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1989 • They/Them🏳️‍⚧️ • ♤Acespec♤ • Bird Enjoyer • 🔞 I'm approximately 20 small theropods in a trench coat I love my partner and my friends even more than I hate cops Pfp: @strayserval.bsky.social Banner: @explorerwolfie.bsky.social

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Revenge of Princesscore @princessrevenge.bsky.social · 17h
ive said it before but i think “u dont have to be trans to transition” is so much more helpful than “u dont have to transition to be trans” bc it prioritizes agency and self actualization over ruminating on identity indefinitely
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Ambient Dinosaur @molniya.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
be fucking nice to me
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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 29/09/2026
absolutely fucking incredible news for public health in canada that a safer supply organization successfully fought the constitutionality of drug possession trafficking laws for not providing any legal way to operate. selfless life-saving work that is actually being identified and respected as such.
But in her judgment on their constitutional challenge on Tuesday, Murray concluded that a non-medicalized safer supply program is urgently needed to save lives.

And with no legal source of drugs available for such a program, and no legal "safety valves" in the CDSA that would support setting one up, she found such a program "is legally and practically incapable of being exempted."

She said part of the CDSA "unjustifiably infringes" on two parts of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and deprives DULF members the "right to life and security of the person."

She gave Parliament six months to find a way to allow for a "pathway to non-medicalized safer supply."
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 25/09/2026
started listening to the audiobook of The Making of the Atomic Bomb by richard rhodes on my walks and came across the Death Machine passage this morning. still hits like a hammer 15 years after I first read it. my GOAT will never be washed
“The machine gun mechanized war. Artillery and gas mechanized war. They were the hardware of the war, the tools. But they were only proximately the mechanism of the slaughter. The ultimate mechanism was a method of organization—anachronistically speaking, a software package.376 “The basic lever,” the writer Gil Elliot comments, “was the conscription law, which made vast numbers of men available for military service.377 The civil machinery which ensured the carrying out of this law, and the military organization which turned numbers of men into battalions and divisions, were each founded on a bureaucracy. The production of resources, in particular guns and ammunition, was a matter for civil organization. The movement of men and resources to the front, and the trench system of defence, were military concerns.” Each interlocking system was logical in itself and each system could be rationalized by those who worked it and moved through it. Thus, Elliot demonstrates, “It is reasonable to obey the law, it is good to organize well, it is ingenious to devise guns of high technical capacity, it is sensible to shelter human beings against massive firepower by putting them in protective trenches.”

“What was the purpose of this complex organization? Officially it was supposed to save civilization, protect the rights of small democracies, demonstrate the superiority of Teutonic culture, beat the dirty Hun, beat the arrogant British, what have you. But the men caught in the middle came to glimpse a darker truth. “The War had become undisguisedly mechanical and inhuman,” Siegfried Sassoon allows a fictional infantry officer to see. “What in earlier days had been drafts of volunteers were now droves of victims.”378 Men on every front independently discovered their victimization. Awareness intensified as the war dragged”“on. In Russia it exploded in revolution. In Germany it motivated desertions and surrenders. Among the French it led to mutinies in the front lines. Among the British it fostered malingering.Whatever its ostensible purpose, the end result of the complex organization that was the efficient software of the Great War was the manufacture of corpses. This essentially industrial operation was fantasized by the generals as a “strategy of attrition.” The British tried to kill Germans, the Germans tried to kill British and French and so on, a “strategy” so familiar by now that it almost sounds normal. It was not normal in Europe before 1914 and no one in authority expected it to evolve, despite the pioneering lessons of the American Civil War. Once the trenches were in place, the long grave already dug (John Masefield’s bitterly ironic phrase), then the war stalemated and death-making overwhelmed any rational response.379 “The war machine,” concludes Elliot, “rooted in law, organization, production,”

