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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪)

@shivhermetimbers.bsky.social
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Writer and editor for Micro Center, by-lines at Polygon, 25YL, 614, and others Warhammer, tech news, and trans rights She/they 🏳️‍⚧️ Opinions my own

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
trans people “apparently able to feel pain,” surprising new study reveals
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The one thing they don't tell you about transitioning is that, for at least a few years, you'll say "hell yeah" to yourself whenever you see the word "trans", no matter the context Hell yeah, electric breaker. Hell yeah.
An electrical breaker labeled "trans (editorializing: hell yeah) Panel R1"
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Give us WET 2, cowards. But like... Make it good this time youtu.be/jj6_fF8VVqk?...
youtu.be
Wet rage mode gameplay HD.
YouTube video by ModernGamesTV
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026
A new poll from The 19th News shows faltering Republican support for gender-affirming care bans for trans youth. It also shows that anti-trans ads might be backfiring, with respondents increasingly saying Republicans are talking about trans people too much. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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New Poll From The 19th News Shows Public Turning Against Republican Anti-Trans Healthcare Bans
The poll even shows faltering Republican support for such bans.
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Warhammer pipeline from casually curious to detrimentally obsessed is REAL and can HURT YOU
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cloudpunk was one of my first game reviews from years ago and honestly, barring a few paragraphs about pickups towards the end, I still really like the review. Might have to pick up this new one (and the DLC sequel to the first which I completely missed???) tvobsessive.com/2020/04/30/c...
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Cloudpunk Review | Page 7 of 14 | 25YL
Running packages through Cloudpunk\'s city certainly looks good. But can Cloudpunk deliver on story and gameplay?
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The second level in Castlevania: Bloodlines is just such a vibe. Every time I play it i get lost thinking how nice it would be to just exist in this moment.
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I've made more than a few mistakes and gaffs throughout my transition, but instead of ignoring them and hoping they'd go away, I owned up to my mistakes, apologized, and did my best to learn from them. THAT is transitioning. Becoming a different gender is just learning how to be a person again.
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh you're a trans woman? Did you grow up wearing only skinny jeans or only the cargo shorts/tri-force tee combo
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 19/09/2026
this tweet is NINE years old and is still the best trans rights policy advice out there
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Started resin printing last week that, unfortunately, ended up being a week of troubleshooting. A week of bed adhesion issues later, and I (mostly) have it solved: www.microcenter.com/site/mc-news...
microcenter.com
Bringing an Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16K Resin Printer Back to Life
A bed adhesion issue took our studio resin printer out of commission, so I spent a week fixing it.
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My wife started the new Fire Emblem and I can already tell she's going to be paying me back for all the time I spent yapping about how "i chose this paint scheme cus in Warhammer lore Orks...."
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
With the economy looking shaky and Macklemore riding the good PR we have to look to the consequences of our actions. Its the perfect storm. Thrift Shop could chart again.
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ☃︎ ❄︎ @moxiest.art · 14/09/2026
#⏰🐘🧵
A typewritten note that reads:

survive. they fucking hate it. it makes them so damn mad. do it.

With a doodle of an elephant in trans pride colors
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
While we were out shopping a woman stopped me to say "cute shoes!" I said thank you and was prepared to move on, but before I could she asked "Tevas?" Me, being new at this, immediately panicked and yelled for my wife so she could explain to me what a Teva was and that no, I was wearing knock-offs.
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We stan our Matrix Queens, not mincing words and just saying what needs to be said, flat out
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Taka Hanazawa @takahanazawa.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
A riff on the famous Mike Primavera (@primawesome) tweet about shelter cats and coyotes, with substitutions in brackets

My neighbor told me [Republicans] keep eating his [vulnerable minority groups] so I asked how many [minorities] he has and he said he just [Votes Blue, No Matter Who] and gets a new [minority] afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding [vulnerable minorities] to Republicans and then his daughter started crying.
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KZ @kzxcellent.live · 09/09/2026
Most transwomen I know talk about always being hungry so Metroid Ravenous seems pretty accurate so far.
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I haven't even touched Prime 4, I was worried I lost my love for Metroid Nah, Ravenous immediate got me fired back up. LET MY GIRL EAT
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Shrek 6:
An in-box nativity scene in a goodwill with 'Donkey is Missing!' written on it
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
People are transvestigating me over on Instagram for this video but like Go back a month and I was presenting masc. There's nothing to investigate; I'm trans. Now go call your family and hug a friend instead, you weirdos.
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I snuck a little tour of the new Micro Center Columbus into Build of the Week this time, so if you haven't visited yet... youtube.com/shorts/iuvSF...
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Micro Center's PC Build of the Week Winner for 8/28 - 9/3...
YouTube video by Micro Center
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Tragic. The butch lesbian you're thirsting after turned out to be Mads Mikkelsen. Again.
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nothing but respect for MY TV's Frank
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Watching more and more news outlets point out that you shouldn't watch Harry Potter and I need this to never end
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Spoiler free review of Coyote vs Acme
A poster with a Camus quote: one must imagine Sisyphus happy
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Do not speak to me of the new series. I do not care. I will think less of you for thinking I would care. Yes, it was my childhood too, but the property is a tool for horrendous abuses and that alone is enough to dump everything about it
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Trump feels comfortable saying this because of how many "Democrats" say the same fucking thing. If your platform isn't this, you are a Republican
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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
No dying,

