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Speculative fiction writer in Melbourne. 30, he/him. Gay, leftist, vegan, TTRPG enthusiast, codes, lifts, occultism. Trans rights matter. Free Palestine. No AI. https://btranwrites.com

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Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)

submitted 1 day ago • 94 comments

just finished reading madeleine grey's green dot for my local bookclub and wow, new favourite book!!!

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I did a bibliography of 1,084 dystopian fiction books and movies for a project that didn't find a buyer. Explicit racial supremacy/race war was the most common theme in dystopian fiction, and it is not even close, because half of the post-apocalyptic titles aren't really proper dystopias.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

this is also the outcome of the last 3 years where junior developers essentially could not hope to be hired. You are currently witnessing the complex atrophying of the lower rungs of the profession after years of delayed employment. This is also known, in the economics profession, as deskilling.

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

guys this showed up in my mailbox what does this mean

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

"LGBQ" is not a thing "LGBQ" IS A SLUR "LGBQ" IS A FUCKING ANTI-TRANS SLUR

submitted 9 days ago • 20 comments

submitted 9 days ago • 14 comments

friday has been kind to me so far with a win in #writingbattle, but now am up against a v strong story next round. now just need to survive the work day 😔

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Wall Street's touching the stove moment might end up being not tariffs or debt default, but rather DOGE techbros causing a bank run by carelessly demonstrating they can now yank funds out of commercial bank accounts on a whim. A very pure distilled demonstration of no rule of law, no capitalism.

submitted 10 days ago • 62 comments

guillotine is brat

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

in my pink pony club replay loop era

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

i know i'm nobody and not particularly big or strong but it is my solemn vow that if i ever see this happening to anyone i will come over the fucking desks and start ripping their hair out until someone physically stops me

submitted 14 days ago • 52 comments

a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job

submitted 14 days ago • 862 comments

survived another work week, but at what cost

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Hungry, hungry guillotine www.inprnt.com/gallery/thou...

submitted 17 days ago • 99 comments

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submitted 17 days ago • 122 comments

finally got to the #MagnusArchives episode with the iconic line, 'Ceaseless Watcher, turn your gaze upon this wretched thing' lmao. Almost fell off the machine at the gym laughing

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

The offices of the Rutgers academic union were defaced with pro-Israel slogans just before a vote on divesting from the Gaza genocide. This blunt intimidation reflects the impunity afforded Zionists, and the urgent need to end Zionist hegemony. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/02/statement-from-jewish-…

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

submitted 21 days ago • 604 comments

Good. A.I. Art Generated With Text Prompts Cannot Be Copyrighted, U.S. Rules search.app/kM1z

submitted 20 days ago • 12 comments

only tumblr can come up with this, amazing watch lol