Magpie
@shy-magpie.bsky.social
Queer; Jewish; SF/F/H Fan; still not sure what goes in these things; over 30; they/them;
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Magpie
@shy-magpie.bsky.social
· Jul 29
FYI its nothing personal if I don't follow you/follow you back, my brain has is fried and vetting people takes a lot of spoons. Even if I recognize you from somewhere else, I'm probably not going to follow until we've interacted so much I think I already have
Been getting more followers, so sharing this again. You're welcome to follow, you're welcome to lurk, my not following back means nothing. Also I have a near block on the ability to recognize people from one site to another unless they spell it out directly, it doesn't mean I don't value both of you
Thread, also concerning shelters: I find it distressing that people will justify harsh measures saying people won't go into the shelters and not immediately ask what is wrong with the shelters that people would rather sleep in the rain than use them
hey man, i know you don't want to hear this, but:
if you want to "clean up" your parks you gotta get these people stable housing and income. for like 50% of homeless people a few thousand dollars worth of well-targeted resources is enough to get them "back on their feet."
if you want to "clean up" your parks you gotta get these people stable housing and income. for like 50% of homeless people a few thousand dollars worth of well-targeted resources is enough to get them "back on their feet."
"The longer visible signs of social decay are allowed to fester, the more inclined those with means will be to simply check out ... leaving those without the ability to relocate to deal with playgrounds littered with drug paraphernalia." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thread, also concerning shelters: I find it distressing that people will justify harsh measures saying people won't go into the shelters and not immediately ask what is wrong with the shelters that people would rather sleep in the rain than use them
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i'm not trying to shame you into being an altruistic do-gooder here. a bunch of *rational and humane* self-interest will probably be enough.
give people a life that's better than sleeping in the park and they won't sleep in the park.
give people a life that's better than sleeping in the park and they won't sleep in the park.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
i'm not trying to shame you into being an altruistic do-gooder here. a bunch of *rational and humane* self-interest will probably be enough.
give people a life that's better than sleeping in the park and they won't sleep in the park.
give people a life that's better than sleeping in the park and they won't sleep in the park.
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I had to find out how cute this was. Turns out: incredibly cute and I needed to know this. I put some time into these alt-tags
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I had to find out how cute this was. Turns out: incredibly cute and I needed to know this. I put some time into these alt-tags
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Whenever this is mentioned, it is obligatory to post xkcd 2381, in which @gretchenmcc.bsky.social shares forbidden linguistic knowledge with the masses.
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Whenever this is mentioned, it is obligatory to post xkcd 2381, in which @gretchenmcc.bsky.social shares forbidden linguistic knowledge with the masses.
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I want to make sure this sale ends with bang and not a whimper so...
NOVEMBER 26TH-30TH
ALL CLEARANCE SECTIONS WILL JUST BE A STRAIGHT 50% OFF.
Online ordering available.
NOVEMBER 26TH-30TH
ALL CLEARANCE SECTIONS WILL JUST BE A STRAIGHT 50% OFF.
Online ordering available.
Guess what? We're clearing out the shop in November!
Unlike last year, this isn't a week by week thing but ALL MONTH Long.
Spread the word, stop in!
Unlike last year, this isn't a week by week thing but ALL MONTH Long.
Spread the word, stop in!
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I want to make sure this sale ends with bang and not a whimper so...
NOVEMBER 26TH-30TH
ALL CLEARANCE SECTIONS WILL JUST BE A STRAIGHT 50% OFF.
Online ordering available.
NOVEMBER 26TH-30TH
ALL CLEARANCE SECTIONS WILL JUST BE A STRAIGHT 50% OFF.
Online ordering available.
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Today is BACK UP DAY! 💾 Here's your monthly reminder. Make sure your back ups are working.
Download your cloud writing and put it somewhere else safe. Make a copy of your procreate files. Back up your website too! Check to make sure your back ups are running and USABLE!
Download your cloud writing and put it somewhere else safe. Make a copy of your procreate files. Back up your website too! Check to make sure your back ups are running and USABLE!
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today is BACK UP DAY! 💾 Here's your monthly reminder. Make sure your back ups are working.
Download your cloud writing and put it somewhere else safe. Make a copy of your procreate files. Back up your website too! Check to make sure your back ups are running and USABLE!
Download your cloud writing and put it somewhere else safe. Make a copy of your procreate files. Back up your website too! Check to make sure your back ups are running and USABLE!
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Here, listen: when the President calls a female journalist “piggy” in a scrum, maybe you planned on asking about the economy, or whatever… But the story is now “the President called a female journalist piggy.” You asking a follow-up isn’t just defending her, it’s following the story.
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Here, listen: when the President calls a female journalist “piggy” in a scrum, maybe you planned on asking about the economy, or whatever… But the story is now “the President called a female journalist piggy.” You asking a follow-up isn’t just defending her, it’s following the story.
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The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
Plus it only spoonfeeds you the answer to one question. Most of the time when I look up a fact, I get both practice in how to do so efficiently and at least one useful new resource for the future that gives me more than just whatbI asked about
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Plus it only spoonfeeds you the answer to one question. Most of the time when I look up a fact, I get both practice in how to do so efficiently and at least one useful new resource for the future that gives me more than just whatbI asked about
Short thread
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Short thread
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These things blow my mind in the most beautiful way
the Appalachian mountains are so ancient they predate the evolution of bones.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
These things blow my mind in the most beautiful way
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Incredibly stupid and dangerous.
