The Bookwench 🇨🇦🐱🏳️🌈
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Another cis feminist for trans rights. She/her. Not quite a crone. Bad-faith arguments get you muted, slurs get you blocked. I repost a lot of geekery, some of it NSFW.
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Beginning a master thread of reference threads. Expect more additions in the future.
Until Bluesky has a Pin function, I may have to bookmark this manually.
Until Bluesky has a Pin function, I may have to bookmark this manually.
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yeah, I’m not a doomer but I also think we have a few years of absolutely chaotic and horrifying technodystopia baked in at this point
This is going to be a dark age to live through, even if it only lasts a few years, before we all look back on the era of omni-weapon-porn like we think of, like, the Inquisition's worst terrors.
January 5, 2026 at 3:08 AM
yeah, I’m not a doomer but I also think we have a few years of absolutely chaotic and horrifying technodystopia baked in at this point
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absolutely astoundingly bad article www.salon.com/2026/01/02/d...
Do women love "Heated Rivalry" too much?
The female fans who led the charge in making the gay hockey romance a hit are also the ones policing its subjects.
www.salon.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
absolutely astoundingly bad article www.salon.com/2026/01/02/d...
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Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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When the LAPD arrests a dude at a gas station they don’t take over the gas station and use it to gas up all the cop cars tho
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
When the LAPD arrests a dude at a gas station they don’t take over the gas station and use it to gas up all the cop cars tho
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kurosawa was so completely and utterly skilled as a technician that he transcended the actual genre he operated in (chanbara (samurai pulp)) and everyone thinks he's some art house dude. no. he was like if george lucas was also michaelangelo.
so cool that when Kurosawa made Seven Samurai, he was like, "What if a movie absolutely ripped for three-and-a-half hours straight?"
January 3, 2026 at 2:13 AM
kurosawa was so completely and utterly skilled as a technician that he transcended the actual genre he operated in (chanbara (samurai pulp)) and everyone thinks he's some art house dude. no. he was like if george lucas was also michaelangelo.
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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Every time I see a news article about ChatGPT pushing vulnerable people to harm themselves and others, I want to know how the universities who have eagerly proclaimed their partnerships with this company intend to account for the increasing evidence of the harms of this tech
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Every time I see a news article about ChatGPT pushing vulnerable people to harm themselves and others, I want to know how the universities who have eagerly proclaimed their partnerships with this company intend to account for the increasing evidence of the harms of this tech
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It really is incredible how little they’ve tried to sell any of this, even the lie of it, to the American people, except to the businesses that will directly profit.
Aside from a clot of people in Florida, is there ANY broad appetite in the US for this because I feel like there is really not
WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target?
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
January 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
It really is incredible how little they’ve tried to sell any of this, even the lie of it, to the American people, except to the businesses that will directly profit.
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It is about truth.
For example. The "gender critical" movement aren't "branded" "gender critical," they invented that term to gain legal protection for transphobia.
Also, what is objectively true is that the GC movement allies with domestic abusers.
For example. The "gender critical" movement aren't "branded" "gender critical," they invented that term to gain legal protection for transphobia.
Also, what is objectively true is that the GC movement allies with domestic abusers.
Are trans and women’s rights opposed? The debate is not primarily about truth and falsehood, argues Paul Vallely
Paul Vallely: Are trans and women’s rights opposed?
The debate is not primarily about truth and falsehood, argues Paul Vallely
www.churchtimes.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 10:46 AM
It is about truth.
For example. The "gender critical" movement aren't "branded" "gender critical," they invented that term to gain legal protection for transphobia.
Also, what is objectively true is that the GC movement allies with domestic abusers.
For example. The "gender critical" movement aren't "branded" "gender critical," they invented that term to gain legal protection for transphobia.
Also, what is objectively true is that the GC movement allies with domestic abusers.
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DUEL🔴
2d/3d animated short film made in Blender
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKY...
#b3d #greasepencil #blender3d #shortfilm #2danimation
2d/3d animated short film made in Blender
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKY...
#b3d #greasepencil #blender3d #shortfilm #2danimation
July 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
DUEL🔴
2d/3d animated short film made in Blender
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKY...
#b3d #greasepencil #blender3d #shortfilm #2danimation
2d/3d animated short film made in Blender
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKY...
