flyingspacewhale
@violetsky93.bsky.social
30 something writer of many things. I may also be a bunch of monkeys in a trenchcoat
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Some transgender people see only darkness in front and behind them.
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
September 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Some transgender people see only darkness in front and behind them.
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
The current climate is especially accelerating this.
Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶
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Anyone who was around gaming message boards c. 2000 deeply recognizes this type of guy.
It feels like this is becoming a more common mass shooter profile: Someone who's interested in politics but not as a vehicle to express clear values or a coherent viewpoint. He just wants to mock anyone who takes it seriously.
September 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Anyone who was around gaming message boards c. 2000 deeply recognizes this type of guy.
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yeah ok google I'll prove I'm an adult
- I remember when you killed Google Reader
- I remember when you introduced Chrome (it sucked so I kept using Firefox)
- I remember when you used to say "don't be evil" and then you quietly dropped it oops
- I remember when I switched to DuckDuckGo (~2011)
- I remember when you killed Google Reader
- I remember when you introduced Chrome (it sucked so I kept using Firefox)
- I remember when you used to say "don't be evil" and then you quietly dropped it oops
- I remember when I switched to DuckDuckGo (~2011)
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
yeah ok google I'll prove I'm an adult
- I remember when you killed Google Reader
- I remember when you introduced Chrome (it sucked so I kept using Firefox)
- I remember when you used to say "don't be evil" and then you quietly dropped it oops
- I remember when I switched to DuckDuckGo (~2011)
- I remember when you killed Google Reader
- I remember when you introduced Chrome (it sucked so I kept using Firefox)
- I remember when you used to say "don't be evil" and then you quietly dropped it oops
- I remember when I switched to DuckDuckGo (~2011)
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I hate that all the legacy media brands I’ve admired for my whole life are collapsing at exactly the same moment I’ve finally built up enough experience to realistically write for them.
September 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I hate that all the legacy media brands I’ve admired for my whole life are collapsing at exactly the same moment I’ve finally built up enough experience to realistically write for them.
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Since today's discourse is on how "not everyone grew up with Nintendo", I'll reshare this: medium.com/@felipepepe/...
And reinforce that this is systemic - a consequence of US hegemony. It's NOT a personal attack on American journos, youtubers & gamers, but rather a reminder of our differences.
And reinforce that this is systemic - a consequence of US hegemony. It's NOT a personal attack on American journos, youtubers & gamers, but rather a reminder of our differences.
The Gentrification of Video Game History
We’re not all suburban kids who got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas
medium.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Since today's discourse is on how "not everyone grew up with Nintendo", I'll reshare this: medium.com/@felipepepe/...
And reinforce that this is systemic - a consequence of US hegemony. It's NOT a personal attack on American journos, youtubers & gamers, but rather a reminder of our differences.
And reinforce that this is systemic - a consequence of US hegemony. It's NOT a personal attack on American journos, youtubers & gamers, but rather a reminder of our differences.
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The fact tomorrow is the start of September is messing with me.
How are we two thirds through the year already?
Pokémon Legends Z-A is only a month and a half away.
Pokémon's 30th anniversary is just under 6 months away.
That's nuts.
How are we two thirds through the year already?
Pokémon Legends Z-A is only a month and a half away.
Pokémon's 30th anniversary is just under 6 months away.
That's nuts.
August 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The fact tomorrow is the start of September is messing with me.
How are we two thirds through the year already?
Pokémon Legends Z-A is only a month and a half away.
Pokémon's 30th anniversary is just under 6 months away.
That's nuts.
How are we two thirds through the year already?
Pokémon Legends Z-A is only a month and a half away.
Pokémon's 30th anniversary is just under 6 months away.
That's nuts.
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Being scared of everything has always been a part of conservatism—it’s the uniting ideology of all facets of the culture—but when did they just loudly and openly start admitting this unprompted at every opportunity?
Snoop Dogg says he's 'scared to go to the movies' after bringing his grandson to 2022's 'Lightyear,' which features a lesbian couple. 'They're putting it everywhere,' he said of LGBTQ+ representation.
Snoop Dogg criticizes LGBTQ+ representation in children's films: 'They're putting it everywhere'
Snoop Dogg says he's 'scared to go to the movies' after bringing his grandson to 2022's 'Lightyear,' which features a lesbian couple. 'They're putting it everywhere,' he said of LGBTQ+ representation.
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August 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Being scared of everything has always been a part of conservatism—it’s the uniting ideology of all facets of the culture—but when did they just loudly and openly start admitting this unprompted at every opportunity?
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A rainbow 🌈 over Lago di Garda 🇮🇹 as the day ends
August 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A rainbow 🌈 over Lago di Garda 🇮🇹 as the day ends
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AI could have been successful if it had been treated as a science and developed with rigorous ethical standards focused on solving problems for humanity instead of being treated as a speed run on an exploitative capitalist growth tool focused on solving problems for trillion dollar corporations.
August 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
AI could have been successful if it had been treated as a science and developed with rigorous ethical standards focused on solving problems for humanity instead of being treated as a speed run on an exploitative capitalist growth tool focused on solving problems for trillion dollar corporations.
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The dumbest motherfuckers on the planet: “I think this computer wants to blow me.”
