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Level 51, Chicana, Writer, Second Life Citizen. Misbehaving Celiac. Resist. RP =/= endorsement. I block snake-oil sellers. She/Her #VirtualWriters #MoxieMadness

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A judge finally called a newsroom raid what it is Seizures of journalists’ materials have the same impact as traditional prior restraints

The seizure of Washington Post reporter @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's devices likely killed far more stories than any court order ever could.

Judge Porter should've done more to punish prosecutors, but he was right to call the raid what it was — a prior restraint.

06.03.2026 17:25 👍 81 🔁 36 💬 1 📌 1

Imagine trying to find THAT in a haystack.

06.03.2026 20:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
screenshot of an AI generated thumbnail with a pretend person holding a pretend box of the Old King's Crown expansion with the word's DON'T BUY IT on there

screenshot of an AI generated thumbnail with a pretend person holding a pretend box of the Old King's Crown expansion with the word's DON'T BUY IT on there

Hey board gamers - your feelings an opinions about games are being turned into slop.

There's a channel called Board Game Critique. All their videos are clearly made with AI. They fess up to this, but they claim that they write their own scripts.

I cannot definitively prove that they don't, but 1/x

06.03.2026 14:23 👍 178 🔁 56 💬 29 📌 17

What fascinates (horrifies) me about *review* slop is that the folks that will buy this are precisely folks that many niche reviewers are trying desperately to reach: total newbies & casual gamers. Pair this with algo juicing & it might not have as reliable conversion compared to trusted humans but…

06.03.2026 19:48 👍 29 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0
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Daryl Hannah Slams 'Untrue' 'Love Story' Portrayal: 'Textbook Misogyny' Daryl Hannah wrote a scathing op-ed blasting Ryan Murphy's 'Love Story' for how it depicted her relationship with John F. Kennedy Jr.

I am so glad Darryl Hannah is speaking out.

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

06.03.2026 19:29 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1

rfk jr. is an active danger to the american public

06.03.2026 01:15 👍 103 🔁 34 💬 2 📌 0
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Patrick Stewart Performs Shakespeare’s Complete Sonnets in New Audiobook (Exclusive) Sir Patrick Stewart will narrate all of William Shakespeare's collected sonnets in a new audiobook, PEOPLE can exclusively announce. 'Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespea...

Nothing but love and respect for my captain, who isn't debasing himself and setting fire to his entire legacy.

people.com/patrick-stew...

05.03.2026 22:21 👍 1183 🔁 115 💬 30 📌 9

Wait, what did I do!? ...Oh.

06.03.2026 00:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ICE Barbie's Replacement Accused of Weird Attacks on Women Bizarre tales about Markwayne Mullin are resurfacing after he landed a high-profile gig.

The senator set to replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary was once accused of “middle school” behavior on a trip with fellow lawmakers.

05.03.2026 23:53 👍 227 🔁 90 💬 25 📌 17
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a man and a woman are sitting at a table talking to each other and the man is saying a toast ALT: a man and a woman are sitting at a table talking to each other and the man is saying a toast
05.03.2026 20:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

While there is no particular strategy to putting Mullin in at DHS, there is a strategy to putting in another person who is too stupid to know how much criminal liability he is accepting.

05.03.2026 20:13 👍 292 🔁 64 💬 13 📌 0

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

05.03.2026 20:14 👍 7233 🔁 1992 💬 155 📌 88

When and where does Kristi Noem face her first state trial?

I have all these frequent flier miles, and it's been a long time since I got to watch something truly satisfying in person.

05.03.2026 19:21 👍 911 🔁 66 💬 37 📌 3

This timeline is mostly bad but sometimes it’s slightly hilarious bad

05.03.2026 19:28 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Oh hey, I used to do a ton of Regency dance and the recital dance in this season of Bridgerton is an actual real historically accurate dance I’ve done. Which is not usually how watching this show goes.

04.03.2026 03:14 👍 34 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

This is obscene, ghastly, unacceptable.

03.03.2026 12:35 👍 126 🔁 51 💬 3 📌 1

This the Blame Jesus bit I just referenced.

The sheer incoherence of this administration is as frightening as any aspect of it.

03.03.2026 12:52 👍 36 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

[comes home to a houseful of burning rubble after for some reason leaving my two-year-old alone with all my fragile, antique furniture, all my buckets of gasoline, and my collection of Bic lighters]

Me (stroking my chin): Hmm. But what's his strategy?

