Smacked my foot on the corner of the door to the dishwasher when I was cleaning the kitchen earlier. It seamed okay until I rested it. Now I can’t put weight on it. So much for yoga class tonight.

LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD: It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS. I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x

The Dread Pirate Robert Nozick - existentialcomics.com/comic/631

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Like Riley Gains tying for fifth, this is a situation where a cis woman was graded based on the merits of their work but because a trans person was involved it is unfair that they didn’t win.

In the #PWHL if there is a mishap during a line change and your team gets a penalty is it "too many women on the ice"?

The voice of Patrick Fabian on the answering machine in this week’s episode of Pluribus was *chef’s kiss*.

I wonder how politics would change if politicians salaries were capped at the median household income for their constituents. The poorest communities might end up with representatives that understood them better. And it would behoove the powers that be to improve economic situations for all.

I’m meeting a friend for lunch today who is notoriously late. I have another thing beforehand that is 30 minutes in the opposite direction. It takes 35 minutes to get from one to the other. I was thinking I could leave early. But really I could just leave right when it is over and still be first.

I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥

"Thirty-eight years ago today a Chicago television signal was hijacked and the airing program was replaced by a stranger in a Max Headroom mask. The perpetrator has never been identified."

loooove her

I first heard the term Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria a few years after my kid transitioned. It is just a way dismiss a kid. Parents may feel a little blindsided because the kids spend a lot of time thinking about it before coming out. Then they want transition ASAP. It doesn’t mean it’s not real.

Every year on Trans Day of Remembrance I try to psych myself up to attend an event. But I never go. This year is different, I’ve given myself permission not to try to psych myself up and will instead take my trans kid out to something that interests her.

I was once again told by a doctor that I should reduce my caffeine intake (without asking me what it is). I only have one cup of coffee most days and an occasional second. He also said to reduce stress. Ha! He can take my coffee from my cold dead hands.

This whole thread 🧵 is 🔥.

That whole “death panels” thing from the debates over the ACA 15ish years ago was genius marketing. It’s clear that the people beating that drum only did so because they would be public death panels not private ones. Private ones are easier to bribe. Or if you are rich enough you can pay OOP.

Um. This is not okay. I just went to the grocery store and my cashier just gave me the senior citizen discount without saying anything. I know I have gray hair but this is worse than when you stop getting carded for alcohol. Actually at this store they scan your ID for alcohol regardless of age.

There’s a person I’ve seen a few times paddling a surfboard on their stomach in the middle of my suburban lake. On previous days I’ve watch them attempt to stand and have the board shoot up into the air. I wonder what their goal is.

Online resources are vital for queer and trans communities, especially youth. Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.

I’m so jealous of the places without solid cloud cover who have been able to see the aurora borealis. We’ve had amazing KP numbers and thick, thick clouds.

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

I may have lost my shit on a signature gatherer. But my presence was so upsetting she left. I just kept yelling to anyone who would listen that the store didn’t give her permission to be there, she’d been asked to leave, and the police had been called. So she left. I hope her grand kids hate her.

For the people in the back. Girls sports does not need saving. Except maybe from predator coaches.

If you see or hear something that reminds you of somebody you care about. Let them know. It’s a great feeling both ways to reconnect even for a few minutes.

Nah, it's all that live footage? Seeing kids murdered tends to have that effect. Much of it sent care of the IDF.

My day is not on the right foot. I usually do the puzzles on Apple News while I drink my coffee. But they haven’t updated for Monday. I’m going to be discombobulated all day.

There is something really wrong with people who need workers to be not just competent, but slavishly fake-happy. "Slavishly" used on purpose, bc that's where this grotesquerie comes from.

Hey @jeremycole.bsky.social this one is for you.

If phrenology isn’t valid, then why do all the criminals living in my house have cat shaped skulls?

"Beyond being the 24th consecutive grant of emergency relief to the Trump administration, the cryptic ruling in Orr is a reminder of just how bankrupt the Court’s proffered justifications are in these cases—both legally and in other ways, too." Me on today's ugly #SCOTUS ruling in Trump v. Orr:

Baby watch is now a baby warning.

to live through the Trump administration is to be inundated with news 24/7, story after story of absurd and horrible scandal unless you are Mike Johnson, who lives in an idyllic world full of puppies and rainbows in which nothing ever happens

This is fucking amazing

We are currently under baby watch. Looking forward to the baby warning. Lots of people are excited to meet the new little guy.

Hello. Nice to meet you. My name is Nicoise. Here are my lovely children. Waldorf, Ambrosia and Caesar. And my darling husband, Cobb.

Trying to schedule an MRI. First there was a while prior authorization rigmarole. Now the MRI place doesn’t answer the phone. I left a message Wednesday on their voicemail that said they would call me back in 1 business day. Just left another. How many tries will it take?

Zeke is looking pretty nice today.

My daughter’s Omnipod failed last night. When I beeped this morning I remembered reading that you can throw it in the freezer to stop it. A minute ago we opened the freezer and it was screaming so I had to stab it to shut it up. #insulinpumpproblems #T1D

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯 Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚 And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋 youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

I was always a little dubious of “Protect the Dolls”. It felt a little too privileged of a group to garner a movement when other trans people need as much or more safekeeping. This analysis does a great job of breaking down that narrative.

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only

Come with me if you want to live

Told a guy yesterday that before I had trans kids I never once thought about whether I actually was the gender I was assigned at birth. I have since then though.

Interesting.

I’m so glad Weather Bug sent a push notification about this lightning. Gotta stay safe.

block em all at once bsky.app/profile/did:...

Yes. This is why I migrated to Blacksky's myatproto.social server for non-Black users. Thread for how I did it in next post.

When you're autistic or neurodivergent, friendships can feel like walking on eggshells. But true friends don’t flinch at your honesty, your silence, or your struggles. Those who mind don’t matter. Those who matter don’t mind. Keep the ones who let you be you.

Portland continues to amaze me 👏