S. O'Brien
@sobrien683.bsky.social
He/Him - 🏳️⚧️
30+ yr. TTRPG player and DM, review author/editorial affiliate for Inclusive Gaming Network, sensitivity reader - Horror, Gaming, and Crafting nerd.
30+ yr. TTRPG player and DM, review author/editorial affiliate for Inclusive Gaming Network, sensitivity reader - Horror, Gaming, and Crafting nerd.
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S. O'Brien
@sobrien683.bsky.social
· Nov 18
I finally finished this blanket!
At roughly 5 1/2 pounds of yarn and 60,000 stitches, it measures 6' long by 5'5" wide. Yarn is Lion Brand Pound of Love in Black and Elephant Gray. Pattern is "All Skulls" by Sixel Design with an improvised envelope border.
#crochet #allskulls
At roughly 5 1/2 pounds of yarn and 60,000 stitches, it measures 6' long by 5'5" wide. Yarn is Lion Brand Pound of Love in Black and Elephant Gray. Pattern is "All Skulls" by Sixel Design with an improvised envelope border.
#crochet #allskulls
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I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here
March 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here
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CATO Institute Director of Immigration Studies says Trump’s “monstrous” birthright citizenship EO includes a clause that seeks to deny the legitimacy of Kamala’s citizenship, and is about “a population purge” 👇🏽
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
CATO Institute Director of Immigration Studies says Trump’s “monstrous” birthright citizenship EO includes a clause that seeks to deny the legitimacy of Kamala’s citizenship, and is about “a population purge” 👇🏽
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@coyotewallace.bsky.social has a new and ESPECIALLY powerful Dispatch from Appalachia today.
As we roar into the jaws of a new Gilded Age, we must recognize the cost in blood and misery it cost us to end the last one.
#resist
#DispatchesfromAppalachia
#realUShistory
medium.com/@kidether/th...
As we roar into the jaws of a new Gilded Age, we must recognize the cost in blood and misery it cost us to end the last one.
#resist
#DispatchesfromAppalachia
#realUShistory
medium.com/@kidether/th...
The Killing Lie: The Blood-Soaked Myth of Deregulation in Appalachia
The mountains of Appalachia, among the oldest ranges on Earth, have stood for 500 million years. Their story — woven with the coal buried…
medium.com
January 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
@coyotewallace.bsky.social has a new and ESPECIALLY powerful Dispatch from Appalachia today.
As we roar into the jaws of a new Gilded Age, we must recognize the cost in blood and misery it cost us to end the last one.
#resist
#DispatchesfromAppalachia
#realUShistory
medium.com/@kidether/th...
As we roar into the jaws of a new Gilded Age, we must recognize the cost in blood and misery it cost us to end the last one.
#resist
#DispatchesfromAppalachia
#realUShistory
medium.com/@kidether/th...
Finished a new neck warmer. Tunisian Crochet, Arrowhead stitch with a J hook and Caron Pound Of Love yarn in Fern. The top image is truer to color than the bottom.
#tunisiancrochet #crochet
#tunisiancrochet #crochet
January 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Finished a new neck warmer. Tunisian Crochet, Arrowhead stitch with a J hook and Caron Pound Of Love yarn in Fern. The top image is truer to color than the bottom.
#tunisiancrochet #crochet
#tunisiancrochet #crochet
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Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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A snippet of being Trans in TX - my family Dr. can't prescribe my HRT, because the Texas Health Network won't let their physicians provide gender affirming care. I had to drive 1 1/2 hours away from home, one way, to see a Dr. that could prescribe my life saving medicine.
November 21, 2024 at 4:36 AM
A snippet of being Trans in TX - my family Dr. can't prescribe my HRT, because the Texas Health Network won't let their physicians provide gender affirming care. I had to drive 1 1/2 hours away from home, one way, to see a Dr. that could prescribe my life saving medicine.
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A lot of folks are giving up in advance. Capitulating before a single skirmish.
