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Jes Battis

@jesbattis.bsky.social

Writer/Prof/Other. They/Them. Fantasy, queer medievalism, 18thc shenanigans, YA lit, disability and neurodiversity. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ https://linktr.ee/jbattis

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I think without Wh-don’s creepy influence, this could be rebooted in a really interesting way.

05.03.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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24 Years After Cancellation, Nathan Fillion & OG Firefly Cast Spark Long-Awaited Reboot Speculation Ahead Of Big "Announcement" "Announcement coming soon..."

Could it be?

screenrant.com/firefly-cast...

05.03.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t forget to take your meds and do gay crimes.

05.03.2026 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone who loves standup comedy and narrative, I find it so frustrating how comedy specials are dispersed across so many platforms. Even if you’re able to purchase a media file directly from the artist, it has to be watched on some weird online player. I just want a CD or DVD.

05.03.2026 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Something about listening to Sarah Harmer always feels perfect to me

05.03.2026 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

05.03.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

All the more reason to develop a Luddite praxis in education:

05.03.2026 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People have always called me a β€œmachine” when it comes to writing. Words like prolific sometimes have the connotation of β€œbad writing.” The truth is that I write a lot because it feels like I’ll die if I don’t, and I’m not ready for that yet.

04.03.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s 1992. You are in a Radio Shack, browsing the computer corner. The Sierra games have vibrant covers. Soon, you’ll get a Yogen FrΓΌz. There is no soundtrackβ€”just voices in the mall. Will you rent a video? Or talk about the future in someone’s parents’ rumpus room? Anything is possible.

04.03.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of my favorite books and it shook me to the core.

04.03.2026 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Grab it now. You will be transformed.

04.03.2026 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thousands of Alberta seniors to lose income supplement as province faces rising provincial deficit | CBC News Alberta is making cuts to seniors' benefits and tax credits for caregivers as it faces a $9.4-billion budget deficit.

Great news! πŸ—žοΈ

Our provincial budget is packed with savings to allow the UCP spending spree to continue while you get nothing!
1⃣ Clawbacks for disabled Albertans
2⃣ Seniors Income supplement
3⃣ Higher municipal property taxes!

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption

03.03.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Apparently I have a lot of dicks in my feed tonight and I'm kind of enjoying it. If more men stayed home and jacked off, there would be no more wars.

03.03.2026 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Write the kind of sweet-ass book that will immediately get banned in Alberta. You owe it to yourself.

03.03.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In the last decade, the Atlantic has not platformed a single trans person to speak about issues affecting them or the broader trans community. Not a single one. Yet, they have monthly screeds by Helen Lewis and endless money to pay random transphobic grifters to pump stuff like this out.

03.03.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2146    πŸ” 483    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 14
An illustration of a raccoon and an opossum running across a road. Text around them reads, "we are gonna get through this together."

An illustration of a raccoon and an opossum running across a road. Text around them reads, "we are gonna get through this together."

we're all just critters crossing the multi-lane highway of life

02.03.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 179    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

YES I AM SAYING THIS EXACTLYYYYYYYYY

02.03.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Support noxcitrum Support noxcitrum

Support a neat artist!

ko-fi.com/noxcitrum

02.03.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What are some good resources for learning Scots Gaelic? I have a 12-week textbook with audio supplements, but I'm also looking for other sources (and potentially even other textbooks, YouTube channels, etc.). Thanks!

02.03.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Ombre French tip feathers? She's a couture bird, for sure

02.03.2026 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 374    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

so, torture. they’re torturing them as federal policy. entirely predictable, but that doesn’t make it any less evil

02.03.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1435    πŸ” 467    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10
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FIRST PERSON | My spouse asked what kind of woman I was. A life and death moment gave me the answer | CBC News After coming out as trans to her partner, Carrie Biner grappled with knowing who she was as a woman. But when she and other bystanders saw an overdose crisis unfolding and had to respond with urgency,...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

01.03.2026 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Going to level with y’all

Been (somewhat successful) at writing NSF grants for 15 or so years and have served on many NSF panels

I have no clue how to get an NSF grant funded right now. Absolutely no clue

27.02.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

They didn’t like it

24.02.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I love that recent photo of a caked up Nightwing that scandalized everyone

24.02.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Never forget

24.02.2026 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A trans femme of colour with a mechanic arm and a leg rising up into the air above a cyberpunk city. Waves of pink and grey energy swirl from their hands and weave between vertical lines of binary code. A variety of other Trans+ people and standing and seated on the tops of buildings and floating platform. The text reads: β€˜Trans in the Machine: Chronicling the New Cyberpunk Canon’. Artwork by Lyss Menold

A trans femme of colour with a mechanic arm and a leg rising up into the air above a cyberpunk city. Waves of pink and grey energy swirl from their hands and weave between vertical lines of binary code. A variety of other Trans+ people and standing and seated on the tops of buildings and floating platform. The text reads: β€˜Trans in the Machine: Chronicling the New Cyberpunk Canon’. Artwork by Lyss Menold

Trans in the Machine is fully funded!

But with under a week left, there’s still time to hit some stretch goals.

The more we make, the more goes to good causes and mutual aid.

So, shout it loud and share far and wide. Post anywhere you can think of.

πŸ”— www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

23.02.2026 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 260    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 18

so excited for this and would give anything for an ARC, though I am not a cosmologist--just a queer lover of space-time

23.02.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Search Jobs - University Affairs

TT job in Native Studies, Brandon U: universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

21.02.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0