sparklynines
@sparklynines.bsky.social
I'm Iridium on SA, sparklynines on Twitch, formerly @legaladvice_txt on Twitter. (she/her/ 🏳️⚧️ trying to figure this shit out)
today begins the Furious Cleaning before hosting the family tomorrow.
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
today begins the Furious Cleaning before hosting the family tomorrow.
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call us old fashioned but, if you've built a machine that makes child porn, we really don't care if can do anything else.
unplug the machine.
unplug the machine.
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
call us old fashioned but, if you've built a machine that makes child porn, we really don't care if can do anything else.
unplug the machine.
unplug the machine.
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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Weiss confirms personally spiking the 60 Minutes CECOT broadcast.
NEW: Bari Weiss addresses her decision to hold last night's CECOT story on the CBS News morning editorial call: "Our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else..."
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Weiss confirms personally spiking the 60 Minutes CECOT broadcast.
heated discord discussion of the evening:
is butter an oil?
is butter an oil?
December 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
heated discord discussion of the evening:
is butter an oil?
is butter an oil?
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
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i have a three step plan for dealing with Gen Z republicans
1. Ask Gen Z’ers which party they belong to.
2. Gather everyone who responds “Republican” into one physical location.
Follow to learn step 3
1. Ask Gen Z’ers which party they belong to.
2. Gather everyone who responds “Republican” into one physical location.
Follow to learn step 3
December 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
i have a three step plan for dealing with Gen Z republicans
1. Ask Gen Z’ers which party they belong to.
2. Gather everyone who responds “Republican” into one physical location.
Follow to learn step 3
1. Ask Gen Z’ers which party they belong to.
2. Gather everyone who responds “Republican” into one physical location.
Follow to learn step 3
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if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade
"Yeah but you're just a X"
Yeah I am just a X. I am the most experienced and respected X in the department. I am the X advisor to execs, I am X that ghost writes emails for the C-Suite and the CEO on my X-topics.
You're just a little director, and you will bend to my will and serve my needs.
Yeah I am just a X. I am the most experienced and respected X in the department. I am the X advisor to execs, I am X that ghost writes emails for the C-Suite and the CEO on my X-topics.
You're just a little director, and you will bend to my will and serve my needs.
December 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"Yeah but you're just a X"
Yeah I am just a X. I am the most experienced and respected X in the department. I am the X advisor to execs, I am X that ghost writes emails for the C-Suite and the CEO on my X-topics.
You're just a little director, and you will bend to my will and serve my needs.
Yeah I am just a X. I am the most experienced and respected X in the department. I am the X advisor to execs, I am X that ghost writes emails for the C-Suite and the CEO on my X-topics.
You're just a little director, and you will bend to my will and serve my needs.
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Merry Christmas! It's the Hater's Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog! defector.com/the-2025-hat...
The 2025 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog | Defector
[Opens front door while holding a toy corgi in one arm] Merry Christmas! Oh my God, you made it! I thought you might be stuck at the airport for weeks! Well, because it’s such madness out there. Piper...
defector.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Merry Christmas! It's the Hater's Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog! defector.com/the-2025-hat...
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Jon Ossoff (GA), Gary Peters (MI), Jack Reed (RI), Jacky Rosen (NV), Chuck Schumer (NY), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Elissa Slotkin (MI), Mark Warner (VA), Raphael Warnock (GA), & Sheldon Whitehouse (RI).
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Jon Ossoff (GA), Gary Peters (MI), Jack Reed (RI), Jacky Rosen (NV), Chuck Schumer (NY), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Elissa Slotkin (MI), Mark Warner (VA), Raphael Warnock (GA), & Sheldon Whitehouse (RI).
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
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Would you sucks a hundred gorillas' cocks? But what if it meant the stock market didn't crash?
And if not, why do you hate progress?
And if not, why do you hate progress?
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Would you sucks a hundred gorillas' cocks? But what if it meant the stock market didn't crash?
And if not, why do you hate progress?
And if not, why do you hate progress?
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
in september 2024 i ordered some new PC parts, including 128gb of ddr5, a power supply, a new motherboard, pc case, an AIO cooler, and a ryzen 9 cpu, which added up to $1393.
i just went back to see what costs are now and the same kit of RAM is still available, for $1209.
i just went back to see what costs are now and the same kit of RAM is still available, for $1209.
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
in september 2024 i ordered some new PC parts, including 128gb of ddr5, a power supply, a new motherboard, pc case, an AIO cooler, and a ryzen 9 cpu, which added up to $1393.
i just went back to see what costs are now and the same kit of RAM is still available, for $1209.
i just went back to see what costs are now and the same kit of RAM is still available, for $1209.
my cousin is getting painted up with the intention of going shirtless for the Bears game today, where it's expected to be 10 degrees.
its occurred to me that this sort of thing is, ultimately, a form of sacrifice, like a weird pagan religion. you must *suffer*, you gift your suffering to the team
its occurred to me that this sort of thing is, ultimately, a form of sacrifice, like a weird pagan religion. you must *suffer*, you gift your suffering to the team
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
my cousin is getting painted up with the intention of going shirtless for the Bears game today, where it's expected to be 10 degrees.
its occurred to me that this sort of thing is, ultimately, a form of sacrifice, like a weird pagan religion. you must *suffer*, you gift your suffering to the team
its occurred to me that this sort of thing is, ultimately, a form of sacrifice, like a weird pagan religion. you must *suffer*, you gift your suffering to the team
trying to work out a way to get some version of PER MY LAST EMAIL tattooed across my knuckles
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
trying to work out a way to get some version of PER MY LAST EMAIL tattooed across my knuckles
had time off and decided to go see a midday showing of Gravity. i was the only person in the theater, the only time that's ever happened.
i remember, but dont talk about, seeing Dracula 2000.
i remember, but dont talk about, seeing Dracula 2000.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
had time off and decided to go see a midday showing of Gravity. i was the only person in the theater, the only time that's ever happened.
i remember, but dont talk about, seeing Dracula 2000.
i remember, but dont talk about, seeing Dracula 2000.
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The democrats allowed transphobia to be enacted in to law so they could give Trump 900 billion dollars just as he is flirting with invading Venezuela.
Something something good governance resistance etc.
Something something good governance resistance etc.
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The democrats allowed transphobia to be enacted in to law so they could give Trump 900 billion dollars just as he is flirting with invading Venezuela.
Something something good governance resistance etc.
Something something good governance resistance etc.
its not being pedantic its being CORRECT
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
its not being pedantic its being CORRECT
i definitely don't miss running the old legaladvice.txt account, but every now and then i see something that makes me extra glad i dropped that shit and ashamed i ever started.
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
i definitely don't miss running the old legaladvice.txt account, but every now and then i see something that makes me extra glad i dropped that shit and ashamed i ever started.
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Eye scans, licence plate readers, spyware: technology used to catch criminals and terrorists is being repurposed to fulfil Trump's pledge to deport 1mn undocumented migrants this year. Critics fear it’s the thin end of the authoritarian wedge.
An #FTEdit thread on America’s new surveillance state 👇
An #FTEdit thread on America’s new surveillance state 👇
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Eye scans, licence plate readers, spyware: technology used to catch criminals and terrorists is being repurposed to fulfil Trump's pledge to deport 1mn undocumented migrants this year. Critics fear it’s the thin end of the authoritarian wedge.
An #FTEdit thread on America’s new surveillance state 👇
An #FTEdit thread on America’s new surveillance state 👇