Beth Winter 🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🇵🇱🇺🇦
@bwinter.bsky.social
Books, cats, Takarazuka and other musicals. Warsaw, Poland. She/her or zie/zir. yukinojou.tumblr.com
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Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
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Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
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We sincerely apologise for that idiot to our German allies.
Opposition-aligned President Nawrocki has declared that Poland remains “ready to defend the western border” with Germany in a speech on the anniversary of an uprising against German rule.
In response, the foreign minister "reassured" the president that "there is no threat on our western border".
In response, the foreign minister "reassured" the president that "there is no threat on our western border".
Poland "ready to defend western border" with Germany, says president
notesfrompoland.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We sincerely apologise for that idiot to our German allies.
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Y’all, the Castlevania: Awakening In The Moonlight musical by Takarazuka Revue is available legally on VOD with subtitles starting today until the end of March, this is a great adaptation and the women in this show are so good, PLUS this is a rare experiment globally
Please see it if you’re curious
Please see it if you’re curious
Takarazuka Revue “Castlevania: Awakening in the Moonlight" Worldwide streaming／『悪魔城ドラキュラ』全世界 動画配信実施
YouTube video by 宝塚歌劇 公式チャンネル Takarazuka Revue Company
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Y’all, the Castlevania: Awakening In The Moonlight musical by Takarazuka Revue is available legally on VOD with subtitles starting today until the end of March, this is a great adaptation and the women in this show are so good, PLUS this is a rare experiment globally
Please see it if you’re curious
Please see it if you’re curious
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Reading The Hollow Man, because of the mention in Wake Up Dead Man, and wow the anti-Slavic racism is off the charts. Especially amusing since it's so clearly misfired - the characters in question are Hungarian!
December 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Reading The Hollow Man, because of the mention in Wake Up Dead Man, and wow the anti-Slavic racism is off the charts. Especially amusing since it's so clearly misfired - the characters in question are Hungarian!
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I am crying bluesky, you are all the sweetest! Thank you for being excited, I was nervous to reveal! Aaand, here is a lil blurb action to go with the cover.
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I am crying bluesky, you are all the sweetest! Thank you for being excited, I was nervous to reveal! Aaand, here is a lil blurb action to go with the cover.
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I am not the originator of this insight, but: we do not actually know what is ADHD and what is post-traumatic stress, because our society does not produce untraumatized people with ADHD.
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I am not the originator of this insight, but: we do not actually know what is ADHD and what is post-traumatic stress, because our society does not produce untraumatized people with ADHD.
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OH MY GOD FINALLY, I CANNOT WAIT
Preorder alert!
Amina's off on a dangerous mission to steal a spindle from a mysterious sorceress in THE TAPESTRY OF FATE, @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's epic sequel to The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.
Signed Exclusive Edition with sprayed edges: www.waterstones.com/book/the-tap...
🪐💙📚
#SFF
Amina's off on a dangerous mission to steal a spindle from a mysterious sorceress in THE TAPESTRY OF FATE, @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's epic sequel to The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.
Signed Exclusive Edition with sprayed edges: www.waterstones.com/book/the-tap...
🪐💙📚
#SFF
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
OH MY GOD FINALLY, I CANNOT WAIT
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MARCH 10 2026
BE THERE OR BE SQUARE
Covers are by @fringe-element.net who did an awesome job
Editions will include introductions plus bonus short stories
There will also be a preorder campaign--more details on that later.
BE THERE OR BE SQUARE
Covers are by @fringe-element.net who did an awesome job
Editions will include introductions plus bonus short stories
There will also be a preorder campaign--more details on that later.
The new editions of the FULL TRILOGY by @aliettedebodard.com are available for preorder now in ebook and paperback, wherever books are sold.
Check out book 1 here:
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Check out book 1 here:
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
MARCH 10 2026
BE THERE OR BE SQUARE
Covers are by @fringe-element.net who did an awesome job
Editions will include introductions plus bonus short stories
There will also be a preorder campaign--more details on that later.
BE THERE OR BE SQUARE
Covers are by @fringe-element.net who did an awesome job
Editions will include introductions plus bonus short stories
There will also be a preorder campaign--more details on that later.
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you come for me like this in my own home
Jay Chester, 40, can’t believe it’s been so long since you last met up and genuinely intends to remedy the issue – and will spend the next decade genuinely intending to remedy the issue.
“We mustn’t leave it so long next time” says AuDHD friend who’ll see you in a decade
An AuDHD friend who has vowed to get better at staying in touch will see you whenever the next parent dies, sources have confirmed. Jay Chester, 40, can’t believe it’s been so long since you last…
thedailytism.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
you come for me like this in my own home
Feminist festival (with speeches, choral performance and a one act play) in Lublin in 1925. @myalchod.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Feminist festival (with speeches, choral performance and a one act play) in Lublin in 1925. @myalchod.bsky.social
When museums and Bluesky collide. @adapalmer.bsky.social the only copy of the printed Sforziad signed by the illuminator says hi! (Yes, I told people to look it up in Inventing The Renaissance.)
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
When museums and Bluesky collide. @adapalmer.bsky.social the only copy of the printed Sforziad signed by the illuminator says hi! (Yes, I told people to look it up in Inventing The Renaissance.)
Oh look a pseudo Roman statue. Why is he wearing a crop top? Okay, sluttiest Roman emperor... Why does my brain say Hadrian?
(It's Hadrian. No idea how my brain made the connection. Except the six months I spent basically living in the Louvre as a kid.)
(It's Hadrian. No idea how my brain made the connection. Except the six months I spent basically living in the Louvre as a kid.)
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Oh look a pseudo Roman statue. Why is he wearing a crop top? Okay, sluttiest Roman emperor... Why does my brain say Hadrian?
(It's Hadrian. No idea how my brain made the connection. Except the six months I spent basically living in the Louvre as a kid.)
(It's Hadrian. No idea how my brain made the connection. Except the six months I spent basically living in the Louvre as a kid.)
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Trans Miss Universe contestant, Miss Vietnam Nguyen Huong Giang, has explained her moving reason for wearing a traditional Vietnamese outfit during the costume showcase.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Trans Miss Universe contestant, Miss Vietnam Nguyen Huong Giang, has explained her moving reason for wearing a traditional Vietnamese outfit during the costume showcase.
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Omg the cubs are PURRING right now and you can hear it 🐱
I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Omg the cubs are PURRING right now and you can hear it 🐱
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Read this very carefully. A man who emigrated to the US as a child, as a WWII refugee, has been taken by ICE for being in the country "illegally."
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Read this very carefully. A man who emigrated to the US as a child, as a WWII refugee, has been taken by ICE for being in the country "illegally."
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
See what I have to put up with
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
See what I have to put up with
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Yeah, this was set to "Hide" in my settings. Fuck right off with that.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Yeah, this was set to "Hide" in my settings. Fuck right off with that.
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Dick Van Dyke has OUTLIVED Dick Cheney
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Dick Van Dyke has OUTLIVED Dick Cheney
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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
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Two big opposing rallies in Hungary today.
Orban’s pro-Russia one got fewer than 30k.
His rival Peter Magyar got more than 200K.
Orban’s pro-Russia one got fewer than 30k.
His rival Peter Magyar got more than 200K.
October 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Two big opposing rallies in Hungary today.
Orban’s pro-Russia one got fewer than 30k.
His rival Peter Magyar got more than 200K.
Orban’s pro-Russia one got fewer than 30k.
His rival Peter Magyar got more than 200K.
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polish small talk is trying to get a stranger to complain with you about something
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
polish small talk is trying to get a stranger to complain with you about something