Hilary Thomas (they/them)
@airspaniel.bsky.social
Producer, performer, Pokémon Connoisseur. Not a girl, not a robot
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This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025
How I’m walking out of 2025
December 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
How I’m walking out of 2025
You've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
TRANYA
it’s a cocktail bar that also serves gourmet hot dogs
I hope you relish it as much as I.
what are you calling it?
TRANYA
it’s a cocktail bar that also serves gourmet hot dogs
I hope you relish it as much as I.
You've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
"IDIC"
(it's a buffet)
what are you calling it?
"IDIC"
(it's a buffet)
you've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
THE READY ROOM
what are you calling it?
THE READY ROOM
December 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
You've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
TRANYA
it’s a cocktail bar that also serves gourmet hot dogs
I hope you relish it as much as I.
what are you calling it?
TRANYA
it’s a cocktail bar that also serves gourmet hot dogs
I hope you relish it as much as I.
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That time of year again!
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
That time of year again!
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on some level you have to stand in awe of the gall it takes to use this tone about someone people are angry at for suppressing a story about a concentration camp
December 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
on some level you have to stand in awe of the gall it takes to use this tone about someone people are angry at for suppressing a story about a concentration camp
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If the data is to be believed
Hello Kitty, if the data is to be believed, has out-grossed Spider-Man. What can you tell me about Hello Kitty, except that she wears a bow?
December 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
If the data is to be believed
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
This may not have been the Christmas I wanted, but I have some pretty great friends and some pretty great cats, so it could have been worse, honestly
December 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This may not have been the Christmas I wanted, but I have some pretty great friends and some pretty great cats, so it could have been worse, honestly
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Any discussion over this has to begin with the fact that the kid ignored the parameters of the assignment. She didn’t “cite” anything. She deserved an F, and now she’s getting rewarded for whining about it. Meanwhile, a trans woman is being publicly punished for *accurately grading a paper*.
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Any discussion over this has to begin with the fact that the kid ignored the parameters of the assignment. She didn’t “cite” anything. She deserved an F, and now she’s getting rewarded for whining about it. Meanwhile, a trans woman is being publicly punished for *accurately grading a paper*.
Merry Christmas from me and the cat stack <3
December 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Merry Christmas from me and the cat stack <3
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Erika Kirk is a liar (and schemer).
December 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Erika Kirk is a liar (and schemer).
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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i'm at the epstein coverup, i'm at the CECOT coverup, i'm at the combination epstein CECOT coverup
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
i'm at the epstein coverup, i'm at the CECOT coverup, i'm at the combination epstein CECOT coverup
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There's so much going on in the world and I know this is cringe as hell, but please allow me this moment to laugh my ass off. Roll on the floor laughing, even.
December 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
There's so much going on in the world and I know this is cringe as hell, but please allow me this moment to laugh my ass off. Roll on the floor laughing, even.
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I’ve been on the internet too long
December 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I’ve been on the internet too long
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democrats are very capable of fighting to defend their core principals, like 'insider trading'
A discharge petition to advance a policy ending congressional stock trading was finally moving forward when Hakeem Jeffries sucked the air out of it. By proposing his own bill that no Republican would sign, Jeffries effectively made consensus impossible. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect
A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent consensus.
trib.al
December 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
democrats are very capable of fighting to defend their core principals, like 'insider trading'
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“Politicians should do what wins elections” is asinine for moral reasons but also, no one knows what will win an election! Yglesias et al keep acting like there’s some obvious set of policies or words that will guarantee victory but Harris basically did what they wanted and she lost.
4. Yglesias instead seems to implicitly argue that politicians should only do what wins elections, virtue be damned. One wonders what he thinks of those foolish 1850s abolitionists. As Condleeza Rice once said, politics is the art of making the impossible inevitable. That ain't this.
December 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“Politicians should do what wins elections” is asinine for moral reasons but also, no one knows what will win an election! Yglesias et al keep acting like there’s some obvious set of policies or words that will guarantee victory but Harris basically did what they wanted and she lost.
The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go.
You know what? I’m in.
You know what? I’m in.
December 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go.
You know what? I’m in.
You know what? I’m in.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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Still laughing about the fact that dude slapped his name on a memorial building, like he absolutely cannot wait for his own death
December 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Still laughing about the fact that dude slapped his name on a memorial building, like he absolutely cannot wait for his own death
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lol I want to make it clear that I am not giving Romney any credit for this take. BUT:
Romney is giving us insight into what the optics are right now. And him trying to separate himself from today's rich guys is, IMO, an indicator of what's to come.
Romney is giving us insight into what the optics are right now. And him trying to separate himself from today's rich guys is, IMO, an indicator of what's to come.
Mitt Romney is in the New York Times saying we should tax the rich.
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
lol I want to make it clear that I am not giving Romney any credit for this take. BUT:
Romney is giving us insight into what the optics are right now. And him trying to separate himself from today's rich guys is, IMO, an indicator of what's to come.
Romney is giving us insight into what the optics are right now. And him trying to separate himself from today's rich guys is, IMO, an indicator of what's to come.
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Do I think that there are members of Gen Z espousing those views? Sure. But I think the goal of that piece is to further mainstream those views, and make people think that you have to move to the center in order to not alienate younger voters.
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Do I think that there are members of Gen Z espousing those views? Sure. But I think the goal of that piece is to further mainstream those views, and make people think that you have to move to the center in order to not alienate younger voters.