@katvrouw.bsky.social
Kind of want to spend my life making art, but also taking care of the people I love, and also saving the world, and also playing D&D and listening to metal, and also petting dogs and cats, and also sleeping. That last one’s the hardest, I think.
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We're counterprotesting a hate rally attempting to target trans kids' healthcare.
Details in the poster.
Details in the poster.
September 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We're counterprotesting a hate rally attempting to target trans kids' healthcare.
Details in the poster.
Details in the poster.
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It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.
June 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.
Even a stopped clock may be right twice a day… But it doesn’t stay right for long.
February 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Even a stopped clock may be right twice a day… But it doesn’t stay right for long.
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Momentum has started a petition for Canada to delist the USA from being a "safe country" for refugees
Sign the petition: Canada must update travel guidance and create clear, accessible pathways for trans refugees
Sign the petition: Sign the petition: Canada must update travel guidance and create clear, accessible pathways for trans refugees
www.momentumcanada.net
February 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Momentum has started a petition for Canada to delist the USA from being a "safe country" for refugees
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I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different.
In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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Chaos and confusion. Somebody read @naomiaklein.bsky.social The Shock Doctrine as a manual, it seems. Time for people to read it again for countermeasures also.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
January 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different.
In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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For parents of trans kids in the US:
If your child has lost care due to hospitals closing or stopping care, PLEASE contact Chase Strangio immediately.
@chasestrangio.bsky.social
@chasestrangio.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For parents of trans kids in the US:
Yes. And aside from being unethical, throwing vulnerable communities under the bus has never bought anyone safety, at least not for long.
Authoritarian regimes are rarely satisfied with suppressing or eradicating just one target. Teaching them by your inaction that they can get away with… (1/2)
Authoritarian regimes are rarely satisfied with suppressing or eradicating just one target. Teaching them by your inaction that they can get away with… (1/2)
"We have to allow this [org/shelter/hospital/school] to erase the trans community and comply to save everyone else"
Absolutely not.
I will not allow my community to be jettisoned to save yourself. Yes, if you don't, other groups may suffer, and you might too.
But we are all in this together.
Absolutely not.
I will not allow my community to be jettisoned to save yourself. Yes, if you don't, other groups may suffer, and you might too.
But we are all in this together.
February 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Yes. And aside from being unethical, throwing vulnerable communities under the bus has never bought anyone safety, at least not for long.
Authoritarian regimes are rarely satisfied with suppressing or eradicating just one target. Teaching them by your inaction that they can get away with… (1/2)
Authoritarian regimes are rarely satisfied with suppressing or eradicating just one target. Teaching them by your inaction that they can get away with… (1/2)
I don’t even have any words for how horrifically cruel and awful this is…
1. Getting word that we have another anti-trans EO tonight, this time targeting teachers.
It directs the federal government to work with state AGs to put teachers who use trans kids pronouns in jail through "sexual exploitation" laws or "practicing medicine without a license."
From a RW source:
It directs the federal government to work with state AGs to put teachers who use trans kids pronouns in jail through "sexual exploitation" laws or "practicing medicine without a license."
From a RW source:
January 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I don’t even have any words for how horrifically cruel and awful this is…
The comments on this post are an amazing wonderland of the fantastic and disturbing. Trapdoor weasels! Screaming deer! Puffer cows!
We're having a discussion about which interesting animal behaviour would be terrifying on a different species. The rules are
a) it can't be an immediate danger to you
b) it has to be so scary you would stop filming and leave.
Feel free to play along. The current winner is vulture murmuration.
a) it can't be an immediate danger to you
b) it has to be so scary you would stop filming and leave.
Feel free to play along. The current winner is vulture murmuration.
January 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The comments on this post are an amazing wonderland of the fantastic and disturbing. Trapdoor weasels! Screaming deer! Puffer cows!
This looks interesting! I’d been hoping a non-evil alternative to Facebook might emerge (Bluesky being more like a non-evil alternative to Twitter, which is not really the same thing). I may have to check Pillowfort out…
1/24 FUNDING UPDATE:
$4060 / $7000 (58%)
Hi! We're Pillowfort: a 100% user-funded and woman owned indie blogging platform. We need help to meet our funding goal.
PiFO is:
- PRO 2SLGBTQA+
- PRO NSFW
- ANTI NFTs/Crypto/GenAI
- ANTI Fascist
www.pillowfort.social/donations
#promosky #pillowfort
$4060 / $7000 (58%)
Hi! We're Pillowfort: a 100% user-funded and woman owned indie blogging platform. We need help to meet our funding goal.
PiFO is:
- PRO 2SLGBTQA+
- PRO NSFW
- ANTI NFTs/Crypto/GenAI
- ANTI Fascist
www.pillowfort.social/donations
#promosky #pillowfort
January 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This looks interesting! I’d been hoping a non-evil alternative to Facebook might emerge (Bluesky being more like a non-evil alternative to Twitter, which is not really the same thing). I may have to check Pillowfort out…
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To create as much justice and safety as possible, we have to defy authority and disobey, writes @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Trump Needs Public Cooperation to Enact a Fascist Vision. Here’s How We Refuse.
