Last month, Aleanna Royal Bechdel, a 31 year-old Black trans woman who was a DJ, promoter, and artist, was murdered in a housing complex in New York, and a 54-year old man was arrested. There has been very little press coverage on this, including by queer outlets run by cis white people.

(Lego Vince voice) Why don't you head to 60404 - Burger Truck, you can get yourself a hamburger the size of your torso and a red tube for one flat green brick (which is a Lego dollar), blockhead

so you're telling me a white dude calls for mods to "clean house" of trans people, furries, and leftists he doesn't like, the head moderator of the website likes a bunch of his tweets, and then the next day the moderators begin purging the website of trans people, furries, and leftists? strange!

It increasingly seems like Bluesky moderation/admin is simply actively transphobic as a matter of policy. Which, yes, was clear even before they special-cased Jesse Singal's behavior as not harassment or Jay's "WAFFLES LOL" post, but it seems it's really ratcheted up in recent weeks.

Aftertaste: A Trans Novel by Emoria Weidner on Bluesky The full Bluesky edition is free to read, and all 19 chapter threads are linked in comments Aftertaste is a story of trans survival and joy, but also contains deep despair and darkness. Please read the content warnings. You have to live.

Getting to that time of the month where I do not like being stuck in a room all alone for 8 hours a day

Yeah hi new followers, I'm not on here too often, and when I am it's usually about old trains, sowwy hehe

genuinely I think the obsession with turning things into "productivity time" is a blight on the human condition we could all stand to be a little less productive. constant productivity ain't getting you anything but stress as the oligarchy profits off your labor.

The fact YouTube will interrupt you to try and force you to turn on personalized ads should be criminal, the person who ordered that implementation should be [ACTIONABLE THREAT EXPUNGED]

What does it do to your psyche when other people like you see your home and go "I'm not going there it's too dangerous " Like I'm here, does that just make me a casualty already? Should I resign myself to knowing that I will die here?

Teehee

Steam doll who's self conscious about her cracked whistle causing a squeaky note but it's girlfriend thinks it's the cutest thing in the world so it doesn't replace it

You lay your head on a steam doll's chest and you hear the rhythmic *chunk chunk* of an air compressor

Steam doll is the doll you want running errands in the wintertime, she's got a sanding valve so she doesn't lose traction on slippery ground and drop the groceries!

Steam doll who tries to get out of bed but her motion seizes on one side and the poor thing falls over

Steam doll who's a bit worn out and walks with a limp because her valves are out of time

Steam doll getting tummy ache from bad coal

Steam doll who's not paying enough attention to herself and primes her boiler

Steam doll getting excited and blowing her safety valve

Stepping on a steam doll's foot to automatically open the firebox doors on her belly

Steam donkey? Nonono I said "steam doll key"

Since I posted the epilogue, I have received these responses, among many many more. I am. So. Grateful. Aftertaste is meaningful to so many trans women. That it helped more than one woman come out. That it helped me, writing it. I am very, very, very lucky to know all of you wonderful women.

Hi, I wrote a book. It’s a story of a trans woman discovering herself and, more importantly, surviving discovering herself. It’s masquerading as a toxic yuri. And behind it all, I’m hiding a knife. I will cut you with this book. Then I will provide aftercare, I promise. Read Aftertaste, Free:

Getting real scared about death again for some reason

Do you think any of the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald were eggs?

It does such that when a trans woman shows up in a modern (past three to four years) show I brace for something bad to happen with her, for her to be treated poorly by the show

Hmm... Should I cross post my steam doll posts to here..?

There’s something about the constant stream of anti-trans news designed to psychically harm us being about our access to HRT and surgeries, and then when we freak out online about it, having ostensible trans people show up to remind us “not every trans person transitions” that feels fake as hell

Lmao there are people who think that stealing from stores is bad? Grow up lol

this is the post that jbouie blocked me for and if he can show me where it is incorrect i will delete every post i've ever made about the NYT

Wishlist and play the demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4097480/... At long last, Train Misconductor (demo) is finally ready to play! We've been working on this game for a long time now and we're excited to finally put it into players' hands! #IndieDev #GameDev #TrainMisconductor #Demo

“They want violence” no they very explicitly want compliance and acquiescence and if you don’t give it to them they will fucking murder you

No one needs a strong border anywhere and any anxiety about immigrants - any concession to being anxious about immigration - is a victory for the most evil motherfuckers on the planet. The whole thing is wholly and entirely needless. It's a real tragedy.

Abolish ICE and abolish the USA. Worthless fascist country

Anyone who is part of the federal government who is not doing everything in their power to stop this administration, regardless of the assumed cost to normalcy or career, is a coward and a collaborator.

And no matter how many you kill the next day there will be more and more and more until the whole world is consumed by the tide of a people who want to be free Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

"Don't escalate" the politicians say as more people die. When is too much? The fascists are already escalating, when is it okay to defend yourself from these ghouls?

If you are a politician worried about opposing ICE because they'll portray you as defending nefarious ~Illegal Immigrants~... Such it the fuck up! "Illegal immigrants" deserve rights too, there shouldn't be any such thing as an illegal immigrant, fuck your racist ass

Heard earlier today about the person attacking ice with a shovel who got shot. If attacking ice gets you shot but not dead, And not attacking ice gets you shot and killed ...

Well, having a dream about getting picked up and detained and kidnapped by fascists isn't exactly the most fun

man it's so awesome that state force can apparently only ever be deployed against people protesting cruelty and never against the ones causing the cruelty

he won't arrest anyone for murdering his constituents but he'll arrest you for being angry about it

I literally had someone in my mentions this hour saying the latest target was JUSTIFIED because she sicced her HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of followers on a poor small account by *checks notes* Screenshotting their public, already viral, tweet and saying "but why?" Every time. Without fail.