AK Faulkner @ MCM Birmingham WB-3
@poopraven.bsky.social
Your friendly local agender trauma merchant.
Bereaved and current Corgi parent. Cat chew-toy.
Visually impaired. Posts may contain typos. Cope.
Any pronouns.
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Bereaved and current Corgi parent. Cat chew-toy.
Visually impaired. Posts may contain typos. Cope.
Any pronouns.
https://ravenswordpress.com/
https://ko-fi.com/akfaulkner
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Jack of Thorns
Jack of Thorns What do you do when a Celtic god rings your doorbell?Laurence Riley is a San Diego florist whose ex won't leave him alone. Quentin d'Arcy is a British earl on the run from his own famil...
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Hi there! I'm AK, and I bring you:
✨ The most chaotic bisexuals ever
🪴 Plant powers
💨 Uncontrolled telekinesis
🍏 Celtic mythology
⚠️ TRAUMA
Ready to know more?
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✨ The most chaotic bisexuals ever
🪴 Plant powers
💨 Uncontrolled telekinesis
🍏 Celtic mythology
⚠️ TRAUMA
Ready to know more?
ravenswordpress.com/books/jack-o...
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Personal Me: Dammit, if 2025 wasn’t already fired, the death toll alone would do it. Bi activist Loraine Hutchins has left us. RIP. I still treasure my signed copy of BI ANY OTHER NAME, the ground-breaking anthology from Alyson Press that she co-edited w/ Lani Ka’ahumanu. 😢
www.lorainehutchins.com
www.lorainehutchins.com
- Loraine Hutchins, Ph.D.
www.lorainehutchins.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Personal Me: Dammit, if 2025 wasn’t already fired, the death toll alone would do it. Bi activist Loraine Hutchins has left us. RIP. I still treasure my signed copy of BI ANY OTHER NAME, the ground-breaking anthology from Alyson Press that she co-edited w/ Lani Ka’ahumanu. 😢
www.lorainehutchins.com
www.lorainehutchins.com
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part 1 of please please don't ask me that of analysing themes of disability and disabled identity in gregory house in our very own hate crimes MD
house md essay! it's here! it's long! it's literally just one episode! wuh-oh!
johannestevans.co.uk/2025/11/20/g...
house md essay! it's here! it's long! it's literally just one episode! wuh-oh!
johannestevans.co.uk/2025/11/20/g...
Gregory House, Disabled Bastard, in House MD Season 1
Starting with E1: Everybody Lies. Analysing House MD S1’s approach to disability and ableism within its narrative. House MD is one of the most shows ever made, and I love it, I think it’s great, I…
johannestevans.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
part 1 of please please don't ask me that of analysing themes of disability and disabled identity in gregory house in our very own hate crimes MD
house md essay! it's here! it's long! it's literally just one episode! wuh-oh!
johannestevans.co.uk/2025/11/20/g...
house md essay! it's here! it's long! it's literally just one episode! wuh-oh!
johannestevans.co.uk/2025/11/20/g...
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yelling uncomfortable truths into the either:
The elitism has also seeped into the dna of writers whom you think are progressive/ok. They will only highlight "real" writers too.
The elitism has also seeped into the dna of writers whom you think are progressive/ok. They will only highlight "real" writers too.
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
yelling uncomfortable truths into the either:
The elitism has also seeped into the dna of writers whom you think are progressive/ok. They will only highlight "real" writers too.
The elitism has also seeped into the dna of writers whom you think are progressive/ok. They will only highlight "real" writers too.
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Knights of Noodle Realm, welcome to the 6th #rollfornoodles, where I let the dice decide my dinner. This week's roll brought forth plain ingredients, and Wild Magic topped off the challenge. Join me, if you dare, in this random bowl! #food #cooking #dnd #game #fantasy #geek
youtu.be/DXMP1G3W-2U?...
youtu.be/DXMP1G3W-2U?...
Roll for Noodles 6: Did I Roll the Worst Combination?
