This is extremely accurate. I spent last night getting new boot security certs working on my audio production desktop & preventing automatic device encryption. I had to go into Powershell & the registry. Win11 then messed w/my audio routing.* It installed & pushed Copilot on me w/o issue, though🤬

Any Saturday that starts with Yma Sumac's ethereal, mercurial voice is a good one

Sharing the 1990 Bisexual Manifesto once again to remind everyone that bisexuality was NEVER binary

folks, they’re calling the tarp “the white flag of surrender”

ah, june, when the june bugs fling themselves violently against the windows

PSA thread. Always hang up, don't redial, just call the number on your card--scammers are so sophisticated now

the power of art

I got in some good time on guitar & doing vocal exercises tonight while letting Acronis image my entire audio machine in preparation for whatever havoc Microsoft wreaks on it when I try to update the Secure Boot Certs. I'm doing a rewatch of Our Flag Means Death--it makes me so happy!! Jim! 💛🤍💜🖤

I went to the library to vote in city run offs & renew my library card. My spouse & I wear N95s in public. Poll workers & librarians were fantastic, as usual, but while I was having a pleasant interaction with a librarian, a stranger flagged my attention to make my mask about her.

The Cure Live - 2026-06-05 Parc del Fòrum, Barcelona, Spain https://archive.org/details/thecurelivebarcelonaspain20260605

This is why even if we get UBI, I will still believe in copyright. Copyright is permission to say no. Every time the Pepe the Frog guy sues a fascist, copyright. Every time RATM tells a republican to fuck off, copyright.

bisexual final boss

It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺 My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521 New for Pride 2026: 🌈Scientist🌈 🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈 🌈pronouns🌈 www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

oh no now I can hear that in my mind's ear

This Platner stuff is awful to read about, but the response is rough... It makes me wish I had the power to make pop ups with the Power & Control Wheel appear in front of some people until it sinks in. Also, if anyone needs it, this is your 1st step toward getting free. www.thehotline.org

I am in A Mood today. I am so tired of hyperbolic bad faith garbage. I'm tired of the onslaught of Horrors. I do what I can, when I can. I need to immerse myself in music, art, pretty things, silly things. "We must out-create with the backbone of night to re-humanize" Thanks, T.

I would like to veto the screwworms, please.

I like her a lot. She’s a credible messenger on the public schools issue (she got into politics when her kid’s school was slated to be closed, she ran for school board and won, the school stayed open) and she needs money and name ID and eyeballs on her message pls help us we’re dying down here.

this is what I am dealing with, a tortie 10 ft in the air trying to accost the forbidden Ninja Turtles on top of the tall bookcase--Leo & Raph do not want you to murderize them, Stella

*Of course* it turns out that it was someone from Robson Ranch running to Paxton to target Big Gay Swim Day! Robson Ranch hates Denton, even as their rich asses siphon off of our city resources from near Argyle. Imagine sitting in your $800K house hating the college town you chose to join.

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

If it helps at all, I know for a fact I will be running queervc Wednesday night. We are trying very hard to build a community here where everybody feels seen. That our shoppers are the ones who put this together warms my cold dead heart.

Can I interest you in a moist owlette as a timeline cleanse? This is Sassafras the Eastern Screech Owl from the Cincinnati Zoo (@cincinnatizoo.bsky.social, but via their FB) and I love him very much. Eastern Screech Owls (Megascops asio) are native to eastern North America.

Same. Honestly, I see everything that ends in MNT as (whatever) Mutant Ninja Turtles.

This Friday and Saturday May 29th and 30th, catch WKCR's Sonny Rollins Memorial Broadcast, featuring 48 non-stop hours of the Saxophone Colossus. Listen anywhere at www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/s...

After today's medical procedure, I'm feeling good so far. I'm hoping my symptoms will resolve or improve. Also that insurance doesn't do anything weird/unexpected...

As a UNT alum, I am glaring daggers at this. Anyone searching Mean Green will see my (very old, not by any means tiny) state university, its football team & student orgs. We're famous for our multiple grammy winning jazz ensembles & grammy winning music alumni. I don't wanna be associated w/ICE

afternoon fatigue + my brain being weird about me having a medical procedure early tomorrow AM is making it hard to function. my brain is just like, "it's cloudy & you have a big thing tomorrow, you don't need to think or function or anything"

Audra just sent me links to pics of special needs kitties & now I might actually die of cuteness exposure. (I'm not adopting more cats, but I will enable my friends/found family!!)

As @kitoconnell.com writes, “The Dallas Way” not only paints a “fascinating and engaging portrait of an understudied period in Texas history, it also highlights the vital importance of media that centers LGBTQ+ reporters and queer and trans voices.”

Off to a great start, imho

This whole thread. Let me reiterate: This Whole Thread. Accidents, injuries, illness, lay offs, etc dgaf who you are. They will eat whatever reserves you had So Fast. When necessities are the priciest things & luxuries are cheap, emergencies are even less likely to be setbacks vs catastrophic.

Went to vote in the run off today. My polling place was dead. TX Dems need to learn that there's more to elections than Senate, Governor, US House, & POTUS. AG & Lt Gov are a big deal. Lt Gov in TX may be our most powerful office, presiding over the TX Senate, establishing committees, assigning

I can't stop yawning. I want to have energy, but my body is like "No."

Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.

Yep. I was raised by conservatives in conservative communities primarily in the Bible Belt. All 3 branches of TX gov't have been dominated by the right since the early '00s. The idea that Bluesky is a bubble is hilarious. It's an escape for many of us.

I am now trapped under a very snuggly cat with my foot falling asleep...but her head is upside down, so I guess this is it for my foot. It was nice having it all these years.

what a beautiful arrangement 💖

This is 100% true. Everybody was excited about the internet. We were all fucking delighted that we had an easy way to contact our friends who moved out of town and also a massive new source of fanfic

The "Golden Age" writers were *extremely* about having their palms crossed with silver - subsequent-era writers too. The famously extremely litigious and pugnacious Harlan Ellison would probably have driven to Meta headquarters to kick Mark Zuckerberg square in the balls. They didn't play, y'all.

This thread right here

the most relatable dog on Earth today

the "what would compel someone to do that?" is killing me 😆

Thinking about PJ & Tricky has me flashing back to this sublime collaboration. Love Imogen's vocal ad lib ending on this performance "Music is my sanctuary, music is my blanket" indeed youtu.be/tMiYwE4yV-Q?...

Apparently my body is bored & making cysts. Cecil the SpiteLump is going to be banished for causing pain/discomfort. Unfortunately, it's likely to happen again & any new/persistent/changing lumps have to be investigated/monitored, even if your body likes crafting its own artisan benign cysts.

I'd heard about this story, but only just realized it was at Grapevine Lake! Of all the local lakes, I'm not surprised. I see that 1 of the charges was for not having valid boat registration! 😆 GPD was explaining to local news that boat ramps are for boats & permitted marine vehicles. 🤦

Stella keeps trying to climb up & snake her long foreleg out to grab this book of David Bowie quotes. Distracted her, but now she's attacking the couch, rolling head over heels, doing weird tumbling maneuvers & occasionally stopping to viciously bunny kick cushions. It's gonna be a long night.

River of Teeth & Taste of Marrow are so much fun

My brain has decided I need to wake up & worry about the scans I'm getting this week. I don't think that's very helpful, brain.