Brian Upton
@ystros.bsky.social
Does not belong to the living, but the dead do not forgive.
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Thank you for 14k!!
Here's a Columbo, may he bring you luck 🥲
Here's a Columbo, may he bring you luck 🥲
January 10, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Thank you for 14k!!
Here's a Columbo, may he bring you luck 🥲
Here's a Columbo, may he bring you luck 🥲
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Cis writers’ trans characters: “This is Lyrica Womanheart, her power is she has no definable personality beyond serving as a gravitational center for word boxes that vaguely gesture at discrimination and she SUPER strong.”
Trans writers’: “This is Debby and she’s a bitch. I’m gonna torture her.”
Trans writers’: “This is Debby and she’s a bitch. I’m gonna torture her.”
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Cis writers’ trans characters: “This is Lyrica Womanheart, her power is she has no definable personality beyond serving as a gravitational center for word boxes that vaguely gesture at discrimination and she SUPER strong.”
Trans writers’: “This is Debby and she’s a bitch. I’m gonna torture her.”
Trans writers’: “This is Debby and she’s a bitch. I’m gonna torture her.”
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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enjoy your deathtrap, ladies!
January 9, 2026 at 7:23 AM
enjoy your deathtrap, ladies!
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i made a donation to gdq during the chrono trigger run bc they were doing a wife donation train & i had to shout out wifes (shout outs to my wife) but there wasnt time to read it so im posting abt it now
it was like really heartfelt and stuff but its lost in the aether now but wifes is forever
it was like really heartfelt and stuff but its lost in the aether now but wifes is forever
January 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
i made a donation to gdq during the chrono trigger run bc they were doing a wife donation train & i had to shout out wifes (shout outs to my wife) but there wasnt time to read it so im posting abt it now
it was like really heartfelt and stuff but its lost in the aether now but wifes is forever
it was like really heartfelt and stuff but its lost in the aether now but wifes is forever
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reposting some old art that isnt on here yet>
stocking
stocking
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 AM
reposting some old art that isnt on here yet>
stocking
stocking
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January 8, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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This. We can break the videos down frame-by-frame, but as long as they show a woman who rejected the authority of a fascist state, fascists will say she deserved it—and so, in their view, does anyone who isn't actively assisting the fascist state in body or, importantly, belief.
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
This. We can break the videos down frame-by-frame, but as long as they show a woman who rejected the authority of a fascist state, fascists will say she deserved it—and so, in their view, does anyone who isn't actively assisting the fascist state in body or, importantly, belief.
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American conservatives will look you right in the eye with a straight face and tell you that complete and utter subservience to masked federal police is patriotism, anything else deserves being executed in the street, and tax dollars for healthcare is tyranny.
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
American conservatives will look you right in the eye with a straight face and tell you that complete and utter subservience to masked federal police is patriotism, anything else deserves being executed in the street, and tax dollars for healthcare is tyranny.
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I want us to stay focused on the grief of this terrible moment, but when Black people tell you not to touch something, that is not a challenge. Some things are ours for a reason. We can remember Renee Good as the person she was and the circumstances of her murder without co-opting Black suffering.
“Say her name” is not about allyship. It’s a term crafted for people who are the focus of violence that deliberately erases us. It’s not for her, and it wouldn’t be for her, even if she were Heather Heyer, who didn’t get it when she died for civil rights. Can you understand that?
January 8, 2026 at 5:13 AM
I want us to stay focused on the grief of this terrible moment, but when Black people tell you not to touch something, that is not a challenge. Some things are ours for a reason. We can remember Renee Good as the person she was and the circumstances of her murder without co-opting Black suffering.
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Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?
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January 5, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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we were sitting on top of the most powerful hegemonic structure in human history that allowed us to rule most of the world with only a fraction of the resources required to actually rule the world and they're burning it down because they want to kill people for fun
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
we were sitting on top of the most powerful hegemonic structure in human history that allowed us to rule most of the world with only a fraction of the resources required to actually rule the world and they're burning it down because they want to kill people for fun
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Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
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Saw a post theorizing you now encounter more people listening to things on speakers in public spaces because Apple banning the headphone jack did not result in people switching to Bluetooth headphones, it resulted in people abandoning headphones. I'm on an airplane RN and. Thinking about that. Hard.
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Saw a post theorizing you now encounter more people listening to things on speakers in public spaces because Apple banning the headphone jack did not result in people switching to Bluetooth headphones, it resulted in people abandoning headphones. I'm on an airplane RN and. Thinking about that. Hard.
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you can tell The Economy is doing Great when soup and tuna are under alarmed doors
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 AM
you can tell The Economy is doing Great when soup and tuna are under alarmed doors
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Many, many people will nod along somberly to this skeet and then wake up tomorrow and say "okay, but this *specific* trans woman actually, totes for reals deserves it."
There's always going to be an exception to the rule that keeps the cycle going.
There's always going to be an exception to the rule that keeps the cycle going.
Every mob that has ever run a trans woman off of socials has had a "valid reason" why they deserved it. But it's still systemic and endemic.
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Many, many people will nod along somberly to this skeet and then wake up tomorrow and say "okay, but this *specific* trans woman actually, totes for reals deserves it."
There's always going to be an exception to the rule that keeps the cycle going.
There's always going to be an exception to the rule that keeps the cycle going.
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The vaccine autism thing is bullshit but even if you believed it, it seems incredibly fucked up to then believe that raising child death rates is some sort of worthwhile trade-off to reduce autism rates
BREAKING: CDC announces an unprecedented overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule, a significant shift that recommends fewer shots for all kids.
CDC overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark in unprecedented move
The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The vaccine autism thing is bullshit but even if you believed it, it seems incredibly fucked up to then believe that raising child death rates is some sort of worthwhile trade-off to reduce autism rates
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The first two hours this morning
January 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The first two hours this morning
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