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settler Canadian / neuroqueer / gender-improvised (she/him)
pfp: photo of stoat standing on a rock
banner: two eyes staring from a sad, blue void, from Dan Sneberger’s cover for The Left Hand of Darkness
pfp: photo of stoat standing on a rock
banner: two eyes staring from a sad, blue void, from Dan Sneberger’s cover for The Left Hand of Darkness
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A far-right politician whose father was a Nazi will become Chile's next president, having run on anti-crime rhetoric.
Whenever a politician says "crime," they are promising violence. It's a protection racket: the more state violence, the more poverty; the more poverty, the more cartel activity.
Whenever a politician says "crime," they are promising violence. It's a protection racket: the more state violence, the more poverty; the more poverty, the more cartel activity.
Chile's Preident Elect Kast is the Son of a Nazi Party Member who escaped to Chile.
December 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A far-right politician whose father was a Nazi will become Chile's next president, having run on anti-crime rhetoric.
Whenever a politician says "crime," they are promising violence. It's a protection racket: the more state violence, the more poverty; the more poverty, the more cartel activity.
Whenever a politician says "crime," they are promising violence. It's a protection racket: the more state violence, the more poverty; the more poverty, the more cartel activity.
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I get tons of ideas every day. It's only by living with them and in them, and learning the craft and art of writing, that this means anything worth a darn.
The cliche that ‘having an idea’ is the hard part of writing is persistent and pernicious. Realising the idea is the craft of it. That FAQ of…
December 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I get tons of ideas every day. It's only by living with them and in them, and learning the craft and art of writing, that this means anything worth a darn.
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Yup, it's what it always comes down to at the end of the day - you have a divinely ordained bodily purpose to fulfil, and deviating from that (by choice or not) in any way is deemed wrong and unacceptable.
I think it's worth emphasising that this isn't Musk being thick and not realising women have hysterectomies. It's rooted in his misogynist, nazi politics – they really do think the only real women are those who are capable of giving birth. That's all women are really for.
December 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yup, it's what it always comes down to at the end of the day - you have a divinely ordained bodily purpose to fulfil, and deviating from that (by choice or not) in any way is deemed wrong and unacceptable.
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Boomers will watch their kids become homeless while they have more than one home & take expensive vacations. They do this, I've seen it.
December 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Boomers will watch their kids become homeless while they have more than one home & take expensive vacations. They do this, I've seen it.
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(brain becoming enormous) the reason social media is like that is that we long to return to scrolls
We should bring back scrolls, books are great but scrolls would be cool
December 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
(brain becoming enormous) the reason social media is like that is that we long to return to scrolls
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Maybe people'll stop talking about midterms and calling senators when they start asking for all this *to leave* the US even temporarily. I promise you that's coming if we stay on this trajectory.
(Source is in the second skeet of thread)
(Source is in the second skeet of thread)
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Maybe people'll stop talking about midterms and calling senators when they start asking for all this *to leave* the US even temporarily. I promise you that's coming if we stay on this trajectory.
(Source is in the second skeet of thread)
(Source is in the second skeet of thread)
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The latest iternation of the Protect Children's Innocence Act dangerously conflates trans health care with female genital mutilation and cutting. That has made it more difficult to pass laws trying to actually stop FGM/C, an extreme form of gender violence.
19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...
19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The latest iternation of the Protect Children's Innocence Act dangerously conflates trans health care with female genital mutilation and cutting. That has made it more difficult to pass laws trying to actually stop FGM/C, an extreme form of gender violence.
19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...
19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...
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Given how litigious Disney usually is about actually harmless fanart, this Sora thing is something. They're going to be wasting a lot of resources having to track dow absolutely heinous shit. Also; don't love wondering which char. is going to advise a child to commit suicide first.
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Given how litigious Disney usually is about actually harmless fanart, this Sora thing is something. They're going to be wasting a lot of resources having to track dow absolutely heinous shit. Also; don't love wondering which char. is going to advise a child to commit suicide first.
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We've seen how putting a tech CEO in charge of the gov't turned out for the U.S. - now Carney is championing this idea for Canada
"The public service is not a business. It is a democratic institution that serves Canadians"
"The public service is not a business. It is a democratic institution that serves Canadians"
“These aren't charities. They're not altruistic organizations. Why would a tech company want to allow their employees to work for the government and pay 100 per cent of their salary..." — Simon Enoch at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/n...
Ottawa hands corporate leaders 50 roles in government
Ottawa plans to embed the private sector workers after adopting a business group's proposal — even naming the program after them, a briefing note reveals.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We've seen how putting a tech CEO in charge of the gov't turned out for the U.S. - now Carney is championing this idea for Canada
"The public service is not a business. It is a democratic institution that serves Canadians"
"The public service is not a business. It is a democratic institution that serves Canadians"
Goddamn huge google AI ad push on YouTube these days. What, are they afraid people aren’t interested or something?
December 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Goddamn huge google AI ad push on YouTube these days. What, are they afraid people aren’t interested or something?
We should do this in Canada
“This wasn’t on the syllabus” guy will be showing up any day now.
Academic lectures have invaded L.A. bars and tickets are selling out in minutes
Attendees can geek out on topics from the use of AI in medicine to the psychology of deception, all in a fun, low-stakes environment.
www.latimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We should do this in Canada
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There’s a larger thread to discuss regarding the ways international borders are breaking down a bit on internet content. An American financial institution bullying Japanese companies, a UK law forcing age verification measures globally, a German law dictating how a U.S. site operates, etc.
So this is fucked.. Cloudflare is going after Gelbooru using German laws to enforce content restrictions on a server in the United States. I don't know about you, but this is fucked.
@acvalens.com
@acvalens.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
There’s a larger thread to discuss regarding the ways international borders are breaking down a bit on internet content. An American financial institution bullying Japanese companies, a UK law forcing age verification measures globally, a German law dictating how a U.S. site operates, etc.
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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😻😻😻HAPPY BADGER NOISES!
CLEANSING THERMONUCLEAR FIRE IS CANCELED FOR THE EVENING!😻😻😻
CLEANSING THERMONUCLEAR FIRE IS CANCELED FOR THE EVENING!😻😻😻
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
😻😻😻HAPPY BADGER NOISES!
CLEANSING THERMONUCLEAR FIRE IS CANCELED FOR THE EVENING!😻😻😻
CLEANSING THERMONUCLEAR FIRE IS CANCELED FOR THE EVENING!😻😻😻
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The Canadian government has, as far as I know, yet to even acknowledge that the fascist Trump admin is detaining Canadians in its gestapo prisons.
More Canadians, including children, detained in U.S. for immigration violations, new data shows
Don't visit the shithole.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Don't visit the shithole.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
More Canadians, including children, detained in U.S. for immigration violations, new data show
Immigration crackdown south of the border increasingly ensnaring Canadians with no criminal record
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The Canadian government has, as far as I know, yet to even acknowledge that the fascist Trump admin is detaining Canadians in its gestapo prisons.
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my comedy game Landlord Quest is out on Itch and Steam, and it’s only $2! In this economy?!?! It’s got hilarious dialog, multiple endings, even a minigame, so check it out today! And remember: 🎵 they don’t go to heaven when they die 🎵
For more info visit landlord.quest
For more info visit landlord.quest
December 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
my comedy game Landlord Quest is out on Itch and Steam, and it’s only $2! In this economy?!?! It’s got hilarious dialog, multiple endings, even a minigame, so check it out today! And remember: 🎵 they don’t go to heaven when they die 🎵
For more info visit landlord.quest
For more info visit landlord.quest
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No one gives Pennywise enough credit for how cute his buckteeth are
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
No one gives Pennywise enough credit for how cute his buckteeth are
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"The price of Revlimid has been hiked 26 times since it launched. ... By increasing the price of Revlimid, Celgene executives in several instances boosted their pay. That's because bonuses were tied to meeting revenue and earnings targets."
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"The price of Revlimid has been hiked 26 times since it launched. ... By increasing the price of Revlimid, Celgene executives in several instances boosted their pay. That's because bonuses were tied to meeting revenue and earnings targets."
This is the logical endpoint of neoliberalism. Governments are transformed so as to become accountable only to private entities, not the public. Canadian democracy is already dead, it just hasn’t hit home for all of us yet.
If you read nothing else I write, read this.
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning."
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Danielle Smith is "Ungoverning" Alberta
And trying to break the very idea of Canada
markhamhislop.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is the logical endpoint of neoliberalism. Governments are transformed so as to become accountable only to private entities, not the public. Canadian democracy is already dead, it just hasn’t hit home for all of us yet.
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Choo-choo motherfucker
December 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Choo-choo motherfucker
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
The Nerd Reich
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the inter...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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Stopgenai.com we raise funds for people negatively impacted by this tech.
December 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Stopgenai.com we raise funds for people negatively impacted by this tech.
Being depressed for long periods can really wreck yer brain huh
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Being depressed for long periods can really wreck yer brain huh