August 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The dumbest motherfuckers on the planet: “I think this computer wants to blow me.”
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忄 is 心 but it's been radicalized by the far left
August 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
忄 is 心 but it's been radicalized by the far left
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One of our @funfactorpod.com listeners, flyingspacewhale, posted this on the Discord, and, uh.
August 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
One of our @funfactorpod.com listeners, flyingspacewhale, posted this on the Discord, and, uh.
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There is nothing that gets my red flag meter going quite like men saying things like "it was hard meeting women because I was interested in (insert nerdy thing here)" when I have distinct memories of certain kinds of men in nerdy thing specifically and repeatedly excluding me from nerdy thing.
August 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
There is nothing that gets my red flag meter going quite like men saying things like "it was hard meeting women because I was interested in (insert nerdy thing here)" when I have distinct memories of certain kinds of men in nerdy thing specifically and repeatedly excluding me from nerdy thing.
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If everybody who’s able could post this every so often, it’d send a powerful message. Do not let the vtuber community become a nazi bar.
This feels like a good time to also highlight another thing Kas made which really fits with this piece: NAZI VTUBERS FUCK OFF
July 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
If everybody who’s able could post this every so often, it’d send a powerful message. Do not let the vtuber community become a nazi bar.
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This short turns 89 today and is Tex Avery's oldest classic and a well-loved WB short.
You have Owl Johnson singing the title song that easily sticks in your head, along with a sweet ending where his whole family dances along with him.
Cartoon: "I Love To Singa" (1936, Tex Avery)
You have Owl Johnson singing the title song that easily sticks in your head, along with a sweet ending where his whole family dances along with him.
Cartoon: "I Love To Singa" (1936, Tex Avery)
July 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This short turns 89 today and is Tex Avery's oldest classic and a well-loved WB short.
You have Owl Johnson singing the title song that easily sticks in your head, along with a sweet ending where his whole family dances along with him.
Cartoon: "I Love To Singa" (1936, Tex Avery)
You have Owl Johnson singing the title song that easily sticks in your head, along with a sweet ending where his whole family dances along with him.
Cartoon: "I Love To Singa" (1936, Tex Avery)
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I think for some people, it's hard for them to grasp why video games mean so much to many of us.
They gave those of us who never won, a way to win. They gave those of us with no control in our lives, something that we COULD control.
And that comfort saved me during a lonely and isolated childhood.
They gave those of us who never won, a way to win. They gave those of us with no control in our lives, something that we COULD control.
And that comfort saved me during a lonely and isolated childhood.
July 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I think for some people, it's hard for them to grasp why video games mean so much to many of us.
They gave those of us who never won, a way to win. They gave those of us with no control in our lives, something that we COULD control.
And that comfort saved me during a lonely and isolated childhood.
They gave those of us who never won, a way to win. They gave those of us with no control in our lives, something that we COULD control.
And that comfort saved me during a lonely and isolated childhood.
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The backstory here is that the Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and are using their sovereignty to ignore local zoning rules and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs.
The Three Towers of Phase 1 of Sen̓áḵw nearing completion! senakw.com
Pictured from near the Vancouver Academy of Music in what is now Vanier Park, but what was once yet another part of the old village of Sen̓áḵw and former Kitsilano 6 Reserve.
Pictured from near the Vancouver Academy of Music in what is now Vanier Park, but what was once yet another part of the old village of Sen̓áḵw and former Kitsilano 6 Reserve.
July 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The backstory here is that the Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and are using their sovereignty to ignore local zoning rules and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs.
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SGDQ currently has a black woman speedrunning Wolfenstein II with two black LGBTQ commentators as a chat of 45K people yells about stomping fascism and I just think that's neat. sometimes gaming is good
July 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
SGDQ currently has a black woman speedrunning Wolfenstein II with two black LGBTQ commentators as a chat of 45K people yells about stomping fascism and I just think that's neat. sometimes gaming is good
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Oh hey, anime fans, raise your hands if you've heard this IRL from some weirdo trying to justify genuinely creepy shit to you before. 🙋♀️
July 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Oh hey, anime fans, raise your hands if you've heard this IRL from some weirdo trying to justify genuinely creepy shit to you before. 🙋♀️
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As we go into Pokémon GO's 10th year, I can't help but think back to how wrong I was about it. Before it launched, I & the community was down on it and questioned it.
Then, summer 2016 hit and it took off. It heralded in a new renaissance of Pokémon which hasn't calmed since.
Then, summer 2016 hit and it took off. It heralded in a new renaissance of Pokémon which hasn't calmed since.
July 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
As we go into Pokémon GO's 10th year, I can't help but think back to how wrong I was about it. Before it launched, I & the community was down on it and questioned it.
Then, summer 2016 hit and it took off. It heralded in a new renaissance of Pokémon which hasn't calmed since.
Then, summer 2016 hit and it took off. It heralded in a new renaissance of Pokémon which hasn't calmed since.
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Not enough people discuss the icon that is Katarina from My Next Life as a Villainess.
June 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Not enough people discuss the icon that is Katarina from My Next Life as a Villainess.
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Let's normalize talking to our friends and working our issues out in private before we spur needless infighting and ostracization in our fringe communities.
June 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Let's normalize talking to our friends and working our issues out in private before we spur needless infighting and ostracization in our fringe communities.