vass @vass.bsky.social · 06/10/2026more precisely, copyright is a tool for turning creative labour into intellectual capital, which can then be bought and sold like any other capital: that is both WID and what it was designed to do, right? which in no way contradicts what you said, but i think the how is important 021
vass @vass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026i did not know about this, thank you for the heads-up, and also, ugh 100
vass @vass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026cooking: well enough whistle: can make a sound, sort of draw: not well paint: not well swim: yes english: native speaker dance: no sing: not as well as i used to drive: yes gifting: yes write: yes guitar: i know one chord. yes, e minor, how did you guess? speaking: publicly? not well 020
vass @vass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026that's a thing you can do?! thank you, i hate treating furniture as disposable, but my desk chair is really hurting me. this could help a lot. 000
vass @vass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026i had a melways (book of paper maps for melbourne.) it was out of date, because i wasn't about to update it every year. i needed to pull over a lot to look at it. 020
vass @vass.bsky.social · 02/10/2026phone: 8 right now, but it'll be zero when i close firefox, i don't keep phone tabs open indefinitely laptop: about 10, should be lower desktop: about 20, i'm okay with that. for reference, my highest ever was over 400, and i'm making a conscious effort not to do that 000
vass @vass.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Bye, son," Bruce calls after him sadly. And then for one brief moment the golden light returns and coalesces into the form of a buffalo. 010
vass @vass.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"a cup of live worms" sound like a lot. also this is a very, very strange epoch we are living in. 100
Reposted by vassBetty @bettytheteapot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Any politician who abandons trans rights has already abandoned the rights of some women: women they don't think make the grade. If you think ”(Some) Women's Rights” is good enough, I don't think much of your feminism. 0214
vass @vass.bsky.social · 17/09/2026what in the nsfw... (yes, i know what it is, i used to subscribe to mollena williams-haas' podcast. like any other locus of power and trauma: some people are gonna kink on it, they get to do that, but not at most workplaces they don't.) 000
vass @vass.bsky.social · 15/09/2026true, but if you're being followed by border collies i assume you don't have time to post, you're too busy following their instructions 010
vass @vass.bsky.social · 10/09/2026doing? i was supposed to do something? shit. *makes a note to add it to the list of things to put on the todo list one day* 020
Reposted by vassGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 14/05/2024In my ongoing quest to save my favorite moments from twitter, I am sharing one of my favorite viral tweets: the time my grandmother was trying to explain to me that something was in her garden eating her tomatoes but accidentally created a god-tier meme 8730149
Reposted by vassjmtorres @jmtorres.bsky.social · 07/09/2026can you imagine plotting this and being like "ok i need more yellow, what category can i half-ass at this fair" 223091
Reposted by vassGoodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts. 895433546
vass @vass.bsky.social · 02/09/2026could you ask your friend who's doing it? or join the discord and ask there? 110
vass @vass.bsky.social · 02/09/2026ah, completely new to me, thank you (saying this they casually removed their self-kicking boots) 110
vass @vass.bsky.social · 01/09/2026until i read the replies i assumed this was a joke about the polycule 120
Reposted by vassRuth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Addendum #2: Trans Aid Cymru and Trans Partnership Wales are asking people directly affected by the cancellation of surgeries to contact them - details here.transaid.cymruHundreds of surgeries suddenly cancelled following a ban on NHS Wales referralsHundreds of surgeries suddenly cancelled following a ban on NHS Wales referrals A large number of gender-affirming surgeries have been cancelled in hospitals across the UK following the NHS Wales … 010770
vass @vass.bsky.social · 31/08/202675:25 odds i'll not recognise the original or i'll want to kick myself 110
Reposted by vassrivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Sweet, strange uncitizens: ONCE I WAS MADE OF EARTH is here, an epic fantasy that's been ratling in my brain for years now and that I'm putting out into the world serially outside of the capitalist publishing apparatus. Share, and read, and comment. archiveofourown.org/works/91618061 6323159
Reposted by vassMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I feel like I’m living In a dystopian novel written in 1993 that was rejected by dozens of publishers because it was incredibly stupid. 352117282246
vass @vass.bsky.social · 29/08/2026today i learned: there's a guy here on bsky who can tell just from the word "y'all" that whoever used it did so in a "performative" sense, "to try and appear more folksy". people are amazing 020
vass @vass.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I found a Rarity-82 word worth 94 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 883 points · 10 rare words. Only 9 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 3 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/L2TWQRplayoutlier.comOUTLIER · Day 99player-0338 scored 883 on Day 99. Can you beat them? 010
vass @vass.bsky.social · 22/08/2026first they deny the cup but fund the support workers which would cost thousands of times more. then they cut your support work hours because it's "medical, not disability" or deny it altogether because "needing to drink fluids" is an "everyday expense" 010
vass @vass.bsky.social · 22/08/2026but don't worry. they'll fund having a support worker come a couple of times a week to help you drink something out of their cupped hands. wouldn't the cup cost less than doing that even once? sure, but that's not the point. what is the point? um, uh... choice and control! 110
vass @vass.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Disability Industry: The cup costs $100 more and needs its own OT report if you want to use your NDIS budget to pay for it. 170
Reposted by vassSpider. @vaspider.gay · 21/08/2026I made this for my wife a long time ago but it remains true. 28231
vass @vass.bsky.social · 22/08/2026and the same with neurodivergence: even as Awareness Has Been Raised that more than one kind of brain exists, and people whose brains aren't the first type deserve the flexibility to allow us to move through the world, they're shrinking the box for what counts as that first type 020
vass @vass.bsky.social · 22/08/2026i don't want to live in one of two boxes myself, but for those who do i want the boxes to be large and open, not shrinking daily. 110
vass @vass.bsky.social · 22/08/2026which (as a nonbinary person) is not what i wanted for binary people, trans or cis. i want gender roles to be noncompulsory and expressive, not prescriptive and constrictive. 100
