Vessel [they/them]
@broken-vessel.bsky.social
Just another one trying to get through everything. Aroace (probably, but who knows), they/them (probably, but who knows)
Pinned
I have stood before the Mountain's Heart
And found myself unworthy
As the wings I stole to reach this height
Wither from my back
I turn from this tumultuous peak
Falling, falling, down to the ground
But swearing, one day, I shall return
Lifted by my own two feet and hands
#poetry
And found myself unworthy
As the wings I stole to reach this height
Wither from my back
I turn from this tumultuous peak
Falling, falling, down to the ground
But swearing, one day, I shall return
Lifted by my own two feet and hands
#poetry
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then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
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I've always thought that the whole "natural immunity is the best way to protect people" thing was a bit like saying "getting pregnant is the best form of birth control."
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I've always thought that the whole "natural immunity is the best way to protect people" thing was a bit like saying "getting pregnant is the best form of birth control."
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
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Oi, Calibre folks who don't like getting Al-slop shoved down their throats: DO NOT UPDATE your Calibre!
Anyway, anybody got recommendations for another decent, Al-free, e-book manager and converter (preferably free or at least cheap-ish)?
#WritingCommunity
#FuckAI
Anyway, anybody got recommendations for another decent, Al-free, e-book manager and converter (preferably free or at least cheap-ish)?
#WritingCommunity
#FuckAI
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Oi, Calibre folks who don't like getting Al-slop shoved down their throats: DO NOT UPDATE your Calibre!
Anyway, anybody got recommendations for another decent, Al-free, e-book manager and converter (preferably free or at least cheap-ish)?
#WritingCommunity
#FuckAI
Anyway, anybody got recommendations for another decent, Al-free, e-book manager and converter (preferably free or at least cheap-ish)?
#WritingCommunity
#FuckAI
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"House of Commons Jerk Seasoning" is 1) an extremely funny concept and more importantly 2) a sign of a complete and total victory for cultural pluralism in a way that is kind of difficult to concieve
Look, I know things aren’t great at the moment for (a) anyone, and (b) the Labour Party, but fuck me that’s bleak
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"House of Commons Jerk Seasoning" is 1) an extremely funny concept and more importantly 2) a sign of a complete and total victory for cultural pluralism in a way that is kind of difficult to concieve
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Fucking hell chill out lads, it's just bookshelves and meatballs.
IKEA has finally landed in New Zealand, sparking flat-pack fever, soul-searching about national identity and a debate over global sameness. Read more: bloom.bg/49Tr7aF
📷️: Phil Walter/Getty Images
📷️: Phil Walter/Getty Images
December 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Fucking hell chill out lads, it's just bookshelves and meatballs.
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We told you it wouldn’t stop with immigrants.
ICE has shot a US citizen.
They’ve detained over 170 citizens.
What do you think will happen to those on the list?
ICE has shot a US citizen.
They’ve detained over 170 citizens.
What do you think will happen to those on the list?
🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
LEAK: FBI List of “Extremists” Is Coming, Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
We told you it wouldn’t stop with immigrants.
ICE has shot a US citizen.
They’ve detained over 170 citizens.
What do you think will happen to those on the list?
ICE has shot a US citizen.
They’ve detained over 170 citizens.
What do you think will happen to those on the list?
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When I traveled in China I had to get a letter from my editor confirming that I wasn’t on assignment and wouldn’t be reporting while in the country. I was also advised not to travel with pens or notebooks.
This new US rule IS MUCH WORSE
This new US rule IS MUCH WORSE
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
When I traveled in China I had to get a letter from my editor confirming that I wasn’t on assignment and wouldn’t be reporting while in the country. I was also advised not to travel with pens or notebooks.
This new US rule IS MUCH WORSE
This new US rule IS MUCH WORSE
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So. If you fight CSAM, you can't get an H1-B visa into the US. Nor can your family.
Why does the Trump Administration want to protect CSAM creators and users?
Why does the Trump Administration want to protect CSAM creators and users?
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
So. If you fight CSAM, you can't get an H1-B visa into the US. Nor can your family.
Why does the Trump Administration want to protect CSAM creators and users?
Why does the Trump Administration want to protect CSAM creators and users?
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
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It’s totally normal and not at all strange that the Speaker of the House a) doesn’t follow the news and b) apparently doesn’t know anything about his boss being credibly accused or murder and violating international laws.
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
It’s totally normal and not at all strange that the Speaker of the House a) doesn’t follow the news and b) apparently doesn’t know anything about his boss being credibly accused or murder and violating international laws.