ABSOLUTELY no dying until It Happens

(to a crowd of trans adults, trans kids, and also trans but he's looking at the guy's ass)
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#tech #writers of BlueSky - Micro Center is looking for additional freelancers! If you have experience with 3D printing, home networking, or robotics, I want to hear from you. We're looking for writers who are excited about custom projects, tutorials/explainers, and walkthroughs. (1/2)
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#tech #writers of BlueSky - Micro Center is looking for additional freelancers! If you have experience with 3D printing, home networking, or robotics, I want to hear from you. We're looking for writers who are excited about custom projects, tutorials/explainers, and walkthroughs. (1/2)
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I thought this was a wild thing to make/sell in the first place then I realized it didn't say "glue"
Elmer's "gue" cherry slushy flavor (?????????)
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Z. BoogeyMann Zilla, Semi-Pro Ghoulball @pandangit.com · 26/08/2026
If we really want to honor Tim Curry's memory, then we have to publish like 8 different obituaries, each with a different and entirely plausible cause of death.
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B'alith Tia | 7.56 spoilers @inmyleylines.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." — Dolly Parton
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🎯🎯🎯 "PLEASE OH PELASE OH PELASE GO BACK TO HATING IMMIGRANTS AND TRANS PEOPLE"
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I return to live streaming after a half-decade long hiatus to ring in the grand reopening of the Micro Center Columbus location Stop by, say hello, and ask me about peripherals!! www.youtube.com/live/adazdM4...
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Micro Center Columbus Grand Re-Opening LIVESTREAM!!
YouTube video by Micro Center
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I got to feed wild birds by hand at the Mass Audubon park and i only cried the whole time
Two black capped chickadees, one on my hand, one threatening to join (it never did)A black capped chickadee perched on the side of my handA white-breasted nuthatch eating seeds from my handA black capped chickadee eating seeds from my hand
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
the cameras are known to just disappear like that at times, ya know
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@mattvanswol • 3h
#BREAKING: Police in Winona Minnesota
are stunned after EVERY SINGLE ONE of their Flock cameras were suddenly removed in a single night.
According to the police department, all 8 of the town's cameras were cut down and hauled away.
Police are asking for the public's help to identify the individual, but the public has been leaving comments like:
"The Flock cameras tore themselves down"
"Whoever did it, was fishing with me"
"Whoever it was, was at Bible study with me"brit
@BritCulp
X.com
HOLY CRAP!
the accused perpetrator was with me at the animal rescue shelter before we volunteered to take nursing home residents to church
Matt Van Swol & @mattvanswol • 3h
#BREAKING: Police in Winona Minnesota are stunned after EVERY SINGLE ONE of their Flock cameras were suddenly removed in a single night....
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Retweet to save a life (mine)
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I came out to one of our editors today and she looked at me with a combination of shock and distrust. I was positive I made a mistake until my boss walks into to say "no no she's not messing with you, this is real and serious" She thought it was a bit and honestly i hope that is my legacy.
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
God, Tran Girlismo is such a good name/joke, I've never even heard of this podcast and I'm tempted by these
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Shiv (but like a knife. For Halloween 🔪) @shivhermetimbers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
My author page actually matches my name 🎉 🎉 🎉 Go read MY stuff!!! www.microcenter.com/site/mc-news...
microcenter.com
Siobhan Mekinda - Editor
Siobhan Mekinda is a Columbus local and Micro Center's Associate Editor, with three years of experience on The Micro Center Community and by-lines across the web, including Polygon, 25 Years Later, an...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."
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kc green @kcg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A strip done in collaboration with the @humanartistry.bsky.social , starring Question Hound as he gets some unwanted help for a comic he’s working on:
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 31/07/2026
Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
amnesty.org.uk
An Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026
Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full.
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