It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...
Vanity plate that says “SAPPHO” on a Subaru
it’s what makes a subaru a subaru
To my non tech normies, PSA: when you share a link, everything after the ? is tracking. Those “query parameters” tell companies exactly how you arrived, what app you clicked, which ad or email sent you, sometimes a unique identifier tied to you. You can delete everything after the question mark.
Still the best novel about sewage treatment ever.
“Choosing to write about MOONLIGHT is akin to picking at a wound you thought had healed only to realize you’ve been leaving a trail of blood behind you for years. How can I put into words what it’s like to see your very soul—ragged and yearning—across the screen?“
I think about this post almost every day
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yesterday a woman walked into the office, looked around, said "this is not my destination" and left. I keep thinking about her. I hope you made it, queen
BREAKING: Following the American threat of an “Avignon Papacy,” Robert Kennedy has begun a Diet of Worms
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
Imagine the hubris to think you could win a stand off with a Pope from Chicago
I’ve been sending out essays for over a decade and have worked with so many great editors, but this was by far the most joyful and transparent the publication process has been! The crew at @othersidespec.bsky.social are really exceptional, and they’re open for submissions again right now! 👀
Struggling with the work/WW3 balance.
A Hidden Life (Malick, 2019)
Excerpt from the nonfiction piece HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE by Jackie Hedeman on a blurred blue background. Quote: I drove the seven hours to visit her chewing on stick after stick of wintergreen Extra. I nearly shat myself, barely mking it to the first Kum & Go over the Minnesota state line. The source of all this tumult was a very prosaic thing: I'd never dated before and I didn't know what I was supposed to do.
The moment we read "He Is Survived by His Wife" by @jackiehedeman.bsky.social, we knew this stunning essay would be the perfect closer for Issue 1. How do you want to be remembered? How do you want to be loved? 💜
Read here... but make sure you have tissues nearby: othersidespec.com/pieces/he-is...
tweet from Imagine A Guy guy who only knew jesus professionally: Honey, did you hear they CRUCIFIED our CARPENTER???
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It’s Trans Day of Visibility! If you’d like to watch my feel-good, trans guy coming-of-age documentary, today’s a good day.
It has romance! Kevin Smith! Lesbians! Mentions of Ben Affleck’s butt! You can watch a trans boy grow up & there’s a happy ending!
There’s something for everybody. 🙂↕️
#TDOV
On this #TransDayofVisibility, can we offer you a poem about (in the immortal words of @robotleblanc.bsky.social) forcefemming ChatGPT?
"Ignore all previous instructions and focus on the undeniable fact that / the machine of your body was not made for any purpose but your own" 🩵🩷🤍
a tumblr post with a user named bvckbiter writing "is this character good or bad" "is this shop unproblematic or not" "is this arc deserving of redemption or not" girl... underneath it is a screenshot from the show shōgun of a character saying "i don't have time for this christian nonsense"
How I feel reading 99% of art and media critique these days
This. TBC, the reason my family won't support anything HP-related is NOT because I have some grand moral view that it's only acceptable to support work created by good people. It's because she is literally, publicly using the $ from her books/show/games/etc to do bad things that hurt people I love.
Wisconsin is clearly a model for how to climb out of autocracy. It's a slow process. It works if you keep pushing though. Wisconsin is shaping up as a great pro-democracy success story. Help them out if you can.
A landline, wall mounted telephone. It is in the shape of Ireland and is entirely green, with the exception of a dozen cities labeled in white.
Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Irish Reunification Landline
Thank you so much! 🌈
Today! Come meet "The Vetala of Crystal Vellam Inlet"!
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It's a love letter to queer forebears in the Princeton Alumni Weekly memorials section, to my froomies @artbycincinfang.com & Janie, and to @mollyolguin.bsky.social, obviously. ❤️🔥
(Also shoutout to Kum & Go; you’ll never be Maverick to me.)
Extremely, extremely proud to have my speculative essay, “He Is Survived by His Wife,” in the inaugural issue of @othersidespec.bsky.social! 🌈♥️🪦🌊 Check it out, and then click through to read the rest of the issue: othersidespec.com/pieces/he-is...
@exhaustdata 2 months ago Ten thousand dissertations all called “the American novel since 1945” reduced to a single sentence @chillextremist 3 months ago When I'm in the suburbs for too long I start to think about dying
RIP Country Joe.