Autism doesn't need to be cured.

Happy birthday, Joan Jett!

Good morning! Happy Autumnal Equinox! You know what that means. 🎃🕯️

Last chance to buy my books before the Rapture!

A thermal image map of Saturn's moon Mimas looks remarkably like Pac-Man eating a dot. (Image: NASA/JPL/SSI)

look, your email found me so just be happy with that

Since this whole debate is still happening, and since we are still not listening I will summarize what I understand the argument to be in the Lingua Franca of white nerds: Lord of the Rings analogies.

On a plane once and a baby was absolutely refusing to settle, but it was really obvious the dad was stressed the fuck out and exhausted. He had another kid with him, about 3 or 4, also getting upset. I said, "Hey, can I help?" and offered to take the baby. 1/2

Okay, let's all get to a thrift store and buy a bunch of clothes. Then a party store and buy a bunch of helium balloons. On "rapture" day this Tuesday, hang the clothes off the balloons and let them go. Then watch all the people who think they've been left behind lose their fucking minds.

I consent to all the most NSFW content people want to post. I can scroll past, mute, block, whatever I choose. We already have the tools, we can choose, that's the point.

What's the matter babe you've barely touched your event horizon ribs

One of the first things we ever do for kids is tell them stories. Ever after, we learn and develop more through stories. Story informs everything. After a dry place to sleep, food in our bellies and the company of loved ones, all we really need is stories.

these fucking psychos are losing what's left of their minds

Epic self own.

I consent to all the most NSFW content people want to post. I can scroll past, mute, block, whatever I choose. We already have the tools, we can choose, that's the point.

actions that will contribute more to pushing against bluesky's censorship than a blackout: -submitting a feedback request -@ing moderation about it -commenting on mods posts about it -making and sharing memes (ex: "i consent!" sticker) -leaving an app store review -just generally posting about it

So Evangelicals think the rapture is coming on Tuesday. Will they promise to fuck off whether it actually happens or not?

"crashes"

The solution right now is not saying “move to Mastodon, to Pillowfort, use Picarto galleries” etc, bc that won't stop this silent escalation of censorship and sexual repression on the internet. The issue is not which platform we choose, but rather raising our voices against what is happening.

3. Free housing and counselling for the homeless.

i’ll amplify that shit charlie kirk was a racist transphobic neonazi creep

No, don't remove your voice to protest. That only amplifies the voices against you. Stay loud about what you want from this platform.

Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X

tbh if you know a teenager (any teenager, no matter who they are or how well you think they're doing) please go and tell them that you think they're great and you like them. you don't need to elaborate. just say it. they'll be awkward and uncomfortable about it. but they'll remember it forever

Whenever I have to scramble a tumbler lock, I always leave one wheel on the correct number so anyone trying to figure it out will never get the correct combination. Mwahaha!

Every person I know who gets an unwanted approach, please give them my number. This is genius.

Every day I see posts saying "Maybe THIS is what will wake people up to what's happening" but it never is as democracy and freedom sleepwalk into death.

This. Unfortunately censorship is everywhere, now more than ever. From age verification to complete platform community shutdowns. Currently, #Bluesky is the very best option and is FAR better than anything else available. Creating constructive, community driven feedback is key. Not jumping ship.

Probably worried about losing their jobs over airing things Kirk actually said.

Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.

Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.

I haven't been around here much since I was warned by @moderation.bsky.app that my account was "violating (Bluesky's) violent and threatening speech guidelines" because I asked the CEO of Bluesky if she would give the same importance to the murder of Palestinian kids as to the murdered podcast guy.

this exists it is called thinking

"Welcome to the resistance, my friend" to anyone who sees the light, at any time.

Dutch late night TV has its take

I think we need to get weirder. The more these fuckers fascistify everything, the more bonkers the rest of us need to be. Think of the weirdest, most un-conservative shit imaginable and do it with abandon constantly.

*David Attenborough voice* This once-thriving reply thread has been laid bare by an invasive species of libscold. But lurking in the shadows is a remarkable creature; a perfect predator that continuously adapts to stay one step ahead, ensuring that prey walk right into their trap; again, and again.

me, age 15: conservatism seems like a fundamentally evil belief system me, age 21: actually it is more complicated than that, things are very complicated and everyone has their own way of seeing things. i am very smart me, age 3x: no i was right the first time nvm

one of the common threads you will frequently find among devoted adult readers & writers is that as kids the librarian let them get away with reading whatever the fuck they wanted. so much of the scifi and fantasy I fell in love with as a kid was very much Not For Kids, but it made my brain light up

Well, I just got back from a 24-hour account suspension. Remember when this place used to be cool?

If you like to imagine the right kind of people getting absolutely fucked up, there's a subtly* coded message at the end of this book you might enjoy. *not subtle at fucking all

maybe we all died and we're in hell and David Bowie is walking the earth alone, confused as fuck...

I've said it before and l'll say it again: reading books, buying books and collecting books are three related but entirely separate pasttimes.

"Go grate a pear" is the new "fuck you" for unwanted and badly executed tech bullshit.

there is always a post

I mean, this is why calling them weird was so effective. They ARE weird, and unfunny, and unlikeable, yet they think they're so cool. It absolutely burns them to the core when you point out their undeniable unlikeable, unfunny weirdness.

The fuck your feelings crowd sure is reacting badly to their own feelings getting hurt.

If you like to imagine the right kind of people getting absolutely fucked up, there's a subtly* coded message at the end of this book you might enjoy. *not subtle at fucking all

"Go grate a pear" is the new "fuck you" for unwanted and badly executed tech bullshit.