Ara
@arabwel.bsky.social
Fat queer nerd. Autistic af, disabled, has cat. She/they
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i'm surprised by how low energy and farcical that whole military parade situation was. I was expecting Moscow 1945 and we got Spirit Halloween instead.
June 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
i'm surprised by how low energy and farcical that whole military parade situation was. I was expecting Moscow 1945 and we got Spirit Halloween instead.
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I don't know why white dudes want to say the n-word so badly when they could be saying "hell yeah, brother" like a wrestler in the 80s.
August 23, 2023 at 3:41 AM
I don't know why white dudes want to say the n-word so badly when they could be saying "hell yeah, brother" like a wrestler in the 80s.
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Testosterone does not make you a fascist. Testosterone does not make you a terrorist. Testosterone doesn't make you a rapist. Testosterone doesn't make you some kind of rage monster. Testosterone is a hormone absolutely everyone produces at some level and your behaviors are your responsibility
June 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Testosterone does not make you a fascist. Testosterone does not make you a terrorist. Testosterone doesn't make you a rapist. Testosterone doesn't make you some kind of rage monster. Testosterone is a hormone absolutely everyone produces at some level and your behaviors are your responsibility
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SOUNDS IN SOLIDARITY VOLUME 1 ⇲
33 creators, 4.8 gigabytes, 1370 samples ⇲
All profits donated to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund ⇲
Buy now until June 21st at soundsinsolidarity.org ⇲
33 creators, 4.8 gigabytes, 1370 samples ⇲
All profits donated to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund ⇲
Buy now until June 21st at soundsinsolidarity.org ⇲
May 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
SOUNDS IN SOLIDARITY VOLUME 1 ⇲
33 creators, 4.8 gigabytes, 1370 samples ⇲
All profits donated to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund ⇲
Buy now until June 21st at soundsinsolidarity.org ⇲
33 creators, 4.8 gigabytes, 1370 samples ⇲
All profits donated to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund ⇲
Buy now until June 21st at soundsinsolidarity.org ⇲
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This is so hard to do, but so essential. Busdrivers still drive their busses, dentists still reach for the drill.
Authors still have to be silly little bananas shilling fantasy to the masses.
In all cases, the sky is burning, but the cats must be fed.
Authors still have to be silly little bananas shilling fantasy to the masses.
In all cases, the sky is burning, but the cats must be fed.
Yes I am continuing to promote my book during the authoritarian blitzkrieg 😭
June 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is so hard to do, but so essential. Busdrivers still drive their busses, dentists still reach for the drill.
Authors still have to be silly little bananas shilling fantasy to the masses.
In all cases, the sky is burning, but the cats must be fed.
Authors still have to be silly little bananas shilling fantasy to the masses.
In all cases, the sky is burning, but the cats must be fed.
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Actually it's a euphemism for "Censorious dickheads going out of their way to ban as much as they can that's written for people under 17," which certainly included books about sexy dragons/elves. Sexy dragons/elves are not my area of expertise but I'm happy some people are making a living with 'em.
“the dynamic of the YA market has changed considerably, and yes, that is a euphemism,”
Just checking, that’s a euphemism for ‘I don’t write books about sexy dragons and/or elves, right?
Just checking, that’s a euphemism for ‘I don’t write books about sexy dragons and/or elves, right?
May 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Actually it's a euphemism for "Censorious dickheads going out of their way to ban as much as they can that's written for people under 17," which certainly included books about sexy dragons/elves. Sexy dragons/elves are not my area of expertise but I'm happy some people are making a living with 'em.
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This is the way it should be. We all have our skill sets! Not wanting to write outside your comfort zone is PRETTY DAMN VALID. No one should be demanding this content from folks!
Also writing meltingly hot sex scenes is a skill! One you have to cultivate! It gets weird fast if you don't!
Also writing meltingly hot sex scenes is a skill! One you have to cultivate! It gets weird fast if you don't!
