Teen is learning to drive. Teen: there’s a guy in the road with his dog. Me: this is where you say “move it motherfucker”. Go ahead. Say it. Teen: Move it motherfucker. *smiles* Me: didn’t that feel good? Annnnnnd this years Okayest Mom Award goes to ….. Me.

I know. I haven’t posted in like 20 hot minutes. But! My orchestra performed in August and it’s available on YouTube! youtu.be/qtAuE5SSYk8?...

This is why I love fandom. It’s a community built around a shared belief or interest, giving us a starting point for our activism.

He calls me on speakerphone while on an overnight school trip. Me: what’s up? What do you need money for? Teen: I miss you and love you mom. Me: You’re playing truth or dare and you chose dare, huh? *background laughter from easily 5-10 teenagers*

Having a teenager is like adopting a feral cat. You have to feed it and give it shelter. And it rarely comes out during the day. And when it does it mostly just hisses at you.

I don't know who needs to hear this today, but Psyduck is our chronic illness and migraine baby and proof that mobility aids are for everyone.

Especially goofy given if they choose to get the degree, they are then told not to focus on their own lived experience because they’re too close to it and biased. The end result of these two policies is no one with direct knowledge talking about it at all.

The line-up looks great - please share, attend and donate if you are able Hope everyone has an amazing day 💗💜💙

Following the sad cancellation of this year's Bi Pride, Libby and the team at @thisisbiscuit.org.uk have worked their asses off in just a couple of weeks with next to no budget to pull together the Bi+ Community Fair on Sun 31 Aug 💗💜💙 Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bi-community-fair-tickets

Things that never cease to fascinate me: When I stand up to assholes and get a bunch of DMs thanking me. It’s not a super power. It’s literally just doing the bare fucking minimum.

“Be badass but make it geeky.” Bet. Music and theatre are a huge part of who I am. What better way to celebrate them than to turn them into a tattoo? Several bars from “One Day More” is now this chest and neck piece. I will always stop and listen to this song.

Part of the reason I love music and arts is the community it creates. One of my friends is struggling in an uhealthy relationship and living situation. As part of the community, I'm asking that if you can't donate here - to please reshare for visibility. gofund.me/afb1c201

On this Monday morning of Hacker Summer Camp, I grant this blessing: May the caffeine rise up to meet you. May the buzz words be always behind your back. May the badge-ins shine bright upon your tablet. The Vegas ceilings not collapse upon your heads.

I took some time to escape from the insanity of the world and put down some rambling thoughts about the rise and fall of the summer blockbuster. I realize that I may miss the 90s more than the 80s.

I’m in my cozy era. Books about witches running inns or orcs running coffee shops. When you google “cozy book,” you get mysteries. Explain the thinking behind “let’s bake bcookies and kit sweaters while we figure out who killed this random person in our otherwise sleepy town” as a whole ass genre?

New Pixie 101 and the beginning of my series on portrayals of grief on screen💔

If you're in the Hartford area this weekend and going to Connecticon, @ajoconnell.bsky.social and @pixiedane.bsky.social and I are hosting a panel about how geeks can use their built-in fandom communities as one of the tools for activism. We're also giving out sweet, sweet badge ribbons.

After having no solid, real world number for estimating audit costs, I made a few assumptions. I pulled a few hourly wages. I made some timing guesstimates based on my past life. Shout out to Help Net for accepting this for publication and Sonia Awan at Outbloom Media for connecting me.

My TED Talk is now online! In it I talk about the absence of a culture growing up, the need for finding stories that resonate and...Leo DiCaprio's stupid hair. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcsr...

Me: two extra shots of espresso please Barista: How many did you want? Me: two extra Barista: *looks dubious* hands me drink Me: thank you! And when my heart explodes I absolutely know I only have myself to blame.

In which, once again, the internet manages to surprise no one and I am truly on brand.

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek," "Dr. Who," or "Transformers."

