Badger
@pikachupirate.bsky.social
bereaved parent (zaza to my kids before i knew it was a stoner thing). one of those blue-haired queer they/thems. writer/editor by passion. anxious, autistic, people person personified. in blucifer’s shadow.
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Badger
@pikachupirate.bsky.social
· Jan 9
if you’re following me, and expect me to come forth with milquetoast Dem/liberal talking points, buckle up buckaroo because i am an anarcho-optimist and i hate this whole fucking system. there has to be a better way. we can come together bringing out the best in each other if we try.
in other news i am STILL foaming at the mouth about Nate Mackinnon schooling Mr. Did It But Acquitted in the shootout last night to win against the LVGK
December 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
in other news i am STILL foaming at the mouth about Nate Mackinnon schooling Mr. Did It But Acquitted in the shootout last night to win against the LVGK
maybe i would want to write for fun/for the love of the craft again if i wasn’t kinda stuck in the fact that i wrote obituaries for both my MIL and my son in a five-year span of time
sounds like a good topic for my return to EMDR 🥲
sounds like a good topic for my return to EMDR 🥲
December 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
maybe i would want to write for fun/for the love of the craft again if i wasn’t kinda stuck in the fact that i wrote obituaries for both my MIL and my son in a five-year span of time
sounds like a good topic for my return to EMDR 🥲
sounds like a good topic for my return to EMDR 🥲
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
5 years ago today i was working at a homeless shelter, helping folks get their mail (folks can use the day shelter for their mailing address). i got a text, then my phone rang in my pocket and i ignored it. then i got another text. then my phone rang again.
December 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
5 years ago today i was working at a homeless shelter, helping folks get their mail (folks can use the day shelter for their mailing address). i got a text, then my phone rang in my pocket and i ignored it. then i got another text. then my phone rang again.
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
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And now for some motivation from the Owensboro Burger King.
December 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
And now for some motivation from the Owensboro Burger King.
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We can find joy despite the horrors or we can be destroyed by them.
I, for one, choose to imagine Sisyphus happy.
I, for one, choose to imagine Sisyphus happy.
December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We can find joy despite the horrors or we can be destroyed by them.
I, for one, choose to imagine Sisyphus happy.
I, for one, choose to imagine Sisyphus happy.
my cat died today. rest in peace you salty bitch. i love you so much.
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
my cat died today. rest in peace you salty bitch. i love you so much.
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Gassing protesters in the U.S. is a fully bipartisan project and this has been true for a long time...
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Gassing protesters in the U.S. is a fully bipartisan project and this has been true for a long time...
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the dadger is here and i am at peace. love my dad.
i’m not really at peace and may never be again but like. you know.
i’m not really at peace and may never be again but like. you know.
October 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
the dadger is here and i am at peace. love my dad.
i’m not really at peace and may never be again but like. you know.
i’m not really at peace and may never be again but like. you know.
what no i’m not doomscrolling instead of sleeping, you are
October 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
what no i’m not doomscrolling instead of sleeping, you are
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They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects
Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs
Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs
October 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
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people who built bsky:
-trans women (bsky protects jesse singal)
-Black users (bsky allows rampant antiBlack racism)
-SWers (bsky to implement hostile age verification in UK)
-organizers and activists (bsky autodeletes anyone in gaza with a pulse)
-artists (bsky dev says AI has rights lmao)
-trans women (bsky protects jesse singal)
-Black users (bsky allows rampant antiBlack racism)
-SWers (bsky to implement hostile age verification in UK)
-organizers and activists (bsky autodeletes anyone in gaza with a pulse)
-artists (bsky dev says AI has rights lmao)
October 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
people who built bsky:
-trans women (bsky protects jesse singal)
-Black users (bsky allows rampant antiBlack racism)
-SWers (bsky to implement hostile age verification in UK)
-organizers and activists (bsky autodeletes anyone in gaza with a pulse)
-artists (bsky dev says AI has rights lmao)
-trans women (bsky protects jesse singal)
-Black users (bsky allows rampant antiBlack racism)
-SWers (bsky to implement hostile age verification in UK)
-organizers and activists (bsky autodeletes anyone in gaza with a pulse)
-artists (bsky dev says AI has rights lmao)
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Wishing everyone a good week ahead. Take care of yourselves and don't give in to the fascists.
