Ruth 🏳️🌈
@paintedpigeon.bsky.social
public library worker | writer | artist | neurodivergent | no AI, no NFTs | totally not three pigeons in a trenchcoat
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@paintedpigeon.bsky.social
· Apr 6
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As it's International Asexual Day, I'm promoting my resource guide to ace sci-fi again! Contents and resource key are below, come take a look at this link! And Happy Ace Day!
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For the record, as a somewhat public individual, I would be rather less concerned with someone on social media saying "John Scalzi should meet a wood chipper" than, say, "I wonder how quickly John Scalzi's house would burn." The former is hyperbole, pretty clearly; the second feels like a threat.
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
For the record, as a somewhat public individual, I would be rather less concerned with someone on social media saying "John Scalzi should meet a wood chipper" than, say, "I wonder how quickly John Scalzi's house would burn." The former is hyperbole, pretty clearly; the second feels like a threat.
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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The kids are [at least somewhat] all right.
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The kids are [at least somewhat] all right.
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I'd say eighteen books in this set of twenty occult tomes deal with getting ghosts either into or out of things or people.
Possession really is nine tenths of the lore.
Possession really is nine tenths of the lore.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I'd say eighteen books in this set of twenty occult tomes deal with getting ghosts either into or out of things or people.
Possession really is nine tenths of the lore.
Possession really is nine tenths of the lore.
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This argument that we need to adopt fascism-lite to prevent electing fascists is a big ahistorical lie, and it has a lot of currency in Canada too. This will not solve any problems fascists blame on refugees, while it concedes the idea that they're correct to blame them. This is how you get ICE.
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This argument that we need to adopt fascism-lite to prevent electing fascists is a big ahistorical lie, and it has a lot of currency in Canada too. This will not solve any problems fascists blame on refugees, while it concedes the idea that they're correct to blame them. This is how you get ICE.
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Another oddball "Star Trek" logo recreation, and one I hadn't seen until @portalrealm.bsky.social sent it to me yesterday. This one appeared on a bootleg 'famiclone' console manufactured in Hong Kong in the mid-90s.
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Another oddball "Star Trek" logo recreation, and one I hadn't seen until @portalrealm.bsky.social sent it to me yesterday. This one appeared on a bootleg 'famiclone' console manufactured in Hong Kong in the mid-90s.
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"There is an extreme amount of AI artwork used within the base version of the game, despite the fact that last year’s Black Ops 6 made over $1 billion in its first 10 days on sale—the highest-grossing CoD game ever."
Too bad I don't play CoD, I can't boycott it 🤣
Too bad I don't play CoD, I can't boycott it 🤣
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"There is an extreme amount of AI artwork used within the base version of the game, despite the fact that last year’s Black Ops 6 made over $1 billion in its first 10 days on sale—the highest-grossing CoD game ever."
Too bad I don't play CoD, I can't boycott it 🤣
Too bad I don't play CoD, I can't boycott it 🤣
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NEW OFFICE MUG !!!!!!! So educated
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
NEW OFFICE MUG !!!!!!! So educated
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A lovely review of Made Things (which is getting its UK release shortly)
Theo reviews Adrian Tchaikovsky's upcoming dark but whimsical fantasy MADE THINGS, coming 4th December from Tor:
"an entertaining novella shot through with Tchaikovskian eye-catching writing and sharp observations"
Read more: tinyurl.com/ymhbymdk
@torbooks.bsky.social
@aptshadow.bsky.social
"an entertaining novella shot through with Tchaikovskian eye-catching writing and sharp observations"
Read more: tinyurl.com/ymhbymdk
@torbooks.bsky.social
@aptshadow.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A lovely review of Made Things (which is getting its UK release shortly)
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How about NO
The app was co-founded by Calum Worthy, a former Disney Channel actor known for starring in “Austin & Ally.”
Disney Channel Star’s AI App That Creates Avatars Of Dead Relatives Sparks Backlash
The app was co-founded by Calum Worthy, a former Disney Channel actor known for starring in “Austin & Ally.”
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
How about NO
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Got a cathedral ceiling? What to get instead of a tree. You totally need an animatronic Christmas cryptid! Act without thinking!
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Got a cathedral ceiling? What to get instead of a tree. You totally need an animatronic Christmas cryptid! Act without thinking!
