I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha

I haven't felt like working on novembeat for the last few days but on the plus side I've made a lot of progress on reuploading my music catalog to YouTube in a self-administered way. I'm super proud of the visualizer I built for Refactor, for example, all in FFmpeg! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Cursed idea: Ask a shitty manager. Like @askamanager.org but they pretend to be any of the hardcore techbro managers I had at software companies instead.

i don't know what to say that someone smarter won't say better. but i was a trans kid when there wasn't care for trans kids & i can tell a short story since that's allegedly my deal. i survived. but you know the survivorship diagram? i'm that fringe dot. i survived by accident.🧵 cw: self-harm ⬇️

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Posted a blog post about my current music projects, including a plan for hopefully something better than the current state of streaming music for independent musicians. sockpuppet.band/blog/2959-Go...

Seattle folks: after participating in a No Kings protest, why not come to STANCE’s fall talent showcase, to enjoy the incredible talents of local trans performing artists? givebutter.com/c/STANCEtale...

I accidentally glitched out an animation I was working on and created a perfect example of what the passage of time feels like to someone with ADHD

I wrote a post about Bandcrash, the software I use (and wrote) to accelerate a whole bunch of parts of my music publishing. Now it also supports CD authoring! sockpuppet.band/blog/3367-Ba...

🐝VRCharity Event, 1st edition 40 streamers united to raise funds for the Trans Community! 🤍🩷💙 Live performances, VRC communities workshops, lots of giveaways, talk shows, and much-much more! In benefit of @transacademy.bsky.social and @translifeline.org 📅Live on Twitch | Nov 15–16

I’ve not been super active here but I’m hearing this place might be Bad, actually? I’m still using Mastodon as my primary/least-bad social media but personally I’m less of a fan of the concept in general these days. Still much more into blogs.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Someday I need to remember to set up automatic blog posting here! I did a really good show with @archive.org last Friday and I wrote up how it went, and also some of my thoughts about archive.org itself and how they relate to my own future plans. sockpuppet.band/blog/1238-He...

I want to see @mc.frontalot.com do a collaboration with the Hydraulic Press Channel someday, just because of how similar he and Lauri look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNhd...

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Chiitan loves all transgender people. I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives. Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like. love you all 🤍 ↓ www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...

The War Machine is now on Spotify! It would be really funny if this anti-Spotify song became a hit there. open.spotify.com/album/2R8S3c...

To those who spout, “This fandom wasn’t built on queer liberalism.” My child, let me introduce you to 1994.

we're on the precipice of a universal antiviral medication, mRNA technology is out here curing cancers every other month, HIV is cureable AND preventable, renewables generate more energy now than fossil fuels worldwide and and more cost-effective, coral reefs are growing back all over the world rn

If robotaxis are Sputnik, ubiquitous, affordable, accessible public transit is a space elevator.

This article is 8 months old but it is important we support Costco. This false narrative they bowed to extremist groups over mifeprristone has to be stopped. Don't let perfect be the enemy of supporting a great company like Costco.

Fuck JK Rowling Pass it on

Chrome's adblock dying has really just shown how bad ads have gotten now huh This appeared and fullscreened my window, hid my cursor, for clicking on a youtube download link lol old people are just not built to handle this

VILE: Exhumed, which was banned very shortly before its scheduled Steam release, has been released for free online, including on Github and the Internet Archive. Cara's statement, per the IA page:

you should get some games bc a lot of these are by folks who were slapped w the censorship panic delistings/demonetizing stuff. this at least helps make up some lost revenue!!! helps like 300+ creators in one swoop!!

