Crux (the Southern Cross) on the right; Alpha Centauri, far left. I find astronomical observation awe inspiring, since I am *not* looking at a display but at real objects, mindbogglingly distant.

@bencollins.bsky.social As a victim of InfoWars violence, I have a suggestion for a meaningful use of that wretched name. Make it into a REAL news source. Rigorous research, citations, science, ethics: aim directly at ending fascism & hatred. The Onion is fine satire; we need serious journalism.

"Strength is walking into a place where people are saying insane shit about you — and keeping on walking." Fuck you, Alex Jones; fuck you sideways with a bastard rasp. Sincerely, your victim Margie Fancypants. Thank you, The Onion.

In your face, you Nazi creeps.

#RobinWilliams #filmsky #moviesky 💔🔄 #BeKind #BeKindAlways ❤️

It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.

Preposterous sunglasses are self-justifying purchases. These ludicrous examples are from the inimitable Paper Bag Princess Op Shop. If you're in Wellington, go there and give them your money. It'll be worth it. #fashion #fabulous #freakflagfly

Trans people are awesome, in the fullest sense of the word. We possess the vision to imagine the greatest possible version of ourselves — and the audacity to realise it. We aren't confused; quite the opposite. #transgender #pride #authenticity

There are few things crueler than Queer people violating the ideals of our community to demean, harass, ostracise a powerless community member. Reading Sophie's story was frighteningly familiar to me. There is no shortcut to fundamental justice. open.substack.com/pub/sophieas...

ParallaxNick is an excellent science commentator. The algorithm is being cruel to this video; this is entirely unjust. Hypatia led a remarkable life, and a horrifying death, as a philosopher woman in the blazingly misogynistic Greek society. youtu.be/pojWdrfpthk

Artemis Moon

I just saw a clip of Bernie Sanders talking. The camera cut to a crowd shot, including a sign reading "NO WAR BUT CLASS WAR"... but thanks to lucky positioning of someone's head it was partly occluded and appeared to read NO WAR BUT ASS WAR

Got a fantastical makeover yesterday at the CubaDupa Festival, by Wētā Workshop and BodyFX, had an amazing day, and brought smiles to so many faces! I said to a vendor, "CubaDupa is great because it really brings out the Welly in Welly!" Special mention to the punk band Bin Day, you rock, grrrrls!

## A Little Story Three years ago, right about now, I walked into my local Jean-Coutu pharmacy, and picked up a neonatal pack for my last baby, and an HRT starter pack for me. It was the most family medicine order ever. You should have seen the look on the pharmacist's face. It was classic. 😊

all my mint enthusiasts, please rise 🙌

#HormoneReplacementTherapy cycles are complicated, but may give a more #cisgender experience to #transgender women. Hear the process @margiefancypants.bsky.social uses for herself. Live today @ 2PM MT youtube.com/live/r49qoc4... #HRTCycles #trans #lgbtq #GenderIdentity #ScienceOfIdentity

"We don’t know why we know what we know about ourselves, but we do know that we know it." — Amethysta Herrick @amethysta.io

Nov 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Gendered & hate violence don't solely affect women, nor are they solely by men. this violence blocked my perception of my own transness for a solid twenty years. This violence continues even today. #WhiteRibbonDay

Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) condemns decision by Minister of Health Simeon Brown to ban new prescriptions of GnRH analogues (puberty blockers) for transgender children and young people who are not currently on them. #NZpol 💗🤍💙⚕️ Full release at patha.nz/news

Can #transgender women #lactate? Heck, yeah! And this live stream discusses a protocol to make it can happen. Join @margiefancypants.bsky.social and me as we bust open #transphobic myths. purpl.pw/translactation #trans #GoldfarbProtocol #lgbtq #GenderIdentity #ScienceOfIdentity

## a quick poem for today I took some prog My breasts are sore That magic grog Of chests galore

602,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 beers on the wall, 602,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 beers, You take one down, pass it around, 601,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 beers on the wall This could take a while

"There are some people who do not love their fellow human beings, and I hate people like that." — Tom Lehrer

Transition timeline, three stages - Before; June 2021 - Egg cracking announcement, December 2022 - Recently, October 2025 #transitiontimeline

My interview with Dr Amethysta Herrick has been released as its own video. Exclusion from our community should be a last resort, never a first choice, but my experience shows the contrary is usually the case. youtu.be/bYQYmuTaJao

Hooray, hooray! All sex is gay. This I proclaim, As June fades away.

