xamonster
@xamonster.bsky.social
I make weird and beautiful things with yarn and thread. LSG member. Queer AF.
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Sorry for using comics and art to vent and cope with the world changing around me. I will return to drawing whimsical and silly frog wizards and adventures.
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sorry for using comics and art to vent and cope with the world changing around me. I will return to drawing whimsical and silly frog wizards and adventures.
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Reminder that Adolph Hitler, the Ayatollah Khamenei and Vlad Putin were all Time's People of the Year, so you can decide for yourself on which side of the split this grouping fits
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reminder that Adolph Hitler, the Ayatollah Khamenei and Vlad Putin were all Time's People of the Year, so you can decide for yourself on which side of the split this grouping fits
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This sentence has been caught in my teeth for days, chewy and true and hard to live up to—
We're given so many chances to sell out [everything]. Good to remember it's not an imperative.
We're given so many chances to sell out [everything]. Good to remember it's not an imperative.
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This sentence has been caught in my teeth for days, chewy and true and hard to live up to—
We're given so many chances to sell out [everything]. Good to remember it's not an imperative.
We're given so many chances to sell out [everything]. Good to remember it's not an imperative.
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This is horrific and entirely preventable given that they were pleading for help with harassment and threats for TWO YEARS.
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
June 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is horrific and entirely preventable given that they were pleading for help with harassment and threats for TWO YEARS.
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Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
April 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
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Elon Musk, mass murderer
NEW: One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...
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March 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Elon Musk, mass murderer
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Nearly everything Trump has done in 40 days has helped Russia, Elon Musk, and billionaires at the expense of most working Americans, his own base, and our international allies.
It might take a few months, or a year, but enough people will eventually figure it out.
It might take a few months, or a year, but enough people will eventually figure it out.
March 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Nearly everything Trump has done in 40 days has helped Russia, Elon Musk, and billionaires at the expense of most working Americans, his own base, and our international allies.
It might take a few months, or a year, but enough people will eventually figure it out.
It might take a few months, or a year, but enough people will eventually figure it out.
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The new pancreatic cancer vaccine being successfully tested is an mRNA vaccine.
Enjoy your cancer, Iowa.
Enjoy your cancer, Iowa.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The new pancreatic cancer vaccine being successfully tested is an mRNA vaccine.
Enjoy your cancer, Iowa.
Enjoy your cancer, Iowa.
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INVALIDATING THE INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE THE POWER TO STOP YOU IS A COUP
February 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
INVALIDATING THE INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE THE POWER TO STOP YOU IS A COUP
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You aren't letting anyone down by taking a day off from the news.
The shitshow will be there tomorrow.
Others can churn rage on your behalf while you breathe and keep yourself safe.
You are not doing patriotism wrong by ensuring you don't lose your mind every single moment of every single day.
The shitshow will be there tomorrow.
Others can churn rage on your behalf while you breathe and keep yourself safe.
You are not doing patriotism wrong by ensuring you don't lose your mind every single moment of every single day.
February 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
You aren't letting anyone down by taking a day off from the news.
The shitshow will be there tomorrow.
Others can churn rage on your behalf while you breathe and keep yourself safe.
You are not doing patriotism wrong by ensuring you don't lose your mind every single moment of every single day.
The shitshow will be there tomorrow.
Others can churn rage on your behalf while you breathe and keep yourself safe.
You are not doing patriotism wrong by ensuring you don't lose your mind every single moment of every single day.
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All the people saying Trump can't do this or that because it's illegal and against the law or yadda yadda yadda don't realize that REPUBLICANS DON'T CARE. They have power. They will flex their power. This is why elections matter, folks.
February 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
All the people saying Trump can't do this or that because it's illegal and against the law or yadda yadda yadda don't realize that REPUBLICANS DON'T CARE. They have power. They will flex their power. This is why elections matter, folks.
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
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Literally the only NYT column I’ve read in months, because @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social wrote it.
