John Eric Gritland
@johngritland.bsky.social
Tʜᴇ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜ ɪs ᴜɴᴅᴇᴀᴅ. Lᴇᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏɴᴇ. *𝖈𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖌*
Estonian, with a colonized name for privacy and clout.
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Estonian, with a colonized name for privacy and clout.
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He/him
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Literally this, again and again and again. Reject Anarchism™. Embrace anarchism.
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Yeah, I'm very firmly in the camp of helping out groups that are doing things rather than groups dedicated to being things these days. I think if people want to learn theory, they should start a reading group instead of some large tent anarchist org.
June 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Literally this, again and again and again. Reject Anarchism™. Embrace anarchism.
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losing my goddamn mind
This is a bad sign the occupyDemocrats accounts are now starting to say that any kind of property destruction is the sign of far right infiltration of their events
This kind of broken windows thinking is what got us here in part and must be pointed out as the status quo mantinence propaganda it is.
This kind of broken windows thinking is what got us here in part and must be pointed out as the status quo mantinence propaganda it is.
June 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
losing my goddamn mind
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If a straight woman has to hide her relationship with her boyfriend to avoid outing him as queer to his conservative family than we’re not using the same definition of “straight” there as we are with cishet people and the difference really matters.
June 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
If a straight woman has to hide her relationship with her boyfriend to avoid outing him as queer to his conservative family than we’re not using the same definition of “straight” there as we are with cishet people and the difference really matters.
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If an American posts “oh shit oh fuck” with no other context it’s because something happened in a baseball game, if a British person posts that it’s because something happened to Doctor Who
June 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
If an American posts “oh shit oh fuck” with no other context it’s because something happened in a baseball game, if a British person posts that it’s because something happened to Doctor Who
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This is the final day we'll be accepting applications!
We've had dozens of responses and will only have 3-5 spots to start but the hope is that as the business grows, these opportunities expand.
We've had dozens of responses and will only have 3-5 spots to start but the hope is that as the business grows, these opportunities expand.
Tabletop Bookshelf is looking for professional writers to contribute sponsored reviews of tabletop RPGs and solo games from our shop collection.
Interested? Complete the application form below - spaces are limited!
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June 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is the final day we'll be accepting applications!
We've had dozens of responses and will only have 3-5 spots to start but the hope is that as the business grows, these opportunities expand.
We've had dozens of responses and will only have 3-5 spots to start but the hope is that as the business grows, these opportunities expand.
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Do you ever just think about how the average British person has no idea they live in one of the most ecologically devastated regions on the planet
The British Isles are supposed to be covered in *rainforest*! The climate is most similar to *Japan's*!
The British Isles are supposed to be covered in *rainforest*! The climate is most similar to *Japan's*!
May 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Do you ever just think about how the average British person has no idea they live in one of the most ecologically devastated regions on the planet
The British Isles are supposed to be covered in *rainforest*! The climate is most similar to *Japan's*!
The British Isles are supposed to be covered in *rainforest*! The climate is most similar to *Japan's*!
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if you understand why religious households can produce apostate children, you should be able to understand why "socialization" isn't "gender programming", but rather the selfsame set of patriarchal strictures we all encounter, defy, or reinforce constantly
yet people turn their brains off here
yet people turn their brains off here
May 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
if you understand why religious households can produce apostate children, you should be able to understand why "socialization" isn't "gender programming", but rather the selfsame set of patriarchal strictures we all encounter, defy, or reinforce constantly
yet people turn their brains off here
yet people turn their brains off here
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Revolutoinary idea:
boys and girls encounter gender norms through a process of navigating their social environments and discovering what is permitted and what invites disciplining in a continuous process
this social and cultural reproduction means ... we all learn misogynistic social norms
boys and girls encounter gender norms through a process of navigating their social environments and discovering what is permitted and what invites disciplining in a continuous process
this social and cultural reproduction means ... we all learn misogynistic social norms
"differences in how boys and girls are treated mean this difference is an abstract universal and kids internalize completely mutually exclusive gender norms neatly based on a perfect division of binary sex and as a one-way sponge" isnt only wrong but there is no text claiming this
May 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Revolutoinary idea:
boys and girls encounter gender norms through a process of navigating their social environments and discovering what is permitted and what invites disciplining in a continuous process
this social and cultural reproduction means ... we all learn misogynistic social norms
boys and girls encounter gender norms through a process of navigating their social environments and discovering what is permitted and what invites disciplining in a continuous process
this social and cultural reproduction means ... we all learn misogynistic social norms
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Kate Nash really is an ally, damn.
