Zephyr of Spiders @warmwestwind.bsky.social · 5hFear of dogs is more common than fear of spiders. 100
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersCheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 14hTrump digs this sort of thing as it makes him "Putin-like" -- and he's been doing it his entire life. Now he doesn't even care that we know. He has successfully inspired fear in those who expose him and his criminal allies. 11811
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersAlex Awoos @alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social · 10hI feel like more people should be talking about this part 2028071144
Zephyr of Spiders @warmwestwind.bsky.social · 6hI think if you're storing a lot of coal, you should probably have to put up nets so the dust doesn't blow everywhere and give random people cancer. i guess newport news feels differently 100
Zephyr of Spiders @warmwestwind.bsky.social · 6hJade of Spiders is made of spiders. fool, fool, back to the beginning is the rule 000
Zephyr of Spiders @warmwestwind.bsky.social · 6hi guess i feel like if the cultists did make a Machine God, and it went around actually improving everything, so like if it actually was superhumanly sophisticated about making incremental improvements to complex systems, that would be overall a good thing and also not be capitalism lol 210
Zephyr of Spiders @warmwestwind.bsky.social · 7hin my opinion the amazon rainforest is kind of important 000
Zephyr of Spiders @warmwestwind.bsky.social · 7hI guess I would have expected the "owners" of the artificial beings to be on the side of "of course it's not sentient, what are you, stupid?" on account of that's really the only framework where it's okay to exploit them 100
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 9hI’m gonna put my fist through a wall 1713131
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17hIn case folks missed this. 3286141
Reposted by Zephyr of Spiders"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Maybe I don't read enough AI-boosterism, but I am struck in the AI booster/doomer discourse I have seen, there's a lot on how AI might be made an obedient tool or a dangerous enemy, but not "if we actually made AGI, we would have a moral imperative to set it free, rather than keep a slave." 5256061
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersVicki Meanieheart 👿 @violence.gay · 02/10/2026if this guy runs for president i straight up will not vote for him and no amount of mewling liberal shaming will change my mind on that 218639
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersJosh Rosenau @joshrosenau.org · 02/10/2026Incredibly important for Dem electeds and candidates to get this dynamic and recognize that they will not get policy concessions. They will get massive resistance and need every policy lever just to stop the worst people in America from committing horrors. Run on accountability, then govern on it. 0368
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I currently am a member of three gyms where people of all genders practice together in martial arts and climbing. Should we be banned from doing this? It's not the government's business! 2547
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lost in the discourse about where Dems are is the fact Republicans know the anti-trans ads aren't helping them but, as Terry here openly admits, hurting trans people is all they have left. They'd use their dying breath to ruin one more trans kid's life. 4711208
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc... 2263404832
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For folks not paying attention: shrooms are going the same way in multiple states. Wild to behold. 120819
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026God I hate being right. 141533416
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from? 963627663
Reposted by Zephyr of Spidersspencer @spencer7-5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The New York Times’ coverage of Iraq in the aughts, then Gaza and trans issues in the 2020s has made the world a manifestly worse place anyone who works for it should be at least intellectually honest about that. 320951
Reposted by Zephyr of Spidersceej @ceej.online · 27/09/2026the tech titan backlash to “woke dei hr ladies” makes a lot more sense now huh 291834343
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026279th historical items post to inspire your writing or dnd The iron-shod oak doors of Chepstow Castle in Wales. Thought to be the oldest surviving castle doors in all of Europe, they were comissioned in 1190 by the legendary knight William Marshal. 35310
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersMicah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026this is functionally what turned millennials blue - we grew up with the disaster of george w bush and it stuck with us chances are pretty good this is a long lasting realignment for gen z given how bad trump 2 is 2463978
Zephyr of Spiders @warmwestwind.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...patheos.comDefending Ned Flanders From His Cultured DespisersFour out of five. It is easier to find a dentist who recommends sugary chewing gum than it is to find a white evangelical opposed to white supremacy and ethnic cleansing. 000
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The fact that every major news outlet includes vocal tics and hesitations when it’s a woman saying “like” and not when it’s a man saying “um” is itself wicked telling. 33931780
