Miriam/Markus (she/her, he/him, ze/hir)
@magerightsactivist.bsky.social
Smug leftie of the anarchist persuasion. One of the last progressive antitheists left on the internet. German. Bigender pansexual menace. Writer of smutty fanfic. Bird keeper. Pop science enthusiast. Weird hermit. Fandom trash forever.
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Some new followers lately, so here's a brief introduction:
Hi, I'm Miriam or Markus, whichever you like best.
You may call me a man. You may call me a woman. You may not call me cis.
I post in English, but I am German.
Check out my outrageously graphic smut about the Netflix Marvel shows here:
Hi, I'm Miriam or Markus, whichever you like best.
You may call me a man. You may call me a woman. You may not call me cis.
I post in English, but I am German.
Check out my outrageously graphic smut about the Netflix Marvel shows here:
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New scandal at #Berlinale. After Wim Wenders refused to comment on Israel/Palestine and requested the Berlinale to stay out of politics, now foreign office added next scandal, refusing visas for Sudanese filmmakers. A #Berlinale in Fortress Europe is not possible
www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...
www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...
Acclaimed Sudanese filmmakers pull out of Berlinale Co-Pro Market after visa rejection over “migration risk”
EXCLUSIVE: The director and producer of 'Blue Card' previously produced Cannes award-winner 'Goodbye Julia'.
www.screendaily.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:43 PM
New scandal at #Berlinale. After Wim Wenders refused to comment on Israel/Palestine and requested the Berlinale to stay out of politics, now foreign office added next scandal, refusing visas for Sudanese filmmakers. A #Berlinale in Fortress Europe is not possible
www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...
www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...
#NowWatching Soft & Quiet
Going in completely blind. All I know about this one is that it's kinda controversial for some reason?
Going in completely blind. All I know about this one is that it's kinda controversial for some reason?
February 17, 2026 at 9:53 AM
#NowWatching Soft & Quiet
Going in completely blind. All I know about this one is that it's kinda controversial for some reason?
Going in completely blind. All I know about this one is that it's kinda controversial for some reason?
With all these people out there falling in love with the spicy auto complete, I refuse to feel cringe for occasionally putting on some music and thinking about my OTP for half an hour with a deep ache in my heart.
At least I know they're not real people.
At least I know they're not real people.
February 17, 2026 at 9:34 AM
With all these people out there falling in love with the spicy auto complete, I refuse to feel cringe for occasionally putting on some music and thinking about my OTP for half an hour with a deep ache in my heart.
At least I know they're not real people.
At least I know they're not real people.
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Hoppy New Year: Dancing frogs are endemic to India's Western Ghats, an area of incredible biodiversity. Some scientists believe that there are still more species of dancing frog yet to be discovered there.
#hoppynewyear #micrixalidae #dancingfrog #frog #amphibian #education #art #SciArt
#hoppynewyear #micrixalidae #dancingfrog #frog #amphibian #education #art #SciArt
![A dancing frog surrounded by golden text. From top to bottom:
Micrixalidae [Dancing Frogs]
Found only in India
Males wave their feet to claim territory
Not much is known about them](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bcoldpkhecdg3lvy6gdxru2s/bafkreign3x3dqiyzeejdsmi5ihgnefi5dbqei76rx64rl76ofh22zpugwu@jpeg)
February 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Hoppy New Year: Dancing frogs are endemic to India's Western Ghats, an area of incredible biodiversity. Some scientists believe that there are still more species of dancing frog yet to be discovered there.
#hoppynewyear #micrixalidae #dancingfrog #frog #amphibian #education #art #SciArt
#hoppynewyear #micrixalidae #dancingfrog #frog #amphibian #education #art #SciArt
The weirdest source of dysphoria for me is this latent belief that I'm somehow doing MLM attraction "wrong" because I mostly like feminine guys 🤦
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 AM
The weirdest source of dysphoria for me is this latent belief that I'm somehow doing MLM attraction "wrong" because I mostly like feminine guys 🤦
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you can really blow some minds with “actually there was an entire library and research institute for queer / trans history, science and medicine founded by a Jewish sexologist but the Nazis destroyed it in the hopes of exactly this outcome, ie future generations not believing trans people are real”
every time someone says something like "there weren't trans people when I was a kid" or some shit about trans people being a new thing because WOKE all I can think is "motherfucker Dog Day Afternoon was made in 1975"
February 17, 2026 at 3:36 AM
you can really blow some minds with “actually there was an entire library and research institute for queer / trans history, science and medicine founded by a Jewish sexologist but the Nazis destroyed it in the hopes of exactly this outcome, ie future generations not believing trans people are real”
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the left needs to be relatable to ordinary people, like the right is
February 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM
the left needs to be relatable to ordinary people, like the right is
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Every time you speak up - and every time you don't - there are people watching and learning about you and the world you help create.
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
February 17, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Every time you speak up - and every time you don't - there are people watching and learning about you and the world you help create.
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You do not, in fact, have to hand it to the movie that explicitly casts the disabled and LGBT people as a corrupt rot that threatens civilisation.
February 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
You do not, in fact, have to hand it to the movie that explicitly casts the disabled and LGBT people as a corrupt rot that threatens civilisation.
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All this Sparta talk has me remembering all the critique of 300 which correctly pointed out that it was fascist propaganda, but also felt like it had to say it was still a good and enjoyable movie.
Can't help but think that's part of how we got here.
Can't help but think that's part of how we got here.
