This is a "how many levels of genderfuckery are you on" shirt and I love it so much.

Oh, hey, did I mention there's a new PostNormCore shirt up at @nerdykeppie.bsky.social? PNC is my brother's curated collection which he uses to fund his transition: he commissions art from queer artists for sale & the proceeds fund his GAC. Anyway, introducing the Bad Boy shirt:

At 84% of our second goal! ✨ Want to join the 43 people who've already bought a copy of our trans fiction bundle? itch.io/b/3352/trans... (Also, can we get a sillier decimal than .89?)

She's still me - the more so because I fully experienced it as splitting into essentially a pair of twins sharing a body as a teenager, boy-me and girl-me, and then those two people fusing back together as an adult when I realised I was nonbinary. So, she's part of me, just like he's part of me.

A quick reminder that i have a weirdish dark fantasy novel available on Audible. And, despite the shocked Pikachu reviews about being woke cannibal erotica, it is a) queer and b) not a YA ;) Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...

We are sickened by NHS Sussex's investigation into WellBN GP Practice—a bullying tactic against clinicians providing legal, lifesaving care to trans young people. Families are traumatised. Read our statement in full here: anne.health/anne-health-...

Not one of us translated it identically, even those of us who translated it in a way that accords with the best agreed academic interpretations. (I don't remember how mine was? I think it was OK? The zombies are mostly what sticks in my mind.)

In my Old English module of my English Lit degree, we had to translate 'Wulf and Eadwacer' and someone ended up with honest to goodness zombies in their version. Now I'm not saying it was a good translation, and I don't remember why it had seemed in any way reasonable to them, but nonetheless...

This has now reached 60,909!!! 👏👏👏 Let’s get to 65,000!!!! If you haven’t already signed, please do! If you have signed, please spread the word!!

If you haven’t already: ✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk 📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks 💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women. 5/5

💬 The City of London consultation on the ponds is open until 25 November. It’s important that women who support inclusion take part. Read our new piece to learn more and find out how you can have your say: 🔗 notinourname.org.uk/nion-women-rejects-anti-trans-narrative-at-kenwood-ladies-pond/ 4/5

When trans+ people are discussed in the media, women’s voices are too often represented by a few who want to exclude. But many of us feel differently. We believe trans women have every right to share our spaces and our communities safely. 3/5

They say they represent women’s interests. But the women who actually use the pond have already spoken for themselves - they want the ponds to be inclusive. This is why Not In Our Name exists - to show that most women believe inclusion, dignity, and respect go hand in hand. 2/5

🏊‍♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision. In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019. Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts. 1/5

r.e. translation, during my English Lit degree we did a module on Dante which included a group exercise where we translated the start of Canto III (the gates of Hell). Which a) was a hell (no pun intended) of a lot of fun, and b) was fascinating in how different our translations ended up being.

A reminder: AI is a bad translator--it will give you in a pinch the meaning (if it doesn't get hopelessly confused) , but i will not create something that reads like a book. That's why we have professionals. (And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)

#WIPSnips | movement Sabbat taking a quiet moment to get his bearings before doing something inadvisable ( saranadosfiction.com/2023/04/08/s... )

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

Fantastic journalism.

Friends across the pond, protect the sky puppies!!! 🦇

Daily bunny no.3131 is directionally challenged

The first painting in my Capybara Gargantua Collection, "Capybara and Fog"! Where would you expect to find a gigantic capybara? #art #landscape #capybara #fog #sciart #painting

Please do! Details about the fellowship and the link to apply can be found here: thenarwhal.ca/2026-indigen...

