I’m still working my into trans spaces online, and it seems I’ve found a bit of a clique. Looks like I need to shake things up a bit. 🤔

Today’s space launch reminded me of seeing a launch of space shuttle Atlantis 16 years ago. It was absolutely incredible. So if you ever want to understand the impact of gender dysphoria, look at my face on one of the best days of my life. At the time, I was as happy as I could possibly imagine.

Without downloading new pics, describe your gender

Okay, I can log off for the day. I’m not topping this.

I’m late to the party, and I’m fairly new to trans spaces on bluesky, but I have a few: @impossiblephd.bsky.social has helped me come to terms with my journey and my goals in particular. @tillybridges.bsky.social showed me how to engage with trans media, so I can see myself in stories

This is my trans agenda

Forgot to put my wig on before heading out for errands, so I guess my transness is extra visible today 🤷‍♀️

My favorite part of Trans Day of Visibility is pointing out that the first Sunday in November is Trans Parent Day, aka the Trans Day of Invisibility 😂

This is why I personally don’t care much about “passing”. In my conservative small town, I’m probably the only trans person a lot of folks have ever seen. I want them to see me grocery shopping, getting gas, watching school plays, eating dinner. Being just as normal as everybody else.

I remember the late '00s, the avalanche of constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. I remember the fear, the hate, the huge support for those measures. And now massive majorities support gay marriage. *Massive*. We win by being visible. I want to repeat that. We win by being visible.

Not gonna lie gang every year trans day of visibility feels more like a cruel joke the onion headlines write themselves really

1. Treat people like people. 2. Punch up, not down. 3. Keep your circle small enough to care deeply. 4. Share openly. 5. Be true to yourself.

I’ll ad another angle to this. A lot of people have an idea of a “default”. For people, for government, for society at any level. When someone says a piece of art isn’t political, they usually just mean that it aligns with their view of what’s “default” or “normal”.

even if there’s somehow no subtext, a piece of writing with “no political view” is in and of itself a political view that condones and upholds the status quo like sorry dudebros, but literally nothing can be devoid of the context of the world we all live in

I’ve tried this a few times and didn’t have any takers, but I’ll try again: ngl.link/gulopine Ask me about Python, information security, gender, speedrunning, Percy Jackson, whatever.

I have spent entirely too much time on the phone today. The hour-long video call was fine, but I’ve had three (3!) audio phone calls, including one where I literally had to sit and wait for them to call. I need to lie down.

If anyone I follow thinks that April Fools pranks are funny and/or appropriate this year of all years, I'm unfollowing you. We live in a post-truth fascist society and now is not the fucking time for goofs that perpetuate the problem.

2019 vs 2026 selfies

Reparations now. UBI. No means testing. Just checks. Emergency welfare available to all on request as cash payments & OPTIONAL counselling. Nationalize the internet. Categorize internet access as a basic utility, like water. Free college. Forgive all student debt. 100% tax rate above $10 mil.

It still feels weird to post selfies, but holy shit the gods smiled upon me today.

Job interviewer: What are your greatest weaknesses? Me: well, for a while I assumed I had a bunch, but then I survived a train crash and met this guy at a comic book store… anyway, water. Water is my weakness.

Rather than argue about watching a trailer for a tv show, let’s keep tracking and acting against the things that are continuing to systematically remove trans people from society. This is driven largely by nonsense at local, state, and national levels. You can influence that local level yourself.

Super Mario Bros. Episode V: The Fan Service Strikes Back

This is it for me. So many people try to draw some line in the sand where a thing becomes immoral, and justify why they’re on the right side of it. But it boils down to this question: is a fictional wizard story more important than my human rights? Make that choice and live with it.

Remember 6 years ago, when we called for defunding and abolishing police, and everybody else cried “but what happens if you’re under attack??? 😫😫😫” This is what happens. This is exactly why I have zero reservations about calling for the abolition of police.

Of course they did. According the current U.S., there’s a tie for the greatest crimes against humanity: immigration and trans people peeing.

I’d like to point out one insidious effect of all this recent escalation. By comparison, TSA can now be considered the good guys. Let that horrifying thought really sink in for a moment. Start with ICE, sure, but let’s not praise the rest of the fascist terror machine.

This fits my experience, though I'm not an expert and I'd be happy to hear arguments to the contrary. Non-US friends ask me how Americans are okay with what's happening and I tell them, many Americans aren't watching the same news you are. They just don't hear about what you think they hear about.

If you want to be a girl, you can.

I don’t even have a third digit 😂 so 045 is… Vileplume! The only Pokémon (that I’m aware of) to get an occasional callout in Super Metroid speedrunning.

this is unironically the best case for punitive taxation there are arguments about fairness and freedom and whatever else but at the end of the day it is self-evidently far too dangerous for society as a whole for anyone to have that much money, the end

Hey, you. Yeah you. You, specifically. That part of yourself that you're ashamed of? Maybe it's your gender, maybe it's That Thing You Love In Bed, maybe it's someone you did wrong by? It's okay. You're not alone. And you're worthy of love just as you are, warts and all.

As much as the world sucks right now, there’s something really empowering about knowing that the mere thought of me emptying my bladder can send the most powerful governments in the world into a complete panic.

You know, I bet there are a lot of companies with positions that could be WFH. To reduce fuel consumption. If they were feeling... "patriotic."

I’ve gotten some clunkers, but there’s also this absolutely beauty

My wife and I used to talk about how we’d feel about remarrying. I always told her I’d be thrilled if she found a nice woman to settle down with after I die. It was another 15 years before my egg finally cracked. Turns out she had already married a woman, and neither of us knew it! 😂

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

when you're trans you get used to being told you just need therapy by people who will never visit a therapist

Hot damn, today is a good selfie day

"We do not need everyone to do the same thing or be part of the same groups, but we do need to recognize that people choosing force do not do this out of a bloodlust, but rather because they view it as the only means necessary to prevent more bloodshed."

*taps internet microphone* After months of work, a project i've been coordinating for @literaryhub.bsky.social in conjunction with @maris.bsky.social is now live ... We've commissioned 13 reviews of books by LGBTQ folks not covered by the NYTBR under Pamela Paul ... lithub.com/what-was-los...

These folks were so much more ambitious than I was. Closest I got to any of these tactics was not doing my algebra homework for entirety of 7th grade. I hated doing homework, and I noticed early on that this particular had an exploitable flaw.

rt if u hate nazis and love boobs

It kinda started in early childhood, as soon as I understood what was happening. I’d always known something was wrong. But it wasn’t until I started raising a child in the church that I realized just how bad it all was. Once I had somebody else to care for, I couldn’t abide it anymore.

happy international women's day

Ah yes, the director who taught us that laughter is stronger than fear, that grief can be channeled into love, and made two entire films *explicitly about managing your emotions* says films aren’t about providing therapy. Now he’s teaching us that homophobia makes money.

I need a Star Trek storyline where Britney Spears is somehow transported into the 23rd century, and it’s up to Pike and Uhura to get her home. They could call it… 😎 … Crossroads

My wife, eyeing a pin stripe pant suit: “Huh. I guess I’m becoming Diane Keaton.” Me, thinking about the breastforms and retro dresses I just ordered. “I guess I’m becoming Christina Hendricks.” Her: “Yes. Yes, you are.” 😳😂

Also, please. Like I wasn’t raised 40 hours a week in a Baptist church. I dare you to try to convince me that I don’t already understand conservative views. I no longer have a place for that bullshit in my life.