CZEdwards
@czedwards.bsky.social
Nontheist Quaker. PsyD: CBT/PTSD. SJCleric. She/they
I write #hopepunk fantasy: Rien’s Rebellion 1st book free @ czedwards.net
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I write #hopepunk fantasy: Rien’s Rebellion 1st book free @ czedwards.net
https://linktr.ee/czedwards
discord: czedwards or https://czedwards.dreamwidth.org/
Tumblr: https://galantier.blog/
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CZEdwards
@czedwards.bsky.social
· Nov 26
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This dog don't hunt.
Troops absolutely can (in fact are duty bound to) refuse unlwawful orders.
The problem is knowing which one's are such. Kelly didn't do anything to confuse that, and no Court Martial is going to find him guilty of sedition for stating facts.
taskandpurpose.com/news/pentago...
Troops absolutely can (in fact are duty bound to) refuse unlwawful orders.
The problem is knowing which one's are such. Kelly didn't do anything to confuse that, and no Court Martial is going to find him guilty of sedition for stating facts.
taskandpurpose.com/news/pentago...
Pentagon threatens to court-martial senator who told troops they can refuse ‘illegal orders’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is still subject to military law, “and he knows that.”
taskandpurpose.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This dog don't hunt.
Troops absolutely can (in fact are duty bound to) refuse unlwawful orders.
The problem is knowing which one's are such. Kelly didn't do anything to confuse that, and no Court Martial is going to find him guilty of sedition for stating facts.
taskandpurpose.com/news/pentago...
Troops absolutely can (in fact are duty bound to) refuse unlwawful orders.
The problem is knowing which one's are such. Kelly didn't do anything to confuse that, and no Court Martial is going to find him guilty of sedition for stating facts.
taskandpurpose.com/news/pentago...
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
This is what medical racism looks like.
Because a poorly designed device that is well documented to fail on darker skin is believed over the lived experience of the patient, who is asking for OXYGEN. Not drugs, just more air.
Best wishes, Bibi, this is ridiculous and I’m so, so sorry.
Because a poorly designed device that is well documented to fail on darker skin is believed over the lived experience of the patient, who is asking for OXYGEN. Not drugs, just more air.
Best wishes, Bibi, this is ridiculous and I’m so, so sorry.
I have been suffering a lot because it's been getting harder and harder to breathe. And get enough oxygen. It feels like I'm suffocating at times. I know that my surgery to fix my breathing issues is in 2 months. But it doesn't make it any less painful, exhausting & frustrating.
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This is what medical racism looks like.
Because a poorly designed device that is well documented to fail on darker skin is believed over the lived experience of the patient, who is asking for OXYGEN. Not drugs, just more air.
Best wishes, Bibi, this is ridiculous and I’m so, so sorry.
Because a poorly designed device that is well documented to fail on darker skin is believed over the lived experience of the patient, who is asking for OXYGEN. Not drugs, just more air.
Best wishes, Bibi, this is ridiculous and I’m so, so sorry.
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This anti-trans frathouse fuckmelon is on HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY?
Our motherfucking media is useless. How do you NOT mention this when he's arguing against trans health care?
And how do you print this fact here without immediately calling attention to his opposition to hormones for trans ppl?
Our motherfucking media is useless. How do you NOT mention this when he's arguing against trans health care?
And how do you print this fact here without immediately calling attention to his opposition to hormones for trans ppl?
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This anti-trans frathouse fuckmelon is on HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY?
Our motherfucking media is useless. How do you NOT mention this when he's arguing against trans health care?
And how do you print this fact here without immediately calling attention to his opposition to hormones for trans ppl?
Our motherfucking media is useless. How do you NOT mention this when he's arguing against trans health care?
And how do you print this fact here without immediately calling attention to his opposition to hormones for trans ppl?
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The track record has been:
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
Going out on a limb here to suggest that the PM doesn’t understand what it is that regional councils do
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The track record has been:
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
1. Abolish something
2. Replace it with something meant to do the same thing but less effectively & more corruptly which
3. Actually takes forever to set up & therefore nothing is getting done before the next election & everything is disintegrating
4. ????
5. PROFIT
When I say that locking mothers in the suburbs with small children breaks them? This is what I mean.
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
When I say that locking mothers in the suburbs with small children breaks them? This is what I mean.
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
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Just mindboggling the shit that billionaires are doing that is causing harm to the world when they could be doing so much good. Wouldn't that feel better? Helping people? Spreading some joy? Or just hole up and buy all the cool shit and enjoy it and leave everyone else alone.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Just mindboggling the shit that billionaires are doing that is causing harm to the world when they could be doing so much good. Wouldn't that feel better? Helping people? Spreading some joy? Or just hole up and buy all the cool shit and enjoy it and leave everyone else alone.
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the truly shocking number of people out here just swooning over this man with their whole chest reminds me of how I could never see those magic eye puzzles in the 90s
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
the truly shocking number of people out here just swooning over this man with their whole chest reminds me of how I could never see those magic eye puzzles in the 90s
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
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If you're not promoting solutions like this, miss me with your "male loneliness epidemic" frothing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
If you're not promoting solutions like this, miss me with your "male loneliness epidemic" frothing.
