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It's vital to understand that the conservative obsession with calling their political adversaries groomers, rapists and pedophiles while simultaneously protecting sexual offenders in their own party isn't a contradiction, but the result of an ideology that views rape as a crime of property damage.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h ago

Pure scum wrapped in fake piety.

and with the acquisition of these titles, my dedicated danmei shelves are now completely 100% full! which means I now have a decision to make: either put the hardbacks on top of the righthand shelf and move the lego/tchotchkes, or branch into the bigger, currently-for-TBR shelf that’s between them 🤨

Foz Meadows@fozmeadows.bsky.social · 13h ago

new danmei!

new danmei!

PSA: the online search function for @barnesandnoble.com is flat-out broken right now and won't return any results. even if, per this example, you type in a title it's actively advertising on the homepage, nothing comes up. I've tried multiple browsers only to get the same issue.

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GIRL SNAKE CATCHER. she makes a snug little income by securing reptiles for traveling shows SHE JUST GRABS THEM (The Washington Bee, Washington DC, November 8, 1902)

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just one more day until the GOP announces mitch mcconnell's death!

Also on Kobo. Don't miss out.

Kate Elliott@kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 3d ago

Ebook sale, a mere $2.99 (a steal!) for my grimsweet fantasy road trip (on foot) w/ a humble deputy courier forced to guide uppity court officials on a back country route that includes a ravenous fungal ghost plague, court intrigue, & a mysterious haunt. www.amazon.com/Witch-Roads-...

It's always fascinating when a certain kind of abusive, duplicitous man fails to understand that his go-to gaslighting tactics don't work in a broadcast medium. It's like they never properly outgrew that toddler stage of not understanding that other people can see them.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d ago

Was the point of Max Miller doing that video today to make him look even more guilty? If so, mission accomplished.

not all heroes wear capes

this guy gets it

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Interesting take about uses for data centers. Not benign.

I say this all the time, but one of my clearest takeaways from reading a different ICE murder victim’s story every day of Lent is that every single employee of Geo Group belongs in The Hague

DrH@drhaup.bsky.social · 5d ago

Adams County, CO health officials are investigating active cases of tuberculosis at the Aurora detention center but GEO facility hasn’t complied with a public health order requiring access. It is illegal under CO law to “willfully violate” a public health order. www.denverpost.com/2026/07/31/t...

@fozmeadows.bsky.social will be joining us at LAcon V! He is a queer Australian SFF author and essayist currently based in California. His most recent works include A Strange and Stubborn Endurance, All the Hidden Paths and Finding Echoes, and in 2019, he won the Hugo Award for Best Fanwriter.

127 years later, and Sherlock looks exactly like this cat

Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 4d ago

This 1899 clip of a little girl and her cat is the oldest surviving cat footage on film, just 4 years after the Lumiere brothers invented cinema. Now colorized and speed corrected.

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on the one hand, this is objectively horrifying and nobody should do it. on the other hand, we’ve got to consider that, for these specific kids, listening to AI instead of actual sam altman is a harm reduction strategy

starting a rumour that trump made the cyclosporiasis outbreak happen because if he has to shit his pants on the daily then so does the rest of america

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This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.

Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · last wk.

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...

my schedule for @laworldcon.bsky.social is now up! I'm looking forward to participating in a slew of awesome panels, and I can't wait to see people there! :D guide.lacon.org/people/513d3...