Living through history is not fun

Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time

a world without trans people has never existed and never will

FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more. In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

Amazing reporting. Young women in sports do need protecting -- from predatory coaches and other authority figures, particularly cis men (but women too), who groom, abuse, humiliate, and harm vulnerable athletes. The threat to women's sports is not and has never been trans women.

I'm gonna approach everything going forwards like I came from the Inigo Montoya school of querying tbqh.

Trans Day of Remembrance. Pour one out for our trans siblings lost and keep *living* in their honor.

Be cringe. Enjoy things. Be excited for those things. Everyone else is just jealous you have a personality and hobbies and they don't.

I feared this in 2016, but now it’s happened: The CDC is gone. Strike them from your list of reliable purveyors of information.

as an MIT-trained science writer: being willing to ask dumb questions is a superpower

Being a writer is like surfing. Always hoping to catch the perfect wave, but most of your time will be spent paddling against the tide or just floating, waiting, eyes on the horizon while you watch other people riding their highs into the sunset. But you have to love the work more than the ride.

Lofi Odes to Hone Your Blade To Lofi Dirges to Mourn Maidens To Lofi Bawdy Tavern Songs to Drink Mead To

I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.

"The way Grambo sees it, it’s a numbers game. If he can draw the attention of officers to himself, perhaps fewer immigrants will get swept up, and that’s a win. “I know I can’t stop them,” he said, “but if I can suck up their time, then at least I can help some people.”" This is the way.

Genuinely obscene that after encouraging multiple suicides, OpenAI is allowed to have any influence at all on education. End your partnership with OpenAI now, @rweingarten.bsky.social @aft.org.

Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives. If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜

You will internalize all the mean stuff you say about yourself, even if you say it in jest. Good news: you can also pretend you're great and treat yourself with compassion and internalize that instead. Ask me how I know! People respond well to it too, they wanna root for you!!

They make games and movies like they used to. So many of them. Same with books. But the mechanisms you learned about them were totally gutted and changed to only amplify shit that's already popular. It's still there! You're just mostly on your own to find it.

Friendly reminder that not everyone likes to put all of their trauma on the internet (no shame to those who do) so you never really know who you're quote skeeting and what they've endured.

I’ve been saying this for ages: These folks are doomed to be permanently angry because they’re angry about aspects of the culture that policy ultimately can’t change. They’re seeking political power as a consolation prize for lack of cultural power, and will always be dissatisfied.

It's my birthday today! ☺️ If you could spare a repost, it would be much appreciated!

Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Trans people have literally always been here; every time I see someone sneering "oh but there were no trans people when I was in high school," well. I dated a trans girl in high school, and was close friends with a trans guy.

There are coincidences, and there are trends, and then there's this. This is erasure.

"is it an ai bubble? no, it can't be, because it's still growing"- every news outlet

And in case you wanna say "no one is going to try and tell you you don't belong in a restroom", let me just point out that it happened to me JUST THREE WEEKS AGO (but also trans people should have restroom access regardless. I'm just making noises because I'm perceived as cis and I'm semi famous).

This is the version of the post that everyone needs to see. And all you readers/authors despairing of non-comprehension, etc, we are gaining new fans of fantasy and SF. It might not be the fantasy or SF you personally read, but they're reading and buying where they weren't before.

One of the cool things about being a scientist is that the answer "I don't know" to a question is actually super exciting and not embarrassing at all. It means you get to try and FIND OUT, either through literature search, asking a colleague, or deciding you want to determine the answer empirically

We live in a world where there are teddy bears ready to explain to toddlers how to engage in consensual sadomasochistic cutting, but we're banning corrupting books about heavy topics like how Cindy has two dads and that's okay.

Alright, guys, gals, and non binary pals! We have the second to last cover, Mothball Magic by Rena Rocford, Tingler-fied with you in mind! Yes, you! One last one coming later tonight, with a sort of sneaky cover reveal! #booksky #tbb25 #thebookbazaar25 #tingler

the most radical belief I have that I actually think should be normal is this: The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR

It was a crazy busy in the bookshop today. I took almost four times what I'd expect to take on a normal Weds. I guess the ramp-up to Christmas has started, which is good news. Independent bookshops make around a third of their yearly income over the seasonal period, so remember to shop local!

The HHS report on gender affirming care released it's updated report showing they stacked its authors with anti-trans hate-group affiliated members, several of whom aren't even doctors with any sort of clinical experience. They selected their own ideologically friendly peer reviewers. It's a joke.

do we know for sure if Lenore is dead or is that guy in The Raven just handling a breakup really badly -R

What the actual fuck, Apple

“Your queer safe space is so important to our city” ok pay me then.

Dispatch Concept Art 'Invisigal Distraction' Pitch keyframe concept of some fun office interaction between Visi and Bob. #dispatch #conceptart

give every transgender person a mech suit

I'm gonna be super blunt, here - I don't care about redeeming bigots. I care about keeping them out of power "How do we change Marjorie Taylor Greene?" I don't give a Cinnamon Toast Fuck. Get a House majority big enough that she can't do damage or flip her seat Her soul is her own affair

Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made. Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊

This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Yup. They need to be punished for what they tried to do. Make them squeal until they beg for a nationwide non-partisan redistricting system.

PSA: me not commenting on something does not mean I am "complicit." First of all, you need to log off and touch grass. Secondly we are total strangers so call your therapist. Thirdly there are 1,000 things happening every day and I am busy. Finally what exactly do you want me to do about it?

SINCE THIS HAS COME UP AGAIN... WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.

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...yeah. Okay. Enough. This happens every year, it seems. The SFWA awards a writer the Grand Master Award, and if that writer is not a white male, a portion of the fanbase begins complaining vociferously about the award winner. These "fans" are, of course, white men, 45+ years old.

LRT: ideas aren't the issue here But I do remember being told something by my therapist, which is that most people (esp. NT people but not only) have very limited imaginations, so find it hard to comprehend some people have A LOT OF IT