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Another Denver Post horror story:
Ballet school sues landlord because the sewer line was never connected so 7 years of waste are under the foundation, and the resulting mold has ruined their costumes and harmed their health, and the landlord is refusing responsibility.
Gift link
Ballet school sues landlord because the sewer line was never connected so 7 years of waste are under the foundation, and the resulting mold has ruined their costumes and harmed their health, and the landlord is refusing responsibility.
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Unconnected pipes dumped sewage under Denver shopping center for seven years, lawsuit claims
The Rocky Mountain Ballet Academy is suing a real estate company for not connecting a main plumbing line at a south Denver shopping center, causing water and sewage to accumulate under the building…
www.denverpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Another Denver Post horror story:
Ballet school sues landlord because the sewer line was never connected so 7 years of waste are under the foundation, and the resulting mold has ruined their costumes and harmed their health, and the landlord is refusing responsibility.
Gift link
Ballet school sues landlord because the sewer line was never connected so 7 years of waste are under the foundation, and the resulting mold has ruined their costumes and harmed their health, and the landlord is refusing responsibility.
Gift link
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for 30 Seconds Before Vanishing Day to all who celebrate! #SciArt
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for 30 Seconds Before Vanishing Day to all who celebrate! #SciArt
As someone who just lost my grandma, jesus fucking christ this is sickening.
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
As someone who just lost my grandma, jesus fucking christ this is sickening.
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continue conversing with the specter of your dead family after this 30 second unskippable ad for organic fertilizer
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
continue conversing with the specter of your dead family after this 30 second unskippable ad for organic fertilizer
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How long before they'd have your dead relatives recommending products
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
How long before they'd have your dead relatives recommending products
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands By The Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day to all who celebrate
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands By The Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day to all who celebrate
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OK, thing that I can reveal is that until now, my self-published space opera books, The Questrison Saga®️ (writing as J. Dianne Dotson) were my bestsellers.Now, Dungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall, my @chooseadventure.bsky.social out April 2026, has smashed everything else in preorders. Thank you!
Dungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall by Jendia Gammon: 9781937133108 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Delve into the gnarly guts of a long-dead mall in this gloriously weird and whacked-out romp, where friendship, 80s music, and food court slushies are your weapons of choice against spandexed supernat...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
OK, thing that I can reveal is that until now, my self-published space opera books, The Questrison Saga®️ (writing as J. Dianne Dotson) were my bestsellers.Now, Dungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall, my @chooseadventure.bsky.social out April 2026, has smashed everything else in preorders. Thank you!
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Someone found a digitised free version of the actual source, here you all are!
archive.org/details/chri...
archive.org/details/chri...
Christian names in local and family history : Redmonds, George, 1935- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
1 online resource (xviii, 190 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :
archive.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Someone found a digitised free version of the actual source, here you all are!
archive.org/details/chri...
archive.org/details/chri...
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
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Just seen someone online banging on about how everyone making the new Frankenstein forgot it was supposed to be a horror movie. I would say, no, they didn’t forget because this version was never supposed to be a horror. It’s a gothic romance.
a man wearing a hood and a mask looks at the camera
ALT: a man wearing a hood and a mask looks at the camera
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Just seen someone online banging on about how everyone making the new Frankenstein forgot it was supposed to be a horror movie. I would say, no, they didn’t forget because this version was never supposed to be a horror. It’s a gothic romance.
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And paperwork.
Why does adulthood involve *invented and unnecessary* paperwork?
Why does adulthood involve *invented and unnecessary* paperwork?
I think one of the least talked about things that are freaking exhausting as an adult is how much time you have to spend chasing other people to do their jobs.
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
And paperwork.
Why does adulthood involve *invented and unnecessary* paperwork?
Why does adulthood involve *invented and unnecessary* paperwork?
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Your only possible response, when confronted with someone saying this, is to wait for them to finish, firmly state “What the actual fuck is wrong with you?” and leave the interview immediately.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Your only possible response, when confronted with someone saying this, is to wait for them to finish, firmly state “What the actual fuck is wrong with you?” and leave the interview immediately.
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Basically, this will absolutely kill the transition from gas to heat pumps for heating and keep us dependent on fossil fuels. I was considering switching, but with this move, there will be no chance.
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Basically, this will absolutely kill the transition from gas to heat pumps for heating and keep us dependent on fossil fuels. I was considering switching, but with this move, there will be no chance.