Spookybritches PenPaladin
@penpaladin.bsky.social
SQL DBA, escaped TX to CO, so many pets, so many creative projects, so many fandoms. Writer, artist, mom, queer. She/they
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I've always left and liberal interchangeably to describe myself and it annoyed me when some aggro internet dweebs gave them specific meanings and decided one was a pejorative. There's so many people whose ideology is solidly leftist who call themselves liberal because they're not terminally online
The people railing about Cowardly Liberals right now really don’t seem to understand how I bet at least 90% of the people who show up to protest would self-identify as if you asked them about their political beliefs
Left, liberal, progressive, Democrat, radical, socialist, punk, comrade, furry, I don’t give a fuck what you call yourself as long as you’d kick a fascist in the shins given the chance.
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65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
I’m going a different route and letting predictive text tell me.
“My least woke opinion is” I don’t like the word salad.
Actually that’s pretty accurate.
“My least woke opinion is” I don’t like the word salad.
Actually that’s pretty accurate.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’m going a different route and letting predictive text tell me.
“My least woke opinion is” I don’t like the word salad.
Actually that’s pretty accurate.
“My least woke opinion is” I don’t like the word salad.
Actually that’s pretty accurate.
*staring out over the moors in a tattered shawl* When will my meds kick in
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
*staring out over the moors in a tattered shawl* When will my meds kick in
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That is not my area of expertise, but Radley Balko's work on that topic in many realms is exemplary radleybalko.substack.com/p/rise-of-th... @radleybalko.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
That is not my area of expertise, but Radley Balko's work on that topic in many realms is exemplary radleybalko.substack.com/p/rise-of-th... @radleybalko.bsky.social
MAXIMUM COZY
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
MAXIMUM COZY
God, it’s so easy. It’s RIGHT THERE. Say that “James Bond” is an alias given to a number of agents over the years.
Spoiler: it’s because he died. The writers of a franchise whose main character has been played by seven actors across sixty years think they have to come up with a plot explanation for the character coming back after dying in the previous movie. radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
EXCLUSIVE: James Bond Writers Reveal Twist That Has Left New Creators With 'Huge Headache' When It Comes to Resurrecting the Super-Spy for Amazon
Bond writers are now racking their brain, trying to move forward with the franchise after the last film's wild twist.
radaronline.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
God, it’s so easy. It’s RIGHT THERE. Say that “James Bond” is an alias given to a number of agents over the years.
Yay, a post I wrote about a possibly haunted house I once visited is getting some attention! YESSSS, VALIDATE MEEEEEEE www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal...
From the Paranormal community on Reddit: Dodged a Haunted Bullet
Explore this post and more from the Paranormal community
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November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yay, a post I wrote about a possibly haunted house I once visited is getting some attention! YESSSS, VALIDATE MEEEEEEE www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal...
Today an AI bot on Tinder compared me to Thoreau so I fed it a bunch of stuff about Thoreau’s actual life and why he sucked. This timeline is super weird.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Today an AI bot on Tinder compared me to Thoreau so I fed it a bunch of stuff about Thoreau’s actual life and why he sucked. This timeline is super weird.
I have a new (old) treasure! This Singer sewing machine is a Model 27 from 1896. It’s in fantastic shape, and even still has most of the attachments!
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I have a new (old) treasure! This Singer sewing machine is a Model 27 from 1896. It’s in fantastic shape, and even still has most of the attachments!
Hestia’s latest book victim is Ronald Hutton’s history book “The Witch.” Hes, why must you eat ominous books? How do you even know? You can’t read
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hestia’s latest book victim is Ronald Hutton’s history book “The Witch.” Hes, why must you eat ominous books? How do you even know? You can’t read
Today, to battle The Horrors, I made a knife sheath for a friend from scrap leather.
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Today, to battle The Horrors, I made a knife sheath for a friend from scrap leather.
I would like a creative side gig. I can think of all kinds of things. I think my problem is that I don’t know what there is DEMAND for. So many artsy markets are oversaturated right now.
November 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I would like a creative side gig. I can think of all kinds of things. I think my problem is that I don’t know what there is DEMAND for. So many artsy markets are oversaturated right now.
Put in a grocery order. The ground cardamom was out of stock. The shopper suggested the same brand … BUT THYME INSTEAD. FFS, why would the brand be the deciding factor in substitution???
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Put in a grocery order. The ground cardamom was out of stock. The shopper suggested the same brand … BUT THYME INSTEAD. FFS, why would the brand be the deciding factor in substitution???
Shelob: “STOP SQUISHING MY BOOB”
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Shelob: “STOP SQUISHING MY BOOB”
Last time, @sarahgailey.bsky.social posted something like “It works no matter the word order! Big boat stuck! Big stuck boat! Boat big stuck! Boat stuck big! Stuck big boat! Stuck boat big!” And now I happily cheer that whenever a big stuck boat is stuck big.
November 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Last time, @sarahgailey.bsky.social posted something like “It works no matter the word order! Big boat stuck! Big stuck boat! Boat big stuck! Boat stuck big! Stuck big boat! Stuck boat big!” And now I happily cheer that whenever a big stuck boat is stuck big.
Acronyms are confusing to my autistic brain, bc it tries to map wrong. Just now I saw “TBH” and my brain confidently decoded it as “Tennessee Birth Horse”
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Acronyms are confusing to my autistic brain, bc it tries to map wrong. Just now I saw “TBH” and my brain confidently decoded it as “Tennessee Birth Horse”
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Not now, carnivorous death ball
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Not now, carnivorous death ball
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e pluribus, numnum
Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
e pluribus, numnum
Today I got so mad I went against all my natural non-cooking inclinations and made a giant pot of soup. Made broth, added lamb and onions and carrots, spiced with rosemary and lemon pepper, tempered some cream and added that in at the end. I was so furious I spontaneously manifested a skill.
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Today I got so mad I went against all my natural non-cooking inclinations and made a giant pot of soup. Made broth, added lamb and onions and carrots, spiced with rosemary and lemon pepper, tempered some cream and added that in at the end. I was so furious I spontaneously manifested a skill.
Why am I not independently wealthy and able to make weird art all day?
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Why am I not independently wealthy and able to make weird art all day?
Usually it takes a lot to send me off into the rafters. Found out last night that one surefire way to do it is for a house guest (remaining unnamed) to run through all my ibuprofen in a week, not tell me, and leave the empty bottle for me to find out, you know, WHEN I NEED SOME.
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Usually it takes a lot to send me off into the rafters. Found out last night that one surefire way to do it is for a house guest (remaining unnamed) to run through all my ibuprofen in a week, not tell me, and leave the empty bottle for me to find out, you know, WHEN I NEED SOME.
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You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.