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My father was mostly shitty but he did a couple good things. He took me to the Stonewall Inn as a child in the early 70s and told me what happened there. And he introduced me to Huddie Ledbetter from babyhood, along with the Tolkien and Dylan. I knew the sound of Lead Belly's voice on heavy vinyl.

In Priest's days on the Spider-Man books, he got flak undeservedly for so many things. One was hiring Kyle Baker as an inker. I loved Kyle's inks, and as a drunken teen, sent the Marvel office a *telegram* saying so. Early '80s, pre-home fax machine. I loved those Priest Spider-book days so much.

So far, we have sold 37 feminist media bundles. To recap: You can subscribe to three indie, worker-owned publications— @autonomynews.co , @theflytrapmedia.com , and @mothership.blog —for less than $11/month. Help us get to 50 sales? trustfnd.com/theflytrap/c...

As the heat wave moves out from this part of Germany, I am marveling at how lightly we got off this time. Because the humidity was low, the whole wave, here. This was basically a dry run. There has been terrible suffering, and deaths, but it could have been worse. It will be worse, next time.

Incredible. Thrilling. Joyous. Home. You had to be there. #PrideNYC 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Bay Area! Spend next weekend with me, @charliejane.bsky.social, @sumikoska.bsky.social and a bunch of sci-fi fans for @baycon.org! It will be amazing!!!

Queer Liberation March rally ends with Qween busting out her FUCKING TONY “Free Palestine, Free Congo, Abolish ICE, Let Trans People Live”

Four portable air conditioners and ice packs on my chest and neck. Still warmer than I would like, but safe enough. Ours is a well-designed altbau flat, with windows on all four sides and rear windows opening on a cool hof, but it faces South. We have insulated curtains and a sheltering loggia.

The first 2 weeks are critical. "Help is needed for search and rescue efforts, emergency shelter for displaced families and emergency health care, followed by safe water and sanitation" Doctors without borders - give.doctorswithoutborders.org/campaign/816... bsky.app/profile/mayo...

Berlin Meal Train is out in this heat bringing food to disabled folx at home! I chip in to help fund it; you can too!

6pm. 102 degrees in West Berlin. Thinking of the harm and pain happening all over an unprepared Europe. Ten years ago was a good time for governments to get in gear here. Meanwhile, the Berlin Refreshment Map shows cooler areas, benches and fountains. erfrischungskarte.odis-berlin.de?latitude=52....

Calling all proud Disabled, Queer performers in the Washington, D.C. area. Drag performers, burlesque artists, singers, dancers, musicians, poets, clowns, puppeteers, magicians—Disability Culture Cabaret is the (accessible) stage for you! Please apply by July 6 using the link in comments.

Francie and the Marcels have traveled to Tamriel in search of septims for shelter kitties. My birthday is TOMORROW so you're running out of time to donate! 🐈 givebutter.com/mollys-birth...

Berlin has a gorgeous little paleta company, Paletas Berlin. Organic, vegan, delish. Once the temp dropped to 84 I felt ok about ordering from Wolt, whose ghost market is just a couple blocks away. Tip down in the basket, grocery bag up, sucked back an erdbeer limette and a gurke zitrone. Heaven.

The Berlin Mealtrain for Chronically Ill and Disabled Folx is cooking and delivering meals tomorrow despite unprecedented heat. A couple euros helps fund this community care in the tradition of God’s Love We Deliver, founded to support AIDS patients in 1986! gofund.me/526ade8e5

We do contactless delivery, but I tipped the young courier who brought me desperately needed electrolytes ten euros old-school Sid & Nancy style, by lowering a basket down from the balcony.

BREAKING: On the 39th anniversary of the founding of ACT UP, protestors have shut down traffic outside Grand Central demanding “Money for AIDS and healthcare, not for ICE and warfare.”

OMG @thrasherxy.bsky.social with the sweetest burn: "Well, the sun rooster has come home to roost now"

Best explanation of EU anti-AC vibes I have seen yet. Sitting in our 100-year-old Berlin apartment building, safe and protected from heat that would kill me by four portable air conditioning units. Because #stayalivequeercrip is my motto and I'm from New York City, I know some goddam summer heat.

,,Reformen" sind heutzutage ein politisches Codewort für einschneidendevKürzungen, wenn es um soziale Fragen geht.

