MrsArkban
@mrsarkban.bsky.social
My son thinks I'm Aurra Sing and my daughter thinks my husband is Walter White so I guess we're a blended family
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If the Democrats lose this messaging war, primary everyone. I want Dems to run who will make calling out pedophiles their ENTIRE platform. We have so much evidence, not the least of which is the President was buddies and business partners with the World's most famous pedophile.
Ted Cruz Claims Democrats ‘Want More Child Molesters’ in the U.S. – ‘And That Is Not Hyperbole’
Ted Cruz Claims Democrats ‘Want More Child Molesters’ in the U.S. – ‘And That Is Not Hyperbole’
Sen. Ted Cruz claimed that Democrats "want more child molesters" in the U.S. and insisted that his comment "is not hyperbole."
The post Ted Cruz Claims Democrats ‘Want More Child Molesters’ in the U.S. – ‘And That Is Not Hyperbole’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
If the Democrats lose this messaging war, primary everyone. I want Dems to run who will make calling out pedophiles their ENTIRE platform. We have so much evidence, not the least of which is the President was buddies and business partners with the World's most famous pedophile.
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One of the right wing's top cultural initiatives was trying to destroy the idea that assholery deserves shame and we'll have to reverse that. "I'm just expressing an opinion I'm entitled to." Ok but you're an asshole. "I'm simply doing a business practice that technically isn't illegal." Ok. Asshole
October 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
One of the right wing's top cultural initiatives was trying to destroy the idea that assholery deserves shame and we'll have to reverse that. "I'm just expressing an opinion I'm entitled to." Ok but you're an asshole. "I'm simply doing a business practice that technically isn't illegal." Ok. Asshole
He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Greene Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
December 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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This essay by @sandyernestallen.bsky.social is excellent and mirrors so much of my own experience re: estrangement and my queer and trans identities.
Also I'll say I found it to be careful with how it discusses trauma. I felt comforted and relieved reading it, rather than overwhelmed or triggered
Also I'll say I found it to be careful with how it discusses trauma. I felt comforted and relieved reading it, rather than overwhelmed or triggered
The holidays are hard when you're estranged from your family, but it gets easier, and you are not alone.
From @sandyernestallen.bsky.social some counter programming for trans people who may be struggling today.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @sandyernestallen.bsky.social some counter programming for trans people who may be struggling today.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Surviving the Holidays as an Estranged Person — Assigned
You may struggle over the holidays if you’re estranged from your family, but you are not alone.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This essay by @sandyernestallen.bsky.social is excellent and mirrors so much of my own experience re: estrangement and my queer and trans identities.
Also I'll say I found it to be careful with how it discusses trauma. I felt comforted and relieved reading it, rather than overwhelmed or triggered
Also I'll say I found it to be careful with how it discusses trauma. I felt comforted and relieved reading it, rather than overwhelmed or triggered
Watched Home Alone last night with the kids and the most ridiculous part is all his groceries only cost $19.83
December 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Watched Home Alone last night with the kids and the most ridiculous part is all his groceries only cost $19.83
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, MUTANTS!
a cartoon of deadpool wearing a santa hat holding a sign that says merry christmas
ALT: a cartoon of deadpool wearing a santa hat holding a sign that says merry christmas
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MUTANTS!
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Merriam Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Merriam Christmas
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you could make an anime out of this
December 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
you could make an anime out of this
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Nutcracker 2025 show 37
Our head stage manager always wants MORE when it comes to snow, bringing us these absolute headset bangers:
PSM: BRING ME WINTER BOYS!
PSM: let’s make it a plowable storm
Props: you want it this bad you clean it up
PSM: move faster rail! I know you can!
Rail: Fuck off
Our head stage manager always wants MORE when it comes to snow, bringing us these absolute headset bangers:
PSM: BRING ME WINTER BOYS!
PSM: let’s make it a plowable storm
Props: you want it this bad you clean it up
PSM: move faster rail! I know you can!
Rail: Fuck off
December 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Nutcracker 2025 show 37
Our head stage manager always wants MORE when it comes to snow, bringing us these absolute headset bangers:
PSM: BRING ME WINTER BOYS!
PSM: let’s make it a plowable storm
Props: you want it this bad you clean it up
PSM: move faster rail! I know you can!
Rail: Fuck off
Our head stage manager always wants MORE when it comes to snow, bringing us these absolute headset bangers:
PSM: BRING ME WINTER BOYS!
PSM: let’s make it a plowable storm
Props: you want it this bad you clean it up
PSM: move faster rail! I know you can!
Rail: Fuck off
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I want everyone who hasn’t done historical research to read this thread. You’ll learn so much about what the field of history is. And why it’s so so so cool.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I want everyone who hasn’t done historical research to read this thread. You’ll learn so much about what the field of history is. And why it’s so so so cool.
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Don't tempt me with a super fun time because I will definitely do this 😂😂😂
Historian: AI has no place in historical research or writing.
AI pusher: You don't know what you're talking about!
