To the couple of people I follow and interact with on Bluesky, sorry... BS has turned into the Nazi bar by verifying fascist accounts, and I'm not going to risk my fellow Fediverse folks by continuing to use the bridge. I'll be removing it later today. If you want to come to the Fediverse […]

#ootd for a walk around town today, featuring animated art by @eclectech #walktober #feltcutemightdeletelater

Hellooo more auroras! And helloooo Milky Way! And oh WOW hellooooo Andromeda Galaxy!! Helloooo Pleides!! And fuck you again for good measure, Starlink.

lake forest park loud #nokings #lakeforestpark #seattle #cascadia #cascadiastrong #protest #protests #video

California Governor Newsom objects to firing of live artillery shells over a a major freeway as part of a military showcase being attended by VP Vance.

I love the energy in No Kings rallies, but I consistently find myself asking "okay, what next." This is not a criticism so much as it is a challenge. How are you going to use this going forward? How are you going to use this to build lasting change?

Best sign I’ve seen thus far: “United we ribbet. Divided we croak.”

Bluesky allowing fascist propaganda accounts - and verifying them - has me less comfortable about using the Bluesky bridge. If you stop seeing my posts on BS, that's because I cut it off because it's become a Nazi bar.

This morning, for no reason whatsoever, I said, "Good mornin', Ralph" to my husband when I got up and headed to my room. After a beat, he said, "Mornin', Sam" and now he's been calling me Sam all day and I've been calling him Ralph. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECa1toPGth4

BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.

Humanity is stronger with diversity. Every difference strengthens us. Conformity kills. We should be making a place for every type of person. https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/health/mind-brain/autism-stone-age-evolution/

My friends greet me every morning and help me smile to start my day.

Even if every person on the boats being targeted by the orange stain and his minions is a hardened criminal with a lengthy record... blasting those boats out of the water is STILL a war crime, and every person responsible needs to be tried for crimes against humanity. The fact that most of them […]

David Gerrold writes about Doctor Who: https://www.patreon.com/posts/140664199 @ericgjovaag (think you might enjoy this)

Know your protest rights. Six essentials from the good folks at #aclu #nokings

Before you buy Girl Scout cookies you should know they support trans people and reject donations from anti-trans organizations, and then buy a couple more boxes!

[Eye Contact - dilated eyes] I have full-on anime eyes after seeing the eye doctor today.

My friends greet me every morning and help me smile to start my day.

Today I'm going to get my eyes checked. It's vitally important, because I'm taking Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) as treatment for Lupus. The medication carries a high risk of eye problems that can lead to blindness. I also have regular blood tests to make sure its not doing other nasty things […]

Every day I wonder why any ICE facility housing those thugs still has power and water.

A special kind of audacity

Whoa, just found this video and... okay, it's 10 and a half minutes long, and worth every second of your time. So, if you haven't already, go watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZHw4BBkCj4 It's about gender and our view of it... and it's never about chromosomes. Via @nyx_lyb3ra

So now he's gonna fire missiles at California? The No Kings protests has him peeing orange.

I'm pleased with Linux so far. I made several attempts over the years to switch from Windows to Linux, but always found at least one program that just didn't work - that I "needed" at the time. This time I made the jump, installed Windows on a virtualbox in Linux, and haven't looked back. As […]

Can anyone identify the artist of this cartoon? The signature is a squiggle.

Fight the power! https://social.tinyview.com/9AEECFwjtXb

ICE keeps ignoring court orders. If I were working in one of the occupied cities, I think I'd be wondering why ICE has power to their building. Or running water. Because, you know, accidents happen. And sometimes power and water get shut off by "mistake". I don't think any ICE thug should be […]

[Important info for anyone going to the No Kings protests on Oct 18th] Trump wants to incite the Insurrection Act. Everyone knows this, so documentation matters more than ever. If you're at a protest: Record, as much as possible. Save footage locally to your phone (not the cloud). This […]

Warning, the reproduced chats are really graphic and disgusting... Young Republicans' chat messages leaked, and it's bad. It's very bad. Don't say, "I'm not surprised" because you damned well should be surprised that they thought it was okay to write such garbage. DO NOT NORMALIZE THIS […]

Yeah... Portland is showing us the way. Make the thugs look like the cowards they are... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5zxdSObso

Oooh, look what arrived today!

Have we already reached the point where more time and money is spent fixing errors caused by AI than is "saved" by using AI in the first place?

Violent radical transgender leftists

“If I can’t violate people’s civil liberties what’s the point of even being a cop?l

It is Sunday, and I have blogged: https://www.patreon.com/posts/train-of-thought-141066093?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Yeah, it's a political rant. *sigh*

Pope Leo’s secret letter to U.S. bishops just leaked. TrumpWorld is not going to like what it says. This week in Rome, Pope Leo XIV quietly handed a letter to a group of visiting U.S. bishops. Inside were messages from migrants families separated by deportations, children afraid to sleep and […]

I really can't get enough of the Portland Frogs Against Fascism. If you have photos of them, please post!

“In my day the computers would scream and scream when we connected them to the internet… but did we listen? No. We did not listen…”

A comic for you: https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16790

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook. MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops! ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

The more I read history - particularly primary sources - the more I realize that all these "new" things that conservatives complain about - gays, trans, non-binary, and more - have always been with us, and always found ways to exist even in the worst times. And the people who loved them, even […]

Regarding recent news from open source and tech companies who favor a "big tent" approach to who they give money to and support... I don't always know if the person who runs a business is an awful human. If I *do* know they are awful, and there's another option - or I can go without - I will […]