Linnea Peterson
@lpetersonwrites.bsky.social
Queer, #ActuallyAutistic writer and freelance editor. My queer YA debut, THE GIRLS WILL BE OKAY, is forthcoming. My site: https://linneapeterson.com/. They/them
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I've added my superhero romance short story, "Sonic Boom of My Heart," to this list. Donate at least $1 to Second Harvest Heartland and I'll send you 6,700 words of an anti-establishment but really very nice villain falling for his nemesis, a hero who's escaping an abusive relationship.
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
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Right, like if they were? *I’d want to fucking know.* I dread the idea, it would be upsetting, but I would rather fucking know and confront the ugly prospect of delivering consequences for horrific actions than turn a blind eye!
Honestly that kind of statement says more about the person saying it
Honestly that kind of statement says more about the person saying it
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Right, like if they were? *I’d want to fucking know.* I dread the idea, it would be upsetting, but I would rather fucking know and confront the ugly prospect of delivering consequences for horrific actions than turn a blind eye!
Honestly that kind of statement says more about the person saying it
Honestly that kind of statement says more about the person saying it
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when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
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Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
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Calling all monsterfuckers!
Crowdfunding to fund our next erotic anthology, Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling, is live on Kickstarter! 16 queer monsterfucking stories, gorgeous merch, and a steaming hot collection you won't want to miss. Check out our campaign today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Calling all monsterfuckers!
Convincing you to read my book with the first paragraph! Share yours if you'd like.
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Convincing you to read my book with the first paragraph! Share yours if you'd like.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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People who want to make the web accessible need to understand the many different ways that people with disabilities use the web. This W3C resource offers a good introduction to how disabled people navigate the web, and barriers they commonly encounter.
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
How People with Disabilities Use the Web
Introduces how people with disabilities, including people with age-related impairments, use the Web.
www.w3.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
People who want to make the web accessible need to understand the many different ways that people with disabilities use the web. This W3C resource offers a good introduction to how disabled people navigate the web, and barriers they commonly encounter.
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
If you see this, post your bird art.
I have seen so many wild turkeys recently.
I have seen so many wild turkeys recently.
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
If you see this, post your bird art.
I have seen so many wild turkeys recently.
I have seen so many wild turkeys recently.
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A friend and I were talking about awkward stock photos again and I realized it's never a bad time to reshare this list of sites with free stock images that are both less awkward AND more inclusive in terms of the people in them. (It includes a great one for your fall vaccine coverage!)
Free Sources for Inclusive and Stereotype-Busting Stock Images — Madeleine Vasaly
One problem you’ll run into in almost any stock library is that a lot of images are pretty stereotypical and don’t tend to feature a lot of diversity. That’s why whenever I find a new site with free-u...
www.madeleinevasaly.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A friend and I were talking about awkward stock photos again and I realized it's never a bad time to reshare this list of sites with free stock images that are both less awkward AND more inclusive in terms of the people in them. (It includes a great one for your fall vaccine coverage!)
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One good thing: seeing so many abled folks angry on behalf of disabled and chronically ill people. Not just angry for themselves. Specifically speaking out for us.
If we care about each other, we can win.
If we care about each other, we can win.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
One good thing: seeing so many abled folks angry on behalf of disabled and chronically ill people. Not just angry for themselves. Specifically speaking out for us.
If we care about each other, we can win.
If we care about each other, we can win.
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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This all the way to the bone marrow. Find things that bring you joy and cling to them like the life preserver they are in the stormy seas of our present moment in history.
I saw someone on my timeline shaming someone else for posting about college football in a time like this.
Folks, if we're going to survive a time like this, we're going to need to avoid burning out from an attitude of 24/7 vigilance and constant outrage.
Let people find joy where they can, please.
Folks, if we're going to survive a time like this, we're going to need to avoid burning out from an attitude of 24/7 vigilance and constant outrage.
Let people find joy where they can, please.
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This all the way to the bone marrow. Find things that bring you joy and cling to them like the life preserver they are in the stormy seas of our present moment in history.
My synagogue has the best bathroom I've ever used. It's not fancy. It's 1) wheelchair accessible and 2) gender neutral. Plus, 3) it contains free menstrual products in a place that's easy to both see and reach, and 4) the number for a domestic violence hotline is posted on the paper towel dispenser.
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My synagogue has the best bathroom I've ever used. It's not fancy. It's 1) wheelchair accessible and 2) gender neutral. Plus, 3) it contains free menstrual products in a place that's easy to both see and reach, and 4) the number for a domestic violence hotline is posted on the paper towel dispenser.
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On this episode of “What in the flying fuck is wrong with payment processing today?”
Anyway I hadn't heard anyone talking about this, so I guess I'm gonna talk about it. Spread the word if you're thinking about doing an nsfw KS project, Stripe apparently might pull your funding at literally any step of the process, with zero warning!
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
On this episode of “What in the flying fuck is wrong with payment processing today?”
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
Needing a colostomy bag: morally neutral and irrelevant to governing.
Having dementia: morally neutral but relevant to governing. Something to consider in discussions about fitness for office BUT NOT IN A MOCKING WAY.
Being a fascist: morally bad and relevant to governing. Get him outta here.
Having dementia: morally neutral but relevant to governing. Something to consider in discussions about fitness for office BUT NOT IN A MOCKING WAY.
Being a fascist: morally bad and relevant to governing. Get him outta here.
Listen, I hate Trump, but insulting him through his health and physical condition(s?) is rooted in ableism.
Take aim at his choices, not the fact he allegedly needs a colostomy bag.
#Disability is not a weapon for you to weild when you don't like someone. It's a natural part of aging.
Take aim at his choices, not the fact he allegedly needs a colostomy bag.
#Disability is not a weapon for you to weild when you don't like someone. It's a natural part of aging.
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Needing a colostomy bag: morally neutral and irrelevant to governing.
Having dementia: morally neutral but relevant to governing. Something to consider in discussions about fitness for office BUT NOT IN A MOCKING WAY.
Being a fascist: morally bad and relevant to governing. Get him outta here.
Having dementia: morally neutral but relevant to governing. Something to consider in discussions about fitness for office BUT NOT IN A MOCKING WAY.
Being a fascist: morally bad and relevant to governing. Get him outta here.
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The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
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Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.
Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble
www.wkow.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.
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whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
whatever you think of Spanberger, the fact that her opponent ran a campaign based almost entirely on transphobia and is on track to eat shit in the biggest blowout the state has seen since 2009 is unambiguously a huge win
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I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
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1 hour until polls close, Minneapolis! There's still time to vote, even if you're not registered yet! I'll be attending the Fateh party tonight starting around 9 or so, but I'll probably still be doing my usual constant posts.
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
1 hour until polls close, Minneapolis! There's still time to vote, even if you're not registered yet! I'll be attending the Fateh party tonight starting around 9 or so, but I'll probably still be doing my usual constant posts.
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Vance and other converts will wanna op-ed page the Holy Father, thereby demonstrating that they don't actually get how to be a Catholic; f you can't hold your tongue when you don't agree with the Holy Father then you're play-acting at being Catholic. He's the boss, not you. That's the structure
Oh — the situation has escalated.
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Vance and other converts will wanna op-ed page the Holy Father, thereby demonstrating that they don't actually get how to be a Catholic; f you can't hold your tongue when you don't agree with the Holy Father then you're play-acting at being Catholic. He's the boss, not you. That's the structure
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YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE