Ben Dobyns

charlie kirk has received infinitely more sympathy and support from liberals than every single trans person, immigrant, and palestinian combined

Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.

Facebook is like America’s two-party system: thoroughly enshittified, yet so many people keep using it that it feels like we have no alternative

Hey, does anyone remember that Macauley Caulkin movie where his parents abandon him and he tries to list all the words that sound the same?

GOOD NEWS: Rep. Zooey Zephyr speaks against Montana HB 675 drag ban bill - and the ban fails 44-55 (transcript) - Bad Trans Day 'Aye: 44, Nay: 55.' We can fight and win!

GOOD NEWS: Rep. Zooey Zephyr speaks against Montana HB 675 drag ban bill – and the ban fails 44-55 (full speech and transcript) trans.cx/2025/03/06/g...

The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):

1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide

if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported

this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order

it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist

Is that the Matt Forbeck edition? His demiplane of time is wild fun!

Part of the reason I'm opening up Primacy for art submissions is that I'm trying to find new ways to engage with artists to help stem the flow of the abomination that is AI art. We are committed to never using it, but there needs to be a new way forward. coyoteandcrow.net/2022/12/27/a...

“I’m okay with erasing people from existence because pronouns make me uncomfortable” is a pretty wild take.

“Well but surely you can agree we could restrict trans care for imprisoned criminals”

No. Transition is not a luxury its a goddamn human right and to deny it is torture

Who’s up for a game of ADHD&D? We’ll be playing for the next 78 hours

I'm glad that America is doing real classic end of empire stuff. A king who is visibly losing his mind declaring a war based on a dream he had. Greedy courtiers feuding over access to the treasury. Some looks are timeless.

Wow, damn, thanks! I’m doing more local/offline arts and queer activism these days, but do have some graphic novels in the works, plus a musical collaboration with Mercedes Lackey and SJ Tucker coming out later this year

Is TikTok safe to check out now that all the Americans are gone?

"Out of the Box" A piece of short fiction from "Ravens in the Library," an anthology to benefit S.J. Tucker, featuring works by Charles de Lint, Holly Black, and more.

When the mayor gives eleven-year-old Sarah a box with a tiny man on it, she sets out on a journey that will destroy the suburban complacency of her small town.

Original fiction, originally published in Ravens in the Library.

We don’t fight evil with weapons of war on an individual level.

We fight it with the things that give us joy.

That’s how we beat back the Power Behind the Nothing.

Yes we also dismantle systemic racism & take care of each other

I vote that keeping space for our joy also stays part of the work

What a relief!

What do you call a chicken orgy?

A cluckster-fuck

"Blue Christmas of New York" Sheet Music A holiday mashup for SATB and drunk snowman soloist.

What would a doo-wop arrangement of 'Blue Christmas' and 'Fairytale of New York' sound like if sung by drunk snowmen?

Now we know. I'm so so sorry.

While doing a live mix: “Please fade in: the hard cut makes Baby Jesus cry. See, that’s an audio joke AND a circumcision joke. Happy holidays!”

"White Christmas of the Gladiators" A mashup of the Irving Berlin crooner with a circus classic.

"Hey Ben, can you arrange a mash up of White Christmas and March of the Gladiators?"

Don't ask questions you don't want answered!

Amazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black Friday Workers and their representatives to press US retailer to respect their rights and take action on the climate crisis

Thousands of Amazon workers across 20 countries are going to protest or strike this Black Friday.

Workers from the US to India to Brazil to Japan and beyond plan to take action to demand workers’ rights and climate action from the corporate giant.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Trying to explain to people that I want explicit context and implicit content, rather than the reverse

One of my favorite collaborations ever!

Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.

Yay!

Here we are, migrating communities yet again!

As an Indian, as someone who lived in Egypt, and who has, modestly, remained committed to my politics despite that, here are my rules for living under fascist regimes:
1) Focus on organizational structure. 1/

The Beasts Who Fought For Fairyland Until the Very End--and Further Still | Catherynne M. Valente Get more from Catherynne M. Valente on Patreon

As it had gone from the internet, I've posted The Beasts Who Fought For Fairyland, a story I wrote 8 years ago to explain the 2016 election to children, for free on both Patreon & Substack.

It's not really just for children.

www.patreon.com/posts/115615...

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