“movement, science, technical ingenuity, with its product of six thousand deaths a day over a period of 1,500 days, was the permanent and realistic factor, impervious to fantasy, only slightly altered by human variation.”380No human institution, Elliot stresses, was sufficiently strong to resist the death machine.381 A new mechanism, the tank, ended the stalemate. An old mechanism, the blockade, choked off the German supply of food and matériel. The increasing rebelliousness of the foot soldiers threatened the security of the bureaucrats. Or the death machine worked too well, as against France, and began to run out of raw material. The Yanks came over with their sleeves rolled up, an untrenched continent behind them where the trees were not hung with entrails. The war putrified to a close.But the death machine had only sampled a vast new source of raw material: the civilians behind the lines. It had not yet evolved equipment efficient to process them, only big gunsand clumsy biplane bombers. It had not yet evolved the necessary rationale that old people and women and children are combatants equally with armed and uniformed young men. That is why, despite its sickening squalor and brutality, the Great War looks so innocent to modern eyes.
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Adrian @lead-castle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
V. mongoliensis 2026
A digital painting of my fursona Tower holding a velociraptor in his arms. He stands, smiling, in a nondescript room with two dark panels or windows on the walls. 
Made with Heavypaint
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not to get political on main, but I hate... no, I absolutely loathe gambling, I abhor it! I despise this predatory industry, what it does to people, how it targets vulnerable people, and how it worms its way into everything. If I ever got into power, I'd criminalise these companies.
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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a fairytale that people love to tell themselves so they can be convinced that the arc of history bends toward justice. The vast, VAST majority of the men of the SS walked away without even spending a second in prison.
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🏳️‍⚧️ Kiara Pendragon ∍⧽⧼∊ Godslayer 🏳️‍🌈 @aapur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So while the leak in question here was caused by Discord's Customer Service portal, and leaked IDs were those willingly sent to it. And while Discord's Verification Partner actually handles verification locally on your system, **Age Verification like this should be opposed on principle**
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 21/08/2026
I am becoming incredibly exhausted of this pattern: many people: "AI sucks!" Very Smart Person: ah but have you considered (distinct application of ML or statistical modeling that has no real relationship to what the tech industry is marketing as, and people broadly perceive as, "AI")
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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Easily one of the most annoying things to come out of our dumb century is people who get bent out of shape if you don't hate AI "correctly," like this still isn't debate club, I will hate the idiot bullshit plagiarism machine that wastes power however I want actually, fuck off
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that one lamatyi @firagafox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Happy Final Fantasy Friday 🐾 Finally posting my finished Wuk Lamat cosplay for my Glamoured to Life entry from Fanfest 🌮 #ff14 #ffxiv #wuklamat Wig: @malindachan.bsky.social Tail: @turtlesmithy.bsky.social Accessories kit: @dangerousladies.ca
Wuk Lamat cosplay from Final Fantasy XIV. A chocobo is also here kweh
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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I wrote an article for WWFU that’s now live. I did my best to address what I believe is the most immediate and serious threat of causing real world harm, which is a current rise of nazi accelerationism, and how groups have begun to align under a common banner with a shared goal of mass-violence.
wewillfreeus.org
A New Wave of Nazi Accelerationism
How a fragmented neo-Nazi movement is carrying accelerationist ideology into a new generation of networks.
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yuzuBOO @yuzupool.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ed sheeran makes music for antivax nurses who open mouth kiss their off leash german shepherds on tiktoks made to give teenagers eating disorders so may he continue to reap what he's sown
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Valentine 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇷🐇 @bunnybelmont.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
before any of you freak out, let this bunny remind you that fortnite has gone full AI for a while now, and the ceo of epic (tim sweeney) fired his staff for it, and has zero shame in it i stopped playing this game a very long time ago, and you can and should too. don’t give in
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Thomas Davis @cooltom.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
* IP stolen from its original creator * dev wants to take an “anti-DEI” stance * partnering with a genAI startup * CEO is the guy who ruined Itagaki-san’s career potential worst game of 2027 coming right up
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Salem 🏳️‍⚧️ @salem-bitch-trials.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
this is the inevitable result of years of games focused entirely on fidelity and players being afraid to miss things or fail so now we get games that are the equivalent of a dog thats been bred to emphasize all its cutest traits but now it can barely breathe or move around and u just feel bad for it
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Moose booooogelow @moosebigelow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Lenny from the simpsons changing a sign that says 365 days without charlie kirk saying something racist
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
welcome to 2020s tech. we got - pervert glasses - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - the button that does nothing - we outta ram - we outta hard drives - we outta graphics cards - ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses - wiretap
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˗ˏˋ・゚ 𝔶𝔢𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔢 [𝔱𝔢𝔞𝔪 𝔯𝔲𝔟] ˚。⋆ˎˊ˗ @yeeniebeans.art · 08/09/2026
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KZ @kzxcellent.live · 10/11/2025
I read a thread about games with terrible UI earlier and this video has been destroying me all day.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nice to have a citation for the stuff we all sort of assume to be true but question if it's just our own biases making it look that way
Screenshot from the article in the quoted post, saying "Piff and his colleagues found that upper-class drivers were more likely to cut other cars off at junctions and ignore pedestrians at crossings. Wealthier people also appeared more willing to lie at work. In one experiment, volunteers were left alone with a jar of sweets ostensibly meant for children. When the researchers returned, upper-class people had snaffled nearly twice as many candies as lower-class people.

