The running theme between the Epstein story, banning trans healthcare for minors, religious homeschooling and the complaints about adult children estranging themselves is a fundamental American belief that children are property with no rights of their own

Trying to make the apartment photographable to find a new roommate. Did a big overhaul of how I store a lot of my stuff, and...it looks nearly the same. I swear I'm trying.

Doesn’t feel good that the head of BBC News Content is instructing reporters to refer to trans people with slurs. If this leak is real it raises questions about who made this decision, who was consulted, and why the BBC chose to ignore its own editorial guidelines on slurs and offensive language

Bonus extended cut which is not funnier but I made it, so

a sequel: cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”

"Trans people have always been here and always will, so its okay if I dont do much to save the current batch"

Experts say we have months not years to organize the type of mass protest needed to avoid authoritarianism and fascist rule taking hold in the United States. And what is Congress doing? Introducing a repeal of Section 230, the law that underpins all free speech on the Internet

As a reminder since Covid, the flu, RSV, and norovirus haven't disappeared, please check the wastewater charts like you would the weather. Yes, you should mask everywhere, but if you won't, at least pay attention to when the risk if higher and act accordingly.

"Believe me, nice people don’t go Nazi. Their race, color, creed, or social condition is not the criterion. It is something in them."

I really don't want to have to move but this roommate search is Not Going Well

Importantly, this wouldn't have passed without Dem support. There was enough of a split within Republican ranks that if Dems had voted against the bill it would've been doa. Giving Trump a blank check to warmonger *and* passing an anti-trans measure was a choice.

Y’all I just love my cat. So so much. It took us nearly a decade for him to appreciate cuddling up as a little spoon and me to know what he liked and tolerated and there’s nothing better than waking up with him every day.

Acquired the Christmas tree yesterday and this will be the longest Fop has had access to The Forbidden Glowy Dangly Toy Holder- we shall see if his curiosity can be thwarted/derailed

We are rapidly approaching the point at which I mold and cast my own cup soles to make shoes with because holy shit I cannot find tennis shoes that fit, look right, are wide enough, and last more than a year

So I’m playing Veilguard and I don’t know what it is, but it just…ain’t scratching that itch that a satisfying BioWare adventure/romance game usually does.

U.S. Catholic bishops recently banned trans care throughout the church's sprawling healthcare systems. @davidforbes.bsky.social delves into how this fits the institution's long history of hatred and abuse, a direction that has not changed despite its recent p.r. shifts. It's time to fight back...

Went through The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social and I have to read through it again- has some incredible twists and turns. After reading Leech I cannot wait to hear what they write next. Also, the narrators on both audiobooks knock it out of the park.

So apparently donating blood makes me speed run dehydration But I did the thing, so at least there’s that

Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post

Fell in love with lolita fashion. Found out via cosplay. Lolita is fucking expensive. Figured I'd make stuff myself. Got involved with high school theater to get better at sewing. Went to community college, hated everything. Realized I was a guy. Applied to art school during recession. /contd

I have to order checks to pay rent with and MAN the impulse to go chaotic and get like...checks from some random university just for the sake of chaos is strong

ANUBIS: (presses button with paw) [guilty] OSIRIS: im sorry he does this when he's hungry ANUBIS: (button) [guilty] [bad] [food] OSIRIS: you already ate ANUBIS: (button) [bad] [bad] [bad] OSIRIS: he's right though we weighed your heart against the feather and its not looking good

NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid

Started You Weren’t Meant To Be Human by Andrew Joseph White and…congrats, you have finally written a horror novel that hits the spot of “this is fucked up enough that I cannot recommend it readily” and “this is so good I can’t stop” and I have a lot of thoughts. And will have more.

One of the best things is showing your partner something related to their special interests and letting them go off about it passionately and watching their entire being light up with joy and excitement

Please check all that apply

Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

Wait dick Cheney wasn’t dead already

the mtg/linguistics/trans nerds have translated "death before detransition" into phyrexian.

My coworkers are of a generation above me and are trying to say that we absolutely need a white man to get elected because no other candidate will look like a president and I’m having a staircase wit the day after and want to read them of Zoe Leonard’s ‘I want a president’

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Ah yes, my favorite anxiety response: grinding my teeth til I have a near constant headache and stuck in indecision/overwhelm

⚠️ Google has given you access to The Computer That Lies. ⚠️ You are now required to use The Computer That Lies.

If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days. Covid is not over. You can infect others before you feel symptomatic. People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing. We need to protect each other.

MICROSOFT: We'll keep providing Windows 10 security & service updates but you gotta fork over 70USD for the first year, 140USD for the second year, and 210USD for the third year. You bitch. You fucking piece of shit MUSCLEFUR VTUBER: Open Powershell and hit three keys to do it completely free

This has been the week of a lot of bricks continuing to land on me

Speech impediment means I turn down being on camera/doing video content but then just feel like I’m being left behind because of how promoting yourself as an artist works now

I got someone send notes on a costume that were entirely written by chatgpt that I had to try and decipher until I realized they were nonsense and I feel like throwing hands

Binging Gormengast through a recent build and boy does Mervyn Peake have the weirdest descriptions

Many years ago I did a show called Sagas of Sundry. It was immersive horror, great storytelling, and reality show style skill challenges. Now I want to bring it back, but call it Tales of Dread. But I need your help. So I'm taking this project to Kickstarter. Learn more at www.talesofdread.com

Despite prior evidence (my skin is angry and itchy) I am attempting to grow a beard for the first time since covid

imagine going from “don’t say anything bad about Newsom 3 years before the primary or else trump will win” to “don’t engage in civics by asking the governor that represents you to sign laws that have been passed by two state houses and will improve your life or else you’re helping fascism”

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline: AB 82/SB 497 AB 1084/SB 59 SB 418 AB 554 AB 728 AB 678 SB 590 SB 450

CALIFORNIANS! you can help make our state better and safer for trans people RIGHT NOW by telling Newsom he needs to sign these bills! We need you!

blasting the st matthew passion on this cool, rainy october 1st

#PoorlyDrawnOctober I've been having a rough time with perfectionism, and I'm taking the whole month of October to re-establish my relationship to art! Come join me!

here comes the cereal airplane buzzing towards your face again to feed you another spoonful of Oops! Always Right