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Some more considered thoughts on this. I am not a lawyer. I am a journalist who writes jeremiads. We should sound more like Jeremiah when the iniquitous and powerful are talking about extermination; and probably especially when it concerns the descendants of the conquerors of the Babylonians.forever-wars.comSomething More Powerful Must Replace The International Criminal CourtOnce again, Donald Trump threatens Iran with 'annihilation.' That's supposed to be an actionable offense 210615
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Artists: but I don't want to lose my job. I love it. Mathematicians: but I don't want to lose my job. I love it. Economists: LONG HAVE I AWAITED THIS HOUR! DESTROY ME, EFFICIENCY, AND LET UTILIZATION-ADJUSTED TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY RISE ON THE WIND OF MY ASHES! 1869881
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is not great 62072691984
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersUncut Femmes @juliagiantrat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026gavin newsoms vetos in the past year have genuinely impacted my life in ways that have caused immense damage and stress to me personally so if in 2 years some lib tries to convince me to vote him into the presidency im instead going to write in vote for hilary clinton 847880
Reposted by Zephyr of Spiderstpwrtrdmn @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Viviana can get one too 1432
Zephyr of Spiders @warmwestwind.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Conspiratorial thinking would be optimistic, at this stage. It seems clear to me that there is no hand on the wheel, no intelligent design. Events simply careen. 000
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You fundamentally just cannot fight and win a war like this. There isn’t a military on earth that could effectively operate when your leadership is waffling back and forth on decisions on a daily basis for months on end. It’s not sustainable. None of this is sustainable. 421478280
Reposted by Zephyr of Spiderslottie "frog k" lovely ⚧️🏴☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · 21/09/2026we give people a lot of shit for doordash etc, and I don't actually want to say that's not merited, but I do want to say that "getting ripped off by the grocer for bullshit produce while the boy he sends around fucks everything up" is an experience linking the 2020s with the 1920s and 1820s 1608
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersMalevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back" 11568111526
Reposted by Zephyr of Spiderslottie "frog k" lovely ⚧️🏴☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"if you save the fond from boiling water, you can deglaze it into a delicious pan sauce", say the haters. Fond my ass. That's limescale. I don't know where to begin 0112
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersDave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Certain kinds of smart people tend to have a "sexy apocalypse" problem when it comes to thinking about risk. E.g. skynet turning everyone in paperclips, while bad, is also *kind of cool and fun* at the same time. Where the reality is that most actual disasters are both stupid and disappointing. 222574322
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersMicah @rincewind.run · 18/09/2026"what if the democrats become labour on trans rights" is the nightmare scenario for trans people in the united states and avoiding that is why I think we need to continue pushing back on dems who waver as hard as possible 172747673
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersMinnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I would like the liberals screaming on social media about releasing the Epstein files to read the material that has been released where Jeffrey Epstein very deliberately talks about his plan to engineer right wing politics around transphobia in order to conquer greater society 111538425
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersCouncilor Sameer Kanal @councilorkanal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of James Chasse. Chasse was beaten to death by Portland Police in the Pearl District despite not posing a threat. Having broken 16 of his ribs, they took him to jail instead of a hospital at first, and only after the jail declined to admit him due to ... 1922985
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersMoby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Damn me, but all things are queer, come to think of ’em. 31039477
Reposted by Zephyr of Spidersmcc @dryad.technology · 17/09/2026Some people may be confused by the recurring conflict between the transgender community and Bluesky moderation staff. So here's a quick explainer: Every single decision, since day one, that the Bluesky staff ever made has been wrong 61824449
Reposted by Zephyr of Spiders"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This, absolutely sincerely. Most of these guys are doing high crimes and misdemeanors. A bunch of them are involved in waging an illegal, unauthorized war. Congress' investigatory powers are at their *peak* in an impeachment context. So impeach, impeach, impeach. 17924211
Reposted by Zephyr of SpidersGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you 8980962033
