Icewine Rose
@icewinerose.bsky.social
Aka Sporadic SciFi on Twitter. My personal, so mostly fan stuff and things that interest me or make me go hmm. I am not a minor.
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There are going to be A LOT of misleading, vaguely-worded headlines — particularly from non-music publications — in the near future trying to drum up hysteria about the AI Music Takeover. Please try to not take them at their word. We're still a long way off from this actually being a thing.
I've been seeing this headline floating around. To be clear:
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
There are going to be A LOT of misleading, vaguely-worded headlines — particularly from non-music publications — in the near future trying to drum up hysteria about the AI Music Takeover. Please try to not take them at their word. We're still a long way off from this actually being a thing.
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Thou shalt remove all the pedophiles from thy government. Seriously humans, it’s such a low bar to clear.
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Thou shalt remove all the pedophiles from thy government. Seriously humans, it’s such a low bar to clear.
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I waited a day to say this bc I respected everyone's right to vent some anger, but *remember to focus on what you can do*. Whether it's defending your community, taking action around what you've been venting about, whatever — but don't let all of your energy get captured in the social media space.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I waited a day to say this bc I respected everyone's right to vent some anger, but *remember to focus on what you can do*. Whether it's defending your community, taking action around what you've been venting about, whatever — but don't let all of your energy get captured in the social media space.
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I propose an international law that once you become personally responsible for the murder of 1,000 people, be it via direct violence or policy, you are declared a dragon and adventurers can form parties to quest against you.
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I propose an international law that once you become personally responsible for the murder of 1,000 people, be it via direct violence or policy, you are declared a dragon and adventurers can form parties to quest against you.
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Indigenous Peoples Month starts today! We'll be showcasing a #sciencefiction, #fantasy, or #horror book every day this month, all by Indigenous female, nonbinary, and trans authors from the United States, Canada, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Let's make those TBR lists a few 📚 longer!
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Indigenous Peoples Month starts today! We'll be showcasing a #sciencefiction, #fantasy, or #horror book every day this month, all by Indigenous female, nonbinary, and trans authors from the United States, Canada, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Let's make those TBR lists a few 📚 longer!
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I was a fantasy writer. Only. 2016 hit, the world went to crap, & I got awful writer's block, even reading was hard. The stakes in fantasy were too high.
I read AUSTENLAND by @shannonhale.bsky.social in 2018. It was like I could breathe again. I read a few more Romances, and my block vanished.
I read AUSTENLAND by @shannonhale.bsky.social in 2018. It was like I could breathe again. I read a few more Romances, and my block vanished.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I was a fantasy writer. Only. 2016 hit, the world went to crap, & I got awful writer's block, even reading was hard. The stakes in fantasy were too high.
I read AUSTENLAND by @shannonhale.bsky.social in 2018. It was like I could breathe again. I read a few more Romances, and my block vanished.
I read AUSTENLAND by @shannonhale.bsky.social in 2018. It was like I could breathe again. I read a few more Romances, and my block vanished.
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I loved fantasy as a kid. In high school I came to believe "mature" readers only read tragic classics. And I started to fall out of love with reading. One college break I picked up The Book of Three and re-read Lloyd Alexander's series with delight. After I gave myself permission to read EVERYTHING.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I loved fantasy as a kid. In high school I came to believe "mature" readers only read tragic classics. And I started to fall out of love with reading. One college break I picked up The Book of Three and re-read Lloyd Alexander's series with delight. After I gave myself permission to read EVERYTHING.
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Oh man, I sure wish Trump's extensive connections to Jeffrey Epstein had been known before the election
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Oh man, I sure wish Trump's extensive connections to Jeffrey Epstein had been known before the election
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In 2015, a man commented "looks great!" on a picture of a cake his niece had baked, and that is the last normal thing anyone has said on the internet.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In 2015, a man commented "looks great!" on a picture of a cake his niece had baked, and that is the last normal thing anyone has said on the internet.
