Susan Bigelow 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@whateversusan.bsky.social
Librarian, writer, recovering political junkie, queer, history dork, talkin' Connecticut. I am my own distaff counterpart.
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Flight of the Scarlets
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FLIGHT OF THE SCARLETS is about a magical girl squad, one of whom is a trans girl whose entire actual body transforms when she enters magical girl mode: www.amazon.com/Flight-Scarl...
This rules, tbh. I don't care who it pisses off, unity between all the peoples of the Americas is such a radical, wonderful idea
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
This rules, tbh. I don't care who it pisses off, unity between all the peoples of the Americas is such a radical, wonderful idea
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There are a lot of people who are going to complain about being unfairly vilified by that halftime show and it's because they know in their hearts they're on Team Hate.
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
There are a lot of people who are going to complain about being unfairly vilified by that halftime show and it's because they know in their hearts they're on Team Hate.
I bet we get booed
The Winter Olympics opening ceremonies are underway with four parades and performances by Mariah Carey and Andrea Bocelli. See updates and photos. nyti.ms/4cbcOiH
February 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I bet we get booed
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
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There's no easy way to say this: isthmus
February 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
There's no easy way to say this: isthmus
I remember thinking in 2004 that "Homeland Security" was like the name of some kind of poorly thought out dystopia agency. It still creeps me out and I hope it goes away forever soon.
February 6, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I remember thinking in 2004 that "Homeland Security" was like the name of some kind of poorly thought out dystopia agency. It still creeps me out and I hope it goes away forever soon.
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Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
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Chris, of course, does a great job summarizing the highlights of this truly remarkable and sobering transcript.
NEW: The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today.
"I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..."
Law Dork:
"I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..."
Law Dork:
The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today
"I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..."
www.lawdork.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Chris, of course, does a great job summarizing the highlights of this truly remarkable and sobering transcript.
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I cuss.
You cuss.
We all cuss for asparagus!
You cuss.
We all cuss for asparagus!
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I cuss.
You cuss.
We all cuss for asparagus!
You cuss.
We all cuss for asparagus!
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As expected, #SCOTUS denies the emergency application to block California’s congressional redistricting—with no public dissents.
Among other things, this is also a good addition to the “be cynical but not nihilistic about the Court” file.
Among other things, this is also a good addition to the “be cynical but not nihilistic about the Court” file.
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
As expected, #SCOTUS denies the emergency application to block California’s congressional redistricting—with no public dissents.
Among other things, this is also a good addition to the “be cynical but not nihilistic about the Court” file.
Among other things, this is also a good addition to the “be cynical but not nihilistic about the Court” file.
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anyone want to come over? we can stand across from each other and do this
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
anyone want to come over? we can stand across from each other and do this
God, the stuff that was posted about Miley Cyrus 🤮
Amazing how fast things moved from “Emma Watson countdown clock” and normalized homophobia to “woke has gone too far.” Feels like I lived through a quantum leap only to be hurled back decades
I feel like maybe it’s a function of everyone online being born in 2002 but I don’t think most people realize how openly and explicitly pedophilic american culture was until like… maybe 10 years ago
February 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
God, the stuff that was posted about Miley Cyrus 🤮
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👇🏽 @gallego.senate.gov amplifying a witness who worked for Epstein swearing under oath Trump/Epstein threatened witnesses with death/disappearance if they revealed the child sex abuse she witnessed
January 31, 2026 at 8:34 PM
👇🏽 @gallego.senate.gov amplifying a witness who worked for Epstein swearing under oath Trump/Epstein threatened witnesses with death/disappearance if they revealed the child sex abuse she witnessed
One of my favorite comics!!!
Squirrel Girl is back - in Webtoon form! Marvel has reformatted our earliest adventures with Doreen, Nancy, Tippy-Toe and everyone else for online reading and is releasing 'em all for free on Webtoon! ENJOY
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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: There's one hero that's beaten them all-and now she's got her own ongoing series! (Not that she's bragging.) That's right, you asked for it, you got it, it's ...
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January 31, 2026 at 8:39 PM
One of my favorite comics!!!
I've been looking at unprocessed photos all afternoon, I miss anything?
January 30, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I've been looking at unprocessed photos all afternoon, I miss anything?
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Remember, it's only Lesbianism if it's from the Lesbos region of Western Massachusetts.
Otherwise it's just sparkling Subaru ownership.
Otherwise it's just sparkling Subaru ownership.
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Remember, it's only Lesbianism if it's from the Lesbos region of Western Massachusetts.
Otherwise it's just sparkling Subaru ownership.
Otherwise it's just sparkling Subaru ownership.
What is your favorite song over 10 minutes long?
First heard this song in college on our college radio station. I saw Sisters of Mercy in NYC the next year and it ruled.
youtu.be/uzcmDOdapeY?...
First heard this song in college on our college radio station. I saw Sisters of Mercy in NYC the next year and it ruled.
youtu.be/uzcmDOdapeY?...
January 30, 2026 at 3:13 AM
What is your favorite song over 10 minutes long?
First heard this song in college on our college radio station. I saw Sisters of Mercy in NYC the next year and it ruled.
youtu.be/uzcmDOdapeY?...
First heard this song in college on our college radio station. I saw Sisters of Mercy in NYC the next year and it ruled.
youtu.be/uzcmDOdapeY?...
yep
If you live in the US and you’re white, unless you’re very lucky, you’re dealing with the awareness that a good-size chunk of your family not only would go Nazi if given the chance, but were given the chance and took it without any hesitation, and are Nazis now, so that’s what they were all along.
January 30, 2026 at 1:06 AM
yep
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No one is made safer by ICE snatching up our neighbors, our friends, or our colleagues.
January 29, 2026 at 7:33 PM
No one is made safer by ICE snatching up our neighbors, our friends, or our colleagues.
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The awfulness of this soothes me like a warm bath. And that somebody convinced themselves it was watchable is hilarious. This is what happens when nobody in the meeting is willing to say “Wait … this looks like hot salted ass, though.”
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The awfulness of this soothes me like a warm bath. And that somebody convinced themselves it was watchable is hilarious. This is what happens when nobody in the meeting is willing to say “Wait … this looks like hot salted ass, though.”
Me logging on
January 29, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Me logging on
40 years gone, and I think of them still. youtu.be/J8AisTXgAGA?...
The Long Winters/The Commander Thinks Aloud
YouTube video by Spyscience
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
40 years gone, and I think of them still. youtu.be/J8AisTXgAGA?...
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The Melania will continue until morale improves.
Melania hasn't sold a single ticket at all in Boston. This movie was an obvious bribe by Bezos and Amazon.
January 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The Melania will continue until morale improves.
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Frog and Toad looked into a mirror.
“We look brave,” said Frog.
“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.
“We look brave,” said Frog.
“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.
January 28, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Frog and Toad looked into a mirror.
“We look brave,” said Frog.
“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.
“We look brave,” said Frog.
“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.
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We have to see the movement for democracy and freedom against Trumpism/Putinism as a global one.
This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan
January 28, 2026 at 12:24 PM
We have to see the movement for democracy and freedom against Trumpism/Putinism as a global one.