Kaine
@wolpers.bsky.social
writer of small things, wrangler of small to mid sized mammals, and reluctant academic. A michif puke in amiskwaciwâskahikan. sometimes i share NSFW stuff on here, just as a heads up.
I write here mostly every week: https://marginalia-musings.ghost.io/
I write here mostly every week: https://marginalia-musings.ghost.io/
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Krampusnacht
2020
That time I drew Krampus with a mask because, well, it was 2020 and it seemed fitting.
Is it too late to hope Krampus will show up on my door and marry me?
2020
That time I drew Krampus with a mask because, well, it was 2020 and it seemed fitting.
Is it too late to hope Krampus will show up on my door and marry me?
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Krampusnacht
2020
That time I drew Krampus with a mask because, well, it was 2020 and it seemed fitting.
Is it too late to hope Krampus will show up on my door and marry me?
2020
That time I drew Krampus with a mask because, well, it was 2020 and it seemed fitting.
Is it too late to hope Krampus will show up on my door and marry me?
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A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
Iron Circus Comics
Iron Circus Comics is the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest, a small-mid house built from the ground up by founder C. Spike Trotman.
store.ironcircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
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Support us dry dry humans
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Support us dry dry humans
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I'm going to be closing my store again on Sunday so I can focus on work and holiday stuff, so if you meant to grab something earlier in the week, that window is narrowing! Thank you everyone who already ordered!
💛 neomeruru.bigcartel.com 💚
💛 neomeruru.bigcartel.com 💚
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I'm going to be closing my store again on Sunday so I can focus on work and holiday stuff, so if you meant to grab something earlier in the week, that window is narrowing! Thank you everyone who already ordered!
💛 neomeruru.bigcartel.com 💚
💛 neomeruru.bigcartel.com 💚
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This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.
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My surgery is in about 6 weeks and I've updated the goal. It will all go towards my surgery and post surgery care. Any help is appreciated! Thank you for the support so far!! I greatly appreciate it!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 71% of goal on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/bibiblossoms...
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 71% of goal on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/bibiblossoms...
Support Bibi
Support Bibi
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December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My surgery is in about 6 weeks and I've updated the goal. It will all go towards my surgery and post surgery care. Any help is appreciated! Thank you for the support so far!! I greatly appreciate it!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 71% of goal on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/bibiblossoms...
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 71% of goal on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/bibiblossoms...
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Fuzz Friday because my mental health demanded it
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fuzz Friday because my mental health demanded it
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I've said this before, but there are two kinds of people in the world.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I've said this before, but there are two kinds of people in the world.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
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"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
Chinese Hospital Ship Visits Jamaica as US Gunboats Ply Caribbean
A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission ...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
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Mohawk folk rock musician Logan Staats took part in the protest against Frances Widdowson’s residential school denialism rally in Victoria, British Columbia earlier this week.
He talks with APTN’s Creeson Agecoutay about his thoughts on the rally.
He talks with APTN’s Creeson Agecoutay about his thoughts on the rally.
Mohawk musician talks taking part in denialism rally protest in British Columbia | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Mohawk folk rock musician Logan Staats took part in the protest against Frances Widdowson’s residential school denialism rally in Victoria, British Columbia earlier this week.
He talks with APTN’s Creeson Agecoutay about his thoughts on the rally.
He talks with APTN’s Creeson Agecoutay about his thoughts on the rally.
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Hey, fellow workers.
Some of you may already know this, but my spouse is a PhD student. She does that while also working. What you may not know is that her work for the last 4 years has been short-term contract after short-term contract, sometimes multiple contracts all at once.
Some of you may already know this, but my spouse is a PhD student. She does that while also working. What you may not know is that her work for the last 4 years has been short-term contract after short-term contract, sometimes multiple contracts all at once.
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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To have a Yes, And
The idea that pornography in an of itself cannot be artistic expression is, put shortly, some bullshit.
