Mads 📝
@lockheedelektra.bsky.social
They/them - white - Do Not Mistake Me For A Heterosexual - sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and generalized fuckery
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I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
Places to Donate to in Minnesota
Buy/Donate Materials: Help buy dashcams for legal observers Bethel Church Food Pantry TC Food Justice: Donate food Mutual Aid Funds: Lyndale School Mutual Aid Fund Rent Relief Fund for Southside Fami...
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January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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If you're as mad as I am about the news of ICE murdering someone in Minneapolis, please consider buying these dash cams and/or sd cards. These are urgently needed to document what ICE is doing in the Twin Cities. Please buy if you can - they go directly to ICE observers.
ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
January 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
If you're as mad as I am about the news of ICE murdering someone in Minneapolis, please consider buying these dash cams and/or sd cards. These are urgently needed to document what ICE is doing in the Twin Cities. Please buy if you can - they go directly to ICE observers.
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important message to all bluesky users
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
important message to all bluesky users
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"A Mulberry is a tree, Kuwabara's a man!"
January 7, 2026 at 8:42 AM
"A Mulberry is a tree, Kuwabara's a man!"
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Happy NY, writer folk! 🎊
Each year, to stay sane in an industry where I control little, I kick off writing with a bingo card of actions I do control.
Words written
% edited
Applications completed
Things submitted
& this year, I’m sharing! 💜 One for shorts, one for novels—I hope they’re helpful :)
Each year, to stay sane in an industry where I control little, I kick off writing with a bingo card of actions I do control.
Words written
% edited
Applications completed
Things submitted
& this year, I’m sharing! 💜 One for shorts, one for novels—I hope they’re helpful :)
January 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Happy NY, writer folk! 🎊
Each year, to stay sane in an industry where I control little, I kick off writing with a bingo card of actions I do control.
Words written
% edited
Applications completed
Things submitted
& this year, I’m sharing! 💜 One for shorts, one for novels—I hope they’re helpful :)
Each year, to stay sane in an industry where I control little, I kick off writing with a bingo card of actions I do control.
Words written
% edited
Applications completed
Things submitted
& this year, I’m sharing! 💜 One for shorts, one for novels—I hope they’re helpful :)
I gave myself permission to write fanfic again and I've? Cranked out 20k words in a month?
December 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I gave myself permission to write fanfic again and I've? Cranked out 20k words in a month?
It's been a rough year, but experience has taught me not to short the cats. I offer what I have: some canned mini sausages and a cardboard box lined with crinkly newsprint ads.
The short-legged matron who samples them blinks her gold eyes slowly up at me. "So, child. Which one: love or luck?"
The short-legged matron who samples them blinks her gold eyes slowly up at me. "So, child. Which one: love or luck?"
The cats are here to usher in the new year. Old grizzled toms, fuzzy toddling kittens, and fierce queens. Slinking along street corners and balancing on lamp posts. What offering are you placing on your doorstep to earn the cats' blessings?
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
December 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It's been a rough year, but experience has taught me not to short the cats. I offer what I have: some canned mini sausages and a cardboard box lined with crinkly newsprint ads.
The short-legged matron who samples them blinks her gold eyes slowly up at me. "So, child. Which one: love or luck?"
The short-legged matron who samples them blinks her gold eyes slowly up at me. "So, child. Which one: love or luck?"
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I've already had a dream that I missed an episode. Felt bad! Won't be doing that. Let's cook.
DWMC 3 – Italian Ground Pork with Greens and Cannelini Beans
Equipment: Wide, deep pan (about 12 inches wide, with high walls) Ingredients: 1 lb. Spiced Italian Pork Sausage (Ground) Half Box of Baby Bella Mushrooms 3-4 Leaves of Collard Greens 1 Can of Cannelini Beans Seasoning recommendations: Pepper Garlic (Sliced, Dehydrated, or Powdered) Blackening Nutritional Yeast Italian spices Potential Additions: White onion Fresh Garlic A light, fragrant, cheese such as parmeasan.
dreamamoeba.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I've already had a dream that I missed an episode. Felt bad! Won't be doing that. Let's cook.
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My favorite thing about Frog and Toad is that it is the story of two men deeply and obviously in love with one another, drawn as a tribute to his lifelong partner by a gay man long before their relationship was socially sanctioned.
December 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My favorite thing about Frog and Toad is that it is the story of two men deeply and obviously in love with one another, drawn as a tribute to his lifelong partner by a gay man long before their relationship was socially sanctioned.
A Knight's Tale is a Christmas movie
December 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A Knight's Tale is a Christmas movie
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As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
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pics that go hard
December 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
pics that go hard
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Apply for an internship that doesn't suck: defector.com/would-you-li...