Historian: I do. I am a historian.
AI advocate: Luddite!
Historian: *writes twenty-seven post thread about Luddism*
AI pusher: You don't know what you're talking about!
Historian: I do. I am a historian.
AI advocate: Luddite!
Historian: *writes twenty-seven post thread about Luddism*
You absolutely will not convince a bunch of historians and sociologists and whoever else is in this thread that you know more than we do about this and we should use it. I wish you AI enthusiasts would stop wading into our conversations. You have nothing helpful to contribute and are snarky.
December 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Don't tempt me with a super fun time because I will definitely do this 😂😂😂
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Come ON.
If you're in Virginia, please call up Kaine and tell him IMPEACH NOW.
They're covering up for pedophiles. IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
(202) 224-4024
If you're in Virginia, please call up Kaine and tell him IMPEACH NOW.
They're covering up for pedophiles. IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
(202) 224-4024
WELKER: Massie and Khanna say they are looking at options including impeachment and contempt for DOJ officials. Would you support those steps?
KAINE: I think that's premature
KAINE: I think that's premature
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Come ON.
If you're in Virginia, please call up Kaine and tell him IMPEACH NOW.
They're covering up for pedophiles. IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
(202) 224-4024
If you're in Virginia, please call up Kaine and tell him IMPEACH NOW.
They're covering up for pedophiles. IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
(202) 224-4024
Tried some pineberries and they taste like the ghost of strawberries.
Not bad, but I'm not sure I'd spend money on them again
Not bad, but I'm not sure I'd spend money on them again
December 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tried some pineberries and they taste like the ghost of strawberries.
Not bad, but I'm not sure I'd spend money on them again
Not bad, but I'm not sure I'd spend money on them again
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AI supporters grant grace to AI mess ups that they would never extend to humans. "I used AI to create recipes! Every third one is awful, which isn't bad!"
Whereas a human-authored cookbook would be in the trash at that failure rate.
Whereas a human-authored cookbook would be in the trash at that failure rate.
December 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
AI supporters grant grace to AI mess ups that they would never extend to humans. "I used AI to create recipes! Every third one is awful, which isn't bad!"
Whereas a human-authored cookbook would be in the trash at that failure rate.
Whereas a human-authored cookbook would be in the trash at that failure rate.
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I feel that possibly Frigga may be sending these dorkass losers a message.
A member of the neo-Nazi white separatist group PNW Wolf Pack fell to his death trying to pick a mistletoe from a tree this holiday season 🎄❄
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I feel that possibly Frigga may be sending these dorkass losers a message.
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A forgotten Tennessee Williams horror play, written for radio as part of his University of Iowa coursework and performed on air perhaps only once, has been published in the Strand Magazine.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Unseen Tennessee Williams radio play published in literary magazine
The Strangers, a horror tale written during the playwright’s college days, appeared in the Strand magazine this week
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A forgotten Tennessee Williams horror play, written for radio as part of his University of Iowa coursework and performed on air perhaps only once, has been published in the Strand Magazine.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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You gotta respect someone who can wake up, scream as loud as possible, chug 1/5 of their body weight in milk, start laughing, throw up a little, and be back asleep within 20 minutes. Just nothing but respect for babies.
December 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
You gotta respect someone who can wake up, scream as loud as possible, chug 1/5 of their body weight in milk, start laughing, throw up a little, and be back asleep within 20 minutes. Just nothing but respect for babies.
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A poem for Winter Solstice: "The Shortest Day" by Susan Cooper, author The Dark is Rising and numerous other luminous books.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
December 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A poem for Winter Solstice: "The Shortest Day" by Susan Cooper, author The Dark is Rising and numerous other luminous books.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
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you can cheer when the rats flee the ship, but you do not need to invite the rats over to your ship. the rats are icky. let those fuckers swim
our emotional & practical survival over the next year is going to depend on us developing the emotional depth to say "hahaha fuck yeah, shit has gotten so bad that even [terrible person] is trying to save themselves" without being like "so they're not terrible anymore, maybe?"
You do not in fact gotta hand it to Mitt Binders Full of Women Romney!!!
December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
you can cheer when the rats flee the ship, but you do not need to invite the rats over to your ship. the rats are icky. let those fuckers swim
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This would be about as useful as simply reading the summary on the back of the book.
AI CANNOT "summarize" a book or article because it cannot READ it. It does not not KNOW what it says. It only repeats what the author's abstracts and quotes already say.
AI CANNOT "summarize" a book or article because it cannot READ it. It does not not KNOW what it says. It only repeats what the author's abstracts and quotes already say.
This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:
December 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This would be about as useful as simply reading the summary on the back of the book.
AI CANNOT "summarize" a book or article because it cannot READ it. It does not not KNOW what it says. It only repeats what the author's abstracts and quotes already say.
AI CANNOT "summarize" a book or article because it cannot READ it. It does not not KNOW what it says. It only repeats what the author's abstracts and quotes already say.
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I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.