the artistic process

“Not for rinsing or washing,” they said. (Seen at Union Station.)

Never forget. Every measure to ban "gender ideology," LGBTQ student groups in universities, trans healthcare, trans inclusion, it's all the same pedigree of ideas and it's all headed the same direction if you don't try to stop it.

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

If something essential and enormously difficult is done by women—it is generally minimized and forgotten. Or praised but viewed as lesser. It‘s surprising how consistent that trend is. If women do a thing but men take it over it gains status. If men do a thing and women take over it loses status.

Always love to be reminded of this. A lot of it was hand-stitched too. Really amazing, precise work. Women’s work is so often minimised and forgotten.

when your 555-based voltage multiplier can't distribute enough current (in celebration of the 555 timer's 55th birthday on 5/5 🥳 animation from @scarlet.cafe)

How the fuck do we get out of this? Partner’s paycheck came in, she paid our share of the rent, and now we’re in the hole again.

i am here to remind you that writing alt text for a screenshot of nothing but words is literally just a matter of copy-pasting, it's almost 0 effort

The truth is these people want us to kill ourselves

Biden's presidency and the aftermath we're living through should be enough to destroy the "let's the turn page, let's look forward, let's move on" mantra that has animated centrist Democrats for decades now. Accountability matters. There has to be a reckoning.

Delete Chrome, move to Vivaldi

A little friend I met today.

i remember learning "there is no silver bullet" in my cs classes and it's bleakly hilarious that all tech speculation now is "what if we made a silver bullet? we will add the line 'you are the silver bullet' to claude's code"

Regular pain meds seem to be less effective at holding back the tooth pain. Not sure if I can last the rest of the wait to the oral surgeon appointment without going insane 💀

Stop your doomscrolling and look at this otter

There is something so insidious about the "only take them as long as you need them" language that they always frame as a very compassionate moderate position. My brain has quirky chemistry. When I go off my meds, it gets bleak. Just like when I take off my glasses, I can't see as well.

much respect to everyone looking for a way to permanently uninstall the 4GB LLM file Chrome is force-installing on users, but I have the one trick Google doesn't want you to know that will FOREVER get rid of that stuff: Step 1: stop using chrome oh my god and install Firefox Step 2: vibe

The U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation Monday into Smith College, an all-women’s institution in Massachusetts, for admitting transgender women. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Hey, I don't give a flying fuck if it's free because the download metrics will be used to justify more Harry Potter shit that cis people who have no problems with trans genocide will buy, helping JKR further fuel her bigoted hate campaign against trans people. Eat shit Insider Gaming

reminder that even getting it for free on epic is obtaining a paid copy; epic pre pays for licenses to the game to give away for free even claiming a “free” copy is funding trans genocide in the uk

Still overpriced when you consider that the cost of this game is not only measured in money, but in the harm it does to trans folks, and other marginalized communities.

This is so embarrassingly stupid. That our country put a person this incompetent in charge of a Dept with 3 million employees and a budget of $721 BILLION dollars makes us ridiculous, irresponsible, and unserious.

Non-antidepressant things that would lessen depression, though (list not exhaustive): Trump's removal from office, RFK Jr.'s removal from power, Democratic landslide in November, Court expansion, restoration of a functional Voting Rights Act, holding Trump Admin officials & ICE agents accountable

This is such incredible bullshit. I am alive, thriving, and writing books on health policy/politics thanks to antidepressants. Antidepressants aren't for everyone, but they can be literal lifesavers. Attacking their prescribing & use is stigmatizing and dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

interesting that when a movie with female protagonists does poorly the response is to cancel upcoming projects with female protagonists and when a movie with female protagonists is a huge hit the response is to cancel upcoming projects with female protagonists

Nominations have closed and the shortlists are up, congratulations to all the finalists! You can check out the shortlists here: indietransfemaward.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/a... Or jump straight into voting here, open until May 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

It can be incredibly disheartening to see how 95% of coverage for trans literature is surface level, celebrating books for the marginality of their authors then moving on without deeper thought. But there are structural reasons for that. It's a risk on any book less popular than Detransition, Baby

A friend came by for our semi-regular weekend hangout, and today, he brought his button-pressing kit. So with his help, I made these! For the gaming themed ones, I used my old instruction manuals for Golf (Game Boy), and Tron 2.0: Killer App (Game Boy Advance).

Switch 2 stuffed to the brim

I swear to god my forehead grows every time i feel ill or unfeminine

if you could detect transness in the womb couldn't you simply assign the baby the correct gender once it's born

trans people shouldn’t have to worry about their family members publishing an obit with their deadname plastered all over it—that’s so unbelievably cruel

🦇 Bandcamp Friday coming up, if you bought Vivi's music you'd really be making all our days veesheep.bandcamp.com/album/the-re... veesheep.bandcamp.com/album/dilute... #bandcamp #indie #music #progrock

Going through some of my old games on physical media again, pondering what I want to finish, what I want to keep. As much as I love the dopamine rush of getting achievements with retroachievements.org, I think I love playing on original hardware too much, when I have that option.

Republican Senate Candidate proposes banning retirement

Glory of Heracles really doesn’t deserve to remain dormant

was talking to someone who generally thinks of themselves as well-informed the other day who had zero idea about like, the worldwide assault on trans civil rights. none. it was totally shocking to them. not sure i have a point here but it was really baffling and i can’t stop thinking about it lol

KDE will be 30 years old this year and Katie updates her look! KDE is all about innovating, but Katie hadn't changed her apparel in more than 10 years. Now, sporting an orange hoodie and leggings, she's ready to spring into action and stomp on all those bugs! kde.org/anniversarie... #kdeAt30

Call me when the NYT is ready for a "12 Bitches Who Were Right about Everything" piece.

$1,800 away from our SECOND STRETCH GOAL. Let's get those AMA zines UNLOCKED! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

And 0 will admit to it publicly, take accountability for it, or change their future behavior. This is why that disgusting mutant troglodyte Marc Andreesen is doing a press tour for the very idea that introspection is a bad thing.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social ICYMI, a piece that reminded me of Twilight Of The Elites, for obvious reasons. "a world with universal basic income is more meritocratic than a world without one" www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...

Very very good explainer for everyone's questions $2000 would change all of our lives. It's barely a drop for people earning millions every year. It's a no brainer

Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.

Shit like this is why god doesn’t talk to us anymore

Hey everyone! Been a minute since I'd done this but I'm trying to beat the clock & secure housing in St. Louis on Section 8. A lot of things are moving fast & I don't have the funds to tank it at all. If you could help get the word out on this, I would be forever grateful. 🔗: gofund.me/dbf99f238

Exchange is done, got a second set of batteries. Charging them up now for their tests.

Saw this meme and I did it. Opening line to Neuromancer.