The world is both beautiful and deadly, isn't it? .

So uh. I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and... you can now preorder it!

I have scars that are older than I am.

Red on Maroon https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/1124125

I did a thing. Hear me on Jules Smith's podcast Fearless Practice chat about how I got into the field of sex therapy. On Apple Podcasts (please comment so Jules can get those nice numbers up because they're a nice person) or wherever you get your listening freak on.

Red, Orange, Orange on Red https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/1012568

No. 4 https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4914

This is actually happening and more Canadians should be aware of this.

An erotic queer noir from @storyperfectbooks.bsky.social , a collision of grief, heat, and unraveling secrets as two people fight to protect queer identity & stories in a violent world . a.co/d/01bj1D8U . #BookSky #QueerFiction #IndiePress #TransFiction

The squeal of peeling tape, explained: weak shock waves triggered by micro-cracks in the adhesive layer of tape cause it to screech when being unspooled from its roll. go.nature.com/4cnNc2j

You have infinitely more in common with everyone brutalized by a government than you do with any government

So like .. how does one "go to the media"?

Sometimes spending time with a cat means being woken up at five in the morning because that's when they choose to knock over a clothes drying rack that you had leaning against a wall, sending them running to hide and flooding you with an adrenaline spike that your body really doesn't need today.

Face reveal, wrong answers only

While it lasts . Sleep lines vol. 7 .

Advice to any sex workers who don't want grok to doxx you: Create a fake twitter account and start posting photos of that claim your birth name is something it's not. Grok will assume the information is factual, so if your real name is actually leaked in the future, the waters will be muddied.

* Me trying to navigate normal society* Remember: people say Satan to mean something bad

You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.

Toronto needs more event spaces like this! Why wouldn't you want to be a little ghost on the wall of Little Ghosts? Show your support below: crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...

HOT Trans Philip Marlowe. Just to be very clear.

Oh boy, as a trans person, if this doesn't hit home right now

A few days old, but a decent shot of one of the regular crowbros on my walk, who waits on that sign every morning. Zoom in for some cool details.

Will be backing. Gimme ALL the good horror games.

Theory: Every good horror #ttrpg should be Play To Lose.

a little simple gallery for vol.6 some strangely summery light & a favourite cosy sweater . laurenjanek.com/organicreach

Exact same post but this time for Valentine's Day.

Almost every light in my apartment can change colours and it’s honestly the best thing. I am never more relaxed than when I am surrounded by red light. Especially at night.

this Friday the 13th, explore a little fine art & fuck BDSM romance, it's on sale on Amazon from @storyperfectbooks.bsky.social 🖤 . deepdesirespress.com/anonymous-nude-photos/ . #BDSM #RomanceSky #BookSky 📚🌶️

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

And if you've ever seen @laurenjane.bsky.social seethe you know how dangerous this situation could be...

RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.

1 in 5 American adults experiences chronic pain. What does that mean for folks who practice BDSM? Check out CHRONIC PAIN AND BDSM by Mx. Pucks A'Plenty on the Twisted Monk blog

you have to remember love is often a stick of dynamite you can not care that it is going to hurt ,

This morning on a walk for coffee I once again had the experience of an older man coming up to me & speaking to me in Russian. When I responded with "I'm sorry, I don't understand" he seemed surprised & confused. I don't think I look particularly Russian, but I guess some Russian people think I do?

If you look carefully you can see this is a poem to a sword

Every time we fuck, I get bruises. . My lover hit me with a large, hardcover book about horses, a rattan cane, and a black leather strap, folded over a thin metal plate and riveted together... . The bdsm writing is back! Yay. 🖤 . laurenjanek.com/post/the-glorification-of-violence

Remember when I wrote about sex? Let's do that again . laurenjanek.com/post/the-glorification-of-violence .

There is a quote this that's something like "We celebrate life because life is beautiful" sex, intimacy, love - these are more valuable when systems of power tell you that they are threats. The beauty of Our lives is a weapon.

There are so many mysteries I will never understand, but I know the sun, any other distance from the earth, would not shine on this bed. . Organic Reach v.5 . laurenjanek.com/organicreach

Ordered, based on this (complimentary) post.

The command of language, of cadence, and at the end, of the camera. What an incredible voice and presence. And such heart. This is brilliant and makes me ( in this moment ) miss my days working in theatre.

Hey @vicmmic.bsky.social that was amazing.

Loot that drops after defeating me: a pair of rimless glasses, a bar of delicious dark chocolate, a handful of polyhedral dice, a very large framing hammer, and a battered well-used original Aeropress.

Toronto! I'm starting up a thing! It's not a giant space, but my studio is big enough to start gathering around some games. If you wanna join us, lmk!