Xauri'EL Zwaan
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Xennial Canuck/Kiwi Lunarpunk Satanist Cyberqueer, Feral Goth Trash Goblin, Speculative Fiction Author, Capitalism Disliker. Be warned, I'm a sarcastic bitch with a dark […]
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Very proud to announce the sale of my short story "Conversion" to Trans/Port, an anthology of trans cyberpunk! It's my take on the old "what if you could take a pill to make you not gay" trope, with implanted brain chips that "cure" gender dysphoria. There's also revolutionary cyborg terrorists!
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh, they're already spoiling Marvel Heroes cards from next fucking year. I DON'T WANNA
December 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh, they're already spoiling Marvel Heroes cards from next fucking year. I DON'T WANNA
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Zuckerberg has blown 77 billion – enough money to revitalize entire countries – on an idea so overwhelmingly, obviously stupid that I have never once heard anyone, from the Thanksgiving avuncular table to the most wretched depths of social media, say they liked it or even tried it. He was so […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Zuckerberg has blown 77 billion – enough money to revitalize entire countries – on an idea so overwhelmingly, obviously stupid that I have never once heard anyone, from the Thanksgiving avuncular table to the most wretched depths of social media, say they liked it or even tried it. He was so […]
If you (like me) have ever had an interest in following high-level competitive Magic: The Gathering but felt lost without an entry point, Tolarian Community College is doing a series called "Spellseekers" following their own head writer as she competes in her first Pro Tour run. It's funny, it's […]
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mastodon.nz
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
If you (like me) have ever had an interest in following high-level competitive Magic: The Gathering but felt lost without an entry point, Tolarian Community College is doing a series called "Spellseekers" following their own head writer as she competes in her first Pro Tour run. It's funny, it's […]
I daydream sometimes that someone sees my name on a ToC, thinks "hey I read another story by Xauri'EL Zwaan, it was really cool", and gets that book or periodical specifically because I'm in it
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I daydream sometimes that someone sees my name on a ToC, thinks "hey I read another story by Xauri'EL Zwaan, it was really cool", and gets that book or periodical specifically because I'm in it
My novelette All Rights Reserved is available now for 50% off in the SmashWords End-of-Year Sale! An uploaded consciousness is appropriated as intellectual property and enslaved in a far-future corporate dystopia. If that sounds like your jam, it's going for only $0.99USD! […]
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December 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
My novelette All Rights Reserved is available now for 50% off in the SmashWords End-of-Year Sale! An uploaded consciousness is appropriated as intellectual property and enslaved in a far-future corporate dystopia. If that sounds like your jam, it's going for only $0.99USD! […]
Reposted by Xauri'EL Zwaan
It is really very simple. Putin does not fear NATO (he has lived with it in Turkey for decades and knows that it is a purely defensive alliance), he hates the EU for spreading the idea of democracy and the rule of law (even if imperfectly) Silicon valley hates the EU for attempting to regulate […]
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mastodon.dias.ie
March 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It is really very simple. Putin does not fear NATO (he has lived with it in Turkey for decades and knows that it is a purely defensive alliance), he hates the EU for spreading the idea of democracy and the rule of law (even if imperfectly) Silicon valley hates the EU for attempting to regulate […]
Finished drafting "Grandma Lives in Your Phone Now". It's a bit over 3300 words (right in the area I wanted it to end up), it's in a really unusual voice for me, it's horrible, I love it to death. I'm giving it a week to breathe and then sending it out, I'm very happy with how it turned out and […]
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mastodon.nz
December 8, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Finished drafting "Grandma Lives in Your Phone Now". It's a bit over 3300 words (right in the area I wanted it to end up), it's in a really unusual voice for me, it's horrible, I love it to death. I'm giving it a week to breathe and then sending it out, I'm very happy with how it turned out and […]
Right: You just call anyone you disagree with a fascist
Us: You know, the OG fascists were proud to call themselves fascists. Is there some reason you don't want to be associated with fascism? Even when you're using explicitly fascist tactics? Is there some reason you don't want us calling you […]
Us: You know, the OG fascists were proud to call themselves fascists. Is there some reason you don't want to be associated with fascism? Even when you're using explicitly fascist tactics? Is there some reason you don't want us calling you […]
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mastodon.nz
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Right: You just call anyone you disagree with a fascist
Us: You know, the OG fascists were proud to call themselves fascists. Is there some reason you don't want to be associated with fascism? Even when you're using explicitly fascist tactics? Is there some reason you don't want us calling you […]
Us: You know, the OG fascists were proud to call themselves fascists. Is there some reason you don't want to be associated with fascism? Even when you're using explicitly fascist tactics? Is there some reason you don't want us calling you […]
Conservative Christians: Socialism is Satanic. Gender deviance is Satanic. Pursuit of pleasure is Satanic. Diversity and tolerance are Satanic.
