This is epic. Also Kaiju hand.

Who wants to cozy up this winter to spicy, spooky, or fantastic winter tales with #trans and #nonbinary characters? Well, me for one. Calling trans and nonbinary #writers. Submit now to join my Itchio bundle of Trans Holiday Magic! Existing or new stories welcome. forms.gle/svdATkyeWqQ1...

Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

What an unbelievable desecration.

i looked at the methodology for this and it is a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and b. p-hacked

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

I do not think it is wise, kind, or appropriate for a social media CEO to troll members of her own userbase over their concerns about moderation and safety in a time of rising fascism.

Now that’s bleak.

The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.

Really excited for my tiny fiction contribution to this really cool TTRPG project!

Oban 14. Im always a little weary of scotch that looks like scotch. So my initial try of an Oban came with hesitation. However the flavor is rather good, mild smoke with that western highland salt. Not so strong as an Islay on the smoke which is good. Good but not the best western highland.

i know you are all still in scrappy startup bright eyed crew of the uss enterprise delulu mindset but good lord you really ought to hire pr

But genuinely, something I’ve been butting up against when trying to find books to read or games to play or things to watch is that so much North American and US culture ends up flattening narratives. Eg. Tipping culture isn’t global due to fair(er) wages, but it shows up in culture as if it is.

So which is gonna crash first. The market or the tilt. #kilauea

Is anyone willing to share a successful GRFP they wrote along with the reviews with me? I didn’t know what they were when I was eligible and have some students that are thinking of writing them. Please and thank you.

SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted. My story:

There’s no real reconciliation and amending until never again means never again Another year another residential school Holocaust memorial while they still kill and rape us and our lands

Donald Trump basically announces that he is declaring war on anyone he deems a Democrat... and one of the leading Democratic Senators, @blumenthal.senate.gov thinks now is the best time for a bipartisan censorship bill that will let MAGA define what content is allowed on the internet. WTF?

*sips tea* The British Billionare is being loud to distract you from the US Governments attacks on Trans-Health Care. Ignore her, and divert that energy to doing something about the US government issue.

I do love it out here.

Regardless of my thoughts on the matter, I could use half a mill, so one of his death traps would be done if I had to.

All-New X-Men (2012) #6

"american civil religion" is real and it is unfathomably stupid and venal

Now to survive until Rally Croatia this weekend.

September Grand Sumo tournement is pau. I suspect we well see Wakamotoharo take his brothers Sekiwake title, along side Aonishiki (baring the unprecidented happening). While Hakuoho and Oho take the then vacant Komusubi titles; though Ura may get the title over Hakuoho we shall see.

Abolish ICE. Now. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...

Damn I love sumo. September tournement day 11 spoilers.

We’re living in stupid times, enjoy this video of turtles bobbing around in the surf.

Tell the FTC: Hands Off Gender-Affirming Care transequality.org/ftc-hands-of...

Has anyone else been asked by a university to purchase insurance for giving a talk??? I’ve NEVER had this happen in the past (and I’ve given a bunch of talks/workshops) but this small Liberal Arts college in PA is now asking this of me…

remember how politicians and journos just lied and lied and lied about trans healthcare and created the space for doubt by talking constantly about the need for clarity as if the science weren’t settled already

this is gaslighting, plain and simple. No, it's not the worker producing workslop, it's the fucking AI!

The bones yearn for the crushing finality that is found beneath miles and miles of stone and soil. Let them win.

it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like "A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act." fuck yeah

Like actually. Trickle down would be incredibly helpful yall.

Like actually. Trickle down would be incredibly helpful yall.

Nothing like the package that you and everybody else relied on to do a thing having been archived 13 days ago due to dependency issues.

Struggling to have money for food, while seeing people in cybertrucks and people owning functional replicas of fantasy weapons. That trickle down sure be nice RN.

How are the cool kids in TTRPGs posting blog posts these days? I don't think I'll ever be a regular blogger but I'd like somewhere to occasionally post essays that aren't suited for a long social media thread

Canada and the UK formally "recognizing" the state of Palestine with massive terms and conditions that gives them no self determination is going to be the strongest example of the dangers of centrist attempts at appeasing everyone while appeasing no one; leading to the far right taking over

Stunning views up on Haleakalā this weekend.

Just a reminder about this. People do not understand what is happening yet. I still have people asking me how Trump can do illegal things.

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