Gerd Duerner
@gerdduerner.bsky.social
Alman.
Occasional Drama Llama.
Monogamous oriented, cis, heteronormative, white guy with all the privilege.
Keeps fighting windmills.
He/Him (sometimes Asshole)
Occasional Drama Llama.
Monogamous oriented, cis, heteronormative, white guy with all the privilege.
Keeps fighting windmills.
He/Him (sometimes Asshole)
Pinned
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So some whiny dude is trying to co-opt the Lost Generation, a term coined to describe a generation processing the unprecedented trauma of the First World War, to describe white dudes who might have to compete with women and:or minorities for a job and don’t like it?
December 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
So some whiny dude is trying to co-opt the Lost Generation, a term coined to describe a generation processing the unprecedented trauma of the First World War, to describe white dudes who might have to compete with women and:or minorities for a job and don’t like it?
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This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
There are some 2,500 of these centers across the United States. Many are located within a mile of an abortion provider.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
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Once you see it it becomes impossible not to notice the media consent-manufacutring machine that responds to literally every social crisis with the diagnosis that "women too free."
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
December 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Once you see it it becomes impossible not to notice the media consent-manufacutring machine that responds to literally every social crisis with the diagnosis that "women too free."
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In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
David needs folks to lend a hand. https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-gerrolds-health-and-leukemia-fundraiser?lang=en_GB&ts=1765731124&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOs_FtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6KKiZ2rx4-CeehknGhy0m7jAsLfQXTijNNB--x4dSYOZovtFMCTh0YuSl10w_aem_bDanHCEMaHX8JsZvYYD7Jg
Donate to David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser, organized by David Gerrold
Here is a thank you just for coming this far, a link to a short collec… David Gerrold needs your support for David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser
www.gofundme.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
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Omg we got our third 🤯
Rachael Carpani Dies “Unexpectedly”: ‘Home And Away’ & ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ Actress Was 45
Rachael Carpani, an actress who appeared in nearly 200 episodes of Australian soap 'McLeod’s Daughters,' has died at the age of 45.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Omg we got our third 🤯
That movie title irks me so much, surely there has to be a comma somewhere in there?
I don't even care much where, just put one anywhere, damn.
I don't even care much where, just put one anywhere, damn.
My review for Rian Johnson's "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery". joaopedrocanhenha.blogspot.com/2025/12/wake... #movies #films #wakeupdeadman #rianjohnson #knivesout #danielcraig #joshoconnor #glennclose
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
This Blog contains film reviews written by Pedro Canhenha since 2006.
joaopedrocanhenha.blogspot.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
That movie title irks me so much, surely there has to be a comma somewhere in there?
I don't even care much where, just put one anywhere, damn.
I don't even care much where, just put one anywhere, damn.
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i mean if this doesn’t sum up what we also did to the Kurds, and so many other “allies” in the entire history of America
Or like how Seattle is named for a local Indian chief who was nice to the settlers and the literal 5th law the settlers in Seattle passed was an order to expel all Indians.
Or like how Seattle is named for a local Indian chief who was nice to the settlers and the literal 5th law the settlers in Seattle passed was an order to expel all Indians.
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
i mean if this doesn’t sum up what we also did to the Kurds, and so many other “allies” in the entire history of America
Or like how Seattle is named for a local Indian chief who was nice to the settlers and the literal 5th law the settlers in Seattle passed was an order to expel all Indians.
Or like how Seattle is named for a local Indian chief who was nice to the settlers and the literal 5th law the settlers in Seattle passed was an order to expel all Indians.
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Fewer characters on TV had abortions this year — and more stories reinforced shame
Fewer characters on TV had abortions this year — and more stories reinforced shame
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco track how abortion comes up on television. They say the trends from 2025 are concerning.
www.npr.org
December 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Fewer characters on TV had abortions this year — and more stories reinforced shame
The Castellows - Hurricane (Acoustic Sessions)
YouTube video by The Castellows
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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So @adobe.com's last update added a pile of AI crap to its PDF reader, making it impossible for me to review & correct the proofs my publisher sent me. Page freezes, document crashes, wasted hours of searching for fixes, applying those fixes - two solid days lost. It (sort of) works if I'm offline.
December 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
So @adobe.com's last update added a pile of AI crap to its PDF reader, making it impossible for me to review & correct the proofs my publisher sent me. Page freezes, document crashes, wasted hours of searching for fixes, applying those fixes - two solid days lost. It (sort of) works if I'm offline.
Sluggo in love with his teacher is such a relatable mood. ❤️
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 12,1939
December 12,1939
December 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Sluggo in love with his teacher is such a relatable mood. ❤️
No surprise there, but I guess it's nice of them to finally admit to it.
Simulation finds that if Margaret Cavendish (1st women invited to Royal Society in 1667) had been better connected and her findings more widely accepted during her lifetime, the Royal Society would have gotten to the truth "significantly faster".
news.northeastern.edu/2025/12/11/d...
news.northeastern.edu/2025/12/11/d...
