$200 a barrel is misleading. You're not just paying for the container, but also the valuable crude oil inside of it.
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$200 a barrel is misleading. You're not just paying for the container, but also the valuable crude oil inside of it.
basically big raisins that taste a little like honey
I'm frustrated and scared and sad and tired and awestruck at how much love and beauty and kindness there is to be found and made and shared, and I am so deeply grateful that transition made me able to hurt this much without losing sight of the good that's out there.
even on a bleak day full of tedious garbage and bad news and terrifying stress I'm able to notice and enjoy beautiful moments after twenty years of not being capable of doing that. every nice moment in a bad day is a miracle and being myself has made that miracle both possible and frequent.
doesn't make it easier to choose to do a thing and then go do it, but it is different
yeah a couple of trans people mentioned that performative but hollow allyship kind of sucks, called it "allyslop," and that Got Taken Personally by people who would never admit that it was personal
I was worried it might be that instead
is that good
a principled commitment to equal rights for all is an admirable thing to claim to have, but actually having those principles involves taking action and that's hard and sometimes scary so I won't do it and actually the women and trannies are at fault for making me aware of that contradiction
do you think northernlion knows how to cook methamphetamine
reading me as a man by accident isn't offensive to me, it's what I'm used to. reading me as a man maliciously is tedious more than hurtful. ignoring gender entirely as a default mode of interaction scans more like someone feels entitled to a version of me which is the least cognitive load for *them*
reflecting again on how I'd rather be he/himmed than they/themmed and I think it's ultimately because I do put effort into performing *a* gender so it feels weirder to have that dismissed than misinterpreted
I hope some of the weird fucked up nighttime pictures I took on delta 100 turn out
relatedly, I hope my pyrocat-HD is still good because I am certain I did not read the reciprocity failure graph exactly correctly
some people *really* hate the idea of accepting that they made a mistake
well it does make time pass differently
NEWS: It was never about the children.
Transgender adults now face care restrictions after the ruling of the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia.
www.advocate.com/news/court-b...
I got really good at setting up my cable actuated disc brakes, which is great because the bike has quick release wheels so I have to do it every time I take one off
I hope they put me on the woman pile in the dead tranny pit
do you think the monuments they build over our mass graves will say how valid and brave we were
what kind of a king makes you forget to eat a meal on time
snacking
gonna try to make my Mastodon trucker hat work again, I bet I can pull it off
I'm so fucking tired of being to be brave and strong just to live my life. Can folks build a world where that isn't necessary please.
"but that's just stupid yakkety sax"
yes
I still think about the bagel song and have yet to explain to anyone who isn't familiar why I would ever think about the bagel song
"It is not irrational for a legislature to encourage citizens to appreciate their sex and not become disdainful of their sex" well I'd be more appreciative if I was having some but that's fucking terrifying, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
like I don't hate seeing the yard sign but it is occasionally a signal that the lengths I can expect someone with one to go in my defense extend to and end at the sign
a cishet queer ally holding the idea of defection as a cudgel against queers expressing our needs is just an enemy in waiting, and is in many ways more repugnant than an open bigot
that's not what allyship means, no. that's even a poor description of geopolitical alliance.
if I spend less time the extra shit I have to do can't get done in time so they'll have cause to fire me
spending this much time is going to make me less capable of working from sheer exhaustion, and the whole problem is underperformance so that'll give them cause to fire me
well time to go to bed after a twenty one hour workday and sleep for five hours so I can go back to work and argue for why I shouldn't be fired, this is great, I love that this feels like a better option than cutting my losses and sending resumes everywhere I can reach, it's good and sustainable