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ribbonknight

@ribbonknight.bsky.social
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Politics, video games, comics/manga, chronic health bullshit, & feminist SF. I live in Wisconsin and I have a dog named Stella.

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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 15h
Work was busy af today but in the morning I decided the most important thing was that I schedule someone to service my mom’s powered lift chair AND I DID IT. The follow through meant I maintained a priority alongside a billion work tasks instead of forgetting and then hating myself all weekend
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 15h
They WEREN’T funny, everyone was earnest and trying to make the world a better place, gross
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Two of my meetings today would hav stressed me out a few years ago, it now I’m like, “oh my God, it’s gonna be so funny.” Aging rules.
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Okay but now I need to say that I came across this like five tweets later: bsky.app/profile/cash...
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sorry to hear that, and I hope some small things get better, even if the big ones can’t
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m with Andy. I LIKE whimsy; you can’t write it on the fucking board and just name it like that; now there is no whimsy, you killed it
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When I started writing about Supreme Court expansion, you couldn’t get the question *asked* in a poll. The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%. Now, we here.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 09/10/2026
Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...
Proposal	Favor or oppose
Favor	Oppose
Enforce strict ethics code for justices	89	10
Limited terms for justices	79	21
Increase number of justices	53	47
Marquette Law School Poll, national survey: Sept. 2-9, 2026
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This ought to win the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I keep wondering if they do this purposely for the small dog room bc they can’t fit the balls in their mouths otherwise?!?! I need to ask lol
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026
more generally this is why I hate when people try to ask trump "so you're not allowed to do this, right?" questions he is literally incapable of admitting he isn't allowed to do something, you're just putting ideas in his head, cut it out
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026
the supreme court: "stop saying we declared trump a god-king, presidential immunity was a limited and reasonable ruling" trump, constantly: "I am absolutely a god-king and I can do anything I want at any time"
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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately
Hello Bone Colleagues, 
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans. 

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine 
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Dolores Albarracin, a University of Pennsylvania professor who is also a named plaintiff, had three grants she said were subject to censorship from the NIH for terms such as “health disparities,” “black person,” “COVID-19” and “vaccination,” forcing her to remove these terms to receive funding.”
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This might be the single best photo of my dog ever taken.
In the bottom third of the shot, a small black dog has her head filled back to catch a purple plastic ball - it looks alarmingly far down her throat. Her mouth is open wide, and her one visible eye is crazed.

Behind her, two other dogs look on, a little bewildered by the black dog’s enthusiasm.
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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Feeling autumnal 🍁 #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache #coloredpencil
watercolor, gouache and colored pencil drawing of a mouse sketching beneath an oak leaf canopy
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026
Exactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it.
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yeah. A thing to guard against bc it’s going to happen more and more. I think I was susceptible because of what horrific things have happened to my sister’s family
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Agree, and reflecting, it’s like: okay maybe this is more about someone being shitty than it’s about AI, really
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How much of my precious time on this earth is going to be spent manipulated or deceived over bullshit, where I then get to be like: I spent hours of my life trying to react to or address this thing, and it’s not even fucking real? And just, why? It’s so gross
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My niece sent me an awful picture of my sister’s living room being destroyed by a car having driven through the wall, only to have my other niece tell me it’s AI (my sister thought it was funny). I’ve been crabbing about how much extra work it’s been making for me at work I just feel so tired.
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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Also, pretty clear HBO Max is using AI to translate its show descriptions into UK English, because look what they call John Candy…
HBO
8th ANNUAL YOUNG COMEDIANS’ SHOW

1983

John Sweets introduces HBO viewers to comedy's class of
1983.
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Kimjdav @kimjdav.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Drawtober 3, Little Witch Academia's Diana
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Found a copy of Machiavelli’s Discourses on the drive up here at half price books, this is @adapalmer.bsky.social’s fault. Although, I literally majored in political science and we did not read this lol
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mom: don’t you know who Elvis Presley is? Assisted living facility Worker: no, I don’t. Mom: alright, we need to get another worker in here…
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/09/2026
No one on his staff even once thought to check if there were any women's games being played that night. These are the people calling themselves defenders of women's sports.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/09/2026
I actually don't think the Republican Senator mixed up "Hawks" and "Hawkeyes." Going by his own statements, it appears his staff saw he went to a basketball game on that date and googled basketball games and found the only men's game that night in the whole country was in Atlanta.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 01/10/2026
In no circumstances ever should the state be murdering people. Judicial or extrajudicial. Period.
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5辰 @5ta2-5.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1日1絵349枚目⠀ #FF7R⠀ #FF7Rebirth⠀⠀ #FF7Revelation バレットさんとマリンちゃん
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/09/2026
I don't believe that every trans person in America should immediately be made aware of every single evil bill introduced by some podunk state rep in a random red state they don't live in I don't think that's healthy. I have always needed to see a likelihood of advancement before I would write it up
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/09/2026
I think it's pretty neat that one of the legit breakout indie success stories this year is a game about painstakingly designing and sewing opulent ballgowns store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...
store.steampowered.com
Dressmaker on Steam
Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this short story is called, "the conspiracy is spreading and we are all going to jail"
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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m going to miss Klobuchar in the senate, tbh. She’s so good at it.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 29/09/2026
Very funny this happened right after Axios was like "lots of buzz about Schmitt for VP" this morning.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 29/09/2026
Normalize smart people admitting when they don’t know things
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The racial and sexist animus is disgusting. Found the last paragraph especially instructive: “Sanders has only ever held political jobs thanks to her father, former Arkansas Governor and current U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, and has never had to apply for a real job herself.”
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Cap @caprart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
that alucard guy is so easy to draw #hellsing #integrahellsing
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m always tugging to linger in the shade, whereas Stella is always tugging to linger in the sun, and we probably end up about even lol
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I wanna scream, “fuck you, that doesn’t work!” at the inside voice telling me to go outside, but I fucking immediately feel better upon going outside
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The delight I feel when the humidity is “only” 60%
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Ian Paul Sieren @ianpaulsieren.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cosmos #Autumn #flowers #bloomscrolling
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I balanced it out by completely fucking up properly caring for myself while menstruating, 🫠
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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Iced coffee is much safer—the impulse to hurl one's drink into the face of the HR person the moment he says "We're a family here" can lead to a lot of trouble if the coffee is hot.
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Hephaestus @thinkingsideways.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Plus, Ada Palmer is absolutely the history professor that you want to go a bar with after the semester just to hear her tell all of the stories that didn't fit into the syllabus.
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Hephaestus @thinkingsideways.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you aren't listening to/watching this podcast, you should be. Episode 2 has politics, torture, libraries, fashion, sex (bisexual), marriage, advertising, portrait painting, and so much more.
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ribbonknight @ribbonknight.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Listen to this podcast immediately, all three episodes that are out so far. Ada Palmer with Adam Davidson, dude who started the original planet money. IT’S SO FUCKING GOOD.
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Kat the Lore Mistress @loremistress93.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is exactly the news I’ve been hoping to hear about UKGE, kinda wish they’d announced it on their comms, but this just proves that change CAN happen if you shout loudly and proudly about something. 💛
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