Ava Dahl (they/it)
@avadahl.bsky.social
Tampa-based traveling burlesque performer that’s not so secretly a bag of cats in an evening gown.
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I’ve said it before but news outlets worry a lot about looking biased and not enough about looking phony.
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
"Appearing to close his eyes"
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I’ve said it before but news outlets worry a lot about looking biased and not enough about looking phony.
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
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Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
Say what you want about me but at least my shitposts are 100% made by a human.
If you think your point is somehow made better by ai slop, how strong of a position did you have anyway?
That’s like citing Reddit as your source. Lol embarrassing.
If you think your point is somehow made better by ai slop, how strong of a position did you have anyway?
That’s like citing Reddit as your source. Lol embarrassing.
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Say what you want about me but at least my shitposts are 100% made by a human.
If you think your point is somehow made better by ai slop, how strong of a position did you have anyway?
That’s like citing Reddit as your source. Lol embarrassing.
If you think your point is somehow made better by ai slop, how strong of a position did you have anyway?
That’s like citing Reddit as your source. Lol embarrassing.
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The cybertruck is a massive men's rights win. Finally a car that she won't take in the divorce.
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The cybertruck is a massive men's rights win. Finally a car that she won't take in the divorce.
… I should call her.
October 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
… I should call her.
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Being a shapeshifter is handy sometimes; you can observe how people interact with someone they think can’t offer them anything.
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Being a shapeshifter is handy sometimes; you can observe how people interact with someone they think can’t offer them anything.
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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I wrote about how the road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. lithub.com/the-real-thr...
The Real Threat to Free Speech in America is From the Right, Not the Left—Stop Pretending Otherwise
The road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. For years we’ve been told that the censorious Left is a serious threat to free speech. If Simon & Schuster cancels one book because the pu…
lithub.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I wrote about how the road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. lithub.com/the-real-thr...
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If ICE agents are willing to shoot a US citizen in broad daylight, as they did with Marimar Martinez in Chicago, imagine what they’re doing to undocumented immigrants.
They shot her in front of witnesses & with body cams turned on
The horrors facing those disappeared to camps are sure to be worse
They shot her in front of witnesses & with body cams turned on
The horrors facing those disappeared to camps are sure to be worse
October 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
If ICE agents are willing to shoot a US citizen in broad daylight, as they did with Marimar Martinez in Chicago, imagine what they’re doing to undocumented immigrants.
They shot her in front of witnesses & with body cams turned on
The horrors facing those disappeared to camps are sure to be worse
They shot her in front of witnesses & with body cams turned on
The horrors facing those disappeared to camps are sure to be worse
Shelbyville.
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Shelbyville.
Being in your mid-40s and still engaging in high school social antics is some weird, miserable behavior.
I said what I said.
If you disagree tell it to your therapist.
I said what I said.
If you disagree tell it to your therapist.
October 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Being in your mid-40s and still engaging in high school social antics is some weird, miserable behavior.
I said what I said.
If you disagree tell it to your therapist.
I said what I said.
If you disagree tell it to your therapist.
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Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
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of all the dumb shit that sucks these days, the dumbest and pettiest shit that sucks is the way people fetishize debate. i would like to revert to the old roughly agreed-upon cultural understanding that debate club is for boring friendless nerds
September 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
of all the dumb shit that sucks these days, the dumbest and pettiest shit that sucks is the way people fetishize debate. i would like to revert to the old roughly agreed-upon cultural understanding that debate club is for boring friendless nerds
I’m trying. It’s quite a time to have two eyes connected to the news + a heart, but I’m trying to find joy when I can.
I know I keep saying it, but joy is resistance.
We can't fight if we're demoralized. That's part of why they keep throwing so much terrible at us.
Counteract this with art, a good conversation with a friend, a walk in your neighborhood. Remember what we're fighting to save, & then go take action.
We can't fight if we're demoralized. That's part of why they keep throwing so much terrible at us.
Counteract this with art, a good conversation with a friend, a walk in your neighborhood. Remember what we're fighting to save, & then go take action.
