Malus, the Bruised Apple 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@malus.bsky.social
Cranky feminist, dilettante cook, and sometimes writer. Professional know-it-all. Dragon Age is my default setting. Ace/Aro/NB, she/they
I have all 5 kittens in the living room, 3 of whom are actively hunting a fly
(Send help)
(Send help)
November 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I have all 5 kittens in the living room, 3 of whom are actively hunting a fly
(Send help)
(Send help)
Did a half-ass job of cleaning my bathroom, dragged my laundry to the kitchen (where Younger took it away from me and started a load), and changed my sheets. After which I needed a 4 hour nap
I hate this so much. I have so much that I want/need to do and just *can't*
I hate this so much. I have so much that I want/need to do and just *can't*
November 16, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Did a half-ass job of cleaning my bathroom, dragged my laundry to the kitchen (where Younger took it away from me and started a load), and changed my sheets. After which I needed a 4 hour nap
I hate this so much. I have so much that I want/need to do and just *can't*
I hate this so much. I have so much that I want/need to do and just *can't*
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THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
I spent my 20s making myself smaller for the sake of a man, squeezing into the shape of what he wanted. When I got free I never looked back. My only real regret is that my daughters saw any of it
Now I stretch out, take up space, and apologize for nothing. They see this too; maybe it's enough
Now I stretch out, take up space, and apologize for nothing. They see this too; maybe it's enough
I’m trying to set an example for my eight-year-old daughter. I wasted most of my life hating my body & self—& it benefits mediocre men for women like me to have low self-esteem. but I refuse to make my daughter watch me downplay my accomplishments & bow down to men like this.
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I spent my 20s making myself smaller for the sake of a man, squeezing into the shape of what he wanted. When I got free I never looked back. My only real regret is that my daughters saw any of it
Now I stretch out, take up space, and apologize for nothing. They see this too; maybe it's enough
Now I stretch out, take up space, and apologize for nothing. They see this too; maybe it's enough
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So if I have this right, Megyn Kelly thinks 15 year olds are definitely too young to get gender-affirming medical care, but they're old enough to be raped by middle-aged rich men.
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
So if I have this right, Megyn Kelly thinks 15 year olds are definitely too young to get gender-affirming medical care, but they're old enough to be raped by middle-aged rich men.
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A couple of weeks ago I had the exp of watching a level 11 Pathfinder summoner cast chain lightning, doing a collective ~980 lightning damage spread over almost a dozen targets, fully disintegrating seven of them. Never seen "number go up" that high in any ttrpg before. 😅
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
A couple of weeks ago I had the exp of watching a level 11 Pathfinder summoner cast chain lightning, doing a collective ~980 lightning damage spread over almost a dozen targets, fully disintegrating seven of them. Never seen "number go up" that high in any ttrpg before. 😅
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According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
Hey guys, can we please find things to criticise, condemn, and even mock people for without resorting to homophobia, transphobia, misgendering, and body shaming?
There is no shortage of actual hateful things to disapprove of, I promise
There is no shortage of actual hateful things to disapprove of, I promise
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Hey guys, can we please find things to criticise, condemn, and even mock people for without resorting to homophobia, transphobia, misgendering, and body shaming?
There is no shortage of actual hateful things to disapprove of, I promise
There is no shortage of actual hateful things to disapprove of, I promise
I am failing terribly at staying off my phone (& laptop, but that's easier)
Medical orders. I've fallen on my head again and have a little bit of concussion. Again. (1 ambulance, 2 ERs, 4 clinics, and 2 physical therapists so far)
Medical orders. I've fallen on my head again and have a little bit of concussion. Again. (1 ambulance, 2 ERs, 4 clinics, and 2 physical therapists so far)
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I am failing terribly at staying off my phone (& laptop, but that's easier)
Medical orders. I've fallen on my head again and have a little bit of concussion. Again. (1 ambulance, 2 ERs, 4 clinics, and 2 physical therapists so far)
Medical orders. I've fallen on my head again and have a little bit of concussion. Again. (1 ambulance, 2 ERs, 4 clinics, and 2 physical therapists so far)
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Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
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I want to uplift the women who were raped already today & those who were raped yesterday & those who were raped last week & last month & every day of every year & those whose assault wasn't "rape" or that they believe they brought on themselves or they've felt in anyway the need to diminish & deny.
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I want to uplift the women who were raped already today & those who were raped yesterday & those who were raped last week & last month & every day of every year & those whose assault wasn't "rape" or that they believe they brought on themselves or they've felt in anyway the need to diminish & deny.
