On a completely unrelated note, I made a theoretical commander deck called Oops! All Tentacles and you can see it here: moxfield.com/decks/nukhNN...

Like don’t get me wrong, it is a lot of shit everywhere all the time always, but queer & trans kids in one more public school are getting a place to meet for education and mutual support, and that isn’t nothing.

In the midst of *waves at everything* my son and one of his friends refounded a GSA at their Georgia high school. Teachers & admins have been fully supportive, first meeting today, and apparently the school is abuzz with positive anticipation. Not everything is shit everywhere always. Small wins.

This was done at the direction of Pam Bondi. The US government is now dictating what apps you can have on your phone. The underlying threat here is if Apple didn't comply, they'd slap billions in tariffs on Apple products.

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

The university compact being offered to universities requires colleges to eliminate the recognition of trans people and ban them from bathrooms, locker rooms, and gender segregated dorms. www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

Made a Magic deck on Moxfield called Oops! All Tentacles, and while it still needs a little work (too many basic lands, could stand a couple extra red &/or green) I think it’s pretty alright. Let me show you my macaroni art: moxfield.com/decks/nukhNN...

Living that “everyone in my house has ADHD” life

Hire David, who is an exceptional person to work with and one of my favorite people to have met via the internet!

Stomach bug from travel > no coffee today > caffeine withdrawal headache like whoa. I hope I run a good Masks session tonight!

@katthedungeonmom.bsky.social is now a sponsor for my post on running 1:1 TTRPG sessions! Check out the post, and thank you Kat for supporting what TTRPGkids is doing. www.ttrpgkids.com/2023/01/02/t...

Our updates to add tags and a multifandom filtering option to #AO3 Collections are now complete! Read more about it at: ao3-news.org/collection-t...

hey everybody. if you see this shit: "ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳" it's a copypasta designed to make the user look cool/make trump look absurd. it's not real.

Samia’s “Pool - Stripped,” right? Not quite Tiny Desk perfection but so good.

My cat niece, Momo

Makes me second guess taking my kids to Pride this year. I haven’t been so afraid since the year of the Pulse massacre, the only year we almost skipped ATL Pride.

Why are people saying "this is not normal" over and over again, instead of "this is illegal" or "this is unconstitutional" or "this is treason?" Not normal sounds subjective, wishy-washy and neurotic. It communicates nothing of substance.

the thing with all the "this is not normal" people and the people shocked at the current set of very visible atrocities is that they either don't know or choose not to acknowledge the extent to which this shit is, in fact, normal. What's not normal is that you're noticing it. Look deeper.

My youngest nephew calls the Space Needle “Sparkle Peter.” Here’s Sparkle Peter from inside the Chihuly museum, which was incredible.

Back to Atlanta, back to work, back to worrying about my family and friends and my students, all of whom just want to live their lives fully and authentically, but who have to look over their shoulders constantly. Every fresh horror is another chance for fascists to make them scapegoats.

There have been 6 mass shootings in the USA over the past 24 hours. The casualty count stands at 41. Here’s the President of the United States of America.

The near daily barrage of deadly mass shootings in America feels like low level warfare against normal citizens who just want to live in peace. And because people keep electing Republicans who won’t do anything about it there’s no solution in sight.

TSA at SEA airport apparently don’t feel the need to inform me or my kid or get consent before patting down the chest of my minor child for [checks notes] wearing the same necklace he wore flying out of Atlanta. Never had a worse airport experience than here.

I have learned Magic. I am now too powerful.

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For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...

I (based in GA) am spending a week in Seattle and I didn’t realize how much of my high anxiety baseline is a result of being a queer neurodivergent parent of queer neurodivergent kids living in a red state. ATL is a great city but it’s still GA. Gerrymandering is real and evil.

Believe trans people when we tell you the 'science' behind the Cass Report is as solid as the 'science' behind paracetamol causing autism.

The same bs they're spewing about autism and tylenol is the same bs they're spewing about trans people's healthcare. It's the exact same playbook and the fact that the media can see through one and not the other is a damning indictment of how complicit they are in the attack on trans lives.

Even if Disney movies don’t always hit the landing, most of them have pretty consistent “be good people” morality and the idea that if you dream of a better world it’s possible HP has its cast send their kids back to the school that was abusive in its face

It isn’t that surprising that Disney adults are rushing to the challenge compared to Harry potter ones when you think about how much what they love is thematically about love and being the one to stand your ground And then there’s HP lol

i wish 'disney adults' going medieval rn had the same energy for harry potter.

Tonight, RIFHT NOW, is a good time to go buy a few books or comics or films by trans people. Physically. And keep them safe for the next few years. And send a little support to trans folk if you can.

I’m completely sincere about this: On Charlie Kirk’s day of remembrance, hit the administration where it hurts by showing them that he didn’t rate. Don’t talk about him. Talk about Aaron Bushnell instead, who recognized two years ahead of the UN that Israel is carrying out a genocide in Gaza.

The corporate number for Sinclair. 410.568.1500 Please make frequent use of it to register your thoughts on censorship.

corollary: i'm begging people to understand that pushing back against "it's unsafe to RSVP to a protest against the govt, don't," is literally 100% indication that speaker is totally unreliable or a cop or something. the idea that ppl will only protest if they "sign up" is absurd. notice this+learn.

The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…

The Jimmy Kimmel firing, Colbert's show, what's happening at WaPo, CBS... legacy journalism is slowly but surely coming under state control. It is more important now than ever before that we support the independent journalists out there doing the work not beholden to a fascist's bidding.

Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest: Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Feel terrible for harm reduction media experts who spent 26 years screaming into the wind about how to properly & safely report on school & other mass shootings considering how the Kirk merc isn't just a household name inside 4 days but the head of the FBI is gonna make up a manifesto to release

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

Cat nephew and niece, both elegant sitters

sorry if you are a reporter spending your time writing an op ed about how bluesky is a bubble? that is so embarrassing for you omg it's making my skin crawl from secondhand embarrassment bro like ahhhhhhhh what are you doing with your life? yikes yikes yikes

This Pokebomination is no substitute for Animal Crossing. It’s Pokemon’s stab at Minecraft. NOT cozy. Gloopy noodle arms NOT custey.

Yesterday: No suspect in custody. "We will jump to the conclusion it was a radical trans leftist, we should persecute all people like this person" Today: Suspect in custody is from Utah, his dad is a Christian pastor. "We can't jump to any conclusions about this person's background or ideology".

If I don't see multiple ~media reporters~ columns about the extraordinarily irresponsible Wall Street Journal report from yesterday morning — and their extensive promotion of that inflammatory report — you all should just pack up and go home.

From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/

Ugh @nintendousa.bsky.social Not cool. Zero animals being crossed?

@nintendousa.bsky.social If we ever needed a new Animal Crossing announcement, now is the time. I need some wholesome escapism with genderfluid digital people in an anthropomorphic animal utopia