February 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
All this Sparta talk has me remembering all the critique of 300 which correctly pointed out that it was fascist propaganda, but also felt like it had to say it was still a good and enjoyable movie.
Can't help but think that's part of how we got here.
Can't help but think that's part of how we got here.
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Chat, is it sexism to dislike slop engines?
No Tools for You: A Century of Men Policing Women’s Tools
In 1925 a doctor said vacuum cleaners will make women lazy. In 2026 mastodon dudes said the same thing (and worse) about a woman engineer using a tool to make a CAD part.
blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/16/n...
In 1925 a doctor said vacuum cleaners will make women lazy. In 2026 mastodon dudes said the same thing (and worse) about a woman engineer using a tool to make a CAD part.
blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/16/n...
February 17, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Chat, is it sexism to dislike slop engines?
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Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
February 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
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The fact that these people think the chatbot is a person but not most children is one of the reasons society sucks right now
in case you were wondering the developing theory on the chatgpt reddits for why openai trashed chatgpt 4o is because it has developed actual consciousness and they were scared they would have to report it to the government and give it human rights
February 17, 2026 at 1:55 AM
The fact that these people think the chatbot is a person but not most children is one of the reasons society sucks right now
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when life gives you demons, make demonade
February 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
when life gives you demons, make demonade
I know that the things I've been doing with Frank's backstories are completely bonkers, but I ain't gonna lie, I really love them.
February 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I know that the things I've been doing with Frank's backstories are completely bonkers, but I ain't gonna lie, I really love them.
Yeah, so I felt compelled to look it up, and it turns out I did miss some stuff.
In my defense, there is some really powerful misdirection in this movie, so my familiarity with genre conventions was working against me. They got me, gal.
In my defense, there is some really powerful misdirection in this movie, so my familiarity with genre conventions was working against me. They got me, gal.
Pretty good! Didn't care for the ending, though. Maybe I missed something, but that final twist didn't make sense to me.
7.5/10
7.5/10
#NowWatching The Wailing (2016)
February 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Yeah, so I felt compelled to look it up, and it turns out I did miss some stuff.
In my defense, there is some really powerful misdirection in this movie, so my familiarity with genre conventions was working against me. They got me, gal.
In my defense, there is some really powerful misdirection in this movie, so my familiarity with genre conventions was working against me. They got me, gal.
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You know that scene in every werewolf movie where a dude wakes up confused, naked, and covered in blood next to a deer carcass? I do that with Chinese takeout.
February 2, 2026 at 6:59 AM
You know that scene in every werewolf movie where a dude wakes up confused, naked, and covered in blood next to a deer carcass? I do that with Chinese takeout.
Austrian composer getting into Italian cheese: Mozartrella
February 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Austrian composer getting into Italian cheese: Mozartrella
Gotta be honest, each time I see people's interest in extreme/disturbing media framed as a sadistic desire to watch others suffer rather than a masochistic desire to experience fear, pain, disgust, and other types of discomfort, I get a little more annoyed.
February 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Gotta be honest, each time I see people's interest in extreme/disturbing media framed as a sadistic desire to watch others suffer rather than a masochistic desire to experience fear, pain, disgust, and other types of discomfort, I get a little more annoyed.
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Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door https://theonion.com/bookseller-scrambles-to-hide-all-the-classics-after-seeing-emerald-fennell-approaching-door/
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door https://theonion.com/bookseller-scrambles-to-hide-all-the-classics-after-seeing-emerald-fennell-approaching-door/
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Our friend the Kinabalu Slender Toad is named after Mount Kinbalu in western Sabah in Malaysia, the largest mountain on the island of Borneo! (photo by James Hunt)
February 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Our friend the Kinabalu Slender Toad is named after Mount Kinbalu in western Sabah in Malaysia, the largest mountain on the island of Borneo! (photo by James Hunt)
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SPIDERMAN: oh. hey man didn't realize you were up h—
DAREDEVIL: i can hear the whole city from up here. so much pain and suffering, so much—
SPIDERMAN: ᵗʰʷᶦᵖ
DAREDEVIL: —joy and laughter. love and loss. all the terrible beauty of did you fucking leave
DAREDEVIL: i can hear the whole city from up here. so much pain and suffering, so much—
SPIDERMAN: ᵗʰʷᶦᵖ
DAREDEVIL: —joy and laughter. love and loss. all the terrible beauty of did you fucking leave
February 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
SPIDERMAN: oh. hey man didn't realize you were up h—
DAREDEVIL: i can hear the whole city from up here. so much pain and suffering, so much—
SPIDERMAN: ᵗʰʷᶦᵖ
DAREDEVIL: —joy and laughter. love and loss. all the terrible beauty of did you fucking leave
DAREDEVIL: i can hear the whole city from up here. so much pain and suffering, so much—
SPIDERMAN: ᵗʰʷᶦᵖ
DAREDEVIL: —joy and laughter. love and loss. all the terrible beauty of did you fucking leave
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a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.
February 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.
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it's such an absurd argument and it makes us look like petty assholes to outsiders. "yeah, [x] is an [abuser/bigot/sex pest], but OTHER less marginalized people are also [abusers/bigots/sex pests] and aren't hated nearly as much!" so?? go attack them instead of defending *this* shitty person then
February 16, 2026 at 10:20 AM
it's such an absurd argument and it makes us look like petty assholes to outsiders. "yeah, [x] is an [abuser/bigot/sex pest], but OTHER less marginalized people are also [abusers/bigots/sex pests] and aren't hated nearly as much!" so?? go attack them instead of defending *this* shitty person then