Mels
@maimysantiago99.bsky.social
Was Ardentdelirium and Researchnerdery on the other site. Disabled, queer, fan of sff & horror. Professional account: @bumblebeeLandscape She/her/they
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Mels
@maimysantiago99.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Also I think it's time to recreate the post I pinned over on Twitter, since this stupid phone refuses to learn how I swype (the old ones at least tried)
Please take all "dammit, autocorrect!"s as read
Please take all "dammit, autocorrect!"s as read
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Something shouldn't be crap or dangerous in order to be "affordable", what the actual fuck?
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Something shouldn't be crap or dangerous in order to be "affordable", what the actual fuck?
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Peter Thiel is the Oprah of Antichrists. "YOU get an Antichrist and YOU get an Antichrist and YOU get an Antichrist."
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Peter Thiel is the Oprah of Antichrists. "YOU get an Antichrist and YOU get an Antichrist and YOU get an Antichrist."
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Sadly, I think this is true in pretty much any culture industry and has been for a while. Prob in quite a few other industries too.
Working in games means your answer to the question "If you could do anything you wanted in life, what would it be?" isn't a different career, but the same career in a kinder version of the same industry.
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sadly, I think this is true in pretty much any culture industry and has been for a while. Prob in quite a few other industries too.
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"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things…"
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things…"
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Now wondering if anyone's asked for a version with John Mulaney's head on the guy instead…
Doing this for a third year.
Ever since I drew this cartoon, people have reached out about getting a custom print where the lil guy is wearing a shirt with their favorite band’s logo. For the next few days, I’m going to be taking custom Jukebox orders in my shop (link in bio). Happy holidays 🎁🫶
Ever since I drew this cartoon, people have reached out about getting a custom print where the lil guy is wearing a shirt with their favorite band’s logo. For the next few days, I’m going to be taking custom Jukebox orders in my shop (link in bio). Happy holidays 🎁🫶
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Now wondering if anyone's asked for a version with John Mulaney's head on the guy instead…
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I own a shop.
I am releasing a collection on Black Friday. As per tradition.
Why do all major Black Friday promotions seem to have been going on since January of 2017 this year.
I am releasing a collection on Black Friday. As per tradition.
Why do all major Black Friday promotions seem to have been going on since January of 2017 this year.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I own a shop.
I am releasing a collection on Black Friday. As per tradition.
Why do all major Black Friday promotions seem to have been going on since January of 2017 this year.
I am releasing a collection on Black Friday. As per tradition.
Why do all major Black Friday promotions seem to have been going on since January of 2017 this year.
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Oh god AI thanksgivings all over the country. I didn't even think about how much a train wreck it's going to be this year.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Oh god AI thanksgivings all over the country. I didn't even think about how much a train wreck it's going to be this year.
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if I don't take my various daily pills, I can barely leave the bed from pain and weakness! it's excruciating! I'll never be "cured" but I can have better quality of life and help in the household and less pain than otherwise, even if I'll never be pain-free
No herbal, acupuncture, massage, diet, magic lemon squeeze way for me to manage parts of my chronic illness. I need pills. Daily pills. When I get my daily pill, I have a very high quality of life and can live the way that feels best to me.
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
if I don't take my various daily pills, I can barely leave the bed from pain and weakness! it's excruciating! I'll never be "cured" but I can have better quality of life and help in the household and less pain than otherwise, even if I'll never be pain-free
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life is like a hurricane
here in
truckburg
race cars lasers aeroplanes
it's a
truck blur
Still works, accepted.
here in
truckburg
race cars lasers aeroplanes
it's a
truck blur
Still works, accepted.
Little known fact: the DuckTales characters are from Duckburg, while the Transformers characters are from Truckburg.
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
life is like a hurricane
here in
truckburg
race cars lasers aeroplanes
it's a
truck blur
Still works, accepted.
here in
truckburg
race cars lasers aeroplanes
it's a
truck blur
Still works, accepted.
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#sqrl enemy pix
Today* in Hawks*** around Town - PoPville
Thanks to Michele for sending these great shots from Georgetown: If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where yo...
www.popville.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#sqrl enemy pix
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🍞
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🍞
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Having the same reaction I had when I was a child when my cousins told me sharks could grow legs and walk to swimming pools if they really didn't like you and wanted to chomp you.