We tried this end of 19th century and it was not a good idea, yeah

About to miss their bus

With just FIVE DAYS to go, if you're following The Chosen One Con on Backerkit, you can now vote for which of the three POV's characters you're most excited to meet! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

The book spam I'm getting has taken a strange turn

Most of the games we've published in the last 10 years (ie Monster of the Week, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Blades in the Dark) either use the Powered by the Apocalypse engine or are hugely influenced by it. Happy to back this latest incarnation from the Bakers. Strongly recommend you check it out:

inews.co.uk/news/23-mum-... (Pretty much exactly what I've been saying, and am not surprised that she also has EDS)

(Yeah, hi new followers, sorry about the politics yelling. I'd say I'm usually less angry than this, but right now that's not as true as I'd like. Maybe someday soon, if we get a proper pushback to the transphobia infecting my country?)

Someday, I'd like an MP to stand up in parliament and ask why the *opinions* of a small subset of cisgender people matter more to this government than the safety, health, and dignity of every transgender person in the country.

Here We GO! Come along, my dearies! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

If you’ve been questioned, stopped or challenged using a gendered space tell us at tinyurl.com/ReportALoo By letting us know about your experience, you’ll help us to track patterns, identify common themes and take steps to advocate on this issue at a national level. #ScrapTheBathroomBan #EHRC

Interestingly, there are far more Giant Redwoods in the UK than in California. They're all over the place. I remember them being on my university campus. None of them are as big as the US ones, due to being a lot younger.

If you have been reading my posts and wondering how you can help, donating to Anne Health would be a good way. Many of the kids are on blockers via the NHS because they can't afford to go private. I know times are tough, so sharing this instead would be helpful if you can't afford to donate.

Update: per very helpful @vaspider.gay (thank you!) it doesn't look like my stuff's being flagged, which is a relief

Hey, if you've been seeing less from me - and, specifically, fewer of the snippets I post with Sabbat in them - you might want to go into Settings -> Advanced -> scroll down to 'Rude' and select either 'Warn' or 'Off' (I don't *know* that it counts swearing as 'rude', but it's possible)

Edward Burne-Jones drew a wombat, too. Quite why a muscular quadrupedal marsupial of the family Vombatidae which is native to Australia (thank you, Wikipedia) appears to be in Egypt is anybody’s guess

As well as drawing himself mourning the unfortunate beast, he once drew it going for a walk with William Morris’ wife Jane. (Rossetti was having a thing with Jane, but it remains unclear why both she and the wombat have haloes)

Rossetti was nonetheless quite distressed when the wombat died. (This may have been connected to its diet, which included straw hats and – on at least one occasion – an entire box of cigars)

Look who made an appearance to drink out of our bird bath this morning! 🦊

Re-upping this because I clean forgot to mention that I also have a wee pile of short stories set in the same 'verse, several of which (the first three Sabbat stories and Unexpected Duties) are explicitly about transness in one way or another: saranadosfiction.com/argentum-sho... #ArgentumInAqua

By the way, if you enjoy court intrigue with a shapeshifting cinnamon roll dragon & his murderous Fallen angel husband trying to solve crime without causing more crime, you can enjoy the first two books right now: www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography... (might even feature... babysitting 😜)

Auntie Nga put down a plate of dumplings on the table, with an audible noise. Thuan had to admire the way she did it, like slamming down a knife. Food as weaponry. Of course. She was an auntie. #wip #dumplings #murderBirds #dragonsAndBlades

Daily bunny no.3107 doesn't need a kitchen

Stupid bastard pain flare is still happening, so why the hells not re-up this? (Also yes, my language use does get more Sabbat-like when I'm in more pain than usual, because swearing helps. Or, hells, at least makes me feel more in control of the situation)

Quick reminder: if you got Blood on the Snow from one of the bundles it's been in this year and enjoyed it, you can pick up Silver in the Ashes (the next book) over on my itch io page ( finn-mclellan.itch.io/silver-in-th... )

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have. Python foundation said no and rejected the grant. If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

Looking for a little magic? I have 2 labradorite showstoppers wrapped and ready to go: Each one comes in a gift box with free international shipping. (US tariffs included.) #Handmade #DisabledArtist #ShopIndie