Reposted by anne gibsonMartha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is the most important thing men can do, and they must be doing it immediately. People create culture. People can change it. If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight. 5612224
Reposted by anne gibsonjon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I got a bill in the mail from a memory removal service and I'm finding it very difficult to contest the charges. 510212
Reposted by anne gibsonJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026no one should use this thing but I just cannot stress enough that you have to stay away from it if you’re a practicing attorney 3520178
Reposted by anne gibsonCasey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Heritage Foundation laid out how they were going to rescind Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, by first targeting trans people's participation in sport. Capitulating on the human rights of transgender people is catastrophically falling at the first hurdle. 92015705
Reposted by anne gibsonAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Milo 😾 : Momma, Ah want a "Blabbermouth" button installed asap! 😾😼😂 (Cr @wordypaws) #dog #cat #wordsmith 243972602
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026I don’t know if these boxes are metaphorical for you but for me one just cut through the chains around the box… 010
Reposted by anne gibsonGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US. 18828495
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026I’m sorry is their argument that they accidentally sold insurance to healthy people? 000
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026Someone married my kid - done! Now I never have to lift a finger to help them again. On the other hand this means I have two kids to take care of me! grrrrr…. 020
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026The wizards do most of their work by either trying to kill each other intentionally or trying not to get killed by each other unintentionally. It’s just a different kind of work 🤷🏻♀️ 010
Reposted by anne gibsonDylan Wilbanks @dylanw.social · 28/09/2026Boomers 1996: I AM CUTTING YOU OFF! YOU ARE NO CHILD OF MINE! Boomers 2026: why are they cutting me off I didn’t do anything 051
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026Oh and that’s bottles, not pills. I’ve lost count of the individual pills. 000
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026Is it weird that I can lay out my husbands meds bottles in alphabetical order with the right amount of space per bottle without thinking about it? He’s down to 20 oral meds a day now! #transplantTales 110
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026@techconnectify.bsky.social also how bad is your radon problem if you’re pumping it out when you’re on slab?!? 000
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 28/09/2026@techconnectify.bsky.social watching the heat pump hot water video — what was the comment about the Northern Europeans in regards to? 100
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 27/09/2026Dit a bit of a lie in as the brits would say and feeling much better 110
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 27/09/2026Yesterday: Body: we got the flu shot yesterday so we should rest today Me: Oh I don't feel that bad, I'll do chores. Today: Body: YOU WILL SIT YOUR ASS DOWN OR PUKE Me: yes body 120
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 24/09/2026No no no no, you've gotten too good to be dead in a ditch next to a walmart. You're at least dead in a ditch next to a Nordstrom's. 1160
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 24/09/2026I feel for the folks at Epic who just did a great upgrade to things like “view my test results” and somehow the “what changed” message link on the dashboard is the one that got busted. Epic folks, if you're listening, that test results page is SO. MUCH. BETTER. thank you! 010
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 24/09/2026Dear all the men in tech: you did this, you allowed it, you continue to allow it. It's your job to fix it. We can't fix it. “If there’s a fire you’re trying to douse, you can’t put it out from inside the house!” — Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton, the musical. www.wired.com/story/women-...wired.comWe Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let LooseExecutives happily automating their days with AI. New hires confronting bro culture. Women in tech have a lot to say—and they told it all to WIRED. 010
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 24/09/2026Well at least there are fewer slugs eating the plants you like 010
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 24/09/2026Late yesterday on The Interconnected, I waxed poetic about things that last 50 years, and wondered which parts of the web fall under that category. theinterconnected.net/kirabug/on-5...theinterconnected.netOn 50 years – The Interconnected 010
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 24/09/2026Me: Myka-bear are you eating that toy? Myka: [chew, chew, swallow] No mom I would never eat a toy. Me: Myka, stop eating that toy. Myka: (best innocent face) I can’t stop eating the toy I’m not eating Me: Give me that Myka: MY HEART IS BROKen ooh a puppy treat #ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday 010
Reposted by anne gibsonMary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 22/09/2026My latest newsletter is out, in which you can learn how to attend a live recording of my Short Story Intensive workshop. Also, you will discover Elsie's opinions on opera. maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/the-...maryrobinettekowal.comThe Mary Robinette Gazette: September, 2026Want to get my newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here. I was recently an instructor on the final (for now) annual Writing Excuses cruise. A lot of the conversations I had with attendees were about … 0193
Reposted by anne gibsonMicah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026stand up for trans people: it is the right thing to do and it just will not hurt you, not now, not in this environment and maybe folks can start to relearn that trans people are pretty fucking cool, actually 51133174
Reposted by anne gibsonOlivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 22/09/2026Oh my god it’s funny because it’s true — take a gander at the video and then read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnes_...en.wikipedia.orgDunnes Stores strike - Wikipedia 10762361
Reposted by anne gibsonSygnin @sygnin.com · 22/09/2026Since Tapas is going kaput, I'm just saying if you want a backup host (particularly for your short comics), you could consider using @leaflet.pub This is a demo site I made with it, and I put up 2 short comics to show how it works testcomic.leaflet.pub #comics 314166
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 22/09/2026OK friends I'm going to start a patreon around my writing. Which off these ideas appeal to you? - a poem every other day - a paragraph or quote from whatever i'm writing every few days - a video of me reading a poem angrily once every two weeks - a post of how it's going / personal blog every day 000
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 22/09/2026in college i got yelled at more than once for smacking their cars when they did that i also asked my brother once whether we should walk over a guy's hood since it was in the crosswalk and he looked at me and said "you know his windows are open right?" 010
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 22/09/2026have you had a lab before? they don't break out of the habit of chewing on everything ;) also dear puppet 030
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 22/09/2026Vote! Also, there's a message from the King. youtu.be/ayWiE_gL9mU?... + @monteiro.bsky.social @erikahall.bsky.socialyoutu.be2026: Time for the MidtermsYouTube video by Hamilton 000
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 22/09/2026i'm going to need someone to capture the chicken guy saying "what is it now" in a meme aren't i? ... crap that will probably be me doing the work too 110
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 22/09/2026you should probably put this near that tour stop. i wish i knew who said it. 2173
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 21/09/2026stevekpeacock.substack.com/p/burning-br... I was in a class with Steven Peacock years ago. His writing was excellent then and I’m confident it still is. He’s got a new book coming out in November.stevekpeacock.substack.comBurning Bridges, the new WARLOCKS OF WHITEHALL novel, coming November 5thAnd you can pre-order the ebook right now! 000
anne gibson @kirabug.com · 21/09/2026Doesn’t @seananmcguire.bsky.social have a bunch of info about what mumps does to the testicles? Or was that someone else? Either way I think that info is very effective to convince people to get vaccinated. 140