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
November 20, 2024 at 6:43 PM
A lot of folks are giving up in advance. Capitulating before a single skirmish.
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
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Scapegoating trans people ain't it. Antiblackness ain't it. Sinophobia ain't it. Queerphobia ain't it. Ableism against the disabled ain't it. Antisemitism ain't it. Anti-Palestinian aid ain't it. Whatever else I left off ain't it.
White supremacy and capitalism completely unhinged are entirely it.
White supremacy and capitalism completely unhinged are entirely it.
November 18, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Scapegoating trans people ain't it. Antiblackness ain't it. Sinophobia ain't it. Queerphobia ain't it. Ableism against the disabled ain't it. Antisemitism ain't it. Anti-Palestinian aid ain't it. Whatever else I left off ain't it.
White supremacy and capitalism completely unhinged are entirely it.
White supremacy and capitalism completely unhinged are entirely it.
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Oh, you "heard" there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord? Cite your sources, bro. This is how misinformation spreads
November 17, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Oh, you "heard" there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord? Cite your sources, bro. This is how misinformation spreads
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A lot of people are going to express shock when they see images of the National Guard ripping abuelas out of the doors of their homes.
But it'll be exactly what they voted for.
Many others who voted for it will be cheering.
A human rights atrocity is coming to America.
But it'll be exactly what they voted for.
Many others who voted for it will be cheering.
A human rights atrocity is coming to America.
Donald Trump says he plans to declare a national emergency in order to enact a program of mass deportations using the military
Trump Confirms Plans To Declare National Emergency For Mass Deportations
www.huffpost.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM
A lot of people are going to express shock when they see images of the National Guard ripping abuelas out of the doors of their homes.
But it'll be exactly what they voted for.
Many others who voted for it will be cheering.
A human rights atrocity is coming to America.
But it'll be exactly what they voted for.
Many others who voted for it will be cheering.
A human rights atrocity is coming to America.
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With the news that Trump is planning to declare a national emergency and use the military to enact mass deportations, I want to remind everyone that this is also part of the plan to denaturalize American-born citizens, by declaring them to be part of an invading force. 1of2
November 18, 2024 at 5:24 PM
With the news that Trump is planning to declare a national emergency and use the military to enact mass deportations, I want to remind everyone that this is also part of the plan to denaturalize American-born citizens, by declaring them to be part of an invading force. 1of2
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This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
I finally finished this blanket!
At roughly 5 1/2 pounds of yarn and 60,000 stitches, it measures 6' long by 5'5" wide. Yarn is Lion Brand Pound of Love in Black and Elephant Gray. Pattern is "All Skulls" by Sixel Design with an improvised envelope border.
#crochet #allskulls
At roughly 5 1/2 pounds of yarn and 60,000 stitches, it measures 6' long by 5'5" wide. Yarn is Lion Brand Pound of Love in Black and Elephant Gray. Pattern is "All Skulls" by Sixel Design with an improvised envelope border.
#crochet #allskulls
November 18, 2024 at 2:32 AM
I finally finished this blanket!
At roughly 5 1/2 pounds of yarn and 60,000 stitches, it measures 6' long by 5'5" wide. Yarn is Lion Brand Pound of Love in Black and Elephant Gray. Pattern is "All Skulls" by Sixel Design with an improvised envelope border.
#crochet #allskulls
At roughly 5 1/2 pounds of yarn and 60,000 stitches, it measures 6' long by 5'5" wide. Yarn is Lion Brand Pound of Love in Black and Elephant Gray. Pattern is "All Skulls" by Sixel Design with an improvised envelope border.
#crochet #allskulls
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each other, and we mustn’t blame the victims of discrimination, and the prejudice the other side has wielded, as the cause of our electoral defeat. Those who do so are cowards who cannot see the forest from the trees.
