SamMe (they/xe)
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Alignment: gender chaotic
I write stories for myself and adventures for my friends
I write stories for myself and adventures for my friends
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I've been pretty bad at reading books, so I think I'll start a thread of ones that I do read this year. Not going to grade them or anything (not particularly good at writing about books too), just want to do my best to keep track of them.
A good Christmas thing? My mom got my pronouns right for the first time that I noticed, which I'm happy about. My mom is not malicious or anything about that. She doesn't go out at all, and she probably doesn't know any other trans/nonbinary people except for me and maybe one other person.
December 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A good Christmas thing? My mom got my pronouns right for the first time that I noticed, which I'm happy about. My mom is not malicious or anything about that. She doesn't go out at all, and she probably doesn't know any other trans/nonbinary people except for me and maybe one other person.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, because the adventurers missed one of his phylacteries thus setting into motion a chain of events that would see the world covered in a stygian reign of terror for over ten thousand years
December 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, because the adventurers missed one of his phylacteries thus setting into motion a chain of events that would see the world covered in a stygian reign of terror for over ten thousand years
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
26 books is a good mark for me for this year, given I didn't read anything in January and, well, *waves hands at 2025*
This was very much worth it. It went in directions I didn't expect and the setup for the third book has me excited for this story's conclusion.
This was very much worth it. It went in directions I didn't expect and the setup for the third book has me excited for this story's conclusion.
December 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
26 books is a good mark for me for this year, given I didn't read anything in January and, well, *waves hands at 2025*
This was very much worth it. It went in directions I didn't expect and the setup for the third book has me excited for this story's conclusion.
This was very much worth it. It went in directions I didn't expect and the setup for the third book has me excited for this story's conclusion.
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Fancy a post-Christmas Regency and sapphic chill reading sesh in your pjs?
Like and repost this skeet (is that really what we call them?) for a chance to win one of 3 signed copies of THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET! Open worldwide until midnight 23rd Dec, winners drawn on Christmas Eve.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Fancy a post-Christmas Regency and sapphic chill reading sesh in your pjs?
Like and repost this skeet (is that really what we call them?) for a chance to win one of 3 signed copies of THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET! Open worldwide until midnight 23rd Dec, winners drawn on Christmas Eve.
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SNAP benefits should be universal, with zero means testing, and generous.
Even from a purely capitalist perspective this would benefit the economy massively.
The only reason to be against this is because you're pro-suffering.
Even from a purely capitalist perspective this would benefit the economy massively.
The only reason to be against this is because you're pro-suffering.
December 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
SNAP benefits should be universal, with zero means testing, and generous.
Even from a purely capitalist perspective this would benefit the economy massively.
The only reason to be against this is because you're pro-suffering.
Even from a purely capitalist perspective this would benefit the economy massively.
The only reason to be against this is because you're pro-suffering.
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Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
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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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One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
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John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
I'm hoping to make Christmas cards this year by using my cat for the card itself, and I finally got her to settle down in front of the tree for some pictures.
This was the last picture I took, and I couldn't stop laughing.
This was the last picture I took, and I couldn't stop laughing.
December 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm hoping to make Christmas cards this year by using my cat for the card itself, and I finally got her to settle down in front of the tree for some pictures.
This was the last picture I took, and I couldn't stop laughing.
This was the last picture I took, and I couldn't stop laughing.
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I have no idea if Calibri is actually more accessible or not, but that's not the point. The regime's message is that accessibility itself is wasteful and wrong. The regime is repeatedly saying that people who can't meet their narrow standards for physical/mental abilities should be left behind.
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I have no idea if Calibri is actually more accessible or not, but that's not the point. The regime's message is that accessibility itself is wasteful and wrong. The regime is repeatedly saying that people who can't meet their narrow standards for physical/mental abilities should be left behind.
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You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.
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they're the only large corporation I've really been inside of, so maybe this is just how corporations work and I'm a naive fool, but: when I worked there, I never stopped being baffled why such a wealthy, powerful, ubiquitous company was so cowardly
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
they're the only large corporation I've really been inside of, so maybe this is just how corporations work and I'm a naive fool, but: when I worked there, I never stopped being baffled why such a wealthy, powerful, ubiquitous company was so cowardly
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Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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Andre 3000: “what’s cooler than being cool?”
Neil degrasse Tyson at an OutKast concert: “frozen solid in the standard measurement but I would go further as zero kelvin is…”
Andre 3000: *signalling to security to remove Neil* alright alright alright alright alright alright…
Neil degrasse Tyson at an OutKast concert: “frozen solid in the standard measurement but I would go further as zero kelvin is…”
Andre 3000: *signalling to security to remove Neil* alright alright alright alright alright alright…
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Andre 3000: “what’s cooler than being cool?”
Neil degrasse Tyson at an OutKast concert: “frozen solid in the standard measurement but I would go further as zero kelvin is…”
Andre 3000: *signalling to security to remove Neil* alright alright alright alright alright alright…
Neil degrasse Tyson at an OutKast concert: “frozen solid in the standard measurement but I would go further as zero kelvin is…”
Andre 3000: *signalling to security to remove Neil* alright alright alright alright alright alright…
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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
A week later and I'm 7500 words into a sapphic retelling of Ladyhawke. Though, I do need to real a movie novelization or two because I'm not writing enough and I need some ideas on those work.
I watched Ladyhawke for the first time in ages and now I'm thinking I want to write a queer version of it
December 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A week later and I'm 7500 words into a sapphic retelling of Ladyhawke. Though, I do need to real a movie novelization or two because I'm not writing enough and I need some ideas on those work.