Wren
@chasingfireflies05.bsky.social
(she/they) Poetry and art • Beauty-seeker who plays with words and paint • Queer • Neurodivergent • Witch
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
Thank you for the lovely words, @genderqueerwolf.bsky.social. Snail mail poetry is such a fun thing to find in the mailbox. 💜
December 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Thank you for the lovely words, @genderqueerwolf.bsky.social. Snail mail poetry is such a fun thing to find in the mailbox. 💜
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We're told over and over again that we need things like facial recognition and license plate scanners and encryption backdoors and cities blanketed in surveillance cameras to "catch the bad guys" in these exact scenarios and yet...
Security theater kills exponentially more people than it protects.
Security theater kills exponentially more people than it protects.
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
December 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We're told over and over again that we need things like facial recognition and license plate scanners and encryption backdoors and cities blanketed in surveillance cameras to "catch the bad guys" in these exact scenarios and yet...
Security theater kills exponentially more people than it protects.
Security theater kills exponentially more people than it protects.
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I saw an AI enabled printer at Costco and I almost pre-emptively office spaced it... Printers are already intelligent and malevolent (they understand your deadlines and hate you.) no need for additional artificial intelligence.
December 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I saw an AI enabled printer at Costco and I almost pre-emptively office spaced it... Printers are already intelligent and malevolent (they understand your deadlines and hate you.) no need for additional artificial intelligence.
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procrastinating on being like, a person
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
procrastinating on being like, a person
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Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.
Georgia police chief charged with using license plate readers to stalk and harass people
A police chief in suburban Atlanta has been arrested on charges of using the city's license plate cameras to stalk and harass people.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.
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Some days, whimsy through gritted teeth is the only whimsy there is.
[through gritted teeth, visibly trembling] I must strive to maintain a sense of whimsy
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Some days, whimsy through gritted teeth is the only whimsy there is.
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The victory of progressive candidates is a byproduct of our work caring for one another and building a better world, not the goal of our work.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The victory of progressive candidates is a byproduct of our work caring for one another and building a better world, not the goal of our work.
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Remember that the predominant form of age verification for porn sites — the new mandates passed in nearly every red state in the past few years — is a facial scan coupled with government ID.
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Remember that the predominant form of age verification for porn sites — the new mandates passed in nearly every red state in the past few years — is a facial scan coupled with government ID.
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That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
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Stop telling people to grind harder. Start asking why billionaires are hoarding more than they’ll ever need.
October 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Stop telling people to grind harder. Start asking why billionaires are hoarding more than they’ll ever need.
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Chatbots and AI slop are going to ruin countless brains. Yours doesn't have to be one of them. Study history. Read poetry. Get acquainted with Bach, Shakespeare, George Eliot. In a time when people are rapidly getting dumber, we need communities devoted to the life of the mind.
October 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Chatbots and AI slop are going to ruin countless brains. Yours doesn't have to be one of them. Study history. Read poetry. Get acquainted with Bach, Shakespeare, George Eliot. In a time when people are rapidly getting dumber, we need communities devoted to the life of the mind.
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Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.
October 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.
I love watching the seasons change. The leaves are starting to turn and it's been cool in the mornings again.
September 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I love watching the seasons change. The leaves are starting to turn and it's been cool in the mornings again.
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just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
August 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
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"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories.
EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS.
Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.
EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS.
Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.
August 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories.
EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS.
Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.
EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS.
Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.
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The main thing I learned is that in order to write a book, you have to write a book and there's nothing that's going to prepare you for writing a book until you write a book so you should write a book
July 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The main thing I learned is that in order to write a book, you have to write a book and there's nothing that's going to prepare you for writing a book until you write a book so you should write a book
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I am far behind the people at the front of the class. But at least I am *in* the class. And the lesson is--and I guess always has been--that you gotta have solidarity with everyone. Because once you agree with the principle that some people are disposable, then you're just quibbling over who.
July 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I am far behind the people at the front of the class. But at least I am *in* the class. And the lesson is--and I guess always has been--that you gotta have solidarity with everyone. Because once you agree with the principle that some people are disposable, then you're just quibbling over who.
Bisexuality: Coming your your mom *and* your dad since 1995. Or something.
A very happy 30th birthday to bisexuality, born this day in 1995 🎂
July 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Bisexuality: Coming your your mom *and* your dad since 1995. Or something.
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at this rate don’t be surprised if the narrative becomes “stonewall was where brave nypd officers protected the city from rioting queers” before the year is out
1. Earlier this year, Trump erased transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument webpage, digitally burning the history we helped create.
Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people.
No marginalized group will be safe from the admin's moving targets.
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Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people.
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After Trans People, Trump Now Erasing Bisexual People From Stonewall National Monument
The "History and Culture" page no longer includes bisexual rights.
www.erininthemorning.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
at this rate don’t be surprised if the narrative becomes “stonewall was where brave nypd officers protected the city from rioting queers” before the year is out
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I love learning about other cultures like yes show me your dumplings
July 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I love learning about other cultures like yes show me your dumplings
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Some words from me for us all on this Monday amidst the ongoing fascist takeover attempt... open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...
The Struggle is Permanent: Keep Fighting
Or some notes on carrying on...
open.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Some words from me for us all on this Monday amidst the ongoing fascist takeover attempt... open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...