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Katrina M
@sciville.bsky.social
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Simpsons quoter. Minesweeper player. Cheese hater. Cookie baker. Nationals fan. Youth rights supporter. #16tovote (she/her)

Germantown, MD

Thoughts/rants/ramblings/ghost comics: https://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/
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Okay these #FinalFantasy status effects have gotten way out of hand...
Screenshot of Burmecia in Final Fantasy 9 with text box reading "Received Cancer!"
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Election results are in...
Fry from Futurama surrounded by blue tint, looking confused, asking "what smells like blue?"
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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#NoKings Germantown MD
Corner of Middlebrook Rd and 118 in Germantown MD. Sign says "Abort the patriarchy! USAID saved lives! Disability rights are human rights!"
October 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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#NoKings Germantown MD
Sign says "Does this ASS make my country look small?" with arrows pointing to drawing of orange faced man with small hands.
October 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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#NoKings Germantown MD
Corner of Middlebrook Rd and 118 in Germantown MD. Protest sign says "Super Callous Fragile Racist Sexist Nazi POTUS".
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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#NoKings Germantown MD
Sign with crown crossed out, says "We don't kneel; we dismantle".
October 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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#NoKings Germantown MD

We had a skeletal frog and a bald eagle.
Corner of Middlebrook Rd and 118 in Germantown MD. People in inflatable skeletal frog and bald eagle costumes coming across the street.
October 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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It's one or the other...
Two red buttons. One says "Abolish the Constitution". The other says "Abolish ICE". Lower panel shows sweating nervous indecisive man labeled "US Congress".
October 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Never forget the aftermath of September 11th.
When the attacks happened, we were shocked and hurt and looking for answers. We were vulnerable. And in the time that followed, our vulnerability was exploited. We were kept scared while being told we were brave. We were told they could never take our freedom while we allowed our freedom to get taken by those telling us this. Our fear and anger were encouraged by those who found it useful.
September 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Posted July 4, 2018: "This Is Not Who We Are"

Rather bittersweet now.

www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/i...
I don’t say “This is NOT who we are!” to gloss over history or the reality that there are people in this country who are exactly this. I say it as a demand. A reclamation. A plea. Because we are a big diverse country, far beyond the white conservative archetype to whom “Make America Great Again” is supposed to appeal. We’re black. We’re Muslim. We’re Jewish. We’re atheists. We’re Native American. We’re Spanish speakers. We’re Chinese speakers. We’re Arabic speakers. We’re disabled. We’re gay. We’re trans. We’re non-binary. We’re scientists. We’re journalists. We’re activists. We’re artists. We’re innovators. We’re travelers. We’re citizens of the world. We’re the ones who actually make this country great.
July 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Post an unusual sign if you feel like it
Sign says "Danger!" over a hand getting smacked by a tray of sushi, over more text "Never touch express tray when driving!!"
June 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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#NoKings Gaithersburg MD

I guess what we're trying to say is...
Intersection of 355 and Montgomery Village Ave in Gaithersburg MD. Two people hold a large banner reading "Fuck Trump".
June 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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#NoKings Gaithersburg MD, corner of 355 and Montgomery Village Ave. Sidewalks filled with people and flags and protest signs (and a shark), as passing cars honked in support! ✊🇺🇸 ❌👑
Protesters on roadside, on 355 in Gaithersburg MD. Signs say "Abolish ICE make world a better place", "No Kings in America since 1776", "Democracy Not Dictatorship", "Immigrants Welcome ", "Congress Do Your Job, Stop the Vanity, Stop the Insanity". Intersection of 355 and Montgomery Village Ave in Gaithersburg MD. There's a blue shark on the median holding a sign saying "Immigrants are friends not criminals". A man waves an upside down US flag.
June 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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This was my sign. 😎

