silver, by the woods (they/them) 🍀✨
@silverhawthorne.bsky.social
writer, poet, editor (Liminality)
burlesque producer & host (Viscous & Tingle)
🌈🦓, 🧶, freelance alchemist, ornamental hermit.
habitat restoration as tikkun olam.
AEW/ROH/NJPW/CMLL.
4’11”.
Pagliacci.
burlesque producer & host (Viscous & Tingle)
🌈🦓, 🧶, freelance alchemist, ornamental hermit.
habitat restoration as tikkun olam.
AEW/ROH/NJPW/CMLL.
4’11”.
Pagliacci.
Pinned
The Japanese Artist Who Sends His Work to Space | The New Yorker Documentary
YouTube video by The New Yorker
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Good morning. Here's my favorite half-hour documentary as a treat. Make a cup of tea and enjoy.
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This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.
Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
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Frame: the left is hurting itself by not engaging with the god machines
Negation: but this technology doesn't do the things you claim
kirby: the people writing these stories get funding to support narratives of power and inevitability, and that's what we should be scrutinizing
Negation: but this technology doesn't do the things you claim
kirby: the people writing these stories get funding to support narratives of power and inevitability, and that's what we should be scrutinizing
Instead of "the left isn't paying enough attention to these machine gods" they're claiming to build, perhaps we should write an article about how effective altruists brand themselves "left", ask who is writing these articles, and trace their cults and sources of funding.
February 18, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Frame: the left is hurting itself by not engaging with the god machines
Negation: but this technology doesn't do the things you claim
kirby: the people writing these stories get funding to support narratives of power and inevitability, and that's what we should be scrutinizing
Negation: but this technology doesn't do the things you claim
kirby: the people writing these stories get funding to support narratives of power and inevitability, and that's what we should be scrutinizing
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it really was a supreme act of cowardice and political stupidity that democrats didnt turn trans rights into a policy pillar like gay marriage after the massive nationwide backlash against north carolinas bathroom ban in 2016
February 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM
it really was a supreme act of cowardice and political stupidity that democrats didnt turn trans rights into a policy pillar like gay marriage after the massive nationwide backlash against north carolinas bathroom ban in 2016
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This sign goes so hard
February 18, 2026 at 3:38 AM
This sign goes so hard
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The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
February 17, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
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HELLO, FRIENDS!
The women's shelter where I volunteer lost almost all of their art and craft supplies last year. I can't fix everything, but I have a big network here, and so do a lot of you, and I'm pretty sure that together, we can fix this.
www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163
The women's shelter where I volunteer lost almost all of their art and craft supplies last year. I can't fix everything, but I have a big network here, and so do a lot of you, and I'm pretty sure that together, we can fix this.
www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163
Craft Supplies for Park Slope Women's Shelter
The Park Slope Women's Shelter serves unhoused women with mental health and/or substance-use disorder diagnoses in NYC.
Due to an incident this past year, the shelter is attempting to rebuild and re...
www.thingstogetme.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM
HELLO, FRIENDS!
The women's shelter where I volunteer lost almost all of their art and craft supplies last year. I can't fix everything, but I have a big network here, and so do a lot of you, and I'm pretty sure that together, we can fix this.
www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163
The women's shelter where I volunteer lost almost all of their art and craft supplies last year. I can't fix everything, but I have a big network here, and so do a lot of you, and I'm pretty sure that together, we can fix this.
