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@ursagets.excessively.gay

Podcasting and Star Trek and roller derby and gay stuff (they/them/ghaH)

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In these times there's not a 100% chance of that πŸ˜‘

11.03.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Once watched a rich guy berate my old boss for refusing to put motion detectors in his attic. Rich guy was EXTREMELY concerned about people breaking in by breaching his roof. Was one of the most surreal things I've witnessed in person

10.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available

10.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 16552 πŸ” 4051 πŸ’¬ 282 πŸ“Œ 243

I am aware that saying β€œmy wife” like Borat is perhaps the height of cringeworthy millennial behavior, but you need to understand that when I do it I’m actually quoting the Bob’s Burger episode where his dreamworld coworker is saying it, making it much more sophisticated

10.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

There are two houses in my neighborhood that still have Christmas trees visible in their windows and honestly? Respect

10.03.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it feels like a small thing in context of all of the other things but it is a piece of the larger authoritarian project that there are fewer places to publish essays now and the carefully edited essay as a public form for thinking and responding and criticizing and analyzing is in trouble, i think

07.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 644 πŸ” 132 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 8
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Louisville and Lexington players paused the USL Championship season opener for 60 seconds after kickoff, letting the clock run without play. A fearless show of unity from the USL Players Association as negotiations reach a critical stage. It’s time for the league to act. #StandUpForStandards

07.03.2026 01:59 πŸ‘ 2764 πŸ” 454 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 44

... celebrating terrible things because when it happens they're proved right. Because like so much of society the highest aspiration is to have been "right all along." I've run out of patience for such people. It's the same kind of selfishness we deride in the bad guys, just directed differently

06.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People turn into doomers for understandable reasons. Holding onto hope and continually being confronted with The Horrors is a hard thing. If you always assume the worst you're never disappointed when it happens. But it seems almost unavoidable that such people also end up turning to outright...

06.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Learning to solder was legit healing for me. My step dad tried to teach me when I was a kid but he was bad at it and was a shitty teacher but made me feel like a failure for not learning from him (he did this with car stuff too). Finally learning was a great feeling for me and I'm stoked for you!!!

06.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just casually reminding everyone that my book comes out in a few weeks, it REALLY helps if you preorder, and if you want a signed copy, you can get one shipped to you from Loyalty Books in DC πŸ––πŸ½

06.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 214 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

Yes absolutely. It gives them more power and less accountability

05.03.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#OtD 5 Mar 1988 2,000 people took part in a demonstration through Leeds to protest against the homophobic Section 28 law which prohibited the so-called 'promotion of homosexuality' by local authorities and schools. It was eventually repealed in 2003 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1054...

05.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I don't remember exactly, but to be honest I was probably nicer than I would be now

05.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The guy who tried to win survivor by outing another contestant once sent my podcast a message on FB about why he did it and how sorry he was

05.03.2026 03:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Before you share that story about how troops were told the Iran War is for "Armageddon," read this The narrative is dramatic. The sourcing is thin. And skepticism matters, especially on something this serious.

Hate to link to substack but there are questions about whether the story in the above post has enough verifiability to be trusted. Not gonna delete the above, but think it's important to highlight the question:
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/before-you...

04.03.2026 03:01 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

The notion that politics is simply a team sport underlies so much of What Is Wrong

03.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The inability to see the slightest complication kills me. Infuriating that people seem shocked by the idea that someone who is categorically evil might still hold some line that is good like "pedophilia is bad." We gotta stop making heroes of people for having a single obvious line they won't cross.

03.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The absolute ghoulishness when the sum total of your politics is "I want catastrophically bad things for the bad guys." Inevitably you're enthusiastically cheering for things that are immensely worse for a massive shit ton of innocent people than they ever will be for the bad guys.

03.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tony Benn in the House of Commons Iraq Bombing Speech
Tony Benn in the House of Commons Iraq Bombing Speech YouTube video by Alex Mc

I found the longer speech, the whole speech is so heartfelt inappropriate now as well. youtu.be/HfXmpJRZPYI?...

28.02.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 750 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 13

The hole in the ozone layer was actually very serious and a global effort allowed it to recover. Y2K WAS actually a serious problem and people worked countless hours to make sure nobody even noticed. Air and water pollution was catastrophic in many places and incredible effort reversed that damage.

03.03.2026 05:31 πŸ‘ 1386 πŸ” 503 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 11

Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

02.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 803 πŸ” 560 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 10

I don't care if Congress authorizes War on Iran. NO WAR ON IRAN. I want people to fucking reclaim their morality.

02.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 2753 πŸ” 691 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder that @nora.zone and I are building a bot that will respond with Gavin Newsom Facts when people @ it BUT we need your help to populate it before we can launch. Fill out this form to add your favorite moment(s) in Newsom history.

02.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 133 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 6

Oof. I just read your post in the most uncharitable, pedantic way possible, and I gotta tell ya: it's not looking good for you.

01.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 10484 πŸ” 2194 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 63

Your opposition to war can just be that war is evil. it doesn’t have to be more complicated than that.

28.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 2607 πŸ” 614 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Call me a raving radical but I literally do not care whether your imperialist massacre of children is β€œconstitutional” or not.

28.02.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 2956 πŸ” 731 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 23

I swear some of you will be saying β€œit’s a distraction” as you’re personally lowered into a pit. More than one important thing can happen at a time. Also if you declare anyone’s rights or the loss thereof a DISTRACTION you need to be slapped.

28.02.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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> @covie93.bsky.social

28.02.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 25944 πŸ” 5448 πŸ’¬ 247 πŸ“Œ 188