May 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Kate Nash really is an ally, damn.
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France’s new assisted dying law will euthanize patients 17 days after requesting, and appears to have less checks & balances than Canada’s MAiD.
As Noah said, financial support, medications, mobility aids etc take time.
Care doesn’t come in 17 days. This is eugenics.
As Noah said, financial support, medications, mobility aids etc take time.
Care doesn’t come in 17 days. This is eugenics.
The patient will be euthanize 17 days after they first requested it, not 48 hours.
But just to put things in perspective :
- It takes sometimes more than a year to access financial support, caregivers, wheelchairs and so on.
- Months to access pain treatment center, if your lucky to be accepted.
But just to put things in perspective :
- It takes sometimes more than a year to access financial support, caregivers, wheelchairs and so on.
- Months to access pain treatment center, if your lucky to be accepted.
May 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
France’s new assisted dying law will euthanize patients 17 days after requesting, and appears to have less checks & balances than Canada’s MAiD.
As Noah said, financial support, medications, mobility aids etc take time.
Care doesn’t come in 17 days. This is eugenics.
As Noah said, financial support, medications, mobility aids etc take time.
Care doesn’t come in 17 days. This is eugenics.
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"trans women think girl is when skirt" is cis people talking to cis people about the scary tranny they are unable to understand because their minds are trapped by the regime of heterosexuality. every tgirl i know has had to speedrun through sociology, history, and feminist theory to justify herself
May 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"trans women think girl is when skirt" is cis people talking to cis people about the scary tranny they are unable to understand because their minds are trapped by the regime of heterosexuality. every tgirl i know has had to speedrun through sociology, history, and feminist theory to justify herself
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so this is super normal
May 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
so this is super normal
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Andor wouldn't have worked as well if it didn't intend to frame the clash between the Empire as a force of violent standardisation against the vernacular and the richness of all that's local.
I mean, it's easy to love Andor for its political plot, but what I personally appreciated so much was the brilliant world-building: rituals, history, and communities - with all their intricate anthropologically fascinating depth.
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May 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Andor wouldn't have worked as well if it didn't intend to frame the clash between the Empire as a force of violent standardisation against the vernacular and the richness of all that's local.
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a terrible thing about the last ten or twenty years of comics is seeing how many massive talents are still with us and in poor health, dying young, forever freelancers that gave their physical health to make things that now fuel the biggest blockbusters ever. It’s not right.
May 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
a terrible thing about the last ten or twenty years of comics is seeing how many massive talents are still with us and in poor health, dying young, forever freelancers that gave their physical health to make things that now fuel the biggest blockbusters ever. It’s not right.
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I grew up in the anarchist movement and one of the most common discursive frames I remember from the 90s was that liberals were nihilists: totally without consistent moral values or concern with the future.
It's been so weird watching some people forget this basic fact.
It's been so weird watching some people forget this basic fact.
I find this full-throated amorality fascinating. To hell with values and persuasion. Why lead when you can just follow?
May 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I grew up in the anarchist movement and one of the most common discursive frames I remember from the 90s was that liberals were nihilists: totally without consistent moral values or concern with the future.
It's been so weird watching some people forget this basic fact.
It's been so weird watching some people forget this basic fact.