As someone who has remarkably few sex scenes across twenty novels (and what sex scenes there are, are mostly implicit rather than explicit), I feel this. I'm not the author for meltingly hot sex scenes. I will likely never be. I'm glad others are out there to, uh, service that desire.
My only complaint about romantasy is that people are starting to demand it of me, and I am not a spicy author. I am the Midwestern casserole of authors. There's cream of mushroom soup in there. Please don't make me write sex. It makes me want to die.
May 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is the way it should be. We all have our skill sets! Not wanting to write outside your comfort zone is PRETTY DAMN VALID. No one should be demanding this content from folks!
Also writing meltingly hot sex scenes is a skill! One you have to cultivate! It gets weird fast if you don't!
Also writing meltingly hot sex scenes is a skill! One you have to cultivate! It gets weird fast if you don't!
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Aikuiset ihmiset yleensä valittavat että lapset ja nuoriso ovat pilalla ja tuijottavat vain ruutuja. Jos nykyään olisi niin paljon pihapelejä lapsilla kuin ennen aikaan niin nämä samat Marjatat ja Kalevit olisi niitä kieltämässä taloyhtiön järjestyssäännöissä😌
May 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Aikuiset ihmiset yleensä valittavat että lapset ja nuoriso ovat pilalla ja tuijottavat vain ruutuja. Jos nykyään olisi niin paljon pihapelejä lapsilla kuin ennen aikaan niin nämä samat Marjatat ja Kalevit olisi niitä kieltämässä taloyhtiön järjestyssäännöissä😌
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Vinkki näin suurperheen isältä, mua ainakaan ei oo yhtäkään lasta tehdessä kiinnostanut paskaakaan se että mikä on valtion budjetin velkaantumisaste, tai tuloveroprosentti. Sen sijaan mua on kiinnostanut kyllä joka kerta se, miten kaukana synnäri on, miten sinne pääsee, onko se ruuhkaantunut 1/3
"Laskevaa syntyvyyttä yritetään kääntää ylöspäin monin keinoin, ja niitä pohditaan erityisesti sosiaali- ja terveysministeriössä. Asiantuntijoiden keskuudessa on kuitenkin herännyt huoli, että työministeriössä tehdään samaan aikaan politiikkaa, jonka vaikutus syntyvyyteen on täysin päinvastainen."
Työelämä | Järjestöt syyttävät hallitusta syntyvyyden heikentämisestä – Näin tuore työministeri vastaa
Syntyvyys kyntää kaikkien aikojen pohjamudissa. Osa asiantuntijoista pelkää, että työelämään suunnitellut muutokset vain pahentavat tilannetta.
www.hs.fi
May 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Vinkki näin suurperheen isältä, mua ainakaan ei oo yhtäkään lasta tehdessä kiinnostanut paskaakaan se että mikä on valtion budjetin velkaantumisaste, tai tuloveroprosentti. Sen sijaan mua on kiinnostanut kyllä joka kerta se, miten kaukana synnäri on, miten sinne pääsee, onko se ruuhkaantunut 1/3
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I'm not depressed, I just need $25,000 in my bank account.
May 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'm not depressed, I just need $25,000 in my bank account.
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if an employee of the Chicago Sun Times made up a summer reading list of 50 fake books that didn't exist they would be fired already, blacklisted by the industry & the paper would have issued a retraction and a full page apology but it was a plagiarism machine so it'll just get used again next week
May 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
if an employee of the Chicago Sun Times made up a summer reading list of 50 fake books that didn't exist they would be fired already, blacklisted by the industry & the paper would have issued a retraction and a full page apology but it was a plagiarism machine so it'll just get used again next week
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Douglas Fairbanks did most of his own stunts and was a true athlete but he looked even better onscreen thanks to a few little tricks. For example, this slightly lowered table in THE MARK OF ZORRO makes his leap all the more graceful.
May 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Douglas Fairbanks did most of his own stunts and was a true athlete but he looked even better onscreen thanks to a few little tricks. For example, this slightly lowered table in THE MARK OF ZORRO makes his leap all the more graceful.