YouTube video by Snow Pavilion
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Knights of Noodle Realm, welcome to the 6th #rollfornoodles, where I let the dice decide my dinner. This week's roll brought forth plain ingredients, and Wild Magic topped off the challenge. Join me, if you dare, in this random bowl! #food #cooking #dnd #game #fantasy #geek
youtu.be/DXMP1G3W-2U?...
youtu.be/DXMP1G3W-2U?...
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Alright. Today is my birthday (and tbh it has sucked so far). But. I promised a thread of books by friends. And I am going to make good on that.
Please consider buying books from friends today. Thread below. Storefronts may vary. I'm just linking where I know the books are.
Please consider buying books from friends today. Thread below. Storefronts may vary. I'm just linking where I know the books are.
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Alright. Today is my birthday (and tbh it has sucked so far). But. I promised a thread of books by friends. And I am going to make good on that.
Please consider buying books from friends today. Thread below. Storefronts may vary. I'm just linking where I know the books are.
Please consider buying books from friends today. Thread below. Storefronts may vary. I'm just linking where I know the books are.
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Mary Shelley - Official Trailer I HD I IFC Films
YouTube video by IFC Films
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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You *promise*?
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
You *promise*?
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Fund libraries not prisons.
Fund schools not surveillance systems.
Pay teachers not cops.
Fund schools not surveillance systems.
Pay teachers not cops.
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Fund libraries not prisons.
Fund schools not surveillance systems.
Pay teachers not cops.
Fund schools not surveillance systems.
Pay teachers not cops.
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
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So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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I'm not on the aroace spectrum, I just don't want romance/sex in my SFF. Romantasy is therefore not for me in any way shape or form.
Variety is the spice of life and I am absolutely made up to see people enjoying books and reading. Everyone can read what they enjoy and say what they don't enjoy!
Variety is the spice of life and I am absolutely made up to see people enjoying books and reading. Everyone can read what they enjoy and say what they don't enjoy!
I am begging SFF folk to simply look into whether they themselves might be on the aroace spectrum and to write / shop / market accordingly, instead of expressing extreme disgust for books which feature sex, romance, or both.
Absolutely. I still get stares when i talk about scifi romance like, what? Or worse, how dare?
But once I realised there were people like me out there, reading and writing what I loved, I chose to be happy.
Someone can look down their nose at something I like. I'm having fun. That's what matters.
But once I realised there were people like me out there, reading and writing what I loved, I chose to be happy.
Someone can look down their nose at something I like. I'm having fun. That's what matters.
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I'm not on the aroace spectrum, I just don't want romance/sex in my SFF. Romantasy is therefore not for me in any way shape or form.
Variety is the spice of life and I am absolutely made up to see people enjoying books and reading. Everyone can read what they enjoy and say what they don't enjoy!
Variety is the spice of life and I am absolutely made up to see people enjoying books and reading. Everyone can read what they enjoy and say what they don't enjoy!
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Meanwhile when the Sisters of Our Lady Of Charity kindly handed the former Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott St back to the State, they hung on to the car park, so they will financially benefit from whatever memorial is eventually put there to the women they enslaved.
'“This is the first land rematriation by Catholic sisters in the history of the country,” Koteles said. “They're setting a precedent for the largest private landowner in the world—the Catholic Church—and that's a huge invitation to healing...”'
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Historic land return: Catholic sisters transfer Marywood property to Lac du Flambeau Tribe
The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA), based in La Crosse, have transferred their Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center property on Trout Lake back to the Lac du Flambeau Band of
www.wxow.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Meanwhile when the Sisters of Our Lady Of Charity kindly handed the former Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott St back to the State, they hung on to the car park, so they will financially benefit from whatever memorial is eventually put there to the women they enslaved.
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the Nintendo Switch 2 price sucks
April 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the Nintendo Switch 2 price sucks
When Nigel Farage says that your policies are an audition to join Reform, that's when you stop and ask yourself whether you're the baddie, right?!
