The Midwestern bits are specifically Pittsburgh and everything north of it. Everything south of Pittsburgh are the Appalachian bits. I don't make the rules, I'm just from there.

It never ceases to amaze me how much hot bullshit has been thrown at the wall in the utterly pointless search for a "cause" of autism, and therefore a way to eradicate it. How triggering it is for some people to imagine that there are brains out there which do not function like theirs. What I know -

The US has successfully disappeared 1,200 people: “As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald. The Herald had obtained the names from two detainee rosters.”

*Taking a deep breath* There are good things. Please focus on them. Queer artists are creating art. Queer authors are releasing great books. Queer YouTubers are talking about cool stuff. Queer indie musicians are struggling to find fans. Marginalized creators are struggling and need you.

Within 6 months the number of deaths due to USAID cuts will exceed the number of US COVID deaths. Sit with that for a moment.

Me, walking into a room to tell you about the book I just read:

Writers: are you normal or do your track your characters' periods?

AN #EARLYMODERN POST!! They still exist! And a lovely one at that, for five years and with the brilliant people at KCL who have turned that place in quite the hub of exciting early modern research. Run, don’t walk.

This is taken out of a whole conversation that's well worth reading. It is vitally important we understand and make no mistake that what Christian Nationalists want is a WORSE world, for everyone. They want destruction, chaos, suffering, and death. Then they want Jesus to come & "fix" it.

[Wilford Brimley voice] Y'know I have the 'Tism

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What the actual fuck, Australia.

Well I grew up in an ibuprofen house so explain me if you're so fucking smart.

Looks like being loud and angry (and flushing 4 billion in Mickey Bucks overnight) works. More of that for better guys than Jimmy Kimmel, please.

Well, little update on this. The potential adopters flaked. And the ones after them. So naturally this means we're a three-dog house now. I don't make the rules. Anyway, the three of them've started a punk band; here's the cover of their demo.

Me: I'm so tired; I'm just gonna phone-in today's lunch. Also me: MEDITERRANEAN FETA AND CHICKEN ORZO BAKE

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I ❤️ early modern English phonetic spelling. I had to tone it down slightly in my book for the sake of readability, but imo it's the best way to encounter these texts, forcing you to slow down, and find out what they really sounded like (or, well, close). This one's a gem:

When I say I block and mute AI I mean that includes stuff I would otherwise be interested in. Sorry to miss out on your Shakespeare posting, account which shall remain nameless, but my blood pressure cannot take another AI slop rendering of the Bard in a t-shirt or whatever the fuck.

Ask the normie non political people in your life what percentage of the country they think is transgender and it'll blow your mind. Whenever I tell someone trans folks make up less than 1% of the country, they look at me like I'm a conspiracy theorist.

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And again. This is also why arguing with most MAGA, which many liberals continue to do, is a waste of your time. Their ideology isn’t logical. Your time is far better spent helping vulnerable ppl whose lives MAGAs are destroying than it ever will be trying to convince MAGA to change their minds

Somebody take the NYT's hotdog costume away already; it probably needs a wash. 🙄

fabulous

This whole article is just sad, saddest of all being the fact that humanity has entered some new level of loneliness capable of driving so many of us into the clutches of an industry that is, at its core, anti-human.

this historical image from the early years of the AIDS crisis in the US was deleted from the CDC historical archive today (per scientist Danielle Beckmann). this image of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil is how ppl today also behaving abt cvd, long cvd and the climate crisis. at our peril.

Saving this so I can use it as a reply to you know exactly what kind of people.

If you really want to get a sense of scale in terms of how fucked things are, follow this account. Hearing the daily report of how many people were taken, where, and how, is downright enraging.

Looking forward to the inevitable Snatch Game where someone decides to play as "Melania's UK state visit hat"

Academia dot edu licensing agreement says it can use your likeness and voice and publications in any manner they want, world wide.

Democrats, apparently:

I swear I'm not vegetarian, it's just that I make such prettyyyyyyy vegetarian food. Sesame seitan with eggplant, mushrooms and baby leeks.

I find it, uh, worrying that Bluesky content moderation has labeled a historical photograph which quite famously shows an enslaved Black man with his back covered in whip-scars as "Self-Harm" 😳

Oh my godddd people, you do not, and I mean DO NOT, need to RSVP for a fucking protest! What the hell is this little Timmy's cowboy 5th birthday bash BBQ bullshit? JUST SHOW UP.

I didn't know who this person was 10 minutes ago but i love her

'sickos' vocitantur, de eo quod per fenestram ridentes, 'ha ha ha... sic!' clamant -Isidorus Hispalensis

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

All the people being fired for telling the truth about Charlie Kirk—many of them women—in the aftermath of his death demonstrates that his legacy was never one about universal free speech. It was only ever about about straight, white, conservative Christian men spouting bigotry without consequence.

I too would like to announce my withdrawal from the Irish Presidential Elections. I just assume that's what we're all doing and I don't want to be left out.

Madrid ens roba! (El cor ❤️)

This is like one of those Highlights Magazine "spot the things that are wrong in this picture" things, except literally everything in it is wrong.

Spanish citizenship looking more tempting by the minute 🙃

Every time I see a Kirk apologist post on here:

Damn right they do.

"We hereby abdicate responsibility for ensuring the safety of marginalized users & invite you to take a long walk off a short pier if you don't like that." 🤡

DC still has books by Gerard Jones or Justiniano on DCU Infinite. Guys who were arrested, pleaded guilty and got convicted for child pornography! But Gretchen Felker-Martin's first Red Hood issue gets recalled, and the rest of the run pulped, because she *checks notes* wasn't sad that Kirk got shot?