on the one hand having a lot more offline interactions and social occasions is really great but on the other hand I've met people who think Tony Hinchcliffe is funny

There is no complete theory of our current moment without understanding that the most dangerous form of being Extremely Online is expressed by our elites. It's not the kids on their phones, its their congressional representatives and the Atlantic columnists complaining about kids on their phones.

LOOK WHAT I GOT FOR KHAZRAK she will not stay still fml #KhazrakOneEye

Wait wait wait Trump "inspected" the reflecting pool's paint job by getting *driven around inside the empty pool* in the 6 tonne presidential limo, and supposedly vandals with some sharp sticks are the culprits for the damage?

Librarians, I love you, and I will hold your hand while I say this: Your Disability Pride Month booklists should not include books by nondisabled people about disabled people. We have a saying—it’s been around for a long time now: Nothing about us without us.

Sooo... "Dr. Acton said she agrees with the law prohibiting transgender women and girls from participating in women's and girls' sports. 'I do not support boys playing in girls sports. This is already settled law in Ohio, and as governor I will enforce and uphold the law,' Dr. Acton said."

i hate that complaining is the only discourse y'all latch on to

IMHO The current Supergirl media landscape is very much "Holy shit! *Three* cakes!"

As regards today’s Discourse™, all I know is that, when I first admitted I was a girl, I avoided the word “transsexual” because everybody told me it was Bad and using it made you a Bad Person. Then I read WHIPPING GIRL and realized I’d been lied to. I’ve called myself a transsexual ever since. 🤷‍♀️

The dangerous air quality will last for 24 hours. When asked about the health impacts of the excessive and unnecessary display, an EPA spokesperson said, "Fireworks are awesome."

3 years ago, scientists took samples of air in New York on July 4th and found the amount of fine particulates (that can be inhaled and enter the bloodstream) shot up from 15 micrograms per cubic meter to more than 1,000. The safe range is 35.

The NPS will launch 850,000 fireworks in the middle of the night. (Last year, they launched 7,000) That will dump perchlorates and heavy metals into the Potomac River and cause the amount of soot and smoke particles to skyrocket (pardon), at great danger to any creature that breathes.

Neuromancer (AppleTV, no release date yet): Teaser "42 years ago, William Gibson introduced the world to Neuromancer. Now, the next chapter is loading." The promotional campaign for Neuromancer is kicking off, so the long-awaited sci-fi TV adaptation could be released in 2026 🤞

listen listen I do not want to get ANYONE'S hopes up but THEORETICALLY if I was a pope who wanted to take out Opus Dei - a significantly more powerful group, despite apparently only having like 1/3 the reported membership - I would want them sleeping with one eye open

Heads up, folks. I had to separate one of our cats from fighting w/the one we're watching for Maddie's ex earlier & got my face & leg carved up for my troubles. They're all up-to-date on their shots & I already cleaned & dressed the wounds, but if I don't stream tonight, y'all know why 🤕 #Vtubers

Kavanaugh really, really wants people to think that trans sports bans and his decision upholding them are strictly about sports None of that is true! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/west-...

love my ancestral home

Carpe diem Chicago Pope

This will open a 'Opus Dei Excpmmunicated By' bet on Polymarket & Kalshi

Buck Yeehaw looked upon the endless, featureless grass of his lawn. "I love the smell of HOA-compliant lawns in the morning," he said before firing his guns into the air. "Sure hope there's no traffic jam on the 43-lane highway, I've only got three hours for my commute."

I however know how to write Americans perfectly: 'Today I get out of bed and get my Starbucks, and for lunch I get McDonalds Super Duper Meal. Then I buy 100 guns and go to the shooting range in my giant truck.'

I love to see all the finger wagging about air conditioning when it's currently 99 F feels like 104 F and my terminal illness is making it harder and harder to tolerate temperatures in the 70s and I know people aren't aiming about me it's just I know a lot of other people are also heat sensitive.

