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Black, Trans, Queer, luddite, multi-genre writer. Ph.D. Neuroscience. MFA student Antioch University. Cazadero, CA https://maxwellpearl.com https://overlappingmagisteria.com

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Wait, including Lynda Hopkins?

09.03.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The internet, on scientists: They're secretive gatekeepers, they hoard esoterica/the truth, they don't want anyone in their ivory tower little clubs

Actual scientists: LOOK, WE FOUND A 300 MILLION YEAR OLD FOSSILIZED CLOACCAL IMPRESSION AND THE VENT IS HORIZONTAL! PLZ READ MY 67-PAGE PAPER ABOUT IT

09.03.2026 04:42 πŸ‘ 1085 πŸ” 334 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It really hasn't been a more affordable time to buy an EV, just search your favorite used car site, set the oldest to 2021 and milage below 50k to give you another 5 years and 50k of powertrain coverage, and there's basically every option imaginable in the affordable range...

08.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Some politician should run on a program to provide solar and batteries to every residential building (where it makes sense.) We finally added more panels and a battery to our system, and even with 2 electric cars, we will be net zero. Good for the wallet and the planet.

07.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let's make this simple. It's not about whether or not she convinced enough people. It's that enough people are racist and sexist enough to not vote for an extremely qualified woman of color.

07.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A graphic with a large yellow banner in the middle announcing "Live on Kickstarter! We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine." The bottom text is in a rainbow gradient with little rainbows framing the box. Above this is a mockup of the book's cover alongside some page mockups, and the bottom half features three other illustration previews.

A graphic with a large yellow banner in the middle announcing "Live on Kickstarter! We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine." The bottom text is in a rainbow gradient with little rainbows framing the box. Above this is a mockup of the book's cover alongside some page mockups, and the bottom half features three other illustration previews.

πŸŽ‰ Live on Kickstarter! πŸŽ‰

We've Always Been Here: A multicultural art book celebrating queerness throughout history, with illustrations from over 50 incredible artists! 🌈

Get the book and limited edition merch here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#ZineSky #Zines #LGBTQ #LGBTQArt #QueerArt

03.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 499 πŸ” 409 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 53

Tomorrow's Bandcamp Friday fundraiser will be for The Trans Continental Pipeline, helping trans folks leave hostile states (ahem, Kansas) for Colorado.

06.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 691 πŸ” 309 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 19

Just a reminder that if you pay for anything online with a traceable method, you are vulnerable to being identified.

05.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Left can't resist being on wrong side of a war
Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn or Zack Polanski, their foreign policy stances terrify voters outside core supporters

Left can't resist being on wrong side of a war Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn or Zack Polanski, their foreign policy stances terrify voters outside core supporters

Well, here’s the thing about being antiwar as an ethical belief: it means you end up opposing most wars. Almost all of them, in fact. This is quite common in people who have consistent beliefs but looks insane to people who have none, or mostly just believe superior people should make the decisions.

05.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 4660 πŸ” 769 πŸ’¬ 150 πŸ“Œ 57

By, the way, in case you're wondering why pay-whatever-you-can lawyering is vital?

Client paid $500 for this case TOTAL. It took six years, fifty court appearances, and four rounds of dispositive motions. Now his family will have access to generational wealth.

That's why my Patreon is important.

04.03.2026 03:15 πŸ‘ 201 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Maxwell Pearl Max has been writing science fiction since 2006, and has been an avid reader and fan of science fiction from the beginning. Max is a polymath - He's been a scientist, a technologist, a theologian, and...

My books are all free for "Read an E-Book" week at Smashwords, no DRM, either.

If you like cozy-ish space opera and science fiction, with diverse characters, hopeful endings, and interesting examinations of culture clash and spirituality, this might be your cup of tea.

03.03.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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By Tesla's own math, it reveals that its robotaxis are 4x worse at driving than humans, with redactions hiding even more details | Fortune By NHTSA standards, the Tesla Robotaxis are 8x worse than human drivers.

About every 57k miles driven by Musk’s robotaxis one gets into a wreck. That’s four times the rate of humans.

02.03.2026 03:16 πŸ‘ 1963 πŸ” 708 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 42

I know Sara J. Maas isn't sending me an email telling me how much she loves my writing and wants to connect. I mean, c'mon, does anyone fall for that?

02.03.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I hope you aren’t drunk and took your staff’s advice, Rashida and I don’t know this man and feel confident he didn’t care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk. I pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self,

I hope you aren’t drunk and took your staff’s advice, Rashida and I don’t know this man and feel confident he didn’t care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk. I pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self,

uhhh oh my god

01.03.2026 08:39 πŸ‘ 26027 πŸ” 4729 πŸ’¬ 574 πŸ“Œ 483

I'm also sick of people who take any realistic post concerning the trouble we are actually in as an attempt not to get people to vote. I am a fucking REALIST. I will comment on the REALITY of our current situation. So deal with it, or fuck right off.

28.02.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 501 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 4
House drawing with solar system and electric pole. Solar panels producing 10.1 kW, house using .9 kW, export to grid 9.5 kW

House drawing with solar system and electric pole. Solar panels producing 10.1 kW, house using .9 kW, export to grid 9.5 kW

Love me some sun!!

27.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Actually, the left is winning the AI debate But it does need to get organized.

The left is not "missing out" on AI. It's winning the argument. Americans worry about AI and dislike tech CEOs. They're mobilizing against data centers. They support regulation, even refusal.

Calls for the left to embrace AI are an effort to change the terms of the debate in Silicon Valley's favor.

26.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 961 πŸ” 318 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 27

I'm listening to this book- definitely worth it.

25.02.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I celebrate the founders of the β€œSecond founding.” The ones who imagined and worked to create a new America, & laid the foundation for, wrote, or advanced the 13th, 14th, & 15th amendments. Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens, John Bingham, Frederick Douglass, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper & many more.

25.02.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 305 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

I'm glad folks are studying this - more needs to be done. It's important.

24.02.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I heard about the crystal Shrek somewhere, and I foolishly googled it. Now ads for it haunt me.

24.02.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The crowd wasn't a "Black audience" it was just an event on his book tour in Atlanta. Look, as I said, I hate Newsom, and I think he's probably like most white men of his ilk, racist in some way or another. But misinformation, and taking things out of context is never helpful.

23.02.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

If you find the larger clip and read or listen to it, in the context this makes more sense - it doesn't seem like he is making that assumption.

23.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, I hate Newsom with the heat of 1000 suns, but this is a bad misrepresentation of what he said and why. The context was his dyslexia.

23.02.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech by Brian Merchant The true story of what happened the first time machines came for human jobs, when an underground ...

Just finished this gem by @bcmerchant.bsky.social I highly recommend it!

22.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My great-grandmother, who I knew personally and was alive until I was 25, was born to a woman who was born enslaved. My mother grew up in the Jim Crow south, and personally experienced segregation. My dad as a young lawyer in NY would not be hired by a law firm. It was not that long ago.

16.02.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know whether he was outright murdered, encouraged to kill himself, or given the opportunity to kill himself, but it was definitely something in that spectrum. Way too convenient for him to be dead.

16.02.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Post an image you can hear.

16.02.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If there were agents that actually *understood* things, this might make some sense. But agents that are basically probability machines on steroids, prone to barfing garbage, and imperiling any possibility of avoiding climate disaster? This is just dystopian garbage to me.

15.02.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0