What do you think? Real person or AI "hearts and minds" campaign?

Saw another article whose premise was that white women were having an ah-ha moment - and it's starting to grate. I understand intellectually where that is coming from - and I realize that IS something that is happening on some level - especially to some folks who had WAY too much faith in the law.

If you’re new here from Twitter, the two most important things to know are: post a picture of your cat, and then pre-order a book from an author on blue sky. #proofofcat

Bruuuuuce 💜

A good time to remind everyone of the Minnesota First. One of the earliest state militias to volunteer to fight in the Civil War—three years after joining the Union! Provided one of the essential turning points at Gettysburg. Took the flag of the Virginia regiment they captured AND STILL HAVE IT.

Well. There is a real risk that there will be an armed civil war, between ICE and the MN National Guard, that starts about an hour drive from my location and where many of my friends live - due to a fascist regime being in power in my country. So - let's watch something light!

Correction - FIVE - oil paintings of me. I forgot about one of them. Now, to be fair, my mom was a portrait painter - and that would be why. All of them are her work.

XG changed their name for Cocona. OH MY HEART!!!!! 😭

Some people I know and I got unsolicited password change codes from FB. One of my friends thinks it's FB promoting biometric security settings. Do not use biometric security settings.

Too subtle? "If anyone is unable to come on campus early in the semester (for example, due to icy road conditions) there will be opportunities to make up the first lab later."

Need a fun NSFW - working all weekend at home - break drama. The Heart Killers Thai, TV-MA, 2024, 12 ep of about an hour, GMMTV on iQIYI It will keep me in my office because I should not be watching this on the family TV. 😆 Let's go! #crowtitsfujo #ThaiBL #BL #JoongDunk

Finding a break-drama while I work...looks in my Viki watchlist. "Spare Me Your Mercy" Huh - like a BL cop drama - *watches trailer* NOPE ---- nope nope nope ---- nope noping out now ---- nope

Well. I get to write my AI-policy now. That might help my motivation.

Being in Minnesota - I'm having a REALLY hard time focusing on my job right now (as in what I do for a living) and I NEED to do that. Giving myself *some* time isn't completely working. I keep getting roped into conversations about what's happening here.

Pandora also runs ICE ads. I wonder if they have since stopped.

best in Mad Fiction, a genre i made up so get to decide who's best in

I can't go through all 50 and look for it rn but if your state has a Bivens Act already introduced, tell me and I'll repost for people in that state to call their reps about it

"You all should've been nicer to my trans homies."

ICE should really leave. Y'know. It's a job. You can just quit and leave. You can do that. That's a choice you have.

Hey, fellow Minneapolitans: Please please please take care of yourselves today. This is extremely hard news, and I'm already feeling it in me physically. Make good choices, lean on your neighbors, and take some time to decompress when you're able.

I need to be working on getting ready for Spring Semester. Instead, I decided to argue with a bunch of local ICE supporters in a local FB group. Then, while that was happening, I found out about ICE killing a woman in Minneapolis. It's somewhat difficult to prioritize "normal" things.

More of this. Defund and disband ICE.

I want to do a thread on "Small Press Red Flags" brought to you by years in the trenches combined with some issues I’m seeing pop up again in writer circles. Note: an isolated incident might not be a red flag, but cumulative flags are always worth examination. First off: Let’s talk about money.

My husband is not good at gift-giving. So, what I really need is for Dunk to publish a cookbook (translated into English) and available for sale well before my birthday so I can start dropping hints as soon as possible. #GMMTV get on that!

I have to say - the absolute worst - objectively abusive - harm inducing - nonsensical - completely fucking ridiculous - blow-ups on social media occur when everyone involved is convinced they are "punching up" and "defending themselves" - making otherwise reasonable people cross lines.

hasbro has the opportunity to do something very funny

To give us an idea of books available on Kobo & Kobo Plus, I'd like to do a Kobo Books Thread🧵 So authors drop your; Genre & book or series description Kobo link & graphic Let us know if your book's also in Kobo Plus! 🌈📚🪐📚💙

FYI - Anyone using a version of "-troon" (or -tard or queer or fag-) as an insult is getting a block from me. I don't care who the fuck you are.

Monthly Trans Creators Boost! Happy new year! - Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below. - Go into the notes and look for works to read and share. - Follow new creators and make your feed brighter! NSFW and erotica welcome.

Okay. Seriously, college students, what would your reaction be if your instructor had this keychain? 😆 www.gmm-tv.com/shop/jaidee-...

Happy New Year!!! From the Central Time Zone in Midwest United States of America.

Getting mad at me for getting annoyed at someone for going on a rant about how "sapphic" is supposedly a plot by book sellers to trick lesbians into reading romances involving men. It's funny NOW.

FORBIDDEN gummybear

The Fox Spirit Matchmaker series?!? Chronologically. Love in Pavilion (the prequel) China, 2025, TV-PG, 36 ep of about half an hour, iQIYI Let's go! #crowtitsfujo #cdrama

What should I watch next?

I have a starter pack as well, although it's people that DEPICT trans men and mascs, rather than necessarily being trans men themselves go.bsky.app/QCGDtAH I particularly recommend @hellostarshine.bsky.social and @terevin.bsky.social and @dovegraveyard.bsky.social for the delicious fucked-up stuff

Anyone deal with a stark difference between the art they create and the art they consume? It's a weird space to inhabit.

I've only heard rumblings of the supposed "Heated Rivalry" controversy - about a woman *gasp* writing BL. But as someone into Thai BL fandom to some degree and being a woman writing BL - I'm just looking at this thinking: THE DISCOURSE NEWBIES ARE SO ADORABLE!!!!

Heart of the Wren is a gay paranormal romance novel set in wintry 1980s rural Ireland. Link: mybook.to/heartofthewren 🐻 Big, burly, bear MCs 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Gay romance (with spice!) 🇮🇪 1980s Ireland setting 🌙 Witchcraft & paranormal 🐑 Farm in winter 🧚‍♂️ Irish folklore frights 📚 272 pages #gayfiction

It’s not the fact that Moore holds opinions about trans people identical to those of Trump, Robinson, Braverman, Bolsonaro, Farage, Musk, Streeting & Putin that’s the problem. It’s the fact that this drivel gets liberally published in mainstream media while trans people are hermetically excluded.

Next up: Blood River Chinese, 2025, 38 episodes of about 45 min each, Viki Let's go! #crowtitsfujo #cdrama

Chinese dramas - so similar that I OFTEN am unsure if I've watched them before. Let's see - Have I watched: And the Winner is Love?

I know right?!??

So she blatantly admits to fraud with the intent of destroying her trans instructor's career In a just world, this would result in academic probation, if not expulsion, if not a lawsuit

As many others have said: Show don't tell. Only because it is often interpreted as *no exposition* and then imposed on work as this universal and strict rule. See also - no "be" verbs and other word prohibitions used as hard rules instead of warning about potential over use.

Likeable and functional are not mutually exclusive.

Describe your WIP in a single word or a single emoji. 🙂‍↕️

Cooheart (or, who I like to call, the first Earth) is joining GMMTV. Neat.