Karen Effie
@kareneffie.bsky.social
Animist, heathen, rune reader, anti-fash, gig worker, metalhead. Writes about the bad old Story of the Cosmic War & how to stop it. She/her. HAMMERS UP
Fucking awesome article by #melissagiragrant. Note: resistance is long term, structured, large. One day we may all be there
December 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Fucking awesome article by #melissagiragrant. Note: resistance is long term, structured, large. One day we may all be there
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You couldn't write A Christmas Carol today because half of people would root for Scrooge.
December 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
You couldn't write A Christmas Carol today because half of people would root for Scrooge.
Peak populism, the govt campaigning on people’s minor irritations to show they understand us and how petty we are
Families fight to put food on the table. Meanwhile the ACT Party and Coalition Government spent $150,000 on a 'Road Cone hotline'.
Closing after 6 months & 200 cones removed, costing Kiwis ~$750 per cone (and they gutted Worksafe - putting real lives at risk!)
We too wish this was satire ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Closing after 6 months & 200 cones removed, costing Kiwis ~$750 per cone (and they gutted Worksafe - putting real lives at risk!)
We too wish this was satire ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
December 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Peak populism, the govt campaigning on people’s minor irritations to show they understand us and how petty we are
Gregory Pettys (@gregorypettys)
substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Again in case someone wants to read this. It’s interesting! Comment most welcome
open.substack.com/pub/kareneff... A quick and dirty guide to accelerationism, by me
WHAT DO WE WANT? THE END OF THE WORLD! WHEN DO WE WANT IT? NOW!
OR AT LEAST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. A QUICK AND DIRTY GUIDE TO ACCELERATIONISM
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Again in case someone wants to read this. It’s interesting! Comment most welcome
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No, I’m not religious, but I do read the bible every night.
December 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
No, I’m not religious, but I do read the bible every night.
Young ti kouka, all brimming with possibility and joy
December 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Young ti kouka, all brimming with possibility and joy
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Finally time to post Mari Lwyd again! The Welsh festive tradition where a dressed up horse skull turns up at your door, insults you, and then steals your booze.
December 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Finally time to post Mari Lwyd again! The Welsh festive tradition where a dressed up horse skull turns up at your door, insults you, and then steals your booze.
open.substack.com/pub/kareneff... A quick and dirty guide to accelerationism, by me
WHAT DO WE WANT? THE END OF THE WORLD! WHEN DO WE WANT IT? NOW!
OR AT LEAST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. A QUICK AND DIRTY GUIDE TO ACCELERATIONISM
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
open.substack.com/pub/kareneff... A quick and dirty guide to accelerationism, by me
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"Are you ready for Christmas?" If by that you mean am I poised to do all I can to avoid shops and the gormless lying face of festive celebrity capitalism then thank the Goblin Animist Gods that these dispiriting mopwater days are getting lighter then yes, you bet, I am absolutely fucking ready.
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"Are you ready for Christmas?" If by that you mean am I poised to do all I can to avoid shops and the gormless lying face of festive celebrity capitalism then thank the Goblin Animist Gods that these dispiriting mopwater days are getting lighter then yes, you bet, I am absolutely fucking ready.
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~ 1,562 gallons (5,913 liters).
~ 10,469 lbs (4,749 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $8,888 cost of fuel.
~ 16 tons of CO2 emissions.
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
~ 1,562 gallons (5,913 liters).
~ 10,469 lbs (4,749 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $8,888 cost of fuel.
~ 16 tons of CO2 emissions.
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
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Ghost, drawing by Winter age 2. Extra eyes, Winter likes drawing eyes
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ghost, drawing by Winter age 2. Extra eyes, Winter likes drawing eyes
The horrible Spotify wrapped had my listening age at 85
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The horrible Spotify wrapped had my listening age at 85
Let us use the word “kindom” instead of “kingdom” when talking about the other than human beings of this world. No kings!
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Let us use the word “kindom” instead of “kingdom” when talking about the other than human beings of this world. No kings!
The government of Ao/NZ does not care about the future. The future…..
Scoop: A trove of briefings and Cabinet documents released under the OIA reveals the Govt was advised its new methane target is only consistent with warming of 2-2.7C (and possibly up to 4.5C).
Climate scientists have said 2.7C would represent 'unprecedented peril'.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/04/g...
Climate scientists have said 2.7C would represent 'unprecedented peril'.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/04/g...
Govt warned new methane target aligned with 'catastrophic' warming
Newly released documents reveal the Govt's new methane target is associated with 2.7C of warming – a level labelled 'catastrophic' by the UN.
newsroom.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The government of Ao/NZ does not care about the future. The future…..
“Where does the mind stop and the world begin? Not as skull and skin, that’s for sure” - Robert McFarlane
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“Where does the mind stop and the world begin? Not as skull and skin, that’s for sure” - Robert McFarlane
open.spotify.com/track/1JZhfB... good news for my heart….
We Are Not Alone
open.spotify.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
open.spotify.com/track/1JZhfB... good news for my heart….
“One way to stop seeing trees or rivers or hills only as ‘natural resources’ is to class them as fellow beings - kinfolk.” - Ursula K Le Guin 2017
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“One way to stop seeing trees or rivers or hills only as ‘natural resources’ is to class them as fellow beings - kinfolk.” - Ursula K Le Guin 2017
“Following dream-waters upstream, the historians will learn to distinguish the vast register of their voices “. -Ivan Illich 1985
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“Following dream-waters upstream, the historians will learn to distinguish the vast register of their voices “. -Ivan Illich 1985
Not Luigi so much, but I’m half in love with the bailiff
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Not Luigi so much, but I’m half in love with the bailiff
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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one is an unpalatable festering cesspit of no value, and the other is a mouldy school lunch.
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
one is an unpalatable festering cesspit of no value, and the other is a mouldy school lunch.