I wrote about the Supreme Court's latest disgusting anti-trans ruling. I wrote about it because I refuse to act like taking away constitutional rights and allowing legal discrimination is okay just because it's happening to people who don't poll well in a diner in Ohio. In @thenation.com

Where are all these modern mainstream movies with a bunch of gratuitous sex that people are wringing their hands over, asking for recreational purposes.

hey, i'm the guy who puts all those light sources in Vampire Survivors for you to break i know you haven't been breaking any of them. please break them. they only pay me if you break them. my family is starving i'm begging you to break them. please stop ignoring them i beg you

The gender crits by and large thought there would be a day of reckoning since 2010 where their friends would welcome them back and apologize. But that’s not coming, they burned those bridges. We will never rest, even if we get trans rights. Meanwhile, they think they just need to win and retire.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp couldn’t stay seated in his chair as he proudly stated: 'We kill people sometimes', while speaking to shareholders. (Feb 2026)

i just noticed the choker omg

After the release of Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, a couple of months ago, 3D artist @skaz.bsky.social printed some Mk2 Vipers (X-Wing miniature game scale) from the video game, and painted them as gifts for the team. 🤩 "I got bored with red after 3, so I got creative with the scheme😅"

I looked up the full text of 4834 and Illinois is straight up refusing to acknowledge testosterone as a controlled substance or track prescriptions of it and will destroy any such existing records. This is really great!

Common law: “Defaming an entire group of people is legal.” Chofetz Chaim: “Defaming an entire group of people is even worse lashon hara.”

THE VATICAN IS CALLING IT A SCHISM I REPEAT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SCHISM

The White House is openly saying they want to eliminate a minority group and people still want to say this is about sports.

Alright we're making this a thing

The use of the word “eliminate” in this context should really freak out more than just those of us he’s seeking to remove, to be honest. This should be a red flag so big that it’s visible from space.

They're going to keep going because scapegoating trans people is a rallying cry for their base, one which they receive little pushback on from their so-called political opponents. So why wouldn't they?

"forgive me father, for I have sinned" "speak your sins that they may be forgiven, daughter" "I have become a bishop. I impersonated a man who was to be ordained. I received a blessing from the holy father himself. I am, in the eyes of the lord, a bishop" "women cannot be a bishops" "so stop me"

I do not consider any fantasy worldbuilding complete until you can tell me: - what is the human liver for, really - how many ants are there - how do you satisfy your desire for validation of relationships as "real" without imposing labels - now that the ziggurat has left us, where will we get blood

Every day I log online and see evidence that the internet has completely deep fried otherwise kind and intelligent people's abilities to communicate online

just saw someone on Reddit claim that ancient Greek religion was always neoplatonist and fortunately they were downvoted to oblivion but still so annoying

It’s fun to have gone from calling myself transsexual when I transitioned in 2002, to grudgingly updating to the new word and grumbling about bullshit “no trans person thinks you can change sex lol” rhetoric, back to calling myself transsexual again. Hello old friend, you’re so much fun to say.

Being trans is part of the human experience, and a LOT of things people who aren't even consciously hateful of us believe are fundamental pillars of society start to crumble when you accept that truth into your worldview.

People who are upset that Jax TADC was revealed to be trans are just upset that they were tricked into thinking a trans person was human (or rather, that someone so human could be trans) The assumption that transness is in some way separate from the human experience permeates even some ally's minds

when I pass for a man I'm told how nice and friendly and agreeable I am and when I pass for a woman I'm an ice cold bitch who doesn't know her place funny, that

IMHO Seth Moulton posting that the Supreme Court decision on trans athletes was unacceptable was, however cynical, pretty strong evidence that anti-trans Democrats have lost the war over the party's positions

Indie games suffered knock-on effects from the behavior of “AAA” executives. Things don’t happen in self-contained bubbles. From consuming studios to driving up costs to squeezing small companies out, many things have made game development less viable at all levels. The industry was hijacked.

"It was an act, the Senator suggested, that ignores the Bible’s call to care for the poor. “Religion just ends up being one tool in their political project,” Warnock said. “I don’t think it’s about the religion.”"

These two things are both true: - Trans people (and particularly trans women) are the primary intended targets - Gender-nonconforming cis people are also intentional targets, but less fiercely

imho the problem with "this anti-trans legislation affects cis women too!" discourse is that it fails to fully understand that the real aim is the total eradication of gender nonconformity, and that these reactionaries see trans people as the peak of "liberal decadence" that's most urgent to destroy

Can I be so real right now It’s too hot