I say this as someone who's very open about my CSA. I'm a peer counselor for other people in the same boat, I'm an advocate for children going to trial to put their abusers in jail because I lived through that as a kid.
I would *still* not have been okay with some rando asshat telling a room full.
Seanan is too nice. If you find a website that includes 'abuse', don't fucking mention it at all because it's firmly NUNYA! Not only did this motherfucker upset the person he was speaking about, he possibly triggered others in the audience. He deserved a swift kick in the balls.
HOLY SHIT WTF MATE
HE DESERVED A SWIFT, IMMEDIATE KICK STRAIGHT IN THE BALLS!
WHAT THE ABSOLUE FUCK?! Granted you're pretty open about it but I screech again WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK?! That is not something you just ANNOUNCE to a ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE!
Holy fuck, Seanan, I haven't finished the thread but I hope you kicked him right in the BALLS!
CW: CSA mentioned, bad moderator behavior.
Okay, so.
I had a book come out yesterday (BUTTERFLY EFFECTS, available now from a bookstore near you), and as is often the case, I went out last night to promote it. Bookstore event, whee.
‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’
‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’
‘Hello’ is not related to either.
Goodbye.
This is what you would do if the intended outcome was to ban access to care. They'll cite the numerosity of the reviews, the "low quality" etc. but that was by design. None of these reviews were intended to pass muster, just provide pretext for restricting access.
Even worse was the basis that they excluded studies on. Using an extremely restrictive PICO framework, they would exclude studies on trans youth that mixed binary and non-binary cohorts, studies that started HRT after puberty blockers (Dutch protocol) vs solely HRT.
The reviews used to justify this excluded nearly 97% of all studies from inclusion in their analysis. This is an absolutely obscene hatchet job by the NHS specifically created to eliminate access to hormones for trans youth.
View looking west of the Split Rock Lighthouse sitting on the rugged shoreline of Lake Superior. // Image captured at: 2026-03-09 22:18:21 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: youtube.com/@DuluthHarborCam1 // Current Temp in Two Harbors: 42 F | 6 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: NW at 6 mph | 10 kph // Humidity: 53%
Current* conditions near Two Harbors, MN:
Throwing this out there again because new medical shit has come up. If you like the song 'Savage Daughter', the writer and original performer of the song has a GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/my-mothers...
I know her personally, and the organizer of this GFM. Karen's having heart surgery this week.
A top-down view of the somewhat stealthy Marauder fighter; it's wedge shaped with two guns pointed forward, conformal missile bays, and is gray with two huge staged engines in the back; it's mostly metallic gray with purple highlights and two green pentagons on each of the wing-foils.
A top-down view of the Rookery Mercenary Armed Troop Transport. It's a reddish maroon in color with engines on pods that can pivot, and the art direction was "Imagine if the Corax and the Razorcrest had an _ugly_ baby." It has a very obvious large bridge up front, is mostly cargo capacity, and has juuuust enough guns that it could be dangerous. It's a slow-moving brick of a transport. Surprisingly nimble for turning, though, and has an extensive FTL drive array for getting out if it doesn't look like the crew will get paid...
The art that came in...
A collage of four photos of pendants made from blue and teal kyanite.
Psssssssttt… who wants some really gorgeous kyanite? wyrdingstudios.com/collections/...
Speaking of next week, Seattlites can come watch me and @seananmcguire.bsky.social talk books!
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/k-arse...
Oh wow:
you could be a mensch too
bsky.app/profile/dani...
Daniel is a mensch.
That was my first thought as well.
AMAZING
Smol also wants nail polish but that has a requirement of "you have to be able to sit still for one whole minute" first. Even the stuff made from school glue needs to dry.
Right?! And what child doesn't like shiny bright colours?
(I have already purchased him some shiny Bluey barrettes.)
When I was little, I would've given my soul to have Robin Hood or Jungle Book barrettes and all they offered were Princess pastel shit. I get why he wants shiny red fast cars. There are undoubtedly a ton of little girls who would also like shiny red fast car barrettes for their hair.
Smol's hair is at the length it's getting in his eyes. When he's old enough to make an informed choice, he can choose whether or not it stays long. We aren't making that choice for him, which means we need some hair accessories.
This is just me side-eyeing Disney for their gender bias again.
Nanny's daughter has sparkly Bluey barrettes. Smol wanted sparkly Lightning McQueen barrettes.
Guess what doesn't exist.
No worries, Smol, Mama has a shitload of Shrinky Dink blanks, coloured pencils, and glitter nail polish in every shade. This is a problem I can fix for you.
If you can afford it, the Litter Robot is awesome. Any rake-style electric litter box will eventually turn into a poop trebuchet. The rule of cats: No matter how many toys you buy, they will make their own fun with trash items. Scratching post: You want a very heavy base so it doesn't tip over.
A bumper sticker reading 'I heart my feral wife'
If there was ever a bumper sticker Himself needed... Chef's kiss, no notes.
IF Gavin Newsom is on a ballot
THEN me and many others will refuse to vote for him
THEREFORE instead of bitching at me and others like me
YOU should take the *years* you have and make sure that doesn't happen if you actually fucking care
BECAUSE my position is immutable
me, fiasco, a fluffy grey tabby with green eyes, looking to the left. i am sitting in a ray of sunshine on a patterned blue and brown rug.
Hmmmm wat trouble will Fiasco get up to today
Two reminders:
1. If you are at Emerald City Comic-Con, we are doing a second round of OMENS OF CHAOS giveaways tomorrow at 2pm at the Penguin Random-House booth! This exclusive ARC giveaway will get you the book almost exactly one month early!
...but only a month. One month. No more.
