Rest in power, Miss Major. www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

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I don't wanna jinx it, but I think I'm ready to start dating again. Don't everyone rush to court me all at once! I'll be holding a tournament, yes there will be physical challenges, of course there will also be puzzles to solve, naturally most of you won't survive but it's an honor just to compete!

Things get theatrical in Dark Science #176 - "Northstar" dresdencodak.com/2025/10/12/d...

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

Ohhh, beautiful! I had one of these furry little buddies on my back porch in Chicago a couple weeks ago

Being trans is so funny. I have so many names. Even after I transitioned and legally changed my name, I have others. Secret names, contextual names. New names, as a treat. Nobody knows all of them. Sure, if you are able to guess them all I'll give you your baby back. But you won't.

as the world gets worse you need to look at more bugs. it will help, in a cosmic sort of way. there's little animals around you that you can look at as they do little animal things. look a bug as soon as possible. connect with other animal in this way and know

There has been a lot of ICE activity in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago today. There has also been a lot of ICE watch and rapid response activity. We love our community, and we are showing up for each other.

This is Blaseball

When I first signed up for bsky it was because I figured I needed to learn how to Post if I want to be a successful independent media creator. It's dawning on me that being bad at Posting might actually be a blessing in disguise.

Baby's first bangs

Saw a lot of people talking about showgirls and got kind of intrigued thinking we were getting a new Verhoeven joint, oh well

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

Okay first of all, this is excellent fanart. But also, seeing it made me realize how much of an impact intrepid reporter April O'Neil had on my development, as a child who has grown up to be a scrappy media producer. An icon, a (totally radical) inspiration to us all.

It's exhausting how many decisions come down to "I don't wanna be hate crimed." Where should I live? How should I dress? What kind of haircut should I get? Should I go to that show? Can I apply for that gig? Should I visit my family? Should I sign up for a dating app? Should I make eye contact?

Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!

me after checking the news on any given day

My feelings about the concept of "born this way." 🧵 It's an important truth for me not as a way to justify my transness but because it speaks to a huge part of my life and identity, one that's made a social difference for me from day one. And I think this part of it can easily get missed.

Waiting for the Dr and making this my morning reading and how do I make every single person I work with read this entire thing. (Seriously, everyone read the entire essay) My phone is just full of screenshots of every time I was like “yes! This!” But also, yes!! This!!!

Watched "Practical Magic" for the first time. It has an unhinged energy that I really enjoyed, its emotional reality was like a live action cartoon. Really could have done without the cop romance plot thread. Just let the witches be kooky cursed sisters living in an old house drinking margaritas

What Does It Mean to Exhibit the Gun That Killed Emmett Till? hyperallergic.com/1045554/what... @artstuffmatters.bsky.social asks essential questions about the “museumification” of the weapon, fetishization, and the ramifications of its display.

My latest:”Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views abt Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated —like a position on tax rates or health care policy.”

Seven years ago I couldn't look in a mirror without slipping into a self-hatred spiral, now I'm vain as fuck, thank you HRT

"Don" and "doff" are just an excellent pair of words, nobody is talking about this

1. Great news for trans students in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools has announced it will defy Trump's demand to ban trans youth from bathrooms. Trump will now pull millions in federal funds. "Our district will not back away from doing what we know is right." Subscribe to support our journalism.

every restaurant should have gravy on the menu. gravy you can order by itself

I wrote about living with the chronic, debilitating anxiety that made me a "problem child" as kid, about trying to understand what anxiety is an adult, and how I discovered that it might be like prayer johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/line

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply." me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

Xiaoling is officially Done in Dark Science #174 - "Taking Out the Trash" dresdencodak.com/2025/09/14/d...

"The human being is a web of flesh spun over a void." I never really stopped thinking about this book review of the DSM-5, but I felt compelled to re-read it again this morning thenewinquiry.com/book-of-lame...

Thinking about the US Civil Rights Movement from the 50s-70s and how some of its most steadfast advocates were rabbis and pastors who used their positions of influence in their communities to support the struggle for universal human rights when it was (even more) dangerous and unpopular than now

I may be an ancient & terrible swamp witch but also I'm literally pretty

The last 48 hours have shown why people have stopped relying on legacy journalism and have migrated to independent journalists in droves. The benefit of legacy journalism is supposed to be “editors” and “factchecking” and they can’t even get that right in a rush to blame trans people.

really not doing very okay, if I might could be perfectly frank into the void right now

stumbled across this incredible experimental short while looking for something else an uncomfortable experience in ways I really appreciated, cw for mild flashing, nudity, general anxiety youtu.be/I0j-8eFu42Q?...

incase ur curious my deadname is actually Jugemu Jugemu Go-Kō-no-Surikire Kaijari-suigyo no Suigyō-matsu Unrai-matsu Fūrai-matsu Kū-Neru Tokoro ni Sumu Tokoro Yaburakōji no Burakōji Paipo Paipo Paipo no Shūringan Shūringan no Gūrindai Gūrindai no Ponpokopii no Ponpokonaa no Chōkyūmei no Chōsuke

The way I just took a deep breath and sighed when I thought about hot pepper vinegar...

CHICAGO AREA: put this number in your phone NOW and call them to get involved with stuff. www.icirr.org/fsn There are lots of other rapid response networks happening too, just mostly not visible, ask around to see where they are.

Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all. Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk. grist.org/accountabili... #Chicago #ChicagoPolitics #ChiPol #ILpol #Health #Lead #Toxic #Water

Being trans is great, but it would nicer during a time when my mere existence is not a form of protest

idk that I really want to wade into word policing, but folks throwing around "clanker" is giving me the ick, do we really need to invent new slurs to talk about the things we dislike

Finally taking seriously the fact that I need to practice a skill if I want to be good at it. So: this month I will learn to braid my own hair

Ukiyo-e woodblock, by the late Edo artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), illustrating the legend of the "Sea Monk" or Umibōzu, a spirit in Japanese folklore. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-sea-monk-ca-1845

I have a viscerally negative reaction to videos where folks talk at me through their front-facing phone cameras. I'm learning that I have a similar reaction to podcasts where folks shoot the shit around a general topic. I don't have a good critique, they just make me feel both bored and annoyed.

You're not going to want to miss Dark Science #173 - Hammer Time! dresdencodak.com/2025/09/02/d...

Parents visiting last week threw off the yoga routine I'd been dutifully building for the last few months. So today I'm gonna make myself go do my silly little poses again. Exciting stuff, glad I was able to share this update with everyone.