October 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Wishing everyone a good week ahead. Take care of yourselves and don't give in to the fascists.
i want to be crystal clear ahead of whatever bullshit lies ahead for people in my community and other marginalized communities; and no matter how deep or painful my grief for Momo is; i am not suicidal and i never will be.
October 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
i want to be crystal clear ahead of whatever bullshit lies ahead for people in my community and other marginalized communities; and no matter how deep or painful my grief for Momo is; i am not suicidal and i never will be.
my beautiful wife speaks to this better than i could.
I am so tired of these antivaxers and their fucking bullshit. I know it's just eugenics underneath the justifications, but the justifications alone are enough for me to hate them. None of these people have ever loved a child who died because of a disease. If they had they would know the truth.
September 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
my beautiful wife speaks to this better than i could.
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He was autistic, he was full of joy, he was made of love, he was a challenge to parent, he was a blessing, and I would give anything to have been able to save him.
September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
He was autistic, he was full of joy, he was made of love, he was a challenge to parent, he was a blessing, and I would give anything to have been able to save him.
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I had an autistic kid. I had a vaccinated kid. He was one of the small percentage of people where the vaccine didn't work. We had no way to know that. He got sick with a common bacteria that he was vaccinated against. He died.
September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I had an autistic kid. I had a vaccinated kid. He was one of the small percentage of people where the vaccine didn't work. We had no way to know that. He got sick with a common bacteria that he was vaccinated against. He died.
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I am so tired of these antivaxers and their fucking bullshit. I know it's just eugenics underneath the justifications, but the justifications alone are enough for me to hate them. None of these people have ever loved a child who died because of a disease. If they had they would know the truth.
September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I am so tired of these antivaxers and their fucking bullshit. I know it's just eugenics underneath the justifications, but the justifications alone are enough for me to hate them. None of these people have ever loved a child who died because of a disease. If they had they would know the truth.
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Anything is better than losing your kid and once they are gone you would do absolutely anything to bring them back. Even if it meant that they would be so profoundly disabled that you had to go into horrible debt and exhaust yourself by giving them 24/7 care for the rest of your life.
September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Anything is better than losing your kid and once they are gone you would do absolutely anything to bring them back. Even if it meant that they would be so profoundly disabled that you had to go into horrible debt and exhaust yourself by giving them 24/7 care for the rest of your life.
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These assholes act like it is better to have a dead child than a disabled child. They act like it would be better to visit their child's grave than to raise an autistic kid. Let me tell you from personal experience. It isn't.
September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
These assholes act like it is better to have a dead child than a disabled child. They act like it would be better to visit their child's grave than to raise an autistic kid. Let me tell you from personal experience. It isn't.
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reposted this today because the inverse is also true:
if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period.
if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.
if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period.
if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.
the thing about trans rights is that we fight the civil rights issues of our time. nazi chuds have made this the issue of our time.
it's not more *important* than other civil rights issues, but it is the battleground of the moment, and we have to meet the moment to support everyone's rights.
it's not more *important* than other civil rights issues, but it is the battleground of the moment, and we have to meet the moment to support everyone's rights.
Centrists bigots and right wingers have this all backward. YOU are the ones constantly bringing up trans issues. I would be happy to not think about this shit every day of my life unless I was talking to or reading something by one of my trans friends and thought of it in passing. SHUT THE FUCK UP
August 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
reposted this today because the inverse is also true:
if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period.
if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.
if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period.
if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.
this continues to be true
i’m still alive and still grieving
August 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
this continues to be true