A bunch of my friends got together yesterday and sewed up big, stuffed fishies, and then took pics with their fish like dudes who go fishing and let me tell you, it's a good time to balance out the hard work of fighting fascism with silly stuff that brings you joy.
September 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I’m trying. It’s quite a time to have two eyes connected to the news + a heart, but I’m trying to find joy when I can.
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If people put even half as much energy into saving trans people as they did saving Jimmy Kimmel, we'd have this all fixed! We have seen the power of collective action when it comes to entertainment. Let's apply that towards trans civil rights!
hi, cis folks!
do you trust the senate to decide whether you can have healthcare or if you legally exist under the law or where you can legally wash your hands or pee? neither do we!
please tap into the thread & tell senators our civil rights & lives matter—even more than the jimmy kimmel show!
do you trust the senate to decide whether you can have healthcare or if you legally exist under the law or where you can legally wash your hands or pee? neither do we!
please tap into the thread & tell senators our civil rights & lives matter—even more than the jimmy kimmel show!
September 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If people put even half as much energy into saving trans people as they did saving Jimmy Kimmel, we'd have this all fixed! We have seen the power of collective action when it comes to entertainment. Let's apply that towards trans civil rights!
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As the very first standalone instant messaging software, ICQ revolutionized online chat and connected millions in the late ’90s 💬 It shut down in 2024, but its website survives on the #WaybackMachine.
See ICQ’s web history ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19980724...
#Wayback1T
See ICQ’s web history ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19980724...
#Wayback1T
September 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
As the very first standalone instant messaging software, ICQ revolutionized online chat and connected millions in the late ’90s 💬 It shut down in 2024, but its website survives on the #WaybackMachine.
See ICQ’s web history ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19980724...
#Wayback1T
See ICQ’s web history ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19980724...
#Wayback1T
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I really think that The reason so many people feel old is because they are unwilling to engage with the youthful parts of themselves.
The colors I wear, the hair colors..outfits.. All of that is because I wanted to explore this version of self-expression when I was a kid and I was not allowed to.
The colors I wear, the hair colors..outfits.. All of that is because I wanted to explore this version of self-expression when I was a kid and I was not allowed to.
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I really think that The reason so many people feel old is because they are unwilling to engage with the youthful parts of themselves.
The colors I wear, the hair colors..outfits.. All of that is because I wanted to explore this version of self-expression when I was a kid and I was not allowed to.
The colors I wear, the hair colors..outfits.. All of that is because I wanted to explore this version of self-expression when I was a kid and I was not allowed to.
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i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
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raptured! at the GWAR show
September 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
raptured! at the GWAR show
Sorry I forgot to “live laugh love” my way out of having a boot on my neck again. My bad.
September 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Sorry I forgot to “live laugh love” my way out of having a boot on my neck again. My bad.
HP fans sure are fucking quiet in the wake of rowling quoting Mein Kampf too.
Seriously, Potterheads can suck shit. Full stop.
Seriously, Potterheads can suck shit. Full stop.
Disney adults canceling subscriptions, vacations, etc really are making the Harry Potter adults that threw a fit over a $60 video game look like huge bitches
September 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
HP fans sure are fucking quiet in the wake of rowling quoting Mein Kampf too.
Seriously, Potterheads can suck shit. Full stop.
Seriously, Potterheads can suck shit. Full stop.
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imagine coming back to save your company from the dogshit cost cutting policies of your former successor ruining the parks only to completely fumble the fascist takeover of america. like you literally handled desantis better than this just a few years ago.
September 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
imagine coming back to save your company from the dogshit cost cutting policies of your former successor ruining the parks only to completely fumble the fascist takeover of america. like you literally handled desantis better than this just a few years ago.
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I beg of you, please, do not make me have to defend Bill Maher from government censorship
The comedian is coming under fire for his Friday night monologue.
MAGA Melts Down Over Maher’s Shooter Take
The comedian is coming under fire for his Friday night monologue.
trib.al
September 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I beg of you, please, do not make me have to defend Bill Maher from government censorship
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i frequently don't understand the romance girlies but i have to admit that they don't fuck around
You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
September 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
i frequently don't understand the romance girlies but i have to admit that they don't fuck around