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Since I can’t predict when my next work will drop, for right now I’ll leave you with my AO3 full of my past works in my pinned: archiveofourown.org/users/rhodop...
rhodophytae | Archive of Our Own
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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HEY QUICK QUESTION HOW THE FUCK DID I DO THIS
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Loving this Larry Summers arc where he’s like, wow taking a step back from leadership now that I found out about my own behavior which I have had access to at all times
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Chick-fil-a
Hogwarts Legacy
Hobby Lobby
Salvation Army

Please god just say the names
Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Hand editing your Windows Registry is not something I would normally recommend, but these instructions are simple and direct. Do exactly as directed and you'll be fine. If you get lost/stuck for some reason, tag me.
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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surprised this gem has not yet graced my timeline
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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you what
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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🙋🏻‍♀️ independent fact checker here!

Yes there are many freelance fact checkers and editors. But fact checking is not a priority for pubs. We were the first to be fired as the industry imploded

So there’s no desire to hire us, even independently

I work on books and am hired* paid directly by authors
Sort of a dumb question, but are there independent editors? Independent fact checkers?

And I get that the dollars (nonexistent) get split even more.

I know nothing about journalism other than as a consumer. Just wondering if theres a way to create collectives of independents with skills?
I worry about the emphasis on independent journalism we have right now because:

1) it’s not a sustainable business model to hold up an entire industry

2) they don’t have editors or fact checkers to provide checks and balances on their reporting

3) institutional journalism is still important
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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#SaveSpeech

Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin

Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!

stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.
We can debate all day about who got cancelled and whether or not they deserved it, but one thing I have noticed is that a lot of queer YA written from ~2019-2022 has a kind of sterile after-school-special vibe where you can just tell they sanitized the fuck out of it to appease the Twitter hivemind
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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i can be trusted with vintage typography equipment
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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I’m sure our incredibly ethical and truth-based government will release a very real version of the president’s bestie files that will in no way be doctored and we can all be assured those evil survivors who already came forward about him and his own words were all funny little flights of fantasy.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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I really do unironically feel like this all the time
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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i think that people who use headphones in public places like trains are selfish. keeping all your cool music and podcasts to yourself is genuinely sociopathic and deranged behavior. play it on your phone's speaker and let everyone enjoy it, or don't play it at all
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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everyone remembers what happened to Isabel Fall.
I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.
We can debate all day about who got cancelled and whether or not they deserved it, but one thing I have noticed is that a lot of queer YA written from ~2019-2022 has a kind of sterile after-school-special vibe where you can just tell they sanitized the fuck out of it to appease the Twitter hivemind
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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SCOTUS being SCOTUS you assume they'll just stay this with an unsigned order and let the maps stand for 2026, but Texas really fucked this up

they did not do a partisan gerrymander, as they could easily have gotten away with - they explicitly did a *racial* gerrymander in a hamfisted, blatant way
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
"I code so others can dream."

Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.

Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine
Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.
gaymingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Donate to your local food bank instead.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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This is basically making it so trans people who were adopted and had their birth records sealed cannot obtain a passport at all. This will also ensnare cis people who were adopted and have clerical errors on their records or are suspected of being trans.
this is fucking new, i think im gonna be sick

how tf am i supposed to get an old birth cert if it was fucking sealed by the state

oh but religious records are valid dw
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Absolutely cannot wait to bust down the doors for a drink made by a company whose unionized workers are on strike in a store that doesn’t want to hire minorities anymore.
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.

The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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For the love of all things holy, unholy, and mundane, shut the fuck up and lawyer the fuck up.
Anarchist Turtle federal prison arc gonna be crazy
Getting subpoenaed by the US government over bluesky posts
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM