thingswithwings
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Which four? Is this like a Willy Wonka situation
Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lunch With 4 Trans Women in "Unprecedented" Meeting
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Which four? Is this like a Willy Wonka situation
you love to see it
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
you love to see it
whenever I think I'll never again be surprised by something Greg says about his relationship with Alex, he just says something so weird that I have to reset the whole scale (complimentary)
A really fun time: I talked to Alex Horne and Greg Davies about 20! seasons! of Taskmaster, their thoughts on cast chemistry, designing tasks, their own bond, and what comes next. @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/article/task...
www.vulture.com/article/task...
The Taskmaster Guys Know What You’re Watching For
Alex Horne and Greg Davies break down season 20’s most ludicrous tasks and their undeniable chemistry.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
whenever I think I'll never again be surprised by something Greg says about his relationship with Alex, he just says something so weird that I have to reset the whole scale (complimentary)
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Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a read
What Does A Great Trans Athlete Deserve? | Defector
Once every week or two, I swim molasses-slow laps at the YMCA. I’ve been on something of a fitness journey this year, testing out different forms of exercise to see what sticks—what feels the least to...
defector.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a read
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and for anyone wondering: they ARE asking for a full boycott of ALL Starbucks while any union workers are on strike!
Don't buy Starbucks ANYTHING while workers are on strike!
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
and for anyone wondering: they ARE asking for a full boycott of ALL Starbucks while any union workers are on strike!
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American PSA: don't do drugs, kids, they're bad for you!
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
American PSA: don't do drugs, kids, they're bad for you!
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
if you can throw a few dollars Rosemary's way, I know it would be deeply appreciated! times are tough but anything helps.
Hello world!
My household and I were struggling even before they started messing with things like SNAP and ACA.
We could definitely use some more support now, as well.
Please share if you can - quote posting with a personal note helps the most!
gofund.me/9390f275b
My household and I were struggling even before they started messing with things like SNAP and ACA.
We could definitely use some more support now, as well.
Please share if you can - quote posting with a personal note helps the most!
gofund.me/9390f275b
Donate to Help this chosen family make ends meet!, organized by Rosemary Amico
The short story:
Three humans (and our two cats) have had a string of bad l… Rosemary Amico needs your support for Help this chosen family make ends meet!
gofund.me
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
if you can throw a few dollars Rosemary's way, I know it would be deeply appreciated! times are tough but anything helps.
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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Mary Shelley when she sees that Lord Byron quote.
r.i.p. is written on a grave in a cemetery
Alt: Gif of an animation: a decaying hand rising from the soil. A tombstone that says RIP is in the background.
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Mary Shelley when she sees that Lord Byron quote.
everyone talking about The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald has put me in mind of the other great Canadian song about a shipwreck, Stan Rogers' The Mary Ellen Carter (this one's a fictitious shipwreck). If you've never heard it before, treat yourself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJQk...
The Mary Ellen Carter
YouTube video by Stan Rogers - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
everyone talking about The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald has put me in mind of the other great Canadian song about a shipwreck, Stan Rogers' The Mary Ellen Carter (this one's a fictitious shipwreck). If you've never heard it before, treat yourself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJQk...
I'm developing from this an entire new theory of sports based on whether the ball/puck/etc. is good or bad. Football, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, rugby: ball good. Baseball, tennis, volleyball, handball, cricket: ball bad. In basketball the ball is desirable yet also toxic so don't touch it for long
football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm developing from this an entire new theory of sports based on whether the ball/puck/etc. is good or bad. Football, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, rugby: ball good. Baseball, tennis, volleyball, handball, cricket: ball bad. In basketball the ball is desirable yet also toxic so don't touch it for long
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Good morning and happy Sunday 🐴 🥰
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Good morning and happy Sunday 🐴 🥰
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football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
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Frankenstein (2025)
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Frankenstein (2025)
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I think we should bring back vibe spelling. Just add extra letters wherever, as you feel ‘em. Things can be frantick or hectick if you need that superfluous ’k’ edge. Resist the tyranny of received orthography!
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I think we should bring back vibe spelling. Just add extra letters wherever, as you feel ‘em. Things can be frantick or hectick if you need that superfluous ’k’ edge. Resist the tyranny of received orthography!
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
Recommend works here for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider!
otherwiseaward.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
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Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
this op-ed from Brad Lander is fire but also I laughed out loud at the "I have friends everywhere" reference. what a nerd. I hope Tony Gilroy is proud that his art has become part of a national lexicon of resistance and community
Today @bradlander.bsky.social wrote an op-ed on Zohran Mamdani’s historic win — and the work ahead.
“When Donald Trump sends troops here, it won’t be Trump vs. Mamdani. It’ll be Trump vs. New York City.”
“When Donald Trump sends troops here, it won’t be Trump vs. Mamdani. It’ll be Trump vs. New York City.”
Brad Lander on Mamdani's Win: "It’s not only on Zohran. It’s on all of us."
In an op-ed for In These Times, Lander writes that in response to looming threats from Donald Trump, "We’ve got to rise to the challenge together—as New Yorkers."
inthesetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
this op-ed from Brad Lander is fire but also I laughed out loud at the "I have friends everywhere" reference. what a nerd. I hope Tony Gilroy is proud that his art has become part of a national lexicon of resistance and community
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making Jacob the stereotypical Bluesky user is the rudest and truest attack anyone has ever made on us
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
making Jacob the stereotypical Bluesky user is the rudest and truest attack anyone has ever made on us
just saw del Toro's Frankenstein and it was AMAZING. absolutely my favourite del Toro film. Understood the fucking assignment. The casting, the frame narrative, costumes, set design, choosing when to be faithful to the book and when to bring in some Universal Classic Monsters vibes . . . mwah
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
just saw del Toro's Frankenstein and it was AMAZING. absolutely my favourite del Toro film. Understood the fucking assignment. The casting, the frame narrative, costumes, set design, choosing when to be faithful to the book and when to bring in some Universal Classic Monsters vibes . . . mwah
can't wait to watch the Game Changer clown orgy episode
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
can't wait to watch the Game Changer clown orgy episode