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Kharm | Problematic Era

@kharmtherose.bsky.social

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Queer | they/them | Pagan | 30+ | I write smut and fantasy AUs and smutty fantasy AUs

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Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · Jan 26

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a black and white cat is looking at a computer monitor

Alt: a black and white cat is looking at a computer monitor filled with text, as though reading it

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Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 10h

#TLT

I don't write in books, I don't highlight, I don't even fold page corners to mark my place

But I'm on my 3rd read of HtN and this just needs it.

A pic of page 23 of Harrow the Ninth.

"This isn't how it happens" it's highlighted in blue.

"This isn't how it happens," said the Body.
Which gave Harrow a curious strength.
"I need your to hide my infirmity," said Harrowhark. "You see, I am insane."

Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 15h

The Monstrous May tag 😂 I feel like event tags shouldn't count

Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 15h

a man says i know what i like in front of a prime video logo

Alt: a white man says i know what i like in front of a prime video logo

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Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 15h

Extremely amused that these are my top 3 writer tags on Ao3

Aged-Up Character(s) 113
Alternate Universe - Fantasy 66
Monsterfucking/Teratophilia 49

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CleverPudding⁷ @cleverpudding.bsky.social · 1d

The revolution is Absurdist.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Reverend David Black, the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying at the armed agents above him before being shot in the head with a pepper ball at least twice and falling to his knees.

Black said he could hear ICE laughing. trib.al/y6RQqAa

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 4d

have been desperately looking for this old erotic Spanish comic I stumbled on almost 10 years ago called "El secreto de Frankenstein" and I'm so happy to report I finally found it

black & white comic panel depicting a sexy, thicc Frankenstein's monster disrobing in 3 different poses - pulling his shirt of his shoulder, seen at an angle; from the front, shirtless, beginning to take his pants off; then almost totally nude as seen from behind. the words at the top read "Strip-tease de Frankenstein..."

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 1d

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Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 2d

#TLT

Also, Jod said he'd restore the Ninth, but I'm pretty sure when we return there in NtN that that hasn't happened.

Not that I'm surprised Jod is a liar, but like, hey wtf.

Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 2d

#TLT GtN spoilers

Harrow went into the Lyctor competition desperate to restore her House.

She ends GtN begging God, "I will never ask anything of you, ever again, if you just give me back the life of Gideon Nav."

She would give up the restoration of her House just to have Gideon back.

Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 2d

#TLT

This is at least the fourth time I've read GtN and

"I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it"

still makes me cry every time

Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 2d

EXACTLY

Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 2d

Now that I'm thinking about it, combining Mina and Momo in this situation would be 😳

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Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps Momo and free use? I feel like she'd be really into things that she feels like she's "not supposed" to like/ find appropriate.

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Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 2d

I love Mina as a high protocol domme, especially with women.

I could see Todoroki being into sensory deprivation, though him as a temp play giver works well.

Jirou and sensation play? Not sure why, she just gives me that vibe.

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KC @ixia.bsky.social · 2d

Also, the way to not "die on that hill" is to be united. These folks who want to jettison trans folks, immigrants, Black folks, etc. are so short sighted they think it'd be a victory to die a couple steps later, when choosing solidarity is actually choosing to not die at all

✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 2d

If you are willing to throw away entire groups of people to protect your insular strategy that will only protect you instead of protecting everyone then I don’t want your leaders and I sure as hell don’t want to be associated with you.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 2d

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · 2d

non-black users using the blacksky.app handle is a bannable offense

BUT non-black users are welcome to join the blacksky SERVERS (not the blacksky feed) under either "myatproto.social" or "cryptoanarchy.network" handles

source: docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 3d

Hey this reminds me, I found out there's an app that will send a check-in message to your phone each day, and notify a person you designate if you don't click the "I'm fine!" button.

In case your thought here is, "yeah, I live alone, I HOPE my pet eats me rather than starving..."

www.snugsafe.com

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Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 2d

👀👀👀

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

And I just want to reiterate this ( from a thread deep in replies). I started doing this work before any of these tools existed. The number of my contemporaries in the field who have died by suicide is NOT A SMALL NUMBER. The work is incredibly traumatizing.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

As someone who was doing that human review of images before even PhotoDNA existed, I can testify that the amount of human suffering automated image classification prevents is MASSIVE. Like, I am the best case scenario of the human cost of that work and I still have lifelong consequences from it.

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Kharm | Problematic Era @kharmtherose.bsky.social · 2d

Based off those elements and the urban fantasy setting, maybe K. D. Edwards' Tarot Sequence?

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 4d

"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!

Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 4d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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