I’m so confused by why this is so hard. No one ever saw every Bond story as in 100% continuity. I don’t believe Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan share the same exact continuity. Especially Craig, who had his own arc. Also since when are we so literal minded? It’s so tech brained, only surface level.

When Democrats say “Big tent politics” what they mean is they have taken us all hostage in their tent like we’re in “Clockwork Orange” and force us to watch while they continually platform bigots while saying they’re being “open-minded”.

Sarah, I am all for building working class coalitions, but you constantly get it backwards. It’s not trans people who hate working class MAGA folks, but the reverse! Why must we accommodate their bigotry while abandoning other marginalized working class ppl who will actually return our solidarity?

Frak this Podcast! continues as Galactica plans a rescue mission, the Cylons crack down on resistance, and I find a whole new level of annoyance in the Starbuck storyline to complain to @jessiegender.bsky.social about. YouTube: youtu.be/6N6KF-RF-a0 Podcast: councilofgeeks.libsyn.com/frak-this-po...

Watching @jessiegender.bsky.social 's latest piece has made me realize that Ezra Klein is the Zack Snyder of political punditry. Great watch, highly recommend, learned a LOT. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLjq...

Yes, phones in pouches will stop transphobia. /s

Very convenient to be able to shove the transphobia that got this girl killed under the carpet and blame phones instead and be able to deny any criticism like that Maybe Esther doesn’t think its insulting, but its rubbing salt in the wound to the whole trans community

Too bad you caved to the real danger instead of fighting it.

This video essay by @jessiegender.bsky.social is so good that it should be beamed onto the moon for all to watch :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLjq...

We pay for the government. Every time they're evil or callous, that's your money going to fuck with people. I don't want them to be careful or slow or cowardly, I want them to sell tickets to the trials.

It is still wild to me that people empathize for the powerful’s sense of comfort and inconvenience more then with their own self worth enough to actively advocate for their own self-interest, speak to what they need and ask for even basic respect as a human being.

Also, queer representation is down right now, in a culture that’s increasingly hostile to us. So we need more stories beyond the pattern of “assimilated queer couple, likely where one dies”. We deserve a wider range of queer lives on screen.

it’s not that “a gay character died = BYG = bad.” It’s more that BYG is a useful lens to think about how queer stories get structured and what cultural norms they reinforce. It’s only a deal-breaker when the narrative is benefiting from queer tragedy for shock value or spectacle (Emilia Pérez).

I’ve seen people getting angry about me saying this - so I don’t think every time a gay character dies is automatically BYG, nor does it make a show homophobic or bad. For me, the point of the BYG framework is to recognize the patterns/limitations that queer ppl are often placed into the mainstream.

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

Legit what is even the point of the Democrats? Truly.

Ahhh the legendary Vince Gilligan calling out my bestie @drerinmac.bsky.social on the official Pluribus podcast!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Predator: Badlands is both the natural evolution of the Predator franchise and also could end the franchise in a studio executives eyes. How do you make a normal “Predator” movie after it? Or even a “Prey” style film. I love it cause you can only go weirder, pitch wise.

I hate to inform you all. Predator: Badlands is very gay. So so sorry.

This. As a scifi nerd, it’s really sickening how some of my favorite franchises have just become a vector for hatred and bigotry. Star Wars has been mired in this for a while but considering what’s happening with Skydance Trek seems to be next, it just…. Depresses me.

I really just feel more and more every day that I was not meant to be alive during the internet era. I was fundamentally not built for it.

Consider this a cautionary tale for creators from @councilofgeeks.bsky.social And @jessiegender.bsky.social

My video about that time Goggle AI made up a feud between me and Jessie Gender that supposedly “ended” my channel. Yeah, AI screws up everything and here’s one more example. youtu.be/NXaE3JazYZ0?...

Amazing video from @jessiegender.bsky.social dismantling "Abundance" and pointing out the failures of neo liberal centrism as represented by Ezra Klein. Please watch @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social and grow out from your cognitive dissonance.

An amazing video essay by @jessiegender.bsky.social Mandatory viewing! youtu.be/XLjqNQB-SGw?...

