April Daniels ⚧
@aprildaniels.bsky.social
Author
Dreadnought, Sovereign, and a forthcoming third book
Purveyor of artisanal gender ideology propaganda
Dreadnought, Sovereign, and a forthcoming third book
Purveyor of artisanal gender ideology propaganda
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We have to listen to bigoted handwringing about how we have to abandon trans people and marginalized communities and immigrants while the clearest election winning message is right there.
"Do the rich have too much political power?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We have to listen to bigoted handwringing about how we have to abandon trans people and marginalized communities and immigrants while the clearest election winning message is right there.
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"Do the rich have too much political power?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Do the rich have too much political power?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
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I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
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i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"
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I do think that some people who didn’t experience being Bad at Math in the 2000s and 2010s are probably really underrating how demeaning that experience was at the time
speaking on the basis of being a humanities type who struggled with math (until I learned to program later on) who felt that society was giving me a constant message in the 2000s that I was a worthless parasite who would die in a ditch on that basis alone
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I do think that some people who didn’t experience being Bad at Math in the 2000s and 2010s are probably really underrating how demeaning that experience was at the time
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Also while im on my classic Hollywood shit:
The death of judy garland is often told through the lens of drug addiction but it should also be seen as a result of fatphobia. She had a default larger build and was pressured into anorexia, bulimia, and pills to be skinnier. Weight culture killed her.
The death of judy garland is often told through the lens of drug addiction but it should also be seen as a result of fatphobia. She had a default larger build and was pressured into anorexia, bulimia, and pills to be skinnier. Weight culture killed her.
December 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Also while im on my classic Hollywood shit:
The death of judy garland is often told through the lens of drug addiction but it should also be seen as a result of fatphobia. She had a default larger build and was pressured into anorexia, bulimia, and pills to be skinnier. Weight culture killed her.
The death of judy garland is often told through the lens of drug addiction but it should also be seen as a result of fatphobia. She had a default larger build and was pressured into anorexia, bulimia, and pills to be skinnier. Weight culture killed her.
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The work prep/well-rounded education discourse is pretty astounding to me. The most mercenary student/graduate/admin should absolutely be interested in well-rounded education FOR mercenary reasons because the economy is so dynamic.
You don't know what you need for work until you hire your weakness.
You don't know what you need for work until you hire your weakness.
December 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The work prep/well-rounded education discourse is pretty astounding to me. The most mercenary student/graduate/admin should absolutely be interested in well-rounded education FOR mercenary reasons because the economy is so dynamic.
You don't know what you need for work until you hire your weakness.
You don't know what you need for work until you hire your weakness.
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I'm starting to really believe that the only way to get a runaway success is for companies to fund like 20 new projects, 19 of them will either fail or make no impression, and then the 20th will resonate with audiences and create tons of merch opportunities like Bluey or KPop Demon Hunters
« KPop Demon Hunters Is TIME’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year »
time.com/7338690/brea...
time.com/7338690/brea...
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm starting to really believe that the only way to get a runaway success is for companies to fund like 20 new projects, 19 of them will either fail or make no impression, and then the 20th will resonate with audiences and create tons of merch opportunities like Bluey or KPop Demon Hunters
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$220 IS NOT A LOT TO. CAN BE DONE WITHIN A DAY.
HELP A BLACK DISABLED FEMME STAY IN CONTACT, AND NOT LOSE THEIR BELONGINGS TO AUCTIONS. PLEASE. :/
$220: bigger and critical bills—storage unit and phone bill
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
HELP A BLACK DISABLED FEMME STAY IN CONTACT, AND NOT LOSE THEIR BELONGINGS TO AUCTIONS. PLEASE. :/
$220: bigger and critical bills—storage unit and phone bill
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
$220 IS NOT A LOT TO. CAN BE DONE WITHIN A DAY.
HELP A BLACK DISABLED FEMME STAY IN CONTACT, AND NOT LOSE THEIR BELONGINGS TO AUCTIONS. PLEASE. :/
$220: bigger and critical bills—storage unit and phone bill
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
HELP A BLACK DISABLED FEMME STAY IN CONTACT, AND NOT LOSE THEIR BELONGINGS TO AUCTIONS. PLEASE. :/
$220: bigger and critical bills—storage unit and phone bill
linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
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We still need groceries and meds. If anyone is able to help or share❤️
Thank you so much.
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Thank you so much.
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Support Christina Hendriks
Support Christina Hendriks
ko-fi.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 AM
We still need groceries and meds. If anyone is able to help or share❤️
Thank you so much.
ko-fi.com/christinahen...
