Samhain 🦊
@feedingthedark.bsky.social
Sam (she/they)
So what if we do fall apart
Shamelessly be who we are
And let all the broken pieces shine
So what if we do fall apart
Shamelessly be who we are
And let all the broken pieces shine
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My sympathies to everyone in game dev who was once again hoping against hope that this year the ad show that calls itself an award show would respect them as artists and creators. Hugs. Your frustration is valid. May we all someday learn to stop grabbing rose bushes and expecting a hug.
December 8, 2023 at 7:36 AM
My sympathies to everyone in game dev who was once again hoping against hope that this year the ad show that calls itself an award show would respect them as artists and creators. Hugs. Your frustration is valid. May we all someday learn to stop grabbing rose bushes and expecting a hug.
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+1 for The San Antonio Express News lmao
December 1, 2023 at 1:40 AM
+1 for The San Antonio Express News lmao
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THEM: If it was important, you'd remember
ME: [has ADHD] I frequently forget that close friends of mine exist
ME: [has ADHD] I frequently forget that close friends of mine exist
December 1, 2023 at 2:40 AM
THEM: If it was important, you'd remember
ME: [has ADHD] I frequently forget that close friends of mine exist
ME: [has ADHD] I frequently forget that close friends of mine exist
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So this is your reminder that this is absolutely how fascism works: they find a group of people, they convince you THAT group deserves no protection, and then they try to convince you that everyone else they don’t like is like THAT group.
November 24, 2023 at 6:53 PM
So this is your reminder that this is absolutely how fascism works: they find a group of people, they convince you THAT group deserves no protection, and then they try to convince you that everyone else they don’t like is like THAT group.
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As soon as I heard about musk's new Grok chatbot "having a sense of humor" I knew it was going to be annoying but I wasn't prepared for this level of thermonuclear cringe
November 6, 2023 at 8:20 PM
As soon as I heard about musk's new Grok chatbot "having a sense of humor" I knew it was going to be annoying but I wasn't prepared for this level of thermonuclear cringe
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Telling 1 million people to leave their homes when there is nowhere to go, and it would be ethnic cleansing even if there were somewhere to go.
please let's not have any more nonsense over whether Israel's response is proportionate, or whether they are really trying not to kill civilians.
please let's not have any more nonsense over whether Israel's response is proportionate, or whether they are really trying not to kill civilians.
this is nakedly genocidal. there is nowhere for them to go.
www.axios.com/2023/10/13/i...
www.axios.com/2023/10/13/i...
October 13, 2023 at 3:11 AM
Telling 1 million people to leave their homes when there is nowhere to go, and it would be ethnic cleansing even if there were somewhere to go.
please let's not have any more nonsense over whether Israel's response is proportionate, or whether they are really trying not to kill civilians.
please let's not have any more nonsense over whether Israel's response is proportionate, or whether they are really trying not to kill civilians.
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You don't have to endorse one side's crimes against humanity in order to condemn the other's. Crimes against humanity are wrong no matter who does them, or who started it.
October 13, 2023 at 3:13 AM
You don't have to endorse one side's crimes against humanity in order to condemn the other's. Crimes against humanity are wrong no matter who does them, or who started it.
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Seeing a lot of "supporting the Palestinian people means supporting Hamas!" takes over on the other site and getting lots of 2003 "opposing the invasion of Iraq means supporting Saddam!" vibes. Don't think this ends well.
October 9, 2023 at 3:51 PM
Seeing a lot of "supporting the Palestinian people means supporting Hamas!" takes over on the other site and getting lots of 2003 "opposing the invasion of Iraq means supporting Saddam!" vibes. Don't think this ends well.
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oh is it monday
October 9, 2023 at 1:45 PM
oh is it monday
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BREAKING: Country committing genocide against Indigenous population stands with country committing genocide against Indigenous population
October 9, 2023 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: Country committing genocide against Indigenous population stands with country committing genocide against Indigenous population
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Happy Indigenous People's day, the crimes of the conquistadors were known and recorded not just by their victims but by their cultural and linguistic contemporaries.
Catherine's tweet is one of the best. Bringing it over here for preservation.
October 9, 2023 at 12:58 PM
Happy Indigenous People's day, the crimes of the conquistadors were known and recorded not just by their victims but by their cultural and linguistic contemporaries.
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I am shocked — simply SHOCKED — to learn that one of the Twitter Files nonsense-peddlers spent his free time writing things like, "I want white identity politics to grow like wildfire," and, "Holy shit, Hitler actually had some decent points."
Exceptional reporting by @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social.
Exceptional reporting by @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social.
This anti-censorship crusader appears to have buried something himself: A secret alt-right past
Frame Game, the pseudonym of an alt-right internet personality, hid his face while pushing racist conspiracy theories. Inadvertent slips revealed details about his identity.
www.nbcnews.com
October 6, 2023 at 10:03 PM
I am shocked — simply SHOCKED — to learn that one of the Twitter Files nonsense-peddlers spent his free time writing things like, "I want white identity politics to grow like wildfire," and, "Holy shit, Hitler actually had some decent points."
Exceptional reporting by @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social.
Exceptional reporting by @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social.
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Yep. To me, there's no need for an either/or. Musk is obviously incompetent at managing Twitter. Musk's posts also reveal him to be an incurious, gullible, hateful buffoon.
