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Unabashed & cheerfully weird. IT Professional. Writer??? Hobbyist Dev. ADHD AF. Casually Bi. Married. Parenting an unexpected number of delightful kids. Extremely tired. She/her.
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a very important PSA for millennial parents of young toddlers:
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
a very important PSA for millennial parents of young toddlers:
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one year and everyone is so sick of your boy that Virginia is starting to look like Massachusetts and a democratic socialist won a million votes in NYC, get fucked
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
one year and everyone is so sick of your boy that Virginia is starting to look like Massachusetts and a democratic socialist won a million votes in NYC, get fucked
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If we learn nothing else tonight, please PLEASE let's learn that the American people were NOT won over by an absolute firehose of the most vile dehumanization of trans people. Please @democrats.org, for the love of God and all that's holy, let's FINALLY start refusing to throw ANYone under ANY bus.
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If we learn nothing else tonight, please PLEASE let's learn that the American people were NOT won over by an absolute firehose of the most vile dehumanization of trans people. Please @democrats.org, for the love of God and all that's holy, let's FINALLY start refusing to throw ANYone under ANY bus.
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Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'.
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'.
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy.
[ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
We finished the second season of Peacemaker last night, and I was deeply offended that there wasn't a thousand gifs of this one line. I made one when I should have been doing something more productive, lol.
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We finished the second season of Peacemaker last night, and I was deeply offended that there wasn't a thousand gifs of this one line. I made one when I should have been doing something more productive, lol.
I have six hundred things that I need to be doing. Instead I spent most of the day sorting out these goofy crocheted fish for my kids. The fish have magnets in their front, and there are two fishing rods with magnets in them.
My hope is they stop pretending to fish with the cat toys.
My hope is they stop pretending to fish with the cat toys.
October 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I have six hundred things that I need to be doing. Instead I spent most of the day sorting out these goofy crocheted fish for my kids. The fish have magnets in their front, and there are two fishing rods with magnets in them.
My hope is they stop pretending to fish with the cat toys.
My hope is they stop pretending to fish with the cat toys.
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It's a basic point, but one that needs to be repeated:
If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.
If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.
So you know how many views Charlie Kirk’s memorial got online in TOTAL now a day later ?
26000
Folks are having “dialogues” to see both sides with folks who can’t top a mid level anime food influencer
At some point we admit they aren’t being bullied . They’re racists weaponizing cowardice
26000
Folks are having “dialogues” to see both sides with folks who can’t top a mid level anime food influencer
At some point we admit they aren’t being bullied . They’re racists weaponizing cowardice
September 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's a basic point, but one that needs to be repeated:
If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.
If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.
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it is unreal how much can actually be accomplished by clearing *literally the lowest bar of engagement* instead of just going full deer in headlights.
there’s power in that and it’s a muscle you flex. and once you’re bored of clearing the lowest bar, clear the next, then the next, then the next.
there’s power in that and it’s a muscle you flex. and once you’re bored of clearing the lowest bar, clear the next, then the next, then the next.
regardless of the details I think it’s important to spin the Kimmel thing as a win
Trump is weak, he’s unpopular, he massively overreached and inspired enough of a revolt that Disney had to backtrack immediately
he wants to paint himself as an all-powerful dictator, paint him as a loser who sucks
Trump is weak, he’s unpopular, he massively overreached and inspired enough of a revolt that Disney had to backtrack immediately
he wants to paint himself as an all-powerful dictator, paint him as a loser who sucks
September 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
it is unreal how much can actually be accomplished by clearing *literally the lowest bar of engagement* instead of just going full deer in headlights.
there’s power in that and it’s a muscle you flex. and once you’re bored of clearing the lowest bar, clear the next, then the next, then the next.
there’s power in that and it’s a muscle you flex. and once you’re bored of clearing the lowest bar, clear the next, then the next, then the next.
I've been reabsorbing The Hunger Games. I hadn't reread it in over a decade. I decided to do a reread, then read the recent books.
1. Tatiana Maslany narrates the original trilogy. She does a *fantastic* job with it, 10/10 listen if you haven't.
2. This first movie is so fantastically composed.
1. Tatiana Maslany narrates the original trilogy. She does a *fantastic* job with it, 10/10 listen if you haven't.
2. This first movie is so fantastically composed.
September 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I've been reabsorbing The Hunger Games. I hadn't reread it in over a decade. I decided to do a reread, then read the recent books.
