K.B. Spangler (@kbspangler.com) reposted
Tried to water the baby asparagus but the spout was blocked so I tried to shove the blockage down into the can but the thing inside shoved back. Computer…enhance. #garden #gardening #oopsfrog
Lizard. Trans rights are human rights. twitch.tv/theshmackattack she/they
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view profile on Bluesky K.B. Spangler (@kbspangler.com) reposted
Tried to water the baby asparagus but the spout was blocked so I tried to shove the blockage down into the can but the thing inside shoved back. Computer…enhance. #garden #gardening #oopsfrog
NanoKim 柯金宝丽 (@nanosounds.bsky.social) reposted
Don’t understand what Indefinite Leave to Remain means? Let me explain from a personal POV If Reform get in, my Mum will be deported. Taking out the emotion: she has lived in the U.K. for 50+ years, paid taxes, worked as a midwife in the NHS. She has contributed more to the UK than these racists.
steven monacelli (@stevanzetti.bsky.social) reposted
Isn't it crazy that the leader of our country is able to get comedians fired for their jokes? Pic unrelated
ari velazquez 🌯 (@arivelazquez.com) reposted
debatable but everyone wants to fuckin talk to you about trump when they find out you're american so this is still worth doing lmao
Racheline Maltese (@racheline.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
This creature really only wants bugs, but she will tell you whatever she can to convince you to give them to her. She thinks you're fabulous. Even if she's just trying to butter you up, she's not lying.
Miles, knitting screaming agony werewolf (@queermedieval.bsky.social) reposted
shoutout to tumblr user kleinergeist for this post which is going straight into my powerpoint for Grendel day in my monster class this week
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
One of Swift's budgies is very upset that they are getting ready to go out and not letting her out to play at this exact moment. I just hear her doing her call/alarm chirp at the top of her 100db voice over and over, with Swift's exasperated "LIIIIIM STOOOOOP" and I know they understand parenthood.
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
big big hugs.
Manhattan Bird Alert (@birdcpk.bsky.social) reposted
Central Park's lost Budgerigar showed up on the field immediately west of the Pinetum. She ate plenty of grass seeds and briefly rested on a tree. 🦜 💛
Harlot🔞 (@harlotprincess.bsky.social) reposted
Liberals are starting to say shit like, "trans people asked for too much too fast," and I'll remind your souless asses that we actually didn't ask for anything. we were minding our own business and quietly improving our healthcare and you (cis) decided to do a pogrom against us for no reason.
Danielle Froom 🏳️🌈 (@danifroom.bsky.social) reposted
Not only do all these people know exactly what they're helping to fund, you can't even argue they're trapped in some sort of insular actor world when arguably *more famous* British actors like David Tennant, Katherine Waterston and Stephen Fry have all publicly condemned Rowling's hate campaign.
Mugen (@mugen003.bsky.social) reposted
After months of work, I finally finished this illustration... this is how I died, from insomnia. #ProjectZomboid
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
I read Parable of the Sower and it felt a bit too real. But then I started Parable of the Talents and I had to stop when it got to a certain point. It just made me sick to my stomach. Written in 1998. Ugh.
Iron Spike (@ironspike.bsky.social) reposted
Do it. Search your name. Take their money. It’s yours anyway.
Caræsten 🇵🇸 (@cara.city) reposted
as per usual, fuck Gavin Newsom for leaving constituents out to dry while he hangs out on right wing podcasts. if you think this guy is a 2028 contender, you just look at how he acts towards Californians to know *he's not your guy*
Rachael Talibart (@rachaeltalibart.bsky.social) reposted
Found this little fellow outside peering into our house tonight. 😂
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
three baby snapping turtle posts in my feed today - it must be snapping turtle day!!! It's better than the UK flying ants day for sure
Bene & the Jesserits (@kellylink.bsky.social) reposted
Today is one of my favorite days in North Amherst, when someone has to slowly walk around my friends’ yard, carefully collecting all the baby snapping turtles so the crows don’t eat them.
dandelion daddy (@dandelionqueer.bsky.social) reposted
Today after my dog training session, I got visited by two little chaos demons.
Marilyn Monroe v Wade (@katyrex.meatjacker.social) reposted
I'M LOSING MY MIND, THE BEST AND MOST EXCITING YHING JUST HAPPENED, BABY SNAPPING TURTLES HATCHED IN MY YARD, HOLY FUCKING SHIT WOW HOLY FUCK
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
@dandelionqueer.bsky.social this is me dying of cute overload by the way
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
oh my gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood
Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera (@pantibliss.bsky.social) reposted
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 (@chanda.bsky.social) reposted
I refuse to give em dashes to the AI
Programmable Animal (hiatus til 26th at least) (@snackiejack.bsky.social) reposted
COMMENT ON THIS NOW IT IS SUPREMELY IMPORTANT
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
The cream cake craving has been growing in my soul, especially this week as I've been sick. What I really want is the old style Pat Val chocolate mousse cake. Went to Sainsbury's to investigate only to discover they don't sell Pat Val anymore! Gutted!!! Costco Tuxedo cake next month, I guess?
Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now) (@aaronradney.bsky.social) reposted
I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
The cold that was festering was angered by the clouds of dust at Reading Festival and I am now properly ill. However I am working today because reasons, though stayed home. I had my emergency campbells chicken noodle to revive me and it was glorious. Slight revival, enough to get some admin done.
Jessica Ellis (@baddestmamajama.bsky.social) reposted
If he was going around saying 25 year old women are too young to make decisions about abortion, I wonder if he’d have such diehard lib support. Bodily autonomy is bodily autonomy.
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
Reading was absolutely amazing yesterday and we saw almost everyone we wanted to see - at least partially! I'm sad that the Hozier set hasn't been streamed because it was absolutely incredible.
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
Chronic illness is flaring and I'm at work with my colleagues telling me to go home but also the hour drive is so daunting. Would just like to take a little nap first.
headfallsoff (@headfallsoff.com) reposted
so the only legislative victories of labour, the uk's "centre-left" party are thus far 1. legal to kill grandma 2. all trans people banned 3. like 65% of all adults are now technically terrorists 4. do you have a loicense to read wikipedia
Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) reposted
This is legitimately insane. It's not an exaggeration to say this is actually a full on bathroom ban for trans people because they're banned from using spaces of their sex assigned at birth too!
bmcarthur17 (@bmcarthur17.bsky.social) reposted
This Brit nails it. #Immigration
hammancheez (@hammancheez.bsky.social) reposted
Cop : i was hit in the face by a club Lawyer : u mean a club sandwich right Cop (through tears) : still a club
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
My work laptop was nearly dead so I plugged in my charger and the charger shorted. New fuse did nothing and IT said I have to order my own replacement. Work phone cried at having to Teams, now out of battery after full charge this AM. Laptop dead so can't access clinical systems. Whatever man.
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
I need to find a new job. Can't sleep because the stress of the coming week is overwhelming. Fuck the cuts to the NHS which making working there an impossible task.
Mel (@thegatesofmel.blacksky.app) reposted
I am fascinated by the number of people using ChatGPT to ask it a question that they know it will get wrong, while also knowing the environmental harms.
Zoe Tunnell (@zoewithasword.bsky.social) reposted
Here's the truth. You can't stand with trans people and take a gig with Rowling. It is impossible. You can make donations, you can issue statements of support, but at the end of the day you are choosing to work with the single most prominent transphobe who uses her money and platform to harm us.
Matthew Hodson (@matthewhodson.bsky.social) reposted
Janel Comeau 🍁 (@verybadllama.bsky.social) reposted
obsessed with this vague notice from the government of Nova Scotia. Like it’s definitely about the new fire restrictions, but it also looks like a poster you’d find yellowed and curled on the bulletin board of a diner in a town where locals won’t talk about their missing kids
The Fair Play Collective (@fairplaycollective.org) reposted
Make your weird, uncomfortable, sexy, political, gross, naked, violent, video games. They deserve to exist. Art deserves to exist.
Suzanne ✨🌑 (@tendermiasma.com) reposted
Visa says they're still drowning today! Payment processors think that we're not organized enough to keep this up but it's we either prove them wrong or submit to global censorship so it's. not much of a contest. Keep calling all 4!!
