Sapphire Purcell
@sapphyskys.bsky.social
Occasional author, goth, trans woman, eccentric weirdo, and vtuber from Australia. I stream obscure and forgotten games with a focus on retro titles!
You should follow me. I'm funny.
https://www.twitch.tv/sapphysecret
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You should follow me. I'm funny.
https://www.twitch.tv/sapphysecret
https://linktr.ee/SapphyLinks
Gotta remind myself to get off the internet from time to time. Sometimes it really is like being alone in the Overlook Hotel.
Y'all remember too that sometimes self-care means touching grass.
Y'all remember too that sometimes self-care means touching grass.
February 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Gotta remind myself to get off the internet from time to time. Sometimes it really is like being alone in the Overlook Hotel.
Y'all remember too that sometimes self-care means touching grass.
Y'all remember too that sometimes self-care means touching grass.
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It's #blackhistorymonth . Are you supporting BLACK #indieanimation and black independent media as a whole ? There's so many black indie creators making our work because studio systems tell us there's no audience. Check out this thread for a plethora of BLACK INDIE projects .
February 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
It's #blackhistorymonth . Are you supporting BLACK #indieanimation and black independent media as a whole ? There's so many black indie creators making our work because studio systems tell us there's no audience. Check out this thread for a plethora of BLACK INDIE projects .
So do we think it's a coincidence that Epstein, who is apparently connected to all the big name wealthy anti-trans public figures, seemed to get an invite to the HP play in 2018, the same year that JKR started on her anti-trans radicalisation?
Anybody better informed got an opinion?
Anybody better informed got an opinion?
February 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
So do we think it's a coincidence that Epstein, who is apparently connected to all the big name wealthy anti-trans public figures, seemed to get an invite to the HP play in 2018, the same year that JKR started on her anti-trans radicalisation?
Anybody better informed got an opinion?
Anybody better informed got an opinion?
The number of comments demonstrating your point suggests no lessons have been learned and the future remains Republican.
February 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The number of comments demonstrating your point suggests no lessons have been learned and the future remains Republican.
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You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
... I don't understand this apparent axiom that everybody is entitled to high quality custom art?
(Putting aside that even if that were true, AI art looks like shit)
(Putting aside that even if that were true, AI art looks like shit)
February 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
... I don't understand this apparent axiom that everybody is entitled to high quality custom art?
(Putting aside that even if that were true, AI art looks like shit)
(Putting aside that even if that were true, AI art looks like shit)
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I'm totally with you. I've really enjoyed talking to you and hearing your thoughts.
February 5, 2026 at 10:33 AM
I'm totally with you. I've really enjoyed talking to you and hearing your thoughts.
I am just loathe to be misunderstood and get neurotic (read: insecure) about making sure I've expressed myself and my views very very clearly 😅
Probably too long spent arguing with bigots acting in bad faith before I realised that they were doing it deliberately and it was a poor use of my time.
Probably too long spent arguing with bigots acting in bad faith before I realised that they were doing it deliberately and it was a poor use of my time.
February 5, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I am just loathe to be misunderstood and get neurotic (read: insecure) about making sure I've expressed myself and my views very very clearly 😅
Probably too long spent arguing with bigots acting in bad faith before I realised that they were doing it deliberately and it was a poor use of my time.
Probably too long spent arguing with bigots acting in bad faith before I realised that they were doing it deliberately and it was a poor use of my time.
They do.
Sorry, I kind of jumped hobby-horse from religion to history there and got a bit tangential.
I do not mean to and am in no position to judge or criticise folks working with what they've got to make a spiritual identity for themselves and improvising when there's no bones left to pick.
Sorry, I kind of jumped hobby-horse from religion to history there and got a bit tangential.
I do not mean to and am in no position to judge or criticise folks working with what they've got to make a spiritual identity for themselves and improvising when there's no bones left to pick.
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
They do.
Sorry, I kind of jumped hobby-horse from religion to history there and got a bit tangential.
I do not mean to and am in no position to judge or criticise folks working with what they've got to make a spiritual identity for themselves and improvising when there's no bones left to pick.