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector…
defector.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Apply for an internship that doesn't suck: defector.com/would-you-li...
Today in demented cooking: my sweet potatoes were too hot and my cream was too cold so I
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today in demented cooking: my sweet potatoes were too hot and my cream was too cold so I
Fell down a research hole in pursuit of my usual bullshit and I found out that the mother of modern ice cream was a total babe
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Fell down a research hole in pursuit of my usual bullshit and I found out that the mother of modern ice cream was a total babe
Journaling fucking rocks, I was all upset and weepy earlier and now I'm still upset but I have clarity about it
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Journaling fucking rocks, I was all upset and weepy earlier and now I'm still upset but I have clarity about it
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On November 11, 1887, four anarchists were hanged, after being found guilty of murder of a cop in Chicago's Haymarket Square, though the prosecutor admitted that they were actually tried for being anarchists.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On November 11, 1887, four anarchists were hanged, after being found guilty of murder of a cop in Chicago's Haymarket Square, though the prosecutor admitted that they were actually tried for being anarchists.
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Federal Workers are not getting paid & Trump is cutting off SNAP. We have to come together & take care of our community. We’ve Organized a few spots where you can drop off non-perishable goods. AFGE will help get these items to federal workers in Central Florida. Please help out if you can 👇🏾
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Federal Workers are not getting paid & Trump is cutting off SNAP. We have to come together & take care of our community. We’ve Organized a few spots where you can drop off non-perishable goods. AFGE will help get these items to federal workers in Central Florida. Please help out if you can 👇🏾
I got lunch today at a local spot and it came with potato chips. I do not care for potato chips (pauses to dodge tomato) so I gave them to a pair of tweens at the next table. They were so jazzed. I think I might keep getting potato chips with lunch just so I can give them away to people
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I got lunch today at a local spot and it came with potato chips. I do not care for potato chips (pauses to dodge tomato) so I gave them to a pair of tweens at the next table. They were so jazzed. I think I might keep getting potato chips with lunch just so I can give them away to people
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HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE END OF SNAP
This is important. This came to me overnight through a group organizing in the PNW. Please consider adopting these strategies where you live. YOU WILL SAVE LIVES. SNAP runs out 11-1.
Start a block/neighborhood channel on Signal and get to work.
This is important. This came to me overnight through a group organizing in the PNW. Please consider adopting these strategies where you live. YOU WILL SAVE LIVES. SNAP runs out 11-1.
Start a block/neighborhood channel on Signal and get to work.
![How it works:
1. Steward posts once to the block group: "I've got a small shelf of staples. DM 'BAG' no questions asked."
2. Keep a simple in/out tally; rotate oldest first; replace what's used.
3. If demand spikes, steward pings the block: "NEED: 6 cans, 2 pastas, diapers size 4."
4. For larger needs, handoff to a local food bank. Privacy and dignity first—no photos, no public names.
Comment to volunteer: STEWARD
- [Your Street Name]
Comment to donate: DONOR -
[Item or $ pledge]
Need help? DM me the word BAG.
No shame.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3k4ivyknlg4yv4as4b6anmt/bafkreifmoiimee4tkmql74qnbxhvqxf4u2s3hte6ojaxtb4gvsnkmhvsv4@jpeg)
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE END OF SNAP
This is important. This came to me overnight through a group organizing in the PNW. Please consider adopting these strategies where you live. YOU WILL SAVE LIVES. SNAP runs out 11-1.
Start a block/neighborhood channel on Signal and get to work.
This is important. This came to me overnight through a group organizing in the PNW. Please consider adopting these strategies where you live. YOU WILL SAVE LIVES. SNAP runs out 11-1.
Start a block/neighborhood channel on Signal and get to work.
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“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
"Art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go f*ck itself!” Guillermo del Toro is a guest of honour at this year’s Lumière Film Festival. He presents his adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", which audiences got to see on the big screen before it streams on Netflix next month.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”
I don't know if I'm painting the tree right. I've only heard stories from my grandfather, handed down through the centuries. Before our planet died, he said, you could pluck food right off them. It's a far-fetched idea, but the fantasy helps me fall asleep, clutching an heirloom jar of ancient dirt.
On an interplanetary merchant ship, strictly enforced rules and regulations are how a crew survives with ship intact and food properly rationed. Even so, each crewmember is allowed a few grams of paint and personal items for their bunk. What does your cot look like?
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
October 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I don't know if I'm painting the tree right. I've only heard stories from my grandfather, handed down through the centuries. Before our planet died, he said, you could pluck food right off them. It's a far-fetched idea, but the fantasy helps me fall asleep, clutching an heirloom jar of ancient dirt.