///// BLADE RUNNER \\\\\ was originally released #OTD, 44 years ago, the 25th of June 1982, and it remains very strange to remember it was actually set in 2019. A true landmark in the history of film production, that just keeps getting better on repeat viewing. #bladerunner #scifi #ridleyscott

Side note when I keep skeeting that there's a cultural barrier against air conditioning in much of Western Europe it is shit like this I am talking about.

The longer a person stays in precarity the less tolerance ppl have for them needing mutual aid. And that's on purpose.

Now I really want cut-up fruit salad with jicama and a spicy pepper sauce, and I don't even know if you can get jicama in Berlin.

The concept of "lost learning" has been built into such an urgent issue that it has eclipsed fears of lost children.

That's right, friends! STARLOG is back and I'm the editor-in-chief. We have so much good stuff for you in our first issue, coming this November!! Science! Sci-fi! Fantastic weirdness! Plus you can subscribe now to our podcast hosted by @jhoffman.bsky.social and @da7e.com!

Wow, I watched The Mandalorian and Grogu two days ago and I already can't remember it. Whose idea even was this to make a movie out of a perfectly good tv show that needed exactly zero further elaboration?

A lot of people don't realise this but in the UK we have to replace our Prime Minister every two or three years or else the rights revert back to Marvel

I had never seen this, though I am a Mats and Jett girl from way back. It brought tears to my eyes, when I almost never feel anything these days. I'm old, six decades old, old enough to see good times come and good times go. I believe good days will come again. But it's hard to know in my bones.

We would all be better off if infrastructure was updated to provide cleaner indoor air in public places, using technology that is already well understood and known to be safe-- it's just not happening.

San Francisco Pride is up on us! Join me this Thursday night at the Opera Plaza Cinema for 'Perverts Put Out: Off the Page' cabaret. I'll be presenting two hot adult films showcasing trans masculine desire, BACKSEAT and CrashPad: J London & Johnny Castro!

looking for ways to help angelenos impacted by the lineage warehouse fire? here are some ways for folks near and far:

On this day where we see the back of yet another prime minister, take note of who in the media includes the rollback of trans rights as a national failure and who doesn't. People tell you more with what they avoid than with what they confront.

Europe is melting! The size, intensity, and longevity of this #heatwave is enormous. Peak temperatures will reach 45°C / 100-115°F this week in #France. You are looking at temperature anomalies in the cloud layer over the next 2 weeks, which peak at +20°C… 1/

Woohooo, a panel on reporting on eugenics w/ @infamouslyshort.bsky.social of @discojourno.bsky.social, Ericka Dixon of Transgender Law Center, and me of @motherjones.com is now on @healthjournalism.org's YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2ui...

All the people that have no problem paying their rent are complaining about having to see the posts of desperate folks that don't have the same level of privilege. In case you haven't noticed, this is a collapsed society with a non-functional government. Of course people need help surviving!

Happy Father’s Day to all the single mamas out there. I see you.

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what a gorgeous lineup for this accessible celebration! My most fave performers!

Juneteenth is a beautiful day to tip and treat Black SWers, as is every day.

Everybody! What's a great way you can celebrate Juneteenth? How about with some contemporary Black southern gothic literature? Written by none other than yours truly. Grab my book. It's on backorder here at my local Black bookshop Sankofa but you can still support!

The most marvelous kitty shelter fundraising campaign, a chance to support community care for animal friends, and the most delirious cat graphics - what are you waiting for??

I also would never, ever vote for this ghoul.

📢A proposed federal rule could let the government cancel active #MECFS research mid-study when political priorities change. The public comment window closes July 13. Take action: https://ow.ly/J5EP50ZcpV0 How to submit a public comment: https://ow.ly/Oq6150ZcpUZ#MECFS Please share! #MEAwarenessHour

There are very few satisfactions like baking a friend exactly the birthday cake they want. Especially when you are a really sick person, with extremely limited capacity. Proud as hell tonight, with vegan apple spice cakes cooling on the counter.

Former Berlin nurse calls out German healthcare in @thesicktimes.org! A must-read.

Saw a clip from an old Larry King segment Kermit and Miss Piggy did with Larry King, I need to lie down. LK: What kind of child would you have? MP: A loved one, Lawrence. LK: What would it look like? LK: Would it have, say, frog eyes and a pig nose? MP: What would it matter, as long as it's loved?

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter