It is extremely cool and good that trans people exist.

a black and white edit that reads "the future includes trans people". around the text is a floral pattern. the image is grainy

the future is for trans people

If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!

A panel from dungeon meshi that changed my life

A little bit of decency at last.

When I tell you my dad once idly commented: "Caffeine doesn't actually wake you up though" and it took everything in my power to hold my tongue.

for fuck's fucking sake.

I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone

Wilt it and freeze it in cubes, maybe? At least you could add it to sauces that way

I want to commiserate because my kids are like this with opening things, but also, I have ADHD and do exactly the same thing all too often.

...good excuse to make carrot cake perhaps?

🚨New book alert! 🚨

I just released my new game guide *Dragoones IN SPACE!* available as an e-book or as a physical book pre-order.

Ever wondered what your classic fantasy ttrpg campaign would be like IN SPACE?? Then this guide is for you!

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It took me forever to find the right height for my cane. In the end I went slightly short on an adjustable one, but made it a fraction taller with a different rubber grip. I have to adjust again depending on what shoes I'm wearing, because of the difference in heel height. The struggle is real

I think the point that taxis help the elderly s d disabled is another point techbros consistently (and let's face it, probably intentionally) overlook. Because the reality is, a robotaxi lacks the human driver which those groups often rely on to make the taxi so accessible in the first place.

The Palestinian-led BDS movement has updated our priority targets, pressure targets and organic campaign targets.

I don't know how people don't get how SERIOUS it is that banks are deciding that we can no longer purchase anything even REMOTELY NSFW
That means NO sex toys, NO horny figurines
NO suggestive art, NO more furry content
NO Baldur's Gate 3, NO pride flags
NO fucking condoms

NOTHING
N O T H I N G

Crunchyroll revoked their Library Outreach Program which allowed public libraries to access their streaming library for free, destroying anime clubs across the country.

This week I'll be at Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA! I'll be armed with stickers and cards galore to hand out and you can catch me on two panels.... Lewdle Crew: Art After Dark, and Webcomics? In THIS Economy?

More announcements coming this week so stay tuned!

#dragoncon #dragoncondigitalmediatrack

ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do

Something which really helped me was going back and rereading/editing stuff I wrote like a decade a go. Or five years. Old stuff which I could be impartial about, and see the flaws in. By starting with the stuff I had distance from it got easier to see what I was actually working towards

R/aitubers is all the entitlement of NewTubers but exclusively for people openly churning out slop.

“I’ve automated 2-4 videos daily, zero human intervention, I spend a half hour a week working on this, why am I not getting paid yet?”

A stylized painting of someone masturbating, but with multiple fake pop-ups blocking parts of their body. The popups read: "Sorry, this content is not approved for viewing." "Please prove to your holy governing body that you are a law-abiding citizen of legal age to continue thirdpartyIDverification.trustusbro.org" and "Reasons for restriction: Lack of artistic merit, obscene content, depiction of gross indulgence, not christian". To the side, there is a cursor with ?! beside it in a speech bubble.

trust us bro
#myart #nudity #censorship

I often think of a literary magazine my ex had which one time featured the results of a "young writers" contest. The upper age for it was 35. So, maybe we're no longer "young" directly, but it sure seems to me that writing is a career which doesn't really have the same age brackets as many others.

Samwise Gamgee smiles and walks through a field of sunflowers. He holds out several in his hand towards the viewer.

There’s some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for

#art #fanart #LOTR #lordoftherings #illustration #SamwiseGamgee

can confirm! worked pretty nicely!

So it's 'biological sex and birth certificates' ... until it isn't.

'The guidance also ban trans men from female toilets on the basis that their presence would cause "alarm or distress".'

Bigots' feelings matter more than your human rights. Just like it was during US racial segregation.

Goodbye, Allan Ahlberg. Thank you for the way my dad's face lights up when he talks about reading Each Peach Pear Plum to us when we were tiny.

Its a start, but do NOT get complacent, keep up the pressure on payment processors, nothing less than total reinstatement is acceptable. 😤

I think the most fucked up stuff about all the censorship demands on art and media right now is that if these sorts of standards were applied fairly, huge swathes of mainstream media would disappear.

But it's all just an excuse to censor LGBTQ people and not intended to be applied fairly.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited themes present in card processing networks. We are unable to support the sale of any works containing these topics: Non-consensual content (real or implied) Underage or “barely legal” themes Incest or pseudo-incest content Bestiality or animal-related Rape, coercion, or force-related Sex trafficking implications Revenge porn / voyeur / hidden cam Fetish involving bodily waste or extreme harm (e.g., “scat,” “vomit”) It’s almost impossible to come up with an exhaustive list of unacceptable products to sell, so often we have to take content reviews one at a time. If an issue arises with your account that isn’t already covered by our policy, then we will contact you and share what options you may have. If you've collected money while in violation of terms, we may be forced to refund or freeze all pending transactions, as accounts that are in violation of our terms are not eligible for payouts.

So, first up, obvious disclaimer that porn is fine and these policies are bad solely on that basis. But for your consideration, here is a list of classic, well-respected artistic works that would be banned on Itch per these policies:

Parenting is spending your time trying to give your kids a good life, and then, every now and then, remembering that actually, YOU are allowed to have an ice cream as well.