MJ Slavin
@popvinylmj.bsky.social
🏳️🌈, (they/them), cat parent, moving towards vegan, 80s music and pop culture brain, Anglophile, antifascist, dreams of writing and doing art, learning HEMA ⚔️, ridding myself of internalized systemic racism and misogyny.
Had an aha moment at sword practice tonight. Slight hand position change and suddenly reaped multiple benefits. Feel silly that I hadn’t ’got it’ before now. 🤦♂️⚔️⚔️⚔️🙌 #hema #f3swordacademy
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Had an aha moment at sword practice tonight. Slight hand position change and suddenly reaped multiple benefits. Feel silly that I hadn’t ’got it’ before now. 🤦♂️⚔️⚔️⚔️🙌 #hema #f3swordacademy
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This guy. This fuckin' guy
This redneck nepo baby shows up at the 11th hour, hasn't done any of the work, but he's friends with the princess and got some afterschool tutoring with Space Gandalf and now he's got ideas. It's simple. We just blow up the Death Star. It'll be like shooting womp rats
This redneck nepo baby shows up at the 11th hour, hasn't done any of the work, but he's friends with the princess and got some afterschool tutoring with Space Gandalf and now he's got ideas. It's simple. We just blow up the Death Star. It'll be like shooting womp rats
May 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This guy. This fuckin' guy
This redneck nepo baby shows up at the 11th hour, hasn't done any of the work, but he's friends with the princess and got some afterschool tutoring with Space Gandalf and now he's got ideas. It's simple. We just blow up the Death Star. It'll be like shooting womp rats
This redneck nepo baby shows up at the 11th hour, hasn't done any of the work, but he's friends with the princess and got some afterschool tutoring with Space Gandalf and now he's got ideas. It's simple. We just blow up the Death Star. It'll be like shooting womp rats
The teen had wanted to have a tree for the winter holiday for awhile, and while I don’t necessarily need a tree I have a LOT of ornaments from my childhood. So my beloved found this tree on a curb earlier this year and now here it is with the softest ornaments in case the cat wants to dance with it.
December 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The teen had wanted to have a tree for the winter holiday for awhile, and while I don’t necessarily need a tree I have a LOT of ornaments from my childhood. So my beloved found this tree on a curb earlier this year and now here it is with the softest ornaments in case the cat wants to dance with it.
Queen Tiger, Attorney at Law 🤣
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Queen Tiger, Attorney at Law 🤣
Our fourth jigsaw puzzle since the November holiday and wow it was a beast!! Super challenging but fun. #jigsawpuzzles
December 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Our fourth jigsaw puzzle since the November holiday and wow it was a beast!! Super challenging but fun. #jigsawpuzzles
I feel like Autumn has finally come to Berkeley. I am now wearing jeans instead of shorts. 🤣
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I feel like Autumn has finally come to Berkeley. I am now wearing jeans instead of shorts. 🤣
Books read November 2025 #booksky 📚💙
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Eye of Nefertiti - Maria Luisa Lang
From Here to the Great Unknown - Lisa Marie Presley
No Time Like the Future - Michael J Fox
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Eye of Nefertiti - Maria Luisa Lang
From Here to the Great Unknown - Lisa Marie Presley
No Time Like the Future - Michael J Fox
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Books read November 2025 #booksky 📚💙
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Eye of Nefertiti - Maria Luisa Lang
From Here to the Great Unknown - Lisa Marie Presley
No Time Like the Future - Michael J Fox
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Eye of Nefertiti - Maria Luisa Lang
From Here to the Great Unknown - Lisa Marie Presley
No Time Like the Future - Michael J Fox
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
Tonight’s viewing… Goonies from 1988. 🏴☠️ ⚔️
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Tonight’s viewing… Goonies from 1988. 🏴☠️ ⚔️
Books read October 2025 📚💙
Blue Diary - Alice Hoffman
I have been reading other things, just not finishing anything this October. Looking forward to November. 🤓📖
Blue Diary - Alice Hoffman
I have been reading other things, just not finishing anything this October. Looking forward to November. 🤓📖
November 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Books read October 2025 📚💙
Blue Diary - Alice Hoffman
I have been reading other things, just not finishing anything this October. Looking forward to November. 🤓📖
Blue Diary - Alice Hoffman
I have been reading other things, just not finishing anything this October. Looking forward to November. 🤓📖
Karaoke at 924 Gilman tonight! 7pm. If you are in the Bay Area, come out and sing sing sing! youtu.be/eSr7v_FAvJo?...
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Face to Face (LYRICS ON SCREEN) 📺
YouTube video by enc0m511
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October 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Karaoke at 924 Gilman tonight! 7pm. If you are in the Bay Area, come out and sing sing sing! youtu.be/eSr7v_FAvJo?...
My GF made this vegan birthday cake for me! 🥰🥰🥰 So adorable.