“The general pattern seems to be that with wealth and rising power, you become less engaged with the needs of others and less burdened by the needs of social relationships,” Piff said. “Taking candy from children might be the least of our worries but it’s emblematic of the tendency to prioritise one’s own needs over those of others.”
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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 04/09/2026
My first piece for @kotaku.com sees me document the rather surreal experience of demoing a game funded by a government that would have me executed for being trans. kotaku.com/the-1001-thr...
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The 1001 Threads Of Mizan Director Avoids Answering A Simple Question At Gamescom - Kotaku
'This is a really decentralized company. We completely decentralized'
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chirasul @moth.gay · 04/09/2026
my goal is to be back to work full time Sept 14th, and then Eon's memorial is sept 6th, which I am both... anticipating and dreading. but i need a little financial help making it through the next week before i get myself back up to usual speed. thank you all for the relief and support paypal.me/neat
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QTori 🍣 @qtori.art · 04/09/2026
I will add pressure to this by saying that any company that claims to not hold onto your personal data after verifying you? They're lying. Ive been nitro free since the first time they tried this, voice how you feel with your wallet people. Make them really feel that squeeze.
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CANADIANS: RUIN THE FUCK OUT OF THIS ANTI-AI PETITION. this is an OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT PETITION and it needs you to verify an email and that's it. do this right now please. thaaaaanks.
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Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I guess boycotting Harry Potter feels pretty trivial to me, because I'm an adult. if someone told me I shouldn't eat Gerber's baby food, I'd be like, that is no problem. I'm way ahead of you
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404 Media @404media.co · 01/09/2026
Simon Weckert designed digital camouflage as a response to the proliferation of AI-powered surveillance cameras that detect people, vehicles, animals, bicycles, and other objects in their field of view. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Read now: www.404media.co/this-digital...
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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🍄🌹Chirasul Inky-Cap 🎨 🐝 @bug.sex · 27/08/2026
We're on food stamps, so we usually shop very frugally and do a shitton of prep/cooking to make the most of it, but it is so hard that we're having a hard time eating well and feeding the kids. I need help paying for some bulk premade things/easy things (frozen foods, hot dogs, etc) paypal.me/neat
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columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s impossible to imagine what Star Wars would look like without Phil Tippett. That alone should have been enough to keep him solvent forever. In no scenario should he be forced to have a fire sale and out of business.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"If you commute on an e-bike 20km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20 – annually."
theconversation.com
The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Gamescom AI Slop Thread. Every game from the Gamescom Opening Ceremonies that was actually AI Slop so you don't have to care about it.
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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 25/08/2026
More than ever, we're in an existential fight against the fascist side (top to bottom) to just be allowed to bike. I don't know what to do, but it can't hurt to: 1. Push back on talk that this is one crazy guy 2. Bikes are blue now. Pick a side. 3. Join local, state, and national advocacy orgs
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 24/08/2026
Hummingbirds.
A four panel comic. In panel 1, a rufous hummingbird flies down toward a large hummingbird feeder with as many as 6 holes on top. He thinks "The humans put up a new feeder!" In panel 2, he lands on the feeder and gazes down at it. He thinks "It's huge. Many of us could feed here at once." In panel 3, we see a close up view of the hummingbird, and he's thinking "This could end the ancient rivalries. Usher in an era of peace. Interesting." In panel 4, an Anna's hummingbird hovers over the feeder and says "Hey, can I have some necta-" and the rufous hummingbird says "No."
