Bess Karner
@knitallama.bsky.social
Fiber artist, queer, socialist
She/They/He
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She/They/He
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epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
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I hope those kids treasure those memes and take the whimsy and memories of sillier times with them into adulthood like we did with Trogdor The Burninator, hope you keep referencing them in 20 years time kiddos
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
One of the things we've enjoyed the most about the six-seven phenomenon is the way it comes with a gesture, which we've also seen represented in emoji form as:
🫴 six-seven 🫳
🫴 six-seven 🫳
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I hope those kids treasure those memes and take the whimsy and memories of sillier times with them into adulthood like we did with Trogdor The Burninator, hope you keep referencing them in 20 years time kiddos
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‘People believe this stuff’: AI is a new headache for air disaster investigators
‘People believe this stuff’: AI is a new headache for air disaster investigators
Fake content generated by the technology could spread misinformation and undermine official inquiries, an expert says.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
‘People believe this stuff’: AI is a new headache for air disaster investigators
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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In case this wasn't.... matchlessly clear... RFK Jr. told the New York Times he's personally responsible for the new CDC website page claiming that vaccines may cause autism. This is a lie and Kennedy employed tortured logic to try to justify it to the paper. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. wants you to know he’s personally responsible for anti-vax misinformation on CDC website
He told the New York Times there’s no proof that vaccines don’t cause autism, which is a lie.
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In case this wasn't.... matchlessly clear... RFK Jr. told the New York Times he's personally responsible for the new CDC website page claiming that vaccines may cause autism. This is a lie and Kennedy employed tortured logic to try to justify it to the paper. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Employment lawyer here: the number of male employers who genuinely believe they should be able to sleep with their female employees and pay working mothers less than working fathers is most of them. They genuinely believe that it is an injustice against them that they might face repercussions.
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Employment lawyer here: the number of male employers who genuinely believe they should be able to sleep with their female employees and pay working mothers less than working fathers is most of them. They genuinely believe that it is an injustice against them that they might face repercussions.
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CNN talking about the possibility of violence as a guy in a giraffe costume waddles by
October 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
CNN talking about the possibility of violence as a guy in a giraffe costume waddles by
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a real water is wet scenario here
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
a real water is wet scenario here
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Kimmel: "He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now."
September 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Kimmel: "He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now."
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Pssssssst! Hey!
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September 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Pssssssst! Hey!
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happy LABOR DAY buckaroos. time to celebrate with these classic work trots
September 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
happy LABOR DAY buckaroos. time to celebrate with these classic work trots
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THIS is what our trans siblings want
August 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
THIS is what our trans siblings want
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ever been depressed? smoked? you should still be able to get the updated Covid vaccine for at least one more year
FDA is authorizing anybody with a risk factor from this list to receive the vaccines, as well as anybody 65+.
August 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
ever been depressed? smoked? you should still be able to get the updated Covid vaccine for at least one more year
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Hadn't been on TruthSocial for a while. Didn't realize it's a website wholly subsidized by scamming seniors with Ivermectin ads, which Trump fans apparently still think cures all known illnesses.
August 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hadn't been on TruthSocial for a while. Didn't realize it's a website wholly subsidized by scamming seniors with Ivermectin ads, which Trump fans apparently still think cures all known illnesses.
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ironically, both fields which men then took over and tried for years to kick women out of
we have both computers and science fiction because Byron was so insufferable it inspired all the women around him to come up with elaborate reasons to get away
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
August 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
ironically, both fields which men then took over and tried for years to kick women out of
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Imagine having a store people felt so comfortable going into that they gave it a cute nickname, and then throwing that away for the sake of a political group that doesn't even shop there, fucking up so badly that a lot of the former shoppers realized they didn't need to buy so much stuff anyway.
Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down after 11 years at the retailer, as the company faces slumping sales and backlash to its retreat on DEI. cnn.it/3UCqycs
August 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Imagine having a store people felt so comfortable going into that they gave it a cute nickname, and then throwing that away for the sake of a political group that doesn't even shop there, fucking up so badly that a lot of the former shoppers realized they didn't need to buy so much stuff anyway.
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Rowling once reported someone saying "I wish on JK Rowling only what she wishes on trans people" as a threat of violence. She wishes violence on trans people in her own words! By her own admission! I am so tired of being expected to pretend that she doesn't!
August 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Rowling once reported someone saying "I wish on JK Rowling only what she wishes on trans people" as a threat of violence. She wishes violence on trans people in her own words! By her own admission! I am so tired of being expected to pretend that she doesn't!
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To be a "serious" writer, one must have:
A favorite punctuation mark (it's the semicolon)
A controversial grammar opinion
Anxiety over spending money on books, pens, or notebooks
Anxiety, period
Something ineffable you want to eff
Fear of opening emails
A favorite punctuation mark (it's the semicolon)
A controversial grammar opinion
Anxiety over spending money on books, pens, or notebooks
Anxiety, period
Something ineffable you want to eff
Fear of opening emails
August 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
To be a "serious" writer, one must have:
A favorite punctuation mark (it's the semicolon)
A controversial grammar opinion
Anxiety over spending money on books, pens, or notebooks
Anxiety, period
Something ineffable you want to eff
Fear of opening emails
A favorite punctuation mark (it's the semicolon)
A controversial grammar opinion
Anxiety over spending money on books, pens, or notebooks
Anxiety, period
Something ineffable you want to eff
Fear of opening emails
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1/12
⚠️ TL;DR: There’s a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Central Harlem, NYC — 67 cases, 3 deaths. If you’re in affected ZIP codes and have flu-like symptoms, get medical help fast.
Let's break down what you need to know.🧵👇
⚠️ TL;DR: There’s a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Central Harlem, NYC — 67 cases, 3 deaths. If you’re in affected ZIP codes and have flu-like symptoms, get medical help fast.
Let's break down what you need to know.🧵👇
August 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
1/12
⚠️ TL;DR: There’s a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Central Harlem, NYC — 67 cases, 3 deaths. If you’re in affected ZIP codes and have flu-like symptoms, get medical help fast.
Let's break down what you need to know.🧵👇
⚠️ TL;DR: There’s a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Central Harlem, NYC — 67 cases, 3 deaths. If you’re in affected ZIP codes and have flu-like symptoms, get medical help fast.
Let's break down what you need to know.🧵👇
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This is the difference between kindness and politeness. You can be politely led to an internment camp. There is no KIND version of that. Kindness punches the gestapo and helps you get away. Kindness is focused on outcomes, politeness is focused on feelings.
We need people ready to say actually, no, fuck you.
We are going to be kind to our trans friends in materially meaningful ways and we will go to war if you fuck with them.
Community self-defense is kind.
Real justice is kind.
Any good parent will tell you that true kindness is not always gentle.
We are going to be kind to our trans friends in materially meaningful ways and we will go to war if you fuck with them.
Community self-defense is kind.
Real justice is kind.
Any good parent will tell you that true kindness is not always gentle.
August 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is the difference between kindness and politeness. You can be politely led to an internment camp. There is no KIND version of that. Kindness punches the gestapo and helps you get away. Kindness is focused on outcomes, politeness is focused on feelings.
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are you sure there isn’t another way, richest man alive?
August 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
are you sure there isn’t another way, richest man alive?
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
August 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!