Ray Radlein
@radlein.bsky.social
Old. "Atlanta." He/Him.
Cats, SF/Fandom, Women's Soccer, Cats, ME/CFS, Politics, Cats
I Wear a Kitten Now. Kittens Are Cool.
Cats, SF/Fandom, Women's Soccer, Cats, ME/CFS, Politics, Cats
I Wear a Kitten Now. Kittens Are Cool.
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At #Ebooks Direct for the holiday season: OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. Warning: contains New York City, COVID, #Christmas tree theft, gay wizards (officially Out at last...),other wizards who're not *quite* so Young any more, and a very small but abruptly powerful avian. ebooks.direct/products/owl...
December 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
At #Ebooks Direct for the holiday season: OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. Warning: contains New York City, COVID, #Christmas tree theft, gay wizards (officially Out at last...),other wizards who're not *quite* so Young any more, and a very small but abruptly powerful avian. ebooks.direct/products/owl...
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You don’t hear a peep from all those defenders of the faith about how Christian Palestinians are being mistreated, threatened, and killed by Israeli settlers, aided by the government.
On Tuesday Alice Kisiya was able, for the first time since 2019, to set foot on her family’s land in the Christian village of al-Makhrour after an Israeli court ruling eventually forced Israeli settlers to leave the land and dismantle an illegal outpost.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Victory against Israeli West Bank settlement offers Palestinians some hope
Christian activist Kisiya regains access to family land after an Israeli court ruled against settlers in the West Bank.
www.aljazeera.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
You don’t hear a peep from all those defenders of the faith about how Christian Palestinians are being mistreated, threatened, and killed by Israeli settlers, aided by the government.
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Basically if Camelot had had more orgies it'd still be governing Britain
December 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Basically if Camelot had had more orgies it'd still be governing Britain
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RIP to Sir Gawain caught between impossible expectations and unbearable horniness but I'm different
November 13, 2023 at 1:28 AM
RIP to Sir Gawain caught between impossible expectations and unbearable horniness but I'm different
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If I met the Green Knight I would simply give him $20 and a bag of breakfast tacos
November 13, 2023 at 1:27 AM
If I met the Green Knight I would simply give him $20 and a bag of breakfast tacos
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(also possibly I talked to the only kids in the world who don't know Pig Latin, but in every case they didn't even know what I was referring to)
December 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
(also possibly I talked to the only kids in the world who don't know Pig Latin, but in every case they didn't even know what I was referring to)
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Possibly this is just that mass media finally displaced a lot of the transmission of kid-culture, but actually in my experience a decent amount of it (e.g. jokes, songs, superstitions, who-will-you-marry games) persists. So maybe a better guess is you don't need code-language if you can text?
December 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Possibly this is just that mass media finally displaced a lot of the transmission of kid-culture, but actually in my experience a decent amount of it (e.g. jokes, songs, superstitions, who-will-you-marry games) persists. So maybe a better guess is you don't need code-language if you can text?
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Kinda interesting: so I have talked to several kids under 12 from different parts of the US, and none of them were familiar with Pig-Latin. Which is a bit of a bummer since there's evidence it goes back to the 16th century or earlier. In general, there's almost no "kid-cant" familiarity.
December 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Kinda interesting: so I have talked to several kids under 12 from different parts of the US, and none of them were familiar with Pig-Latin. Which is a bit of a bummer since there's evidence it goes back to the 16th century or earlier. In general, there's almost no "kid-cant" familiarity.
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“And here’s their new single - I think it’s rather good”
December 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“And here’s their new single - I think it’s rather good”
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Massive long shot but is there anyone on here who lives in/near Cardiff, has a drone and would be willing to help me find my cat today? She got out at some point yesterday whilst we were away and we spotted her on a nearby roof this morning but she’s now disappeared. Please share
December 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Massive long shot but is there anyone on here who lives in/near Cardiff, has a drone and would be willing to help me find my cat today? She got out at some point yesterday whilst we were away and we spotted her on a nearby roof this morning but she’s now disappeared. Please share
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Speaking of #UKKindleBookGiveaway, there is still 1 UK/IE Kindle copy of @benaaronovitch.bsky.social's RIVERS OF LONDON, free for the taking! You MUST have an amazon.co.uk Kindle account.
www.amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
#KindleBookGiveaway
www.amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
#KindleBookGiveaway
December 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Speaking of #UKKindleBookGiveaway, there is still 1 UK/IE Kindle copy of @benaaronovitch.bsky.social's RIVERS OF LONDON, free for the taking! You MUST have an amazon.co.uk Kindle account.
www.amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
#KindleBookGiveaway
www.amazon.co.uk/kindle/redee...