Speaking as a repeat customer of Drop: NEVER AGAIN. Not one fucking CENT. Choosing to license Harry Potter in 2025, during a massive international assault on trans rights fueled greatly by JK R*wling's hate, is something I cannot forgive. #BoycottDrop #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLivesMatter

We're back! Purchasing the Queer Games Bundle for $60 (or $10+) is a direct action that you can take right now to support queer people in a life-changing way, and in exchange, you get over 600 amazing, heartfelt, fun, and radical games and artworks. itch.io/b/3062/

Hey y’all, songfight live is in seattle this year, August 8-9 at Jellyfish Brewing in Georgetown. I’ll be going on at 6:30ish on the 8th. sockpuppet.band/live/2658-So... for more info!

Many of these queer games are currently delisted from Itchio thanks to censorship from payment processors, so please support this bundle! 👇

Hey y’all I have a new single coming out on Friday. You can preorder it at mirlo.space/sockpuppet/r... or wait for it on my Bandcamp. It’ll be released to streaming in around two weeks.

✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art. itch.io/b/3062/

fixed it on my downloaded version anyway, at least

Okay, well. Queer & especially trans authors of erotica and other content deemed 'nsfw' by major platforms, please drop links to where people can find your stories in the replies. Everyone else: Repost people's links. Stop worrying about the sanctity of your feed & help the most impacted authors.

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: In a dangerous evening escalation of the anti-porn war on the gaming industry, indie platform @itch.io has banned a number of NSFW titles and delisted thousands of others. Trans authors are caught in the crossfire. MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.

People keep telling me that I shouldn't be mad at @itch.io, just the payment processors. They are fundamentally misunderstanding why I was up until 4am reporting on this last night. Itch is withholding trans authors' incomes. If you stiff my girls, then yeah, we have a fucking problem.

I do not create NSFW content myself. However, most of what I do these days is make music for games which would be considered NSFW, often just because they include LGBTQ+ characters. Simply *being* trans also makes me inherently NSFW in these peoples' minds.

reminder: collective shout is the cover org behind this recent conservative push for payment processors to mandate banning NSFW from several platforms. learn their names. they are using feminism as a cover to push their anti porn & anti queer agenda. [source: Collective Shout website, about page]

The most recent @transacademy.bsky.social video is up. I’m super proud of this one, not just for the music I made for it, but also for being a part of such an amazing, supportive community that is able to make everything that lead up to this happen to begin with. youtu.be/zznBjBfAlBI

The game industry is a bit of a mess right now and it’s hitting all of us, but when things get bad, they’re often toughest on marginalized folk. So. @aiviwave.com and I are launching the Rising Star Patronage Project to support game composers & make great music! www.gofundme.com/f/video-game...

So this writer did an excellent exposé on Collective Shout and their contribution to Steam's removal of several adult games from Steam (and TERF-y behaviours). Well, Vice killed the articles. (it may still load if your browser has it cached) Archived version of the article here archive.is/x5cGQ

I wrote some longer thoughts up on the ol' blog. sockpuppet.band/blog/121-On-...

For folks in/near Seattle who are EV-curious, EV Navigator is doing an event in August where you can explore cars and reserve some test-drive time. https://scl.evnavigator.com/ecgd.html

Reminder: If you're listening to music on Spotify, you are not paying the musicians you are listening to. Instead you are paying Joe Rogan and helping Daniel Ek to fund the war machine. Literally any other streaming service is a more ethical choice and most of them support the artists way more.

@wearecommodore.bsky.social okay so a lot of folks have said they want a C64C or a C128 but hear me out: How about an SX-128? Basically, a Commodore 128 but in a nice slim laptop form factor. Do what the SX-64 tried, but with modern ideals. (Of course it should support CP/M!)

We could avoid like 60% of all discourse if we normalized dealing with our own discomfort instead of bullying other people to stop making us feel weird.

When I found a pub with an inverted normal map. (If you understand what this means, you have to repost.)

down with Whatever eev.ee/blog/2025/07...

I've noticed a trend lately for a lot of YouTube hosts to speak to the audience as if they're an active, direct participant in whatever the host is doing, like @hankgreen.bsky.social playing Connections or @mrbarrylewis.bsky.social making a recipe. Is there a term for this, beyond just "parasocial"?