We must stand united. No exceptions. We must stand with the trans community. /end
We must stand united. No exceptions. We must stand with the trans community. /end
November 17, 2024 at 6:33 PM
each other, and we mustn’t blame the victims of discrimination, and the prejudice the other side has wielded, as the cause of our electoral defeat. Those who do so are cowards who cannot see the forest from the trees.
We must stand united. No exceptions. We must stand with the trans community. /end
We must stand united. No exceptions. We must stand with the trans community. /end
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They hope that by targeting one group, the rest of us will cower. Such an environment gives an open invitation to fascism. It leads to discrimination, then segregation, then internment, and still worse.
A compassionate, good people would not permit this to happen. We will not be divided against /6
A compassionate, good people would not permit this to happen. We will not be divided against /6
November 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM
They hope that by targeting one group, the rest of us will cower. Such an environment gives an open invitation to fascism. It leads to discrimination, then segregation, then internment, and still worse.
A compassionate, good people would not permit this to happen. We will not be divided against /6
A compassionate, good people would not permit this to happen. We will not be divided against /6
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It is little known, but the first book burnings in Nazi Germany didn’t target Jewish writers. It was the burning of the library of the Institute of Sexual Research, which was a safe home for trans people.
It is no accident that fascists today walk that same dark path by targeting trans people. /5
It is no accident that fascists today walk that same dark path by targeting trans people. /5
November 17, 2024 at 6:27 PM
It is little known, but the first book burnings in Nazi Germany didn’t target Jewish writers. It was the burning of the library of the Institute of Sexual Research, which was a safe home for trans people.
It is no accident that fascists today walk that same dark path by targeting trans people. /5
It is no accident that fascists today walk that same dark path by targeting trans people. /5
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A nation is be judged not by on how it exults its bullies and strongmen, but how it treats its most vulnerable. Like Japanese Americans, the trans community never did anything to deserve the kind of hatred and targeting they have received.
We have a moral obligation to stand by them now. /4
We have a moral obligation to stand by them now. /4
November 17, 2024 at 6:24 PM
A nation is be judged not by on how it exults its bullies and strongmen, but how it treats its most vulnerable. Like Japanese Americans, the trans community never did anything to deserve the kind of hatred and targeting they have received.
We have a moral obligation to stand by them now. /4
We have a moral obligation to stand by them now. /4
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Worse still, those who should have stood by us when we became easy scapegoats fled or grew silent. And that led to an environment where the government could put us into camps.
It was the abandonment by our friends that stung the most.
And we can’t let that happen again. Not on our watch. /3
It was the abandonment by our friends that stung the most.
And we can’t let that happen again. Not on our watch. /3
November 17, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Worse still, those who should have stood by us when we became easy scapegoats fled or grew silent. And that led to an environment where the government could put us into camps.
It was the abandonment by our friends that stung the most.
And we can’t let that happen again. Not on our watch. /3
It was the abandonment by our friends that stung the most.
And we can’t let that happen again. Not on our watch. /3
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They stoked hatred and prejudice to score political points and show they were “doing something” in response to the attack.
I see the same thing happening today with the trans community. They are politically vulnerable and the subject of attack ads and bullying. It is shameful and wrong. /2
I see the same thing happening today with the trans community. They are politically vulnerable and the subject of attack ads and bullying. It is shameful and wrong. /2
November 17, 2024 at 6:20 PM
They stoked hatred and prejudice to score political points and show they were “doing something” in response to the attack.
I see the same thing happening today with the trans community. They are politically vulnerable and the subject of attack ads and bullying. It is shameful and wrong. /2
I see the same thing happening today with the trans community. They are politically vulnerable and the subject of attack ads and bullying. It is shameful and wrong. /2
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I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
November 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
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We need the horror genre. Horror pulls out the monsters in our minds and haunts us in our waking hours; is the perfect genre for the shadow work we'll be doing for the next few years.
November 14, 2024 at 7:26 PM
We need the horror genre. Horror pulls out the monsters in our minds and haunts us in our waking hours; is the perfect genre for the shadow work we'll be doing for the next few years.
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