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it's rly gratifying to have jess explicitly call back to us talking abt this! to my memory, it was a very classic-but-difficult development conversation of "hey: here's something your game is saying. it's ok if you want it to say that, but if you don't, it's important to change it"
![I am careful to say in the rulebook that neither The Parliament, my analogue for the council, or The Intelligence, my analogue for the spies and saboteurs, are “the good guy” or “the bad guy.” In designing the second edition of Going Rogue, satah, [the game’s] system design consultant, really challenged me to ensure the desire choices for The Parliament pillar actually communicated the ways it’s also vital to accomplishing revolution — allies, support, embodying our ideals. Both pillars represent necessary parts of a revolutionary movement that must be balanced for it to succeed. A movement that is too cautious and conciliatory, unable to take risks for fear of ‘optics’ or collateral damage to the innocent, will never overthrow the forces that oppress it. But a movement that is unaccountable to its participants and the people at large and willing to go to any length in its violence without a consideration of the consequences will inevitably replicate many of the oppressive structures it sought to overthrow — a machine whose main output is violence will always continue to produce violence.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ts2vcoi63ykely3tiiycvwy/bafkreiez6ejjqon4nmmvogw6c26iukpgoxqhy5ll56hwfjae7n22g7m4xy@jpeg)
May 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
it's rly gratifying to have jess explicitly call back to us talking abt this! to my memory, it was a very classic-but-difficult development conversation of "hey: here's something your game is saying. it's ok if you want it to say that, but if you don't, it's important to change it"
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ive partially come to the conclusion that one of the big roadblocks in "left organizing" in the us and canada is a complete lack of strategy around how to deal with the geography of urban and especially suburban space
May 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
ive partially come to the conclusion that one of the big roadblocks in "left organizing" in the us and canada is a complete lack of strategy around how to deal with the geography of urban and especially suburban space
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Everything the Empire did BBY (Before the Barber of Yavin) couldn't come close to the sheer horror the Rebellion enacted onto Mon Mothma's hair.
May 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Everything the Empire did BBY (Before the Barber of Yavin) couldn't come close to the sheer horror the Rebellion enacted onto Mon Mothma's hair.
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Dodgers broadcast was discussing the science behind the perception of time between children and adults. After hearing the explanation, the color commentator pauses and asks, "Am I gonna feel any better?"
Andy Pages then smashes a dinger into space, thus ending the existential crisis on commentary.
Andy Pages then smashes a dinger into space, thus ending the existential crisis on commentary.
May 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Dodgers broadcast was discussing the science behind the perception of time between children and adults. After hearing the explanation, the color commentator pauses and asks, "Am I gonna feel any better?"
Andy Pages then smashes a dinger into space, thus ending the existential crisis on commentary.
Andy Pages then smashes a dinger into space, thus ending the existential crisis on commentary.
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on destroying the internet
May 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
on destroying the internet
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I am so grateful for everyone’s help so far, and am now over halfway to my goal here! I’ve got to get a majority of these bills paid off this month. Please consider helping me out with funds if you can. Boosts are really appreciated as well 🙏💙 ko-fi.com/butchanarchy...
May 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I am so grateful for everyone’s help so far, and am now over halfway to my goal here! I’ve got to get a majority of these bills paid off this month. Please consider helping me out with funds if you can. Boosts are really appreciated as well 🙏💙 ko-fi.com/butchanarchy...
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If this spending bill passes the Senate and is signed into law in its current form, all but the most financially fortunate transgender people will be forcibly detransitioned regardless of their ability - or inability - to produce their own sex hormones.
This is a ten thousand-alarm fire.
This is a ten thousand-alarm fire.
May 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If this spending bill passes the Senate and is signed into law in its current form, all but the most financially fortunate transgender people will be forcibly detransitioned regardless of their ability - or inability - to produce their own sex hormones.
This is a ten thousand-alarm fire.
This is a ten thousand-alarm fire.