Ethel
@etheltheethel.bsky.social
Writer, gamer, trans girl, huge nerd. 26 she/her
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She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
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Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
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Many Magic: The Gathering players dream of competing in the Pro Tour, but what is that journey really like?
Join us as we follow Jesse Robkin behind the scenes on her exciting Pro Tour journey!
Spellseekers, Episode 1: The Jesse Robkin Story premieres Wednesday! ✨
Join us as we follow Jesse Robkin behind the scenes on her exciting Pro Tour journey!
Spellseekers, Episode 1: The Jesse Robkin Story premieres Wednesday! ✨
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Many Magic: The Gathering players dream of competing in the Pro Tour, but what is that journey really like?
Join us as we follow Jesse Robkin behind the scenes on her exciting Pro Tour journey!
Spellseekers, Episode 1: The Jesse Robkin Story premieres Wednesday! ✨
Join us as we follow Jesse Robkin behind the scenes on her exciting Pro Tour journey!
Spellseekers, Episode 1: The Jesse Robkin Story premieres Wednesday! ✨
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
#csm221
Today's crazy theory:
Getting eaten was Death's actual plan.
Yoshida in the Aging arc revealed that Pochita *can* eat things without killing them and throw them up.
In the Falling arc, Nayuta showed she can make devils throw up on command with her power.
Today's crazy theory:
Getting eaten was Death's actual plan.
Yoshida in the Aging arc revealed that Pochita *can* eat things without killing them and throw them up.
In the Falling arc, Nayuta showed she can make devils throw up on command with her power.
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#csm221
Today's crazy theory:
Getting eaten was Death's actual plan.
Yoshida in the Aging arc revealed that Pochita *can* eat things without killing them and throw them up.
In the Falling arc, Nayuta showed she can make devils throw up on command with her power.
Today's crazy theory:
Getting eaten was Death's actual plan.
Yoshida in the Aging arc revealed that Pochita *can* eat things without killing them and throw them up.
In the Falling arc, Nayuta showed she can make devils throw up on command with her power.
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Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
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I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
Did Fujimoto fail geography or am I misreading something?
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Did Fujimoto fail geography or am I misreading something?
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everyone playing where winds meet did you know that its FULL OF GENERATIVE AI? why are you playing it!
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
everyone playing where winds meet did you know that its FULL OF GENERATIVE AI? why are you playing it!
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I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion.
It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care.
Listen to disabled people.
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...so apparently Where Winds Meet uses a chatbot for the NPCs. and AI for the character creation stuff.
yeah, y'all aren't seeing me play this. especially when they don't disclose it on the steam page.
yeah, y'all aren't seeing me play this. especially when they don't disclose it on the steam page.
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
...so apparently Where Winds Meet uses a chatbot for the NPCs. and AI for the character creation stuff.
yeah, y'all aren't seeing me play this. especially when they don't disclose it on the steam page.
yeah, y'all aren't seeing me play this. especially when they don't disclose it on the steam page.
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I love the hell out of Spider-Man, but if it was announced that they were actively taking Saudi blood money to fund the next film I'd boycott it in a heartbeat.
Also very tonedeaf to be cool with accepting the murder of journalists to fund more movies featuring a superhero who is a journalist.
Also very tonedeaf to be cool with accepting the murder of journalists to fund more movies featuring a superhero who is a journalist.
It is 2025 and comic book fascists still can’t let go of their embarrassing obsession with a failed cinematic universe. I don’t think they understand how hilarious they seem to normal people as a result.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I love the hell out of Spider-Man, but if it was announced that they were actively taking Saudi blood money to fund the next film I'd boycott it in a heartbeat.
Also very tonedeaf to be cool with accepting the murder of journalists to fund more movies featuring a superhero who is a journalist.
Also very tonedeaf to be cool with accepting the murder of journalists to fund more movies featuring a superhero who is a journalist.
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When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
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Cas Hinds digs into Magic character depiction and shows us how impactful true diversity, inclusion, and representation can be. @strixhavendropout.bsky.social #MagicTheGathering #MTG #Diversity #Inclusion
The Top 4 Times Magic Learned To Be Inclusive | EDHREC
Cas Hinds digs into Magic character depiction and shows us how impactful true diversity, inclusion, and representation can be.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cas Hinds digs into Magic character depiction and shows us how impactful true diversity, inclusion, and representation can be. @strixhavendropout.bsky.social #MagicTheGathering #MTG #Diversity #Inclusion
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Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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@patstaresat.bsky.social on ＡＩ doomerism
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@patstaresat.bsky.social on ＡＩ doomerism
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Real quick because I don’t think I’ve been clear enough about this.