www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163
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The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
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The AEW womens division is so deep why isn't willow just wrestling a new challenger every week
what the fuck
what the fuck
February 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
The AEW womens division is so deep why isn't willow just wrestling a new challenger every week
what the fuck
what the fuck
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People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
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what if i told you, through the power of forensic analysis, we are closer than ever to knowing the exact Far Side cartoon that is making Sting smile in this iconic photo. 🧵 👇
February 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
what if i told you, through the power of forensic analysis, we are closer than ever to knowing the exact Far Side cartoon that is making Sting smile in this iconic photo. 🧵 👇
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The primary care physician system in my area has now totally broken down
Local doctor's group office just advised me that picking a PCP is now just for insurance purposes & you won't ever get an actual appointment
Interested to see Dems will campaign in 2026, yet again, on This System Is Fine
Local doctor's group office just advised me that picking a PCP is now just for insurance purposes & you won't ever get an actual appointment
Interested to see Dems will campaign in 2026, yet again, on This System Is Fine
February 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The primary care physician system in my area has now totally broken down
Local doctor's group office just advised me that picking a PCP is now just for insurance purposes & you won't ever get an actual appointment
Interested to see Dems will campaign in 2026, yet again, on This System Is Fine
Local doctor's group office just advised me that picking a PCP is now just for insurance purposes & you won't ever get an actual appointment
Interested to see Dems will campaign in 2026, yet again, on This System Is Fine
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I don't believe I've ever seen Ted Levine speak so candidly about his regrets of portraying Buffalo Bill in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. He and some of the crew on the film were asked about the film's cultural transphobia by The Hollywood Reporter.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
February 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I don't believe I've ever seen Ted Levine speak so candidly about his regrets of portraying Buffalo Bill in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. He and some of the crew on the film were asked about the film's cultural transphobia by The Hollywood Reporter.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Comedians laughed *with* Jesse Jackson in the 1980s but comedians laughed *at* Jesse Jackson in the 1990s. You could really feel the difference and this great thread lists what we all lost 👇🏼
February 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Comedians laughed *with* Jesse Jackson in the 1980s but comedians laughed *at* Jesse Jackson in the 1990s. You could really feel the difference and this great thread lists what we all lost 👇🏼
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
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I think people usually call this going back to normal, you know, when they kill and kidnap nonwhite people and no one writes pop songs about it.
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I think people usually call this going back to normal, you know, when they kill and kidnap nonwhite people and no one writes pop songs about it.
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We don’t live in 2019, however much we’d like to. The situation changed. The risk profile changed. Adapt or lose ground entirely needlessly. It is so hard to watch people continue to make this disastrous error.
February 16, 2026 at 5:51 AM
We don’t live in 2019, however much we’d like to. The situation changed. The risk profile changed. Adapt or lose ground entirely needlessly. It is so hard to watch people continue to make this disastrous error.
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Why is this so hard for people to acknowledge? Why can we make sure that people have hand warmers and donuts and secret signal networks but be unyieldingly against simple protections from illness?
February 16, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Why is this so hard for people to acknowledge? Why can we make sure that people have hand warmers and donuts and secret signal networks but be unyieldingly against simple protections from illness?
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I’m going to say again, infecting your allies with a potentially debilitating and deadly illness is extremely foolish behavior in any kind of movement. You’re doing work for the other guys.
PMC COVlD Report, Week of Feb 16, 2026 (U.S.)
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
February 16, 2026 at 5:47 AM
I’m going to say again, infecting your allies with a potentially debilitating and deadly illness is extremely foolish behavior in any kind of movement. You’re doing work for the other guys.
Tfw the perfect receptacle for the whistles is the Depression glass toothpick holder, but it is currently full of loose incense :/
February 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Tfw the perfect receptacle for the whistles is the Depression glass toothpick holder, but it is currently full of loose incense :/
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I do think habitual chatbot usage is kind of like smoking; there's a range of outcomes, and we very clearly see the worst ones (psychosis, delusions, addiction) but they're all negative. thousands with the cognitive equivalent of being out of breath after one flight of stairs.
boy, looking at the AI boyfriend subreddit freaking out over the model change, and it really was a grossly irresponsible act to create a technology for lonely and suffering people to project onto without supervision or control.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I do think habitual chatbot usage is kind of like smoking; there's a range of outcomes, and we very clearly see the worst ones (psychosis, delusions, addiction) but they're all negative. thousands with the cognitive equivalent of being out of breath after one flight of stairs.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
February 17, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
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February 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Someone tell Hillary that this is her husband’s legacy too
February 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Someone tell Hillary that this is her husband’s legacy too
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The headline doesn't even begin to describe how wildly unethical the background of this story is, which is that the survivor only shared the story with one person- her psychiatrist- who is Kamel Doud's wife
His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle has become about much more than literary ethics.
‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?
The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle ha...
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The headline doesn't even begin to describe how wildly unethical the background of this story is, which is that the survivor only shared the story with one person- her psychiatrist- who is Kamel Doud's wife
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Shimachō (縞帳), 1893
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Shimachō are sample books used as design references for weaving striped textiles.
They were carefully preserved because they served as valuable resources for weavers.
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Shimachō are sample books used as design references for weaving striped textiles.
They were carefully preserved because they served as valuable resources for weavers.
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Shimachō (縞帳), 1893
www.instagram.com/p/DUIn_J8Eo6...
Shimachō are sample books used as design references for weaving striped textiles.
They were carefully preserved because they served as valuable resources for weavers.
www.instagram.com/p/DUIn_J8Eo6...
Shimachō are sample books used as design references for weaving striped textiles.
They were carefully preserved because they served as valuable resources for weavers.