Our resistance to fascistic policies must be grounded in our sense of justice, rather than arguments about what’s legal.
truthout.org
January 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
To create as much justice and safety as possible, we have to defy authority and disobey, writes @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
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I don't do the 'please share' thing too often, but if you could share this, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
January 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I don't do the 'please share' thing too often, but if you could share this, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
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Every act of courage matters now.
Don't leave it to someone else - an authority, someone with power. You need to be brave.
We always spoke of everyday kindness. What we need now is everyday courage.
Don't leave it to someone else - an authority, someone with power. You need to be brave.
We always spoke of everyday kindness. What we need now is everyday courage.
January 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Every act of courage matters now.
Don't leave it to someone else - an authority, someone with power. You need to be brave.
We always spoke of everyday kindness. What we need now is everyday courage.
Don't leave it to someone else - an authority, someone with power. You need to be brave.
We always spoke of everyday kindness. What we need now is everyday courage.
Long thread but well worth reading.
Let’s talk about resistance after a conqueror takes power. Specifically let’s talk about this bendy yellow building, and what it shows us about the moment the Florentine Republic finally fell to its kleptocratic/proto-capitalist banking-fortune Medici conquerors 1/?
January 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Long thread but well worth reading.
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
January 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Trump’s anti-trans Executive Order is bad BUT it technically defines everyone as female. It states:
“'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell."
Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.
“'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell."
Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.
January 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Trump’s anti-trans Executive Order is bad BUT it technically defines everyone as female. It states:
“'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell."
Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.
“'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell."
Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.
OMG!
Should have happened decades ago, but given that I wasn’t expecting it to happen at all, this is kind of amazing…
Should have happened decades ago, but given that I wasn’t expecting it to happen at all, this is kind of amazing…
With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
OMG!
Should have happened decades ago, but given that I wasn’t expecting it to happen at all, this is kind of amazing…
Should have happened decades ago, but given that I wasn’t expecting it to happen at all, this is kind of amazing…
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Well, America, we had a good run. I mean, mostly. Okay, not entirely. *flips through a history book* You know what, forget I said anything.
January 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Well, America, we had a good run. I mean, mostly. Okay, not entirely. *flips through a history book* You know what, forget I said anything.
Very nice! I’m working on a seasonal one too, the Cute Krampus pattern from Noctilucentia on Etsy. Will post a photo later when I’m not at work…
Hello! This is the cross stitch I have been working on. I pretty much work on it only when there is a televised basketball game on for me locally. I’m more of a reader than an artist, but I’ve done some guided acrylic painting too. Refreshing German and extending my Spanish language base-Duolingo.
January 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Very nice! I’m working on a seasonal one too, the Cute Krampus pattern from Noctilucentia on Etsy. Will post a photo later when I’m not at work…
Yes, looking forward to seeing how that works out!
The photo-postings apps coming to BlueSky might help!
January 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Yes, looking forward to seeing how that works out!
I think, though, that what I miss most from FB is that there, the endless stream of “The world is burning and we’re all gonna die!” was broken up by interesting art, cross-stitch, cute animals, and other stuff from people’s daily lives. A reminder that there was more than doom… Here, not so much.
January 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I think, though, that what I miss most from FB is that there, the endless stream of “The world is burning and we’re all gonna die!” was broken up by interesting art, cross-stitch, cute animals, and other stuff from people’s daily lives. A reminder that there was more than doom… Here, not so much.
Have tamed my Bluesky feed somewhat by reverting to Livejournal practices, and making two lists, Read Daily and Read Occasionally.
The latter is for various authors and others who post like 100x/day. The former is for everyone else.
We shall see if this helps…
The latter is for various authors and others who post like 100x/day. The former is for everyone else.
We shall see if this helps…
January 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Have tamed my Bluesky feed somewhat by reverting to Livejournal practices, and making two lists, Read Daily and Read Occasionally.
The latter is for various authors and others who post like 100x/day. The former is for everyone else.
We shall see if this helps…
The latter is for various authors and others who post like 100x/day. The former is for everyone else.
We shall see if this helps…
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It seems dreadfully backwards that a big part of being an adult is waking up at your most comfortable, warm, cozy, pain free (hopefully) and then willfully force yourself to get up; thereby triggering again a sequence of events to gradually become less comfortable as the day goes on. What BS is this
January 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It seems dreadfully backwards that a big part of being an adult is waking up at your most comfortable, warm, cozy, pain free (hopefully) and then willfully force yourself to get up; thereby triggering again a sequence of events to gradually become less comfortable as the day goes on. What BS is this
Long thread but well worth reading.
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Long thread but well worth reading.