Call Congress. Push back #resist
202-224-3121
A letter adds to the pressure
Use @resist.bot
Text ‘sign PANMLU‘ to 50409
resist.bot/petitions/PA...
Call Congress. Push back #resist
202-224-3121
A letter adds to the pressure
Use @resist.bot
Text ‘sign PANMLU‘ to 50409
resist.bot/petitions/PA...
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Incredibly stupid and dangerous.
Call Congress. Push back #resist
202-224-3121
A letter adds to the pressure
Use @resist.bot
Text ‘sign PANMLU‘ to 50409
resist.bot/petitions/PA...
Call Congress. Push back #resist
202-224-3121
A letter adds to the pressure
Use @resist.bot
Text ‘sign PANMLU‘ to 50409
resist.bot/petitions/PA...
// Holocaust denial
I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
// Holocaust denial
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Trans Day of Remembrance. Pour one out for our trans siblings lost and keep *living* in their honor.
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Trans Day of Remembrance. Pour one out for our trans siblings lost and keep *living* in their honor.
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BABE WAKE UP THEY'RE BAGGING THE FROGS
No but I watched a tiktok of how a frog gets xrayed
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
BABE WAKE UP THEY'RE BAGGING THE FROGS
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another all-time tweet I am constantly thinking about
![screenshot of a tweet that reads as follows:
MARY OLIVER: You do not have to walk on your knees for one hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
ME: What if it loves this [shows phone screen]
MARY OLIVER: That's fine but do not show it to me again](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n7xsqoc7ztdsmfuvfmtndp52/bafkreidckcmrloy7b4zi2vfb3d7lfg63hnivaigdo5peksss7ysfesfd4m@jpeg)
July 4, 2023 at 2:35 AM
another all-time tweet I am constantly thinking about
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a world without trans people has never existed and never will
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
Thread, nonsense like this is why I'm not putting anything interactive on my site, even though it started to practice my web design & it could be good to know. Matter of time before they decide a signable guestbook is a forum
I have a fun hypothetical for the technical among us! (For certain values of fun, heh.) The scenario: You run a website. It doesn't have a mobile app: the only way to access it is in-browser. You are deeply, morally opposed to any form of invasive tracking or data-gathering on your users.
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Thread, nonsense like this is why I'm not putting anything interactive on my site, even though it started to practice my web design & it could be good to know. Matter of time before they decide a signable guestbook is a forum
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This guy took 17 hours to fill in each of those tiny pockets with colored resin. I am going to list it for ...well, less than I should but more than I'm comfortable with. It'll no doubt be a vanity piece I don't expect anyone to buy. Raw photos, #MyArt
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This guy took 17 hours to fill in each of those tiny pockets with colored resin. I am going to list it for ...well, less than I should but more than I'm comfortable with. It'll no doubt be a vanity piece I don't expect anyone to buy. Raw photos, #MyArt
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Periodic PSA, the only currently licensed Murderbot merch is at Worldbuilders Market, where it's sold as part of a charity fundraiser. You may want to sign up for their new product notices because they should have a new Murderbot thing coming up: worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/...
Martha Wells
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
worldbuildersmarket.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Periodic PSA, the only currently licensed Murderbot merch is at Worldbuilders Market, where it's sold as part of a charity fundraiser. You may want to sign up for their new product notices because they should have a new Murderbot thing coming up: worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/...
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Rusty Fears, our legendary horror writing competition, is back. Seven talented writers will have their stories produced and released to #MagnusPod fans.
For the full list of prompts and Ts&Cs, please go to https://rustyquill.com/rusty-fears-7
For the full list of prompts and Ts&Cs, please go to https://rustyquill.com/rusty-fears-7
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Rusty Fears, our legendary horror writing competition, is back. Seven talented writers will have their stories produced and released to #MagnusPod fans.
For the full list of prompts and Ts&Cs, please go to https://rustyquill.com/rusty-fears-7
For the full list of prompts and Ts&Cs, please go to https://rustyquill.com/rusty-fears-7
Lrs: if the US ends up in the most ridiculous landwar in the history of landwars, I give up. I'm not even planning properly, just putting my stuff in a bindle and walking
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Lrs: if the US ends up in the most ridiculous landwar in the history of landwars, I give up. I'm not even planning properly, just putting my stuff in a bindle and walking
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An accident is when I stub my toe. We didn't "accidentally" invade Mexico. We acted willfully and with reckless disregard for the border we claim to care so much about
The US accidentally invaded Mexico on Monday, storming a beach and planting DoD “restricted area” signs claiming the land for “the commander,” triggering a standoff w/ armed Mexican security forces, all because Trump’s government can’t even identify a border on a map
www.cbsnews.com/news/warning...
www.cbsnews.com/news/warning...
Warning signs appear on Mexican beach declaring area restricted by U.S. as Mexico rejects Trump offer to strike cartels
The signs read in English and Spanish, "Warning: Restricted Area," and had been declared restricted by "the commander."
www.cbsnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
An accident is when I stub my toe. We didn't "accidentally" invade Mexico. We acted willfully and with reckless disregard for the border we claim to care so much about
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New frontier of academic freedom just dropped 🫠
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
New frontier of academic freedom just dropped 🫠
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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website has been changed to contradict the longtime scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, spurring outrage among a number of public health and autism experts. https://to.pbs.org/3JNZANj
CDC 'vaccine safety' webpage changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism
The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines don't cause autism.
www.pbs.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website has been changed to contradict the longtime scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, spurring outrage among a number of public health and autism experts. https://to.pbs.org/3JNZANj