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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ok, folks, seriously. It's time to stop critiquing & mocking maga/bigots/fash/ICE with fatphobia, classism & ableism. They have tons of valid shitty beliefs to criticize without resorting to asshole-ism punching down.

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 27/09/2026

sometimes you really do just need 10000 watt speakers to vibrate every molecule in your body to fix you. feeling a crisp bass growl through you kinda feels like you're a towel having the dirt shaken off it

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I want to be annoyed that this is in Portland, but.. nope. Accurate.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I just got home from my first introductory training as a building rep for my Union. I am very much excite.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I find it tragically criminal that Fairport Convention, that did one of the best renditions of Nottamun Town I've ever heard, did so many Bob Dylan Covers, including an entire album of Bob Dylan songs with guest artists, but never did "Masters of War" which is the same tune as Nottamun Town.

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PSL_4Loko @psl4loko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fuckin' loser shit to run anti-trans ads, but it's also loser shit because transphobes have a transphobe party to pick. Pedophiles, wife beaters, kid beaters, cultists, and so on all have a party of choice too. No reason to court them by doing the diet version.

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PSL_4Loko @psl4loko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The whole speech is good, but this part in particular is particularly relevant now. www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/publ...

A screenshot of a section of the linked speech by former President Harry Truman:

I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign.

But when a Democratic candidate goes out and explains what the New Deal and fair Deal really are--when he stands up like a man and puts the issues before the people--then Democrats can win, even in places where they have never won before. It has been proven time and again.
We are getting a lot of suggestions to the effect that we ought to water down our platform and abandon parts of our program. These, my friends, are Trojan horse suggestions. I have been in politics for over 30 years, and I know what I am talking about, and I believe I know something about the business. One thing I am sure of: never, never throw away a winning program.
This is so elementary that I suspect the people handing out this advice are not really well-wishers of the Democratic Party.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Went down a folk music rabbit hole today. Thinking I might just start sharing youtube music links periodically here of stuff I like and discover sorta like my old radio shows. Today, Shirley Collins' "Hares on the Mountain"

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Hares On The Mountain

YouTube video by Shirley Collins - Topic

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Every so often I every year or so my mind wanders back to trying to write. I don't know if I have the focus or ideas to do a full novel, but I don't know how trying to publish short stories works. Ahh well, cart before horse I suppose. Write em first then worry.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

People that live on the internet on my little pocket box, does occasional writing of articles for tech/film magazines count as being a "writer"? My imposter syndrome likes to yell at me in the face of having a ton of author & musician friends. A couple bylines is still a couple bylines, yeah?

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yesterday was a group birthday outing for me & friends to Fogo for MEAT™️ and social timez. Was gifted handmade items that make me smile. Good times.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I effectively came out as demigirl on FB yesterday.. and, kinda, as expected, I had a friends that were like "yeah, we knew, took ya long enough.." XD

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I just, am so done with this bullshit. So done with other people's "ick" getting to dictate what I and so many other people get to do with our lives, how we get to exist.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is the sort of story that Bluesky mostly seems to ignore but I guarantee has large political ramifications in real life. Rural America is getting hosed by this administration from all sorts of angles and that won't go unnoticed. MAGA's understanding of "rural" is an exurban poser.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I have a love-hate relationship with the Walking Dead. Post-Apo Survival Zombie genre is a guilty pleasure & a hyperfocus. So the subject matter makes me drawn to it. But there's so many tropes, so much idiot ball, it's hard to watch. But now there's something more that I've noticed that irks me. 1/

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's raining in Oregon, today, that beautiful autumn rain that feels like the marked changing of the seasons in the PNW from Summer to Autumn, with the wind blowing in, that magical wind that feels amazing after the summer. The weather that reminds me just exactly why I wanted to live here at all.

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The Tremors Saga @thetremorssaga.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

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Rosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I've got a bunch of events coming up in Portland! Hope to see folks there!

White text on a hot pink background reads "September Book Events" with a butterfly on the right and crescent moon on the left. In the middle are three book event listings:

Wednesday Sept 2
Life is Strange: Out of Focus launch party
Top of the Line Games
Portland OR
6:30 PM

Thursday Sept 3
In conversation with Jamie Pacton
Endless Wonders Books
Portland OR
7:00 PM

Rose City Comic Con
Saturday Sept 11
Mastering the Macabre
1:00 PM Room E145-146
Delilah S. Dawson, Sarah Gailey, Rebecca Roanhorse, and Caitlin Starling moderated by Rosiee Thor
Signing to Follow

Sunday Sept 12
Shannara Chronicles Spotlight
12:30 PM Room E145-146
Terry Brooks and Delilah S Dawson in conversation moderated by Rosiee Thor
Signing to Follow

Beneath are the book covers for Summer Coven and Life is Strange: Out of Focus with a picture of Rosiee in the middle.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Welp, today I did something I probably should've done ages ago, & deactivated my xitter account. I'd left it up, but protected, so I could log in and look at other accounts if need be, & as a near 20 year archive. However, they took away my "You can't follow me unless I say so" functionality, so BYE

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

have you ever been so overwhelmed by the feeling of relief and the weight of anxiety lifting that you were brought to tears?