I *genuinely* do not care if it's "what're you doing stepbro" porn or whatever. Someone had to do makeup, lights, and shoot the fucking (ha) thing. That alone is art.
The idea that pornography in an of itself cannot be artistic expression is, put shortly, some bullshit.
I *genuinely* do not care if it's "what're you doing stepbro" porn or whatever. Someone had to do makeup, lights, and shoot the fucking (ha) thing. That alone is art.
A lot of creators essentially saying "My work might contain nudity and sexual situations, but it's NOT porn. My work is important and artistic, while their work is dirty, which is still okay to hate and censor." But guess what! The purity squad makes no such distinction.
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
To have a Yes, And
The idea that pornography in an of itself cannot be artistic expression is, put shortly, some bullshit.
I *genuinely* do not care if it's "what're you doing stepbro" porn or whatever. Someone had to do makeup, lights, and shoot the fucking (ha) thing. That alone is art.
The idea that pornography in an of itself cannot be artistic expression is, put shortly, some bullshit.
I *genuinely* do not care if it's "what're you doing stepbro" porn or whatever. Someone had to do makeup, lights, and shoot the fucking (ha) thing. That alone is art.
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There's no freedom in a world that doesn't include solidarity with pornographers and sex workers.
If you only fight censorship right up to the line where it becomes your definition of porn, refusing to have solidarity with pornographers, I can't find it in me to care about your problems. You've shown you don't care about mine and will bounce the moment you get what benefits you.
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
There's no freedom in a world that doesn't include solidarity with pornographers and sex workers.
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I think the most absurd part is all the writers thought AI would destroy humanity because AI would get too smart, but they didn’t realize that years of de-prioritizing the humanities would actually make the people who made AI so stupid that it’s going to be the stupidity that kills us and lollllsob
Goddamn. We were so worried about the Evangelical armageddon freaks, but it's actually the AI cult that's going to kill us all.
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I think the most absurd part is all the writers thought AI would destroy humanity because AI would get too smart, but they didn’t realize that years of de-prioritizing the humanities would actually make the people who made AI so stupid that it’s going to be the stupidity that kills us and lollllsob
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"You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?" 🤔💭
📻LIE MACHINE 📰 is officially taking submissions starting TODAY! Going from now until Feb 1st, 2026!
Follow this link down and read down to 'Production' to submit your pitch! ironcircus.com/lie-machine/
📻LIE MACHINE 📰 is officially taking submissions starting TODAY! Going from now until Feb 1st, 2026!
Follow this link down and read down to 'Production' to submit your pitch! ironcircus.com/lie-machine/
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?" 🤔💭
📻LIE MACHINE 📰 is officially taking submissions starting TODAY! Going from now until Feb 1st, 2026!
Follow this link down and read down to 'Production' to submit your pitch! ironcircus.com/lie-machine/
📻LIE MACHINE 📰 is officially taking submissions starting TODAY! Going from now until Feb 1st, 2026!
Follow this link down and read down to 'Production' to submit your pitch! ironcircus.com/lie-machine/
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YO.
Remember what I said about how the internet needs "Etsy, but not flooded with drop-shipper and AI trash?"
Good news! ✨It already exists✨! AND it's a CO-OP. 🎉
Check out @3psboyd.bsky.social's dice shop on there!
artisans.coop/pages/seller...
Remember what I said about how the internet needs "Etsy, but not flooded with drop-shipper and AI trash?"
Good news! ✨It already exists✨! AND it's a CO-OP. 🎉
Check out @3psboyd.bsky.social's dice shop on there!
artisans.coop/pages/seller...
Seller Profile
We are building a better handmade marketplace. We are a member-owned, member-run and member-benefiting co-op. We promote creativity, support artist livelihoods, and connect people through an equitable...
artisans.coop
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
YO.
Remember what I said about how the internet needs "Etsy, but not flooded with drop-shipper and AI trash?"