Us: lol Satan sounds rad as hell. I love Satan
Conservative Christians: OMG THEY ADMIT IT
Us: lol Satan sounds rad as hell. I love Satan
Conservative Christians: OMG THEY ADMIT IT
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Conservative Christians: Socialism is Satanic. Gender deviance is Satanic. Pursuit of pleasure is Satanic. Diversity and tolerance are Satanic.
Us: lol Satan sounds rad as hell. I love Satan
Conservative Christians: OMG THEY ADMIT IT
Us: lol Satan sounds rad as hell. I love Satan
Conservative Christians: OMG THEY ADMIT IT
I really wish I could get more traction on social media, but the vast majority of the marketing advice I've read about it boils down to "be super fake and never talk about anything other than your brand"
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I really wish I could get more traction on social media, but the vast majority of the marketing advice I've read about it boils down to "be super fake and never talk about anything other than your brand"
You know, the irony is that a lot of creative people would probably be way more open to the possibility of using AI as part of their creative process if the immediate initial pitch hadn't been "awesome we can now replace art and artists, get on board or go the way of the dinosaur lol"
December 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
You know, the irony is that a lot of creative people would probably be way more open to the possibility of using AI as part of their creative process if the immediate initial pitch hadn't been "awesome we can now replace art and artists, get on board or go the way of the dinosaur lol"
Everyone's broke. It is the worst possible time to be doing kickstarters. But if we don't make art in times like these, we are lost
December 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Everyone's broke. It is the worst possible time to be doing kickstarters. But if we don't make art in times like these, we are lost
I'm quite happy with my decision to join the cabaret, all things considered. It's pulled me out of my comfort zone in the way that's really productive and not just a waste of spoons. It's opened me up to the possibility of performing again as a regular part of my author career, it's winning me […]
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mastodon.nz
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I'm quite happy with my decision to join the cabaret, all things considered. It's pulled me out of my comfort zone in the way that's really productive and not just a waste of spoons. It's opened me up to the possibility of performing again as a regular part of my author career, it's winning me […]
Ok so like, someone is *definitely* cursed. At the cabaret this weekend we had two cast injuries and a stress-induced seizure. The show went on, but some entity out there has got to be gunning for us
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Ok so like, someone is *definitely* cursed. At the cabaret this weekend we had two cast injuries and a stress-induced seizure. The show went on, but some entity out there has got to be gunning for us
Brief note: as a writer on submissions, I would much prefer your guidelines to be void of all personality rather than condescending. Quirky is fine, but it is very easy for quirky to shade into condescending without you realizing it.
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Brief note: as a writer on submissions, I would much prefer your guidelines to be void of all personality rather than condescending. Quirky is fine, but it is very easy for quirky to shade into condescending without you realizing it.