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
When Nigel Farage says that your policies are an audition to join Reform, that's when you stop and ask yourself whether you're the baddie, right?!
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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Zack Polanski: "This is extreme, this is inhumane and it is a government of cowards."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-gove...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-gove...
'A Government Of Cowards': Zack Polanski Blasts Labour As Asylum Backlash Grows
The Green Party leader joined Labour MPs in condemning Shabana Mahmood's plans.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Zack Polanski: "This is extreme, this is inhumane and it is a government of cowards."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-gove...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-gove...
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
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Photos of a gaunt Rock Hudson sparked tabloid gossip, confirmed by his publicist in July 1985.
Rock Hudson had AIDS.
President Ronald Reagan first mentioned AIDS publicly in September, two months later.
By this time 24,000 Americans had died.
Rock died 15 days later.
Rock Hudson had AIDS.
President Ronald Reagan first mentioned AIDS publicly in September, two months later.
By this time 24,000 Americans had died.
Rock died 15 days later.
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Photos of a gaunt Rock Hudson sparked tabloid gossip, confirmed by his publicist in July 1985.
Rock Hudson had AIDS.
President Ronald Reagan first mentioned AIDS publicly in September, two months later.
By this time 24,000 Americans had died.
Rock died 15 days later.
Rock Hudson had AIDS.
President Ronald Reagan first mentioned AIDS publicly in September, two months later.
By this time 24,000 Americans had died.
Rock died 15 days later.
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Rock Hudson was born on this day 100 years ago.
He was the epitome of the handsome, seemingly hetero, Hollywood star.
AIDS outed him and killed him.
He died in 1985, aged 59.
His death shocked the world. For many, he was the first person they knew of to die as a result of HIV.
He was the epitome of the handsome, seemingly hetero, Hollywood star.
AIDS outed him and killed him.
He died in 1985, aged 59.
His death shocked the world. For many, he was the first person they knew of to die as a result of HIV.
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Rock Hudson was born on this day 100 years ago.
He was the epitome of the handsome, seemingly hetero, Hollywood star.
AIDS outed him and killed him.
He died in 1985, aged 59.
His death shocked the world. For many, he was the first person they knew of to die as a result of HIV.
He was the epitome of the handsome, seemingly hetero, Hollywood star.
AIDS outed him and killed him.
He died in 1985, aged 59.
His death shocked the world. For many, he was the first person they knew of to die as a result of HIV.
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Hi, it's me again. I'm reposting this today because a whole lot of people who saw this yesterday told me they appreciated it.
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
Hi. It's me. I'm here to gently ask if you've been giving yourself grace? Patience? Self-care?
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hi, it's me again. I'm reposting this today because a whole lot of people who saw this yesterday told me they appreciated it.
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
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We'd have less fascism if more guys got knocked the fuck out early in life for stuff like this until they dropped the habit
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
We'd have less fascism if more guys got knocked the fuck out early in life for stuff like this until they dropped the habit
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Just had a gigantic 3 hour recording session with director Robbie McDonald & @graphicaudio.bsky.social & now my brain is absolute porridge. Back at it tomorrow for more Prince Josua ⚔️
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just had a gigantic 3 hour recording session with director Robbie McDonald & @graphicaudio.bsky.social & now my brain is absolute porridge. Back at it tomorrow for more Prince Josua ⚔️
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to fix a collar gap on a budget, stick a pin in the collar like this to prevent your head from dropping
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
to fix a collar gap on a budget, stick a pin in the collar like this to prevent your head from dropping
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Waterstones to open about 100m from Argonaut, a particularly nice indie bookshop. Quote from Waterstones management makes it sound like they got Argonaut mixed up with the gaming café next door.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Waterstones to open about 100m from Argonaut, a particularly nice indie bookshop. Quote from Waterstones management makes it sound like they got Argonaut mixed up with the gaming café next door.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...