Adam Weird
@needlephilic.bsky.social
The only person who will own up to being nostalgic for 2019 Twitter. It/Its.
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the Michelin man is kinda like a Greek god in the sense that he presides over tires and which restaurants are good
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
the Michelin man is kinda like a Greek god in the sense that he presides over tires and which restaurants are good
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The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.
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One of the reasons I am not optimistic about the US in the medium term is that the right’s entire political project for the last fifty-ish years has been the destruction of civic virtue while hypocritically whining about the moral decay of society that they have been actively encouraging
The core problem is that in a state, something has to be sovereign - in a democracy, it is the people - and you can design and tinker as much as you like but there is no way to design around a loss of virtue in that sovereign entity.
If the people keep elected maniacs, no guardrails can hold.
If the people keep elected maniacs, no guardrails can hold.
one of the things dr schake and i were both wrestling with in this conversation--i think not really conclusively--is how you maintain the norm of civilian supremacy when the civilians are issuing objectively illegal, murderous orders
November 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
One of the reasons I am not optimistic about the US in the medium term is that the right’s entire political project for the last fifty-ish years has been the destruction of civic virtue while hypocritically whining about the moral decay of society that they have been actively encouraging
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anyway. conde naste should fire Nuzzi, fire the hack editor at vanity fair, reverse its gutting of teen vogue, and apologize to all of us for this nonsense.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
anyway. conde naste should fire Nuzzi, fire the hack editor at vanity fair, reverse its gutting of teen vogue, and apologize to all of us for this nonsense.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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Aransas J. Hawthorne, Esq. has something to say.
I drew this image for a comic I'm working on and gave him some new words to say. #nandavanam #furrycomic
I drew this image for a comic I'm working on and gave him some new words to say. #nandavanam #furrycomic
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Aransas J. Hawthorne, Esq. has something to say.
I drew this image for a comic I'm working on and gave him some new words to say. #nandavanam #furrycomic
I drew this image for a comic I'm working on and gave him some new words to say. #nandavanam #furrycomic
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Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
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The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
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I think it's become more neutral but this reads a bit like walking into an Australian outback pub and going "so, gents, you still all pooftahs in here or have some of you stopped mincing about".
You know what's going to happen, I have to assume you want what's going to happen, you can't complain.
You know what's going to happen, I have to assume you want what's going to happen, you can't complain.
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I think it's become more neutral but this reads a bit like walking into an Australian outback pub and going "so, gents, you still all pooftahs in here or have some of you stopped mincing about".
You know what's going to happen, I have to assume you want what's going to happen, you can't complain.
You know what's going to happen, I have to assume you want what's going to happen, you can't complain.
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happy holiday season! any parent that won't accept your queer identity is abusive. this is not nuanced. a non-abusive parent wouldn't demand you to serve their own comfort and desires, especially at the expense of your happiness and autonomy 💕
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
happy holiday season! any parent that won't accept your queer identity is abusive. this is not nuanced. a non-abusive parent wouldn't demand you to serve their own comfort and desires, especially at the expense of your happiness and autonomy 💕
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
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loudly insisting that wife guys get a float in the gay pride parade
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
loudly insisting that wife guys get a float in the gay pride parade
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It is funny how many movies out there are thematically “people sure are mad at systems.” Wonder what it means
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It is funny how many movies out there are thematically “people sure are mad at systems.” Wonder what it means
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Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
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Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
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Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
Arkansas smells like freshwater basically everywhere, and whether or not you find this a good smell is dependent on where you smelled it first, I find.
What would your state's state smell be?
(Nice answers only)
(Nice answers only)
New Mexico is the only state to have a “state smell”
A bunch of grade school kids said that roasting green chile should be our state smell so their teacher had them write our state Congress and in a shocking display they all came together, wrote the bill, and passed it in a matter of weeks
A bunch of grade school kids said that roasting green chile should be our state smell so their teacher had them write our state Congress and in a shocking display they all came together, wrote the bill, and passed it in a matter of weeks
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Arkansas smells like freshwater basically everywhere, and whether or not you find this a good smell is dependent on where you smelled it first, I find.
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I think that phone allowing people to simultaneously be flooded with the 99th percentile that is struggling and the 99th percentile that is absolutely loaded breaks brains
Seriously, the Democrats have not led “on the economy” in living memory (sans for 8 months in 2007-08), and it all shifted in the time between Liberation Day and now
Btw I think the synthesis of “phones causing brainrot” and “it’s the economy” may be that phones are making ppl hate the economy
Btw I think the synthesis of “phones causing brainrot” and “it’s the economy” may be that phones are making ppl hate the economy
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I think that phone allowing people to simultaneously be flooded with the 99th percentile that is struggling and the 99th percentile that is absolutely loaded breaks brains
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In some moments, I am tied to the idea that transition is about making me love myself more. But as I've progressed, I've realized the true point of it is to allow you to relax enough to love others more effectively.
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In some moments, I am tied to the idea that transition is about making me love myself more. But as I've progressed, I've realized the true point of it is to allow you to relax enough to love others more effectively.
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I want every person freaking out about minors transitioning to really apply that energy to how boys (especially Black boys) are encouraged to expose themselves to permanent brain damage through middle and high school football
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I want every person freaking out about minors transitioning to really apply that energy to how boys (especially Black boys) are encouraged to expose themselves to permanent brain damage through middle and high school football
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it's because there is a presumption that a child has a moral responsibility to be what their parent imagines them to be. parents don't imagine their children taking medication, thus a child who needs medication is actually breaching this contract with their parent to be Normal and deserves suffering
and ofc i can't help but notice the similarities with anti-trans fearmongering. "people who use MEDICAL CARE early in life tend to go on to use more MEDICAL CARE. isn't this *scary*?!" like the assumption is that medicine is bad and suspect and dangerous. which is a weird assumption!
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
it's because there is a presumption that a child has a moral responsibility to be what their parent imagines them to be. parents don't imagine their children taking medication, thus a child who needs medication is actually breaching this contract with their parent to be Normal and deserves suffering