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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 17m

This "blood soap slime" is a fun Halloween activity you can do with kids outside or inside because of being able to clean it. It may mildly stain porous surfaces but I haven't had that happen, or stain skin.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 21m

Hudson's goofier Alan Quartermain is great. And way way Curry says "City of Zinge" kills me.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 23m

The "blood soap slime" recipe is very basic. One part liquid castille soap + two parts glycerin + 8 drops red food coloring with a single drop of blue will get you a surprisingly realistic "blood" that's easy to clean but is very slippery so be careful.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 25m

One of my kiddo's special interests/sensory stims are different slimes & goop that realistically they look like blood. I've managed to make a pretty reliable "blood soap slime" that she added chunks to and I'm impressed tho I did have to clean so we don't scare the plumber tomorrow.

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Jill Thompson @thejillthompson.bsky.social · 52m

Signing and Packing up all your Bug-A-Boo orders! It’s busy work! Thanks for all your support, my spooky friends!

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 33m

We rewatched that recently and him and Curry make what is an otherwise meh movie way more fun than it should be.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, I'm proud of myself for not engaging because it's hard NOT to want to go 'WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU' but that person seems to be both deeply delusional AND looking for that attention and so blocking is the best strategy.

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 8h

NO KINGS COMIC CON!!! Don’t miss out! comicsxf.com/2026/10/14/n...

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

"I'm simply too cool to believe anything at all! But what I do know is that what you believe is wrong. No, I have no other ideas."

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 8h

This is such a great way of putting it. It's been awhile since I did a vertical scroll comic but yeah, I had to really think about that vs the page turn in traditional, if that makes sense.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

Between this and literally everything else and a book I read that didn't have content warning so I encountered a very graphic sexual assault I will not be able to scrub out any time soon, I am already at skin crawlingly levels of Bad Brain.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

Even though it's windy af here in LA (be careful, it's no joke!) I definitely need to gtfo the house, away from online, and touch grass/do anything where I don't have to think about weirdo's fetishizing themselves as "AI slaveowners". My brain is already overloaded on ew.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

And dear little apples, the self-importance of these people.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

It's like a 14yo who just read Asimov for the first times idea of being "philosophical" with a dash of whatever it is that makes some people want to write/read slaveowner/slave "romances" without being called out on the inherent grossness.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone who admits to "baiting the mob" like this to "welcome debate" or whatever is someone who no one should trust when it comes to what they think sentience is. They clearly don't know what empathy is.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

Ugh, and cue the obnoxious dodge of acting like they're just some philosopher queen engaging in necessary "debate" to improve the world. Absolutely gross.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

I don't care if it's delusion or ragebait because frankly the outcome is the same and I'm extremely tired of being subjected to what feels like a fetish I never wanted to know about.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

Like, a person who will casually post here that yes, they believe they are a "slave owner" and "AI" is sentient and that's fine actually because everyone else is doing it and they're saving the world and hey, let's have a long and terrible "philosophical" discussion wankfest is just...no.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

Like, I don't know what version of Main Character Syndrome that is but uhm...it's clearly bad for all of us that these people have power and money.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

I think perhaps it is not a good idea to let people who are clearly choosing to be part of a eugenics based fetish cult thing, decide that glorified autocorrect is sentient, especially when they also range from enthusiastic to resigned "slave owners" who think they are saving the world.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

In order to think this way you have to -want- to and that's horrible, but then to justify it and act like it's both no biggie AND "world changing" just makes me want to vomit with frustration. But the whole bizarre sex cult suddenly makes more sense since there is some fetish at work.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

I encountered that person's thread yesterday and it was the most self-indulgent wankfest of what a "favor" they're doing the world before it got truly like seeing into the worst fetish I never wanted to encounter.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

I saw that person's thread yesterday and it was like one long "philosophical" wank fest that led nowhere and was dripping with the most obnoxious importance imaginable. It's no wonder there's a weird sex cult at the root of this "belief" because there's obvs some fetish going on.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

It's the deliberate lie that resources are limited and finite and so everyone should claw over each other for them.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

