It's my birthday this week, if you'd like to do something to celebrate: * Write your representatives to tell them that trans lives matter, the genocide needs to end, and fascists shouldn't be welcome anywhere. * Donate to relief efforts in Gaza * Be kind to yourself xo

It's my birthday this week, if you'd like to do something to celebrate: * Write your representatives to tell them that trans lives matter, the genocide needs to end, and fascists shouldn't be welcome anywhere. * Donate to relief efforts in Gaza * Be kind to yourself xo

In trying to keep away from socials and do more direct communicating, I'm hoping to do a snail mail project and also do some blog posts (pwd protected) for pals going forward. If we know each other but don't keep in touch much because i'd stepped back from social, feel free to sign up here.

In which I write about aiming for perfect. Ramble, really.

Quoting for posterity. (Yes, I am the saver.)

My account is active, but I am rarely logged in. I might cross-post to this platform from Wordpress or something like that in the coming times. Anyhow, that's all! Be good to each other.

Thinking a lot about connection lately. I'm going to leave my profile activated but I'm not going to log in really much, if ever. I just have to accept that my brain cannot be on social media the way I used to be, the way I want to be.

Welp, I know what happened to the Duolingo owl.

Dear @apnews.com PLEASE start doing headlines like The Corrupt coup leader rapist-run Executive Branch claims...

“Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Feinman said. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

As someone who is disabled and living well under the poverty line, even being boosted to that point would be huge! I just wrote my worker about *any* opportunities I could try and learn a new skill Sadly, at my age & disabled there are few true opportunities to recreate one's self #hopeful #ODSP

"White heritage" doesn't exist. Whiteness is the attempted eradication of heritage. "White pride" is taking pride in the destruction of your own culture. (This is true for all white people, not just Irish white people.)

"But I'm a citizen," you say. "This doesn't apply to me." It's a pretty short step from deporting lawful residents without due process to "show me your papers, you don't LOOK like a real American to ME" on the street.

We have no defence against clogged drains, says plumber. Come on, @theglobeandmail.com 😡

I'm really glad Manitoba elected a premier who did something about finding these women. It still makes me sick that people were protesting this search. And you KNOW the entire province would be wringing their hands about a white woman gone missing tho.

A paywalled article from @nature.com bemoaning the exploitation of scientists' unpaid labour. Chef's kiss. Perfection. No notes.

What the fuck kind of policy is not sorting out our own problems before providing help elsewhere. What the absolute fuck.

Back when I had a real office with other people and not just in my house, I had this printed and up in my cubicle. It's a reminder that haters are as old as time, but so are allies!

Happy #StPatricksDay! Today, Mexicans remember the Saint Patrick Battalion — a group of Irish soldiers that defended Mexico against the invading US army in the 1840s. Latest episode of my podcast #StoriesOfResistance @therealnews.com @globalexchange.bsky.social therealnews.com/stories-of-r...

it's important to remember that these guys' love for Israel in no way contradicts their hatred for Jews. for them, Israel is an example of what they want: a cultural ethnostate and also it's a place Jews can go (be sent) that isn't here. also: they hate Arabs and Muslims even more

Also: Bluesky isn't friendly for LOADS of mutual aid because they label folks as spamming. And they've definitely not done shit about the reporting of Palestinians as spammers when all they're trying to do is fucking survive.

“Leftists cannot tolerate other ideas” said the people who disappear their political enemies

lol Maryland be like:

The truth will shock you.

How's the Royal Society going, anyhow? Still keeping the tyrant fuckwit billionaire in their special little club? Hmm.

Elon saying his companies have never hurt anyone when people have literally died on the job because his companies cut worker safety is giving delulu.

Homan is illegal get rid of him. Cos we can make stuff up and have it be true right? RIGHT?

Canadian #TTRPG artists (or artists that can do TTRPG things like character art, spot art, etc.) can you please sound off? :D

This article is 4 months old but is still relevant if folks want more information: www.cbrc.net/anti_trans_l...

Mmmmm no thank you :)

Small ways to care for community: -Check on your neighbors -Donate gently used/new clothing items to shelters -Restock a community fridge -Donate to a local food pantry -Participate in a community clean-up -Donate to mutual aid -Volunteer at your local community center or library Every act matters

If Canadians really want to support trans folks in the U.S., they have to fight like hell against the same anti-trans rhetoric and policies here at home. We literally have provinces passing anti-trans legislation. Canada is not safe.

The Alexa feature "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" you enabled no longer available. Now everything will be sent to Amazon cloud server and it may become part of LLM training. Only Amazon knows what they are going to do with all that data.

As with all my work, this was possible because Skype a Scientist is kept afloat by donors (LIKE YOU!) givebutter.com/SupportSAS25 The stability provided especially by monthly donors allows me the freedom to get creative and make these projects happen, in collaboration with community groups.

22 years & a day ago, 23 year old Rachel Corrie from the United States was intentionally crushed by a bulldozer directed by Israeli forces to destroy a building to brutally enforce its illegal occupation. Israel investigated itself & found itself impeccable despite eyewitnesses, and the US nodded.

I just marked "safe" the last developer out of 39 traveling to GDC from outside of the US. 39 developers from all around the world reached out so I could reach their loved ones & legal support in case they were disappeared at the US border. Many asked me to do the same for their flight home.

There is a famine again in Gaza- no aid is getting in and electricity and water are severely limited. So if Gazans on here seem more persistent than usual please remember they are desperate and treat them how you’d hope someone would treat your family.

Please take a moment to scroll through my mentions. I feel like I can tell the situation in Gaza has gotten even more desperate because there are more pleas for assistance than I can keep up with. The whole point of government is that it can provide assistance at scale! And ours is derelict.

Just so it’s clear to everyone—this is “hide people that ICE is after” time. Doesn’t fucking matter if it’s illegal.

Deeply invested in Mohamed’s barley plants.

Well it's not even lunchtime and I'm angry as hell hahahaha. Deactivation of Bluesky is looking more and more likely lol.

Fucking send this cunt and his crony Mr Tesla to the bottom of the ocean. Tell them there's.. I dunno, viagara in the wreck of the Titanic or something.

I can't begin to imagine the resilience of Palestinians. Like, it's beyond my understanding. To lose children, family, to be starving, and still be trying your hardest to raise money online. There is no way ever that most of us have this in us.

I haven’t spoken with this family yet but you can ❤️

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