03.03.2026 13:17 👍 35 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
Best novelette/novella:
The First Thousand Trees (ECW Press)
The Weight of What is Hollow (Psychopomp)

Best Short Story
Hunted to Extinction (The End of the World as We Know It)
Replacement Wanted (Cosmic Horror Monthly #59)
Songs Never Sung (Three-Lobed Burning Eye)
The Maiden of the Serpent Moon (New Edge Sword & Sorcery #5)

Best Related Work
One Message Remains (Psychopomp)

Best novelette/novella: The First Thousand Trees (ECW Press) The Weight of What is Hollow (Psychopomp) Best Short Story Hunted to Extinction (The End of the World as We Know It) Replacement Wanted (Cosmic Horror Monthly #59) Songs Never Sung (Three-Lobed Burning Eye) The Maiden of the Serpent Moon (New Edge Sword & Sorcery #5) Best Related Work One Message Remains (Psychopomp)

Honoured to see seven (!) of my 2025 works on the Aurora Awards eligibility list, along with so many friends! :) Next step is nominations to pick the top five in each category -- more details at the @csffa.bsky.social website!

www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...

03.03.2026 01:48 👍 123 🔁 23 💬 4 📌 0

I just clocked something I hadn't noticed before: The Ukrainian Mavka kills because she believes she's in love with her victims. The Russian Rusalka kills out of rage and hatred. Generally speaking, they both have the same cause of death: drowning by fathers/brothers or self/shame.

03.03.2026 01:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was EXTREMELY offended to suddenly be subscribed to substack against my will. I don't want them having my information.

03.03.2026 01:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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South Carolina Hospitals Aren’t Required to Disclose Measles-Related Admissions. That Leaves Doctors in the Dark. Physicians across South Carolina, home to the largest measles outbreak in decades, are advising patients without the benefit of real-time data on hospitalizations due to measles-related pneumonia, bra...

Physicians across South Carolina are advising patients without the benefit of comprehensive data about how many residents have been hospitalized due to measles-related pneumonia, dehydration, brain swelling and other serious complications.

01.03.2026 17:00 👍 375 🔁 175 💬 15 📌 20

Help me celebrate (embarrass?) lifelong friends? Andy Patton and Janice Gurney, dearly loved people and artists, are having their 50th anniversary today. They are off soon to an Italian restaurant since they go to Rome (which they adore) to work (eat pasta) every year.

Want to send congratulations?

01.03.2026 22:54 👍 36 🔁 2 💬 9 📌 0
Ilya x Shane || Montero
Ilya x Shane || Montero YouTube video by Fujoshi Desu

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCiB...
#Connor #Hudson #HeatedRivalry

01.03.2026 05:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

(Sherlock impression) "Ahhhh, Hudders."
#Hudson

01.03.2026 05:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I’m So Used to Gay Tragedies That I Almost Missed Romance

Oh this was so lovely and honest and vulnerable

Really such a fan of Wesley Morris’s writing and commentary

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/a...

01.03.2026 05:28 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A sleepy Lilac Ragdoll sleeps in his cat tower

A sleepy Lilac Ragdoll sleeps in his cat tower

#Caturday

01.03.2026 02:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of Fetterman's post on X:

"U.S. Senator John Fetterman

@SenFettermanPA
Committed Democrat here.

I’m a hard no. 

My vote is Operation Epic Fury. 🇺🇸 w/ a screenshot of AXIOS piece

"Democrats demand war powers vote after U.S. strikes Iran.""

Screenshot of Fetterman's post on X: "U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA Committed Democrat here. I’m a hard no. My vote is Operation Epic Fury. 🇺🇸 w/ a screenshot of AXIOS piece "Democrats demand war powers vote after U.S. strikes Iran.""

John Fetterman will not face any accountability from either @schumer.senate.gov or the leadership @democrats.senate.gov for this behavior - and that tells you what you need to know.

Not only Senate Dems don't care about Fetterman's betrayal of his constituents & Dem base, they are cool with this.

28.02.2026 22:50 👍 44 🔁 22 💬 5 📌 1

Not the same guy, you brick-brained clown. The one who came to power in 1979 died 10 years later in ‘89.

28.02.2026 20:56 👍 3116 🔁 510 💬 45 📌 50
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Susie Wiles is wearing an Apple Watch during a highly classified meeting on Iran.

Unreal.

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