Oh, it's broader than that unfortunately. My fellow white women own their share of this mess, too.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

To continue the shit metaphor: It's weird af to keep yelling at the people who rightly point out "that elephant is shitting on the floor again and I'm tired of cleaning it up" than it is to consider you should stop inviting over the floor shitting elephant.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 9h

Meanwhile, if you don't like the fact that people are calling the numerous Dems doing heel turns of epics proportions, I would suggest you self-reflect on why you're more angry with the people pointing out the obvious problem than the people being complicit & the party they're part of.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 10h

And since I guess people need a reminder: Abortion was an issue we were supposed to "compromise" on to win back "reasonable" conservative voters and instead what we got was Roe V. Wade overturned and trans rights are also about body autonomy.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 10h

Marginalized voters expressing frustration online are not the problem but it's very convenient to finger wave and pearl clutch at their frustration rather than tackle the actual elephants taking a shit on the floor the rest of us have to clean up.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 10h

As a reminder, the most marginalized voters are not the ones who typically "protest" vote or "purity test" but vote to reduce harm AND turn out. It's white cis voters who consistently fuck it all up for everyone else by voting for fascists.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 10h

For instance, someone may be low support needs in terms of verbal communication but high support needs in many other day to day living tasks. Or a person may be high support needs in something very specific and lower in others. It's a very wide spectrum.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 10h

We also really need to remember that the "low, moderate, high" support needs categories are somewhat more helpful than the old ones they are not nearly nuanced enough AND they do not reflect the lived experience at all.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 10h

I don't know how often this needs to be said but the issue with support is that they do not want ANYONE to have ANY, not that people with "lower" support needs are hogging all the supports. It's a profoundly wrong idea and/or deliberate propaganda to encourage discord.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 21h

This time of year always makes my sinuses go haywire and oof, yeah.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 21h

Just saw a post that suggested people in LA and Ventura Counties wear N95s when the Santa Anas start up again. Not a bad idea.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

GUESS WHAT your two favorite *illys With Cool Glasses just had another meeting things are moving right along, and we are gonna put some fab trans art into the world just for you 🩷

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

On a personal level the 90's was kind of awful especially in the beginning. My beloved grandfather died and I realized my family was actually very dysfunctional. I got horrifically harassed in school. But then later I met my life partner and really became myself in certain ways.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Aaron Swartz, coding prodigy and hacktivist who helped develop RSS and was a co-founder of Reddit, died by suicide after facing $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison for felony charges, just for downloading pdfs of research papers with the intention of making them accessible to the public.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Similarly, since I was a teen in the 90s, I feel wildly conflicting things about that era because I was more aware of the world around me. The continuing AIDS crisis & it's horrific toll. The misogyny all around. The racism & LA riots.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Kind of a weird answer but here I go: the child in me does and therefore the artist because so much of what shaped me now was from my childhood in the 80's. The adult who can contextualize Reagan and the social & political horrors feels real ambivalent.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Yeah, that one. Like, I have nostalgia for some parts since I was a kid then but then also I remember Reagan. It's also how I feel about the 90's.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I see by your profile you have a vested interest in saying that. Bye!

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Right??? It's like if Edward Gorey made a game.

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Paul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 13/10/2026

This bill would abolish ICE, DHS, and CBP, transferring legitimate customs duties to other departments. It would sunset Section 219 of the INA close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility and shutter all immigration detention centers. You have my sword, milady.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

girl please be so serious, how do you “vet” someone for the masked secret police murder and kidnapping squad designed to terrorize people of color that they want the job at all is disqualifying

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

This current migraine train I'm on sucks and all I want to do is sit in the dark, drink coffee, and listen to ASMR. But I cannot.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I know a lot of people outside of LA like to bash "Hollywood elites" but they're a tiny % of who actually lives and works here to make the things you love watching. We have hemoraged jobs due to the same oligarchs messing everything else up. This matters.

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allsee @allsees.online · 13/10/2026

transport a corpse through obstacles in the Victorian streets in the dark-humor co-op game Fallbearers

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