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Melissa Wong

@favomancer

Costume technician and tabletop gaming writer (Cyberpunk: Red, Curseborne). She/They, queer, American-Chinese. My opinions here are my own, and do not reflect those of any companies I have written for. PS: Hook'em Horns.

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NO NO NO YOU DON’T

GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA

federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL

tell everyone you know

www.freetaxusa.com

09.03.2026 01:26 👍 10979 🔁 6689 💬 12 📌 2

Attention kyluxers new meme just dropped.

09.03.2026 01:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NYPD recovers third suspicious device in Manhattan IED investigation NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NYPD announced Sunday that a third suspicious device has been recovered as part of an ongoing investigation into an improvised explosive device (IED) thrown during dueling protests outside Gracie Mansion a day earlier. Police said officers identified a suspicious device inside a vehicle on East End Avenue between 81st and 82nd streets and temporarily evacuated nearby buildings while the Bomb Squad assessed the threat.

NYPD recovers third suspicious device in Manhattan IED investigation

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NYPD announced Sunday that a third suspicious device has been recovered as part of an ongoing investigation into an improvised explosive device (IED) thrown during dueling protests…

09.03.2026 00:03 👍 27 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0
A meme style image comparing the starter trio Pokemon from Gen 10 to Hux, Kylo Ren, and General Phasma.

A meme style image comparing the starter trio Pokemon from Gen 10 to Hux, Kylo Ren, and General Phasma.

08.03.2026 22:42 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

• Veterans who were discharged from the uniformed services due to sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
- They do not need to live in Washington.
- They do not need to enter school within a certain amount of time after separating from the military.
- They maintain resident student status as long as they stay continuously enrolled.
- Does not apply to veterans who have a dishonorable discharge from the uniformed services.

• Veterans who were discharged from the uniformed services due to sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. - They do not need to live in Washington. - They do not need to enter school within a certain amount of time after separating from the military. - They maintain resident student status as long as they stay continuously enrolled. - Does not apply to veterans who have a dishonorable discharge from the uniformed services.

TIL that military service members who were discharged for their sexual orientation or gender identity qualify for in-state tuition rates in Washington regardless of their residency!

wsac.wa.gov/student-resi...

08.03.2026 20:00 👍 514 🔁 164 💬 6 📌 2

You know what annoys me the most?

Five grand. “Excuse me, can you look the other way while we kill the most powerful pedophile in the world?” is worth maybe two month’s rent.

08.03.2026 17:49 👍 264 🔁 23 💬 13 📌 0

Are you fucking kidding me? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? This got covered up for SEVEN YEARS?

08.03.2026 16:55 👍 710 🔁 214 💬 15 📌 4

*twitches in autistic theatre person*

08.03.2026 17:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sex and the sea snail: how a plucky marine lab brought a mollusk back from the brink Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback

I didn't know abalone had such charming, strange little faces. They look like the Muppets Martians kinda.

08.03.2026 17:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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@peggyflanagan.bsky.social at the SD66 convention “I am running to avenge Minnesota”

07.03.2026 19:55 👍 648 🔁 110 💬 9 📌 43

We are currently living under the regime that Epstein built. Every bit needs to be dismantled. And every person prosecuted.

08.03.2026 15:36 👍 299 🔁 117 💬 7 📌 5

We.

Are.

Complicit.

We.

Must.

Get.

Them.

Out.

08.03.2026 16:02 👍 231 🔁 71 💬 1 📌 0
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“.. Then he said he heard an officer say ‘Dudes, you killed that dude.’”

@miamiherald.com
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

08.03.2026 14:05 👍 1204 🔁 526 💬 42 📌 36

Amusingly, I am my favorite Sith Lord. I was once a trooping member of the Dark Empire. :p

08.03.2026 15:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

oh my god? i mean i know fox crossed the rubicon a long time ago but…oh my god? youre supposed to be a “news” network and oh my god?

08.03.2026 13:54 👍 782 🔁 164 💬 41 📌 8

I don't want to hear the eventual mewling. It absolutely DOES matter that state TV is doctoring footage.

08.03.2026 14:16 👍 539 🔁 99 💬 3 📌 0

This is kind of tangential, but when my Food Not Bombs was trying to get money to give away diapers we went to the adult baby diaper lover subreddit and asked them for cash. They fully funded our diaper program for several weeks.

This is just to say, when you're in need, maybe look to the perverts.

07.03.2026 23:19 👍 380 🔁 87 💬 4 📌 1
A covered litter box. A fluffy kitten sits inside, facing out, her little front paws resting on the bottom edge of the entrance opening. She looks a little concerned.

A covered litter box. A fluffy kitten sits inside, facing out, her little front paws resting on the bottom edge of the entrance opening. She looks a little concerned.