Easy guide for being on the right side of literally any political issue: if one side is pro-children dying or suffering, or even considers it a "sad but necessary cost", get your ass onto the other side
December 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Easy guide for being on the right side of literally any political issue: if one side is pro-children dying or suffering, or even considers it a "sad but necessary cost", get your ass onto the other side
I get into arguments about capitalism with people on facebook and they keep throwing the fact that I work in a weed store in my face and mocking me about it like it's some kind of argument-winning suplex. Like I'm not ashamed of working in a weed store, why should I be? Yeah bro you got me, I […]
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mastodon.nz
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I get into arguments about capitalism with people on facebook and they keep throwing the fact that I work in a weed store in my face and mocking me about it like it's some kind of argument-winning suplex. Like I'm not ashamed of working in a weed store, why should I be? Yeah bro you got me, I […]
OK, so I just heard that Beeple made a bunch of robot dogs in Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg masks that poop out AI-generated NFT images, and I take it back. AI *can* be used to make Real Art
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
OK, so I just heard that Beeple made a bunch of robot dogs in Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg masks that poop out AI-generated NFT images, and I take it back. AI *can* be used to make Real Art
Is there like a comprehensive public database somewhere of what companies support fascism or christian nationalism or zionism etc. so I can just quickly look companies up before I buy something from them
December 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Is there like a comprehensive public database somewhere of what companies support fascism or christian nationalism or zionism etc. so I can just quickly look companies up before I buy something from them
I think it would be cool if more comics used mediaeval-style scrolls of paper coming out of people's mouths instead of word balloons
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I think it would be cool if more comics used mediaeval-style scrolls of paper coming out of people's mouths instead of word balloons
I am watching people get lied and jingoed into another war in real time. Some rage addict on facebook called me brainwashed today for pointing out that drugs are not a valid military target. He equated them with WMDs. It's going to be Iraq but even stupider
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I am watching people get lied and jingoed into another war in real time. Some rage addict on facebook called me brainwashed today for pointing out that drugs are not a valid military target. He equated them with WMDs. It's going to be Iraq but even stupider
So I made a Fire Lord Azula deck that's all in on firebending for brawl builder, and firebending is... kinda bad? Like, when it goes off it GOES OFF. Get Azula and a couple of other firebenders in play, then attack, dump your entire hand, blast every creature off the board, cast a doubled […]
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mastodon.nz
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
So I made a Fire Lord Azula deck that's all in on firebending for brawl builder, and firebending is... kinda bad? Like, when it goes off it GOES OFF. Get Azula and a couple of other firebenders in play, then attack, dump your entire hand, blast every creature off the board, cast a doubled […]
AI "Artists": We're democratizing art, freeing it from the hands of elitist gatekeepers! It's no different than calligraphers getting replaced by the printing press! AI isn't going anywhere, you better get on board or be left behind!
Us: What you are making is not art, and you will never be an […]
Us: What you are making is not art, and you will never be an […]
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mastodon.nz
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
AI "Artists": We're democratizing art, freeing it from the hands of elitist gatekeepers! It's no different than calligraphers getting replaced by the printing press! AI isn't going anywhere, you better get on board or be left behind!
Us: What you are making is not art, and you will never be an […]
Us: What you are making is not art, and you will never be an […]
A brief list of conservative economic beliefs that are unshakably rock-solid:
- even the mildest social-democratic welfare programs are comparable to Stalinism and will have the same result
- nobody has a right to anything that would require another person to do something
- all capitalists […]
- even the mildest social-democratic welfare programs are comparable to Stalinism and will have the same result
- nobody has a right to anything that would require another person to do something
- all capitalists […]
Original post on mastodon.nz
mastodon.nz
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A brief list of conservative economic beliefs that are unshakably rock-solid:
- even the mildest social-democratic welfare programs are comparable to Stalinism and will have the same result
- nobody has a right to anything that would require another person to do something
- all capitalists […]
- even the mildest social-democratic welfare programs are comparable to Stalinism and will have the same result
- nobody has a right to anything that would require another person to do something
- all capitalists […]
Very proud to announce the sale of my short story "Conversion" to Trans/Port, an anthology of trans cyberpunk! It's my take on the old "what if you could take a pill to make you not gay" trope, with implanted brain chips that "cure" gender dysphoria. There's also revolutionary cyborg terrorists!
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Very proud to announce the sale of my short story "Conversion" to Trans/Port, an anthology of trans cyberpunk! It's my take on the old "what if you could take a pill to make you not gay" trope, with implanted brain chips that "cure" gender dysphoria. There's also revolutionary cyborg terrorists!