As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative

With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind: If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist. If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist. Pretty clear

@jbf1755.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is awesome. Fuck ICE and its supporters. I'll be donating to keep this list alive. www.crustnews.com/p/we-built-a...

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

heyyyyyy if you’re going to see family this holiday season trans people really need you to not brush off your transphobic relatives just to “keep the peace” our lives are more important than making bigoted people uncomfortable nothing’s gonna change until cis people as a group decide to change it

what could i do to make your day better?

In 2026: Take care of each other. Stand up for each other.

currently listening to Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright. Pretty interesting stuff, especially after the transformative effects of really implementing meditation the second half of this year.

The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.

If you claim to be an 'academic' or a 'researcher' or similar and your position is that you should not have to read things and/or write things and you would like the plagiarism machine to do that for you then please step aside and let someone who would like to work in the field have your job.

I don’t think the law passed by Congress said that DOJ has to release less than 1% of the materials by Dec 19.

I bought cat sticky notes for Z (9). She decorated them including googly eyes!

Folks can submit comments opposing these transphobic proposed rules here:

if you are an adult who suspects you are on the Autism spectrum but does not have a diagnosis, given the current climate (US specific), would you seek diagnosis? or if you have a diagnosis, especially if it was obtained as an adult, if you didn't have said diagnosis, would you seek it now?

I'm excited! Have a call today for vetting to join a group doing important work. *fingers crossed* I need to be doing more and hope this will provide additional opportunities.

The next few days are going to be hard. The fear is palpable. So please, if you’re at all wondering: I wish you could see how much the world needs you. Right now, all that matters is getting to morning. * thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ * pflag.org/resource/support-hotlines/ * translifeline.org/

Here are some actions you can take to defend gender-affirming care in your hospital system.

Sheryl is phenomenal and doing important work. If you can, support her Patreon/Ko.Fi, and/or share!

so much this *volcanic lava rage intensifies*

"We will not rest until the rights of transgender youth to live authentically and access the care they need are fully protected.” standing strong with @chasestrangio.bsky.social, the ACLU, and every person/group fighting back against the cruelty being hurled at the Transgender community.

we need everyone to keep repeating this message that the proposals are not law, and hold medical professionals to the oaths they have taken to provide care to the Transgender community. and keep fighting like hell at every turn to keep the community safe and dispense this hatred.

Thank you, @maxwellfrost.bsky.social for speaking truth.

went to my 2nd ever city council meeting. it lasted 4 hours due to many factors, including 37 public comments on topic of the resolution set forth by the council opposing FCI Dublin being turned into an ICE facility. there were many aspects of governmental work in play, the good and the bullshit.

my therapist was sick last week so appt got rescheduled to today. my last appt was 27 days ago! I am very grateful to have therapy today!

incredibly important to contact your reps and insist they vote against these anti-transgender provisions!

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison. Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.

i'm concerned about anyone who isn't concerned!

shameful. I cannot understand being in a position to effect real good and choosing instead to actively harm others, especially the most vulnerable.

With ADHD, you have to have "active plans" to relax, which is absolutely the worst thing to have to do when you are having ADHD burnout!

Please take a moment to fill this out and share. These bills are abhorrent.

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75% of my weekend. (the 25% was really good and im trying to be Atreyu not Artax.)

1980s: “We think this heavy metal group is hiding garbled messages backward in their music. Better convene a congressional hearing.” 2020s: “This company’s chatbot is straight up encouraging teens to off themselves. We better give them billions of taxpayer dollars.”

This is your seasonal reminder that Bookshop.org and libro.fm exist as local-supporting not-Amazon options for all your physical and audiobook needs! Bookshop even gives you the option to add a card and a pretty fabric bag and ship it directly to your giftee!

please help if you can!

If you're going to be around friends and loved ones this holiday season, we invite you to share our Dirt in a Cog zine with them. It gives some very practical ways to resist rising alt right sentiments in your every day life. Visit the Zines pages on our website at invisiblehistory.org.

Ah, Kaiser Permanente and Sutter are cowards and complying in advance. The Transgender Community deserves better. Everyone deserves healthcare and to be treated with respect. This needs to be reversed #TransRightsAreHumanRigjts sfstandard.com/2025/12/09/s...

please help if you can!

helpful information, especially for people new to areas that have earthquakes, like myself and my family!

if you haven't dumped Spotify yet, what are you waiting for? there are better services out there that pay artists more, don't run ICE ads, and work as well or better.

there are (at least) two owls in our complex that talk to each other. a few weeks ago, i named one of them John Owliver. I named a second one tonight: Weird Owl Yankovic. i am very proud of both of those!

👩‍🌾 Grab your tools

Fun version of this: Listen to Christmas Don't Be Late by Norah Jones on Qobuz open.qobuz.com/track/177038...

oh the mental picture that come from this! lol

my braids are a mess and so am i. and that's okay.

if you're not following Assigned Media, now is a great time to remedy that!

if you need a new podcast, this one looks exceptional. will be catching up on previous episodes soon. I'm listening to Live Like the World is Dying on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/pa/dir-pqbr7...

@parkermolloy.com has a great (if depressing) rundown on the well-oiled, well-scripted, and lavishly funded machine targeting trans people for simply living. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...

100% so many problems associated with this massive adoption of AI. point out every single one every time you can.