“If one thinks like an autocrat, the foremost quality that would seem to disqualify her from service — a simple lack of experience — is an asset, not a liability.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/o...
“If one thinks like an autocrat, the foremost quality that would seem to disqualify her from service — a simple lack of experience — is an asset, not a liability.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/o...
Opinion | Tulsi Gabbard Fits Right Into Trump’s Vision for America (Gift Article)
Perhaps none of President Trump’s picks for his new cabinet embody his worldview better than former Representative Tulsi Gabbard.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Literally the only NYT column I’ve read in months, because @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social wrote it.
“If one thinks like an autocrat, the foremost quality that would seem to disqualify her from service — a simple lack of experience — is an asset, not a liability.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/o...
“If one thinks like an autocrat, the foremost quality that would seem to disqualify her from service — a simple lack of experience — is an asset, not a liability.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/o...
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i feel like we aren’t talking about the grief we are all holding for what once felt possible and now feels so incredibly far away
January 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
i feel like we aren’t talking about the grief we are all holding for what once felt possible and now feels so incredibly far away
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I am admittedly puzzled how this absurdly bullshit fascist thing that did not exist before suddenly exists without any oversight or via any meaningful procedure and it just shows up, has power, has access, plans awfulness.
New from me: It's still unclear what exactly DOGE is going to be doing as part of the Trump administration, but what we do know is that by taking over the US Digital Services, it will likely have unprecedented data access across agencies.
@wired.com
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DOGE Will Allow Elon Musk to Surveil the US Government From the Inside
A former USDS employee called the repurposing of the Digital Service into DOGE an “A+ bureaucratic jiu-jitsu move.” It will give Musk and his associates access to unclassified data in every government...
www.wired.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I am admittedly puzzled how this absurdly bullshit fascist thing that did not exist before suddenly exists without any oversight or via any meaningful procedure and it just shows up, has power, has access, plans awfulness.
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It's not by chance that TikTok went down days before a new US president steps into power. Controlling the narrative and the vessels for transmitting the narrative is how you control the population, a textbook play modernized by Joseph Goebbels, n*zi propagandist for the third reich
January 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's not by chance that TikTok went down days before a new US president steps into power. Controlling the narrative and the vessels for transmitting the narrative is how you control the population, a textbook play modernized by Joseph Goebbels, n*zi propagandist for the third reich
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The thing is, I feel like if someone truly, accidentally, & unintentionally made a n*zi salute on a national stage, they would be appropriately horrified by it and apologize. And when they don’t ….. it says everything.
January 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The thing is, I feel like if someone truly, accidentally, & unintentionally made a n*zi salute on a national stage, they would be appropriately horrified by it and apologize. And when they don’t ….. it says everything.
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People often ask me why I’m outspoken about trans rights. I’m not trans so “why do you care?”
I care because what the government is doing to trans people is wrong. I care because we are being conditioned to accept atrocities. 🧵
I care because what the government is doing to trans people is wrong. I care because we are being conditioned to accept atrocities. 🧵
January 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
People often ask me why I’m outspoken about trans rights. I’m not trans so “why do you care?”
I care because what the government is doing to trans people is wrong. I care because we are being conditioned to accept atrocities. 🧵
I care because what the government is doing to trans people is wrong. I care because we are being conditioned to accept atrocities. 🧵
“Books teaching communication have a rule: If somebody is misunderstood during a speech or conversation, it’s the fault of the communicator, not the listener; it’s the responsibility of the person speaking to ensure they’re correctly understood.”
Perhaps the clearest take, from The Hollywood Reporter. Unexpected. But not the strangest thing I’ve seen in the past 2 days..
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
Sometimes a Nazi Salute Is a Nazi Salute
Did Elon Musk intentionally "sieg heil" at Donald Trump's inauguration rally? Sometimes it only matters what you do, not what you intend.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Books teaching communication have a rule: If somebody is misunderstood during a speech or conversation, it’s the fault of the communicator, not the listener; it’s the responsibility of the person speaking to ensure they’re correctly understood.”