ULTRAGHOLA 🎃
@ultragotha.bsky.social
Merovingian Superhero, #SCA, #FiberArts, #Viking, #SFF #Worldcon. @ULTRAGOTHA on wandering.shop and Absolute Write.
Avatar Description: A stylized U in a Superman-style diamond, colored hot magenta pink.
Avatar Description: A stylized U in a Superman-style diamond, colored hot magenta pink.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#Booksky It’s still #Novellavember and we’re @wiscon.bsky.social’s Vendor of the Month! Use code WisCon26 at check out to get a deal on our great queer books and help raise funds for WisCon 2026!
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Our trans kin aren't going anywhere. There will always be more; you cannot harass a facet of humanity out of existence. So if we could be kinder to the ones who are here now, I would really appreciate it.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our trans kin aren't going anywhere. There will always be more; you cannot harass a facet of humanity out of existence. So if we could be kinder to the ones who are here now, I would really appreciate it.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.
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/6 Also, it is the obligation of every lawyer who takes their oath and the Constitution seriously to shun from legal society every single AUSA and DoJ lawyer participating in this. Strike their names from every book and tablet, every pylon and obelisk, every monument of the rule of law.
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
/6 Also, it is the obligation of every lawyer who takes their oath and the Constitution seriously to shun from legal society every single AUSA and DoJ lawyer participating in this. Strike their names from every book and tablet, every pylon and obelisk, every monument of the rule of law.
Soooo...There were TWO indictments against Comey? The Grand Jury refused the first one. The DOJ did not show the second one to the full Grand Jury, nor did they vote to indict Comey.
But the DOJ went ahead anyway. Is that right?
The Constitution just doesn't exist for these people does it.
But the DOJ went ahead anyway. Is that right?
The Constitution just doesn't exist for these people does it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Soooo...There were TWO indictments against Comey? The Grand Jury refused the first one. The DOJ did not show the second one to the full Grand Jury, nor did they vote to indict Comey.
But the DOJ went ahead anyway. Is that right?
The Constitution just doesn't exist for these people does it.
But the DOJ went ahead anyway. Is that right?
The Constitution just doesn't exist for these people does it.
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This always looked like a wildly corrupt prosecution but it is so much worse than it originally appeared
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This always looked like a wildly corrupt prosecution but it is so much worse than it originally appeared
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I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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So, just to be clear, in addition to sending queer people out into the cold to starve or freeze to death, the SA also:
- provides food services for ICE
- provides correctional services to the carceral system
- union busts
They’re almost comedically evil.
- provides food services for ICE
- provides correctional services to the carceral system
- union busts
They’re almost comedically evil.
The apartment building my Grandparents were living in burned down when my mother was a baby. The Salvation Army assisted the other tenants with emergency housing. They wouldn't help my Mom's family because they were Jewish.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So, just to be clear, in addition to sending queer people out into the cold to starve or freeze to death, the SA also:
- provides food services for ICE
- provides correctional services to the carceral system
- union busts
They’re almost comedically evil.
- provides food services for ICE
- provides correctional services to the carceral system
- union busts
They’re almost comedically evil.
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I'm still impressed when I find glowing embers under my replica medieval fire cover 12 hours after I left it.
It does such a good job!
youtu.be/r2eUc9EAYqQ?...
It does such a good job!
youtu.be/r2eUc9EAYqQ?...
My new yet old medieval fire cover and the history behind it
YouTube video by Fake History Hunter
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'm still impressed when I find glowing embers under my replica medieval fire cover 12 hours after I left it.
It does such a good job!
youtu.be/r2eUc9EAYqQ?...
It does such a good job!
youtu.be/r2eUc9EAYqQ?...
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.
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Just how morally, ethically, intellectually bankrupt do you have to be to argue that 15-year-olds can sell sex but can’t affirm gender
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just how morally, ethically, intellectually bankrupt do you have to be to argue that 15-year-olds can sell sex but can’t affirm gender
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I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
I lived in Oregon when this happened. We used to go to that beach a lot, though not while the carcass was still in evidence.
55 years ago today was an infamous attempt to blow up a beached whale.
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
The History of Exploding Whales Is the History of the Internet Itself
My first whale video came in the form of a VHS tape mailed to me by a stranger from the internet.
www.vice.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I lived in Oregon when this happened. We used to go to that beach a lot, though not while the carcass was still in evidence.
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***
II. WHAT WE DO
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The sole purpose of this event is helping school-aged kids from lower income families eat during the 2-week school break in December
➡️ In the US, most food aid is school-based
➡️ In NC, access to that aid goes away when schools are closed
Dumb? Yes. But so it goes
II. WHAT WE DO
***
The sole purpose of this event is helping school-aged kids from lower income families eat during the 2-week school break in December
➡️ In the US, most food aid is school-based
➡️ In NC, access to that aid goes away when schools are closed
Dumb? Yes. But so it goes
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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II. WHAT WE DO
***
The sole purpose of this event is helping school-aged kids from lower income families eat during the 2-week school break in December
➡️ In the US, most food aid is school-based
➡️ In NC, access to that aid goes away when schools are closed
Dumb? Yes. But so it goes
II. WHAT WE DO
***
The sole purpose of this event is helping school-aged kids from lower income families eat during the 2-week school break in December
➡️ In the US, most food aid is school-based
➡️ In NC, access to that aid goes away when schools are closed
Dumb? Yes. But so it goes
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***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
Dear New York:
PLEASE PRIMARY Schumer. Who you got that'd make a good Senator? Is AOC ready yet?
