Listen I'm not that interested in horror and kinda am over the hype and miss the days we can clown on the genre as a whole for all the 2000s edgelord slop but it's not actually bad that people are into horror. It's fiction. It's art. People like playing pretend. It's not that weird actually

Kasey Gifford@kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d ago

I wonder if its because we need some sort of safe outlet to feel all the terrible, life threatening daily terrors we are forced to live with? Maybe feel some kind if catharsis when the untenable evils and billionares are defeated or recieve any kind of comeuppance? Nah thats dumb its obviously satan

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Growing up watching stuff like "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" really had me expecting that I'd be encountering more things in my adult life which could aptly be described as "wretched".

Vulture@vulture.com · 3d ago

‘Wicker’ stars Alexander Skarsgård as a man made entirely of wicker, complete with a rock-hard wicker dick. But what about splinters? Bacteria? Degradation? Would it be advisable, from a sexual-health perspective, to mount a basket dick? We asked a gynecologist: vulture.visitlink.me/DNQwX5

Therapy is a fantastic tool for going from having a problem whose nature and implications you don't understand to having a well-understood problem you're materially unable to constructively address.

A lil sneak peek of the page art I made for From Zood With Love, a Dimension 20 Cloudward, Ho! charity zine 🩵⚙️ This zine is going to be such a treat, so many amazing artists and writers are contributing! Follow @cloudwardhozine.bsky.social for more! 👀 #dimension20 #cloudwardho #fanzine #art

They're throwing spaghetti at the wall. It doesn't mean it's not really dangerous - and whatever they try, we'll be prepared to counter - but folks should be clear that this is not some well-orchestrated highly competent plan unfurling.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d ago

The reason we keep hearing about desperate schemes to boost Republican chances in the midterms—Announce we're buying Russian diesel! Sue to preemptively reject a Democratic victory in Alaska!—is because they don't have a secret plan that will overturn a midterm loss, not because they do.

It's bleak that Serious News Outlets will tie themselves into knots writing headlines that obscure the horrors of a story while @people.com just waltzes in and calls it like it is.

Amy Acton’s Stepfather Was Charged with Raping Her When She Was a Child. Now Her Ohio Election Opponent Is Using That Against Her

Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for governor in Ohio, has previously publicly discussed being sexually abused by her stepfather between the ages of 9 and 12. Her opponent Vivek Ramaswamy recently ...

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more trans guys with boobs and more trans gals with dicks. who cares about what position they take in bed. stop degrading the trans artists out there making their art and then complaining you don't see any representation. the *reason* you don't is because you've bitched them out and they left.

"the moment you compromise the rights of a trans person in America, you compromise the rights of every citizen in America" - AOC quite healing to hear a single politician actually articulate this basic basic point

More Perfect University@mpuniversity.bsky.social · 3d ago

Trans voter to @aoc.bsky.social: Trans people in America feel like they've been abandoned by the Democratic Party, that we are a losing issue, that it's not worth defending us. What do you say to that? AOC:

"I only use chatgpt in the ideas phase" haha that's so weird. I just have them

Oh, are AI haters becoming "unhinged" now? Does it seem like we're everywhere no matter what you do? Are we ruining being online for you? Are you feeling like you can't do anything without us making your experience worse? Is it like we can't be escaped even though you want nothing to do with us?

It's Elon or global democracy. Choose one.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 5d ago

It's time to defund Elon. robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-musk

If you’d like your Member of Congress to do something about Meta’s convenient pattern of “glitches” that harm democracy, drop them a note. We’ve made it nice and easy. act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-yo...

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 4d ago

Leah Greenberg: When we say No Kings, that means No Kings anywhere, including Silicon Valley.

(2/2) [...] while in 2026 we've seen the reality of living in a society whose vital infrastructures are utterly at the mercy of a bunch of out-of-touch technophile plutocrats who've turned a child's understanding of science into a substitute religion, and it's *so much worse*.

