Help them out!

I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...

WHAT IF WE JUST INVESTED IN ARTISTS AND AUTHORS LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES

And now Mikie Sherrill A major loss for anti-trans ads tonight.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!! Today is the last day of our Flytrap subscription drive. The goal for today is 159 subscriptions! THIS IS THE LAST CALL FOR THE 15% OFF DISCOUNT: the-flytrap.ghost.io/chomp

Finally watching I Saw the TV Glow

Me as a teacher, trying to get students to read directions:

Very important piece to think about!!

still unemployed, trying to keep myself and gf (both trans) and our cat (cat) from getting evicted until that changes. not a zero income month, though, so 'only' need to raise 1500. please help or boost if possible. ko-fi.com/iafishman/go... #mutualaid #helpsky #transcrowdfund

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

We spent $450 but we are taking her back to the vet because we think the problem is snuffles. She is still eating little and has low energy

UPDATE: We have to pay $400 which is a little more than we set aside for an x-ray because she probably has a hairball. So again, anything helps. ❤️

Setting aside graverobbing woman who died in no small part due to men exploiting her image, copyright violations aren't "growing pains." It's literally the law. They’re breaking the law. Without copyright law, there is no creative industry, and without a creative industry, there is no genAI.

Well we’re back at the vet, so sharing ways you can help us. This one hasn’t been eating properly. linktr.ee/oliviaannege...

Feed cleanse with some homemade ✨apple pie✨

Anyway. I’m a special education teacher. I don’t have words except I’m tired. Protect our children.

I loved Between the Lions!

The thing about Banned Books Week is that so many books are being soft censored, too, and we may never know. Schools in whole states are just not buying queer books and books about race, etc

I can’t stop watching this

Help out a friend!

I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.

#Animorphs fans, I'm very happy to share that the first three books in the series are being rereleased next May with brand new covers. 🧊🦎 You can learn more here: thenerddaily.com/animorphs-by... Cover artist: @creepcaptain.bsky.social Book design: Cassy Price and Christopher Stengel at Scholastic

this timeline is very clarifying, showing 1) right-wingers immediately promoted the idea the shooter was trans before any evidence, 2) someone within (or claiming to be in) ATF leaked false info to right-wing outlets reinforcing that claim. all of these ppl are evil and the leaker should be fired.

sad about future

Idk, over here just being chilled that we had a lockdown drill today while kids across the country experienced the real thing

Here is today’s newsletter of updates and some book recs! oliviaannegennaro.beehiiv.com/p/back-to-sc...

So @tayberryjelly.bsky.social and I are trying to watch all the Disney theatrical animated movies in order and we have entered the weird bit of the 40s which means…Saludos Amigos

Guys threads is supposed to be for book discourse that is warmed up

Got a newsletter scheduled for tomorrow with lots of book recs and updates! Sign up if you haven’t! oliviaannegennaro.beehiiv.com

There's HEEEEEERE artologica.etsy.com Original watercolors that reject AI. One of each, unique.

We tried so hard to explain that the anti-trans panic wasn't just going to hurt trans people. Whether through recklessness or intent it resulted in extremely weird, broad, harmful laws. I'm not mad, but I'm telling you, we really tried.

Oh great, NJ governor’s race ad already bringing up “they care more about pronouns”

This Labor Day I am a proud member of a teacher’s union!

“You can use AI, just be sure to factcheck it!” Okay sorry how about I just skip to the factchecking aka RESEARCH

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

y’all know what one of the first nazi book burnings was right? y’all know why they did it y’all know trans people were one of their first targets and even the ALLIES left us in the camps when liberating everyone else y’all see what’s right in front of you, right?

As a teacher and a queer person with a mental illness I just cannot engage with any of this. It makes me so upset I see red.

The website that I co-own Defector.com is hosting a RARE sale where you get three months of blogs for just $5! That’s something like 600 blogs for FIVE AMERICAN DOLLARS. Pretty good deal imo and you get to support worker-owned media.

I have been blissfully offline but uhhhhh oh no

there are no words for how evil, craven & abhorrent this is

Heard about funding cuts to NJ PBS station so I became a monthly member of their streaming service for $5/month. Join me: www.njpbs.org

Please help out a friend! www.gofundme.com/f/trans-wome...

Hitler literally murdered trans people and destroyed trans scholarship as one of his first acts on gaining power.

since Bluesky is chock full of Newsom-stan-bots insisting that "Dems should compromise on trans issues", I will re-up my November essay about why this is not only immoral & unempirical, but BAD POLITICS. Dems WILL LOSE if they do this, here's why (no paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/should-democ...

Bit late, but more Sound of Our Collision! www.patreon.com/posts/136656...

Want to see the economic impact of #NIH grant cuts in your community? Check out @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and colleagues' project here. Tell your friends and neighbors what is happening. scienceimpacts.org

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Hey fyi as your local gay person, I do hate this! Also depicting Trump and/or Elon or whoever in drag, or as women. It’s shitty. Stop it

Excuse me what