Rachel

Why the ACLU is Urging Trans People Who Need Passport Updates to Apply “As Soon as Possible” The State Department has begun complying with a preliminary injunction issued in June.

wrote up the latest on U.S. passport gender marker changes, which State is now processing in compliance with last month's injunction: www.them.us/story/state-...

@aclu.org urges class members who need one to apply ASAP in case a stay is sought + granted; apps for a correction are free

Quick update: 300nk acquired. Through the power of having to drive it an hour home from the dealership on a jump start/dead battery I've made great strides in managing not to stall, which is a start! Also seem to be in decent shape generally from MSF permit course.

Still no motorcycle or experience. Gotta renew then I've got 6 more months to get at least the latter before going for an endorsement test. Worst case I get it through refresher courses where I took my permit class

Never realized bluesky has invisible quotes and likes, sick. Welcome hidden watcher(s), glad you like my posts.

One of the joys of chemistry to me is just the sensations that I'd never have otherwise and can't even really describe. The smell of particularly funky jet fuels, spilling DCM on my gloves and feeling it immediately seep through and the way the skin under my fingernails would crawl the day after...

אמת געזאגט, מיינסטנס(*?) דער איד טעגליך און א ביסל פון דער אידישע װעלט פארומ - איך זאל פרוביר צו ליינען א ביך פון אנפאנג ביזן סוף.
*mostly?

איך דארף צי רעדן (אדער כאטש שרייבן) מער אידיש - ליינען יז גיט, אבער מ׳קען נישט טאקע לערנען גראמאטיק פין דאס אליין.

Going to try being more active here

A picture of an Intuvo 9000 high-speed gas chromatography system with its front covers open, showing its various internal bits. Centered in the image the circular heating element, which is mirror-reflective polished silver metal, and a GC column held against it that looks like circularly wound strands of copper wire. The column blocks view of most of the heating element except for a small area dead center and so frames the reflection of yours truly peering over the top of the phone the photo is taken on.

I love this machine

Black and white NEXUS card ID photo of the poster looking annoyed and/or tired.

Face of a gal wondering why she voluntarily drove 2 hours in the rain to get interviewed by 2 different countries' border patrol agents (it went fine, photo was the first thing they did and it caught me off guard)

Gravy looks great! Can I ask for the recipe?

Quick! ChatGPT is down send a litmus test to all your coworkers to see if they actually know anything.

a wintery mix in MY pacific northwest metropolitan area? it's more likely than you think

Toxoplasmosis telepathic remote slave droning is real

turns out when transphobes said we need to “follow the science” what they meant is delete it and hide all traces of it

Passed my second year exam! Back to grading and (hopefully) getting more papers out the door.

Rachel’s profile Rachel uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 68 films watched. Favorites: Annihilation (2018), Perfect Blue (1997), I Saw the TV Glow (2024), Nosferatu (2024).

Giving letterboxd a try: boxd.it/bYZdP

Fanart of Balatro jokers Blueprint x Brainstorm

Happy new year I have for you Balatro yuri

Jockstraps are so awesome, they should make them for men too and not just women.

Typing of the dead video game screen

Zoomers: "Hey why these mf so good at command line interfaces"

Millennials: "You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me"

wooper on a skateboard

going into 2025 like

Screenshot of a completed duolingo language course

ענדלעך! אוודאי, עס קען נאך אלץ זיין אז איך קען נישט רעדן אידיש. רוב מאל קען איך כאטש ליינען דער איד טעגליך, וואס מאכט מיך צופרידן.

Got my motorcycle permit! Up next, actually getting a motorcycle...

Going to try to get a motorcycle endorsement for funsies in the next month or two while I'm at it

Cropped image of a Washington state driver's license with info censored except for photo, first name (Rachel) and Sex marker (F)

:3

logging on

*suddenly understands what bluesky needs in order to succeed*:

10 Videogames to explain what Hanu's about

Mass Effect 2
Frozen Synapse
Sunless Skies
Gunner, Heat, PC
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Receiver
Who's Lila
Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days
Blood Bowl: Dark Elves Edition
Day of Defeat Source

Amtrak cascades line passenger train crossing a truss bridge over a waterway

Amtrak cascades, my beloved