Neither of those is incompatible with him having a deliberate plan to promote the right-wing and stifle everyone else.
Neither of those is incompatible with him having a deliberate plan to promote the right-wing and stifle everyone else.
to date, if I post anything about how musk bought twitter to help shitty authoritarians wage information warfare I get a bunch of cocksure replies about how musk somehow isn't smart or competent enough to do that
despite the very obvious fact that's exactly what he's doing
despite the very obvious fact that's exactly what he's doing
October 3, 2023 at 3:21 PM
Yep. To me, there's no need for an either/or. Musk is obviously incompetent at managing Twitter. Musk's posts also reveal him to be an incurious, gullible, hateful buffoon.
Neither of those is incompatible with him having a deliberate plan to promote the right-wing and stifle everyone else.
Neither of those is incompatible with him having a deliberate plan to promote the right-wing and stifle everyone else.
Like many people with chronic pain, I have noticed consuming less sugar helps a lot. Today, I had two sodas, a cocktail, cake at lunch and cake as a 4pm snack. Watch me wondering why I'm flaring up tonight and/or tomorrow 🤡
October 3, 2023 at 8:03 PM
Like many people with chronic pain, I have noticed consuming less sugar helps a lot. Today, I had two sodas, a cocktail, cake at lunch and cake as a 4pm snack. Watch me wondering why I'm flaring up tonight and/or tomorrow 🤡
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With all of us coming here to Bluesky, we are all essentially hitting a big reset button.
Twitter promoted a lot of toxic unhealthy traits in the pursuit for clout thanks to its awful algorithm.
Here, those toxic fucks don't have an algorithm to push their bullshit. This is a huge chance for us.
Twitter promoted a lot of toxic unhealthy traits in the pursuit for clout thanks to its awful algorithm.
Here, those toxic fucks don't have an algorithm to push their bullshit. This is a huge chance for us.
September 26, 2023 at 7:53 AM
With all of us coming here to Bluesky, we are all essentially hitting a big reset button.
Twitter promoted a lot of toxic unhealthy traits in the pursuit for clout thanks to its awful algorithm.
Here, those toxic fucks don't have an algorithm to push their bullshit. This is a huge chance for us.
Twitter promoted a lot of toxic unhealthy traits in the pursuit for clout thanks to its awful algorithm.
Here, those toxic fucks don't have an algorithm to push their bullshit. This is a huge chance for us.
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10) However, remember that BSky also doesn't show replies made by people the OP has blocked in a thread. If they post about a pattern that's making them cranky and you look and don't see anything, they probably already blocked the worst of it. They still saw it in their mentions in order to block.
October 2, 2023 at 1:30 PM
10) However, remember that BSky also doesn't show replies made by people the OP has blocked in a thread. If they post about a pattern that's making them cranky and you look and don't see anything, they probably already blocked the worst of it. They still saw it in their mentions in order to block.
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9a) If someone's top tweet sounds really annoyed at something, maybe check their timeline or follow back their nested self-QTs to see what level of irritable they're at and over what so you don't step straight on the same rakes they've been dodging all day.
October 2, 2023 at 1:28 PM
9a) If someone's top tweet sounds really annoyed at something, maybe check their timeline or follow back their nested self-QTs to see what level of irritable they're at and over what so you don't step straight on the same rakes they've been dodging all day.
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9) It deserves repeating: remember the Law of Large Numbers. Even if you only commented once, you may be the hundredth irritating comment that person got that day. Bluesky's terrible threading makes this worse: people don't keep a single thread of mounting crankiness the way they did on Twitter.
October 2, 2023 at 1:26 PM
9) It deserves repeating: remember the Law of Large Numbers. Even if you only commented once, you may be the hundredth irritating comment that person got that day. Bluesky's terrible threading makes this worse: people don't keep a single thread of mounting crankiness the way they did on Twitter.
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8) We are all occasionally That Commenter. If someone you have a pre-existing relationship with replies to you and lets you know you're being That Commenter, it's because they have a positive enough impression of you they don't want to go straight to block. Treat this like the warning sign it is.
October 2, 2023 at 1:21 PM
8) We are all occasionally That Commenter. If someone you have a pre-existing relationship with replies to you and lets you know you're being That Commenter, it's because they have a positive enough impression of you they don't want to go straight to block. Treat this like the warning sign it is.
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7) Is someone excited about a thing you hate? Are they having fun with the thing? Is the thing a front for white supremacist recruiting or organizing the overthrow of the US government? If the answers are yes, yes, and no, respectively, shut the fuck up and let people enjoy things.
October 2, 2023 at 1:15 PM
7) Is someone excited about a thing you hate? Are they having fun with the thing? Is the thing a front for white supremacist recruiting or organizing the overthrow of the US government? If the answers are yes, yes, and no, respectively, shut the fuck up and let people enjoy things.
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6) Do you really need to nitpick that grammar, spelling, or word choice? Did you understand what they were trying to say before autocorrect mangled it or they blanked on the exact word they wanted and found a close one? If you understood the meaning, don't be their volunteer copyeditor.
October 2, 2023 at 1:12 PM
6) Do you really need to nitpick that grammar, spelling, or word choice? Did you understand what they were trying to say before autocorrect mangled it or they blanked on the exact word they wanted and found a close one? If you understood the meaning, don't be their volunteer copyeditor.