When you a) have multiple queer characters, not just the dead one or their now traumatized partner B) the dead queer character is fleshed out (this doesn’t stop it from being byg but helps) C) their death isnt used solely to traumatize another queer character All of these apply in this case.

Really enjoyed @jessiegender.bsky.social 's Nebula video on the failures of the documentary framing in a ST:SNW episode contrasted with the Babylon 5 episode "And Now For a Word" So many good points about construction and consideration, how ISN has an authorial POV where SNW's guy does not

Ugg I’m stuck in that but where I’m stuck in a bad book in a series I really like and want to skip it but can’t and so I don’t start another but it makes it difficult to make time to read it. Just gotta get through it.

To be clear, overall I like it and I'm curious about where its gonna go. Just the pilot episode relied on a couple tropes that I found rather lazy, especially the below one. But the second episode was much better once we got past the setup.

SPOILER FOR PLURIBUS SERIOUSLY SPOILER FOR PLURIBUS. Ahh, we're gonna bury our gays right in the first episode, I see.

I CANNOT fucking believe I only discovered @jessiegender.bsky.social in the last week! Please follow and watch this!!!

@jessiegender.bsky.social talking about the resentment towards the people that didn't vote for Kamala Harris

Just submitted my application to the Mark Duplass/Transgender Film Center Found Footage Feature Fund grant. Wish me luck! And good luck to everyone else who submits! We're gonna get a great trans film no matter what, and that excites me.

YES! I'm so excited to announce that I'll be writing my first comic story with the amazing @drooliasnott.bsky.social for the new @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social anthology Lie Machine!!!! And you should send in your own submission when they open Dec 1st at www.ironcircus.com/lie-machine/

I know everyone seems to not like it, but I actually enjoy the look of the LEGO USS Enterprise-D set! The Enterprise-D has always looked goofy to me - it’s so damn 80s - and been my least favorite hero ship design. Voyager, Defiant, the original Ent, NX-01, Discovery all rank higher for me.

Yeah , calling it now. The Pitt is up there with my favorite tv shows all of time.

she’s also here on bluesky!! @transgenderhistory.bsky.social ☺️

If you liked my video You Can't Appease Fascists, @jessiegender.bsky.social's analysis of liberalism and centrism makes an excellent pairing, a deep dive on what it means to be Blue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLjq...

Just discovered this wonderful channel that shares trans history throughout the ages and its really really wonderful, you should check her out! www.youtube.com/@Transgender...

@jessiegender.bsky.social I just need you to know that my cat is enamored with your cat. And also that your most recent video is amazing.

MrBeast hates Zohran because if people have access to basic necessities, it will demolish the Giving People Those Necessities As Part Of A Saw-Inspired Game Show industry

Another amazing piece of political commentary, this time on liberalism, by @jessiegender.bsky.social -- another long one, another one that left me teary eyed. youtu.be/XLjqNQB-SGw?...

This is a great video by @jessiegender.bsky.social that is good perspective for anyone farther left than the Democratic Party to understand right now There’s a big block of Americans that are a ripe for bringing into the real movement against fascism youtu.be/XLjqNQB-SGw?...

Establishment Dems: “We just had a sweeping win proving people want us to fight for them and that we can beat the fascists.” Also Establishment Dems: “Quick, back to capitulating!” What an utterly spineless and embarrassing political party.

Money is always about power. Billionaires fear death - and so they try to make themselves immortal though legacy (Musks Natalia’s obsession), great man-ification (obsession with going to space), and pseudo religious tech raptures (upload your consciousness to the AI cloud).

Watching the new @jessiegender.bsky.social last night and then immediately seeing that Zohran Mamdani won was absolutely splendid!

I think this might be @jessiegender.bsky.social's magnum opus - a scathing criticism of privilege and complicity that liberalism engenders in all of us and a heartfelt plea for better. youtu.be/XLjqNQB-SGw?...

Saturday's video is now in early access for YouTube Members and Patreon Supporters, and I just want to thank @jessiegender.bsky.social for setting aside our "highly publicized feud" to do some voice work. "My channel is DEAD... according to Google AI" will be live to the public on Saturday.