Sorry, I kind of jumped hobby-horse from religion to history there and got a bit tangential.
I do not mean to and am in no position to judge or criticise folks working with what they've got to make a spiritual identity for themselves and improvising when there's no bones left to pick.
That makes sense. I think that corporatisation of culture in the 20th century you mentioned left a lot of people craving a culture and heritage that got taken, flattened, cut up, repackaged and sold back to them.
February 5, 2026 at 8:38 AM
That makes sense. I think that corporatisation of culture in the 20th century you mentioned left a lot of people craving a culture and heritage that got taken, flattened, cut up, repackaged and sold back to them.
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Memes for language lovers
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Memes for language lovers
Which is why some forms of neo-paganism end up looking extremely Protestant.
It makes that new age/traditional line very hard to draw.
(None of this is a criticism of neo-paganism and religious reconsctructuralism. I do think it is a necessary honesty in these movements though.)
It makes that new age/traditional line very hard to draw.
(None of this is a criticism of neo-paganism and religious reconsctructuralism. I do think it is a necessary honesty in these movements though.)
February 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Which is why some forms of neo-paganism end up looking extremely Protestant.
It makes that new age/traditional line very hard to draw.
(None of this is a criticism of neo-paganism and religious reconsctructuralism. I do think it is a necessary honesty in these movements though.)
It makes that new age/traditional line very hard to draw.
(None of this is a criticism of neo-paganism and religious reconsctructuralism. I do think it is a necessary honesty in these movements though.)
A major difficulty with the reconstruction of pre-Christian beliefs and practices is the lack of pre-Christian sources. A lot of the data on european paganism in particular comes from Christian writers after the Christianisation of their culture. And it comes with that bias/context.
February 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
A major difficulty with the reconstruction of pre-Christian beliefs and practices is the lack of pre-Christian sources. A lot of the data on european paganism in particular comes from Christian writers after the Christianisation of their culture. And it comes with that bias/context.
(Awkwardly worded that. For clarity, I would fit in the Christopagan group but not the witch one. They can overlap but not everybody is both. I am not a witch.)
February 5, 2026 at 7:56 AM
(Awkwardly worded that. For clarity, I would fit in the Christopagan group but not the witch one. They can overlap but not everybody is both. I am not a witch.)
You may have the luxury of being the first to give us all a single taxonomical class. There are Christian Witches and many are Christo-pagans but not all are (like me) and Folk Christianity may resemble either of these but remains distinct for having evolved along their own path.
February 5, 2026 at 7:53 AM
You may have the luxury of being the first to give us all a single taxonomical class. There are Christian Witches and many are Christo-pagans but not all are (like me) and Folk Christianity may resemble either of these but remains distinct for having evolved along their own path.
Yup. It's super cool. Our religious and spiritual lives lost a lot when it joined with empire and then with capital. I think so, anyway.
When our beliefs and traditions are more local, we feel more connected to them and to each other.
The best churches usually reflect some of this.
When our beliefs and traditions are more local, we feel more connected to them and to each other.
The best churches usually reflect some of this.
February 5, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Yup. It's super cool. Our religious and spiritual lives lost a lot when it joined with empire and then with capital. I think so, anyway.
When our beliefs and traditions are more local, we feel more connected to them and to each other.
The best churches usually reflect some of this.
When our beliefs and traditions are more local, we feel more connected to them and to each other.
The best churches usually reflect some of this.
While this narrative can be over simplified in ways I dislike, it also has a lot of truth in it. The efforts to expunge these traditions brought along for the ride were kind of a failure and created countless forms of what we call Folk Christianity.
Another path for those in self-exile.
Another path for those in self-exile.
February 5, 2026 at 7:33 AM
While this narrative can be over simplified in ways I dislike, it also has a lot of truth in it. The efforts to expunge these traditions brought along for the ride were kind of a failure and created countless forms of what we call Folk Christianity.
Another path for those in self-exile.
Another path for those in self-exile.