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If Hipkins thinks trans kids, whose identities have been stripped from the sex ed curriculum, whose community events have been literally invaded by violent bigots, whose ability to access healthcare just got banned, aren't at risk now, what exactly is his definition of "at risk"
Hipkins response to me was basically, "we absolutely support trans people & will reverse it, but we don't want to start a culture war that would put trans kids at risk."
It doesn't make sense. WP has already started the war, TPM & the Greens response didn't start a flare up of hate afaik.
It doesn't make sense. WP has already started the war, TPM & the Greens response didn't start a flare up of hate afaik.
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If Hipkins thinks trans kids, whose identities have been stripped from the sex ed curriculum, whose community events have been literally invaded by violent bigots, whose ability to access healthcare just got banned, aren't at risk now, what exactly is his definition of "at risk"
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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i encourage other countries to call for the olympics & world cup to be relocated during the tenure of the current regime
these fucking freaks are going to disappear & traffic you
these fucking freaks are going to disappear & traffic you
December 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
i encourage other countries to call for the olympics & world cup to be relocated during the tenure of the current regime
these fucking freaks are going to disappear & traffic you
these fucking freaks are going to disappear & traffic you
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aaaaaaaaaand there's the sub-2 already, LMAO
gg to energy2048 for getting 2 more ultras per cycle! -747 frames. 🔥
gg to energy2048 for getting 2 more ultras per cycle! -747 frames. 🔥
December 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
aaaaaaaaaand there's the sub-2 already, LMAO
gg to energy2048 for getting 2 more ultras per cycle! -747 frames. 🔥
gg to energy2048 for getting 2 more ultras per cycle! -747 frames. 🔥
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so fucking tired of people saying AI "democratizes" creative skills, it's fucking privatizing it you dumb fuck, they're stealing your creativity from you and selling it back to you at a premium
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
so fucking tired of people saying AI "democratizes" creative skills, it's fucking privatizing it you dumb fuck, they're stealing your creativity from you and selling it back to you at a premium
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
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I have refined
The uranium
That was in
The centrifuge
And which
You were probably
Saving
For power generation
Forgive me
It was so powerful
I am
Become death
The uranium
That was in
The centrifuge
And which
You were probably
Saving
For power generation
Forgive me
It was so powerful
I am
Become death
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I have refined
The uranium
That was in
The centrifuge
And which
You were probably
Saving
For power generation
Forgive me
It was so powerful
I am
Become death
The uranium
That was in
The centrifuge
And which
You were probably
Saving
For power generation
Forgive me
It was so powerful
I am
Become death
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Remember when the Young Republicans texts were released and contained a ton of harmful slurs and racist, bigoted rhetoric?
Politico censored every word but one.
Guess which one didn’t get censored?
The R slur.
It’s still socially acceptable to discriminate against disabled.
It shouldn’t be.
Politico censored every word but one.
Guess which one didn’t get censored?
The R slur.
It’s still socially acceptable to discriminate against disabled.
It shouldn’t be.
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Remember when the Young Republicans texts were released and contained a ton of harmful slurs and racist, bigoted rhetoric?
Politico censored every word but one.
Guess which one didn’t get censored?
The R slur.
It’s still socially acceptable to discriminate against disabled.
It shouldn’t be.
Politico censored every word but one.
Guess which one didn’t get censored?
The R slur.
It’s still socially acceptable to discriminate against disabled.
It shouldn’t be.
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It's the most wonderful time of the year.
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
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I'm always confused when writers change the plot because a reader figured out what was coming. Surely that's good? Surely that means the breadcrumbs have been laid out appropriately?
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I'm always confused when writers change the plot because a reader figured out what was coming. Surely that's good? Surely that means the breadcrumbs have been laid out appropriately?
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Still among my favorite science memes lol
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Still among my favorite science memes lol
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“Anite Guillaume, working for one of Amazon’s favorite anti-union consultancies, Road Warrior Productions (RWP), reported earning $9,000 a day.”
It would take an Amazon driver 45 days to earn what a union buster can make in an 8 hour shift.
This is why you should boycott Amazon
It would take an Amazon driver 45 days to earn what a union buster can make in an 8 hour shift.
This is why you should boycott Amazon
Amazon Drivers Take 45 Days to Earn What the Company’s Union Buster Earned in 1
Union-busting consultants thrive on secrecy, but they can’t hide their obscene pay rates for long.
truthout.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“Anite Guillaume, working for one of Amazon’s favorite anti-union consultancies, Road Warrior Productions (RWP), reported earning $9,000 a day.”
It would take an Amazon driver 45 days to earn what a union buster can make in an 8 hour shift.
This is why you should boycott Amazon
It would take an Amazon driver 45 days to earn what a union buster can make in an 8 hour shift.
This is why you should boycott Amazon