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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 30m

you have to shush all the crap in your vicinity! then your social media account will mostly not be crap!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 1h

if I can't have a locked account then I will block many, many people for the crime of interacting with me. if I don't know you and I'm even lightly annoyed by what you say, it's a block. most people who follow me get blocked. this is my 80000th social media platform and I do not care

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 1h

had to block so many people replying to this post with bullshit. what about this post made people I don't know think I wanted them to talk to me

thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 1d

there was a period on this social media site where talking about star trek with other women DIDN'T bring the world's most annoying men out of the woodwork to say bullshit to us. nothing gold can stay

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 13h

Please help out if you can - I know Rosemary and want him to be okay!

Rosemary @sophygurl.bsky.social · 1d

For my household as we continue to navigate multiple health issues for all of us (3 humans and 2 cats), two cars that need repairing, and many more crises.

We're doing this while 1 person is seeking work, 1 is on disability, and 1 works full time as much as possible.

gofund.me/8027a346e

Donate to Help this chosen family make ends meet!, organized by Rosemary Amico

The short story: Three humans (and our two cats) have had a string of bad l… Rosemary Amico needs your support for Help this chosen family make ends meet!

gofund.me

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Sasha Feather @sasha-feather.bsky.social · 20h

yes

Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 21h

is humanoid racist

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 3d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · May 26

For people who have executive dysfunction, chatgpt is to their executive functioning what a sledgehammer is to a nail.

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 1d

oh gosh, I am so sorry. Sending lots of good thoughts.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo

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Dylan Morrison @dylanthyme.bsky.social · 1d

telling stories, making art: they're release valves for the churning gyre that is a human emotional experience. like, NO, good GOD, of course i don't want to have a machine do that FOR me. you want me to LIVE in here like that? with the gyre ever-churning? horrifying! grotesque! why even say it

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Sasha Feather @sasha-feather.bsky.social · 1d

Good star trek fanfic prompt!

Emily Horner @emilyhorner.bsky.social · 1d

Five times the writers of the safety protocols narrowly averted a dangerous situation (and one time it went pear-shaped anyway)

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 1d

there was a period on this social media site where talking about star trek with other women DIDN'T bring the world's most annoying men out of the woodwork to say bullshit to us. nothing gold can stay

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 1d

😍😍😍

I would also attend the heck out of this wiscon panel! you and @eruthros.bsky.social would delight and amaze

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 1d

desperately underexplored in canon!

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 1d

kirby

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 1d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 1d

my theory is that the holodeck also uses transporter/replicator technology for things like food or the smell of sea air

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 2d

it's so good! I taught a chapter in class a few weeks ago

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 2d

is it The AI Con tho

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 2d

😍 perfect. They both already have the haircuts even

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 2d

THIS

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 2d

yeah - a two-parter mid-series, maybe. And Neelix's own kind is clearly a multi-species group, that's canonically something he likes about Voyager! So I like that idea.

Mind you, if S7 was gonna have another episode, it should've been Endgame Part III imo

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 2d

I'm the same way. But I do believe things can be sacred and secular at the same time. I think making art and language are sacred things to our species.

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thingswithwings @thingswithwings.bsky.social · 2d

it's not a great look! and in both cases it feels like a weird departure from all their previously stated values and goals?

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