I just watched a video of a friend of mine being brutally detained by ICE. They broke their hand, and grabbed their partner for trying to go to their aid. They are all over the city. They are knocking door-to-door, now. We are under attack by our own government.

Bluesky has taken down this video from other people, claiming it's 'graphic.' It's not. It shows ICE shooting through the windshield of a car that is attempting to drive away. There is no blood. You can't see the person. We need to share this everywhere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9CJ...

CA UPDATE: Newsom has signed these queer rights bills: - AB 82 / SB 497 (Medical privacy) - AB 1084 / SB 59 (Name/Gender changes) - SB 450 (Adoption access) And vetoed these bills: - SB 418 (HRT stockpile) - AB 554 (PreP) Final total: 8 bills signed, 2 vetoed. transnews.network/p/california...

They are the #SurrenderCaucus

Therapy is my therapy.

For my fellow visually-impaired friends: Have you been wanting to read the screenshots of teeny tiny itty bitty text everyone is sharing in which Judge Reyes hands Rump DOJ lawyer his ass? Now you can! haddayr.com/2025/02/20/j...

Had to call in to work today as I have been confined to bed

Making cool stuff for someone I love: double-knitted alpaca mittens in deer hide shells. This took my knitting expertise, my tailoring -which leaves much to be desired- leatherworking tools, sewing skills, and lots of time. Finished the mittens last winter and I'm not done yet.

Middle-aged ladies in dry climates always have at least one inexplicable and teeny spot they are bleeding from.

"TV sHows fr0m the mIdDle aGes hAve goTTen too WOKE" phys.org/news/2025-01...

👂 CALLING ALL MY SOUND-SENSITIVE PEEPS 👂 Please fill out this survey to help a very wonderful 4th grader that I know get some key data for a school project! And please share! forms.gle/dHAa7uQrhY7f...

I know TikTok might not be front of mind for you and that’s okay, but I need people to understand that in nine days there are going to be THOUSANDS of small businesses devastated to the point that most of them won’t recover. Small seller forums are full of panicking people, it’s very very bad

Late to the party, but I have just finished the Outside triad and I wept at the end. The audiobooks are good. The series contains multitudes, but it's really about how a bunch of queer neurodivergent mentally ill people save the world(s). I can't think of a better time in our history to read it.

Jerry does not believe he cares for his new sweater.

I talk about balancing herbal and allopathic medicine in my next post in "The Practical Herbalist." the-practical-herbalist.com/2024/11/22/a...

Today's post on what a wise herbwif I am: the-practical-herbalist.com/2024/11/18/t...

What up; I just started a new blog about herbalism for regular people, if you're interested. Here's the first post: the-practical-herbalist.com/2024/11/15/m...

Undecided voters www.tiktok.com/t/ZP88tyxds/

"that’s what the core editorial problem at NPR is . . . an abundance of caution that often crossed the border to cowardice. NPR culture encouraged an editorial fixation on finding the exact middle point of the elite political and social thought, planting a flag there, and calling it objectivity."

THUNDER rolling across the sky

This month is, among others: ADHD Awareness Month LGBTQ+ History Month Disability Employment Awareness Month Depression and Mental Health Awareness Month I have this on LOCK

Welp She said yes

Me: Hey. Éiden: Yeah? Me: I like you. Éiden: UGH.

"comprehensive tools to empower success"

"enabling business outcomes"

What the FUCK was that, South?

I respectfully decline

Mental health tip: set up an alert on adopt-a-pet for something outrageously cute that you know you would never adopt. Mine is Chihuahua puppies because I never feel wistful like oh man. Maybe I should adopt this one. I just get to see cute puppies, delivered directly to my inbox.

As you can see, Stanlee and Tristan fit perfectly into their respective beds.

The dogs DEEPLY DISAGREED with my decision to lower the blinds on the south side of the house today when it hit 95 F, obliterating their sun basking spots on the floor. Tristan is disappointed in my unwise choices and Stanley is no longer speaking to me.

I’m doing my part 🏳️‍⚧️🫡

Me: Keeping everything tidied away is classist oppression; why must a house look un-lived-in Dolly Purrton the cat: (pukes directly and extremely moistily into the scrap fabric and notions container that I left out) well, well, well— if that isn't just like an aristocrat, enforcing the status quo

Our adorable houseguest wants to know why I'm tapping keys on that boring metal thing instead of coming back to bed to snuggle and now I'm wondering the same thing.

You don't say

Whenever I write about long-covid or ME, I get waves of emails from chronically ill folk who say they feel seen and heard. But with this piece on fatigue (and PEM), I'm *also* hearing from healthy people saying that they finally get what their loved ones are going through. Which feels amazing.

Ebooks of my novella from last year, These Prisoning Hills, is available for $1.99 throughout August. If you haven't given it a try yet, please consider it! You can read about the book here. Please repost. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250804495/theseprisoninghills

THIS is a proper send-off for Pee-wee. PS some editor thought they were cute in a photo caption; that's not the writer's fault. https://www.npr.org/2023/07/31/1191104833/pee-wee-herman-dead-paul-reubens

"Yep, yep; things are holding up there quite well." -- Minnesotan for "nice tits! for a 53-year-old."

Obits about Paul Reubens uncritically share his charges (they were both for being gay, 100%) and dedicate more than half the space to them. They're too enraging to share. His gentle, sly, silly, and very queer comedy meant so much. Pee Wee was epic, and his world was a delight. I'm sad he's gone.

Off and on for about six years, I've been haphazardly documenting the amazing Garage Art of South Minneapolis. It's wonderful to see and share what people do in the half-secret alley space! Check out the full collection at https://www.instagram.com/bozodeluxe/ #southminneapolisalleys #mplsdérive

Look what came in the mail today! If you're a reviewer who's interested in a copy (either print or ebook), let me know!

@bibliogrrl.bsky.social My Cornell bird app found a chimney swift this morning and I thought of you.