They're going to gut their labor costs in a fool's errand to save their investments before it's completely kaput. Rough times ahead for lots of people who have no working definition of rough *as well as* the rest of us.

hi, cis folks in california! this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out. he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841 want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!

I thought I'd already posted the mini I made for Bodil, but apparently not! Here's Bóthildr "Bodil," dwarven paladin of Morradin, created in @heroforgeminis.bsky.social. #dnd #character #portrait #art #3d #model

Another mini I created in @heroforgeminis.bsky.social. This time Taurë, my half-elf swashbuckler rogue. She's got a properly tragic backstory and a long-term revenge plan. #dnd #character #portrait #art #3d #model

I created minis for a couple more of my old D&D characters in @heroforgeminis.bsky.social. Here's Dawnbringer Ilona, cleric of Lathander. She's ascerbic, irritable, and noble-born, but also a very dedicated cleric when she can get over herself! #dnd #character #portrait #art #3d #model

I've been seeing a lot of Ground News sponsorships lately, so it feels worth pointing out that Ground News lists this paper as "Center-Left".

Me: "Why isn't Shft + N working?...Huh? The rest of my tools either!" Discord: NNpgNwmiiiNNbNb

Whether due to generative AI hallucinations or human sloppiness, the internet is increasingly rife with bogus news content –— and you can count EFF among the victims. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Charlie Kirk never cared about debates.

And one more mini that I created with @heroforgeminis.bsky.social. This time my D&D wild heart barbarian, Barbara! #dnd #character #model #3d

Here's another of my D&D characters that I created with @heroforgeminis.bsky.social. This time Serenity, my tiefling wild magic sorcerer. #dnd #character #model #3d #art

I've been having a blast using @heroforgeminis.bsky.social to build digital minis for my D&D characters! Here's Tamara, my fighter. #dnd #character #model

News orgs HAVE to stop calling these porn bans. Yes, #HB4938, does also criminalize porn — also terrible — it goes far beyond that. LGBTQ+ sites, social media sites, community forums, Shakespeare, drag, a review of Mrs. Doubtfire, all punishable by jail $500K fine and twenty years in jail.

Your internet shouldn’t vanish because a roommate is accused of copyright infringement. SCOTUS must rein in overbroad secondary liability that chills lawful access. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The Death of Democracy

It turns out this is just a lie that the WSJ ran without so much as a courtesy check; a lie that endangers an already targeted population.

Call your local TERF a TERF today!

at their core, trans rights, abortion rights, and vaccine rights are actually all the same issue: they’re all about bodily autonomy, and the willingness to concede any of them puts the others at risk.

Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑

PSA: if you’re someone who isn’t in a good headspace mental heath-wise, don’t read the ChatGPT lawsuit over the kid who offed himself. The chat logs cited are that bad and pretty dang triggering.

Over a few months of increasingly heavy engagement, ChatGPT allegedly went from a teen's go-to homework helper to a "suicide coach."

Btw, I remember there being some anxieties around folks expressing their opinions during primaries. Besides being nowhere near a presidential primary at the moment, now is in fact the time for people to express certain lines they expect candidates not to cross. Protect trans folks.

I commissioned a portrait of my D&D character from @marilokh.bsky.social a year or so ago. They were wonderful to work with, and I absolutely love the result! Definitely check them out.

He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...

HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE ALL-TIME BANGER THEY'RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO ISENGARD m.youtube.com/watch?v=2X-A...

Read my comic Daughter of the Lilies, it's got peak Millennial escapism: strong unions and good management. Also they fight a giant frog demon and stuff. www.daughterofthelilies.com/dotl/part-1-... Content Warning for implied adult language, violence, and gore.

Repost if you support trans people and think we're neato

mozilla has a rich history of shooting themselves in the foot thankfully most of the ml stuff can be disabled through about:config

I did not expect that throwaway thought from yesterday to take off so here’s a thread about bathroom access and human health. It’s bleak, but it’s really important to illustrate how the framing about “comfort” is intentionally used to obscure a whole range of downstream, intentional lasting harms.

IT'S WORKING, Y'ALL!! Keep the pressure up!!

Uh oh, now AI actually *is* coming for my job as a programmer. 😄

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

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US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza.

*BOOP* #mememonday #jesterthelovebird

US tech companies rip us all off in the same way, no matter where we live - so it's only natural for Australia to import the EU's Digital Markets Act to take on Big Tech downunder.

Gull Dukat. Another one of those mental images I had to exorcise by drawing it. #art #StarTrek #DS9

I wrote about Democrats' obsession with calling Trump's actions a "distraction," and how it reflects their failure to understand the modern media ecosystem.

♥️ "As a movement, feminism has been at the forefront of championing self-determination since the beginning." https://www.wearequeeraf.com/self-determination-is-a-core-principle-of-feminism-terfs-seem-to-have-forgotten-that/

Truth Coming Out Of Her Well To Shame Mankind - 2025.

Adhd diagnosis #adhd #comics

Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024

Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.