wednesday morning party in effect

"Meredith" and "Mere" and variants therein are obviously very OK - it's not a name that suits me, I don't think, but I'm still quite fond of it - but if you want to put a big ol' smile on my face, call me "Nudo." I love how many people do it without prompting "because it's fun to say." And it is!

The way that people talk about the Holocaust like it’s some kind of thought experiment and not a very real event that still traumatizes its survivors and descendants of its survivors to this day is…not something I can muster words for.

Move over Hemingway, new devastating six word story just written: Xena/Wonder woman comic—never published

These are friends of mine. I don't even have a good pitch to write. They've gotten the worst news and are asking for help. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-w...

i have a lot of respect for genuine, from the heart corny. i have zero respect for flop sweat cowardly sucking-up-to-fascists corny

Most of the Rei fanart out there seems to be AI generated. If you happen to see any handmade pieces out in the wild, let me know via DM on here or email? There's a bunch on Pixiv, but that's just about the only place where I've seen stuff where real artists put real talent and love into their work.

Telling Grace Jones she can't do something is like asking a rain cloud to not float. It ain't happening and you're just gonna embarrass everyone if you try.

Long live the great and courageous people of Iran, inheritors of an ancient civilization that has endured tyranny and conquest — and will outlive the Islamic Republic.

I don't know how many total genders there are (more than three, obviously). But I do know this: I love them all and I think they're all beautiful and true.

We should have elected Ash Williams when we had the chance.

The Iranian protests have now spread to 120 cities.

Worm update: This is three pounds(!!!!) worth of castings from this current crop of wormies. Basically homemade soil, packed with nutrients (even a few cocoons, too, for future worms) from all the food scraps I fed them. I'm going to be planting native wildflowers here in the spring.

for all the #audiodrama folks out there, be aware of these POS. they're stealing podcasts and rebroadcasting, obviously violating copyright: podnews.net/article/podc...

There are so many fools who think "I've got to grow up" so they stop doing their little hobbies and I'm like "bitch you are chopping off your soul. You have made yourself into an insufferable crank, just make a little guy out of clay and you'll be so nice to be around."

I've seen folks say things like, "Trump makes me so angry, I can't talk about anything else!" I don't think this is healthy. We should be pissed off, because all fash should piss us off, but we also need to take breaks for our own mental stability. It's still OK to love things right now. (con't)

I miss The Nib. Stayed up last night re-reading some issues. Hopefully someday a worthy successor will emerge.

Well. Fuck.

We are all in a state of constant panic and terror. It’s important to take a second when you see something online that triggers you to ask yourself “am it really triggered or am I just experiencing nonstop psychic damage from the world and my brain sees this as an outlet for my fear and rage.”

I feel like I also just naturally assume someone in a studio is an expert at what they do, and that that thing is something I can't do the way they do, or they wouldn't be there. Anyone that is a part of getting stories told is a badass! Why would anyone think of someone else as lesser as a default?

Getting kind of concerned at how many people I'm seeing transferring onto stories/creatives the weight of the world. Like, almost literally. None of us are in a great head space right now and fiction cannot possibly solve the crisis we're in. We have to deal with that ourselves.

So I could be looking at anywhere from 1300 to 1600 car repair 💀

Hey newbie VAs. A bit of unsolicited advice, but not because you've done anything wrong, OK? I just want to get ahead of some common bad advice. You're probably going to be told to be kind to everyone in a studio, since you never know who your next boss might be. I dislike this. (continued)

I literally had a moment a week or two ago where it clicked for me that the right's absurd obsession with spreading propaganda around queerfolk is projection meant to protect pedophiles. There is literally no other explanation that makes sense in the wake of Epstein.

An exclusive excerpt from my diary: Dear Diary, Oh god I'm so sorry. I forgot I don't keep a diary. I hope I didn't inconvenience you any. Let me know how I can make it up to you, OK? Yours, Meredith

Whole lotta simpletons unable to grasp that it’s possible to believe a dictator being deposed is a good thing while also believing a president should seek congressional and public approval before launching a military invasion of another country and unilaterally taking it over.

"Why don't you leave?" I'm a working artist. I've looked: no English-speaking country wants me. None. Canada HAD a program for self-employed artists but it's closed until 2027.

This. Being autistic automatically disqualifies me from living in many countries. Italy revoked jure sanguinis for anyone whose parents weren't born there the day after I met w/ an immigration attorney. The places who won't consider me a burden are prohibitively expensive. Gotta stay. Gonna fight.

Anyone who would like to help a poor, constantly facing housing insecurity, indigenous and disabled artist from the global south, Id love any relief. I have no thyroid + chronic heart issues, will DIE without maintenance medication. Plz buy my prints!! I have links below

Star killed the video radio.

USA doing regime change

Gonna crowdfund for a video titled "Why I Left Liberalism" and when the dingdongs finally watch it'll be me reading Emma Goldman into the camera.

Wrote a thing: The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....

A neuropsychiatrist once estimated that my IQ is about 70 and somehow I'm STILL smarter than the president.

I went to go buy ballet shoes and someone overheard me saying which class I'm taking. Turns out they're enrolled in it, too, so I'll get to know them better starting next week. That was a really nice thing to happen today.

Noontime supplemental cat picture: Smudge stares into your very soul

Please support @truthout.org, fam. The Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism is helping to foster and sustain an ecosystem of indy journalism, beyond the bounds of one publication. We need to think in those terms.

Yeeeeah. It's completely fine and right to be outraged by this but also to remember than our history does not support the idea that it's -new-. Which does matter because Tr*mp didn't happen in a vacuum.

Evergreen sketch: youtu.be/ToKcmnrE5oY?...

That's kind of a key feature of fascism, the persecution complex.

I have never watched an episode of The Masked Singer. I don't have much interest in ever watching The Masked Singer. But damn whenever there's a new season I have to go check out pictures of the costumes! They're very silly and very fun and I appreciate the creativity that goes into making them!

I'm a member of an audio drama troupe (Broken Arts Entertainment - we do incredible, community theatre-style work and you should check us out) and I just found out that I was nominated as "best supporting actress" for 2025 by fellow troupe members and listeners. This makes me so happy!

Deleted previous post. I misread and misunderstood the quote. Happens! But I don't want to accidentally spread misinfo.

Nice to meet you! I'm drowning.

Ballet class starts next weekend and I'm really excited for it. Houston Ballet has extensive training in adaptive dance, so for the first time ever I can actually learn how to dance despite my femoral anteversion instead of being told to give up because I move different. (con't)

I'm not starting any self improvement until February. That way it'll look like I REALLY have my shit together after everyone has statistically given up. That's 2026 big brain thonkin. 😂