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Having the same reaction I had when I was a child when my cousins told me sharks could grow legs and walk to swimming pools if they really didn't like you and wanted to chomp you.
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This Place is a Prison, These People Aren't Your Friends is a small look at places that were former prisons, jails, police headquarters and examines how they have been transformed, how they engage with the public and whether it is possible to do so ethically. Name your own price for this one.
This Place is a Prison, These People Aren't Your Friends by Alexandra Gallant-Lee
A zine exploring the history of carceral spaces that have been transformed into something else.
alexandragallant.itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This Place is a Prison, These People Aren't Your Friends is a small look at places that were former prisons, jails, police headquarters and examines how they have been transformed, how they engage with the public and whether it is possible to do so ethically. Name your own price for this one.
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I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
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this is the best Bluesky replies party I've ever thrown since I asked about everyone's childhood nonhuman animation crushes and learned what freaks you all were for Tim Curry as toxic waste
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
this is the best Bluesky replies party I've ever thrown since I asked about everyone's childhood nonhuman animation crushes and learned what freaks you all were for Tim Curry as toxic waste
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also if you judge me for my reading habits i will have you know that the epic of gilgamesh was ALSO contemporary m/m romance once. why do you hate the epic of gilgamesh you uncultured swine
ive been reading a few contemporary m/m romances and enjoying them bc it feels like being lightly concussed. and/or running everything through a magical realism filter. nothing makes sense but everything feels nice
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
also if you judge me for my reading habits i will have you know that the epic of gilgamesh was ALSO contemporary m/m romance once. why do you hate the epic of gilgamesh you uncultured swine
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For about ten years I have been operating under the assumption that Sam Worthington and Joel Edgerton are related somehow
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
For about ten years I have been operating under the assumption that Sam Worthington and Joel Edgerton are related somehow
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what
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
what
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@outseide.bsky.social
(There’s another video about them “hiding like bitches in the wood” that someone sent me to cheer me up but I can’t find it right now.)
(There’s another video about them “hiding like bitches in the wood” that someone sent me to cheer me up but I can’t find it right now.)
ICE melts fast in the South because we bring the heat 🔥
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
@outseide.bsky.social
(There’s another video about them “hiding like bitches in the wood” that someone sent me to cheer me up but I can’t find it right now.)
(There’s another video about them “hiding like bitches in the wood” that someone sent me to cheer me up but I can’t find it right now.)
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Evil. #RapeCulture
1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Evil. #RapeCulture
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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We are nearly approaching the 10-year anniversary of the Colangelo family Thanksgiving mystery of trying to figure out who ate the bag of gourmet dog treats thinking they were cookies and stashed the wrapper under the couch once they realized their mistake.
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We are nearly approaching the 10-year anniversary of the Colangelo family Thanksgiving mystery of trying to figure out who ate the bag of gourmet dog treats thinking they were cookies and stashed the wrapper under the couch once they realized their mistake.
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Ten years ago, the first time I made a maple buttermilk pie for Thanksgiving, my 10-year-old cat Maisy who had never been interested in people food before, jumped up on the table in front of my mother and buried her face in the pie. My mother screamed.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Ten years ago, the first time I made a maple buttermilk pie for Thanksgiving, my 10-year-old cat Maisy who had never been interested in people food before, jumped up on the table in front of my mother and buried her face in the pie. My mother screamed.
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One year, an old seminarian friend of my Dad's invited us over for dinner. Both had left the Catholic Church.
I was 8. My sister, mom, Dad, and I sat with Father Bill and his new wife, Joan.
At dinner, Joan mentioned she was Christian, but not Catholic.
I chimed in, "You mean, like prostitutes."
I was 8. My sister, mom, Dad, and I sat with Father Bill and his new wife, Joan.
At dinner, Joan mentioned she was Christian, but not Catholic.
I chimed in, "You mean, like prostitutes."
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
One year, an old seminarian friend of my Dad's invited us over for dinner. Both had left the Catholic Church.
I was 8. My sister, mom, Dad, and I sat with Father Bill and his new wife, Joan.
At dinner, Joan mentioned she was Christian, but not Catholic.
I chimed in, "You mean, like prostitutes."
I was 8. My sister, mom, Dad, and I sat with Father Bill and his new wife, Joan.
At dinner, Joan mentioned she was Christian, but not Catholic.
I chimed in, "You mean, like prostitutes."