Rhea Ewing 🏳️‍⚧️

Ah, so glad you enjoyed and found it helpful!

A graphic novel cover. Many different people in shades of pastels surrounding a figure who is lit up. The lit up figure looks uncomfortable. This reflects the authors journey learning about themselves and others. Author Rhea Ewing a Comic About Gender Fine.

This is a great book by @rheaewing.bsky.social. It’s really thought provoking. It’s about the authors journey asking others about gender as a way to learn about themselves. It’s respectful and shows many people and views. I really enjoyed it. I can’t wait to share it.

Everybody check on your group chats. It’s rough out here.

As this "pause" hits you and your project, institution, workplace, etc:

TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT.

Contact your MoC, esp if they're a Dem. Contact a relevant advocacy group. Contact the press, local, regional, movement, trade - and not just for an LtE, for a story.

Tell real life stories of harm.

American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

Fuck.

VERY SELDOM do politicians tell constituents to call other politicians to pressure them to do the right thing. So I very much appreciate this. If you're in Michigan, this is a thread worth looking at.

Multivariate Models of Animal Sex: Breaking Binaries Leads to a Better Understanding of Ecology and Evolution Synopsis. “Sex” is often used to describe a suite of phenotypic and genotypic traits of an organism related to reproduction. However, these traits—gamete t

this is my most-cited paper and honestly i hope that doesn't mean my career peaked already lmao

but this is the big one, a deep dive into the complex nature of sexual phenotypes and what it means for our understandings of animal evolution

academic.oup.com/icb/article/...

Photograph of a Paleozoic Pals Tiktaalik plush sitting on a laptop in a cafe. It is green and has adorable beady eyes.

The little Tiktaalik wants YOU to go to the Paleontological Research Institute’s website, buy a bunch of plushies of Paleozoic life, and help them out in their time of dire financial need!
pri-gift-shop.myshopify.com

My husband just helped me understand how awful people who create good art:

"Neil Gaiman is a character created by Neil Gaiman."

His public personna was convincing. He might have thought it would be labeled non-fiction forever. His art and his facade contain good characters. But he isn't one.

Now imagine how tiny the pool of competitive trans athletes are…

I wake up in the morning. I sit at my computer. The internet screams at me that the world is on fire. I am overwhelmed by the deluge of bad news and faceplant in front of the computer.

I would like this comic I drew in 2017 to stop being relevant pleeeaaaaase

A screen shot of two posts. Mine reads "I am trying Mr. Box." above a picture of packing boxes in a warehouse setting, one slightly higher than the other; the words "DO NOT BREAK DOWN" can be seen on it. I first posted it 8 months ago and occasionally repost. Reply from William Box @wdmbox.bsky.social reads: "Great. Keep going." He posted seven hours ago.

This is easily—EASILY—the best thing to ever happen to me on Al Gore's internet.

Thank you Mr. @wdmbox.bsky.social for your encouragement. I will do my very best to keep going 💪

screenshot of bluesky Accessibility Settings subheading says Alt text two toggle options turned on saying Require alt text before posting and Display larger alt text badges the top option is circled in red and you suddenly become extremely cool and powerful by reading this and following directions of disabled people and even more street cred for sharing it and a life of abundance and joy in radical community just unfolds in front of you

for anyone who needs an accessible new year’s resolution:

use alt text

bonus points for toggling on “require alt text” in your bluesky accessibility settings

see you in 2025 💫

Hey fat friends and fam, it's that time of year again. This month is especially unkind to us, and I want to remind you of a few things:

• your body is YOURS, and no one else's

• movement should be joyful, not punitive or penitent

• you do not have to "earn" food you enioy, or food in general

I enjoy reading Julia Serano's work about gender, because she's nuanced and precise in her arguments, without being impenetrably academic.

The two links in the quoted post are a good "sampler" of her style. If you like them, you'll probably enjoy her longer work.

The California grid ran on 100% renewables with no blackouts or cost rises for a record 98 days No blackouts occurred when renewable electricity supply exceeded 100% of demand on California's main grid for parts of 98 of 116 days.

Compared to the same period in 2023, solar output in California is up 31%, wind power is up 8%, and batteries are up a staggering 105%. Batteries supplied up to 12% of nighttime demand by storing and redistributing excess solar energy. 🔌💡
electrek.co/2024/12/31/c...

Tell an artist/writer/podcaster/maker that what they’re doing matters to you. They want to hear it. Making shit is lonely work most of the time and it helps to know that the circuit is being completed somewhere.

I'm not asking full-time motorists to bike. I'm demanding cities equitably use tax dollars to build high-quality mobility options for those who can't or don't want to drive. If people ditch their cars later, great, but this is about giving real choices, not mandates.

‘Hope is a​n embrace of the unknown​’: Rebecca Solnit on living in dark times We may be living through times of unprecedented change, but in uncertainty lies the power to influence the future. Now is not the time to despair, but to act

Doing a periodic reread of @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social if anyone needs it. Little shot of hope/action caffeine.

Everything you know about wrinkly fingers is probably wrong. Particularly, it is not a physical act of water on the body, it is a neurological effect of the body on itself. People who have fingers with severed nerves do not prune on those fingers.

Some great climate news for the end of 2024. This type of state-level initiative is going to be increasingly important as the federal government goes soft on climate (and much more).