This pic for a litter box looks like the kitten is working at a beachside snack shack and it's her first day and in her head, as she says, "Welcome to Herring House, how may I help you today?" she's silently thinking, "Please just want oyster crackers," because she ate all the herring.

07.03.2026 23:06 👍 235 🔁 47 💬 6 📌 0

Sánchez: “You may have heard that Spain is alone. They’re the same people who said that when we recognized the State of Palestine, and then others followed.

“We are not alone — we are the first. Those who will end up alone are the ones defending the indefensible.”

07.03.2026 11:55 👍 2706 🔁 741 💬 26 📌 60

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A country that always defends human rights and international law, like Spain, earns the respect of the entire world, as has happened in recent weeks.”

07.03.2026 11:52 👍 3083 🔁 609 💬 36 📌 35

I will say in Atomic Empire's defense, it never smells too bad there, there's some really good board game action going on as well, and their bathrooms are clean.

07.03.2026 21:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The most scathing critics of Silicon Valley circa 2014 barely scratched the surface of the treachery these companies have shown.

Providing your products to criminal regimes planning to use them to violate human rights on a massive scale is a choice!

07.03.2026 05:06 👍 1384 🔁 189 💬 5 📌 1

We don’t talk enough about how morally depraved the tech industry turned out to be. Every single ounce of their self-regarding statements of values was an outright lie.

07.03.2026 05:03 👍 6250 🔁 1330 💬 128 📌 100

It is no surprise why this was covered up bsky.app/profile/nico...

07.03.2026 03:05 👍 420 🔁 100 💬 9 📌 2
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Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

07.03.2026 00:59 👍 5301 🔁 2418 💬 97 📌 153

Knives Out?

07.03.2026 02:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans SEM analysis of pottery residues showed people combined fish with a wide variety of plants when cooking.

I think this ringing sound I keep hearing is an echo of @tastinghistory.bsky.social squeeing loudly over these findings.

06.03.2026 19:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm unsure how people really think people were downplaying a virus that can kill you, make you go blind, wipe out your immune system for years, and oh yeah come back and kill you a decade after you thought you'd shaken it.

06.03.2026 15:42 👍 2055 🔁 645 💬 71 📌 20
A reasonably large, velvety American Staffie mix named Rosie is cuddling a tall, long, rangy kitten named Garbanzo. Rosie's fur is very short and neat and sleek, and she's an appealing blue-and-white coloration with soft light brown eyes, a cold nose, and a happy wag for everybody. 

Garbanzo's fur is fluffy but dense and short. He has a lean angular build and a narrow face and might have Oriental Shorthair ancestry. He has a loud, musical meow and loves to put his paws on the people he likes. 

They are both lying on a queen size human bed with red cotton sheets. Rosie has Garbanzo tucked against her belly, under her front left leg. Her muzzle rests gently on his head and neck.

A reasonably large, velvety American Staffie mix named Rosie is cuddling a tall, long, rangy kitten named Garbanzo. Rosie's fur is very short and neat and sleek, and she's an appealing blue-and-white coloration with soft light brown eyes, a cold nose, and a happy wag for everybody. Garbanzo's fur is fluffy but dense and short. He has a lean angular build and a narrow face and might have Oriental Shorthair ancestry. He has a loud, musical meow and loves to put his paws on the people he likes. They are both lying on a queen size human bed with red cotton sheets. Rosie has Garbanzo tucked against her belly, under her front left leg. Her muzzle rests gently on his head and neck.

Another picture of the previous pair Rosie and Garbanzo snuggling. 

This time, the sheets on the human bed are blue. Rosie is lying on top of her dog bed on one side of the bed, and Garbanzo is lying where the human would sleep normally. They are both sleeping on their sides and their noses are touching even in slumber. 

They look very content and comfortable, and clearly love each other.

Another picture of the previous pair Rosie and Garbanzo snuggling. This time, the sheets on the human bed are blue. Rosie is lying on top of her dog bed on one side of the bed, and Garbanzo is lying where the human would sleep normally. They are both sleeping on their sides and their noses are touching even in slumber. They look very content and comfortable, and clearly love each other.

News is scary. Politicians are insane where I am.

Here's a picture of a dog snuggling a half-grown kitten. Two of them. Timeline cleanse!

06.03.2026 16:11 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The single most important thing a man can do to be an ally is give his woman friends permission to give dudes at the bar his number so when they call he can angrily say that's not funny because she died 15 years ago that very night

The single most important thing a man can do to be an ally is give his woman friends permission to give dudes at the bar his number so when they call he can angrily say that's not funny because she died 15 years ago that very night

Happy Friday! 👻

06.03.2026 12:35 👍 314 🔁 78 💬 6 📌 2