this is the part that matters most imo cuz i don't think this country has ever really considered other countries prepare over generations for battle against the usa usa is used to doing the whole {shock and awe} maneuver cheney bragged about

lets look again at Iran's defenses around Hormuz (this doesn't include AA guns, which are likely also densely placed around the Strait.) This is what I refer to as "a buzzsaw."

love this! it unfortunately doesn't seem to touch on this specific sea-foam green color that i am obsessed with, but the whole bit is fascinating as a cartographer who spends a lot of her time on choosing the correct colors for each map

was actually gone all day and woke up from a nap to see that you and your followers were serially harassing my friends - again. and now you're acting like a victim because i called you out for it. fuck you.

i'm guessing things aint going great for you if you're spending your Saturday nights antagonizing trans women online. like there are few other reasons to ignore the app's moderation tools so you can keep swinging at us and none of them are good. like, you could Just Not Do That.

damn sky. I "get" the weird obligation to give anyone replying to you affirmatively a dopamine "like" reward, you gotta give a rat in a maze a reward for solving it but the rats aren't supposed to be dishing out the dopamine to seedy men as a reward for base misogyny we live in a society sky

perfect definition

New from me: Visualizing Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, this map shows suspected Iranian military facilities, rocket/cruise missile threat range, and suspected mine zones. Importantly, it shows the new shipping lane Iran has opened that hugs the coast of Qeshm (bright green). #cartography

I sometimes feel uneasy about repeatedly posting maps or art I'm selling, or patreon posts. I worry about turning off folks that are just here for the eels. But: a) this is how I make 100% of my living b) If I don't keep re-sharing, most people miss my work And I like feeding myself and my kids.

count it

the liberal urge to hold regular powerless people responsible for the world's atrocities while sheilding elected officials with access to the levers of power from any accountability whatsoever

i think bluesky does have an atmosphere of overexaggerated reactions to things, but pretending twitter is any better at this is sort of being delusional. there's basically no other place on the internet right now of that size that is in a constant state of overexaggerated conflict 24/7

someone NEEDS to teach the libs what the block and mute buttons do

this is how you teleport to a waffle house btw

It's not the size of the deficit that matters, it's how you use it.

if you have a problem with a trans woman using the term "spiritually cisgender" you will not see heaven

I don't care if you have they / them in your bio, this is spiritually cisgender

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this is an incredibly fucked up thing to say

typical lib feminist:

ahh so you hate sex workers as much as you hate trans women

Yeah, this site is driving me to absolute despair lately, and I have to be very real...a lot of it is stemming from some of the EXTREMELY messed up sentiments I am seeing from a certain type of very online liberal. A lot of transphobia, classism, and just outright disgust for anyone struggling.

agreed with this, especially if you used to use social media for any kind of brainstorming or thinking out loud. Using a chatbot retains the conversational aspect of social media while shielding you from uncharitable people looking to dunk for clout, and there's no doomscrolling.

sure, rape.fan is a tasteless username. do you know what else is tasteless? Starting site-wide psychosis events harassing her about it every week!! like just block and move on, i promise you you do not have to cause another public scene about some weird shit a random trans woman online said!!

Just to be clear, I cannot see what other threads you are calling out because you have me blocked. But also - I've condemned behavior exactly like those posts plenty of times. I simply will not perform that condemnation publicly to accede to the demands of a cis man become a better person Mike!

i honestly love this description of me. i don't make exceptions for the acceptability of crossing lines based on whether i like or dislike either party. We should not treat the other as if they are ontologically evil and so anything done to them is acceptable.

"This is my beautiful country, Iran These are not just Iran’s national treasures, they also belong to humanity, as they represent a 2,500 year old civilization The sad reality is that many of these sites are being damaged in strikes by the US & Israel, which is heartbreaking" x.com/Persianseren...

It’s been an known for a long time that leadership at PN just wants to be a feel-good entertainment site for upwardly mobile, “respectable” gay men rather than us lowly trans queers but many of us still tentatively gave them the benefit of the doubt bc of certain journos. From @assignedmedia.org:

Americans have already been using credit cards to buy necessities like groceries for years. It’s unacceptable and Susan Collins and repubs in Congress keep making things worse. We need change. Maine needs a senator that knows food policy and what it’s like to rely on govt assistance. Maine needs me.

he's seen it personally because it's always some shit discourse he's started so he can lure in trans women to target for harassment

periodic reminder that Mike Paulauski frequently directs harassment mobs at random trans women on the website that he believes step out of line ideologically. Here he is making baseless accusations at my gf while attempting to dog pike her for the second time this week.

obtuse then

He called them whores before anyone said that, someone saying something worse doesn't retroactively make Saying That Shit okay

No, they are abstractions to you. they are real, actual people to those of us who actually know them.

literally any time

Did you know that i have the ability think two separate things are wrong at once without making binary comparisons between the two?

No, you are illiterate. I am actively criticizing both camps. I think you're all annoying and addicted to the cortisol of posting at each other and you all should consider Not Posting Through It for once. It helps literally nobody.

Again, only if you perceive all trans women as naturally aggressive, or maybe it's just any woman who stands up for herself is aggressive to you. I am speaking frankly; that's it.

i always knew this day would come

by the way, the argument i'm making is not "the economy is actually bad for some individuals", it is that trans people are face extreme levels of employment discrimination simply for being trans and that by making fun of an inability to find employment is literally laughing at our discrimination.

I've seen you harass trans women on here plenty of times; same with Paulauski. I have that dude blocked for sexually harassing me two years ago. Last week, he started a dogpile on my girlfriend because he decided he didn't like something she said. You are no different than they are.

No, I don't believe it does. You are actively - and likely purposely - ignoring my actual words for words that you would rather respond to, ones that makes me look like the aggressor or whatever instead of facing the truth that you are no better than they are. You all act the same.

My personal theory is Twitter did a lot more management of media class posters than Bluesky does and a lot of them are not handling that or their ability to control their experience very well.

lmao trust me when I tell you, i am *not* their friend. what i am saying is that there are lines that should not be crossed and all of you are constantly crossing them and then complaining about how terrible the other is. It's literally an endless cycle of discourse from each camp

you misunderstand. i hate those bitches, but i alsonstrongly believe that there are lines that shouldn't be crossed. Talking about your son is a crossed line. Making light of trans women's unemployment when the govt is literally trying to erase us from public life is a crossed line.

implying a trans woman is a pedophile. report this nazi freak

So Erin Reed blocked me over this one but I’m going to take a few minutes to point out why this “reporting” is so bad and repost a few times to hopefully spread the word. TL;DR Erin either doesn’t understand anything about NYC law or politics or is outright lying about what’s happening here.

this is so cool!

Paulauski is going to personally see to it that every trans woman on this website experiences "consequences"