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It's much easier to get help or support as a Black woman once you're dead. But when it comes to getting support to stay alive. It's incredibly hard. And people tend to minimize your struggles and assume you'll be okay. And that you're exaggerating. When you're pleading for help.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's much easier to get help or support as a Black woman once you're dead. But when it comes to getting support to stay alive. It's incredibly hard. And people tend to minimize your struggles and assume you'll be okay. And that you're exaggerating. When you're pleading for help.
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Sure! Mastercard, Visa, Stripe + Paypal are further restricting what kinds of perfectly legal adult content you can buy through their processor (they cracked down on itchio and steam over the summer, not to mention Patreon a few years ago). We're tired of them acting like dictators instead of tools.
I don’t happen to have a Mastercard, but can you remind me why I’d be upset with them if I did?
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Sure! Mastercard, Visa, Stripe + Paypal are further restricting what kinds of perfectly legal adult content you can buy through their processor (they cracked down on itchio and steam over the summer, not to mention Patreon a few years ago). We're tired of them acting like dictators instead of tools.
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So my point is, herbs are awesome. But figuring out the dosage is a neverending hell. Modern medicine is a goddamn miracle... when whatever you have has been studied sufficiently. (Which LC hasn't been, naturally.)
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
So my point is, herbs are awesome. But figuring out the dosage is a neverending hell. Modern medicine is a goddamn miracle... when whatever you have has been studied sufficiently. (Which LC hasn't been, naturally.)
Oh please, oh please, oh please. May these be conservative estimates. May these storms pick up a lot of water AND run into an arctic front right here on the 40th latitude line.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Oh please, oh please, oh please. May these be conservative estimates. May these storms pick up a lot of water AND run into an arctic front right here on the 40th latitude line.
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Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
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An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
Today’s best accomplishment: Changed my screen protectors (the paper-like one was worn, the glass one had a crack) with my long-haired cat sitting beside me and shedding like it’s her job, and still managed to get zero dust particles or hair trapped under either protector.
This is Olympic level.
This is Olympic level.
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Today’s best accomplishment: Changed my screen protectors (the paper-like one was worn, the glass one had a crack) with my long-haired cat sitting beside me and shedding like it’s her job, and still managed to get zero dust particles or hair trapped under either protector.
This is Olympic level.
This is Olympic level.
Oh, this is going to make the Crisis of Men folks blow a gasket. (Or more likely, they’ll just pretend it doesn’t exist.)
An animal study in Nature Neuroscience shows that high estrogen levels can enhance learning capabilities. #Neuroskyence 🧪
Estrogen modulates reward prediction errors and reinforcement learning - Nature Neuroscience
Dopamine encoding of reward prediction errors naturally fluctuates over females’ reproductive cycles with estrogenic signaling due to reduced expression of dopamine reuptake proteins.
go.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Oh, this is going to make the Crisis of Men folks blow a gasket. (Or more likely, they’ll just pretend it doesn’t exist.)
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The people who want to make other people do labor for them for free and demand all power over their output are the ones accusing other people of slavery.
Okay.
I’m just saying. We have a name for people who feel entitled to other people’s labor without pay and on demand.
Okay.
I’m just saying. We have a name for people who feel entitled to other people’s labor without pay and on demand.
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The people who want to make other people do labor for them for free and demand all power over their output are the ones accusing other people of slavery.
Okay.
I’m just saying. We have a name for people who feel entitled to other people’s labor without pay and on demand.
Okay.
I’m just saying. We have a name for people who feel entitled to other people’s labor without pay and on demand.
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“Digital slavery” if you’re not allowed to copy and distribute someone else’s work lol sure.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
“Digital slavery” if you’re not allowed to copy and distribute someone else’s work lol sure.
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“The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health-care system that helps people who are autistic. It’s part of a larger backlash, both in the United States and around the world, against the concept of neurodiversity.”
For the past decade, conversations around autism shifted from focusing around curing #ActuallyAutistic people to accommodating and accepting autistic people. We now live in the RFK Jr. backlash, which shifts discussions around autism toward prevention
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | RFK Jr.'s latest anti-vaccine move will cause untold harm to autistic Americans
The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health care system that helps people.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health-care system that helps people who are autistic. It’s part of a larger backlash, both in the United States and around the world, against the concept of neurodiversity.”
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This is an irresponsibly favorable profile of RFK Jr, painting him as a vaccine skeptic rather than what he is: fervently anti-vaccine. Whether the reporter caved to pressure from RFK Jr or is so ignorant of science he doesn’t understand how many will come to harm bc of him, this is shameful. +
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This is an irresponsibly favorable profile of RFK Jr, painting him as a vaccine skeptic rather than what he is: fervently anti-vaccine. Whether the reporter caved to pressure from RFK Jr or is so ignorant of science he doesn’t understand how many will come to harm bc of him, this is shameful. +
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.