The other part is "and we want trans people to falsely take the blame for it."

haven’t heard back from HR about whether playing this counts as professional development, but i also havent heard back that playing this *doesn’t* count as professional development so sewerdle.neorsd.org

Today is finally the day! We are pilgrimaging to Book Moon for the first time in over a year! Boooooook Moooooooooooooooon. Pic of heterochromic Avelot for eyeball tax I guess?

My 15-year-old chose the Tubi horror movie last night. It was awful. Historically only the third movie we have rated “disliked.” Based on the dialogue we decided the director likely has a cyber truck. Excellent time had by all.

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We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE. They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.

This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years. These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

Deporting children with cancer. Using a 5-year-old as bait. Shooting moms. ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.

Heads up, readers! @humblebundle.com has a stellar bundle full of women SF/F & horror writers happening now. 60 book for $18 and you'll be helping support @activeminds.bsky.social, a fantastic young adult mental health organization. www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...

Quit talking about Trump. Address everything, every issue to Miller and Vought. Make Trump irrelevant, his ego will not let him be out of the spotlight and you’ll see Miller and Vought removed and the rest of the administration collapse.

On the ground here in Minnesota, it’s hard to reconcile the immense bonds of community that have been built in a week with the fact that we live in a country whose government appropriated billions of dollars to an unaccountable paramilitary force whose sole purpose is ethnic cleansing.

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

Some good news in a somber week.

“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”

I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.

Ok! 2026 reader to-do list: get hands on this second novel

Today’s vacation reading plans have been derailed. After World did a similar number on my day last year, which is why I bothered to order Portalmania. What a collection. Going to go stare at the wall for a while and try picking up a new book tomorrow.

Merry Chrisss-Moss to me oh yes.

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I'm raising money for our Black Zine Fair coming next May. We don't charge exhibitors or participants and would love to keep it accessible in this way. Please consider a donation if you are able. gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f... - I would be so happy to be 50% to our goal by the end of the year.

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

I am thankful for: Mary Roach’s footnotes

Wait why are we preventing this

The new STEVLAND book is on hold for me at the library! The silver lining of emerging from a rough year is catching up on the best books. Sue Burke’s Semiosis is beyond a duology! 😻

reposting with alt-text because yes, this needs to be shared as fully as possible

Who isn’t moving for any human to sit down? This grumpy Lacey.

On this 22nd Donnie Darko Day, I celebrate the power of unsung heroism and a dark, sharp sense of humor.

Can't we just get healthcare

So much going on. So much burnout. Trying to focus on positives to stay motivated—how long is this a tenable plan? Sunday plan: Emotional support cat and book.

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Tried a new thing 10 years into this marriage: responded to a well-meaning gift with honesty instead of fawning, making sure to prioritize appreciation of her thoughtfulness. Honest communication requires healing which requires time.

The claims that McIver, Padilla, and Lander were committing assault should make you question every other time LEOs claim assault or resisting arrest, if you weren’t already.

Sinners: hoo boy, wicked good watch. I am way into Irish fellowship but not like that.

A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for. Kudos, Sir.🌦️

Saturday shift on deck. Survival! Survival is the goal. Wish me luck.

It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

In an absolutely devastating ruling, the Supreme Court has allowed the transgender military ban to go into effect. This is shocking - the ban explicitly called transgender people dishonorable for being transgender. It is as clear as day soaked in animus. www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...

This is a hard one, this day. Nothing in particular. Just really hard to flip the internal monologue to a healthier channel.

A thread of interdimensional portals I've found on walks in the British countryside.

The fact that they’re tracking autism and not the bird flu automatically tells you they’re operating on eugenics and not actually wanting people to be healthy. They want you sick, disabled, or dead.

the thing I hate most about that rfk quote is that autistic lives have value and worth and beauty and dignity whether they are able to do the things other people do or not. no one is defined by ability or lack thereof and to frame divergence as lack is monster stuff, utterly godless

Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?

Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts. From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.

Our small-town #handsoff protest had 1,000 people! Good showing today, friends.