"It’s one preacher, many listeners in an age where all of us speak"
This is a good insight, btw
This is a good insight, btw
February 5, 2026 at 7:30 AM
"It’s one preacher, many listeners in an age where all of us speak"
This is a good insight, btw
This is a good insight, btw
My own faith is deeply unorthodox and leans christo-pagan in certain ways already. I am definitely one of those people who gets told they are not a real Christian.
It's definitely one path we queer and leftist Christians go in our self-exile from Christendom.
So add me to your list 😜
It's definitely one path we queer and leftist Christians go in our self-exile from Christendom.
So add me to your list 😜
February 5, 2026 at 7:29 AM
My own faith is deeply unorthodox and leans christo-pagan in certain ways already. I am definitely one of those people who gets told they are not a real Christian.
It's definitely one path we queer and leftist Christians go in our self-exile from Christendom.
So add me to your list 😜
It's definitely one path we queer and leftist Christians go in our self-exile from Christendom.
So add me to your list 😜
Sorry, when I say I don't know that it will help, I mean Christians learning how they are seen by the world would only drive them deeper into their persecution complex rather than fuel sympathy to others and drive reform. Especially Evangelicals.
As I say, I think the Church is beyond reform.
As I say, I think the Church is beyond reform.
February 5, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Sorry, when I say I don't know that it will help, I mean Christians learning how they are seen by the world would only drive them deeper into their persecution complex rather than fuel sympathy to others and drive reform. Especially Evangelicals.
As I say, I think the Church is beyond reform.
As I say, I think the Church is beyond reform.
It depends. Some of us were in arguably good churches that were interested in being a part of their local community.
Others are too privileged to know what kind of church they're in.
Others are told to go preach and the negative response they get is the real point. Isolation is the point.
Others are too privileged to know what kind of church they're in.
Others are told to go preach and the negative response they get is the real point. Isolation is the point.
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 AM
It depends. Some of us were in arguably good churches that were interested in being a part of their local community.
Others are too privileged to know what kind of church they're in.
Others are told to go preach and the negative response they get is the real point. Isolation is the point.
Others are too privileged to know what kind of church they're in.
Others are told to go preach and the negative response they get is the real point. Isolation is the point.
Catholicism is basically the world's least cool witchcraft. CoE/Anglican is like they kept some of aesthetic but cut out all the fun esoteric stuff.
Being the most boring version of the most boring version of something isn't their biggest crime, but it is one of them.
Being the most boring version of the most boring version of something isn't their biggest crime, but it is one of them.
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Catholicism is basically the world's least cool witchcraft. CoE/Anglican is like they kept some of aesthetic but cut out all the fun esoteric stuff.
Being the most boring version of the most boring version of something isn't their biggest crime, but it is one of them.
Being the most boring version of the most boring version of something isn't their biggest crime, but it is one of them.
But there's a rot in Christendom that I don't really think can be healed anymore and it needs to all burn down.
In 2026, we live in a world Christians do not deserve the benefit of the doubt. Christianity is a red flag.
On the one hand I wish more of us knew that. On the other, would it evem help?
In 2026, we live in a world Christians do not deserve the benefit of the doubt. Christianity is a red flag.
On the one hand I wish more of us knew that. On the other, would it evem help?
February 5, 2026 at 4:47 AM
But there's a rot in Christendom that I don't really think can be healed anymore and it needs to all burn down.
In 2026, we live in a world Christians do not deserve the benefit of the doubt. Christianity is a red flag.
On the one hand I wish more of us knew that. On the other, would it evem help?
In 2026, we live in a world Christians do not deserve the benefit of the doubt. Christianity is a red flag.
On the one hand I wish more of us knew that. On the other, would it evem help?
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fellas, is it a good sign when the Queen has to join the army reserves?
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands enlisted in the Dutch Army as a reservist, the Royal House said, because the country’s security “can no longer be taken for granted.”
Dutch Queen Joins the Military
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands enlisted as a reservist, the Royal House said, because the country’s security “can no longer be taken for granted.”
nyti.ms
February 5, 2026 at 4:07 AM
fellas, is it a good sign when the Queen has to join the army reserves?