Tapping the sign

Good riddance to Pam Bondi. That said, it's not lost on me that these high-profile firings are skewing toward women. (Reminder to women that fascism will be happy to throw you under the bus too.)

Revenge is a dish best (soft) served cold.

They missed the easy layup: GOON TOMORROW.

Tonya speaks for me in every word.

I NEED THIS

He’s a white dude, so he’ll get fired last.

If you want revenge, then dig two graves. the first one is a practice grave to get a feel for it and the second is your main or "show grave"

She backstabbed her own longtime friend, Matt Gaetz, and sent him completely up river to get the job. Her closet is crammed full of skeletons. Her lack of integrity was her chief qualification. To paraphrase Sorkin "She's not the devil, she's the one the devil sends out to get him cigarettes."

I don't use AI in my writing. AI, on the other hand, steals my writing to train up on so it can do its work. The recent discourse about how writers use it but pretend they don't pisses me off. If you're using generative AI to write your stories, you are pissing me off. You. Specifically.

And the thread.

Getting cooked by the whole app bc you insist on talking like a ferengi is a wild choice. Gotta be a better way to spend a Thursday morning

dreams are like what if your brain hated you while you were asleep too

Not a Chortlemuffin but a story about the importance of reading the original. I cited a scholar for making a weird error. Then I went back to the original German, which makes a completely different error that was so confounding to the English translator that the translator made a different error 1/3

Best aspirations:

This one always kills me

Okay this one I hadn’t seen before and I can’t stop laughing at it.

I think about “normal to want and possible to achieve” all the time

[P] I can never choose between these two

No, Jonathan, no matter what you heard, that is NOT the meaning of "fuck them kids."

CREATION Happy April Fool's Day! xkcd.com/3227/

...okay, I like her.

I am so anti-AI, I have stopped using word databases because they added AI. Do not make these assumptions about professional creatives.

Not a t-shirt person? Try a garden flag!

Oh, shit, y'all. I might need the penis caftsn

I regret to inform you, I'm on my bullshit again

So here with this.

ASTROMOOSE

In honor of (hopefully) today's launch of NASA's Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon in more than 50 years, here is a to-scale graphic of exactly how far away the Moon actually is. (Click image to expand.) You could fit about 30 Earths between the Earth and the Moon!

Our Lyanna; she was a rescued feral and so didn't have a *known* birthdate, and the vet assigned April 1, 2017 as the most likely date, so we celebrate *her* instead of the all-too-common mean-spirited pranks. Happy 9th birthday, Lyanna!

Today

this year maybe we can fucking give it a rest

I know it's april fools day but I can't emphasize enough how much I need everybody to not fuck around today

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

Make ALL the money by holding a lottery for who gets to control the wrecking ball.

I assure you, my students handled it with remarkably tact and grace. Far more than I did, because I snickered loudly, said, "Yeah, that's going to happen a lot with this text," and followed with, "Also, don't expect good female representation from the Dick, either. That wasn't a strength for Dick."

When I talk about texts, I typically just refer to them by the author's last name. So I'll say, "Oh, read the Allende for next week." Okay, so I'm teaching "The Minority Report" next week. So I say to my students, "The Dick is old and long, so give yourself extra time." Yup.

All trans people should get a sword gifted to them as part of their transition by law

Yes, I see you. I also see you're eating something. What are you eating? WHAT are you eating? Get that out of your mouth GET THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH jeez, stop hitting your sister— This Yelling at Cat Shenanigans™ interlude now returns you to your regular Trans Day of Visibility. ✊

This week on Casual Magic, i am joined by the absolutely incredible @seananmcguire.bsky.social to talk about her brand new Magic novel, Omens of Chaos! She's literally the coolest, and a dear friend, and her book rocks. youtu.be/cv8sbgI-s1M?...

panel from last summer

This handsome man needs a temporary residence! The only real risk is that if you spend a year with a Maine Coon, you may want one when you're done.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all who choose to be seen! I made this little egg character a couple years ago to help celebrate your day. No matter what lies beneath your shell, you are valid and welcome and the world is better with you in it. <3

Here's some art for any trans friends who would like it. Drop me a message if you'd like the high res emailed to you.

A Kessler cascade just keeps getting likelier.

Please spread if you can. I have a limited time to make this happen and I DESPERATELY don't want to lose my boy 😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿😿

ZARDOUCHE

Would anybody like to have a stroke?