Sorien
@sorien.bsky.social
I'm a non-presenting trans woman wandering on the net; I'm part of the SF, Comic, Fantasy, Role-Playing & Furry fandoms, and mostly I want to make people happy. FYI, I'm 60. :P
I block and report bots and trolls on sight. And sometimes go a-huntin.
I block and report bots and trolls on sight. And sometimes go a-huntin.
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Close the ICE detention centers.
February 3, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Close the ICE detention centers.
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Rotating view of the Broken Wing
February 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Rotating view of the Broken Wing
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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hi pets my wife and i are in need of money to be able to pay some bills and a trip to get hrt meds.
this month was so tight, we actually overflowed in some bills that we had. wife's job is still uncertain, and things have been hard.
ko-fi.com/tabymeow
this month was so tight, we actually overflowed in some bills that we had. wife's job is still uncertain, and things have been hard.
ko-fi.com/tabymeow
February 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
hi pets my wife and i are in need of money to be able to pay some bills and a trip to get hrt meds.
this month was so tight, we actually overflowed in some bills that we had. wife's job is still uncertain, and things have been hard.
ko-fi.com/tabymeow
this month was so tight, we actually overflowed in some bills that we had. wife's job is still uncertain, and things have been hard.
ko-fi.com/tabymeow
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Crimes:
Conspiracy to illegally administer website
Fraudulent extraction of data and forging info
Accessory to possession of pornographic materials involving minors
conspiracy to act as accessory to distribution, facilitation of the aforementioned content
Denial of crime against humanity
Conspiracy to illegally administer website
Fraudulent extraction of data and forging info
Accessory to possession of pornographic materials involving minors
conspiracy to act as accessory to distribution, facilitation of the aforementioned content
Denial of crime against humanity
X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok
Elon Musk's X and Grok platforms are facing increased scrutiny from authorities on both sides of the channel.
www.bbc.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Crimes:
Conspiracy to illegally administer website
Fraudulent extraction of data and forging info
Accessory to possession of pornographic materials involving minors
conspiracy to act as accessory to distribution, facilitation of the aforementioned content
Denial of crime against humanity
Conspiracy to illegally administer website
Fraudulent extraction of data and forging info
Accessory to possession of pornographic materials involving minors
conspiracy to act as accessory to distribution, facilitation of the aforementioned content
Denial of crime against humanity
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*shapens guilloutine*
French cyber crime prosecutors raided Elon Musk’s X offices over suspected unlawful data extraction and complicity in child sexual abuse material possession. Musk and Linda Yaccarino were summoned to April hearings. The UK and multiple U.S. state AGs are also probing Grok. SMH.
February 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
*shapens guilloutine*
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February 3, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Republican lawsuit challenging the U.S. Census Bureau’s statistical methods used for the 2020 Census. A big victory for my law firm's clients and everyone who cares about an accurate Census! www.democracydocket.com/cases/florid...
🚨University of South Florida College Republicans et al v. Lutnick et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Republican lawsuit challenging the U.S. Census Bureau’s statistical methods used for the 2020 Census. A big victory for my law firm's clients and everyone who cares about an accurate Census! www.democracydocket.com/cases/florid...
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 3: Cal Horton pinpoints the paradox of UK anti-conversion therapy efforts: while the govt is committed to a CT ban but implemented NHS services for under-18s that are CT in all but name. So a ban would mean prosecuting itself for trans kids' healthcare.
On Banning Conversion Practices
In January the Council of Europe voted through a ban on Conversion Practices Anti-trans groups love Conversion practices. They have heavily lobbied against bans that cover trans people. They h…
growinguptransgender.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 3: Cal Horton pinpoints the paradox of UK anti-conversion therapy efforts: while the govt is committed to a CT ban but implemented NHS services for under-18s that are CT in all but name. So a ban would mean prosecuting itself for trans kids' healthcare.
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I don't know if non-lawyers understand how insane this statement is. I honestly can't think of anything remotely comparable in non-lawyer speak. I guess the closest would be a surgeon saying "Imagine if I had to wash my HANDS before doing surgery!"