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I want to uplift the women who, hearing podcast bros crowing "your body my choice" in the 2024 election cycle, shuddered & felt the fight-flight-freeze of all their life's years & felt the hands that had been placed on their bodies & wept or screamed or swallowed it whole because that's what we do.
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I want to uplift the women who, hearing podcast bros crowing "your body my choice" in the 2024 election cycle, shuddered & felt the fight-flight-freeze of all their life's years & felt the hands that had been placed on their bodies & wept or screamed or swallowed it whole because that's what we do.
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Started watching MURDERBOT and now I don't wanna go to work, I just want to watch MURDERBOT, which is pretty much the plot of MURDERBOT.
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Started watching MURDERBOT and now I don't wanna go to work, I just want to watch MURDERBOT, which is pretty much the plot of MURDERBOT.
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When hiring someone, I would much rather teach someone with a great attitude and curiosity a hard tech skill they don't possess than try (and almost certainly fail) to teach someone with hard tech skills to develop the great attitude and curiosity they don't possess. Every damn time.
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
When hiring someone, I would much rather teach someone with a great attitude and curiosity a hard tech skill they don't possess than try (and almost certainly fail) to teach someone with hard tech skills to develop the great attitude and curiosity they don't possess. Every damn time.
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Apropos of nothing in particular: SHOES
Per the FEMA training I took 30 years ago, the one thing that best ensures your survival in a disaster is whether you made it out of the building with shoes on.
Everything else can just be scrap-wraps, but shoes are high-tech. Put them on first, then run.
Per the FEMA training I took 30 years ago, the one thing that best ensures your survival in a disaster is whether you made it out of the building with shoes on.
Everything else can just be scrap-wraps, but shoes are high-tech. Put them on first, then run.
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular: SHOES
Per the FEMA training I took 30 years ago, the one thing that best ensures your survival in a disaster is whether you made it out of the building with shoes on.
Everything else can just be scrap-wraps, but shoes are high-tech. Put them on first, then run.
Per the FEMA training I took 30 years ago, the one thing that best ensures your survival in a disaster is whether you made it out of the building with shoes on.
Everything else can just be scrap-wraps, but shoes are high-tech. Put them on first, then run.
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Realizing the "we poisoned you all with lead for decades" generation was immediately followed by "we fucked up teaching you how to read, now you're bad at it and hate it" generation to be followed by "Mandatory AI will fry your cognition" generation. Well, shit.
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Realizing the "we poisoned you all with lead for decades" generation was immediately followed by "we fucked up teaching you how to read, now you're bad at it and hate it" generation to be followed by "Mandatory AI will fry your cognition" generation. Well, shit.
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Our entire working life is an exercise of "Are you producing enough capital to justify keeping alive?"
It's dehumanizing, exhausting, and traps people in abusive employment situations
It's dehumanizing, exhausting, and traps people in abusive employment situations
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Our entire working life is an exercise of "Are you producing enough capital to justify keeping alive?"
It's dehumanizing, exhausting, and traps people in abusive employment situations
It's dehumanizing, exhausting, and traps people in abusive employment situations
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Your colleagues promised us — promised activists, promised social media influencers, promised organizations — that they were actually going to fight for the ACA, that it was non-negotiable.
You lied to us. You betrayed us. And this is your plan? I know you're not this stupid Sheldon.
You lied to us. You betrayed us. And this is your plan? I know you're not this stupid Sheldon.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Your colleagues promised us — promised activists, promised social media influencers, promised organizations — that they were actually going to fight for the ACA, that it was non-negotiable.
You lied to us. You betrayed us. And this is your plan? I know you're not this stupid Sheldon.
You lied to us. You betrayed us. And this is your plan? I know you're not this stupid Sheldon.
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You are loved. Pass it on.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
You are loved. Pass it on.
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Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
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I'm in wait and see mode right now but it comes to mind that the reason you don't have to quarantine for covid anymore was the airlines.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I'm in wait and see mode right now but it comes to mind that the reason you don't have to quarantine for covid anymore was the airlines.
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We can't give up now. ❄️
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
We can't give up now. ❄️
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“We just witnessed a No Kings protest that was among the largest in American history, we had an election night on Tuesday where Democrats crushed Republicans across the board, and Trump has the lowest approval rating of his Presidency. Obviously, this is the time for us to cave.”
— The Democrats
— The Democrats
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“We just witnessed a No Kings protest that was among the largest in American history, we had an election night on Tuesday where Democrats crushed Republicans across the board, and Trump has the lowest approval rating of his Presidency. Obviously, this is the time for us to cave.”
— The Democrats
— The Democrats