Thank you so much.
ko-fi.com/christinahen...
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Do you ever think about how George Washington had no idea what a dinosaur was.
December 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Do you ever think about how George Washington had no idea what a dinosaur was.
Oooooh, I get it: the Ventrue are funding GenAi to reinforce the Masquerade.
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Oooooh, I get it: the Ventrue are funding GenAi to reinforce the Masquerade.
I self-harm by watching MSNBC. (Like Phillip Morris, they can change the name, but I'm going to remember who they are and what they did.) They just ran an ad for a website that sells iron-on graphic transfers for clothing. That's all the website sells, is custom iron-on graphic transfers. TV's dying
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I self-harm by watching MSNBC. (Like Phillip Morris, they can change the name, but I'm going to remember who they are and what they did.) They just ran an ad for a website that sells iron-on graphic transfers for clothing. That's all the website sells, is custom iron-on graphic transfers. TV's dying
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I had an acting teacher who always told us "if you're one-in-a-million, there's 9 of you in NYC." So I did the math one day figuring if I wrote something that only appealed to me, if I was the one-in-a-million who liked the story, about how many people would that be worldwide?
It's like 8000 people
It's like 8000 people
You should write weird, human stuff as a fuck-you to AI and the awful world we live in, yes, but also because you will be changed and your life will be changed through allowing yourself to be vulnerable and uncomfortable in your art.
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I had an acting teacher who always told us "if you're one-in-a-million, there's 9 of you in NYC." So I did the math one day figuring if I wrote something that only appealed to me, if I was the one-in-a-million who liked the story, about how many people would that be worldwide?
It's like 8000 people
It's like 8000 people
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Also I want to re-up this part of the essay because I think it's one of the most important points I make. The most popular stat used to argue the "they/them" ad worked? It can't be verified or independently evaluated.
When I was researching this essay I was struck by the fact that a key piece of evidence used to support the idea that the "they/them" ad was decisive is, apparently, unverifiable to the public.
That inconvenience didn't stop a stampede of people waving the 2.7% figure around like a bloody shirt.
That inconvenience didn't stop a stampede of people waving the 2.7% figure around like a bloody shirt.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Also I want to re-up this part of the essay because I think it's one of the most important points I make. The most popular stat used to argue the "they/them" ad worked? It can't be verified or independently evaluated.
The basic arrogance of the billionaire class, that it is their right to utterly destroy the world the rest of us built, and to replace it with a crappy simulacrum of human society that we will all be obligated--and they WILL try and obligate AI use--is the most infuriating part of our dysfunction.
it would probably be wise for the extraction class to stop talking
As AI wipes jobs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says it’s up to everyday people to adapt accordingly: ‘We will have to work through societal disruption’ | Fortune
AI isn’t just coming for entry-level workers. Google CEO Sundar Pichai says no job, not even his own, is safe. But those who don’t adapt will be the first to fall.
fortune.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The basic arrogance of the billionaire class, that it is their right to utterly destroy the world the rest of us built, and to replace it with a crappy simulacrum of human society that we will all be obligated--and they WILL try and obligate AI use--is the most infuriating part of our dysfunction.
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Any "publisher" doing this is scamming you.
It’s so nuts that some indie publishers make u crowdfund ur own book tho like what service are they providing in that case
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Any "publisher" doing this is scamming you.
This is the inevitable consequence of rejecting the existence of trans people: unrestrained biological essentialism, paternalist meddling & the diminishment of women. They will now invent reasons that everyone "needs" to know what your AGAB is, because the state requires it for some invented reason.
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the inevitable consequence of rejecting the existence of trans people: unrestrained biological essentialism, paternalist meddling & the diminishment of women. They will now invent reasons that everyone "needs" to know what your AGAB is, because the state requires it for some invented reason.
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if you want a quick and easy way to help take down KOSA, remember that 5Calls has a section for KOSA!
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
Oppose S. 1748 The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) ⭑ 5 Calls
Congress has again put forward legislation aimed at controlling what content children see online, known as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). During …
5calls.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
if you want a quick and easy way to help take down KOSA, remember that 5Calls has a section for KOSA!
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
Being disabled sucks, y'all
December 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Being disabled sucks, y'all
My favorite labeler, the Generative AI labeling service, has gone offline without notice. :*(
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My favorite labeler, the Generative AI labeling service, has gone offline without notice. :*(
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To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
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bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
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Did you call Mastercard and Visa? Did you remind them you won’t stand for censorship?
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Did you call Mastercard and Visa? Did you remind them you won’t stand for censorship?