Scientific discovery was slower when women were ignored, research shows
This U.K.-U.S. project found that scientific truths would have been uncovered faster if female research had been properly considered.
news.northeastern.edu
December 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No surprise there, but I guess it's nice of them to finally admit to it.
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If Republicans don't extend ACA subsidies, people are going to die. Now, they’re trying to tie Americans' health care to abortion restrictions that kill women.
It’s absolutely a non-starter. We won’t allow Republicans to use the lives of women as the political cost of extension.
It’s absolutely a non-starter. We won’t allow Republicans to use the lives of women as the political cost of extension.
December 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If Republicans don't extend ACA subsidies, people are going to die. Now, they’re trying to tie Americans' health care to abortion restrictions that kill women.
It’s absolutely a non-starter. We won’t allow Republicans to use the lives of women as the political cost of extension.
It’s absolutely a non-starter. We won’t allow Republicans to use the lives of women as the political cost of extension.
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This infuriates me.
They're embedding an AI in Kindles that is empowered to analyze our books without our permission and tell the reader about them....likely inaccurately.
We have no recourse.
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
They're embedding an AI in Kindles that is empowered to analyze our books without our permission and tell the reader about them....likely inaccurately.
We have no recourse.
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
Kindle's New Gen AI-Powered "Ask This Book" Feature Raises Rights Concerns - Writer Beware
In a recent press release, Amazon noted that some new features were coming to Kindle. We’re adding new AI-powered reading features that preserve the magic of reading on Kindle. Story So Far lets you c...
writerbeware.blog
December 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This infuriates me.
They're embedding an AI in Kindles that is empowered to analyze our books without our permission and tell the reader about them....likely inaccurately.
We have no recourse.
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
They're embedding an AI in Kindles that is empowered to analyze our books without our permission and tell the reader about them....likely inaccurately.
We have no recourse.
writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
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Trump meant it when he said at rallies if they put him back in office, there won't be any more elections. He still means it. He is going to stop the 2028 election and maybe even the 2026 election.
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump meant it when he said at rallies if they put him back in office, there won't be any more elections. He still means it. He is going to stop the 2028 election and maybe even the 2026 election.
Sort of fitting that "Gentle on my mind" is playing in the background while reading this.
The way these dudes are so triggered that women aren't stuck in horrible relationships.
December 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sort of fitting that "Gentle on my mind" is playing in the background while reading this.
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Saw a post referring to "revenge porn adjacent" & a bunch of men in the replies lined up to assert their authority to define sexual abuse, specifically that "revenge porn" is strictly when someone films someone having sex w/o their consent then publicizes it.
December 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Saw a post referring to "revenge porn adjacent" & a bunch of men in the replies lined up to assert their authority to define sexual abuse, specifically that "revenge porn" is strictly when someone films someone having sex w/o their consent then publicizes it.
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Black women are too often considered "aggressive" when they are just doing their jobs.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Trump scolds female reporter for trying to ask questions: ‘She’s very aggressive’
The president has made a string of demeaning comments to female reporters in recent weeks, including calling a reporter a ‘piggy’
www.the-independent.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Black women are too often considered "aggressive" when they are just doing their jobs.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Following last weeks Last Christmas which was a not fave version, now for a version I do like better, if mostly because of how adorable cute Daenerys actress Emilia Clarke is:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR_d...
#Whamaggedon
#Whambulance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR_d...
#Whamaggedon
#Whambulance
Emilia Clarke - Last Christmas (most complete version ever)
YouTube video by Evgeny Kluev
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Following last weeks Last Christmas which was a not fave version, now for a version I do like better, if mostly because of how adorable cute Daenerys actress Emilia Clarke is:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR_d...
#Whamaggedon
#Whambulance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR_d...
#Whamaggedon
#Whambulance
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Release Day! GLASS WALLS is now available in more accessible formats: paperback and audiobook. Learn how to identify workplace gender bias and how to stop it.
Order here: amy-diehl.com/book
Order here: amy-diehl.com/book
December 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Release Day! GLASS WALLS is now available in more accessible formats: paperback and audiobook. Learn how to identify workplace gender bias and how to stop it.
Order here: amy-diehl.com/book
Order here: amy-diehl.com/book
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It is my hope that we don’t make the mistake again of not expanding SCOTUS.
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It is my hope that we don’t make the mistake again of not expanding SCOTUS.
All these "Pie in the Sky" messages of "X will be held acountable when this over", or "History will not be kind on them" are not really encouraging.
For the former we've been there, and seen that nothing really happened to any of them, for the latter, who cares what fucking history thinks.
For the former we've been there, and seen that nothing really happened to any of them, for the latter, who cares what fucking history thinks.
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
All these "Pie in the Sky" messages of "X will be held acountable when this over", or "History will not be kind on them" are not really encouraging.
For the former we've been there, and seen that nothing really happened to any of them, for the latter, who cares what fucking history thinks.
For the former we've been there, and seen that nothing really happened to any of them, for the latter, who cares what fucking history thinks.
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“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”