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Pirate Jenny

@thanatophobe.bsky.social

Lady of a certain age. Pickle friend. Living in SoCal, missing the PNW. "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times . . . "

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The Fish Doorbell β€” The Fish Doorbell Did you spot a fish? Press the Fish Doorbell! This alerts our lock operator to let the fish through. The Fish Doorbell is in Utrecht, NL.

it's fish doorbell season, friends
visdeurbel.nl/en/

04.03.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

01.03.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8030    πŸ” 2084    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 34

The whole right wing movement is animated by 1 conspiracy theory: that white people are all secretly in agreement with them, and are being suppressed by a woke conspiracy

Miller and ICE occupations, Carr/Ellison and right wing media, DOGE and USAID, it's all looking for the off switch for the woke

27.02.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 724    πŸ” 191    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 6

Came across the phrase "cognitive DDOS" to describe our present culture.

Understood instantly what it meant.

26.02.2026 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2673    πŸ” 981    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

they should invent a falling asleep on the couch that happens in bed

24.02.2026 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1598    πŸ” 272    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 11

I keep hearing that the Epstein files are so big if we held everyone accountable everything would collapse. And no it wouldn’t. These rich guys don’t do any actual work. They aren’t actually important or useful they are just rich.

14.02.2026 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9992    πŸ” 3273    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 181

Ursula Le Guin wrote a response to this kind of nonsense years ago. Read it instead.

www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about...

18.02.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 394    πŸ” 176    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5

Ramadan Mubarak!

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Laissez bon temps rouler!

Hodesh Adar tov!

Y'ALL

⭐

17.02.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1085    πŸ” 360    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 18

Every morning before I get out of bed I open this app hoping to see good news; today I see the Grim Reaper has disappointed me yet again.

17.02.2026 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I literally saw a post two weeks back in which a guy with two jobs was flagellating himself because he was short on rent, lamenting that had he donated plasma more, maybe his rent would be on time. This system is deeply fucked. Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.

16.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2169    πŸ” 533    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 26

Somebody who cuts me off in traffic is still dude, but it's like DUDE 🀬

14.02.2026 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same--I just want a car!--except make it a Mazda 3 for me πŸ˜ƒ

13.02.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't even understand car classifications any more--how are they calling this any kind of SUV? It's a coupe, right? But yeah, I'd take it.

13.02.2026 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

um

11.02.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 800    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 4

Over 30k followers, including some that I follow (and a few who follow me) ☹️

11.02.2026 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You should not be forced to gamble your earnings for the chance to die indoors.

10.02.2026 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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gradient.horse Draw a horse, watch it run!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

gradient.horse

09.02.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7006    πŸ” 3609    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 154

It's Julian Shapiro-Barnum of Recess Therapy! So it's no wonder he's great with kids.

09.02.2026 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

they performed American Idiot

09.02.2026 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2478    πŸ” 320    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 7

TIL I'm older than Billie Joe Armstrong πŸ’€

09.02.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Link kept popping up in my feed and I'm glad I finally clicked it!

The world needs more weird short stories!

08.02.2026 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

07.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 39690    πŸ” 7199    πŸ’¬ 305    πŸ“Œ 145
A 2 panel sketch disgram of a 1 meter tall pod. in the second panel, an oval section pops off and a demonic little face with short tentacles flies out, crudely drawn.

A 2 panel sketch disgram of a 1 meter tall pod. in the second panel, an oval section pops off and a demonic little face with short tentacles flies out, crudely drawn.

My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.

07.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9159    πŸ” 2830    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 91

Check your settings! Apparently there was a sneaky reset and my alt text prompt got switched off. I guess I should have thought to check when GIFs and videos started autoplaying again after I had disabled that.

07.02.2026 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Artist is Mindi Lehman

07.02.2026 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ian McKellen performs β€œThe Strangers’ Case” speech from β€œSir Thomas More” on Colbert.

05.02.2026 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 9248    πŸ” 3614    πŸ’¬ 176    πŸ“Œ 725

"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.

But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?

05.02.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3755    πŸ” 746    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 44

im building machines that i keep saying will both throw you out of work and allow masked special police forces in service to a lunatic i bought and paid for to recognize your face and check if i agree with your beliefs. im part of a pedophile ring that put this into motion. why are you rude to me

03.02.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3112    πŸ” 747    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5

When it happens I think it would be both fun and funny if after the celebrations die down no one ever says the name again or acknowledges he ever existed. Like see how long we can keep it up

02.02.2026 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3504    πŸ” 386    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Am I positive that video shows the president shitting himself on camera? No.

Do I think we should spend an entire week debating it? Oh yes.

01.02.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8725    πŸ” 1067    πŸ’¬ 370    πŸ“Œ 110