#b3d #greasepencil #blender3d #shortfilm #2danimation
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Reminded that Simpson and friends determined the utility of chloroform first through self-experiment on a variety of candidate substances, with quite comic effects when they tried chloroform (screenshot is from Snow's Blessed Days of Anaesthesia)
January 4, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Reminded that Simpson and friends determined the utility of chloroform first through self-experiment on a variety of candidate substances, with quite comic effects when they tried chloroform (screenshot is from Snow's Blessed Days of Anaesthesia)
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FREE UPDATE! 🙏
to the Live2D Hair Example Project
- Added a second hair type
- Edge light and line art techniques
- Length, volume and physics variations
- Cmo3 & PSD (No video update)
Available below ⬇️
to the Live2D Hair Example Project
- Added a second hair type
- Edge light and line art techniques
- Length, volume and physics variations
- Cmo3 & PSD (No video update)
Available below ⬇️
January 4, 2026 at 3:45 AM
FREE UPDATE! 🙏
to the Live2D Hair Example Project
- Added a second hair type
- Edge light and line art techniques
- Length, volume and physics variations
- Cmo3 & PSD (No video update)
Available below ⬇️
to the Live2D Hair Example Project
- Added a second hair type
- Edge light and line art techniques
- Length, volume and physics variations
- Cmo3 & PSD (No video update)
Available below ⬇️
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but the fact is that some in the gop have opposed trump! Indiana refused to gerrymander! House Ds forced a vote on the epstein files! senate Ds refused to confirm RFKs preferred CDC head! this stuff was all important!
January 4, 2026 at 6:38 AM
but the fact is that some in the gop have opposed trump! Indiana refused to gerrymander! House Ds forced a vote on the epstein files! senate Ds refused to confirm RFKs preferred CDC head! this stuff was all important!
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“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
How are voters meant to understand how serious things are if in lieu of shouting fire AND going into building with hoses, you're simply posting fire safety suggestions on social media?
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
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repost to give those 2 or 3 followers who always like your weird posts a little forehead kiss & a grilled cheese cut diagonally
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
repost to give those 2 or 3 followers who always like your weird posts a little forehead kiss & a grilled cheese cut diagonally
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You don't have to let the fascists believe they're doing it with your consent
You don't have to let the fascists believe they're doing it with your consent
My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I call Tommy Tuberville every fucking week, multiple times a week, because he can be evil but I don't have to let him do it without pushback.
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
January 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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You don't have to let the fascists believe they're doing it with your consent
You don't have to let the fascists believe they're doing it with your consent
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thinking about how, in the Russian history elective I took in HS, every time a tsar was facing domestic weakness the teacher would turn to the assembled students and ask "so what is it time for?" and we would chant "stunning territorial annexation!" and she would respond "well, DUH, girls"
January 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
thinking about how, in the Russian history elective I took in HS, every time a tsar was facing domestic weakness the teacher would turn to the assembled students and ask "so what is it time for?" and we would chant "stunning territorial annexation!" and she would respond "well, DUH, girls"
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Wake up to pee and see the orange turd is overstepping again. What a depressing state we're in. My heart goes out to Venezuelans.
Start calling your reps yall
Start calling your reps yall
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Wake up to pee and see the orange turd is overstepping again. What a depressing state we're in. My heart goes out to Venezuelans.
Start calling your reps yall
Start calling your reps yall
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“you’re not americannn, why do u care about U.S politicssss?”
November 16, 2024 at 1:37 PM
“you’re not americannn, why do u care about U.S politicssss?”
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It's a neat trick to say "get beyond the argument" when implicitly you mean "by accepting my position"
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 AM
It's a neat trick to say "get beyond the argument" when implicitly you mean "by accepting my position"
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I really appreciate all the thoughtful responses to this! And if you haven’t, it’s free to subscribe to my newsletter @spitfirenews.com to get more stories like this in your inbox! spitfirenews.com/subscribe
January 2, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I really appreciate all the thoughtful responses to this! And if you haven’t, it’s free to subscribe to my newsletter @spitfirenews.com to get more stories like this in your inbox! spitfirenews.com/subscribe
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And please, PLEASE let us not forget that time in 2023 when Karen Smith was elected President of the school board in Bucks County, Pa and swore her oath on a stack of banned books. The most gangsta oath ever! Just brilliant. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
This School Board President Took Her Oath on a Stack of Contested Books. Here's Why
The school board for Central Bucks County, Pa., has been at the center of divisive political debates.
www.edweek.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
And please, PLEASE let us not forget that time in 2023 when Karen Smith was elected President of the school board in Bucks County, Pa and swore her oath on a stack of banned books. The most gangsta oath ever! Just brilliant. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...