Combat Wombats
@thecombatwombats.bsky.social
They/them. Disabled queers. Puns, opinions, memes. LVL 35+. Anti-harassment. Minors, be gone. Icon: shebalso @ flickr. Banner: Suzy Hazelwood @ pexels. https://throne.com/combatwombats
System account: thelunastusco
Fandom account, NSFW: gqueercatboy
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Please take a moment to look at our Carrd, before following, to make sure you'll have a good time here:
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If you like what you see, feel free to drop a saucy follow!
Thank you, and have a fantastic day.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
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"Epic CEO angry that customers want to be informed and will refuse to purchase products they feel were made unethically so wants to take that choice away". There, fixed it for you.
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
r/pcgaming
www.reddit.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"Epic CEO angry that customers want to be informed and will refuse to purchase products they feel were made unethically so wants to take that choice away". There, fixed it for you.
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Sending love to my Indigenous and Native friends and mutuals this week.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Sending love to my Indigenous and Native friends and mutuals this week.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
Friends, please remember this is a day of mourning for many of our Indigenous and Native neighbors for a very good reason. Please be respectful of that, and them.
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🦃 LAST DAY TO GOBBLE IT UP FOR JUST $9.99 🦃
Will be packing our HTML/CSS/JS learn-along throughout the day, and get it ready to finally ship tomorrow! ✨ Look forward to it 💖
Get it here: store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
Will be packing our HTML/CSS/JS learn-along throughout the day, and get it ready to finally ship tomorrow! ✨ Look forward to it 💖
Get it here: store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🦃 LAST DAY TO GOBBLE IT UP FOR JUST $9.99 🦃
Will be packing our HTML/CSS/JS learn-along throughout the day, and get it ready to finally ship tomorrow! ✨ Look forward to it 💖
Get it here: store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
Will be packing our HTML/CSS/JS learn-along throughout the day, and get it ready to finally ship tomorrow! ✨ Look forward to it 💖
Get it here: store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
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Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
A safe National Day of Mourning to those who observe it, instead of Thanksgiving. 💜
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A safe National Day of Mourning to those who observe it, instead of Thanksgiving. 💜
People can shit on naturopathic medicine all they want, but natropaths often are the only queer, trans, fat positive folks who center the patient. 🙃 Sorry not sorry.
Luckily the ones I see do also believe in medication + more standard treatment, not "water with a drop of plant juice" but...
Luckily the ones I see do also believe in medication + more standard treatment, not "water with a drop of plant juice" but...
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
People can shit on naturopathic medicine all they want, but natropaths often are the only queer, trans, fat positive folks who center the patient. 🙃 Sorry not sorry.
Luckily the ones I see do also believe in medication + more standard treatment, not "water with a drop of plant juice" but...
Luckily the ones I see do also believe in medication + more standard treatment, not "water with a drop of plant juice" but...
Crossposting from our fandom account.
We're hanging in there, but things are pretty damn gross right now. Any help is appreciated. 💜
We're hanging in there, but things are pretty damn gross right now. Any help is appreciated. 💜
Our monthly goal has been sitting at $120/200 and it's nearing the end of the month, when we really need that last bit so we're not in even worse debt next month. Thank you so much to the folks who have been helping! We're almost there!
#MutualAid #Helpsky #MAboost #TransMutualAid #Crowdfunding
#MutualAid #Helpsky #MAboost #TransMutualAid #Crowdfunding
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Crossposting from our fandom account.
We're hanging in there, but things are pretty damn gross right now. Any help is appreciated. 💜
We're hanging in there, but things are pretty damn gross right now. Any help is appreciated. 💜
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
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Players are roleplaying in Fortnite to teach each other their rights when encountering ICE officials
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
Inside an ICE Defense Training on Fortnite
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Players are roleplaying in Fortnite to teach each other their rights when encountering ICE officials
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
“I would slip [the warrant] under the door, but there’s no space under the door,” the agent says.
The civilian pauses. “Well. Sounds like a personal problem.”
www.404media.co/ice-defense-...
May her memory be a blessing. 💔
Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died.
One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre's last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies age 111
One of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma has died. Viola Ford Fletcher was 111.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
May her memory be a blessing. 💔
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Was going to stream work on the store for Friday's launch but my cat bit me as I fought to remove a waffle from her mouth, so it's off to get antibiotics instead!
Anyway, buy our HTML/CSS/JS learn-along pack so I don't feel bad about missing a day of promo 😘👇💖
store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
Anyway, buy our HTML/CSS/JS learn-along pack so I don't feel bad about missing a day of promo 😘👇💖
store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Was going to stream work on the store for Friday's launch but my cat bit me as I fought to remove a waffle from her mouth, so it's off to get antibiotics instead!
Anyway, buy our HTML/CSS/JS learn-along pack so I don't feel bad about missing a day of promo 😘👇💖
store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
Anyway, buy our HTML/CSS/JS learn-along pack so I don't feel bad about missing a day of promo 😘👇💖
store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
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Both Canada and the United States have measles again because that's where "most people will be fine" always leads
Wong was not "most people"
Wong was not "most people"
If you're posting tributes to Alice Wong but aren't wearing a well fitted respirator indoors when sharing air with people outside your household AND outdoors when it's crowded than I think you misunderstood the assignment.
