ratstick
@ratsstick.bsky.social
They/them/e/em/eir horror, cats, Cyberpunk 2077 fanfic writer, VPer, and modder. On Tumblr and AO3 as streetkid-named-desire, Nexus as ratstick.
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ratstick
@ratsstick.bsky.social
· Jan 23
Hi, call me Rat or ratstick. They/them/e/em/eir
- horror and cyberpunk 2077 are my main interests rn
- two cats
- IT dork
- Autistic/ADHD
- Jewish
- collage artist
- writer
Come for the cat pics, stay for the TMI?
- horror and cyberpunk 2077 are my main interests rn
- two cats
- IT dork
- Autistic/ADHD
- Jewish
- collage artist
- writer
Come for the cat pics, stay for the TMI?
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My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
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if you see anyone expressing shock that a candidate who exudes warmth and authenticity and wants to improve the quality of life for working class people won over a rapist whose entire campaign was
"that guys a terrorist" that's not a smart person. you don't have to listen to that person anymore.
"that guys a terrorist" that's not a smart person. you don't have to listen to that person anymore.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
if you see anyone expressing shock that a candidate who exudes warmth and authenticity and wants to improve the quality of life for working class people won over a rapist whose entire campaign was
"that guys a terrorist" that's not a smart person. you don't have to listen to that person anymore.
"that guys a terrorist" that's not a smart person. you don't have to listen to that person anymore.
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refuse to add context to this
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
refuse to add context to this
Really needed this after the bullshit the Ohio commission left us with
slamming tonight’s results down on the table in front of every Republican mapmaker in the country as they prepare their gerrymanders and asking do you feel lucky? well, do ya, punk?
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Really needed this after the bullshit the Ohio commission left us with
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Oh wow he edged me all night bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Oh wow he edged me all night bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Without LGBT New Yorkers, Cuomo might’ve won. Mamdani’s genuine and relentless support of trans rights was not only morally correct, but an electoral necessity.
Centrist dems want buses running over LGBT people. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wants free and clear bus lanes instead. The difference won him the election.
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Without LGBT New Yorkers, Cuomo might’ve won. Mamdani’s genuine and relentless support of trans rights was not only morally correct, but an electoral necessity.
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Yes. For months now I've been saying it. ICE officers only have immunity when acting within their lawful authority. They don't have the authority to use excessive force. It's essential that they be held accountable--under STATE LAW--when they do.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
An Altercation With ICE Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Yes. For months now I've been saying it. ICE officers only have immunity when acting within their lawful authority. They don't have the authority to use excessive force. It's essential that they be held accountable--under STATE LAW--when they do.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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THE LIBBING OUT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
THE LIBBING OUT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES
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while it's very nice of propublica to cut off the top of andreessen's head, i think it's important to remember what's going on up there with his whole beldar conehead situation
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
while it's very nice of propublica to cut off the top of andreessen's head, i think it's important to remember what's going on up there with his whole beldar conehead situation
Commissioning poses has given me too much power (ty elfie forever)
October 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Commissioning poses has given me too much power (ty elfie forever)
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everybody sing it with me you know it by now to the tune of sunglasses at night I WEAR MY NODS IN THE SUNLIGHT let me hear y'all
October 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
everybody sing it with me you know it by now to the tune of sunglasses at night I WEAR MY NODS IN THE SUNLIGHT let me hear y'all
Can we stop knee jerk pearl clutching about AI? They're clearly not using it to stop doing their own own, they layout exactly how they're attempting to incorporate it into their workflow and ensure it is a. Enclosed and not using open sources of data and b. Looks how they want
Heartbreaking, infuriating. If you’ve seen MAD GOD this is like hearing utopia’s designer announcing new partnership with a bomb that vaporizes buildings
Oscar-winning VFX legend Phil Tippett ('Star Wars,' 'Jurassic Park') mastered the blending of practical and digital effects when the latter technology was still new. At View Conference this week, he shared how his studio is now bringing AI into the mix.
www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/phil-tip...
www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/phil-tip...
October 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Can we stop knee jerk pearl clutching about AI? They're clearly not using it to stop doing their own own, they layout exactly how they're attempting to incorporate it into their workflow and ensure it is a. Enclosed and not using open sources of data and b. Looks how they want
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October 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Increasingly we need candidates who'd be comfortable cutting a wrestling promo
Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."
October 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Increasingly we need candidates who'd be comfortable cutting a wrestling promo
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I'm interested in learning more about what motivates fans to get their tattoos and their evolving relationship to them over time. I'm also interviewing tattoo artists on working on fandom-related tattoos, so please reach out if you have contacts in that space as well!
a person has a tattoo of bart simpson and lisa simpson
ALT: a person has a tattoo of bart simpson and lisa simpson
media.tenor.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm interested in learning more about what motivates fans to get their tattoos and their evolving relationship to them over time. I'm also interviewing tattoo artists on working on fandom-related tattoos, so please reach out if you have contacts in that space as well!
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Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: suzanne.scott@utexas.edu.
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: suzanne.scott@utexas.edu.
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got to get this scum off the streets
"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
got to get this scum off the streets
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Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Frog, from Chrono Trigger, is being deployed to save Portland.
October 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Frog, from Chrono Trigger, is being deployed to save Portland.
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it is kind of funny that they’re doing this doing spooky season so either 1. They look like they’re beating the shit out of a bunch of kids having fun at a Halloween paty or 2. you get videos of them backing away scared from an inflatable frog
October 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
it is kind of funny that they’re doing this doing spooky season so either 1. They look like they’re beating the shit out of a bunch of kids having fun at a Halloween paty or 2. you get videos of them backing away scared from an inflatable frog
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average portlander meeting an ICE goon in january
October 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
average portlander meeting an ICE goon in january
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![Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.
There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.
What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.
It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreiap6asa64jdjb2vlv4c2sdritjrntsibvsv7baj6o4cgwcfgsjeny@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM