The number of times I heard this exact minimalization of Covid risks from friends & family I had otherwise assumed were reasonable humans with critical thinking skills. Whew!

Every day, new atrocities committed against the trans and intersex communities Every day, I get a little closer to a rage-filled, raw chapbook of poetry, responding to the same

PROOF They will erase you, And strike from the record Every mention of people Like you Then cite this as proof You never existed #poem #MicroPoetry 🏳️‍⚧️

A revelatory moment: My wife’s aunt is the one Trumpist in their family She lives in the Twin Cities In conversation with her the other day, my wife learned that her aunt HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT the Good & Pretti murders by ICE/DHS IN HER OWN CITY And I fear she is an exemplar, not an outlier

Today’s cat is a flashback to my sweet Bliss who was always an excellent library cat (spot @faerywolf.bsky.social ‘s book in the pile!) #CatBreak #CatSky #BlueskyCats #WitchSky

anyway here’s @greatdismal.bsky.social in 2011 in Zero History describing the obsession with tactical clothing as a fetishized pursuit in a way that perfectly nails the combat cosplay of modern day ICE and BPD

Human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, as part of Saturday’s nationwide “No Kings” protests
 🎥 Adam Pardee/for SFGATE

No Kings March is wrapping up at City Hall, I peeled off to the MDC in DTLA to check in there, got a crowd of maybe 60 out here. Feds are kitted out with SRT in the front of the garage They just played their automated “dont hit the fence” message

Organizers estimate more than 200,000 people attended the flagship #NoKings rally at the Minnesota State Capitol, possibly setting a record for the largest single-day protest in state history. 📷️: Renee Jones Schneider

A coven can take many forms. None need perpetuate hierarchical pisspuffinry. I am fond of the guerrilla coven called for single purpose. I am fond of my stitch, bitch and witch meetings where more than sorceries are swapped. A coven is not an excuse for grand titles. - #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky

Don’t forget! You can pick up my vampire romance journaling game from @ipr.bsky.social

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.” - Ursula K. LeGuin

Bonus #Caturday photo: that time Bliss helped me write one of my D&D campaigns #CatBreak #BlueskyCats #CatSky #TTRPGs

Today’s cat is enjoying the sun #CatBreak #BlueskyCats #CatSky #Caturday

Imane Khelif is not trans, she’s just not the right type of woman for the terfs And also, you should not watch the wizard school show. It directly funds a campaign of hate bent on destroying the liberties of people around the world

Visited a friend today (who is largely housebound because of complications from Long Covid), which also means I visited his cats This is Mirage. He is the softest snuggly boy. 10/10 will pet again #CatSky

For more than 2000 days, we have had the power to stop Covid transmission in healthcare facilities with adequate respirator masking, and we haven’t, at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives and millions of disabilities. It can stop anytime we decide to stop making bullshit excuses.

Please share this story about my friend's kid facing 6 years in federal prison for protesting ICE. "When a U.S. Army veteran was arrested on conspiracy charges for his role in an anti-ICE protest in Spokane it was the first time an American had faced those charges in connection with the protests."

Today’s cat has dark academia vibes #CatBreak #BlueSkyCats #CatSky

👏🏼The Choctaw Nation has purchased a warehouse in Oklahoma that ICE was trying to buy and use as a detention center. www.projectsaltbox.com/p/choctaw-na...

Great Aunt Rita stories: Red Light District In the 40s, when all of her brothers (and most of the young men in the region) were off to war, my Great Aunt Rita supported the family by driving a taxi cab in Cleveland (she’d been driving since she was 14 – not always well – but with exuberance)

If you find yourself at PAX East this weekend, seek out @ipr.bsky.social, Booth 12109 to get a physical copy of my queer, kinky vampire romance journaling game MIDNIGHT’S KISS 🦇 Design your perfect vampire lover, keep a secret diary about how you met Sweet, spicy, poly, ace – you decide

Don’t mind me, I’m just creeping on the photo to see if I can catch an image of my solo game MIDNIGHT’S KISS on those front shelves

In personal good news: I got a low stock notification from IPR for MIDNIGHT’S KISS !!! So happy my queer, kinky vampire romance solo game is doing well for itself #TTRPG

@hillarymonahan.bsky.social this might seem like a really offbeat question, but do you take donations of gently loved silver jewelry for your collective? (as a note, I cannot check DM’s on here because of Ohio laws - but if you drop me a note here, I’ll get it: www.michellebelanger.com/request )

Procrastination in the Family An actual conversation between my Great Aunt Rita & her younger brother when they were in their 60s: Rita (rummaging in her boxes of hoarded sewing projects) Oh! I found your pants, Jim. Do you still want them hemmed? Jim: I gave you those pants to hem when I was 20

Today’s cat is a cozy family of three #CatBreak #BlueSkyCats #CatSky

Airline baggage fees were implemented to offset rising fuel costs in the early 2000s in case you were wondering if this would be temporary.

This is what Idi Amin’s government did to Ugandan Asians applying for passports in the period preceding the expulsion. Amin then argued that they deserved to be expelled because so few had taken up Ugandan citizenship.

this is like, literally the exact kind of thing that kicked off the revolutionary war. i'm trying to find a way to be goofy and say i'm exaggerating but taxing shipments in order to pay for expensive foreign wars was literally the flashpoint lol

When sharing wisdom (especially mystical/witchy), there’s a world of difference between: “This is how it’s done!” versus “This is how -I- do it.” Be the kind of teacher who leaves room for others to discover what works best for them #WitchSky #WitchTips

The US government has agreed to pay TotalEnergies $928 million to cancel its offshore wind leases and redirect the money to oil and gas instead. This is happening during the worst global energy crisis (per IEA) in history and as rising prices put huge pressure on households and businesses.

Angels to some, demons to others:

Today’s cat is our regal Ozymandias #CatBreak #BlueSkyCats #CatSky

Big, rattling boom in the distance & it’s been the kind of week here in #Ohio where all of these options are feasible: 🔘thunder 🔘the local train 🔘approaching tornado 🔘factory explosion 🔘literal meteor

Squeezed by data centers' relentless demand for electricity, a Nevada energy company just said it's going to stop supplying energy to Tahoe. The city has a year to figure out how to meet 75% of its energy needs without it.

Not quite a Black Star album, but feels like in the same vein: Tom Baker (92) bids us farewell

An unaccounted for part of the economy is how much young people virulently hate AI, despite how aggressively it's being forced on them. They realize it's making their friends dumber and ruining the world and they want nothing to do with it. From the Penn student paper: www.thedp.com/article/2026...

Another fireball/meteor spotted over #Ohio ☄️ I know they’ve given reasons why they didn’t pick these up on early warning systems, but if I wanted to indulge in a little conspiracy theory, I would suggest these are satellite pieces from something gone awry with all our space junk

Need a distraction from the horrors? My 2026 class series is DEMONS IN THE DETAILS An extension of my DICTIONARY OF DEMONS, we delve into the origins of recognizably named demons with an eye toward their evolution in myth & folklore (myth-busting along the way!) #WitchSky #Demons Start here:

Alright y’all this is a small thing but an easy one Stop buying books from Amazon Instead buy them from Bookshop.com which supports your local bookstores Here’s a 20% discount on your first order refer.bookshop.org/jen52349

I wonder how many more sudden and inexplicable disastrous fires are gonna break out at massive industrial sites in the US as this war drags on

Today’s cat is two snuggly brothers napping on a blanket #CatBreak #BlueskyCats #CatSky

Today’s cats are checking out the yard #CatBreak #BlueskyCats #CatSky

Today’s cat loves his mama #CatBreak #BlueskyCats #CatSky

Dylan M Taylor hit 3 projects within the same week. SYSTEMD Status: MERGED (revert blocked) Compromised UBUNTU Status: DRAFT (rejected) Not Compromised ARCH LINUX Status: LOCKED Not Compromised while this field can be filled with junk data, it sets a dangerous precedent of complying in advance.

"Maven can rapidly analyze huge amounts of data from satellites, drones, radars, sensors and intelligence reports, and use AI to automatically identify potential threats or targets, like enemy military vehicles, buildings and weapons stockpiles." finance.yahoo.com/news/palanti...

If I had 5 million, I would buy it and leave it to the trees 🌳 #CLE #OHIO

Super excited to see the reception that the grand opening of Tabletop Bookshelf is getting!

Happy #Caturday! Today’s cat is a flashback to my beloved familiar, the magnificent Bliss #CatBreak #BlueskyCats #CatSky 🌈🐾