JD Vance looks like yassified Chucky

"Now, Chairman Comer says he wants cameras, but only behind closed doors. Who benefits from this arrangement? It’s not Epstein’s victims, who deserve justice. Not the public, who deserve the truth. It serves only partisan interests. This is not fact-finding, it’s pure politics.

What I said: "Sub is better than Dub" What people heard: "English voice acting in anime sucks" What I meant: "Sub is not constrained by syllable count, speech rhythm, and lip syncing, allowing for a far better translation to be made... and english voice acting in anime sucks"

Learning to trust my emotions and intuition instead of being a hyper rational Vulcan Domino effect of realizing behaviors I was doing for others and not myself Leaving my ex Transitioning Moving to Chicago, where I feel like I belong Leaving awful tech culture to follow my childhood dream

1. What I'm about to post is going to sound egotistical - because it is - but it has a point, so please go with it for moment: I've learned over time that, at least in my own communities, I can no longer rely on how people approach and treat me as an indicator of their own personality.

I find this both inspiring but also frustrating bc the systems are such that I cannot just “be more.” My family and I need healthcare. Do you know what marketplace healthcare looks like for us? It eats up a second rent. The systems unfortunately are still in play.

I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it: (thread)

Trans people would much rather be able to live openly and freely as our authentic selves than be able to say "we told you so," but it looks like "we told you so" is all we're going to fucking get. 😒

I was literally just talking at length yesterday about how I don’t think about my gender much until I run into a wall, usually via a cis dude locked into rigid scripts. It doesn’t even have to be violent, sexual, or extreme — it can be banal & “harmless” exclusion of women from camaraderie & trust.

I think a lot about how one of the things that the cultural upheaval of the 1960s produced in the United States was a HUGE decline in compulsory homosociality, with tremendous beneficial results.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this.

For my newsletter, I wrote about Dr. Ting's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the trans talk in the Epstein files, and how hard it is for trans people to talk about abuse. (Dr. Ting is not implicated in any malfeasance or criminal activity) www.burnsnotice.com/we-have-to-t...

I think this thread is correct, and I agree with its many points. Avoiding negative consequences is never as persuasive as selling a positive consequence. Therefore, “You will enjoy consensual sex (even CNC) more than nonconsensual sex” is stronger, especially when powerful sociopaths exist.

Granny Weatherwax approves of this message.

A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan. It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash. “ICE GTFO OF MN” Minneapolis February 4, 2026

I find this whole thread a fascinating read not for Julie Le’s complaining that her job of supporting evil sucks, but all of the ways that the court is calling her on her bullshit. I hope that the Court holds her and many others in contempt, and that it does not grant them any rest or respite.

Oh my god — she’s trying to guilt trip the Court: “I could have sent so many emails to get so many people ready for release if I wasn’t up all night getting the paperwork you asked for ready.”

This is a masterful dressing down of the Executive Branch, and I think we just need to start holding their lawyers in contempt of court until our demands are met, and if they run out of lawyers, start going up the line of authority.

this man is going to be the world’s first trillionaire and even most of the too online sickos on this website are significantly happier than he is

Groundhog Day Meaning xkcd.com/3202/

I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many. The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.

The next time someone from WaPo contacts someone who shot cellphone video, asking for permission to use the clip -

worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead

I don't post enough about the other central pillar of my politics, aside from anti fascism: being anti car cars are bad in almost every way, especially in cities if you go to even large, bustling cities that are actually dense, they are quieter than US cities because you can get away from cars

One of the things bothering me about how people are responding to the Epstein files is that there are tons of conspiracies being created and spread about what’s in them, rather than people just believing the victims like they could have been doing for years now

Streak continues. It's still winter, and more than 50% (17/33) of the days in 2026 with >100% WWS for part of the day, and 5 days straight, in CA Gas down 58% in 2 y Demand continues to decline Batteries meeting demand for more hours at night

Secure your own squid first before helping others. (I'm disproportionately proud of this drawing.)

I AM FURIOUS. Adobe Animate remains an industry standard for TV animation. Star Trek: Lower Decks was made in Animate. Haunted Hotel was made in Animate. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made in Animate. And because you can't buy a permanent licence anymore, it'll just be gone.

Parts and Pain. A good lesson without the harmful stereotypes.

Whether you currently use ChatGPT or not, you can add a +1 to the list of people pledging not to, and do so WITHOUT offering up your email to help create a sellable list.

democrats wondering why they can't excite voters while shouting "vote blue no matter who" and constantly spamming you with "give me $20 so $18 of it can go to my consultants" should really read up on the concept of the Trust Thermocline

I will just say that in my review of the first criminal complaint files over the weekend, there were *dozens* of instances in which the names, initials, high schools, and locations of victims' parents' homes were not redacted. It's another victimization, and it's deplorable.

Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.

Hora do banho

DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression. CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school? DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town. C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name? DR: Now look

don't mind me, just finding lots of bread crumbs showing Epstein and the League of Pederasts were a driving force in pushing transphobic hate. This email was sent in October 2014, at the start of the current anti trans political campaign and astroturphing.

i truly hate how much we are living in a bad script

Technically: this is the result of investigations that started long before Mamdani took office. Practically: I’m glad to see that Mamdani is being associated with this, because it means the stories are changing — there is an expectation of competence and support for the citizens at large.

I had the weird realization that CRPGs - especially ones I deeply love - have made me less trusting. Specifically, as much as I’d love to play a narrative game in the way that is most fun or interesting to me, I will most certainly be punished for doing so, since most meaningful content is gated.

We don’t owe them anything. They spent a decade ignoring obvious evidence implicating the most guilty while fabricating insane accusations against the innocent.

happy black history month 🩷

First marks of the month - 15/30 second gestures sketches:

Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent

Welp. I'll be grabbing all the info/links off my Pinterest account this week and closing it down.

"So, do you have a quest," the witch asked as she finished dressing the last wound, "or doing general adventuring?" "A quest. I seek a book." "Ancient tome of forbidden lore?" "No, one I read as a child." "And this dragon didn't have it?" "Alas." "Have you asked a librarian?" "They're scary!"

Yoink

My GOD, AI is such a bullshit. Look, I KNOW how amazing it feels to have an idea and be able to accomplish it visually, but I have TRAINING, so I KNOW what I'm doing. I don't even know what I'm trying to say, I'm just so angry.

Our feature artist/tutorial today is this RIDICULOUSLY USEFUL set of HEELS reference by @GRIZandNORM!#HeelsOfTheDay #gamedev #animationdev #CHARACTERDESIGN #characters #heels