Good news! ✨It already exists✨! AND it's a CO-OP. 🎉
Check out @3psboyd.bsky.social's dice shop on there!
artisans.coop/pages/seller...
Remember what I said about how the internet needs "Etsy, but not flooded with drop-shipper and AI trash?"
Good news! ✨It already exists✨! AND it's a CO-OP. 🎉
Check out @3psboyd.bsky.social's dice shop on there!
artisans.coop/pages/seller...
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Four more MLA recall campaigns have been given the green light to start collecting petition signatures, bringing to total number to 18. This batch targets 3 UCP MLAs and 1 NDP MLA. Calgary-Beddington MLA Amanda Chapman is the first opposition MLA targeted by the Kenney-era recall law.
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Four more MLA recall campaigns have been given the green light to start collecting petition signatures, bringing to total number to 18. This batch targets 3 UCP MLAs and 1 NDP MLA. Calgary-Beddington MLA Amanda Chapman is the first opposition MLA targeted by the Kenney-era recall law.
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A thread of book recommendations in which I overuse the word "suspenseful" ... you can absolutely select books by their covers and have a glorious time!
But also, I preordered a number of these before knowing what their covers looked like.
But also, I preordered a number of these before knowing what their covers looked like.
Books!
Here's a collection of mostly SFF I read this year that you may enjoy for gift giving or yourself...
A distant future on a harsh planet where survival has built strangely regimented societies, one girl rebels and seeks a different future for herself, and discovers what's really going on.
Here's a collection of mostly SFF I read this year that you may enjoy for gift giving or yourself...
A distant future on a harsh planet where survival has built strangely regimented societies, one girl rebels and seeks a different future for herself, and discovers what's really going on.
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A thread of book recommendations in which I overuse the word "suspenseful" ... you can absolutely select books by their covers and have a glorious time!
But also, I preordered a number of these before knowing what their covers looked like.
But also, I preordered a number of these before knowing what their covers looked like.
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OddBird Art & Craft Fair opens tonight AGAIN in the heart of Old Strathcona! Same bird time, same bird channel, and a fresh vendor roster for weekend 2 (with a few holdovers!)! Brave the snow and support local indie artists and designers for your holiday shopping! Seeya this weekend, #yeg!
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
OddBird Art & Craft Fair opens tonight AGAIN in the heart of Old Strathcona! Same bird time, same bird channel, and a fresh vendor roster for weekend 2 (with a few holdovers!)! Brave the snow and support local indie artists and designers for your holiday shopping! Seeya this weekend, #yeg!
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the thing about online queer discourse is unless you dig into things it's hard to tell if someone is speaking from a place of nuance and decades of lived experience or whether you're reading the untested absolutes of the most 15-year-old alive
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
the thing about online queer discourse is unless you dig into things it's hard to tell if someone is speaking from a place of nuance and decades of lived experience or whether you're reading the untested absolutes of the most 15-year-old alive
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First trailer for "Tales from Outer Suburbia" series by Flying Bark studio (Australia), based on the picture books by Shaun Tan.
There aren't that many big Australian animated productions.
There aren't that many big Australian animated productions.
December 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
First trailer for "Tales from Outer Suburbia" series by Flying Bark studio (Australia), based on the picture books by Shaun Tan.
There aren't that many big Australian animated productions.
There aren't that many big Australian animated productions.
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Tiny snake friend pins, mushroom pins and mushroom magnets are up in my etsy shop today! These are hand sculpted and painted.🐍🍄💜✨https://www.etsy.com/shop/JessicaFink
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Tiny snake friend pins, mushroom pins and mushroom magnets are up in my etsy shop today! These are hand sculpted and painted.🐍🍄💜✨https://www.etsy.com/shop/JessicaFink
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Finally a good use for AI: making life more difficult for Harry Potter fans
Some very confused Harry Potter-bound tourists on the train who had been informed by their AI of choice to take a Thameslink from Farringdon to Watford Junction.
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Finally a good use for AI: making life more difficult for Harry Potter fans
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a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me