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Kevin Cantú

@killerswan.bsky.social

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I occasionally say interesting things. they / them 🏳️‍⚧️ Berkeley, CA

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Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 17d

so this summer’s not even over yet

but I can confidently say it’s been one of the best of my life

growing into myself again and finding new things to hold on to! 🖤

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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 5h

Folk (song) horror: @paulduane.bsky.social's funny, freaky, fucked-up ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH (2023) "plays out present cover versions of past love, betrayal and accursed vengeance". On @arrowplayer.bsky.social (UK/Ireland) from today projectedfigures.com/2023/10/13/a...

All You Need Is Death (2023) - Projected Figures

Paul Duane's folk (song) horror ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH plays out present cover versions of past love, betrayal and accursed vengeance

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 32m

He wants X thing so he gets X thing is not a given. And to me that's the thing to uproot from people's consciousness. Because we're less than a year in and many people seem already defeated.

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Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 27m

ahh yes it’s 4AM so I have new opinions about local electricians, fancy toilets, and magnetic lash extensions

(bet most of them are fine / can I get a vendor to deal with scheduling the electrician too though? / and bet most of those suck)

anxiety modeled as an orange liquid in a person-shaped jar

Midday, standing up, it fills to waist level (deep down)

trying to sleep: it’s in ur brain now

Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 4h

novocain is weird as heck!

I’ve had multiple whole surgeries done with it painlessly, but then there was the fingernail where they said “no more of this will fit in your finger, it still hurts what?”

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 16h

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 22h

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 5h

do honorary and emeritus professors still reply to complex multi-part emails with a single “yes” or “no”?

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 1d

native plants are important too

a flower field with text that says "Yeah I'm into BDSM, Bio-Diversity Supporting Meadows"

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Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 5h

Crossing the Delaware 2: Air Power

Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 5h

what are you watching so I can avoid* it

* not avoid

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Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 5h

a fly mask you say?

Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 5h

his blindfolded friend is paying attention in spirit though!

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Shot On 35mm @shoton35mm.bsky.social · 6h

My odometer stopped working at 319,999 miles but the engine keeps turning!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 20h

Just want to remind everyone that little moments of joy are so important right now.

For instance, my cat does not understand the human concept of kisses beyond Incoming Nose = Love. So every time she’s happy, she’ll smush her face or shove her nose into ours.

Please share your joys with us.

Heater, an orange cat with BIG eyes, nestles herself in a sea of grey blankies.

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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 8h

"As late as 1975, General Motors was blaming the Endangered Species Act for transmission problems in the cars it sold. The automatic transmission fluid had been made of sperm whale oil, and the company saw no easy alternative." #climatesky

Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 9h

"Climate change is a global crisis. If we are to tackle it, we must do so together. Yet it is a struggle to imagine that happening. When have countries ever come together for the good of our common humanity?"

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t think it’s my final answer but Damascus under the Umayyad Caliphate might be a good trip

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 7h

* hoppening

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 8h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 7h

News flash: Portland is definitely not a "hellhole" but it is still lovably weird

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 8h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 11h

if I could date two additional people then I could stop all this here probably

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Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 11h

how dare

Kevin Cantú @killerswan.bsky.social · 13h

or this guy went so much further over the line

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 13h

“We were so far, and we had done so much work, and we were so hopeful, because it looked good,” says a survivor of domestic violence who was convicted of helping kill her abusive husband. “But the climate right now is for punishment.”

For Third Year, California Kills Bill to Help Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors

Advocates in California have pushed for relief for people convicted of harming their abuser, hoping to build on states across the political spectrum that have adopted such reforms.

boltsmag.org

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jade 🫀 comms closed @yellghoul.bsky.social · 15h

🔥

illustration of a girl walking through a forest fire with a giant wolf made of smoke

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Method Man's Hand Gestures @jamellpelle.bsky.social · 1d

The 9th begins another round of bills, most especially my phone. I probably should've posted this on Friday, as to it cut or so close but posting these is not only such an interruption to my normal function on here, and I have to gear up to doing it each time...
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 1d

I first heard earlier tonight of this while on the phone with my son when his roomate got upset. A 16yo gay Argentina boy who is looking at the US as the embodiment of evil and cruelty.

I didn’t know how to console him. I simply agreed that Trump is pure evil.

Daily the world is horrified by us.

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🔞Spit Tits🔞 @liiwabeans.bsky.social · Dec 28

reminds me of my biggest contribution to society

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