a long shot, but does anyone have an idea of what species of moth this is? taken in 2011 in Syracuse, northeastern U.S. www.flickr.com/photos/trans...

how do you know when an essay is too horny to be published 🥵

yes I am writing an entire essay in my book just because I came up with a title that is a really fun pun. I'll figure out what it's about later. my book, my rules!!!!!!

a question for bug enthusiasts: are there any other examples of bugs doing crazy body horror (body envy!??!) stuff like this? www.science.org/content/arti...

are hermit crabs the only invertebrates that rely on another organism's body to "complete" their body, for lack of a better word?

no one's talking about how your average flea has an Elastigirl-level dump truck ass

sorry but this is so beautiful 🥹

sucks to be this moth, whose most embarrassing day is now immortalized on wikipedia 😫

crazy how one good makeout can change your whole perspective on life

I wrote about the leveling and deranging effects of the Trumpist snitchscape, and the awful content creation imperatives governing this awful moment. defector.com/the-united-s...

I had a blast answering the @orionmagazine.bsky.social questionnaire :) feat. many of my favorite things: fruit, grubs, words, and smells orionmagazine.org/article/sabr...

if you read one thing today, make it this absolutely devastating piece from a fact-checker who quit the New Yorker bidoun.org/articles/hou...

I'm teaching a Workshop4Gaza in November about writing alongside the non-human! We're raising funds for The Sameer Project. Come! We'll be reading from Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and more. www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...

Introducing COYOTE: A worker-owned Bay Area media collective. Our stories will be public for the first two weeks. Read ‘em and subscribe! www.coyotemedia.org

if I were a fish, I would totally keep my eggs in my mouth. safest place for 'em without pockets!

there's a chill in the air, which only means one thing: it's time for white man murmuring music

last night I got to show someone Bound (1996) for the first time 😌 always a perfect movie, perhaps the most perfect movie

read @remas.bsky.social on the hatred and violence of charlie kirk defector.com/this-is-who-...

I am bravely asking:: defector.com/why-not-have...

This child was infected with measles before they were able to be vaccinated (under 12 months), likely from someone unvaccinated. They survived the infection but years later they’re dead. The risk of SSPE for an infant infected with measles is 1 in 600, & it’s 95% fatal. Your vaccine protects others

seeking support group for people who have read hogg by samuel delany

anyway I wrote about the girlboss ant queens that give birth to another species in order to exploit their offspring (slay ant queens!) defector.com/everything-y...

moxie is a word you use to describe a brassy dame or a child DJ, not someone who is Evil

hell yeah

happy fifth birthday to Defector! the best job I've ever had, the best people I know defector.com/five-years-o...

today @prismreports.org is launching its partnership with Visualizing Palestine, featuring this reporting on media bias from the incredible Laura Albast. i'm proud as hell of prism's work every day, but i'm especially proud of this; please give it a read. prismreports.org/2025/09/09/j...

"The cost of building a company on theft should be the company itself. It should be everything you worked for because really, you didn’t work for it: You stole it." a must-read from @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social on the Anthropic settlement defector.com/if-the-thiev...

what's your favorite caterpillar and why? (bonus points if they do something weird or freaky!)

would do anything to be them right now.... image by Alberto Scarani en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugong#...

lowkey obsessed with this illustration of the first fish to have extra teeth in its mouth .... she's gagged! credit: Joschua Knüppe phys.org/news/2025-09...

We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...

I wrote about the intentionally byzantine process of getting a COVID vaccine this fall defector.com/how-the-fuck...

tried my hand at remembering some guys 🫡 www.immaculategrid.com/football/rem...

"Sheel Mohnot, a venture capitalist friend of Bi’s who has commissioned twiblings, said the problem is that information is siloed when 'each agency has their own database of wombs.'" ^far from the most horrifying sentence in this very horrifying story www.wired.com/story/the-ba...

so funny to think about the time when I thought the Atlantic was a nice magazine that published smart writing ... another lifetime!

Whose kidneys would those be, I wonder.

Even tho Carrie Bradshaw never once did any labor in her life, we are celebrating Labor Day Weekend by offering 10% off in the Girl Dad Press shop! Use the code STEVE to get 10% off your Sex Change and the City Presale, or a copy of 2 Trans 2 Furious, or both! shop: girldadpress.bigcartel.com :)

I had to explain the top shortage to my therapist today and felt like I was taking part in a sociological study lol

I wrote about the immolation of the CDC defector.com/rfk-jr-is-ma...

Butlerian Jihad now: defector.com/butlerian-ji...

The news from the CDC this afternoon is stunning. The WashPost reports that brand-new director Susan Monarez was fired for refusing to support the administration attitude on vaccines, and Jeremy Faust at Inside Medicine has the resignation letters from three leaders who followed her. Links below.

why do they have to make the horrible bus stop toe ads so big 😭

it's never been a better time to be listeria 🦠💅

this @izdaramola.bsky.social blog on Spike Lee's When The Levees Broke is fantastic defector.com/hurricane-ka...

I wrote about the state of the screwworms defector.com/make-america...

you think you're safe from clams on land? behold, TREE CLAMS #InverteFest

started a new medication that requires I stick myself with a needle and I am relieved to say I have injected myself for the first time... the trans experience comes for us all!

They're calling @groan.bsky.social one of the great interns of all time, and I have to say I agree. defector.com/you-cant-be-...

I am starving, brother! defector.com/brother-may-...