Pear Wiggler
@funkylumps.bsky.social
Professional curmudgeon with a good heart.
I remember attending the virtual listening party for this album. It was wonderful.
SSCC Volume 6: Autumn Memories
Our 6th community compilation!
autumn-inspired slushwave, 53+ artists
artwork @zer0rei.bsky.social
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Our 6th community compilation!
autumn-inspired slushwave, 53+ artists
artwork @zer0rei.bsky.social
Available now bit.ly/3Skalbw
free codes dlcm.app/slushwave-so...
June 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I remember attending the virtual listening party for this album. It was wonderful.
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"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Again, Project 2025 defines trans people as inherently "pornographic" - as in our physical beings. This has long been the plan in place to federally ban queer people from all public life. If this bill passes - or is issued by executive order - the end game for trans people in America will begin.
We warned you they were going to criminalize porn!! And they are not going to stop here.
New Bill Would Make All Pornography a Federal Crime in the U.S.
Republican Senator Mike Lee introduced Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (again) last week, which would criminalize porn at the federal level.
www.404media.co
May 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Again, Project 2025 defines trans people as inherently "pornographic" - as in our physical beings. This has long been the plan in place to federally ban queer people from all public life. If this bill passes - or is issued by executive order - the end game for trans people in America will begin.
Does anyone else put on genre music when they read? I would like more suggestions if so!
May 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Does anyone else put on genre music when they read? I would like more suggestions if so!
Reading William Gibson's Neuromancer has been a surreal experience. Seeing nascent stereotypes of a genre inspired by this book is really appealing at this stage of my life where I'm solidly aware of being somewhere near the halfway point to whatever end will come. So anyway...what y'all reading?
May 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reading William Gibson's Neuromancer has been a surreal experience. Seeing nascent stereotypes of a genre inspired by this book is really appealing at this stage of my life where I'm solidly aware of being somewhere near the halfway point to whatever end will come. So anyway...what y'all reading?
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Honestly the people always on about “We gotta get to Mars! We gotta leave Earth!” are just telling us they have never fixed, rehabilitated, grown, or really put their heart in anything and are not to be trusted.
Why would I want to go to Mars? They don’t even have cool bugs there.
May 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Honestly the people always on about “We gotta get to Mars! We gotta leave Earth!” are just telling us they have never fixed, rehabilitated, grown, or really put their heart in anything and are not to be trusted.
Stop killing people. Stop fighting over imaginary lines on the land. Stop touching what is not yours. Stop attacking the bodies of people who never attacked your body. Stop killing people.
March 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Stop killing people. Stop fighting over imaginary lines on the land. Stop touching what is not yours. Stop attacking the bodies of people who never attacked your body. Stop killing people.
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Watch this.
Homeowner confronts ICE agents trying to BREAK INTO his home. No probable cause, NO SIGNED WARRANT.
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Homeowner confronts ICE agents trying to BREAK INTO his home. No probable cause, NO SIGNED WARRANT.
www.reddit.com/r/ChicagoSub...
From the ChicagoSuburbs community on Reddit: Homeowner in Lyons, IL catches ICE and HSI agents trying to break into his house
Explore this post and more from the ChicagoSuburbs community
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February 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Watch this.
Homeowner confronts ICE agents trying to BREAK INTO his home. No probable cause, NO SIGNED WARRANT.
www.reddit.com/r/ChicagoSub...
Homeowner confronts ICE agents trying to BREAK INTO his home. No probable cause, NO SIGNED WARRANT.
www.reddit.com/r/ChicagoSub...
Me: on a productive work call
My dog: MUST SQUEAK THE TOYS REPEATEDLY AND URGENTLY
My dog: MUST SQUEAK THE TOYS REPEATEDLY AND URGENTLY
January 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Me: on a productive work call
My dog: MUST SQUEAK THE TOYS REPEATEDLY AND URGENTLY
My dog: MUST SQUEAK THE TOYS REPEATEDLY AND URGENTLY
As a rule, this is the time of year NOT to engage with diets if you haven't already been planning to. It's winter (here anyway).
As diet culture is at its most pernicious at this time of year, let me just say, I like how I am. I like that I'm fat. I take pleasure in food and drink and will continue to do so without apology. And you can too, if that's what you actually want.
January 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
As a rule, this is the time of year NOT to engage with diets if you haven't already been planning to. It's winter (here anyway).
This is the energy I'm bringing to 2025
January 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is the energy I'm bringing to 2025
Super annoyed to log into Lemon8 this morning and find that I must have a TikTok account (which is legally prohibited where I am) due to TT buying L8. So much for that.
December 25, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Super annoyed to log into Lemon8 this morning and find that I must have a TikTok account (which is legally prohibited where I am) due to TT buying L8. So much for that.
When I saw this tiny jumping spider, I immediately leaned down and told it, "hello there! I'm going to reach for my phone and take your picture if you let me." It appeared to pose and when I asked to see its back, it turned. Could be coincidence but the timing sure was good.
December 23, 2024 at 12:44 AM
When I saw this tiny jumping spider, I immediately leaned down and told it, "hello there! I'm going to reach for my phone and take your picture if you let me." It appeared to pose and when I asked to see its back, it turned. Could be coincidence but the timing sure was good.
Show us your domesticated animal companions, precious.
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Show us your domesticated animal companions, precious.
I'm thinking about Trans Day of Remembrance and how me not knowing anyone to remember is partly lucky, but could be indicative of whether everyone I know feels safe with me. So I'll be doing some reading and learning on how to be a better ally even as I'm learning to navigate my own identity.
November 20, 2024 at 8:13 PM
I'm thinking about Trans Day of Remembrance and how me not knowing anyone to remember is partly lucky, but could be indicative of whether everyone I know feels safe with me. So I'll be doing some reading and learning on how to be a better ally even as I'm learning to navigate my own identity.
Does anyone else fill with seething rage when co-workers ask you to tell them a thing instead of reading the email chain?
November 19, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Does anyone else fill with seething rage when co-workers ask you to tell them a thing instead of reading the email chain?
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if you see a vampire
November 17, 2024 at 11:37 PM
if you see a vampire
I am disappointed with my country once again, but I am not willing to do the work of running for office/working on a candidate's street team/manning a phone bank etc. I am one person but I should find a way to contribute towards the betterment of society. Kindness only goes so far.
November 12, 2024 at 3:38 AM
I am disappointed with my country once again, but I am not willing to do the work of running for office/working on a candidate's street team/manning a phone bank etc. I am one person but I should find a way to contribute towards the betterment of society. Kindness only goes so far.
I couldn't agree more!
Can we make a joint agreement that if you see a bizarre, brain-rotted take on here, as we inevitably will, to not amplify it or... quote-skeet it whatsoever? Just simply let it fizzle into oblivion and keep our feeds nice and discourse free.
This is not a request
This is not a request
October 21, 2024 at 10:36 PM
I couldn't agree more!
With each year that passes I love pumpkin spice, fall leaves, apple cider donuts and corn mazes a little more.
October 18, 2024 at 1:17 AM
With each year that passes I love pumpkin spice, fall leaves, apple cider donuts and corn mazes a little more.
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Today is International Octopus Day so this is a reminder that a Spanish way of saying someone looks out of place (or “like a fish out of water”) is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage”
October 8, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Today is International Octopus Day so this is a reminder that a Spanish way of saying someone looks out of place (or “like a fish out of water”) is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage”