Rook
@arookbird.bsky.social
Spoonie, parent, creature. Trying to remember how to person.
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Remember: Type out "Trump" and put a space at the end.
December 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Remember: Type out "Trump" and put a space at the end.
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You know how in Murder, She Wrote, Jessica Fletcher is always going to the aid of her niece or school friend’s daughter or whatever in sorts of locations? There should be a modern mystery series where someone is going to the aid of all their internet friends all over the world.
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
You know how in Murder, She Wrote, Jessica Fletcher is always going to the aid of her niece or school friend’s daughter or whatever in sorts of locations? There should be a modern mystery series where someone is going to the aid of all their internet friends all over the world.
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60 Minutes is no longer a news magazine. Their new editor-in-chief has delegitimized it, bending knee and neck to the Trump regime. apple.news/AjJ2qFtJTTLO...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry — NPR
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
apple.news
December 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
60 Minutes is no longer a news magazine. Their new editor-in-chief has delegitimized it, bending knee and neck to the Trump regime. apple.news/AjJ2qFtJTTLO...
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OMG, patient 14's father 🤣🤣🤣
"The patient allegedly injured his penis while repairing a coffee grinder. However, everything clearly pointed to vacuum cleaner injury."
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December 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
OMG, patient 14's father 🤣🤣🤣
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Now that you mention it, it does look a bit like it could be backgrounds in a Graeme Base book
December 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Now that you mention it, it does look a bit like it could be backgrounds in a Graeme Base book
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blergh, I HATE having to ask coz I know it’s super hard for everyone especially around this time of year… but I’m also about to hit negative balances and I don’t get paid til next Friday :/
been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful
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been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful
ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor
Support Merc Wolfmoor
I appreciate you! (And the kitties do, too!)
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December 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
blergh, I HATE having to ask coz I know it’s super hard for everyone especially around this time of year… but I’m also about to hit negative balances and I don’t get paid til next Friday :/
been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful
ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor
been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful
ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor
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Thus redacted Zarathustra
December 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Thus redacted Zarathustra
Why do they think we aren't happy to throw Bill Clinton out with the rest of the trash?
Like, dudes, we've been down for that for a looonnnggg time.
Like, dudes, we've been down for that for a looonnnggg time.
December 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Why do they think we aren't happy to throw Bill Clinton out with the rest of the trash?
Like, dudes, we've been down for that for a looonnnggg time.
Like, dudes, we've been down for that for a looonnnggg time.
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Update: bsky.app/profile/ceci...
Whoa, that was fast. I didn't even have time to get worked up about the SFWA announcement today about LLMs in the Nebulas before they updated the language to be wholly anti-AI. From the email that just arrived: (copied in alt text)
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Update: bsky.app/profile/ceci...
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At this point, many people have told me that this take is garbage. Honestly they are right! I said this because I thought that SFWA members WANTED to include AI generated work in all categories. Clearly they don't. Which makes it even weirder to me that SFWA leadership does?
Why don't you create a separate award for AI-generated work? Surely you can't mean that all the Nebula Awards could potentially be given to people who don't write their own work?
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
At this point, many people have told me that this take is garbage. Honestly they are right! I said this because I thought that SFWA members WANTED to include AI generated work in all categories. Clearly they don't. Which makes it even weirder to me that SFWA leadership does?
It me
Imagine someone who, when they eat certain fruits, gets a tingling feeling in their throat and lips, and those areas get a little bit red and itchy.
That's an allergic reaction!
Even if they don't need to have an epi-pen, they are still allergic to those items!
1/
That's an allergic reaction!
Even if they don't need to have an epi-pen, they are still allergic to those items!
1/
December 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It me
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playing the chipmunks christmas songs in a grocery store should be considered some sort of war crime imo
December 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
playing the chipmunks christmas songs in a grocery store should be considered some sort of war crime imo
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If you read one U.S. president's remembrance of Rob Reiner today...
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you read one U.S. president's remembrance of Rob Reiner today...
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Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
Martha Wells
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
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Absolutely horrifying news this morning. One thing that hits me is that Mel Brooks is still with us and for him it's like losing a nephew - or even a son. Rob Reiner wasn't only a brilliant talent himself. He was part of an extended family who incubated some of the greatest talent in movies.
December 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Absolutely horrifying news this morning. One thing that hits me is that Mel Brooks is still with us and for him it's like losing a nephew - or even a son. Rob Reiner wasn't only a brilliant talent himself. He was part of an extended family who incubated some of the greatest talent in movies.
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Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
My wheelchair won't turn on and a wheelchair technician won't be available until the 15th...
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Please signal boost. Need a wheelchair tech who can help troubleshoot in Silver Spring, MD.
Look, I just don't give a fuck. I'd rather support people who want to game the system than risk harming those who are vulnerable. I just don't care. The wealthy can afford to pay taxes to pay for it. The math works out. We can support everyone. It's just the will to do it.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Look, I just don't give a fuck. I'd rather support people who want to game the system than risk harming those who are vulnerable. I just don't care. The wealthy can afford to pay taxes to pay for it. The math works out. We can support everyone. It's just the will to do it.
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I didn't get an answer, so let's crowdsource
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
so how do you solve the problem without denying access to people who need it?
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I didn't get an answer, so let's crowdsource
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
How do you effectively make the world accessible to people with disabilities while making sure people who don't need it don't take advantage but without denying access to people who need it?
i think the answer is "stop being a cop about it."
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Having spent some time in care as a child, I recommend this very fine essay, and the Subtack it comes from. Matt Taylor is a writer to watch.
“I grew up in care, not prison. I say it like a fact, like my phone number, recited without thinking. But none of that matters, because they want an answer.
‘So, what did you do wrong?’”
This is a great piece of writing by @matt-taylor.bsky.social
‘So, what did you do wrong?’”
This is a great piece of writing by @matt-taylor.bsky.social
“So, what did you do wrong?” | Lyric Essay
November 2025 is the first National Care Leavers Month, so here is a piece about the question I get asked most when people find out I grew up in care.
underclasshero.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Having spent some time in care as a child, I recommend this very fine essay, and the Subtack it comes from. Matt Taylor is a writer to watch.
I cannot express to you how much I love coffee.
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I cannot express to you how much I love coffee.
What is the point of being a billionaire if you can't say what you want to who you want?
Franklin the Turtle is braver than Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s silence on the Trump administration using her music speaks volumes | Alim Kheraj
Official Trump social media accounts have been using The Life of a Showgirl snippets to promote his agenda. Why has Swift, who once wanted ‘to be on the right side of history’, said nothing?
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What is the point of being a billionaire if you can't say what you want to who you want?
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Oh this looks fabulous
What would YOU do for the perfect dress? ❌
What would ANNE HATHAWAY do for the perfect dress? ✅
What would ANNE HATHAWAY do for the perfect dress? ✅
Anne Hathaway Goes Full Diva in the Trailer for David Lowery’s Mother Mary - Reactor
Not sure you wanna say yes to this dress, Anne
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December 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Oh this looks fabulous