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EveOddity 🧡🖤 @ev30dd1ty.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
hey y'all, so I have to move house in about a month and a half, and I'm gonna need some financial help to insure I have everything lined up I would prefer direct help through CASHAPP but I also have a Kofi if that works better! please repost and share, even if you can't give #mutualaid #helpsky 💸💕
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Ian Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This shit is why you can't separate continuing to financially support the Harry Potter IP (whether by buying the games, merch, watching the new TV show when its out) from the consequences of what JK Rowling does with that money She's become so stiflingly powerful that even private docs arent safe
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 18/08/2026
"You were riding in the morning, or at night, or on a quiet road, or a main road. The only time and place to ride a bike is a time beyond time and a place beyond place, where the space-time continuum is bent so strangely that you are both everywhere and nowhere." buff.ly/bSa1Wm5
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You’re a Cyclist Who Was Just Struck by a Car Driver. Here’s Why It Was Your Fault
You were riding during rush hour Why were you riding then? There are way too many cars on the road. If you were commuting, you should have contacted your bos...
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
People are turning down highly-paid jobs working on H Potter related productions. They are giving up six/seven-figure sums on principle, because the money raised will be used to harm trans people, including trans children. Yet you can’t give up playing a game, watching a movie or buying a book...?
'Black Mirror' director Ally Pankiw reveals she turned down directing the 'Harry
Potter' HBO series:
"It simply is this easy to say no to funding transphobia!"
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Rowan || Aurora || ECLIPSA @ruadhain.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I'm just gonna say it If you're still playing fortnite, I will think lesser of you. Your silly videogame isn't worth it. Don't support the game that continues to funnel money into transphobic bigots and the Accursed Machine.
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Dial Liz-Z for Zombie (Lizzy Rose Oliver - Voice Actress) @lizzyrosevo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
TERF Wizard fans will work their ass off to make sure a powerline doesn't cross a non-existent grave for a fictional character, but won't boycott the series to protect real life trans people. These people are not well.
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✺ 𝕸𝖔𝖙𝖍 ✺ @mothsprout.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
✷ Magpie Archaeopteryx ✷
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Reign ⚔️💛 @radiantreign.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
artfight 52! for shroudedmoon
a black-billed magpie
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Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
If you haven't seen it yet the replies and quotes on this post are a fascinating collection of stories showing how much cops care about crime
Pee-Wee Herman sitting in a police station looking dejected saying ‘I knew the police wouldn’t help.’
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Blogged it. Happy Hater Week. aftermath.site/war-crime-n6...
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Do Not Buy The War Crime N64
There's so many ways to play the N64. You do not need to support Palmer Luckey's little project.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 29/07/2026
All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...
someone holding up a sign that AI crossed out
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 15/07/2026
Loads of people complaining that the Wordle word isn't a word today and I'm here to shame you all for still playing Worlde and supporting the New York Times. Other word games exist (I play squardle)
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A great example of why the "make eye contact with drivers and wear reflective clothing" advice for pedestrians and cyclists is bad. Nothing short of physically limiting where and how drivers can operate their vehicles will work.
blockclubchicago.org
Drivers Have Run Over, Flipped Off And Cursed Out Chicago’s Traffic Aides For Doing Their Jobs
Traffic control aides are needed during big summer events, like Lollapalooza this weekend. But drivers often take out their frustration on them — and two aides were recently hospitalized after being h...
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