PLEASE PRIMARY Schumer. Who you got that'd make a good Senator? Is AOC ready yet?
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Dear New York:
PLEASE PRIMARY Schumer. Who you got that'd make a good Senator? Is AOC ready yet?
PLEASE PRIMARY Schumer. Who you got that'd make a good Senator? Is AOC ready yet?
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"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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And FYI, Tanith is the novelist Neil Gaiman has been convincingly accused of extensively plagiarizing at worst, & being "strongly inspired by" at best. So if that dude is understandably ruined for you... why not get That Good Shit from the source, for a change?
www.goodreads.com/list/show/73...
www.goodreads.com/list/show/73...
Best Of (And Everything By) Tanith Lee (77 books)
77 books based on 48 votes: Night's Master by Tanith Lee, Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer by Tanith Lee, The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith...
www.goodreads.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
And FYI, Tanith is the novelist Neil Gaiman has been convincingly accused of extensively plagiarizing at worst, & being "strongly inspired by" at best. So if that dude is understandably ruined for you... why not get That Good Shit from the source, for a change?
www.goodreads.com/list/show/73...
www.goodreads.com/list/show/73...
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In light of the stunning size of the blue wave, I’m also thinking of all the important races that Dems left on the table by not running a candidate:
Now 8 days to go before the deadline fully passes for local candidates to run in Virginia — and there still only are Republican candidates running for sheriff in the state's two biggest cities, as sheriffs ramp up their cooperation with ICE and federal immigration authorities.
Background:
Background:
“It Blows My Mind That There’s No Opposition”: When ICE Allies Run Unchallenged - Bolts
In a populous city in southeast Virginia, a Republican sheriff who calls himself “Detain ’Em Dave” faces a race to the right against a GOP challenger who wants more immigration enforcement. No Democra...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
In light of the stunning size of the blue wave, I’m also thinking of all the important races that Dems left on the table by not running a candidate:
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One thing the Hugo Award rec sheet struggles with is artists. Are you an SFF artist, or do you know any that have done work in 2025? Our professional artist and fan artist categories need some love. #art #HugoAwards
The Hugo Awards (2026)
docs.google.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
One thing the Hugo Award rec sheet struggles with is artists. Are you an SFF artist, or do you know any that have done work in 2025? Our professional artist and fan artist categories need some love. #art #HugoAwards
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You know who the real freeloaders in this country are? Not people who rely on SNAP, but corporations whose business model depends on wages so low that taxpayers have to feed their workers.
October 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
You know who the real freeloaders in this country are? Not people who rely on SNAP, but corporations whose business model depends on wages so low that taxpayers have to feed their workers.
Also, McCarty acting to send out the trophies when his friends revoked his authority but NOT returning Chris Barkley's trophy when *ordered to by the court* is just...so typical of the lack of respect for rule of law we have going on right now.
#HugoAwards #Worldcon #Chengdu
#HugoAwards #Worldcon #Chengdu
We might see some action on the Chengdu #HugoAward trophies, though I'll believe it when I see it.
Fozard, Yalow and Yating could have acted on this last year and avoided a lot of this drama.
file770.com/chengdu-worl...
#Worldcon #Chengdu
Fozard, Yalow and Yating could have acted on this last year and avoided a lot of this drama.
file770.com/chengdu-worl...
#Worldcon #Chengdu
Chengdu Worldcon Committee Gives McCarty Another Chance to Deliver 2023 Hugos
Chris M. Barkley was one of the winners present at the 2023 Chengdu Worldcon who accepted the committee’s offer to ship his trophy to the United States. The awards were sent to Hugo Administrator D…
file770.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Also, McCarty acting to send out the trophies when his friends revoked his authority but NOT returning Chris Barkley's trophy when *ordered to by the court* is just...so typical of the lack of respect for rule of law we have going on right now.
#HugoAwards #Worldcon #Chengdu
#HugoAwards #Worldcon #Chengdu
We might see some action on the Chengdu #HugoAward trophies, though I'll believe it when I see it.
Fozard, Yalow and Yating could have acted on this last year and avoided a lot of this drama.
file770.com/chengdu-worl...
#Worldcon #Chengdu
Fozard, Yalow and Yating could have acted on this last year and avoided a lot of this drama.
file770.com/chengdu-worl...
#Worldcon #Chengdu
Chengdu Worldcon Committee Gives McCarty Another Chance to Deliver 2023 Hugos
Chris M. Barkley was one of the winners present at the 2023 Chengdu Worldcon who accepted the committee’s offer to ship his trophy to the United States. The awards were sent to Hugo Administrator D…
file770.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We might see some action on the Chengdu #HugoAward trophies, though I'll believe it when I see it.
Fozard, Yalow and Yating could have acted on this last year and avoided a lot of this drama.
file770.com/chengdu-worl...
#Worldcon #Chengdu
Fozard, Yalow and Yating could have acted on this last year and avoided a lot of this drama.
file770.com/chengdu-worl...
#Worldcon #Chengdu