My profile is a fully fledged AI hate zone. I am a fully fledged AI hater. I despise it. It’s rotting brains and our infrastructure as humanity.
If you’re pro-AI, unfollow me.
My profile is a fully fledged AI hate zone. I am a fully fledged AI hater. I despise it. It’s rotting brains and our infrastructure as humanity.
If you’re pro-AI, unfollow me.
August 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Real quick because I don’t think I’ve been clear enough about this.
My profile is a fully fledged AI hate zone. I am a fully fledged AI hater. I despise it. It’s rotting brains and our infrastructure as humanity.
If you’re pro-AI, unfollow me.
My profile is a fully fledged AI hate zone. I am a fully fledged AI hater. I despise it. It’s rotting brains and our infrastructure as humanity.
If you’re pro-AI, unfollow me.
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if I may add: I put all my bullshit in brackets. whenever I'm stumped, or need to fact-check something, or the syntax is fucked, or I need to rewrite a passage. anything funky goes in brackets so when I'm ready to revise, I can easily search the doc for them and find all the bullshit.
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
if I may add: I put all my bullshit in brackets. whenever I'm stumped, or need to fact-check something, or the syntax is fucked, or I need to rewrite a passage. anything funky goes in brackets so when I'm ready to revise, I can easily search the doc for them and find all the bullshit.
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Did you know that big studios monitor piracy? Don't you fucking dare pirate this shit. Do not hate watch through piracy. JK Rowling is a disgusting human being that funds and encourages the hurt, pain and death of my fellow trans peers.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
HBO CEO Casey Bloys says 'HARRY POTTER' Season 2 is already being written
"We’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers"
"We’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers"
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Did you know that big studios monitor piracy? Don't you fucking dare pirate this shit. Do not hate watch through piracy. JK Rowling is a disgusting human being that funds and encourages the hurt, pain and death of my fellow trans peers.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
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Kevin Sorbo was in his 30s and in peak physical condition (he was currently playing Hercules), and he had three strokes after he had his neck cracked by his chiropractor.
AARRGH. CHIROPRACTIC IS NOT MEDICINE, IT’S DANGEROUS BULLSHIT CREATED BY A FUCKING GROCER WHO THOUGHT HE COULD HEAL WITH MAGNETS. WHAT THE FUCK, AMERICA
Oh good, they left Chiropractors as professionals but not Nurses, NPs, PA’s or physical therapists
That’s infuriating
That’s infuriating
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Kevin Sorbo was in his 30s and in peak physical condition (he was currently playing Hercules), and he had three strokes after he had his neck cracked by his chiropractor.
@tolariancommunitycollege.com 's lost precon contest gave me the push to build my favorite Iroh and I'm genuinely so happy with it.
archidekt.com/decks/176183...
archidekt.com/decks/176183...
Iroh's Tutelage (Avatar Lost Precon) • (Mono-Red Commander deck) • Archidekt
Iroh, Dragon of the West - Commander deck
Aggro • +1/+1 Counters • Firebending • Modified Creatures • Extra Combats • Budget
(1) Commander • (2) Burn • (1) Copy • (2) Counters • (15) Creature • (8) ...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
@tolariancommunitycollege.com 's lost precon contest gave me the push to build my favorite Iroh and I'm genuinely so happy with it.
archidekt.com/decks/176183...
archidekt.com/decks/176183...
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Welp. That's the end of this email account. You can't have inbox/ updates / spam anymore if you disable AI.
Heads up: popular antivirus program Malwarebytes posted this warning about Google training it's AI on our emails. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Welp. That's the end of this email account. You can't have inbox/ updates / spam anymore if you disable AI.
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Supposedly the bubble is in the process of popping right now as investors get nervous about the bubble popping because of investors getting nervous about the bubble popping which would lead to the bubble popping which makes investors nervous about the bubble popping
Economics is so fucking stupid
Economics is so fucking stupid
I wonder how many years after the bubble bursts its going to take to undo the damage this has done to people. Or will they be just another case of child left behind and left to their own stunted devices?
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Supposedly the bubble is in the process of popping right now as investors get nervous about the bubble popping because of investors getting nervous about the bubble popping which would lead to the bubble popping which makes investors nervous about the bubble popping
Economics is so fucking stupid
Economics is so fucking stupid