I’m unable to stay in touch with people from the past. I feel the past is painful, they’re reminders of that, and I can’t handle it. file that under autistic dysfunction.

I lost my SNAP benefits days ago. I was nervous about mentioning this, but I have to survive. Any help would be appreciated so I don't go into a diabetic coma and so that I may stock up on groceries further. Thank you for being kind, gracious, and patient with me. Nothing but love and gratitude.

OMG what a cutie my black cat also likes to have her tongue out, is that a thing with all black cats?

Le collectif WHN cherche des témoignages #COVIDLong (peut-être même en français ?) pour mettre en avant son impact. Témoignages acceptés y compris si vous prenez soin de qqn avec un #COVIDLong. Voir le détail sur le post en lien ⬇️

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Upcoming Listening Parties don’t appear on @bandcamp.com front page anymore wtf, there’s no link to find them.

The thing about being a woman and navigating the world, is that you are never safe from being sexually harassed by strangers even if you are a freaking head of state. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hello ! Je viens de passer 2h d'entretien en visio avec une doctorante qui écrit une thèse sur les violences vécues par les femmes handicap. Elle cherche d'autres témoignages (le tout anonymisé bien sur). Si ça vous interesse hésitez pas à me DM que je vous file son contact! RT apprécié :)

I disagree. Campaigning on bike lanes and free buses IS campaigning on climate. Real climate politics is about practical measures that change infrastructure, technologies, industries and practices. Not about paper targets or interminable pointless debates with denialists.

quelle perte de temps, et qui apporte de l’attention à un nul

THIS IS SO GOOD

I am going to be helping the wonderful Rebecca Schiller run the Mothers Who Write community It’s a community for writers who happen to be mothers and trans/non-binary parents full of the best people. An alternative to the old boys' network motherswhowrite.co.uk www.instagram.com/motherswhowr...

We know from scientific research that up to 75% of intersex people with varations of sex chromosomes never become aware of this during their life. You, a boring cis woman, might find yourself in the man section of a DHS holding facility and being charged with fraud just by traveling to the US.

I mean, nothing much surprises me anymore when it comes to men online.

I agree and I think the same about “borderline”

par crainte d’être accusé de communautarisme ? OSEF faut pas demander la permission de faire de la politique de gauche.

les figures de la gauche fr, on les voit faire quoi ? Des tables rondes pour vendre leur livre.

et c’est en partie à cause de ça qu’on a eu Macron la première fois par ailleurs. Vous vouliez du swag, un beau gosse qui se vendait comme un JFK fr, on se retrouve avec ce tocard.

par exemple, les Américains sont admiratifs du renversement de la monarchie, de l’usage de la guillotine, de la Commune. C’est dans ça qu’il faut puiser, au lieu de se comparer à de l’incomparable.

hier la gauche fr était encore à se demander comment avoir des candidats charismatiques et avec du swag alors qu’il y a déjà entre autres @melanievogel.bsky.social faut juste arrêter de s’excuser d’être de gauche et le vivre pleinement

Suis-je seule à trouver gênantes les grossières tentatives de récupérations de la victoire de Zohran Mamdani? Les ami·es, ce n’est ni un insoumis, ni un socialiste, ni un écologiste français. C’est un homme de gauche new-yorkais. Sa victoire, pleine d’enseignements, est à étudier. Pas à récupérer.

On retiendra de cette histoire que pour la macronie, une ado voilée dans le public de l'AN, c'est "un scandale inouï et jamais vu" mais des tirs de grenades dans une foule, occasionnant des mutilations, et des officiers de gendarmerie qui s'en félicitent, c'est légitime et même une excellente chose.

Pour mes ferrovipathes sûr-es, l'AUT Île-de-France recrute ! www.aut-idf.org/recrutement-...

when you autistically unmask, people close to you with a habit of using you will punish you.

L’égalité en France c’est, ok on a doublé la fortune des milliardaires, mais on a aussi doublé le nombre de pauvres. Eh ouais, pas mal non.

Le bilan apocalyptique du macronisme

genuine question: are men also asked about their health situation when they’re wearing a mask?

yet another “are you sick? do you have a lil covid going on?” because I’m wearing a ffp2 mask. You work in a medical lab, it’s a you problem if you don’t want to understand viruses.

In French there’s an expression “ça m’a vacciné !” meaning this experience was so bad I don’t ever want to live it again, and yet, people don’t get vaccinated against a virus that’s causing a global pandemic since 2020.

When you become disabled there’s a few things you notice right away: Ableism is everywhere. People will abandon you. Even those you were certain would stick by you. Just because something is illegal or against human rights code doesn’t mean it’s not happening ALL the time

my brain is fantasizing a life by proxy. it’s taking so much space in there while not helping the cause (aka me) at all.

Reminder!! Bluesky has a pronoun labeler you should really use! Only those who subscribe to this will see it so you should do that. Don't worry, that's all it does. Instructions are in the bio/first post.

did you fail, or were the circumstances unfavorable to you

the only way is through and forward, to multiple paths ahead. We can’t go back and take the turns we wish we had. (why is it so hard to swallow for our little brains?)

women who like sci-fi and weird music (complimentary) are hot af

more women would be musicians, but they’re too busy solely baking instead, since it’s the appropriate way, courtesy of patriarchy.

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

abolir la police, partout.

actually doing revolutionary work means you also must contend with present material reality while building a movement for the future. it is hard to hold those two things at the same time without being subsumed by the former but not impossible

I'm doing research for an article about post-op care for folks who have travelled for gender-affirming surgery, and I would love to include the perspective of some other trans folks beside myself. (I travelled out of state but recovered there for 2 weeks after.)

The 77th edition of Bipolar Explorer's "The Other Room" aired yesterday on @campradio.bsky.social and is now archived on MixCloud. Link below, playlist in the comments. Includes tracks from Marja Ahti, Susana López and the new single from Life Without Buildings. www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/bipo...

I think there is a big difference between ageism and confronting people who have hoarded power for decades.

Midweek tease time for Other People's Music! This thread previews the first line of each review from the week's OPM, plus links music, socials & full review for further study. Read, listen, read more & share! Full post for those who wish to skip ahead: www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/31/o... #Musicsky

I’m just saying, I directed a movie for basically no money that debuted in the 90s on rotten tomatoes and got distribution with no stars attached, I did not get a single call and couldn’t even find a rep as a director. This was not the case for any of the male directors I went to AFI with.

BREAKING: Scientists Develop First Highly Accurate Blood Test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Landmark Discovery Could Also Aid Long COVID Diagnosis

you heard the Mayor, give money for transition

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

Tout est dit et bien dit sur cette gauche française qui rêve de se reconnaître dans des histoires qu'elle ne veut pas écouter.

So uh. I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and... you can now preorder it!