When I say my dad is the coolest, this is precisely what I mean. “Duppy Doug Wendt”’s mixtapes for Mandela. 💖💖💖

Me: Hmm, do I have handwashing OCD? My partner: Remember how when we had a guinea pig I'd pet her and then touch the remote and then you touched the remote and then you touched your face, and you'd break out in hives and start wheezing? Anyway, you have ALLERGIES. Here's some hand cream.

2025 recapped

That’s not how this works.

It’s the 16th and THE ELVES got everything wrapped early. THEY like to make sure my partner has a lot to open and go a little ham with the tags. Examples: 1) To: Mark, Love: Cat 2) TO: SHINY GLASSES, FROM: SANTAS CROW (Contd)

Today my “good” knee hurts because 1) it hyperextended for no reason at all as I took a step with my other leg. 2) I was sitting still and suddenly a tendon on the inside of it twitched?! Anyway, it’s stiff and achy now and I’m working on the emotional energy needed to hobble to an ice pack.

I'm hoping to raise $100 to get bus fare, food, and a pair of pants that don't have a hole in the seat

Too many losses this year. I hope she’s reunited with Jennell.

Oh hey guess who had undiagnosed SLEEP APNEA.

It’s the 10 year anniversary of terrifying my friends with my rad photo editing skills. Might be time to plan another karaoke birthday, too.

*Huge crash from the direction of my partner’s office* My partner: (quietly) “That was not ideal.”

My partner accidentally kind of sort of became my personal animes to-watch curator recently. Anyway, first it was Ascendance of a Bookworm, then Apothecary Diaries, now Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and... well... 3 for 3.

Somewhere along the way, Ollie appointed himself our Chief Health Officer. He: - Enforces mental health breaks 1x/ hour. - Paws at me to note when I’m working past 5 pm. - Denotes bedtime with a pillow and a whimper. - Notices every sigh and sniffle, and immediately races over to offer comfort.

Pretty rare (and awesome) opportunity here. Come work with me!

The hardest part of getting older is collecting diagnoses like Pokémon.

Alright everyone, one last push. If you or anyone you know is: - LGBTQ+ - 13-24 years old - In the US Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health. It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :) trvr.org/survey2025

Took a useful screenshot

Where's the best place to get a Pride flag -- where proceeds go to an especially spectacular org?

A beautiful portrait of a truly lovely human under the worst possible circumstances. I’d had the pleasure of working with Leif the last few years and he was talented, invariably eager to help others, and incredibly kind. Been a hell of a rough week. He’ll be missed.

Birthdaying hard for my partner today. 14 hours making French onion soup from scratch over a few days (including the beef stock). Homemade lasagna. Also made caprese bites. And there was an ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins. Not a bad dinner/day in an otherwise challenging week. 🥳

What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?

I woke up, wanted to make myself some flapjacks, and then got waylaid by a thousand different chores screaming for attention. I tidied the sink, worked on a grocery list, researched some recipes for my partner's upcoming birthday (and their mother's impending stay with us), cleared out the pantry...

I try not to listen in on my partner's therapy appointments, but they just trotted by my office while ranting about Plato and I have questions. 😅

It was one of those rare Caturdays where I managed to do most of the things I wanted to do. I shouldn't think about how much I could accomplish if I had more than one day a month with this particular intoxicating combo of time + energy + minimal ouchiness... but alas.

Upon waking, I was presented with this: a most elegant and graceful and wildly uncomfortable and neglected critter.

He wasn't giving advice for you follow your whole life but lessons for kids to be able then become the adults who would act like him

Currently disassociating by listening to Coconut Mall on repeat for 78 minutes ... and counting.

jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

Manifesting this level of relaxation for us all.

We have hit the “eating leftovers steak fajitas with homemade tortillas at 1:30 am while binging The Great British Baking Show” level of stress.

Visiting friendo.

FYI

Agree Y/N?

In case you need it.

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too. Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more. Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

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It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

Hi have you seen my happy dog?

I’m going to throw a book recommendation out there today for Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba’s book, LET THIS RADICALIZE YOU. It is a fantastic resource for learning to organize, creating communities of care, and mutual aid. At the very root of it, all we have is each other. Take care of yourselves 💜

From the archives. Snuggle pups, 2019.

As we spin out on one horrific headline after another, consider maybe stepping away from the news cycle firehose and channel that anxious energy into acts of micro activism. Or macro, if you can. The bad news, unfortunately, is going to keep coming & people will need real, material support.

To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations. Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.

“As a warning to the others,” Ollie growled.

This guy has to be a bully breed.

Well gosh. I appreciate this timing.

I managed to write two things today that are NON WORK. One is weird. The other is ~weirder~. I never quite know where in the world that weird should go. If it should go. Ah well.

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My back is killing me this afternoon, so I decided to lay down. Immediately, the sweetest little sentient heat pad came to lay in just the right spot. I love dogs. 😭