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Oh my fucking..
"Police have been issued guidance on how to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and check their phones for menstrual cycle tracking apps after unexpected pregnancy loss"
"...police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain medical records..."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
"...police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain medical records..."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Oh my fucking..
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Reminding people that "psychotic" doesn't mean "A person I disagree with", FFS.
I'm psychotic, I think there are zombies in my hallway so I jab them with a wooden spoon to see if they're real.
I don't *checks notes* become the head of a massive police state to threaten musicians I don't like.
I'm psychotic, I think there are zombies in my hallway so I jab them with a wooden spoon to see if they're real.
I don't *checks notes* become the head of a massive police state to threaten musicians I don't like.
May 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Reminding people that "psychotic" doesn't mean "A person I disagree with", FFS.
I'm psychotic, I think there are zombies in my hallway so I jab them with a wooden spoon to see if they're real.
I don't *checks notes* become the head of a massive police state to threaten musicians I don't like.
I'm psychotic, I think there are zombies in my hallway so I jab them with a wooden spoon to see if they're real.
I don't *checks notes* become the head of a massive police state to threaten musicians I don't like.
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I am in fact somehow still alice awake etc at what cost lol
May 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I am in fact somehow still alice awake etc at what cost lol
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Psst used books don't have tariffs 📚
May 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Psst used books don't have tariffs 📚
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This was just the PS of an email I got this morning
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This was just the PS of an email I got this morning
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Hei Orpo ja kumppanit! En kaipaa 3000 € lisää vuodessa.
Sen sijaan olisin kaivannut:
- yhteiskuntarauhaa
- toimivia sote-palveluita
- ilmaista laadukasta koulutusta
- toimivia päivähoitopalveluita
- riittävää sosiaaliturvaa köyhille
- jälkipolville elinkelpoista planeettaa
- puhdasta luontoa
Sen sijaan olisin kaivannut:
- yhteiskuntarauhaa
- toimivia sote-palveluita
- ilmaista laadukasta koulutusta
- toimivia päivähoitopalveluita
- riittävää sosiaaliturvaa köyhille
- jälkipolville elinkelpoista planeettaa
- puhdasta luontoa
April 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Hei Orpo ja kumppanit! En kaipaa 3000 € lisää vuodessa.
Sen sijaan olisin kaivannut:
- yhteiskuntarauhaa
- toimivia sote-palveluita
- ilmaista laadukasta koulutusta
- toimivia päivähoitopalveluita
- riittävää sosiaaliturvaa köyhille
- jälkipolville elinkelpoista planeettaa
- puhdasta luontoa
Sen sijaan olisin kaivannut:
- yhteiskuntarauhaa
- toimivia sote-palveluita
- ilmaista laadukasta koulutusta
- toimivia päivähoitopalveluita
- riittävää sosiaaliturvaa köyhille
- jälkipolville elinkelpoista planeettaa
- puhdasta luontoa
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they also never could have predicted that renters would be allowed to vote
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
they also never could have predicted that renters would be allowed to vote
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Ensi kesän suosituin grillimakkara.
April 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Ensi kesän suosituin grillimakkara.
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Wrecked my hands for my craft but she real pretty.
April 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Wrecked my hands for my craft but she real pretty.
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this has been *exactly* like the Wondermark sealion comic except if the sealion were worse at hiding being a huge asshole
it's truly wild how much of modern atheism is just repeating Christian antisemitism and pretending this is a neutral position
April 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
this has been *exactly* like the Wondermark sealion comic except if the sealion were worse at hiding being a huge asshole
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"Kirkko pohtii, voiko se haudata jatkossa kuolleita – syynä hallituksen leikkaukset"
Kaikki haudataan siis elävänä?
Kaikki haudataan siis elävänä?
April 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
"Kirkko pohtii, voiko se haudata jatkossa kuolleita – syynä hallituksen leikkaukset"
Kaikki haudataan siis elävänä?
Kaikki haudataan siis elävänä?