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Kat
@longwayback.bsky.social
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the middle of the venn diagram that is national security issues + geek culture. hellsite veteran. chaotic disaster bisexual. she/her.

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Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.
A blonde woman wears two scraps of fabric that could be generously described as a bikini. She holds a scabbard in one hand and a drawn sword in the other. Her body is braced like she's ready to attack. She says, "Now you pigs feel the blade of a free woman!"
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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the tumblr post in question, appropriate for These Times
Screenshot of a series of Tumblr posts/reblogs. First post,from birdrherorics: my great-grandfather had to leave italy in the 20′s because he hit a fascist with a tuba, so if you think I am going to take this sitting down you are going to have to catch these hands and also this tuba Second post, from pidgevspigeon: Fun story my Great Great Grandma left Germany in the 1920s because she had family in the US and could get citizenship pretty easily and once she was over in the US she then smuggled over 15 jewish families out by forging family documents so now my aunts are currently in the process of trying to tell the real ones from the fake ones because my great gran just died and there are legally over 100 surviving descendants but we know that math is a lil screwy. Third post, from jedda-martele: Sometimes a family is you, your kids, your grandkids, your great grandkids, and the 15 Jewish families you helped smuggle out of Nazi Germany. Fourth post, from philosopherking1887: And your tuba.
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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this was the best answer I could find (source: web.archive.org/web/20180429...)
“Glory, Glory” emerged at a time when football was just cropping up in the region, said Bruce Schueneman, an author of an anthology of college fight songs. The first game in the Deep South was played in 1892 between Georgia and Auburn (which might explain why they both have versions of the song). There is a published reference to its being played at the 1906 baseball season opener versus Clemson. “There’s no way you would use that melody in the late 19th or early 20th century without knowing it’s the ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic,’” McWhirter said. A likely explanation for a Southern school’s adoption of a Northern song, historians say, was that it was a time of patriotism, particularly around the Spanish-American War.
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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GDT HIMSELF said it's not supposed to be 1:1 (in the greatest metaphor of all time)
"Adapting a book is like marrying a widow,” del Toro muses. “You have to respect the late husband, but on Saturdays, you are allowed to get it on.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Happy @realgdt.bsky.social 's Frankenstein Day to all who celebrate
The galaxy brain meme, where a column of illustrations on the right shows brains with ever increasing activity/explosions. The accompanying list of text at the left states (from top to bottom): - Me imagining which of Elizabeth's costumes are going to give cosplayers the bigger stroke - the blue dress with the scarab necklace - the wedding dress - the green moth shawl
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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he's here and he's beautiful 😭
The envelope of the Magic the Gathering Secret Lair for Jaws. The art is a closeup of Jaws himself from his Magic card.
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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okay, I think I've figured it out. when the pitch count is 1-2, that's when the Dodgers organist plays "I 2 I"
The Buzzfeed Unsolved meme where the guy on the left says "I've connected the two dots". The guy on the right, looking skeptical, says "You didn't connect shit." The guy on the left says "I've connected them." (I've never watched Buzzfeed Unsolved so I do not know these boys' names, apologies!)
October 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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it's cool it's fine i'm cool i'm fine oh god
screenshot of that time Guillermo del Toro reskeeted my Frankenstein skeet.
October 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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The "friendship ended" meme edited to read "Friendship ended with Rat Hole. Now Squirrel Hole is my new best friend."
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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there is a "we killed a bunch of Romans here" layer in the British soil!!!

(Source: www.historyhit.com/unleashing-f...)
A triumphant Boudica urged her forces on, destroying London and Verulamium (St Albans). Boudica and her estimated 100,000 strong army are believed to have killed and slaughtered some 70,000 Roman soldiers. Modern archaeologists have found a layer of burned earth in each area that they call the Boudican destruction horizon.
October 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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The protagonist of Hyperbole and a Half--a girl in a pink dress with a yellow ponytail--stands under a rainbow surrounded by happy squiggles and smiling faces. A sun smiles in the upper left corner. Over the rainbow arcs the words "maybe everything isn't hopeless bullshit"
October 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I have so many follow-up questions 👀