#KindleBookGiveaway
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Mousecow has been enjoying getting the wrapper the pillows came in out of the bin to play with instead :/
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
December 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Mousecow has been enjoying getting the wrapper the pillows came in out of the bin to play with instead :/
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
#EverybodyLovesMousecow
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NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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[chuckles] you cannot kill Tiny Tim in any way that matters
December 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
[chuckles] you cannot kill Tiny Tim in any way that matters
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Kier Starmer vows “to do what Dickens couldn’t” and kill Tiny Tim
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Kier Starmer vows “to do what Dickens couldn’t” and kill Tiny Tim
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I like your wording better than mine lol.
But yeah. You could argue love, compassion, etc. are more beneficial to human survival than almost anything else. Love is why we're still here, and the proof of that is that we still love.
But yeah. You could argue love, compassion, etc. are more beneficial to human survival than almost anything else. Love is why we're still here, and the proof of that is that we still love.
"survival of the fittest" social darwinism guys tend to be the biggest misinterpreters of his work too. They see "best fit" as a measure of raw strength or intellect instead of what works well in an environment. If things like love weren't "best fit" we wouldn't long for it or share it for everyone
December 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I like your wording better than mine lol.
But yeah. You could argue love, compassion, etc. are more beneficial to human survival than almost anything else. Love is why we're still here, and the proof of that is that we still love.
But yeah. You could argue love, compassion, etc. are more beneficial to human survival than almost anything else. Love is why we're still here, and the proof of that is that we still love.
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"survival of the fittest" social darwinism guys tend to be the biggest misinterpreters of his work too. They see "best fit" as a measure of raw strength or intellect instead of what works well in an environment. If things like love weren't "best fit" we wouldn't long for it or share it for everyone
December 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"survival of the fittest" social darwinism guys tend to be the biggest misinterpreters of his work too. They see "best fit" as a measure of raw strength or intellect instead of what works well in an environment. If things like love weren't "best fit" we wouldn't long for it or share it for everyone
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Really I just think we should always be skeptical of "survival of the fittest" bro types who love to fantasize a brutal past. But we know it can't have been that because we have love, justice, morality. Those aren't new, soft things. They're as evolved as teeth.
December 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Really I just think we should always be skeptical of "survival of the fittest" bro types who love to fantasize a brutal past. But we know it can't have been that because we have love, justice, morality. Those aren't new, soft things. They're as evolved as teeth.
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Morality is so interesting. Nature doesn't care about it so much. But things in nature—namely, us—are intelligent enough that morality has been beneficial to survival. We've survived, and we still have it. You don't keep things that aren't useful, you know? We didn't keep tails. We kept morality.
December 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Morality is so interesting. Nature doesn't care about it so much. But things in nature—namely, us—are intelligent enough that morality has been beneficial to survival. We've survived, and we still have it. You don't keep things that aren't useful, you know? We didn't keep tails. We kept morality.
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For all the new artists joining Bluesky:
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
December 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
For all the new artists joining Bluesky:
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
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Deeply touched by how many of you are helping spread the word about Angelo. I'm passing on all leads and will let you all know when Angelo has officially found his forever home. Thanks so much! #christmasmiracle
Looking for a Christmas miracle for a kitty (aging parent situation) for Baltimore pals: (1/2)
""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."
""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Deeply touched by how many of you are helping spread the word about Angelo. I'm passing on all leads and will let you all know when Angelo has officially found his forever home. Thanks so much! #christmasmiracle
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Go birds!
please enjoy this video I took today of two birds enjoying a philadelphia cheese steak
December 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Go birds!
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Standing ovation from me at this bit right here
December 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Standing ovation from me at this bit right here
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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I seem to remember seeing an article recently in the Italian press saying that their emergency services were also having rescue calls go *way* up due to unprepared climbers being encouraged by social media figures to tackle the Dolomites solo… 🫤
December 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I seem to remember seeing an article recently in the Italian press saying that their emergency services were also having rescue calls go *way* up due to unprepared climbers being encouraged by social media figures to tackle the Dolomites solo… 🫤