kidney witch

kidney witch

@stavvers.bsky.social

Troubled maiden aunt with homosexual tendencies.

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can someone make a bot that replies to all transphobic comments about toilets with I CHIME IN WITH A HAVEN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF CLOSING THE GODDAMN DOOR

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for ten years now most of my dates have said "what's that smell" and "that's disgusting" but what if they were wrong all this time, and shitting my pants in public was exactly what society needs?

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

“In recent years, many Americans have decided that their country’s problem was that it had too many police officers, when in fact its problem was that it had too few,” Malcolm Gladwell writes:

You get those ghastly ~fence sitters~ who try to defend the transphobic wizards franchise by "it got kids reading" and just... were they living on another fucking planet in the 90s, because there were heaps of kid books which were media juggernauts at the time, and kids were fucking reading them.

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Also btw, the recent netflix adaptation of the Babysitters Club had no business being as good as it was and if you loved the books as a kid it is a heady nostalgia kick.

You get those ghastly ~fence sitters~ who try to defend the transphobic wizards franchise by "it got kids reading" and just... were they living on another fucking planet in the 90s, because there were heaps of kid books which were media juggernauts at the time, and kids were fucking reading them.

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I would like to apologise for the blatant erasure of Goosebumps/Point Horror/general Point franchise in this thread. I absolutely exhausted my library's supply of them. See also: Round The Twist. The books were, quite possibly, even weirder than the TV show.

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Was it #3 or #4 that had the midnight waterstones lark? Turning a new book into the new iphone release was the goal, not this 'got kids reading books' garbage. What it DID do was get children into branding. So did Star Wars.

You get those ghastly ~fence sitters~ who try to defend the transphobic wizards franchise by "it got kids reading" and just... were they living on another fucking planet in the 90s, because there were heaps of kid books which were media juggernauts at the time, and kids were fucking reading them.

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So when they say the transphobic wizards series got kids reading, what they really mean is that perhaps boys were reading now because a shameless Worst Witch rip off starring a boy appealed more to them. In other words, once again, it's prioritising boys rather than raising them better.

You get those ghastly ~fence sitters~ who try to defend the transphobic wizards franchise by "it got kids reading" and just... were they living on another fucking planet in the 90s, because there were heaps of kid books which were media juggernauts at the time, and kids were fucking reading them.

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And of course, there were series to suit all ages. Good old Tracey Beaker, beautifully illustrated and a working class hero. Teenage worrier Lettie Chubb, full-frontal snogger Georgia Nicholson, I remember you and your ubiquity around the millennium.

And then it hit me like a bus. There were tons of major serieses with all the merch and adaptations, etc but... most of the protagonists were *girls*. And we know, because of patriarchy, this is a turn off for boys because society tells them they don't wanna read that.

You get those ghastly ~fence sitters~ who try to defend the transphobic wizards franchise by "it got kids reading" and just... were they living on another fucking planet in the 90s, because there were heaps of kid books which were media juggernauts at the time, and kids were fucking reading them.

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And the Babysitters Club, so popular that there were approximately 11 million spin offs and ambitious crossover events. Maybe we discount these because they're American?

But then there were so many British books, too. I remember when the transphobic wizards series came out and I thought it was a shameless rip off of The Worst Witch, but less good because it didn't have a weird film adaptation with Tim Curry serving major cunt

You get those ghastly ~fence sitters~ who try to defend the transphobic wizards franchise by "it got kids reading" and just... were they living on another fucking planet in the 90s, because there were heaps of kid books which were media juggernauts at the time, and kids were fucking reading them.

So I've been wondering about the blatant Sweet Valley High erasure (so popular that I still occasionally get earwormed by the theme tune for the TV show.

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gregor samsa awoke one morning to discover he had been transformed into a sickass beetle. fuck yeah he said scuttling all over the walls and ceiling like no dumbfuck traveling salesman could ever do. this is the best day of my life he said

I come bearing news from the world of crafting drama! So a major yarn brand has launched a shameless transphobic wizards tie-in yarn to ~knit your own house scarf~ and it's hilarious because literally nobody likes it.

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And finally, point the fourth: I have so far not actually shown you this yarn. So here it is. This is a literal marketing image from the literal brand. This is them showing you what your transphobic scarf is supposed to look like. This is *their* best light image.

For those asking, the brand is Sirdar, and no, I don't think they're undertaking an elaborate act of trolling on bigots. However, I am excited about seeing every bigot wearing the ugliest scarf possible and itchy-sweating profusely in it.

I come bearing news from the world of crafting drama! So a major yarn brand has launched a shameless transphobic wizards tie-in yarn to ~knit your own house scarf~ and it's hilarious because literally nobody likes it.

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Point the second: this yarn is 100% acrylic and nothing starts crafting drama like acrylic in the fibre arts community. There's a lot of snobbery about yarns and the second you mention the A word you will get a million ~natural fibres~ reply guys a-replyin'

Point the third: it's really expensive. It's like £15 a ball, and you can get 300g of chunky acrylic for way, way less than that so lol at the shameless cash grab.

I come bearing news from the world of crafting drama! So a major yarn brand has launched a shameless transphobic wizards tie-in yarn to ~knit your own house scarf~ and it's hilarious because literally nobody likes it.

Point the first: obviously a lot of people have strong feelings about this shit because - and if you came in for the crafting drama, maybe you don't know this so I'll say it anyway - a portion of every sale will ultimately make a transphobic billionaire richer.

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Stop what you're doing and watch the video in the article right now

Bon Hanson@bonhanson.bsky.social

Not your typical 'cat stuck in a tree' call. A baby bobcat got stuck on the top of a power pole in Kelowna. He waited until the rescue man reached him in the lift and said, "No thanks, I got it," and shimmied down himself. 😂🤣 www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

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Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.

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Yeah if you still engage with harry potter anything i do think you are a bad person, just live with that or get better the begging for absolution is very unbecoming. Its 2026 you can be a baddie, its okay, you can be prime minister or president its fine, be a baddie