obviously “maybe i could accept being a guy if i could just figure out how to move through the world like paul newman” was a failed premise from the jump in my defense i was young and foolish and didnt know how to process a crush “no i’m watching these for RESEARCH, jeez” 😤

before transitioning i first tried on every version of masculinity i thought i might successfully emulate, hoping one would fit i used to watch paul newman movies, pausing them and trying to figure out how he carried himself with this effortless cool truly never a better leaner, before or since 🤌

i am wiping *rivers* of tears from my face right now, oh my god 😂

watched this on repeat losing my shit for two nights now

Happy Birthday to Stevie Wonder. A good day to remind everyone that his 9 album run between 1971-76 is the Imperial Phase that all other Imperial Phases call boss. open.spotify.com/playlist/66m...

happy birthday (a few hours early) to the incomparable stevland hardaway morris, stevie is without hyperbole one of the greatest musicians in human history i’d have a hard time picking which song to post… if he hadn’t already made canonically the best birthday song of all time youtu.be/RcVZfJO01NI

derek, the necromantic bandit “aw’right everybody, get yer ‘ands up… gimme yer money AND yer life!” (it didn’t go well for derek, but he was so useless the PCs kinda accepted him as the neighborhood’s resident bad bad guy. “oh hey derek, holdup day again?” and the like)

biiiiiiiiiiiiiitch WHAT?! 😮😍 (day after washing and first time doing the full post-shower routine)

day after washing and full routine update: biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch WHAT?! 😮😍

i’ve always hated ending up with my dad’s side of the family’s hair: stick-straight, flat as hell. if i don’t do arcane rituals with it, i’m doing a casual cosplay of the girl from the ring but i started trying a curly girl routine because i’ve always had curlies under the rest of my hair and…?!

VERY looking forward to zay’s album, the first few tracks were 2006 party tracks with 2026 polished production and i was on board this one starts with like a pop punk beat and a childish “camp” flow, love the range 🤌

can’t argue with the science 🤷‍♀️ www.instagram.com/reel/DXmhJDR...

The most perfect song

i’m so far past done letting you-know-wu take up space in my head, but this is generally true tolerance is understanding that being trans doesn’t make someone a bad person. acceptance is understanding it doesn’t make them a good one either

i’ve been telling stories for years about my chicago roommate that split for italy with her industrial musician/magician beau marco, and it took until literally today to realize that was marco visconti. the world is tiny and weird

my kingdom for the confidence to launch into an improvised LIMERICK

i forgot writing this, but someone liked it and brought it up in my feed again and… yeah, still accurate

sign of life, still here, just busy 😮‍💨

at long last, we have created the machine with no mouth that must scream from classic sci-fi novel i have no mouth but i must scream

i love us 🏳️‍🌈 best part of a shitty day was joining the “we’re remote so get to know each other” buddy matchup zoom at work and discovering i got paired with a new queer coworker, and INSTANTLY we just hit it off and i relaxed 30min of restorative family time i dearly needed today 💗

Since I've abandoned Spotify, I've been recreating some of the playlists that were in my account. Thought it was a good time to reassemble my Antiwar Rap playlist on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

chiitan liked my post 🥹 words can’t capture how much joy that brought me today

Just making sure you unmuted this

“Anti-Trans Writer Very Concerned About Trans People Based Exclusively On What He’s Read By Other Anti-Trans Writers” (subhead: “Also extremely concerned that professional bigotry might impact personal life”)

Ernie Barnes (American, 1938–2009) The Drum Major, 2003 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 inches Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

you don’t realize when you’re young how much of your life was determined by a simple trio: how well you’ve last eaten, slept, and pooped your experience of life is still largely defined by these things as you get older. the main difference is, now you know that

one of my absolute favorite things about being a hip hop fan is discovering familiar samples in their natural habitat listening to a bossa nova playlist because i've discovered it's great adhd working music and suddenly BOOM 💥 surprise pharcyde

The Angel Haze version of "Same Love" is superior to the original m.youtube.com/watch?v=V5_V...

have you ever read one of my Discworld QOTDs and thought, hey, I should really get around to reading those books? good news! the full series is back on Humble Bundle - it’s Kobo but it’s pretty easily to transfer those to your preferred e-reader you won’t regret it

trying to start the week with this much cuntfidence

believe it or not, there’s actually a cat hiding in this bookcase

the fact that apple can’t make an alarm app that works consistently in ***2026*** should be a class action lawsuit people lose their jobs over this, man. my fucking nokia in 1998 could do this. what the fuck

why should i think a moment longer than @jay.bsky.team does on her own site, tho?

Wife4wife is best life

Um... so today I was on @cbsmornings.bsky.social. 🤯 I talked to Jericka Duncan about why Black women matter to our economy. CBS called me a "Harvard Economist" (bruh). And Gayle King read my book, #TheDoubleTax. I'm in disbelief. Here's a clip from our segment. #blacksky #news #jobs

discovered a pretty critical coding error in The Human Body where sometimes the way to feel better when you feel too bad to work out is to work out. this is suboptimal for user experience of The Human Body

I’m rewatching Knives Out and I think the reason I prefer Glass Onion is that Blanc and Marta have a semi-adversarial relationship while Blanc and Andi/Helen are 100% a team

@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social congrats on your fortnite skin!

thinking about this… my 21st birthday gift to myself was swim lessons at the Y, because the only time i really “swam” was a couple summers at bible camp and could only kinda paddle? i transitioned at 25, so i got to swim without anxiety for a bit under 4yrs. that’s it 😕

they should invent a gym that’s safe for trans people

new mix i need to make: “GIIIIIIT ‘IM”, so like… irreplaceable bust your windows silver springs take a bow since u been gone you’re so vain goodbye earl be careful hold up fuck you (lily allen) abcdefu free yourself you ought ya know hit ‘em up style these boots are made for walking what else?

boy II man

draw the line for them. no dollars, no votes, no forgiveness for anyone that votes to give we crossed uncrossable lines before he took office, but if they can’t take the smallest possible stand NOW, while their neighbors are being kidnapped, imprisoned, tortured? *nothing*, for them

has anyone talked with @girldrawsghosts.bsky.social recently? i don’t think i’ve heard from/seen anything from her recently 😕

the theme for the evening is “pink diamonds”

christmas is breakfast superbowl

“slightly”

this dog is a beautiful doofus