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Sin Blaché ♣️

@sinblache.bsky.social

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Disinterested in fate. Naturally spooky. World's Okayest Writer. #LandBack Half of a dynamic duo. PROPHET with Helen Macdonald. Buy now, please & thank you. There's no 'n' in my last name. They/Them https://sinblache.carrd.co/ https://linktr.ee/sinbla

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Sin Blaché ♣️ @sinblache.bsky.social · 15m

Explaining Dustin the Turkey (and his political history) to those who've lived a life outside Ireland is always rewarding.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 2d

oh hahaha no, I'm sorry apparently a full half of the 3000 settlement per book goes to the publisher, so I think my total share is $3750 for stealing my work in an attempt to replace me

Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 2d

Assuming there aren't other fees or splits I'm not aware of, I will be paid $7500 for my life's work being fed into The Machine, and also they won't be removing my work from The Machine

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Defakator (Officiel) 🧆 @defakator.bsky.social · 3d

Haddock : Quelle semaine, hein ?
Tintin : Capitaine, on est lundi, il est 10h

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 4d

"I'm going to write something cozy," I say confidently, right before filling it with grief.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4d

absolutely breathtaking levels of “reframe punching up as punching down” are emerging in AI discourse. fighting back against AI is us against billion dollar tech companies, yet they are pulling out so many wild rhetorical tricks to make it seem like the anti-AI movement are the powerful bullies here

Fae’rynn (Phantom Futch) @faerynnistired.itch.io · 4d

“don’t be bigoted towards AI.”

your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ

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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 6d

Suaimhneas síoraí ar a anam Gaelach. 💚

B’ambasadóir é Manchán dár nglúin féin agus duine a bhí lárnach san athbheochán a tharla ar na mallaibh sa chultúr agus sa Ghaeilge. Sheas sé i lár an aonaigh agus thiocfadh a rá nár chuir sé é féin ansin ach gur chuir an pobal ann é.

Ina bhealach séimh féin, chuir sé i gcuimhne dúinn fán ról atá ag an teanga maidir le tuiscint níos doimhne a fháil ar an cheantar thart orainn agus orainn féin.

Mairfidh a oidhreacht i meon fiosrach spreagúil na nGael agus iontu siúd a théann sa tóir ar shaol níos doimhne agus fíoraithe.

Suaimhneas síoraí ar a anam Gaelach. 💚

Perhaps unwillingly, he was the foremost cultural ambassador for our generation and instrumental in the resurgence of Irish language and culture.

He gently reminded us of the role the language has in understanding our surroundings, and knowing ourselves.

His legacy will live on in the curious minds of the Irish and beyond, in those who seek a deeper and more fulfilling life.

Suaimhneas síoraí ar a anam Gaelach 💚

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The Antifa Tallest @spooknine.bsky.social · 6d

Boy I hate being ruled by 4chan dweebs

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Sin Blaché ♣️ @sinblache.bsky.social · 6d

Horribly sad. Manchán was very funny and kind, and once shared a great story with me from when he spent a weekend asking for condoms in Irish in the small town where I live.
His Arán & Im show was on tour. I was hoping to catch it just to say hi.
Slán abhaile, Manchán.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

www.rte.ie

Sin Blaché ♣️ @sinblache.bsky.social · 6d

Well this is what I'm trying to say. it's got some kind of vendetta

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 6d

The unceasing obsession with sex and purity in combination with paranoid fear of actual sexual contact or human relationships is in many ways the defining anxiety of our time.

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Sin Blaché ♣️ @sinblache.bsky.social · 6d

good news is that my ribs are a little better with heat but my neck has now locked up in protest, so it's swings and roundabouts

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Sin Blaché ♣️ @sinblache.bsky.social · 6d

Hm. "Unique"?

Sin Blaché ♣️ @sinblache.bsky.social · 7d

who needs to breathe with ease amirite

Sin Blaché ♣️ @sinblache.bsky.social · 7d

IT'S FINE RIGHT

Sin Blaché ♣️ @sinblache.bsky.social · 7d

Connective tissue is so funny because what do you mean I took a deep breath and bruised a rib.

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4:13 🌒 @lunarbreeclipse.blacksky.app · 7d

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 7d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

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Submit a Claim

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The Dreaded Abighoul @popeguilty.bsky.social · 7d

"Transphobic" like "racist" was coined to describe a reality and a moral valence came along with that description and it turns out a lot of people love the reality - the behavior, the attitude, the structural harm- but will violently resist the idea that their lessers may morally evaluate them.

ᚇᚐᚏᚉᚅᚓᚄᚄ ᚋᚐᚅᚔᚃᚓᚄᚈᚓᚇ @ciara2001.bsky.social · 7d

Sorry luv, that's definitely transphobic, that's extremely transphobic

She also said she did not want to be labeled transphobic, despite making it clear she does not believe trans people exist and said, “If you were born male you remain male and if you were born female you remain female.”

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Alanah Pearce @charalanahzard.bsky.social · 7d

I realized I’ve been sort of mourning the internet lately. It’s odd. This ‘place’ that used to contain a wealth of actually valuable information, and introduced me to many people I now call friends, and which paved the way for my career, has almost completely rotted away. It’s not coming back.

Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 7d

Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.

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🎀 Nerdy Barbie 🧠 @literallylyss.bsky.social · 8d

Y’all Israel has intercepted the HUMANITARIAN flotilla and is trying to surround them. Now more than ever would be the time to pay close attention to live streams from the passengers and the live tracker.

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reni 🦌🫜 @reniadeb.com · 9d

truth coming out of her well to shame mankind

a frog holds itself upright while poking its upper body out of a manhole cover set in a pavement or road

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Sin Blaché ♣️ @sinblache.bsky.social · 9d

Fully recommend this episode. SMN breaks it all down wonderfully.

Cody @codyjohnston.bsky.social · 9d

Full episode about this topic here: youtu.be/qEddowzqOQE?...

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Sin Blaché ♣️ @sinblache.bsky.social · 10d

If only someone had written a really gay sci-fi horror book built around the central theme of how nostalgia is a weapon wielded by a fascistic and capitalist state
Anyway, read PROPHET. Me and @hjm.bsky.social are super proud of it.

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 10d

This is doing numbers on social media right now and it's so depressing how people truly yearn for this shit and want to preserve that feeling indefinitely like a mausoleum of false memories.

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Sin Blaché ♣️ @sinblache.bsky.social · 9d

he won't stop send help