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It really shouldn’t take that many words to answer a yes-or-no question.
CBS News' Weijia Jiang: "Did the president ever spend hours at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with a victim?"
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It really shouldn’t take that many words to answer a yes-or-no question.
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Door Dash report?!?!
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Door Dash report?!?!
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It was bad. No actually, it was terrible. Trump gave an interview to Fox’s Laura Ingraham, and with his guard down and no one to blame but himself, he really put his foot in it. And MAGA is pissed AF. My write-up in the replies.
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It was bad. No actually, it was terrible. Trump gave an interview to Fox’s Laura Ingraham, and with his guard down and no one to blame but himself, he really put his foot in it. And MAGA is pissed AF. My write-up in the replies.
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One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
Dereliction of responsibility by the court. It is so flagrantly illegal. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-wis...
Wisconsin Appeals Court Won't Stop Musk's $1 Million Payments To Voters After AG Sues
A Wisconsin appellate court has denied the state Democratic attorney general’s request to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters at a rally planned for Sunday, ju...
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March 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
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QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
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Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
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Lot happening here, but I want to focus for a moment on this: all these guys are so so so so so fucking dumb
Republican legal icon and Clinton scourge Ken Starr signs off a touching note to Jeffrey Epstein with "hugs." Amazing.
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Lot happening here, but I want to focus for a moment on this: all these guys are so so so so so fucking dumb
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17th Stardew comic 🐔 (1/2)
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
17th Stardew comic 🐔 (1/2)
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In our quest to make #Sirens26 a more inviting, more inclusive space, we thought it might help to have some more protected spaces. Presenting: the Sirens affinity groups, spaces created for the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled/neurodivergent/chronic illness communities. First meetup info here:
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In our quest to make #Sirens26 a more inviting, more inclusive space, we thought it might help to have some more protected spaces. Presenting: the Sirens affinity groups, spaces created for the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled/neurodivergent/chronic illness communities. First meetup info here:
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On being in conversation with our books...
On today’s Notes from the Margin, I’m defacing books with no apologies.
open.substack.com/pub/wendypra...
open.substack.com/pub/wendypra...
I deface my books because I am in conversation with them.
Do not be afraid to abuse your books*
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October 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
On being in conversation with our books...
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There is an explanation: the nation's leading anti-vaxxers see no urgency to ensuring access to this or any other vaccine.
Because they are anti-vaccine. Explicitly, unambiguously, anti-vaccine.
Because they are anti-vaccine. Explicitly, unambiguously, anti-vaccine.
Access to the COVID-19 vaccines remains difficult because of an unusual and unexplained delay by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in accepting recommendations from its advisers.
The CDC still hasn't issued COVID vaccine guidelines, leaving access in limbo
Access to the COVID-19 vaccines remains difficult because of an unusual and unexplained delay by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in accepting recommendations from its advisers.
n.pr
October 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
There is an explanation: the nation's leading anti-vaxxers see no urgency to ensuring access to this or any other vaccine.
Because they are anti-vaccine. Explicitly, unambiguously, anti-vaccine.
Because they are anti-vaccine. Explicitly, unambiguously, anti-vaccine.
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16th Stardew comic 🐔 (1/1)
September 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
16th Stardew comic 🐔 (1/1)
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14th Stardew comic 🐔 (1/3)
July 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
14th Stardew comic 🐔 (1/3)
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what are you supposed to do when the "good" political party doesn't treat a dozen credible sexual harassment claims as disqualifying for a political candidate. how are you supposed to ignore that
June 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
what are you supposed to do when the "good" political party doesn't treat a dozen credible sexual harassment claims as disqualifying for a political candidate. how are you supposed to ignore that
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Watched the Netflix documentary about Charles Manson, and guys I'll be honest, I don't think he should have done that
June 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Watched the Netflix documentary about Charles Manson, and guys I'll be honest, I don't think he should have done that