1. Tatiana Maslany narrates the original trilogy. She does a *fantastic* job with it, 10/10 listen if you haven't.
2. This first movie is so fantastically composed.
1. Tatiana Maslany narrates the original trilogy. She does a *fantastic* job with it, 10/10 listen if you haven't.
2. This first movie is so fantastically composed.
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I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
September 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
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might as well ask me to boycott over the knee cargo shorts
September 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
might as well ask me to boycott over the knee cargo shorts
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yet again i am robbed of political power as a homosexual
September 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
yet again i am robbed of political power as a homosexual
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I flew home from two weeks in Ireland to Dulles (DC) on Thursday. I fly into Dulles A LOT.
For a few years, travelers were greeted by a massive display on the Freedom of Speech/1st Amendment on the way to the baggage claim. (left)
Yesterday, it was gone. Not metaphorically. Actually. (right)
For a few years, travelers were greeted by a massive display on the Freedom of Speech/1st Amendment on the way to the baggage claim. (left)
Yesterday, it was gone. Not metaphorically. Actually. (right)
September 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I flew home from two weeks in Ireland to Dulles (DC) on Thursday. I fly into Dulles A LOT.
For a few years, travelers were greeted by a massive display on the Freedom of Speech/1st Amendment on the way to the baggage claim. (left)
Yesterday, it was gone. Not metaphorically. Actually. (right)
For a few years, travelers were greeted by a massive display on the Freedom of Speech/1st Amendment on the way to the baggage claim. (left)
Yesterday, it was gone. Not metaphorically. Actually. (right)
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I have long theorized that British royal marriages break up because one spouse has an entire staff telling them that they’re right in every conflict.
What a thing to democratize.
What a thing to democratize.
"Even Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist known as a 'Godfather of AI' — a technology that likely wouldn't exist in its current form without his contributions — recently conceded that his girlfriend had broken up with him using ChatGPT." futurism.com/chatgpt-marr...
ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners
Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I have long theorized that British royal marriages break up because one spouse has an entire staff telling them that they’re right in every conflict.
What a thing to democratize.
What a thing to democratize.
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Also she is an author, is she really pretending not to understand how metaphors work.
September 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Also she is an author, is she really pretending not to understand how metaphors work.
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People are not brave as individuals.
September 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
People are not brave as individuals.
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Everyone should be held to the same standards.
September 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Everyone should be held to the same standards.
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Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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I feel like the last 48 hours have just been the entire world going full NYT Pitchbot.
"Whether it's the people on the right saying we should shoot everyone on the left as terrorists, or the people on the left saying we should give everyone on the right health care, both sides are---"
"Whether it's the people on the right saying we should shoot everyone on the left as terrorists, or the people on the left saying we should give everyone on the right health care, both sides are---"
September 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I feel like the last 48 hours have just been the entire world going full NYT Pitchbot.
"Whether it's the people on the right saying we should shoot everyone on the left as terrorists, or the people on the left saying we should give everyone on the right health care, both sides are---"
"Whether it's the people on the right saying we should shoot everyone on the left as terrorists, or the people on the left saying we should give everyone on the right health care, both sides are---"
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The greatest minds in history are on the case
September 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The greatest minds in history are on the case
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/6 Also: if a Left-wing activist even remotely as strident as Charlie Kirk had been assassinated, Charlie Kirk would have smirked and applauded, as would have many of the people who are going to be loudest about Charlie Kirk. Don’t buy the hypocrisy.
September 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
/6 Also: if a Left-wing activist even remotely as strident as Charlie Kirk had been assassinated, Charlie Kirk would have smirked and applauded, as would have many of the people who are going to be loudest about Charlie Kirk. Don’t buy the hypocrisy.
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All of these tips are derived from the psychological protections developed for content moderators, and if you want more detail and citations, crowd.cs.vt.edu/wp-content/u... is the paper that has the best collection of citations that I've found .
crowd.cs.vt.edu
September 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
All of these tips are derived from the psychological protections developed for content moderators, and if you want more detail and citations, crowd.cs.vt.edu/wp-content/u... is the paper that has the best collection of citations that I've found .
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Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around!
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound
September 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around!
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound