transitioning is all about your answer to "if u had a superpower what would it be?" going from "shapeshifting!" to "i wish i could explode peoples heads at will"

My God!

Side note this website has been around forever and it's one of my favorite things aftertherapturepetcare.com

So apparently 33% of NYC doesn't know what "defund" means Or they think they're being nuanced and choosing a moderate option because it has the word "some" in it

This machine spits fascists

My friend put this house up for sale and *you are not prepared* for picture 26 www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

they don't want pussy. they want to endlessly critique pussy

My guess is he's taking Tombombadil. Ask your doctor if Tombombadil is right for you.

For those that want to make a material contribution *right fucking now* Pink Haven has been working for years on providing aid and relocation support to trans refugees in the States. www.pinkhaven.org

Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!

aragorn son of arathorn ...i was not familiar with your game

Walz on Harris: “She’d have been a fantastic president. We wouldn’t wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV — we’d wake up to an adult with compassion & dignity doing the work. Instead, we’ve got a manchild crying about himself. May his fat ankles find something today.” 💀🔥

Reagan is one of history's greatest monsters for a multitude of reasons, but did you know he tried to exterminate trans people in the 80s too? Reagan's presidency invited Janice Raymond to author policy that stripped anyone who accessed trans healthcare of access to federal health insurance...

No big deal "It's just till we get in office ..." "It's just sports," "It's just restrooms." "It's just your pronouns." "It's just your name." "It's just your medications." "It's just your job." "It's just your kids." "It's just you."

Two very different kinds of horror

Went to cinema, saw a number of fairly lacklustre trailers, many of them of the "use only the most generic and meaningless "inspirational quote" lines of dialogue style. Followed up by what looked like it was going to be the most amazing surreal fantasy movie. There were

Gender is a performance and trans people are the only ones off-book

Vanity Fair did a profile on Sir Ewan Forbes, a trans man from the UK who transitioned as a teenager in Weimar Germany. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...

Tired: Trump is RICO Wired: NYPD is RICO Inspired: The judicial branch is RICO

I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts. Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...

had the big brain realization that you could just whip up a whole D&D cast/NPC list from Whose Line prompts alone

The nation and world all suck, it's true But last night a guy told me that my lasagna was the best he ever had and I'll be riding that compliment for months

'Vacations.' The word is 'vacations.'

Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj.bsky.social Read more:

- Medicaid funding penalty for states that use their own money to cover undocumented immigrants is OUT - Gender-affirming care ban for Medicaid IS OUT!!!!

It's our 9th largest export! 2.5% of total USA exports are comprised of literally the blood of poor people.

Had this meme made in fucking May because I knew we could fucking do it, I'm so fucking proud of @madycast.com and @thefreeradical.org and @davidforbes.bsky.social and @ket.bsky.social and everyone else who helped make this possible Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Musical Transients out now!!! youtu.be/MAW84RRNw84?...

Wow, crazy news! Anyway Streets of Rage was a fun game

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

Beautiful but heartbreaking statement. Please read only if you feel up to it. It’s so sad but incredibly sweet and (in its way, though written with tremendous grief) very life affirming.

"May I have your name?" the faerie said. "William," she said with a smile. "Ah ah!" The faerie gave a wicked laugh. "I have your name! Now no-one will call you by it!" "Thank you," she said. "To win it back, you must- what?" "I will find me a new one," she said, "one that suits me better."

I sat next to John Goodman at JazzFest. We both set our chairs up at the back of a crowd - I got there late from watching another stage, I assume he did too. He was very mellow. He politely interacted with a few fans who walked up but most folks read the vibe that he was just there for the music.

Not true. I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

Here are some easy to consume intro items: 1. www.npr.org/transcripts/...

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It's 2010 and new bugs are found in Deadly Premonition It's 2013 and new bugs are found in Deadly Premonition It's 2025 and new bugs are found in Deadly Premonition

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

Right after "Don't use semicolons," "Don't use adverbs," "Don't use speech tags beyond 'said' and 'says,'" and "Always delete the word 'that,'" my favorite piece of writing advice is "Don't listen to people giving writing advice who are incessantly telling you not to do things."

The Utah Report shows exactly what the people commissioning it didn’t want to see, that gender affirming care works. This article brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social

open chart, keep scrolling down www.gelliottmorris.com/p/republican...

The House Republican reconciliation bill will now ban both surgeries and HRT prescription under Medicaid for all Americans. Earlier, I posted that it wouldn’t affect HRT. This is incorrect. I was mistaken, because the bill refers to medications for trans people… as “procedures.”

Not mine, but...

I COME FROM A LAND DOWN JUNDER

a classic that transcended the language barrier