If you're cis, trans people are your coalmine canary for a collection of civil liberties. BODILY AUTONOMY: does your body belong to you, or to your parents/husband/state? PRIVACY: do you owe everyone you meet a full medical history? EXPRESSION: to what extent is your clothing a legal matter?

LAST TWELVE HOURS OF THE SALE! Grab while ya can!

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

It's an objective fact that if you're running around arresting people based on the color of their skin, you're a piece of shit

I’m catching up on Bake-Off and I’m on Back to School Week. when they gave the bakers two hours to make a dozen flapjacks, I was like, uh, how long do these people need to make pancakes? and then oats got involved??? and then golden syrup?? I thought I was having a stroke

“Why are you blaming democrats for the actions of republicans” Republicans are the fire, there’s nothing to be gained in trying to reason with them. I am blaming the firefighters who are scared of getting wet.

Fascism could not rise without this fecklessness and appeasement.

Congrats @rollforsandwich.com on the release of your cookbook! I can't wait to try some of these out (and make them vegetarian, of course!)

Working on a new cover painting for a science fiction novel and playing with the themes of geometric abstraction which helped build this piece for an anthology, Down These Dark Spaceways. Psychohistorical Crisis II 30" x 18" Oil on Panel 2005 collection of Edie Stern and Joe Siclari

Hakeem Jeffries still refuses to endorse the Democratic Nominee for NYC mayor but has plenty of praise for Eric Adams who, left the party, openly supports Trump, & cut a deal with Trump to disappear the DOJ’s bribery & corruption charges against him. Can’t imagine why the Dem Party has 26% approval🤔

someone on here the other day said it feels like we’re watching a baseball game where one team decides every inning to not take their turn at bat

A pop-up statue showing US President Donald Trump holding hands with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has appeared near the US Capitol on Tuesday. The anonymous installation, titled “Best Friends Forever”, comes amid ongoing scrutiny of Trump’s alleged ties to Epstein.

Billions and billions of dollars and all he wants is to be cool and he just...can't. Completely sauceless, down to his DNA.

Sandra Day O'Connor retiring shifted the court from conservative to ultra- conservative, but Kennedy could have kept it from going full fascist and he chose not to, so I don't really care if he regrets that now.

When fascism is over (soon) we gotta turf out every hundred year old and/or spineless democrat who rolled over and let it happen because they only got into the game for white wine and summer houses and fully legalized domestic and international bribery

this is the man who killed John Wick’s dog

John Weak

If you can’t do your job without ChatGPT to do it for you, maybe you shouldn’t be doing that job at all

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100

There’s a serious loneliness epidemic among people who are extremely unpleasant to be around let alone get to know.

NYC Mayoral Primary was 95 days ago & the general is in 37 days. And Schumer & Jeffries—the two Democratic leaders who should be leading by example—have still REFUSED to endorse the democratic nominee. I don’t wanna hear them or any of their supporters utter “vote blue no matter who,” ever again.

We are fighting for the freedom to have time to build, to create, to love, and to live lives not of just survival, but of fulfillment and joy.

“Put a bird on it” Portland? Created to be a white utopia Portland? War ravaged?

This is the most excellent local headline writing. "DID YOU GIVE WATER TO A BAT NEAR THE ARBORETUM? IT HAD RABIES." (this is explicitly for @andreagrimes.com )

NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families. But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes. With @theassemblync.bsky.social

Women and children were seen screaming and rushing for shelter after an Israeli attack landed close to an Al Jazeera crew as they interviewed a displaced Palestinian mother in the al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City.

every trans person I've spoken to is feeling the Drag Down right now. not everybody has fallen into despair but we're all feeling it creeping in around the edges, doing our best to fight it. things are bad. if you know a trans person, look after them.

"sit up straight. stop slumping in your seat" no. i refuse. i will slide to the cold cold ground first

Des Moines is the semi-liberal bastion in Des Moines, and the Des Moines Public Schools are one of the particular bugbears for the Iowa GOP. This is absolutely a specific political attack on the DMPS, on the African community in Des Moines, and on the most diverse city in the state.

It took just three days to get Sinclair to back down, and what it got in exchange for agreeing to put Kimmel back on the air was...nothing. This is not what happens every time you stand up to a bully, but if you don't fight back, you'll never know if you would have won.

Now that Israel’s mass surveillance project can’t be stored on Microsoft’s Azure, Unit 8200 plans to transfer the data to the Amazon Web Services cloud. Palestinians call for escalating pressure on all BDS priority tech targets– including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Palantir, and Cisco.

Welp my debunking false narratives Margaret Sanger piece is gonna get a big bump because of this. rewirenewsgroup.com/2015/08/20/f...

This made me laugh extra hard today

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers 📚 #BookCovers (Retired from illustration last year but here are some of my later covers)

a young woman I recently recommended “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” to just came by the bookstore specifically to thank me and to talk about what she’d read she’s also in an online Shakespeare class and is finding out she loves Shakespeare this is why I come to work

Victory! People power stops Italy’s energy giant and genocide-profiteer Eni from exporting oil to Israel!

In regards to sales, lists and acknowledgement would be cool but more than anything I’d love for The Hearth Witch’s Guide to Magic & Murder to reach enough people that my publisher says, “ah heck yeah, give us two more.” (Book 2 is already slotted for 2026)

Without further ado, here is the trailer for Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile. Against all odds, it will air in select theatres on October 2nd, along with the theatrical debut of Sex House. Tickets go on sale tomorrow. And, yes, this is real.

THIS IS THE MOVIE THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE. As the story explains, this was a struggle to get out there. If you are an indie theater or performing arts space who wants a night of comedy, please let me know and I will get you the DCP. October 2, y’all.

I just saw a skeet from someone saying “wow, I had no idea there were banned books in [New England state], I thought that only happened in red states,” and now I’m writing this post standing over a bucket to catch the blood pouring out of my nose

BE SINCERE CARE ABOUT THINGS CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER BE A FUCKING GODDAMNED PERSON

🚨If you have kids/young people at HBCUs make sure they are aware of what’s happening. These “debate me bros” plan to tell travel to more HBCUs and are looking to do nothing but cause trouble.

I really tried to avoid this, but I'm in need of help. I'm a year and a half out of full time work, and my retail gig alone can't keep me afloat. My October expenses are going to be much higher than normal. I'm offering sketch comms over on my ko-fi for donations. thank you ko-fi.com/hanoodles

Imagine the laughs you’ll have watching [checks notes] Jimmy Carr co-headlining with [checks notes] Louis CK at the [checks notes] Riyadh Comedy Festival

Chenoa, 30-min pose. Figure drawing class @hipboneartstudio.bsky.social, 9/24/25.

Gideon the Ninth: