts to breathe rn 😬
It feels like somebody took a meat tenderizer to my ribs, then scraped the flesh with clawed fingers after
I did what I could to minimize pain but it actually hurts to breathe rn 😬
Did you know that America has it's own version of the ICD, the International Classification of Diseases, no other country uses? This would be like if the DSM had an America only version and it's only due to insurance company regulations here altering how diseases would be coded otherwise.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Did you know that America has it's own version of the ICD, the International Classification of Diseases, no other country uses? This would be like if the DSM had an America only version and it's only due to insurance company regulations here altering how diseases would be coded otherwise.
Fun story: one of the reasons why I'm struggling for work, outside of fucking hating this field, is due to entry medical coding jobs being taken by AI. They assume, just like with junior coders in tech, that medical coding and billing can be done with AI. AI is also pushed HEAVILY in the field.
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Fun story: one of the reasons why I'm struggling for work, outside of fucking hating this field, is due to entry medical coding jobs being taken by AI. They assume, just like with junior coders in tech, that medical coding and billing can be done with AI. AI is also pushed HEAVILY in the field.
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now that the govt shutdown is over, y'all will need to really yell and scream about these bills because many of them are going to be pushed again.
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
now that the govt shutdown is over, y'all will need to really yell and scream about these bills because many of them are going to be pushed again.
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
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And the lies are the worst part because people struggling to find work feel like what is wrong with me, and other people are like 'yeah everyone is hiring'
and it's like bitch no they are not
and people are run through 'interview processes' for jobs that don't even fucking exist at times
and it's like bitch no they are not
and people are run through 'interview processes' for jobs that don't even fucking exist at times
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
And the lies are the worst part because people struggling to find work feel like what is wrong with me, and other people are like 'yeah everyone is hiring'
and it's like bitch no they are not
and people are run through 'interview processes' for jobs that don't even fucking exist at times
and it's like bitch no they are not
and people are run through 'interview processes' for jobs that don't even fucking exist at times
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Yeah if you're looking for work and having a miserable fucking time
it's not you
the job numbers are lies
it's not you
the job numbers are lies
Nobody who loses their job right now is quickly finding another. Not anywhere, not in any industry.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Yeah if you're looking for work and having a miserable fucking time
it's not you
the job numbers are lies
it's not you
the job numbers are lies
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Begging y'all on bended knee to subscribe to this labeler, it clears up so much bullshit off rip
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Begging y'all on bended knee to subscribe to this labeler, it clears up so much bullshit off rip
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Yes, yes, and yes they all deserve more.
Me, I think an ongoing percentage of any profits based on anything that comes out of the scraping in perpetuity would be about right and upon death of the authors...to a fund to be used for authors (such as grants, and emergency funds, etc).
Me, I think an ongoing percentage of any profits based on anything that comes out of the scraping in perpetuity would be about right and upon death of the authors...to a fund to be used for authors (such as grants, and emergency funds, etc).
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Yes, yes, and yes they all deserve more.
Me, I think an ongoing percentage of any profits based on anything that comes out of the scraping in perpetuity would be about right and upon death of the authors...to a fund to be used for authors (such as grants, and emergency funds, etc).
Me, I think an ongoing percentage of any profits based on anything that comes out of the scraping in perpetuity would be about right and upon death of the authors...to a fund to be used for authors (such as grants, and emergency funds, etc).
But at least the planes are running on time, right?
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
But at least the planes are running on time, right?
I usually have a depressive episode between October and November, which starts hinting in September, so yea
But otherwise? I have major depression by default but, due to Cymbalta/Duloxetine, I'm usually good
But I kinda been in this mess and accepted this fascist bullshit was coming a while ago 😬
But otherwise? I have major depression by default but, due to Cymbalta/Duloxetine, I'm usually good
But I kinda been in this mess and accepted this fascist bullshit was coming a while ago 😬
Y'all ain't depressed?
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I usually have a depressive episode between October and November, which starts hinting in September, so yea
But otherwise? I have major depression by default but, due to Cymbalta/Duloxetine, I'm usually good
But I kinda been in this mess and accepted this fascist bullshit was coming a while ago 😬
But otherwise? I have major depression by default but, due to Cymbalta/Duloxetine, I'm usually good
But I kinda been in this mess and accepted this fascist bullshit was coming a while ago 😬