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
tbf my comfort movies tend to be ones that make me sob because then at least i understand why i feel awful and emotional
Matt 'Wib' Ward (@wib.bsky.social) reposted
I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany. But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
I finally got my parcel (it arrived on time to its destination, I did not) but my lil guy dropped his tail in transit. Classic leopard gecko. @derptiles.art - best adhesive to fix this? Is poly cement / model glue safe to use?
Marty Davies (@smartypantsmarty.com) reposted
If you’re contributing to the commercial success of the Harry Potter franchise then you’re funding the removal of Trans+ rights. There is a very transparent funnelling of money toward that. So you don’t get to say you don’t wish to ‘add to the trans debate’. www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/k...
🌸 // ꌗ꓄ꋬꉧ // 🌸 commissions closed (@staxdeadempress.bsky.social) reposted
this is what you look like as a Harry Potter fan in 2025
Dr Naomi Jacobs (@handle.invalid) reposted
Please do complete this survey if you qualify, or share if you don't! I'm involved in this project, which is ultimately going to be thinking about the design of more inclusive future hospitals.
SimplySnaps (@simplysnaps.bsky.social) reposted
Wanting an AI to write for you is like paying a robot to fuck your wife. I don't just "want it done," I want to DO it. You might respond "but not everyone wants to write!" Then don't have a robot do it? Just don't do it at all. Some of us LIKE fucking our wives, though.
Hillary Monahan (@hillarymonahan.bsky.social) reposted
I want to talk about my friend. I met him at a summer camp for nerds when I was 12, pre-transition. We hit it off immediately, became SUPER close, and our parents would drive us back and forth for sleepovers for the next five years. He was the first trans person I met. He transitioned in the 90s.
sarah jeong (@sarahjeong.bsky.social) reposted
I would call myself a professional pessimist and "extremely depressed about the future" but god, please stop going into people's mentions to tell them that the law/courts no longer matter or post "AND YOU'RE SURPRISED???" at them, especially so if they are actively engaged in making the world better
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
I am already nervous about what I post because I'm sure my identity could be easily traced but with the new act that means we have to upload ID to use socials? I guess I'm cooked.
Buggy gay simping 🏳️⚧️🍉 (@beetlebuggyboy.bsky.social) reposted
Also as an addition; sign this petition ASAP if you're someone in the UK. Rather than just sitting around and doing fuck all, we need to make it clear that this Bullshit OSA won't work. Ever. Nor do folk fucking want it. Contact your MPs about the bill too. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
strawberry shortcake for dinner tonight i still won't put milk on it pennsylvania dutch roots be damned
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted
happy 8th anniversary to this unintentional bit of improv comedy
Mousie (@mousie.yogscast.com) reposted
A reminder that gen AI is a massive theft machine and that there is no ethical use of it. It is destroying the environment and people’s lives. I have no fucking respect for you if you use it at all.
Win98 Tech Support (@win98tech.bsky.social) reposted
Stop Killing Games EU petition is now at NINETY PERCENT if you're in the EU or know people in the EU they still have a month to vote! eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
mr tab tab with a delicious fab fab
Alex Graudins (@toonyballoony.bsky.social) reposted
Ending pride month with some post-op reflection! 🌈 It’s been five weeks since my surgery and I’m so so happy I went through with it. (1/4) 🎨✨
key-lime pie (@keymonster.bsky.social) reposted
Stop using generative AI. There is no legitimate use of generative AI. There is no “I hate AI but this is ok”. Not everyone is using it. We do not have to “get used to it or be left behind.” Just don’t. Just stop. Delete the app. Close your account. Save some money. Take the first step. #noai
Matthewせいじ (@matthewseiji.com) reposted
*beededededoop* Sam. It’s me, Die-Hardman. Wanted to let you know there’s banana bread in the kitchen. You can take a portion of this sweet cake bread anytime. Use the knife to cut off part of the loaf. You can take a full piece or a small piece depending on how hungry you are.
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
Big big hugs. I hope you have some time to rest soon. It sucks that it all falls to you.
Dave W (@dave.io) reposted reply parent
And more than that. PIP saves the Government money. It gives us support in paying for the things that the NHS no longer provides & we have to source privately. It gets us to and from work. If we can't work, we have no income, and the Government is on the hook for everything.
