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I like Bsky a lot, but it seems undeniable that the ownership/staff hate who their users are, and particularly hate the fact that trans people are such an avid userbase. In addition to being despicable, that's also concerning as someone whose living currently depends on trans Bsky.

This past Friday and Saturday, I played a set of six back-to-back sessions of Oath with a pool of 5 players. I lost every game, and I cannot wait to do it again someday.

So, relevant to many things lately, from "ai" to rent hikes: as a group, the gentry have functionally no conception of, let alone respect for, the autonomy and consent of those outside the elite. They truly believe they are entitled to everyone else's time, labor, space, culture and resources...

I wrote a mouse adventure for the #Mausritter #TTRPG! Stormfallow features stubborn legionnaires, mysterious mages, swashbuckling pirates, ancient ruins, and more. For pips and glory! Get it for $4 below 👇 Blog: madikonrad.me/posts/2026-0... itch: madikonrad.itch.io/stormfallow DTRPG soon!

Happy International Workers' Day. Solidarity. Poster by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social, and also on my office wall.

Pirate Captain Commission work

yes I'm salty rn. Tumblr is an ethnostate

oh my god it's real. what the fuuuuuuuuck.

He kept getting pulled over because a db typo switched a "0" with a "O" and Flock Safety kept flagging him as wanted. This could be a life or death situation if a cop is in a mood. End Flock. End mass surveillance. Learn about your local cameras here: deflock.org

(Madi is reading old #ttrpg zines again). Here’s the first printing of the #D&D spell Phantasmal Killer in the first issue of Dragon Magazine (page 23). Note that if the illusory beast manages to cut the target, it causes instant death!

(Madi is reading old #ttrpg zines again). Here’s the first printing of the #D&D spell Phantasmal Killer in the first issue of Dragon Magazine (page 23). Note that if the illusory beast manages to cut the target, it causes instant death!

SLIGHTLY YOUNGER TRANS WOMAN — "Is it AGP to say I would fuck my clone?" 1. - "I don't think you should worry about that typology stuff." 2. - [Esprit de Corps - Medium] "I would also fuck my clone." 3. - [Electrochemistry - Heroic] "I would also fuck your clone."

Today in the Commons, Zarah Sultana was ejected after calling the PM a liar, and while the rules clearly had to be enforced, it is remarkable how differently tone can be applied in those moments. Minutes earlier, Lee Anderson used similar language, but Lindsay Hoyle responded in different tone.

Android has a global setting for notification history. Go to Settings>Notifications>Notification History and toggle the switch off. Make sure you change the settings in each app to be sure

JK Rowling: my empire crumbless around me! Rowling: KA Applegate sstealing my thunder Rowling: the digital circuss trailer topping harry potter Rowling: and alwayss that blasted diane duane in the ventss! Diane Duane: free masons run the country! Rowling: [pounding on wall] i know you're in there!

How it feels to be in animation (and part of the Avatar crew) right now

"How can you put your work on an unethical platform?" PLEASE POINT ME TO THE ETHICAL PLATFORM THAT ACTUALLY PAYS YOU MONEY I'M HONESTLY BEGGING YOU.

I'm not going to link to the original thread here but I will say this about economic vibes vs. data in 2026: what a lot of people are feeling is *precarity* - fear that if they lose their jobs, they won't find other work, or work that pays as well.

It's not hyperbole to say that there's nothing in modern web infrastructure that would replace the Wayback Machine. If you get upset at the idea of Wikipedia going away, you should be just as up in arms over this! In some ways, it would be worse?!?!

Our unit members are ON STRIKE and not participating in this event. DON’T CROSS THE PICKET LINE!

Do you Care if A black Trans Dies I need help I am beg

1/ Management at @propublica.org is refusing to agree to fair contract language around artificial intelligence usage, so @newsguild.org President Jon Schleuss wrote to them today to urge them to get on the right side of history. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/news...

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

I decided I'm going to make a thread of random but helpful resources for research-prone writers, because I stumble upon them quite often and have no one to share with! I'll update the thread as I find more 🧵

TO ALL TRANS PEOPLE, A REMINDER: today, March 31st, you *can* be seen. This means that your attacks no longer have advantage, and attacks against you no longer have disadvantage. #TDoV #TransDayOfVisibility

Also for #TDoV... Pink Hydra contributor @madikonrad.bsky.social has a full-length sapphic romance novel "A Demon's Name Upon Your Lips," in addition to her novelette "The Sea," published with us. Both of these are available on itch! madikonrad.itch.io/a-demons-name thepinkhydra.itch.io/the-sea

Is that why I've been failing all my Stealth checks?

TO ALL TRANS PEOPLE, A REMINDER: today, March 31st, you *can* be seen. This means that your attacks no longer have advantage, and attacks against you no longer have disadvantage. #TDoV #TransDayOfVisibility

Every year, January to April, people accuse me of fearmongering in my reporting. Every year around this time, bills pass. And without fail, every year, the ratchet tightens. And now Idaho just passed a bill that could put me in prison for years—for washing my hands in a bathroom.

I wrote a mouse adventure for the #Mausritter #TTRPG! Stormfallow features stubborn legionnaires, mysterious mages, swashbuckling pirates, ancient ruins, and more. For pips and glory! Get it for $4 below 👇 Blog: madikonrad.me/posts/2026-0... itch: madikonrad.itch.io/stormfallow DTRPG soon!

even if the policy environment for trans people never gets better, you have to live and you have to fight it things might not get better if we resist, but they will not get better if we don't

1. Despite elite institutions like Harvard, Brown, and Penn rolling over on trans people, and hospitals capitulating to Trump, one bastion of resistance has emerged: our public schools. Now, Jeffco Public Schools in Colorado became the latest to reject Trump's anti-trans demands. Our latest.

So excited to be part of this! 🥰 🐙The Pink Hydra🐙 is bringing our catalogue along with a few freebies and at least one story exclusive to the market (it'll be my gay S&S novella Runaway! ⚔️✨) My short story What Happens in Camp is part of the entry ticket along with SO MANY other amazing creators!

This is why I avoid framing translation as a net loss process. It devalues our work and I just don't believe it has to be the case. A superficial loss in grammatical mechanics can be more than offset with gains made through naturalistic, yet authentic writing. You just need sufficient writing chops.

Think about all the libertarians you've encountered who will read a book and *entirely* miss the point of the book. Literally not perceiving that the book is describing a dystopia, or identify satire of real world events, or identify who is the villain. 54% of US adults read below 6th grade level.

The government is asking for public comments on whether banks should be able to deny you from buying legal goods at their own whim (i.e. how they're cracking down on art) Tell them you don't want to be told how to spend your money www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposa...

I 100% knew that AI would be the culprit here

if you have a salary job making 70k or more a year then make friends with a couple of trans people online who are busting their asses to barely eat and send them 10 or so dollars here there please please please together we can make difference

He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safe for children to grow up in.

LET DOWN YOUR HAIR by @alexfayle.bsky.social This is a lovely cozy fantasy novelette featuring a Rapunzel retelling. Here, the witch rescues an autistic, nonbinary toddler from its neglectful parents.

THE CELESTIAL BLADE by Ashley Y. Gao Wuxia/xianxia in the tradition of the classic Chinese novels and cinema, featuring explicit erotic scenes.

A GOSPEL OF STARS by E.J. LeRoy A whumpy, irreverent space opera that focuses on the aftermath of explicit torture. Unforgettable characters and gallows humour make this novella. 💀

THE MELCHIZEDEK VARIANT by @adamporkolab.com A psychological sci-fi thriller (long novelette) reminiscent of the themes of Asimov. Super problematic female mad scientist villain protagonist.

WHERE THE SUN RISES by A. L. Hoelscher An m/m ?romance? between a traumatized sex worker MC and a traumatized battle general LI. Set in a secondary fantasy world that reminded me so much of 00s anime.🌸

YOU WERE GONE by @madikonrad.bsky.social The (sapphic) romance and magic of the world of Melodia return in this spooky post-apocalyptic fantasy novelette from a transfemme writer.

Toured this afternoon a boutique mountain bed and breakfast. considering it as a potential wedding venue for my darling fiancée and girls girls it has treehouse suites !!!

Interesting column in the Sunday @sltrib.com: executive editor Lauren Gustus details how her paper and other outlets (including CNN, Fox, AP, Reuters, NYT and more) are fighting to keep the Tyler Robinson case open to the public and splitting the cost of doing so.