Michelle W.
@mishkarma.bsky.social
admin, reader, one-time writer, enjoyer of floof, kdramas, and general silliness, she/her
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For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
December 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
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Interesting look at a kidney stone under an electron microscope; I always though it was painful because you were pushing an object through a hole too small for it to easily pass, but no it's literally just razor sharp crystals too.
December 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Interesting look at a kidney stone under an electron microscope; I always though it was painful because you were pushing an object through a hole too small for it to easily pass, but no it's literally just razor sharp crystals too.
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It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
From the NPR archives.
From the NPR archives.
NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
From the NPR archives.
From the NPR archives.
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Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
February 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
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Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
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My Christmas card for 2025 🦫
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My Christmas card for 2025 🦫
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"You feel a sense of emotional relief seeing a dog here on prosthetics, just like us."
Lavr, a dog who had to get prosthetic front paws after a train severed his, is providing war veterans with emotional support as they recover at a rehabilitation center in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Lavr, a dog who had to get prosthetic front paws after a train severed his, is providing war veterans with emotional support as they recover at a rehabilitation center in Kyiv, Ukraine.
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"You feel a sense of emotional relief seeing a dog here on prosthetics, just like us."
Lavr, a dog who had to get prosthetic front paws after a train severed his, is providing war veterans with emotional support as they recover at a rehabilitation center in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Lavr, a dog who had to get prosthetic front paws after a train severed his, is providing war veterans with emotional support as they recover at a rehabilitation center in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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unveiled and made to have their photos taken. The women were from villages destroyed by the French army to deny the FLN (Algerian resistance) local support. Garanger was drafted in 1960 into the French army and found himself assigned as a photographer. “If looks could kill, they would have,” he
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
unveiled and made to have their photos taken. The women were from villages destroyed by the French army to deny the FLN (Algerian resistance) local support. Garanger was drafted in 1960 into the French army and found himself assigned as a photographer. “If looks could kill, they would have,” he
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An Algerian woman at a ‘regroupment camp’ in 1960. One of over two thousand photos French photographer Marc Garanger took of Algerian women, Imazighen and Muslim, at a French internment facility in Algeria in 1960. The women were forcibly
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
An Algerian woman at a ‘regroupment camp’ in 1960. One of over two thousand photos French photographer Marc Garanger took of Algerian women, Imazighen and Muslim, at a French internment facility in Algeria in 1960. The women were forcibly
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Frustrating. I am getting zero reach on my soap FB page because apparently Meta wants everyone to pay for reach. ($87 a month for Business Plus!)
In other news, if you're in Australia, today is probably the last day I can guarantee delivery for Xmas.
veronicafoaleessentials.com.au
In other news, if you're in Australia, today is probably the last day I can guarantee delivery for Xmas.
veronicafoaleessentials.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Frustrating. I am getting zero reach on my soap FB page because apparently Meta wants everyone to pay for reach. ($87 a month for Business Plus!)
In other news, if you're in Australia, today is probably the last day I can guarantee delivery for Xmas.
veronicafoaleessentials.com.au
In other news, if you're in Australia, today is probably the last day I can guarantee delivery for Xmas.
veronicafoaleessentials.com.au
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"Did I dream that time I was asked to do a reading from my work in a barn with a sheep and the whole time I was reading I had to continue massaging the sheep because its owners told me it would 'get stroppy' if I didn't?"
*Checks photo archive*
"Nope. Definitely happened."
*Checks photo archive*
"Nope. Definitely happened."
December 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Did I dream that time I was asked to do a reading from my work in a barn with a sheep and the whole time I was reading I had to continue massaging the sheep because its owners told me it would 'get stroppy' if I didn't?"
*Checks photo archive*
"Nope. Definitely happened."
*Checks photo archive*
"Nope. Definitely happened."
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TIL
On the subject of typefaces, a fun thing I've learned today: If you put the name of a typeface into Google, it will at least sometimes give you the results in the typeface you're asking about. I don't know if that's dependent on having the typeface already on your computer; still cool.
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
TIL
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December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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OFFICIAL KITTEN TIMELINE CLEANSE I gave her many kisses and treats to apologize for using her for a video 😭
(This is not Artificial Intelligence but Genuine Kittelligence)
(This is not Artificial Intelligence but Genuine Kittelligence)
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
OFFICIAL KITTEN TIMELINE CLEANSE I gave her many kisses and treats to apologize for using her for a video 😭
(This is not Artificial Intelligence but Genuine Kittelligence)
(This is not Artificial Intelligence but Genuine Kittelligence)
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Sadly, this appears to be AI. There are some tells throughout (hands disappearing, the people in the background staring like collective zombies, some weird configurations on the walls) but overall, this looks pretty real -- it's getting harder to tell what's real and what's not. Which ain't great.
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Sadly, this appears to be AI. There are some tells throughout (hands disappearing, the people in the background staring like collective zombies, some weird configurations on the walls) but overall, this looks pretty real -- it's getting harder to tell what's real and what's not. Which ain't great.
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IMO, the reason Danielle Smith is so dangerous is that her years of media training have honed her skills of making the most insane and questionable actions sound run of the mill, which cons the Albertans who only pay superficial attention to politics into thinking everything's fine.
December 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
IMO, the reason Danielle Smith is so dangerous is that her years of media training have honed her skills of making the most insane and questionable actions sound run of the mill, which cons the Albertans who only pay superficial attention to politics into thinking everything's fine.
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Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️⚧️
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️⚧️
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After gathering input from many, Mary Robinette is sharing a great list of works featuring / focusing on people who use wheelchairs. The list starts here, but scroll down for more works and up for the original request (and the replies thereto).
Here's a list of protagonists or major characters who use wheelchairs.
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
After gathering input from many, Mary Robinette is sharing a great list of works featuring / focusing on people who use wheelchairs. The list starts here, but scroll down for more works and up for the original request (and the replies thereto).
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Hey, it’s Franklin. Coming over to play. I mean, to clarify things in the most polite way possible. #HandsOffOurTurtle
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Hey, it’s Franklin. Coming over to play. I mean, to clarify things in the most polite way possible. #HandsOffOurTurtle
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I said it… And I MEANT it!
@lasrina.bsky.social You've made it to the 'screenshots shared on Imgur meme dumps' hall of fame!
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I said it… And I MEANT it!