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Changeling poet, musician and writer, born on the 13th floor. Left of counter-clockwise and right of the white rabbit, all twilight and sunrises, forever the inside outsider.

Seeks out and follows creative and brilliant minds. And crows. Occasional shadow librarian.

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  • Newsom, we get it - you want to run for president. But don’t fuck up my state to do it.

    You’ve done ok in CA when you’ve kept your mouth shut and followed in Brown’s footsteps, but this latest bullshit display of throwing widely popular progressive initiatives (this one passed 66 to 9) under the bus is a slap in the face to all Californians, proving yet again that you’re an empty neo-liberal suit playing progressive to pander to the public.

    California is not your billboard for a future presidential run. Do your damn job and stop using your veto pen to try to appeal to voters who aren’t even your constituents yet.







  • Arotrios@kbin.socialtoRisa@startrek.websiteParty on, Weyoun!
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    ngebHa’‘a’ yInvam’e’? jaltaHghach ‘oH’a’ neH?
    mujon pumbogh puH, DI’rujvamvo’ jInarghlaHbe’
    mInDu’lIj tIpoSmoH, ‘ej chalDaq yIlegh
    chovup vIneHbe’, loDHom Do’Ha’ jIH neH
    jIghoSDI’ ‘ej jIjaHDI’ ngeDmo’, vItlhchugh pagh vItlhHa’chugh
    SuS HoS vIqeltaHvIS, jIHvaD tlhoy ‘oH bop vISaHbe’, jIHvaD
    SoSoy, qen loD vIchotpu’
    nachDajvaD HIch vIQeqpu’, chu’wI’ yuvpu’, DaH Heghpu’
    SoSoy, qen jIyInchoHpu’
    ‘ach DaH yInwIj naQ vIpolHa’chu’pu’
    SoSoy, ‘o-‘o-‘o-‘o, qaSaQmoH ‘e’ vIHechbe’
    qaSpa’ wa’leS poHvam jIcheghpu’be’chugh
    yIruchtaH, yIruchtaH ‘ej pagh SaHbogh vay’ yIDalaw’
    narghpu’ ‘eb, tugh jIHegh
    jIHeghvIpmo’ bIr pIpwIj, ‘oy’law’taH porghwIj
    naDevvo’ jIjaHnIS. Savan, Hoch.
    tlhIHvo’ jImejnISqu’ ‘ej vIt vIbamnIS
    SoSoy, ‘o-‘o-‘o-‘o, (SuS HoS vIqeltaHvIS)
    jIHegh vIneHbe’
    paghlogh jIboghchoHpu’ rut ‘e’ vIjInqu’
    [leSpal mob QoQ]
    wa’ loD QIb tu’qomHomHey mach vIleghlaw’taH
    SIqaramuS, SIqaramuS, qul mI’ DamI’‘a’?
    mughIjqu’ wabDaj’e’ pe’bIl’e’ je, mughIjqu’
    ghalIl’eyo’, ghalIl’eyo’, ghalIl’eyo’, ghalIl’eyo’,
    ghalIl’eyo’, vIgha’ro’, QaQqu’ ghu’vetlh
    loD Do’Ha’ jIH neH, ‘ej mumuSHa’ pagh
    Do’Ha’bogh tuqvo’ loDHom Do’Ha’ ghaH neH
    ghu’vam qabqu’vo’ narghlaH ‘e’ yIchaw’
    jIghoSDI’, jIjaHDI’ ngeD, tujonHa’‘a’
    Qun pongvaD! Qo’, bIjaH ‘e’ wIchaw’be’
    (yItlhabmoH) Qun pongvaD! bIjaH ‘e’ wIchaw’be’
    (yItlhabmoH) Qun pongvaD! bIjaH ‘e’ wIchaw’be’
    (HItlhabmoH) bIjaH ‘e’ wIchaw’be’
    (HItlhabmoH) bIjaH ‘e’ wIchaw’be’. (HItlhabmoH) ‘o
    Qo’! Qo’! Qo’! Qo’! Qo’! Qo’! Qo’!
    (‘o SoSoywI’, SoSoywI’) SoSoywI’! HItlhabmoH!
    jIHvaD veqlarghHom poltaH veqlargh ‘e’ vISov, jIHvaD, jIHvaD
    nagh chojaDlaH ‘ej mInwIj Datuy’laH ‘e’ DaQub
    chomuSHa’laH vaj HeghmeH cholonlaH ‘e’ DaQub
    ‘o bangwI’, jIHvaD yIta’Qo’, bangwI’!
    jIHaw’nIS neH - naDevvo’ jIHaw’nISchu’ neH
    ghu’vam vISaHbe’qu’, ‘e’ leghlaH vay’
    ghu’vam vISaHbe’qu’
    ghu’vam vISaHbe’qu’, jIHvaD
    SuS HoS vIqeltaHvIS



  • I avoid this by not watching porn that makes me sad. There’s plenty of consensual, happy, joyful sex-positive porn out there.

    While your point is valid about this particular situation (which is horrible and criminal on multiple levels), your overbroad generalization of porn and the implied assumption of guilt in the viewers is what’s led folks to react negatively to your statement.

    On a larger level, this kind of statement plays into the puritanical doctrines towards sex that paint it as a negative force, and subsequently leads to the twisting of a positive, creative act into a negative expression of power and rape in those that accept those doctrines.

    Porn is not at fault here, nor are its viewers. Those at fault in this crime are the producers and publishers, who were well aware of the abuses happening under their watch, and deceived their viewers into believing they were observing consensual performance acts. I hope that these women get every cent and more, and it would be excellent to see a class action suit from Pornhub’s subscribers arise in tandem to and in support of their complaint.







  • This article stinks of an agenda. The author goes out of their way not to mention the term Fediverse (pluriverse? wtf is that?), and they clearly haven’t done their due diligence on Activity Pub. Either they skimped on the research or this article was heavily edited afterwards to remove any concept of the Fediverse being a viable alternative to centralized platforms. Doesn’t surprise me coming from Business Insider.

    That being said, the overall dynamic the article speaks to is valid, as is the discussion it engenders, so have an upvote despite my gripes with the writing.


  • Cymbals are reversed through most of the intro. Sounds to me like they used the low E on the rhythm guitar (single string note) tuned down to D or E flat and then used knob tuning to bring it up into the full E for that first note. Distortion on the guitar is heavy with weight in the low and mid frequencies.

    It doesn’t sound like a bass to me (sound would be rounder with more depth from the thicker strings) - that’s the sound of a long neck guitar, possibly an Ibanez RG series. The low end on them sounds quite close to a light bass.