the services sought for detransition are quite literally the same ones sought for transition. detransitioners work in tandem with us on advocacy. there aren't enough people to keep a detransition-only clinic busy. this should clue you in that this clinic will not be used for consenting detransition

This past year and a half has been the biggest and most compelling argument for DC statehood I've ever seen. People in any of the 50 states would never fucking tolerate what ppl in DC have been forced to bc they dont have a state government.

Whale sketch 🐋 #artses

Sketching the main characters for Ancestral and a few ideas for a knight protagonist and their squire.

The NYC budget process continues. There will be hearings in the coming days & the negotiations between the Mayor and the NYC Council will continue through June. NYC residents still have an opportunity to influence the budget. @nycplan.org will share info about the library hearings scheduled on 5/26.

really insightful and horrifying stuff from @thefarce.org

How AI Plans to Buy 2026 This election should be a slam dunk for Democrats. There are billions of reasons it absolutely is not. I'm going Paul Revere on this one and connecting the dots. One thing you can never say is that you haven't been told.

California-based artists and creatives, the California government is asking for public input on AI's impact on our work. Please fill out this survey, it'll just take a few minutes: join.engaged.ca.gov/en/projects/...

Star crossed- some studies 2026

Mesmerizing first trailer for "Wildwood", the new stop motion feature film by LAIKA Studios. Full 4K video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=POne...

still quite fond of these character classes I did for The Hidden Isle: the Swindler and the Scholar

If a violin plays in the woods and no one is around to hear it, is it playing?

thinking about this tumblr post (www.tumblr.com/bumblebeebat...)

i have so, so many furious things to say about this but just to scream about one: when corporations declare themselves able to decide what art is or not made specifically for getting off, they are absolutely going to use that power to target even the tamest of queer art first.

once again, just spitballing, what if we just provided for everyone's basic material needs

The disabled people raising concerns are outlining fears of being left without care. IMO there would be more home aides if the pay went up, and breaking up the shifts wouldn't be as much of a problem. But that's not going to happen with Medicaid cuts. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/06/d...

⚕Meticulous Preparations #commissions

The Callais Decision: The impact on voting rights in America's Multiracial Democracy Tue 5/12 7pm-8pm @acluohio.bsky.social @commoncauseohio.bsky.social @lwvohio.bsky.social @fairdistrictsoh.bsky.social @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social For more NE #Ohio Resistance events: IndivisibleNEO.org/#calendar

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“We, the creators of the Torment Nexus, are now suing the writers of the classic science fiction novel ‘Don’t Create the Torment Nexus.’”

The Pike’s Peak Humane Society has a social media manager who is very good at their job

Abolitionist John Brown was born May 9, 1800.

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Everybody is is so beautiful and talented and amazing and its so haunting to live in a society designed to make people less amazing, and for what?

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today is my thirtieth 🕯️ it is a milestone I crawled to, but one that art helped guarantee. thank you for being here to share in the woes and wonders of life — but most importantly the imagination. the stranger, the better. here's to that strangeness.

🐺 #solas #dragonage #dai

While already a subscriber, this reminded me to upgrade to a premium account. $8/month or $80/year for independent journalism so good that it’s routinely ripped off by big outlets showing up weeks late to Marisa’s scoops. Can also give as a gift to someone who needs to hear it straight

rude of headaches to not go away the absolute moment I consume some water

During jury selection, so many people filled out the questionnaire with a variation of, "It is my heartfelt belief that Elon Musk is a piece of shit," that the judge had to be like, "ok well just stipulate that nobody likes him but we trust them to be fair anyway" www.theverge.com/tech/919469/...

If you know people in NYC, can you please help us to spread the word that Black Zine Fair is on Saturday and that they should register to come? pools.events/event/WFzHwJ... - It's free but donations are always appreciated. We have 4 days to let folks know about it.

US Agriculture Secretary Rollins: “The good news is that 4.5 million more people are now food insecure (most of them children) in the United States.” That is essentially the gist of her real quote. This is frighteningly the type of achievement the regime is constantly bragging about.

Okay folks, enough beating around the bush, I want to let y'all know what's up, but I hope you understand why it's a difficult topic to broach: I had a "mini-stroke", *Billy Mays voice* BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. (Jokes aside, read on below)

And I implore everyone on BlueSky and beyond to understand the FBI’s refusal to investigate—at all—Renee Good’s death should be understood as racialized mechanism to police white allies of Black and Brown people. You have to see a name a Redeemer Project.

An underappreciate aspect of the turn towards analog and offline tech is that it's not just about nostalgia and alienation and moral objection. It's also about the fact that contemporary tech is demonstrably unsafe, unreliable, and vulnerable to abuse by both scammers and authoritarian governments.

Excited to live in a country where you can mail someone a handgun but not an abortion pill

When you absolutely, positively need to ruin things in order to do something that could have been done without the slop machine. Being anti-AI is not being ableist. So many disabled and chronically ill folx out there making it happen by using actual accessibility tools. GenAI isn't accessibility.

🔴NEW RELEASE: Our SCOTUS event last night was so successful and important, Democracy Docket decided to post it on YouTube so everyone can watch and share it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IS9...

BREAKING: Tennessee Republicans voted to eliminate the state's only Black-majority district. Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social explains why he's fighting it. Watch his full conversation with @premthakker.bsky.social here: zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...

Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow

One reason Republicans are banning books and classes on race is because reading even one book about Jim Crow or Reconstruction makes it clear that they are hoping to reinstate segregation.

Fair districts that took decades of protest, advocacy, litigation – not to mention blood and sweat – to achieve are now at risk. The decision affects not only congressional redistricting but challenges to state legislative and local election systems across the country. https://ow.ly/NaQA50YWeeA

looking to speak to someone who's an expert on US/israel/palestine diplomacy message me on signal if that's you (marisakabas.04)

Some ethereal women I painted in the last few years ✨ which one is your favourite?