Gojira
Gojira
she's a cutie btw
He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safe for children to grow up in.
getting my first foster kid today wish me luck aahhhhhhhh
losing a primary by FIFTY points because you backed ICE should tell everyone where the zeitgeist is right now
"we are living through unprecedented times". bro these times have so much precedent. these are some of the most precedented times of all time.
Weight of the Crown
tbh I don't expect any of this to move the needle on transphobia at all
It's based in a revulsion response, not anything logical or rational. Those who even acknowledge it are just going to be like 'yeah the messenger was bad, but they were right tho'.
It's time.
Colin, the comrade running the shelter-in-place food program I'm working at, told me that this week he's had to turn down asks from schools to supply food directly to their sheltering families. The reason? There's not enough money coming in for that amount of food.
Let's change that.
Abolish the legal gender marker entirely. No government can be trusted to have a database of which people have changed theirs, no government has any business tracking what your gender is "supposed" to be in the first place.
even when all this is over no other country is going to trust us for a very long time, and we will deserve it
"Be reasonable about this," he says. "Meet me in the middle."
"OK," you say. You take a step forward.
He takes a step back.
"Be reasonable about this," he says. "Meet me in the middle."
the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand peopleβs IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light
if you've ever lamented the way this country left gay men to the ravages of HIV in the 1980s, the way this country reveled in seeing innocent people decimatedβ
then you really are obligated to step up and do something about what this country is doing deliberately to trans people right now
As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. Itβs often said you never know when youβre living through history, so let me assure you: thatβs whatβs happening now.
MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.
They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
GO DONATE.
tcpipeline.org
Never forget that the primary tactic of this movement is distraction. They point to medical statements, procedural wins and tangentially related anecdotes because *they have no evidence of their core claim*
If lots of kids were transitioning without assessment they would be talking about that.
Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 The phrase βCall me Ishmaelβ, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen βHis nameβ
Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got
He dances in a way I have only seen horses dance. He possesses a power and majesty we will never know.
in other news, I think the way to fix the novel that's been beating under my floorboards for a year is to remove a third of it. π jelly of people who write 200k monsters on their first drafts. is 60k too short for a scifi debut? asking for a friend...
so I haven't mentioned anything about this in a million years, I know. BUT. I am now finally a licensed foster parent πππ
Cover of Flightless: Riff is front and center. He is a man with "glidesheaths"--flaps of skin extending from his arms and sides to help him glide. And he's showing off, gliding through the air. He wears a red hood and brown tattered clothing with patches galore and a knife in his boot. In the background is a beautiful sunset sky and a few "Divians" or flyers--people with wings. Below him is the City of Quilia, a town with red roofs and towers abutting a bay of blue water.
BEHOLD! The absolutely stunning cover art for Flightless, my solo-written debut, is here. I'm so excited to share my social justice fantasy heist with y'all. @sumrow.bsky.social absolutely killed the artwork. Some details I particularly love are in the comments.
well most of my coworkers said they wouldn't be in today, and even my dad admitted it probably wouldn't be worth opening, and no one has told me anything to the contrary (we open at 5am), so I'm going to just stay in bed. snow day!
Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.
Excellent article!
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
ARE YOU A NON-MINNESOTAN WHO WANTS IDEAS OF STUFF TO DO TO HELP MINNESOTA RESIST FASCIST TYRANNY? Have I got a blog post for you! With additional advice for how to get ready in case tyranny shows up at YOUR doorstep next!
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
Readers... this AI shit in Amazon ebooks is something authors can't opt out of and it's frankly illegal, but when did that stop tech companies? The only thing they respond to (sometimes) is customer backlash β don't use this feature and tell Amazon you hate it.
kindlepreneur.com/amazon-ask-t...
βthis isnβt who we areβ and yet βweβ keep ending up right back here, pretending itβs some other country
Franceβs ban on forever chemicals, approved by lawmakers in February 2025, bans the production, import or sale of any product for which an alternative to PFAS already exists. Some industrial exemptions remain, but the move sets a regulatory benchmark.
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Cancel the World Cup and Olympics. No one should be coming here. Itβs not safe at all