#NoKings
Sign on grass reading "Just Say NO To The Orange Thing"
June 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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"Self-made" billionaires.
Futurama scene: Lrrr, ruler of the planet Omicron Persei 8, with his arms raised in defiance shouting "I built this castle with my own two slaves!"
June 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Those who consider themselves allies or defenders of LGBTQ+ youth need to keep this in mind as well, particularly when it comes to the kids who aren’t lucky enough to have supportive parents. If your queer youth advocacy ends where “parents have the right to do as they wish” begins, your advocacy is shit. It’s not just the fact of being non-cis and/or non-straight that marginalizes and persecutes these kids, but also that of being young. It is this acceptance of denial of autonomy and rights to the young that allows these kids to be such easy targets of homophobia and transphobia (and sexism and racism and ableism for that matter). When you decide ageism is the acceptable bigotry, this leaves the door open for all the bigotries you claim to oppose.
May 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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A culture that does not let children say no, even to parents or teachers, is a culture that grooms children and makes them even more vulnerable to pedophiles or other bad actors. If you really give a shit about children being manipulated and exploited, sexually or otherwise, then do something about all that. If you ignore all that but believe that a book about two male penguins raising a chick is what’s corrupting and endangering kids, just shut the entire fuck up already.
May 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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From my 2018 post "Immigrants Aren't the Problem": www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/i...
Text: "And that’s the core of it all here. Those screaming against immigrants are doing it because someone wants them to and is happily stoking the paranoia. Someone pointed to the immigrants, said they were the reason for the economic hardships of much of our population, and that population swallowed this right up and watches the indefinite migrant detentions with glee. Without a care for the long-term effects, be they personal for those migrants or for all of us for being citizens of the country responsible for it. Immigrants aren’t the problem. Whoever is trying so hard to make you believe they are is the actual problem."
April 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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SHINY BAG

@awesomecon.bsky.social
Shiny multicolored vinyl bag with smiling robot face over the words AWESOME CON
April 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Yay!

By a while the earliest one obtainable. And the very last I found first time I played, after scouring every last pixel and byte of the game looking for it. 😵
March 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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(It's in response to this old tweet.)
Tweet of MLB @MLB on July 20, 2020: "It has never been about the military or the flag. The players and coaches are using their platforms to peacefully protest." Quote tweeted by Katrina M @sciville on July 21, 2020 at 1:11am: "Welcome to the resistance, baseball. Now to get apple pie on board..."
March 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Happy #PiDay to this apple pie I baked this past Thanksgiving. 🍎 ✊
Crumble topped apple pie with "RESIST" written in powdered sugar.
March 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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ARGH!
Tweet by Katrina M @sciville: Democratic Party: *controls House, Senate, and White House* Democrats:. Image of Lisa Simpson muttering to Homer Simpson "Now don't screw it up." Posted Jan 20, 2021 at 10:43pm.
March 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Done. Quick game. Didn't get all treasures but really didn't care enough this time. Objectives are at 100%, so I previously got all, plus Critical mode, plus beating some bosses without taking damage, etc.

Anyway, time for a masterpiece...

#KingdomHearts #AFragmentaryPassage
Left side: Battle Report: Game Mode: Proud Mode. Objectives Completed: 100%. Treasure Chests Opened: 83%. Enemies Defeated: 430. Style Changes Performed: 24. Most Used Magic: Thundaga 144 Times. Clear Time: 3:06:06. The End. Right side: Aqua sitting on a tree trunk.
March 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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And... done. 100% thanks to in-game trophies carried over with Spirits.

Mega Flare and Ryu Dragon ftw.

#KingdomHearts #DreamDropDistance
Left side: Battle Report: Game Mode: Proud Mode. Report Completion: 100%. Enemies Defeated: 9162. Most Used Command: Mega Flare x999. Most Used Flowmotion: Wall Kick x999. Clear Time: 50:42. The End. Right side: Sora and Riku holding keyblade and looking upward, with Meow Wow (a pig dog thing) and a Komory Bat (fluffy round pastel bat), with tower in background.
March 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM