you learned nothing, you practiced nothing, you diminished yourself, you outsourced your human capacity for growth, intelligence, and personal reflection to a fucking jerk-you-off machine

the thing that drives me insane about genAI/chatgpt bullshit is that brother, the process IS the work IS the entire thing. no artist comes to art for the final result. the final result is inextricable from the fucking labor that came into making it

Probably one of my favorite scenes in all of television history. The directing, the writing, the performances, the editing, the whole mood of it is just extraordinary. youtu.be/FcsNhIozEPo

If you think COVID vaccines should continue to be available to all: take 5 min and add your comments at the link below. (Advice for what to say in the linked thread.)

Late stage capitalism is creating new disabilities in people and also endangering the lives of those who are and will become disabled. All forms of marginalization are disabling and once you’re disabled most people will think of you as disposable. We can’t fight fascism without disability justice.

Grok servers are basically poisoning the people near them in Memphis because they haven’t fitted required pollution control filters that are in use in every other gas turbine in the area - he believes he’s above the law arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

One sickness in the last 5 years (aside from one COVID infection) here. Allergy & hay fever symptoms almost non-existent. Masks have made my life so much better.

Americans couldn’t handle Applebees being closed for a month or wearing a little mask on their face. Americans freaked out when we started imposing seatbelt and drunk driving laws. We are selfish, petulant swine.

25-year-old Cab Calloway photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933.

The same method shows that the report itself was compiled by John Koenig and the compiler for the executive summary is Blake Sanchez.

If you open the anti-trans HHS report’s appendix in NotePad, you’ll see that it was compiled by Alex Byrne. The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews. Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.

A couple weeks ago, I wrote that the MAHA movement does not want to eliminate chronic illness- it wants to eliminate the chronically ill. Since then, RFK Jr’s actions and statements have only reinforced my belief that his HHS will target disabled and sick ppl. www.thegauntlet.news/p/rfk-jrs-ma...

Got news of my first international publication yesterday can I get a HELL yeah

if you're in the mood to read a strong affirmation about the worth of disabled lives in the face of a eugenicist administration.... so was i, so i wrote one: buttondown.com/theswordandt...

Tiffany Stratton's Barbie entrance. #WrestleMania

Naomi's WrestleMania entrance #WrestleMania

I feel like a broken record But Again A main purpose of anti trans laws/policies is to remove cis women from public life and reinforce patriarchal gender norms Bigots relied on cis women voting against their interests bc of a fake panic about public bathrooms

Part of eugenics is wanting disabled people to not be visible to society.

I'm going on antidepressants baybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

skipped my only in-person events of the week today because of a storm that ended up never happening 🙃

Vial of Bones Zine is open for submissions for our AI-themed issue!!

This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated. The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.

PSA: 1. If you are not silly, it is vital you become silly 2. If you are silly, you must stay silly 2. If you used to be silly but have stopped, you must make all efforts to return to silliness

Trust me, you do not want to get repeatedly infected with Covid, which can kill off your immune cells and fuck up your whole immune system, when something like measles is on the loose (which will fuck up ur immune system even more). Being vaxxed is not enough: MASK UP and fight for public health

Yes, and let's not forget that measles is spreading in part bc liberals and leftists are drinking up right wing propaganda on Covid to the point that they now believe that disease isn't harmful & it's ok to be repeatedly infected w harmful viruses as long as ur vaccinated (spoiler: it's not!)

we just need stupider leftists. I'm dead serious. charismatic guys with the stamina to record 100 instagram reels a week in the front seat of their car saying stuff like "trump made summers too hot" and "the fries at wendy's taste better ever since they went woke"

The Americans with Disabilities Act is turning 35 this year. For @motherjones.com, I interviewed its primary author, former Rep. Tony Coelho, on the importance of bipartisanship in having it pass, and more. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Because we're Reactor, and we love short fiction, we'll also take this opportunity to direct you towards 10 excellent short stories by trans authors reactormag.com/ten-essentia...

Okay so not February but here are the last 4 pieces for The Woods at Blight's Hollow

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller March 23,1960

I am not surprised to see that every speaker pictured at this ACT UP meeting is wearing a mask in public because if there's one thing ACT UP understands it is "the responsibility to think about other people during a pandemic", but goddamn, it's still *really nice to see*

Today was Long Covid Awareness Day. Main thing I want to say is I do think training us to abandon each other to permanent disability helped pave the path to fascism we’re now speeding down. Popping on a mask at the grocery store won’t cure all, but it’s one way to interrupt the eugenicist project.

Beware the ides of March! "The March Hare" studiorayyan.etsy.com/listing/9463... 🐰👀

Calling my senators like "YOU DID THE RIGHT THING TODAY. YOU WILL BE PASSED OVER TONIGHT. DO THE RIGHT THING TOMORROW."

Who up enduring they agonies?

Boop www.forbes.com/sites/lindse...

Rep. Zooey Zephyr - My Wife - just gave an incredible speech against a drag ban in Montana. It was so strong that a Republican rose to speak passionately against the bill, chastising the sponsor. The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes! This is the power of representation.

The complaint contains the most comprehensive factual and legal analysis of Musk/DOGE's actions I've seen to date. Read the filing here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

One consequence of the resistance to established science is the way it forces scientists and journalists to re-prove and remind people of what is true. NPR has a story noting why measles are a big deal: It's one of the most contagious diseases on Earth. loom.ly/WMZO9pw

My arm feel asleep 7 minutes ago

The trans community has been warning about this for awhile now and now here it is. Sadly other states are going to follow suit. There is only so many states trans people can flee to before the federal government also makes it more national ban (and they will do so)

To be clear Boycotts are supposed to be inconvenient. For those protesting as well as those on the opposing end.

Please look up the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 to understand that the CDC not selecting strains for next year’s vaccines sets the stage for a public health calamity that will, without doubt and at bare minimum, catastrophically and directly impact people you know. This is a five alarm fire.