Pris
@prissears.bsky.social
Metal art, writer, musician. I love plants and toads. IT by day. Still masking.
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Pris
@prissears.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Here's a handy starter pack featuring the awesome folks from the short story collection Novus Monstrum! It includes my story "The Pike" and is available from Dragon's Roost Press.
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For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI.
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10 Hours Hypnotic Fireplace Ambiance – 4K Macro Slow-Motion Color Flames, Crackling Fire (No Music)
YouTube video by Rob Sheridan
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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"The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous, rather than cowardly."
Robert A. Wilson
Robert A. Wilson
December 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous, rather than cowardly."
Robert A. Wilson
Robert A. Wilson
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The public: "We are desperate for help with the cost of living. Please do something."
Trump administration: "Penis."
Trump administration: "Penis."
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The public: "We are desperate for help with the cost of living. Please do something."
Trump administration: "Penis."
Trump administration: "Penis."
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1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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So much of what the administration does is signaling that peaceful coexistence with them is impossible because they are just true assholes
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
So much of what the administration does is signaling that peaceful coexistence with them is impossible because they are just true assholes
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
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Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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NEW: Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
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Charlotte-Mecklebburg Schools, according to reports, saw 15% of its students absent today amid Border Patrol operations in Charlotte. If that percentage of 15% happens Tuesday in Wake County due to the Border Patrol coming to Raleigh, 24.000 students could be absent from school. #nced #ncpol #wcpss
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
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DAILY MEMO: Feds Rip Through Election Day, Taking At Least 25, Including Elderly, a Toddler, and Her U.S. Citizen Father
🧵 2 parts
🧵 2 parts
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
DAILY MEMO: Feds Rip Through Election Day, Taking At Least 25, Including Elderly, a Toddler, and Her U.S. Citizen Father
🧵 2 parts
🧵 2 parts
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🚨Virginia! Polls are now open.
Make your voices heard. Find your polling location at abigailspanberger.com/vote
Make your voices heard. Find your polling location at abigailspanberger.com/vote
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🚨Virginia! Polls are now open.
Make your voices heard. Find your polling location at abigailspanberger.com/vote
Make your voices heard. Find your polling location at abigailspanberger.com/vote
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3. With that in mind, let me be very, very clear.
The mainstreaming of anti-vax ideology and the disregard and vilification of non-pharmaceutical interventions, including masking, has rendered the US more vulnerable to biological attack than at any time in its history.
The mainstreaming of anti-vax ideology and the disregard and vilification of non-pharmaceutical interventions, including masking, has rendered the US more vulnerable to biological attack than at any time in its history.
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
3. With that in mind, let me be very, very clear.
The mainstreaming of anti-vax ideology and the disregard and vilification of non-pharmaceutical interventions, including masking, has rendered the US more vulnerable to biological attack than at any time in its history.
The mainstreaming of anti-vax ideology and the disregard and vilification of non-pharmaceutical interventions, including masking, has rendered the US more vulnerable to biological attack than at any time in its history.
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We have zero plans to put AI in LibreOffice, of course. Our focus is privacy and letting you control your data. Some users want AI features and they can get them via optional extensions made by the community – but we won't put it in the app itself.
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We have zero plans to put AI in LibreOffice, of course. Our focus is privacy and letting you control your data. Some users want AI features and they can get them via optional extensions made by the community – but we won't put it in the app itself.
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Major disasters caused $101 billion in damages in the first half of 2025 — the costliest six month period on record.
How do we know? A nonprofit had to take over NOAA’s work tracking disasters, which Trump gutted.
What else doesn’t he want us to know?
How do we know? A nonprofit had to take over NOAA’s work tracking disasters, which Trump gutted.
What else doesn’t he want us to know?
Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows
LA wildfires and storms this year cost $101bn, new study by non-profit resurrecting work axed by Trump says
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Major disasters caused $101 billion in damages in the first half of 2025 — the costliest six month period on record.
How do we know? A nonprofit had to take over NOAA’s work tracking disasters, which Trump gutted.
What else doesn’t he want us to know?
How do we know? A nonprofit had to take over NOAA’s work tracking disasters, which Trump gutted.
What else doesn’t he want us to know?
some good news! the brilliant Dr. Marr is working with a huge team on detecting and responding to airborne contaminants in indoor air. Including Covid! Flu! RSV! Mold! and 21 others.
news.vt.edu/articles/202...
news.vt.edu/articles/202...
Up to $40 million in federal funding fuels research to revolutionize clean indoor air
With the contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, an interdisciplinary research team led by Virginia Tech and Linsey Marr will create a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants t...
news.vt.edu
October 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
some good news! the brilliant Dr. Marr is working with a huge team on detecting and responding to airborne contaminants in indoor air. Including Covid! Flu! RSV! Mold! and 21 others.
news.vt.edu/articles/202...
news.vt.edu/articles/202...
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Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
October 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
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Looks like the scammers who were going this all on various Mastodon servers a month or two ago have found a new target: Bsky.
Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff
Block, move on.
Block, move on.
October 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Looks like the scammers who were going this all on various Mastodon servers a month or two ago have found a new target: Bsky.
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With alt text.
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
October 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
With alt text.
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
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Donald Trump's effort to deploy troops in American cities is not normal.
There is no rational justification for such a deployment.
It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.
There is no rational justification for such a deployment.
It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.
October 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Donald Trump's effort to deploy troops in American cities is not normal.
There is no rational justification for such a deployment.
It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.
There is no rational justification for such a deployment.
It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.
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ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
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I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?