I'm very pro saying "I don't think I'm the target audience for this" to myself and then not commenting on it

Salem, Massachusetts, will celebrate Intersex Awareness Day with its first-ever flag raising and march. "Visibility matters, and education is an important part of building a community where everyone is able to live openly and authentically," (Mayor) Pangallo said. patch.com/massachusett...

Salem To Mark First Intersex Awareness Day With Flag Raising, Film, March

The Oct. 26 program includes a film screening, march, City Hall ceremony and free public presentation.

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Remember when we, as a society, would invest in and patronize creativity? We would celebrate works of art and creative innovation. Remember when hobbies werent a luxury? We could consume without choosing between necessities or entertainment. Remember when the world wasn’t built to bleed you dry?

Writing tie-ins is *a real fucking skill* and anyone who sneers at the people who do it can go piss up a rope. You think it's easy to write an entire novel to very specific order on an almost impossibly tight deadline? And have it be satisfying to read? Motherfucker, *you* try it. See how you do.

Kate Tell-Tale Heartfield@kateheartfield.com · 5d ago

There is a doofus currently arguing here that no "creative talent" would choose to write tie-ins, and since I just did a panel this weekend on why creative talents choose to write IP, here are a few reasons. Non-financial reasons, for fun and because frankly it usually doesn't pay that well.

I was sexually abused as a child. I'm not the only person I know who can say that. If I'd been forced to let ANYONE perform that sort of examination in order to play sports, a thing children need for health--both physical and mental? I am not unique. Vote no on unnecessarily traumatizing our kids.

Washington State Democrats@wadems.org · 4d ago

Doctors and nurses are voicing their objections. I-638 would require EVERY girl who wants to participate in sports to go through biological sex verification. That means expensive, invasive, and utterly gross examinations. Protect our kids and let them play. Vote NO on I-638

It's essential that a fucked up vampire be fucked up in at least one way that's completely unrelated to the fact of them being a vampire, which is actually quite difficult to achieve because vampirehood is a cogent metaphor for so many flavours of upfuckery.

I needed to keep quiet about this but this is what I was working on earlier this year. My publication “Harming Children: The Effects of the UK puberty-blocker ban” was evidence used for this! I had to submit a lengthy affidavit via NZ local trans group PATHA. Let’s hope we can overturn more now.

New Zealand High Court rules puberty blocker ban unlawful

QNews LGBTIQA+ News

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IDC if you think "futch" is just the product of a dumb meme it's my ideal gender presentation. I'm gendermaxxing and no one's gonna stop me

Things I wish I'd understood sooner as an AuDHD progressive beyond that would have saved me, and others, frustration. 1. Injustice Trigger Unfairness, whether it is games or political climate, is EXTREMELY activating and/or triggering and it's common with ADHD and autism.

As the @societyofauthors.bsky.social withdraws from the 'Charter of Ethical AI Use' (for now) following the collective outrage of its members, some big questions remain with the revelation that the Society does not have a legal remit to collectively bargain for writers who are 'freelancers'. /

Update: Charter of Ethical AI Use in the Creative Industries - The Society of Authors

Thank you to all our members who have fed back to us on this issue. To allow time to listen to members’ views and concerns, the Society of Authors will withdraw from the Charter. There will be discuss...

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I always think about what Mac from Always Sunny said about his transformation

Bill Corbett@billcorbett.bsky.social · 5d ago

[smugly] I am much older than that.

✨ get yourself a wife with a 20 str #ocsky #dndart #elfenjoyer

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Kenney, living saint of gamedev who has devoted the bulk of his output to helping people make games for free, literally drives Tim Sweeney into a foam-flecked public crashout just by telling young devs to believe in themselves. Fucking embarrassing-ass behavior.

Kenney@kenney.nl · 7d ago

Last I'll post about this, but Elon Musk disagrees with me. This means I am onto something, and I feel more valid in my opinion than ever.