They want to stop the ones who want prosthetic foreheads on their heads; but everybody wants prosthetic foreheads on their real heads.

I have designed a mug based on Dorley canon. "The family that spays to get her, stays together." This design blends castration chic with Russian Constructivism, and adds a good dose of '80s greeting card cocainey je'n'saiquoi. Melikes. @badambulist.bsky.social #dorley #noveltymug #orchi

Inspired by a Tumblr post, I have ordered another Novelty Mug. I sense a potential hardcore addiction here. I'm okay with that. www.tumblr.com/soup-mother/... @badambulist.bsky.social #dorley #noveltymug #forcefem #basement

Every demand that trans rights should be limited should be met immediately by a demand for evidence. You claim trans women are a danger in ladies' rooms? Show high quality evidence backing it up or SHUT UP. You claim youth transition hurts youth more than it helps? High quality evidence or STFU.

Today I protested outside 'The Beehive' — the NZ parliament buildings — against a preposterous, tautological private member's bill claiming to "define gender" under law. A woman, it asserts, is an "adult human biological female". I'm all of these things; yet it'll deny me womanhood. Poppycock!

My Dorleypilling continues this morning, as I ordered this mug combining an authentic detail from the books with my favourite Simone de Beauvoir quotation. I also ate Weet-Bix for breakfast. @badambulist.bsky.social

Good morning from New Zealand, fine people! - Happy Easter, if you're into that - Happy 4/20, if you're into that - Happy Bicycle Day, if you're into that - Happy exterminating Nazis on Hitler's birthday — we are ***all into that.***

Yesterday, I got my annual influenza vaccine. I expect, like every one of the vaccines I have had my entire life, that it will not give me autism. What a damn rip-off.

Oh,Ethel, HEAR HEAR! Asexual people are subject to revoltingly elevated levels of sexual violence. As a survivor of multiple devastating r@pes, and of SA several times *in the past few months,* I stand in solidarity with ALL victims, and decry the dismissive hatred of bigots. youtu.be/F8h8I7Jzl-Q

Had I made a very long list of things I might be doing this weekend, bodysurfing would not have been on it. And that list would have been wrong, today was an amazing day on the beach. However, for the rest of today, my name is spelled Margei. Because, of course, it's "I before E, except after sea."

Today, I got an appointment for what I hope is meaningful mental health care. This has taken literally decades. It was systemically and systematically denied to me in Canada. Sometimes maliciously. April 29 is the date. I'm still processing this.

concur with most of this - minus the grace meeting cruelty & being kind whilst being disliked Fuck that #progress It’s a bloody battle

Usefulness of the latest update to GPS voice directions questioned, as the only direction given is to take the Third Reich only

Today, someone stated their justification for excluding me from a social group as the fact that I am a victim of assault and bullying. They are therefore using previous bullying as justification for further bullying: incontrovertible proof of the utter cowardice and immorality of bullying behaviour.

@quinn-derella.bsky.social — might you contribute to a translation?

A brutal murderous dictator, Rodrigo Duterte, has just been arrested for his blood-soaked "War on Drugs" in the Philippines. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Let's not overlook "tuchus".

Homelessness is a terrifying prospect, which I recently experienced. I still don't have stable housing, and cannot afford to contribute myself, but I am better off than Erika here. If you can contribute to her safety, even slightly, that's a meaningful act of solidarity. More love for everyone.

"Anytime you hear a fascist make an accusation, it's really a confession, since they project ALL of their evils into their victims." I personally confirm this, including cryptofascist transfemme "community leaders." Anytime you are told a horrific accusation, question it. youtu.be/sQJeAXVAo_A