Trauma studies reminds us of how trauma freezes time: trigger effects keep bringing us back to specific moments and memories, which are experienced as if on repeat. No addressing the source via this repetition, and yet we are compelled to return to traumatic moments, time and time again.

i am actually working on an article right now about how the vast majority of the world's information - and so many current events - are not at all legible to LLMs, a fact that a startling number of people never seem to think about

In case you missed it– BLADES IN THE DARK RETURNED to Oxventure last week with an all new heist, The Effugium Contract! Tune in for even more Lovely Crimes 😈 🔗 buff.ly/JwDE99Y

The FDA coming for binders is a bad-faith effort that will make binding more dangerous and the world less safe for trans people. time.com/6975583/tran...

How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US: Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science

The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a new set of rules attempting to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth nationwide. Take action and tell HHS: No bans on gender-affirming care.

Was already at "screw this game," but yeah, screw this game.

Delete TikTok if you haven’t already

Rep. Leigh Finke statement on proposed rules and actions from HHS on Trans Health Care

the brightest version of the future has you in it, thriving, existing as who you want to be. Let the adults fight for that world - what we need is for you to survive to live in it

what I want trans kids, queer kids, and gender nonconforming kids to know: you are loved you are so much more powerful than the ghouls using your healthcare as a political pawn, and you WILL outlive them (they know this, and it is why they're attacking you)

I was a kid once. And my biggest regret in life is that I never got a childhood without pain. Politicians should never insert themselves into the personal health care decisions of patients, parents, and their providers—and that includes trans Americans.

Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.

I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.

🚨 BLADES IN THE DARK IS BACK 🎄 Join us TOMORROW for a brand new Blades in the Dark heist in this festive Oxventure special– The Effugium Contract! 🔗 buff.ly/JwDE99Y

Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.

What a great piece! This just gets better and better as you read. prospect.org/2025/12/11/s...

doing promo is physically painful for me but i really would love it if you bought or read my newest book that came out a few months ago. i think it’s the best thing i’ve ever made and im so immensely proud of it. simplicitybook.xyz

HELLO I have a shop (that I often forget to talk about) and I'm doing 20% off for the next two days, which is the window to order something if you'd like it in time for Christmas (US shipping only). Code is ENDOFYEAR - I have lots of signed books and self published zines! mkobooks.bigcartel.com

I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a comics co-editor position at @therumpus.net We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘 No AI Pays $100 therumpus.submittable.com/submit Pass it on!

The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.

‘We Must Remain Vigilant’: an open letter to publishers from Jason Low about book banning | SLJ

Today!!!

I've probably photographed Brad Lander more than any other elected in NYC because the dude shows up. He's everywhere, he's incredibly accessible, and he genuinely loves New Yorkers. You can literally go up and talk to him whenever he shows up. Go ahead, try it! (I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)

Introduce yourself in 5 TTRPG classes: The Summoned (Monster of the Week) Encyclopedia Brown (Brindlewood Bay) The Fresh Face (Moonlight on Roseville Beach) The Lurk (Blades in the Dark) World Tree Barbarian/Wild Magic Sorcerer (D&D)

🚨 Out Of The Ordinary - Improv College starting Jan 18 2026 🚨 I'm back teaching improv online in the new year with the wonderful Improv College! 🎭 Out Of The Ordinary: Unusual Characters in Unusual Locations More info in thread below 🧵 Sign up here > improvcollege.ca/collections/... #improv

Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it. So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:

Embarrassed Ferret by @lisariddiough.bsky.social is in great company on Mombian's Holiday Best LGBTQ Picture Book/Board Book List: mombian.com/2025/12/03/2... Thank you @mombian.bsky.social !

If anyone's looking for gifts for small children this month, can I suggest my board book Accident: a heartfelt story about messing up, packed with visual jokes to spend hours enjoying. "completely nuts and completely charming."-SLJ bookshop.org/p/books/acci...

If you're buying gifts for spirited 12 year olds who have read most of the middle grade graphic novel canon, can I recommend my book The Legend of Auntie Po? It's multi-awarded, and well reviewed, but hasn't entirely found its commercial footing. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/601780...

Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I've talked about it before but the AIDS Quilt and the project of memorializing queer stories through tangible physical objects is fundamental to how I want to make art and the methods and mediums I choose. This is such a loving interactive digital archive, and I am so sad and glad for it.

The HPV vaccine is a flippin' miracle. As are PAP tests, but man, a real deal cancer vaccine

I'm gonna be doing a co-working stream at 4pm GMT because there are tasks I have been avoiding! If you wanna smash through some of your own to-do list join in and we can tick things off together youtube.com/live/vs90lgm...

I'm still too sick to write today but I wanted to talk a little about my Patreon. It is my main source of income and I've always felt too shy to share it as much as I probably should. Earlier this year I decided to get over that shame. www.patreon.com/posts/too-si...

Talking with Thomas was a real delight! Heather and I peel back the curtain on the process behind Carved in Stone (and we gush about how much we love all of our artists, too!)

Carved in Stone is officially out! In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.

1. Chill afterschool art class at a frame store run by a locally beloved, yiddish-cursing, painter where we drew whatever we wanted and listened to her wild stories. 2. Mr. Mounkhall's soph Eng class had weekly time for the kids to shoot the shit and tell stories to each other. 3. His office hours

I’m at @plusoneexp.bsky.social booth 4143: come talk to me.

Katelyn is an excellent journalist and if you can sign up for her paid Patreon I doubt you’ll regret it. She provides very valuable insight.

This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud

if i did an online class on how to do podcasting as a journalist, would that be something people would pay for?

(throwing open my window) you there, boy, what day is this?

I publish every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. and I'm only 6 paid subscribers away from a big milestone.

I wrote about the fecklessness of the Democrats ending this shutdown for my newsletter this morning. www.burnsnotice.com/what-was-the...

@fetterman.senate.gov how could you sell us out like this?

Kelly is fantastic, by the way. She's on the short list of people I'll work with any time I can. You should hire her. Like, now.