You care about others?
Prove it.
Wear a mask.
You care about others?
Prove it.
Wear a mask.
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Both Canada and the United States have measles again because that's where "most people will be fine" always leads
Wong was not "most people"
Wong was not "most people"
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Vaccines save lives.
And no, they do not cause autism.
And no, they do not cause autism.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Vaccines save lives.
And no, they do not cause autism.
And no, they do not cause autism.
There IS NO ceasefire. Israel hasn’t stopped firing on them.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
There IS NO ceasefire. Israel hasn’t stopped firing on them.
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Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Trump loyalist-turned critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
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ONE week to go, and ONE last chance to pre-order our HTML/CSS/JavaScript learn-along at the bargain price of JUST $9.99!
Treat yourself to a thanksgiving weekend of learning 🦃 or just pre-plan a treat for your new year resolution 😘
Get it in store!!
store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
Treat yourself to a thanksgiving weekend of learning 🦃 or just pre-plan a treat for your new year resolution 😘
Get it in store!!
store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ONE week to go, and ONE last chance to pre-order our HTML/CSS/JavaScript learn-along at the bargain price of JUST $9.99!
Treat yourself to a thanksgiving weekend of learning 🦃 or just pre-plan a treat for your new year resolution 😘
Get it in store!!
store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
Treat yourself to a thanksgiving weekend of learning 🦃 or just pre-plan a treat for your new year resolution 😘
Get it in store!!
store.fujocoded.com/products/oth...
One thing that horrifies me about Trump is the fact that he molds himself to whoever he finds interesting at the time. Like I'm glad this meeting with Mayor Mamdani went... well???? But I know he's gonna turn on the guy the minute Mamdani leaves the WH, even if Trump's singing his praises now.
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
One thing that horrifies me about Trump is the fact that he molds himself to whoever he finds interesting at the time. Like I'm glad this meeting with Mayor Mamdani went... well???? But I know he's gonna turn on the guy the minute Mamdani leaves the WH, even if Trump's singing his praises now.
Crossposting from our fandom account.
We got help 💜 and added it to our monthly goal, we're at $120/200 now! We had to make $30 worth of repairs so it's still rough, but we're getting closer. Thank you so much to the folks who have been helping!
#MutualAid #Helpsky #MAboost #TransMutualAid
We got help 💜 and added it to our monthly goal, we're at $120/200 now! We had to make $30 worth of repairs so it's still rough, but we're getting closer. Thank you so much to the folks who have been helping!
#MutualAid #Helpsky #MAboost #TransMutualAid
Still hurting, and fundraising is stalled at $50/200. With the rise of prices, and being disabled, it's impossible to keep up with expenses.
If anyone feels generous: ko-fi.com/combatwombat...
I still have writing comms open (see pinned) too!
Thank you for anything. 💙 #MutualAid #Helpsky #MAboost
If anyone feels generous: ko-fi.com/combatwombat...
I still have writing comms open (see pinned) too!
Thank you for anything. 💙 #MutualAid #Helpsky #MAboost
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Crossposting from our fandom account.
We got help 💜 and added it to our monthly goal, we're at $120/200 now! We had to make $30 worth of repairs so it's still rough, but we're getting closer. Thank you so much to the folks who have been helping!
#MutualAid #Helpsky #MAboost #TransMutualAid
We got help 💜 and added it to our monthly goal, we're at $120/200 now! We had to make $30 worth of repairs so it's still rough, but we're getting closer. Thank you so much to the folks who have been helping!
#MutualAid #Helpsky #MAboost #TransMutualAid
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Pretty sure calling for the deaths of democratic lawmakers is sedition in itself and at the very least, an impeachable offense.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Pretty sure calling for the deaths of democratic lawmakers is sedition in itself and at the very least, an impeachable offense.
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They're not just trying to drive trans people out of public life through bathroom bans & sports bans, they're also trying to make trans people illegal on the Internet.
And shoving trans people back in the closet is just the start, since they've also made it their mission to revoke trans passports.
And shoving trans people back in the closet is just the start, since they've also made it their mission to revoke trans passports.
How exactly does a kids online safety bill threaten queer and trans culture on the internet? Harvard Cyberlaw expert @esqueer.net breaks it down.
#KOSA #Censorship #Boston
@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social
#KOSA #Censorship #Boston
@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
They're not just trying to drive trans people out of public life through bathroom bans & sports bans, they're also trying to make trans people illegal on the Internet.
And shoving trans people back in the closet is just the start, since they've also made it their mission to revoke trans passports.
And shoving trans people back in the closet is just the start, since they've also made it their mission to revoke trans passports.
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This is an astounding act of scientific vandalism.
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health. By @danvergano.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/halt...
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is an astounding act of scientific vandalism.