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ever stop to think about how much the TV series of Max Headroom got pretty closely accurate about media future? Edison Carter, a roving street journalist, with controllers back at the network (Sure seems a lot like Indie Streamers).. ZikZak Blipverts (sounds like TikTok) & AI Talking heads.. 🤔

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I found out today that a co-worker friend of mine passed. That's one of the unfortunate things about working in a job that is heavily biased towards retirees and older folks. I'm going to miss my friend, who was always upbeat and positive & trying to make everyone's day better around her. <3

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

You should check this out if you're in the area!

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 13/08/2026

An autistic adult is reported to have learned that stickers on fruit are there to aid identification and pricing, and are not, in fact, a little present from the distributor in recognition of just how arduous eating fruit can be.

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Autistic person dismayed to discover stickers on fruit not a reward for healthy eating

An autistic adult is reported to have learned that stickers on fruit are there to aid identification and pricing, and are not, in fact, a little present from the distributor in recognition of just…

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

@cryogaijin.bsky.social is having me watch True Lies for the very first time. Yes, I sonehow managed to miss it for 22 years. I was a bad movie geek. It is now being corrected.

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 12/08/2026

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sudden thought: what if all the madness, cognitive dissonance & just absolute nonsense we're seeing out of *gestures at everything* especially Boomer & GenX MAGA is partly just the final culmination of all the lead poisoning from leaded gas exhaust that was so prevalent in the 70's and earlier?

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Johnny Rebeck @johnnyrebeck.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I wanna see more cis folks explicitly saying TRANS RIGHTS. Especially the ones with a lot of visibility. No excuse. Do it.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Yesterday my doctor decided to get offended because I checked his ego, argued with him when he contradicted himself and showed his fatphobia, and tried to engage magical thinking that my lymphedema, use of mobility aids, and chronic asthma/bronchitis are not "permanent disabilities." Ugh. Jackass.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Facebook *really* thought I needed to see this entitled cishet yt guy whine how Worldcon didn't cater to him because they instead made room for inclusive programming. Is comments are not going the way he thought they would. 😂

A facebook screenshot from user Jon Del Arroz whining how important he is to sci-fi and how many followers he has and why that means he should have gotten programming priority over poc and queer programming.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It's interesting to test and compare two different framework communities through the lens of their tech & see how it's led them to widely different demographic user bases. One version seems to be older folks more interested in the science, capability & infrastructure. The other.. is ala twitter. :/

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

At this point, she's racing DJT to the bottom for "who will have the bigger celebration when they kick the bucket?"

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Royal Dano.. Tom Fury from Something Wicked This Way Comes, Mr. Wrenchmuller from Spaced Invaders, Farmer Gene from Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Twin Peaks, and so many Westerns..

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I recently picked up a cheap used Ender 2 pro because I missed 3d printing & my old Ender 3 is a bit too big for the space I have. I've been making dry boxes for filament & printing projects again and I'd forgotten how much tinker/making makes my heart happy. Been making meshtastic & HAM projects.

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Revy but spoopy @catgirlfingies.quest · 19/07/2026

Reposts and follows help me heapsss 💙 and they're free hehe

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Escape from Tarkov. Close to 3000 hours at this point.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The problem with a lot of Mutual Aid is that often you don't know if it's legit, if it's helping real people, and what really happens with the funds that get sent. In this case I can share the update that with the help from the GFM & shares, they got their vehicle back. Direct, real aid to real folk

A screenshot of a Facebook post of a Honda Odyssey in a driveway with the caption "Sacajawea is back home! Thank you SO much, everyone!"

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My friends now have a number to get their vehicle back: $8k by the 29th. They're about a third of the way there. Appreciate folks takibg a look.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

KP switching to mychart has now made it impossible for me to schedule an appointment with my specialist online. On one hand, I like that they're mychart so I can have all my other mycharts easily share info with them, but this is frustrating that I can't schedule a follow up super easily now. Why?

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I don't normally do mutual aid, but these are personal friends of mine in a bind that are queer fam and they're really close to their goal. I'd appreciate if you could take a look and see if you're in a position to help out. Thanks! gofund.me/bb0310c2a

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Donate to Urgent Help Needed for Darren and Melanie, organized by Darren Hadlock

Hi folks. Darren here. Melanie and I really need your help as soon as possibl… Darren Hadlock needs your support for Urgent Help Needed for Darren and Melanie

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Many years ago, Kate Bornstein asked if she could put a tweet of mine in a book. I forgot about it and never bothered to see if it actually made it in. Turns out it did. Here I am, in Kate's _My ^New Gender Workbook_. Huh.

A screenshot of a blurb from a book. Text reads: 91. @ProjectSabs: I'm a lesbian transwoman overweight tomboy butch-femme that fixes cars & wears makeup, I'm a stepmom who never wanted kids of her own. I'm a writer, DJ, filmmaker, actor, auto mechanic, bellydancer, & I face insecurity,depression,& body issues. I'm a geek & a feminist, strong-willed, independent & self-sufficient. I'm pagan & polyamorous. I'm a student. I stand up for myself.

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Since I've already seen @gwensmith.com make other Monty Python references for Mitch... I feel obligated to share this one too :D

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Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™ @snarkytomboy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Tested my 4:1unun & 17-five Rybakov Jr. Antenna yesterday, & my g90 picked up stations in SoCal 800+ miles away. Super happy.

Picture of a xiegu g90 hf ham radio transceiver on a table plugged into a Jackery battery station with a number of ham walkie talkies in view next to it. It is tuned to the 20meter band.

Picture looking out a window of a home built Rybakov ham antenna using a telescoping fishing pole and a homebrew 4:1 matching transformer with telescoping ground radials

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