I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
good morning idiots, weirdos, suckers, frauds, bitches, beasts, friends and enemies - have a great day. except the enemies. you get to have a bad day and a terrible pain in your tummy and you have to work with my colleague garth doing his repetitive cough that's more of a tic than an actual cough
When I'm giving a lecture and I can see that people are getting bored or checking out, I just start telling jokes or swearing so they get pulled back in. I've been really dragging on this part of my book so I've started just doing the same thing and writing down how I actually think about this stuff
Look for my giant head in your neighborhood. I, however, will be averting my eyes and feeling the cringe.
This is the part of Ed Zitron’s perspective I find most compelling. As I read it: the rot in tech is because all the important stuff has been solved. We can do everything we need to do. But there’s no money in refining and maintaining; the structural need for always growth opens a door to madness.
It must be nice being a free speech union writer. Imagine having no real problems in your life
AKE AKE AKE A FOREVER LANGUAGE KIA KAHA TE REO MÃORI
AKE AKE AKE
A FOREVER LANGUAGE KIA KAHA TE REO MÃORI
Just sitting here with my English degree looking at the discourse of "we want kids to learn English first before exposing them to other languages" and there's so many thoughtful sensible responses to make but all my brain wants to do is scream the word "PYJAMAS" over and over
Stop using any generative AI. Stop. I know some of my mutuals really like it. I get it. But using it is supporting authoritarianism.
If this admin poisons the well further by limiting what these systems output (e.g. "climate change" is banned) then they are of NO USE to you. They cannot be.
I got a lot of really helpful feedback on this, I have an incredibly wonderful community around me and even though I've functionally gone silent since becoming a mother, they were still there for me. People are wonderful 💗
Anyway, looks like I'm just going to fuck myself because there's nothing
Paid Parental Leave
Is there any PPL you can apply for as a non birthing parent if you are working, and your spouse isnt?
or do i need to just go fuck myself?
I'm watching all the James Bonds film in order because I've only seen a few, and im so sorry you guys, but James Bond is kind of problematic
ALSO TODAY IN BAD NEWS.
Fucking suspended sentences. these fuckkers deserve to be in jail now.
www.ign.com/articles/for...
Changed my name, can't change my handle. Which is okay,, because I've got like three names right now so why not be confusing.
One thing about me is Bailey got me to play Monopoly Deal with her once and just as I had started to kind of figure it out, she played a card that was basically - take all your advantages and give it to me.
So of course, I refused to ever play that game again because such a card should not exist.
so glad she was able to speak about what happened to her (is still happening). she was selected against her will to become the subject of national attention that was extreme in its arbitrariness and in its hatefulness. just a laser-focused beam of hate directed right on this 19yp girl’s head
Being alive sucks shit sometimes but also…it owns??? Much to think about.
This whole thread links into why I'm wary to think that The Cops will be what protects people from Destiny Church.
I've personally witnessed the Auckland cops kettling queer protesters, while Destiny Church members *punched the captive people in their faces, over the shoulders of cops.*
#nzpol
it is distressing. that's the correct reaction. everyone should be distressed right now, we've got stormtroopers attacking us in public and people are calling it a protest.
personally, I disagree with Prides request to delete the footage of the attack by "Man Up" on Hugo Grrrls family event. people ignore this everytime, they have to see it.
The rainbow cop car drove past me while I was walking to Big Gay Out today
I need our allies to understand that this sort of stunt doesn't come with any sort of commitment to actually protect us. In fact it's worse than that, because it makes so many think the cops are on our side. They are not
Here’s the thing about this language: “went too far” suggests that there is a level at which hating us is fine, acceptable, at which it’s ok to dehumanise us.
This isn’t a disagreement on politics & opinion. This isn’t cilantro or trip-hop.
This isn’t defending us.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
i'm furious today. i'm furious at destiny, of course, but i'm furious about inequality. i'm furious about the way that destiny uses angry, traumatised, poor men against queer people and the way that conservatives feed that violence so they don't have to get their own hands dirty.
From a rainbow community perspective, there's no reason to rely on the Police here.
However, opposition figureheads should be doing more than posting online about how bad Tamaki is. They can and should be highlighting how the state's supposed protective measures have repeatedly failed here.
While every politician is battling to have the most scathing reckon about an incident in which teenage girls were assaulted by groups of grown men storming a library, it would be fantastic for ANYONE - especially politicians - to focus on the actual guardrails we have and why they weren't used.
you'll be able to bring that up in almost every job interview you have for the rest of you life, anytime someone asks what experience you have working with queers, you can say "let me tell you a little story where I look empathetic, but also have a real eye for the details 😉"
A fringe website asking for honorifics, the only ones provided are Mr, Mrs, Miss and Ms.
any one at Fringe Festival website want an easy win, a slam dunk of an idea to impress at the next team meeting?
suggest adding "Mx." as an option in the profile details of your account 💜
I am so heartbroken. I got to know Elisa two years ago when she came to me with hundreds of emails of anti-trans legislators scheming around restricting trans rights. I helped get her story told by the New York Times and Washington Post. She deserved so much better.
RIP.
Love this 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
these proud women standing behind a rapist while he kills more vulnerable women. I'm shocked that none of this is very surprising anymore.