October 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
My GF made this vegan birthday cake for me! 🥰🥰🥰 So adorable.
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if disney does a theatrical release of the original star wars films for the 50th anniversary and offers them on physical media i will forgive them for every terrible decision they've made with star wars
just discovered that there was a leak from someone involved in the restoration team revealing that Disney is, indeed, restoring the theatrical cuts of the original Star Wars trilogy! complete with screenshots!
From the StarWarsLeaks community on Reddit: Star Wars Theatrical OT Leaked Restoration Screenshots
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October 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
if disney does a theatrical release of the original star wars films for the 50th anniversary and offers them on physical media i will forgive them for every terrible decision they've made with star wars
Loved this pic of two of my teammates. I’ve been healing for over 1-1/2 months now. Looking forward to coming back to swords tomorrow. ⚔️ #hema
October 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Loved this pic of two of my teammates. I’ve been healing for over 1-1/2 months now. Looking forward to coming back to swords tomorrow. ⚔️ #hema
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Sad to hear Dave Ball of #Softcell no longer with us. Was performing and writing to the very end!
Dave Ball, one half of Tainted Love hitmakers Soft Cell, dies, aged 66
Bandmate Marc Almond paid tribute, saying: "He will always be loved by the Soft Cell fans who love his music and his music and memory will live on."
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October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sad to hear Dave Ball of #Softcell no longer with us. Was performing and writing to the very end!
In that pre-birthday holiday push to get everything at work done I can before taking tomorrow off. That weird moment of joy and panic. #eattreatsworkworkworkeattreatsworkworkwork
a black and white cat is sitting in front of an apple laptop computer .
Alt: a black and white cat is sitting in front of an apple laptop computer .
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October 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In that pre-birthday holiday push to get everything at work done I can before taking tomorrow off. That weird moment of joy and panic. #eattreatsworkworkworkeattreatsworkworkwork
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Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
October 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
October 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The gf curb scored this amazing German board game this evening - Hexentanz!! This board is beautiful and the game play sounds fun!!
October 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The gf curb scored this amazing German board game this evening - Hexentanz!! This board is beautiful and the game play sounds fun!!
📚💙#booksky September Books
Paul Takes the Form of Mortal Girl - Andrea Lawlor
The Book That Broke the World - Mark Lawrence
Rise of the Rocket Girls - Nathalia Holt
I Cheerfully Refuse - Leif Enger
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde - Peter Ackroyd
Poe - Peter Ackroyd
The Rape of Nanking - Iris Chang
Paul Takes the Form of Mortal Girl - Andrea Lawlor
The Book That Broke the World - Mark Lawrence
Rise of the Rocket Girls - Nathalia Holt
I Cheerfully Refuse - Leif Enger
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde - Peter Ackroyd
Poe - Peter Ackroyd
The Rape of Nanking - Iris Chang
October 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
📚💙#booksky September Books
Paul Takes the Form of Mortal Girl - Andrea Lawlor
The Book That Broke the World - Mark Lawrence
Rise of the Rocket Girls - Nathalia Holt
I Cheerfully Refuse - Leif Enger
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde - Peter Ackroyd
Poe - Peter Ackroyd
The Rape of Nanking - Iris Chang
Paul Takes the Form of Mortal Girl - Andrea Lawlor
The Book That Broke the World - Mark Lawrence
Rise of the Rocket Girls - Nathalia Holt
I Cheerfully Refuse - Leif Enger
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde - Peter Ackroyd
Poe - Peter Ackroyd
The Rape of Nanking - Iris Chang
Earthquakes in Berkeley. First one a little before 3am Pacific time. Initially 4.8 downgraded to 4.3. Cat terrified,flew off the bed, then partner’s hand waking me up while world shook. Wakefulness spent coaxing cat back to bed. 2 more around 8am (2.5 range) but I didn’t feel. #earthquake #berkeley
September 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Earthquakes in Berkeley. First one a little before 3am Pacific time. Initially 4.8 downgraded to 4.3. Cat terrified,flew off the bed, then partner’s hand waking me up while world shook. Wakefulness spent coaxing cat back to bed. 2 more around 8am (2.5 range) but I didn’t feel. #earthquake #berkeley
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Great season here at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: fine Julius Caesar, beautiful Quixote Nuevo, Shane (!), which is phenomenal and Lisa Peterson’s brilliant As You Like It. Get ye to Ashland before 10/26!
September 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Great season here at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: fine Julius Caesar, beautiful Quixote Nuevo, Shane (!), which is phenomenal and Lisa Peterson’s brilliant As You Like It. Get ye to Ashland before 10/26!
This. 😭 #annielennox #freepalestinenow
Annie Lennox - "Why? - For Gaza" Live - Together For Palestine
YouTube video by Annie Lennox
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September 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This. 😭 #annielennox #freepalestinenow