Dave W (@dave.io) reposted
People beating the drum for PIP cuts always call it “PIP”. If they gave it its full name, Personal Independence Payment, it would be clear that cutting it will result in MORE unemployment and reliance on welfare. PIP is unrelated to employment. It helps pay the financial cost of being disabled.
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
Jesus fucking Christ. Are they going to explain how plug and play works next or something
Andrew Neal | Added Value Books (@wanderlane.bsky.social) reposted
It's OK to talk about the stuff that's going on in real life, and you don't have to prove that you're doing that to the internet. It's OK to not know what to say at this time. It's entirely possible to enjoy an activity without being dismissive of the evil that's happening, in fact, it's essential.
Osita Nwanevu (@ositanwanevu.com) reposted
Donald Trump is an extremely stupid man with very few real policy preferences who has simply done what mainstream conservatives have wanted 80-90% of the time since he has entered politics. They have wanted to bomb Iran. He bombed Iran. Pretty straightforward.
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
Twiggy hasn't had his usual crested gecko diet for a few weeks and has only really picked at the offering I have given him. Today I had his favourite flavour back and the way he chowed down on the taste I offered made me feel so bad! Hopefully he feasts tonight.
pork, cheese, broccoli rabe (@garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz) reposted
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
Jeff Brutlag 👻🏳️🌈 (@jeffbrutlag.bsky.social) reposted
“I asked ChatGPT” “I asked grok” well, it appears you’re stupid
Jason, ex Inferis (@benedictsred.bsky.social) reposted
“i asked chat gpt” “i asked grok” Jeeves would kill you where you stand
Jeff Lazarus (@jlazarus.bsky.social) reposted
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
had a dirty cheap pub roast fresh from the best industrial microwaves today and it was somehow so good. The calorie counting is getting to me
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
Right there with you. Big big hugs.
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
They did this to me once, and we ordered the big 2 chicken platter thing so they were 2 portions of 'large' chips e.g. 4 regular. The people from customer service refused to recognise this and refunded me like £4 and I was so furious 😂
Melissa Stewart (@lissajostewart.bsky.social) reposted
I need y’all to come to terms with the fact that this isn’t going to be pretty. It’s not going to be permitted protests and pussy hats. This is a war against a violent fascist regime. And if everyone’s biggest concern is the property damage, we’re going to lose.
Peter (@notalawyer.bsky.social) reposted
the democrats should invite Elon to meet with them. tell him that the meeting is on a patch of sticks and leaves that APPEARS to be sitting atop solid ground. but here is the twist,
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
the roadhouse rolls are apparently amazing, and i did love the olive garden breadsticks which are glazed with garlic butter, but yah
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
this steakhouse near where i grew up had these cinnimon rolls that were just... amazing. and they were just part of the salad bar that was with every meal? they still do prime rib dinners for CHEAP, maybe that's a plan for the next time i'm back
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
nevermind i'm just silly i got one i just had to ship to my mom's house and now to wait for 2 months for my baby
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
oh my days i missed the derptiles leopard gecko figures because i was distracted by supernatural what is wrong with me
Jon Bois (@jonbois.bsky.social) reposted
those of us who were born in 1982 grew up in a unique time and have had some really interesting life experiences, but what really makes me laugh is when people born before or after 1982 claim that they’ve also had life experiences. get serious. no you haven’t
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
i feel like the single-syllabic (probably) saxon origin words are the silliest. but this one particularly for sure for sure
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social) reply parent
Right back at you. <3
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
Trying to decide where to draw the line for burnout and time off to recover. There's no one to delegate to so the stress that the work will just be waiting for me with more work beside doesn't really make the idea of rest an ideal one. However, I'm struggling to work as is anyway.
Aubrey Jones (@aubreyjones.bsky.social) reposted
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.
Palea 🦖 (@palearaptor.bsky.social) reposted
I've had actual arguments with people about "Separating art from the artist." There's no separating this. Like Idk what to tell you, but trans people should be more important to you than like dobby the elf or whatever
Gwen Snyder is uncivil (@gwensnyder.bsky.social) reposted
Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but. It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
Shmack (@shmack.bsky.social)
t/w weight loss / dieting I'm doing better on my current counting / healthy choices attempt than I have since my counting heyday a decade ago, but I really would love to see a little bit of progress somewhere. Will be three weeks Monday and I haven't seen any change yet either scale or non-scale.