I was listening to an old Casey Kasem American Top 40 (I find this soothing these days) from 1985 where he told the story of Wendy Carlos, who scored The Shining and Tron, and her journey to becoming trans. Casey got all the pronouns right and it was presented as a slice of life, feel good story

Non-Americans: Do not believe a single word our government says about what happened to their favorite mouthpiece. Assume everything they say is a lie. Americans: Keep your trans friends close. This is what they're going to use against us. Fight it at every turn. Give them no quarter.

This means streams may be sporadic and I figure out internet on the go, but I do not plan to disappear from the internet at all. Being openly trans and safe online is now more imperative than ever. Beat the fascist bullies back in any way you can. And this is how I can.

Every single American needs to watch this. Please share it! It’s an old U.S. War Department anti-fascist (AntiFa) film designed to warn Americans about the dangers of scapegoating and authoritarian rhetoric during Hitler. It’s almost word for word Trump & GOP today. youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?...

Unfettered, emboldened and therefore deadly and yet… yet… cheek turning ensues.

I truly don't understand how democratic leadership think they are going to move forward after voting to honor a white nationalist who essentially called Black women—the base of the party—stupid. It's insulting. I find it personally insulting.

One of the best GOP impersonations ever?

Making this tonight. Saved again from takeout by Woks Of Life recipes thewoksoflife.com/teriyaki-tofu/

Trying to uproot Microsoft CoPilot -- I've deleted the thing, but it's still popping up in menus. Found what looked like solid instructions for editing my Registry... which turned out to have been written by ChatGPT! The fuckers are conspiring! No AI touches my registry; I'll fuck it up myself!

What you must know about Fawlty Towers: the joke is not that Manuel can't understand English. The joke is that Basil can't speak Spanish. (Polly can, and she and Manuel readily converse.) (I assume Basil hired Manuel as cheap foreign labour, but it never occurred to Basil to pick a phrasebook!)

Solar’s land use is a myth.🌞 To power the world takes <0.5% of land—less than cities, a fraction of livestock grazing, and smaller than golf courses. Agriculture & fossil fuels are the real land hogs. Solar is a rounding error in the global land pie. Feel free to fact dive. 🌍⚡ #Renewables #Solar #EV

“But the children are exposed to it!” The kids are *fine*! They’re the next generation, and grew up with a pedo/rapist/racist/liar POTUS claiming “grab m by the pussy” and still getting elected. Trans or gay people are the LEAST of their worries!

I don’t care if people understand sexuality or gender if everyone involved is consenting it’s a bodily autonomy issue and I don’t give a shit if it makes you squeamish.

Jehovah's Witnesses watching Evangelicals claim the rapture is in 2 days

he was an absolute 10 alarm tire fire of a man and it's so funny that every other person who has been in charge of his company also has been one and it has never been a problem until the guy who did the emmys got fired

This is a novel idea... States are the ones that allow corporations to exist, so states can change laws to prevent companies from donating to politicians - thereby ending the corruption enabled by Citizens United. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-... @colorado.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Say his name. Kalief Browder "During his time at Rikers, Browder refused, on several occasions, to plead guilty in exchange for less jail time — he would await a trial." A trial he would never get. A child tortured tortured by the state driven to suicide. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

I remember that.

Yes, please.

Not only is this anti-homeless architecture, but it’s also uncomfortable and difficult to sit on. You had one job. Wtf!?

Pee Wee's Big Propaganda Machine Doogie Rable-Rouser My Little Cronie Leave It To Sleazer The Little Truncheon That Could Babies First Regime Fascist Goes To Hollyhand A Growing Pain Mr Hollyhand's Hopeless www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...

It's been sad over this year seeing so many establishment journo types wake up to what many of us outside the beltway cocktail party circuses have known for a while now. The swimming pool correspondents have been useless for a while now.

Don't just cancel your Disney+/Hulu/ESPN account: pick a trans creator & subscribe to their Patreon. Then you aren't just holding the fascists accountable, you're also investing in lifting up the targets of the fascists with the least power & representation in our media landscape. (For example, me!)

Hey bluesky nerds! If you like sci fi written by trans women you'll love Blue Sky Nine (title unrelated to platform), a comedy about a future where Australia looks to the stars for new sources of coal and work for the dole placements. Follow for development news & please boost to find our audience!

Tho Nazis most famously persecuted Jews, among the early groups harassed, rounded up, jailed, disappeared, and executed were trans people, immigrants, the mentally ill, homeless people, and Hitler's political enemies. It's not only the same groups, but in the same order. Not even trying to hide it.

They are doing away with vaccines to cull the population. It’s literally a goal of this Regime to kill off young & old in their attempts to CLEANSE the blood of the country. I know it’s incredibly hard to accept but the longer it takes you, the more fucked we all are.

W O W!! Male privilege explained. This young woman definitely did her homework. youtube.com/watch?v=PbjE...

MSNBC - ▶️8️⃣6️⃣4️⃣7️⃣◀️ As Texas lawmakers push new legislation restricting transgender bathroom access, 15-year-old Libby Gonzalez and her family chose to leave the U.S. youtube.com/shorts/COOH7...

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

🎶With a dream in your heart, you're never alone.🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zA4...

💯♥️💋🫠🤓👇🏼

Met the legendary Willie Nelson tonight at Farm Aid. For 40 years, he has championed family farmers and tirelessly advocated for our rural communities. And he’s still going strong at 92!

In general, as I often say and I wanna repeat: Anybody cis especially: PLEASE if you wanna like, type at me or whatever, please instead write your senators and your congressperson, please call them, tell them to give a fuck about trans rights. Tell your cis friends why you care about trans rights.

The ease with which Dems repeat right-wing bullshit talking points about us *shows* how little they've actually considered reality here, our humanity, what's really going on ...

cis folks, i'm curious for you to share answers, if you want: what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.

Their willingness to sell out my rights as a trans person should concern *ALL AMERICANS* whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/angry-birds

Disney sponsers to remember & avoid.

If you would like for me to come to your conference or convening and give a 45-minute rant about what makes good digital privacy trainings and guides, particularly for high-risk populations, hit me up.

This made me really chuckle, bc about 90% of what I know from the Bible came from Supernatural, Good Omens, or obscure references in video games, and somehow I still know WAY fucking more that the vast majority of Christians I know. 🤪

This and classical music thanks to Bugs Bunny.

CW: Suicidal ideation/self harm Please, if you’re struggling and need support, reach out to professional counselors and therapists who can help you get through it! There is no shame in getting the guidance and help you deserve. www.iasp.info/suicidalthou...

Who has two thumbs and about to be sore for 24 hours because I trust in science? Gleafer. Nice to meet you. Get those flu and Covid shots, people. Being sick for two weeks while also endangering our immunocompromised friends ain’t cool.

Happy birthday to my favorite sexpot goth! @therealelvira.bsky.social

I have the nicest and most considerate fans of my nonsense 🥹😘🥰

My teen made roses for a special someone out of Monster cans and I am impressed with both the recycling and the Rizz. Atta, spawn! You little conscientious Romeo, you!

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.