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I don't know if non-lawyers understand how insane this statement is. I honestly can't think of anything remotely comparable in non-lawyer speak. I guess the closest would be a surgeon saying "Imagine if I had to wash my HANDS before doing surgery!"
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ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
ICE is afraid of children protesting
“Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
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The following isn't 'doomerism', but it will sound like that at first.
I want to talk about MAGA/Trump supporters, the Epstein files & a model of human behavior called "cultural cognition."
Cultural cognition says that no-one interprets facts & evidence neutrally.
They filter them through VALUES.
I want to talk about MAGA/Trump supporters, the Epstein files & a model of human behavior called "cultural cognition."
Cultural cognition says that no-one interprets facts & evidence neutrally.
They filter them through VALUES.
What Is Cultural Cognition, and Why Does It Matter?
By all accounts, we currently live in a polarized political state in which virtually every fact is contestable. From climate change to vaccine efficacy, people feel free to choose their own facts to s...
www.annualreviews.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The following isn't 'doomerism', but it will sound like that at first.
I want to talk about MAGA/Trump supporters, the Epstein files & a model of human behavior called "cultural cognition."
Cultural cognition says that no-one interprets facts & evidence neutrally.
They filter them through VALUES.
I want to talk about MAGA/Trump supporters, the Epstein files & a model of human behavior called "cultural cognition."
Cultural cognition says that no-one interprets facts & evidence neutrally.
They filter them through VALUES.
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NPR analyzes the latest Jeffrey Epstein files. And, Arizona authorities launched an urgent search for Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother, Nancyafter a suspected home abduction. n.pr/4tkKPDE
Takeaways from the latest Epstein files. And, police search for Savannah Guthrie's mom
NPR analyzes the latest Jeffrey Epstein files. And, Arizona authorities launched an urgent search for Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother, Nancyafter a suspected home abduction.
n.pr
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
NPR analyzes the latest Jeffrey Epstein files. And, Arizona authorities launched an urgent search for Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother, Nancyafter a suspected home abduction. n.pr/4tkKPDE
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I commend County Executive Ball & local leaders in Howard Co for working to block ICE's attempt to set up another detention facility in Maryland.
We saw the inhumanity of ICE's operation in Baltimore & Marylanders have made clear: we do not want these facilities in our state.
We saw the inhumanity of ICE's operation in Baltimore & Marylanders have made clear: we do not want these facilities in our state.
February 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I commend County Executive Ball & local leaders in Howard Co for working to block ICE's attempt to set up another detention facility in Maryland.
We saw the inhumanity of ICE's operation in Baltimore & Marylanders have made clear: we do not want these facilities in our state.
We saw the inhumanity of ICE's operation in Baltimore & Marylanders have made clear: we do not want these facilities in our state.
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Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
February 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Dem leadership: changing this is a difficult process, you fool. You rube. You utter infant. Give us between $5 and $50
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
Mamdani, wiping grease off his hands: So it turns out there's a switch on this machine that puts it into either orphan-shredding mode or free school lunch mode. Just had to flip it
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The Army veteran arrested for protesting at a St. Paul church was just set free
The Army veteran arrested for protesting at a St. Paul church was just set free
Ian Austin was featured in a viral Mother Jones video last week.
www.motherjones.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The Army veteran arrested for protesting at a St. Paul church was just set free
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My friend and tattoo artist Ray is facing federal charges related to a 1/21 incident where federal agents boxed their car in and then hit them and arrested them. They need help with legal fees and paying bills while they cannot work due to this.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-li...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-li...
Donate to Support Lizzie & Ray's Legal Defense Fund, organized by Aly Koning
Our friends Lizzie & Ray were recently abducted by ICE and are now facing federal… Aly Koning needs your support for Support Lizzie & Ray's Legal Defense Fund
www.gofundme.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 AM
My friend and tattoo artist Ray is facing federal charges related to a 1/21 incident where federal agents boxed their car in and then hit them and arrested them. They need help with legal fees and paying bills while they cannot work due to this.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-li...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-li...
