Deadnaming the Bad Transes, endless "Elonia" jokes, the reaction to Kristi Noem's husband...the Liberal heart craves transphobia, it seems.

My hot take is that I don't actually want closeted trans people who have let their self-hatred make them do active harm to our community to ever come out. You chose your side, your could have had family but you picked the oppressor's lap. Rot in that closet until they find your bones in there.

LOL you thought you were special! LMAO!

Bluesky announces that they are pivoting to selling shoes.

Let them eat code.

...Did they?

Still? Oh wow, someone REALLY fucked up, huh?

All my reginos gone.

The problem with a platform like this malfunctioning is that we live in a society where people rely on mutual aid to live due to lack of safety net, so these malfunctions are hilarious but also doing meaningful harm to people.

I tried to open Jay's post quoted here so I could dunk on it, but the app beat me to it.

In the weeds of Spokane’s federal conspiracy case The ins-and-outs of the legal arguments made at yesterday’s hearing for three Spokane protesters charged with federal conspiracy.

In the weeds of Spokane’s federal conspiracy case:
The ins-and-outs of the legal arguments made at yesterday’s hearing for three Spokane protesters charged with federal conspiracy. Art by Jake Gillespie.

Sotomayor and honestly every liberal justice except Ketanji Brown Jackson are cowards.

they still think there's any room for compromise and reasonable debate with fascists and I'm tired of pretending otherwise, especially after their appalling 8-1 ruling against conversion therapy bans.

watching stone cold normies fed post is wild

it’s so nuts to be on your 4th day of feuding with the pope and not even be a little bit cool, he’s still just a big wet loser

Cis people should never, ever, ever, EVER be put in charge of any program designed for trans people. They will always move to put up walls, gatekeep, and limit accessibility all in the name of "helping" us.

NYT cooking page has basically no meat on it

"Dumplings With Peas"
"Broccoli Cheddar Beans"

Those people are fools! And not just because you are hot as fuck!

"Art should be made for the love of the craft, not for money," I explain to my landlord as the men he hired toss all of my possessions out into the parking lot.

There’s really no way to describe how much self-publishing is a gauntlet. I haven’t advertised my books in a year because I’m making new covers for the series so they match. And I have a hybrid publisher who takes care of at least some of the back-end work.

We are out here writing, revising,

Watching queer/trans authors scramble trying to find a platform that will fleece them the least so they can tell authentic, innovative, own-voices stories on the same morning as I am shown articles celebrating yet another release by the Legends & Lattes guy is moving me closer to being on the news.

This is why you or your loved ones don’t have health insurance. Because Hegseth needs a multi-billion dollar fleet of vanity murderbots to prop up his fragile masculinity and even they’re sick of it.

Trans people: Expect better from your partners. You deserve to be treated with respect and kindness. Do not accept conditions on when/if they will correctly gender you or use your chosen name. Do not allow them to dictate when you can or can't be out or presenting as yourself. You deserve better.

Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusations fell apart under scrutiny.

As three of the Spokane protesters arrested on federal charges bring a motion to dismiss their case before a judge, reporting from ProPublica and FRONTLINE found that anti-ICE protest arrests across the country have fallen apart under scrutiny repeatedly. Read here:

shit like this is why I switched from substack to WordPress. you can read my poems& thoughts here:

schozopoetics.wordpress.com

(Do not ask me about the discourse, I only know two things about it: 1) It doesn't matter in any way at all and 2) Your time on Earth is finite.)

You wanna help?

Shut. The. Fuck. Up.

And go give money to people who need it.

Oh hey, if you come into my timeline discussing violent revolutionary action, you will get blocked. You are being a danger to communities by talking that way openly, get the fuck out of here.

Hey, it worked on me!

The cover of Shadows Over Ravenkirk 1. It depicts a goth woman in a black and purple dress looking on in shock as a large black tarantula crawls across a stone shelf. Behind her, mist rises, obscuring the houses in the background. A full moon hangs just above her head. Illustrated by Lauren Walke. Text reads: Top - Vivian Moira Valentine Middle - Shadows Over Ravenkirk Bottom - 1: The Last Will And Testament Of Wilhelmina Bruttenholm

A promotional image for Shadows Over Ravenkirk 1. It depicts the cover against a dark blue background, with descriptors in a column in the left side Gothic paranormal fantasy Haunted seaside town Mysterious inheritance Magic, mystery & murder! At the bottom, an arrow points to the tarantula next to text that reads "Her name is Samantha!"

Queer Gothic horror for fans of Dark Shadows, the World of Darkness, Universal Pictures Monsters, and perfectly normal tarantulas!

Part 1 available now, Part 2 out this September!

books2read.com/SOR1