Alberta: continuing to embarrass the rest of Western Canada.

Having the urge to re-read @bethanycmorrow.com's Mem. Such an excellent work on memory and identity.

I've started watching The Traitors (mostly for Alan Cumming) and am now imagining a season where the women systematically vote off and eliminate various men until one reveals she's a gender traitor and everyone has cake.

worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

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My household loves a big mug. I recently commissioned one from @starlastarfruit.bsky.social and it's gorgeous. Also here's some pics of how large our mugs are. We also have the beer stein my mother's prep school gave her and it holds 750g of liquid.

My LTD is set to end in August and of course I'm looking into appealing it. I've started by booking an appointment with a doctor and completing the form for legal aid from a local disability advocacy group. This coinciding with our last time shift means I wanna go lie face down in a bog instead.

I'm feeling cruddy so it's time for a random gratitude post: -my spouse made me Greek sweet potatoes even tho she was feeling puny -I rolled the max amount of increased HP when my D&D character leveled up -My talented friend made me a gorgeous new mug -I have friends I am regularly in contact with

my hot writing take is that playing with POV is neat and you can do what you want. present tense first! close third! first-person-direct-address with bits of omniscient third! anything is legal if you look good doing it!!

I don't give a single shriveled shit about the Scrotum-in-Chief's feelings, & I'll celebrate with great enthusiasm when he expires, but it's gross watching people mock him for being incontinent, having a rash, whatever. All you're doing is showing you think illness & disability are fine to laugh at.

The people who think punk shouldn't be political and the people who think scifi shouldn't be political should all get an island together and never talk to the rest of us ever again

Insane prediction: There will be a home renovation show within 2 years created entirely on the premise of remodeling homes to allow more family to live in a single residence, whether it's casitas/tiny homes or cutting large bedrooms into 2, whatever it takes.

Bogs and other wetlands are truly amazing. It makes me sad that's there's so much less of them and I'm hoping to visit my local big again this summer.

i wish we had UBI and proper healthcare and that people on disability weren’t forced into poverty i wish disabled people could be safe and happy and taken care of and that there were social supports for all our needs and a cultural understanding of chronic illnesses

I experience most of these, except Abibliophobia due to my Tsundoku

Disabled folks: you ever have a day when your level of body horror is slightly higher than your baseline and your brain keeps screaming at you about it even though, realistically, saline and a few check ins are all that are really needed?

Hey Canadian Citizens and Residents, here's a petition you can sign to allow 2SLGBTQIA refugees from the USA www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

I have a Finch goal which is 'use a timer for deep focus'... Listening to smut while doing manual database updates is the same thing, right?

That thing where you see a dog and everything stops being horrible and becomes perfect for just a few moments.

Forever baby, exhausted by greeting the maintenance worker.

It's been a while since I had a grief dream. I woke up sad my beloved dead wouldn't meet my dog. (Coco is doing well.)

One side-effect of low dose T that I didn't anticipate is a tendency for bi-phasic sleeping. But I'm also having a paradoxical reaction to caffeine on the morning I wake up super early? It's all very confusing but luckily I see the Hormone Fairy (endocrinologist) in about a month or so.

WTAF.

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I just brought on a tachycardia episode by staying on a video call too long. Fuck #ME/CFS #LongCOVID

Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

Today has been a day off trying to scrape dopamine out of the bottom of the neurochemicals but hey! No more time changes after this spring!

Talked to someone I know who is at risk of being scooped up by ICE. They have deliberately made online friends with people in the countries they are most likely to be deported to, and they wear a tracker when they’re out so that their roommate will know if they are taken somewhere.

Recent clay makes. I've been socializing with people via clay dates.

Nobel Laureates (husband & wife) support UBI

Sim seems to think lying to voters and defamation of a councilor can be waved away with the words, "I apologised to Councillor Orr", which is what he repeats, answering every question with it no matter what that question is for the entire length of this video. #EvictKenSim

An insight which might help others: Hope doesn't always feel good. In fact, for me it often feels neutral or like resentment. I've white knuckled my way into a better situation, health, finances, etc. It's ok if you're trying to improve your life and the 'during' phase is bleak. You're still moving.

I realised I'm cautious about reading more Annalee Newitz and this is your opportunity to tell me why I should correct that.

Tara Armstrong is a danger to BC residents and to Canadians of all walks of life. Seeking to kill the entire human rights enforcement mechanism in B.C. for the sake of allowing anti-trans hate to go unchecked is perhaps one of the most significant attacks on trans rights in Canada I've documented.

I only worked half a day today because someCoco sat emphatically on my feet in a way that let me know he was picking up on my fatigue.

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I'm reading Annie Proulx's Fen, Bog, and Swamp and wondering if sphagnum mosses are a kind of immortality. Or a model of self-hood where all the versions of who we have been continue to nourish the current self.

This is horrific. And 100% fascist. Surrender your driver's license if you're trans? WTAF! And if not, you can be arrested and tossed in jail with members of your assigned sex at birth?? Kansas friends, holy shit. This is NOT OK.

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Transfemme vanity is resistance. If trans women celebrating their own and each other’s bodies raises your heckles, I think you need to really evaluate what is upsetting you about it. If we’re loud about our joy, the joy can spread to others who are afraid to be loud.

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I'm mostly recovered from my crash but still gotta be careful. I have a soft dog, a loving partner, a sustainable job, amazing friends and had a satisfying weekend. I also for to support my local fat clothing swap and collect items for a friend. It was very satisfying.

Made two 'worry stones' with raised features from polymer clay.

There's an angel on my shoulder who is reminding me that rest is the only way to recover from a crash. There's a devil on my shoulder who wants fresh-baked cookies. (I'm gluten free and I make better GF cookies than most local bakeries.)

Welp. After an increase of energy I pushed myself into a crash. That's learning, right? Something something data points? #LongCOVID

I just read the Celtic legend of Deirdre of the Sorrows and I need someone to look me in the eye and explain in very small words why it isn't called 'Conor is a scheming creep'

Coco is currently holding my to do list hostage in the most nefarious way: he is curled up next to me and ever so often pushes his body closer to mine. Don't send help.