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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴

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∙Post-Doom ∙Anti-Fascist ∙Anti-Oppression ∙Eco-Anarchist Feminist ∙Satanic Witch ∙Land Back ∙Queer RiotGrrl∙ Goth ∙AuADHD Writer/Poet

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · Jan 26

I'm not trying to change the world. I'm trying to hospice communities of people through decline and collapse. Sometimes, that means fighting fascists so we can die as individuals and a species, literally and metaphorically, with as much dignity and equanimity as possible.

Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · Jan 26

Years of being a Satanist have taught me that if people want to call you something as a negative, leaning into it is one of the most powerful things you can do. Want to call my "diabolical" for how I live my life as a queer anarchist? Ok. Now I'm a Satanic priestess who devil-pills others.

Ken Caldeira @kencaldeira.com · Jan 26

Fascists introducing legislation to brandish anti-fascists as terrorists.

We are entering some very dangerous territory.

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 4h

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A black and white photo of an old woman asleep in her armchair, unaware that the balloon bobbing about on the table next to her is about to be popped by a mischievous kitten. There are words applied to each of them - the old woman is "AI COMPANIES", the balloon is "AI" and the mischievous kitten is "REALITY".

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 20h

Ah, of course it is. Bloody hell. That euthenasia coaster just keeps climbing toward the first drop.

a purple background with a few clouds and a purple tower

ALT: a purple background with a few clouds and a purple tower

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 21h

Is this a record?

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe passed away under mysterious circumstances. Of all the artists who gave life to Poe's macabre tales over the years, perhaps none captured them quite so brilliantly as the Irish artist Harry Clarke: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h... #OTD #EdgarAllanPoe

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Andromeda @ulveheksa.bsky.social · 1d

from The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac

~Mary Oliver

I know, you never intended to be in this world.
But you're in it all the same.
So why not get started immediately.
I mean, belonging to it.
There is so much to admire, to weep over.
And to write music or poems about.
Bless the feet that take you to and fro.
Bless the eyes and the listening ears.
Bless the tongue, the marvel of taste.
Bless touching.

- Mary Oliver, from The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac

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T. Thorn Coyle they/them @thorncoyle.bsky.social · 1d

A Full Moon Message, for whomever wants one:

The temptation is to hide in the shadows.
Shine your best, brightest self.
Be a magical beacon to those in need.
Stay the course.
Do not be dismayed or dissuaded.
Fall in love. Over and over again.
Fall in love.

#fullMoon

Full moon, big and low in the sky, utility wires overhead.

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 1d

I know I should stop being shocked by humans in my middle age, but I was both horrified and a little shocked people would do that to her.

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 1d

“You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else’s throat hoping they’ll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.”
A perfect distillation of why I hate AI.

Robin Williams’ Daughter Tells Fans to ‘Stop Sending Me AI Videos of Dad’: It’s ‘Gross’ and ‘Not What He’d Want’

Zelda Williams tells fans not to send her AI recreations of father Robin Williams, calling them "gross."

variety.com

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh, I'm sorry to hear that. May they all get laryngitis.

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 1d

Still will have to keep my nerves in check enough that I don't chicken out, but I think it should be a good show. Any good media you're listening to tonight?

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 1d

I decided not to move boxes out of storage today so I'm not too tired to enjoy Thou tomorrow, so I was a bit more lazy today. But it's my break, so I guess I should enjoy some sloth!

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 1d

Evenings, Ian. How was going out into the rabble today?

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 1d

It's like being on a night shift at a hospice ward for our dying economy, listening to every new sound of dying that occurs.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 2d

Do not fall for secessionist propaganda or “Texas is invading Illinois”! Pay attention to who is saying this, who is screwing you over, and what their end goal is.

quote from book THEY KNEW about grim realities of secession in the US, written in 2021, published in 2022, applicable to now

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 2d

“We are part of an economic system that bribes us every day so that we can turn a blind eye to the crimes that fund these bribes”
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 2d

Palate cleanser: youtu.be/zq7Eki5EZ8o?...

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Tacky (Official 4K Video)

YouTube video by alyankovicVEVO

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 2d

What I wanted: Weird Al's parody song "Tacky."

What I got:

a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a crowd with a sign that says again

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a crowd with a sign that says again

media.tenor.com

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Piper Furiosa (she/they) 🇵🇸🏴 @piperfuriosa.bsky.social · 2d

It's a bit of a nuance, but the part that surprised me is how tacky and embarrassing everything is. Not tacky in the fun, Weird Al way, either. Just tacky as in cheap, hollow, and humiliating.