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ahahahahaha lakeoswegoreview.com/2026/02/02/l...
Lake Oswego theater loses rights to screen 'Melania' after marquee jokes - Lake Oswego Review
Lake Theater & Cafe announced that it will no longer show “Melania,” the Amazon Studios documentary about the first lady, after Amazon revoked the theater’s rights to the film. “Got […]
lakeoswegoreview.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
ahahahahaha lakeoswegoreview.com/2026/02/02/l...
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They're pushing Newsom super hard hoping you forget there is still plenty of time to find a good candidate that doesn't throw trans rights into the garbage, because fuck voting for that piece of shit. THERE'S EASILY TIME. We can do better. You don't get to throw people's human rights & dignity away.
February 3, 2026 at 4:14 AM
They're pushing Newsom super hard hoping you forget there is still plenty of time to find a good candidate that doesn't throw trans rights into the garbage, because fuck voting for that piece of shit. THERE'S EASILY TIME. We can do better. You don't get to throw people's human rights & dignity away.
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In case you were curious what I looked like at the exact moment I closed the deal on selling an Action Comics #1.
February 3, 2026 at 6:03 AM
In case you were curious what I looked like at the exact moment I closed the deal on selling an Action Comics #1.
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I tell people they should mask because you don't want to suddenly be allergic to shit you once enjoyed.
It sucks actually
It sucks actually
“We have seen asthma, allergic rhinitis, hives/urticaria, environmental and food allergies, with the most common being asthma. But then there is also a good subset of patients developing mast cell activation symptoms,” -me
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Long COVID Linked to New-Onset Allergies
Mounting evidence points to a link between new-onset allergies and Long COVID, with mast cell activation syndrome as a potential culprit.
www.medscape.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 AM
I tell people they should mask because you don't want to suddenly be allergic to shit you once enjoyed.
It sucks actually
It sucks actually
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Early humans in central China may have been making sophisticated stone tools as early as 160,000 years ago, according to research in Nature Communications. This discovery challenges the perception that stone tool technology in Asia lagged behind Europe and Africa during this period. 🏺 🧪
Technological innovations and hafted technology in central China ~160,000–72,000 years ago - Nature Communications
Stone tools illustrate behavioural complexities in Middle Pleistocene hominin populations. Here, the authors present small dimensional flakes and hafted tools from Xigou, central China, dated to ~160–72 thousand years ago that demonstrate early, complex technological advancements.
go.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Early humans in central China may have been making sophisticated stone tools as early as 160,000 years ago, according to research in Nature Communications. This discovery challenges the perception that stone tool technology in Asia lagged behind Europe and Africa during this period. 🏺 🧪
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$3,000 billion dollars. the whole earth is being turned into paperclips right now for this trash people don't even want being shoved into every product that's consistently failing businesses that are trying to use it, deeply screws up and even undoes learning in ways that seem borderline irreparable
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
$3,000 billion dollars. the whole earth is being turned into paperclips right now for this trash people don't even want being shoved into every product that's consistently failing businesses that are trying to use it, deeply screws up and even undoes learning in ways that seem borderline irreparable
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Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
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I thought the entire point of the subscription model was to force the customer base to keep paying for the program that they already paid for?
Did Adobe really think people kept paying for Animate for the hope of NEW FEATURES?!
Did Adobe really think people kept paying for Animate for the hope of NEW FEATURES?!
Called and spoke with Adobe customer support and the guy told me Adobe is discontinuing Animate because apparently the company can't think of any new features to add to the program and they feel it's gotten stale.
So they're just GETTING RID OF IT???
So they're just GETTING RID OF IT???
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 AM
I thought the entire point of the subscription model was to force the customer base to keep paying for the program that they already paid for?
Did Adobe really think people kept paying for Animate for the hope of NEW FEATURES?!
Did Adobe really think people kept paying for Animate for the hope of NEW FEATURES?!