When you’re going for Marlene Dietrich, but you have a toddler sized head and end up with Abraham Lincoln.

A few months ago, I joined a gamer by symphony orchestra. Basically, an orchestra that only plays symphonic arrangements of video game music, many done by the members. They’re all over the US and Canada and maybe elsewhere? Give the insta that I snagged this from a little love of you’re there still

When you’re married 23 years, this is what hosting an anniversary party looks like.

Is it wrong to just join like ten million different Discords so you can look at everyone's adorable pets? Asking for a friend. Me. I am the friend.

Look, if I’m going to be turned into nuclear toast, could we do this before Monday at 8am so I don’t have to write the whitepaper I’ve been putting off? Besides, at least I won’t have to worry about Medicare and Social Security anymore. Silver linings, people. Silver. Linings.

If I were a Pokemon, I’d be a Toxel. He’s tiny. He looks grumpy tired. And when you click on him in Pokemon Go his attack is basically a temper tantrum.

I’ve been playing a lot of South of Midnight lately. It’s a beautiful game that transforms the generational trauma of slavery and the south into monsters that the Black teen protagonist fights. This documentary about how they developed it is wonderful and fascinating.

Instacart out in these streets choosing violence today. Ouch.

🎉 🎉 🎉 Partners 4 Life - aka the #EO fanfic exchange for the summer hiatus - is ready to go! 🎉 🎉 🎉 #EOfic Nominations are NOW OPEN! If you're interested in participating, come check it out: p4lxchange.dreamwidth.org

Honestly, every day I’m a little inspired by Harley and her dedication to a treat. Girlie pop just stood outside in the rain for 15+ minutes waiting for me to call her in with “Harley! treat! Inside!”

To those out there this AM trying to get their NYCC tickets: May Hermes bless your Virtual Cue the speed of his winged feet. 🫡

Spent Knit in Public Day at a local Pride event. For us who didn’t know queerness was a spectrum not a binary - whether you’re bi, pan, ace, or enby - I see you. We didn’t fit in a box - straight, lesbian, gay, woman, man. For those of us who still struggle to feel “queer” enough- I see you.

Somewhere in the last 15 yrs politics went from policy to policing and the decision really becomes “how much harm reduction do your choices lead to?” And if your decisions hurt people, you’re the problem.

Watching Criminal Minds Penelope: There’s an IoT signal and an HTTP… Me: Why is this guy using an HTTP and not HTTPS? If he’s smart enough to have an IoT remote detonator he should know to use encrypted HTTPS. Husbeast: …

With the Hamilten (see what I did there?) anniversary, something we don’t talk about enough: The Bullet performer is also Sally Hemings which I think is a wonderful way of telling the story of the impact Jefferson’s commitment to slavery and his rape of Hemings has on his “legacy.”

Y'know what? The world may be a trash fire - but I believe in you. And you should believe in you. And here, now you have a song to sing to yourself all day long.

Mentally and emotionally, I am a strong, independent woman. Physically, I’m a broken 47 yr old meat sack. 🤣

Me: Ahhh yes the evening Shower Serenade by Teen 🙄 Also me: *in the shower* ONE MORE DAWWWWWWNN ONE MORE DAYYYYYYYYYY

My chronic illness has a "body pain" software. Unlike an email app you can set it to "fetch" continuously or intermittently, this one runs in the background, fetching all the fucking time. Even on non-pain days, it continuously checks the server, taking up a ton of CPU and draining the battery.

My second suggestion in this - giving employees password managers - is my hill to die on. IAM is hard, but organizations have several options ranging from easy to difficult that they can implement. Thank you to Outbloom PR for connecting me with @helpnetsecurity.com

Since everyone is talking about Russell T Davies...maybe the people who actually like him will enjoy this book of mine...a romp from Queer as Folk through to Doctor Who and more www.uwp.co.uk/book/gay-ali...