(from www.vulture.com/article/alex...)
Skarsgård made the film partially as a corrective on the historical depiction of the gay leather scene. “My experience of watching this onscreen was through Cruising, where it’s this dark underbelly of New York City and it’s dangerous, murderous, and scary,” he said. “Leather gays are scary. I’m no Ray, but I have a little bit of experience from that world, and I know that’s not the truthful depiction.” Yes, Skarsgård! Please, tell us more, and this movie will be profitable in no time.
October 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Alas the double sided tape gave up halfway through the weekend so I've opted to sew on my Effin Birds ribbon for posterity
A series of satin ribbons such as one finds stuck the bottom of a nerd convention badge. The important one is the black one at the bottom with a picture of a crow in gold and the words "Try not to set your dick on fire"
September 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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The collection grows (starring @effinbirds.com with a guest appearance by Drunken Dragon Hotel
Am arrangement of pins stuck a cork board. The cork board is patterned to look like the famous Marriott Carpet. The central pin (by Drunken Dragon Hotel) is a variation of the Weyland Yutani logo, rewritten to say "Building Better Carpets: Marriott Wayland Corp." The other pins are (starting at the 12 o'clock position and going clockwise) are: Disservice Animal, I hate people, fuck off I'm reading, I ♥️ hot dogs, I am a goddamn delight, well fuck-a-doodle-doo, have a nice clusterfuck, everyone's favorite dumbass, and oh my God what the fuck.
September 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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🎶 LOOKS LIKE WE MAAAADE IT 🎶
Screenshot of the MTG Arena profile page for this girl showing off her 89% Mythic rank. It's the first time I've ever made Mythic!!
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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To understand the dynamics at play here, I spoke at length with Alex Newhouse, a researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder who studies online extremism. He told me that the “proximate goal of these attacks is to entrench the shooter in the broader legacy of violence and propel the legacy further.” The idea, in other words, is to motivate someone else to become a shooter—by creating a public manifesto, leaving a trail of digital evidence, and even livestreaming attacks in some cases. "The more frequently the template shows up, the more likely it will repeat,” Newhouse said. “It’s not ideological in the sense that we tend to think about it. There may be anti-Semitic or fascistic elements therein, but the real incentive is the self-reinforcing legacy of these shooters.”
September 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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A man in a suit and tie with his head bowed. The caption reads "Jesus, I see what you've done for other people and I want that for me."
September 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Un-Follow Me Now, This Is Gonna Be the Only Thing I Tweet About For The Next Week. Ive Wanted This For Years Fuck. What The Fuck.
“There were sixteen men on a fishing boat but only three survived the storm, and one of those went missing, and is presumed dead. That leaves me & Peter Balkan, whose health is failing as his apocalyptic visions dissipate in the spray at the shore. The Mountain Goats are proud to announce Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan, a story of momentary visions away from the world, due 7 November 2025 on Cadmean Dawn records: our own label! The first song we're sharing from it is called "Armies of the Lord"; we recorded this in January at Dreamland Studios. Matt Douglas produced it; Ben Loughran who you know from tour did the synth with Matt as co-conspirator; that's Mikaela Davis on the harp; the voice on the harmonies in the bridge that sounds like Lin-Manuel Miranda is Lin-Manuel Miranda, who followed Peter Balkan's story from its early gleanings through its realization. Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan. Only available on Cadmean Dawn records and tapes. -JD”
September 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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@bgoodg.bsky.social I want you to see this sweet-ass sticker I got at DragonCon
A metallic silver sticker with text and images in black and red. The text is the Litany Against Fear from Dune (Fear is the mind killer...). The image includes a small desert mouse, the muad-dib.
September 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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🎶whenever I see someone less fortunate than I

And let's face it, who isn't less fortunate than i🎶

Galinda is here to take DragonCon to school
Miss Galinda Upland with her traditional bathroom makeup selfie Miss Galinda Upland in her Shiz University uniform
August 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Woke up this morning and realized I never posted me from last night. Hello, Kitty!
A woman in a blue Playboy bunny suit, meant to evoke Hello Kitty's signature overalls, wearing a white bob wig with ears and a red bow Full body shot of the woman in the Hello Kitty Playboy bunny get-up. Here you can see her shimmery tights and red heels. Everything was very comfortable except those damn heels.
August 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Like you cannot conceive of the details on these Fellowship of the Buns. Frodo's tail was the Eye of Sauron. Sam's was a potato!!!
A group of cosplayers who fearlessly mashed up the Fellowship of the Ring with Playboy bunny suits. Kneeling in front are Legolas in Frodo. Standing from left to right are Merry, Gimli, Aragorn, Pippin and Sam.
August 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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I don't show feet for free, but I will show shoes
A set of women's lace up oxford heels, hand painted pink with periwinkle blue toes, heels, and accents. They look suspiciously like ones worn by Galinda Upland at Shiz University.
August 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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y'all ever accidentally take a Renaissance painting? cc: @clppng.bsky.social
Clipping on stage at the 9:30 club. Daveed Diggs stands center stage in a sleeveless white shirt. The hand holding the mic is pressed to his chest. His head is tipped back and his eyes are closed. The way the light hits his body was ordained by God.
August 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Close up of a tabby cat with its jaws open wide. Probably the cat was just yawning when they took the picture but the vibes are saying imminent violence. The caption reads "Deep down we all want to bite someone as hard as possible. 100% real jaw power. 5-8 seconds. Just once."
August 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM