Mimi

Judging levels of “oh people I actually know are on here” vs “I am posting to the void” before I end up posting wildly unhinge* takes while in the newborn trenches again**

*very mild
**this is assuming that I’ll have any amount of sanity left to post

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting. The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The "known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson. So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself." 1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium. Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary. Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

Deeply tired of fitting into stereotypes in the saddest ways.
The American way, meaning I know of so many ways people in my life have died due to failures in our many systems.

No truly, why can’t I have more of husband and wife who are confident in their marriage, and their misguided son and his ragtag group of friends?
Also? I adore June whenever she shows up.

Watching White Collar for the first time; it’s delightfully refreshing to see the dynamic of foster parents (FBI agent and his wife) attempt to parent a troubled kid (love sick con man).

A family out on an afternoon bike ride. They are being pursued by a rabbit which is, rather suspiciously, the size of an adult elephant. The son, cracking under the pressure of being at the front of the group and making the situation about himself says "Why is this happening to me!" The father, at the back of the group and in the most immediate danger says, "Less talking. More pedaling, son!" The text reads: always wear a helmet especially when escaping from suspiciously large rabbits on your bike.

"New post notification from CPSC."

*both me and my spouse are nonbinary; purely using this I said, gender-neutral stereotype kinda title

Listen. The reasons I know I’m a wife guy* is that I can’t stop obsessing over my spouse.
They do everything for me, including helping me be a better person by their existence. Most of my growth has been “fuck, I need to get my shit together so I can get on their level”

Illustrated print- Several upturned face look away from the top of the US capital building. Below, someone stands next to a body of water, pulling endangered people from drowning. The text reads “The government does not care. We, the people, must help each other!”

I look to this piece by Seth Tobocman and keep it to my heart when I need it

It feels magical the amount of immediate community I have in my life. It’s work, but good work which I massively benefit from every day.
But death looms over everything. It’s inescapable how bad things are right now. It’s a mind fuck to be happy when things are failing.

My neighbor texted me at 11pm for a wire hanger b/c they locked themself out of their car. My other neighbor without kids is borrowing our stroller while family visits my kids have friends in walking distance. I made food for a friend who had a baby after an excellent lunch date w/ another friend

There is something so deeply upsetting when you love your immediate surrounding & community, but also know everything is on fire everywhere.

About time to add more buttons to the store

Image: vintage card, color illustration of a pair of Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs in an underwater scene, with artist name printed bottom left More info: Horseshoe Crabs (Xiphosura) have been around for a long time...their fossil record goes back over 440 mya! This card illustrates the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus), one of four still-living species and the only one native to the Americas. Also, their common name is misleading - they are not true crabs or even crustaceans, but rather chelicerates, making them closer relatives of arachnids and sea spiders.

Happy International #HorseshoeCrabDay!
Heinrich Harder (German, 1858-1935) Pfeilschwankrebs (Horseshoe Crabs), 1916 Collector Card from Tiere der Urwelt (Animals of the Prehistoric World) Series I
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“No one is going to call the cops on a white blond lady, they’re as ubiquitous as doodles” - overheard while waiting for an appointment.

One of the greatest pleasures of slowly no longer being sick is coughing up and seeing mucus leaving my body. Disgusting? Yes, but oh so satisfying.

I’ve been sick this entire week so my partner has been pulling double the weight of parenting PLUS taking care of me so I did the sexiest thing I could:
Arranged for a month of consistent babysitting times so that maybe just maybe we can feel human again

The best part of being a nonbinary parent is fully embracing random parental stereotypes when it suits me. Why yes, I am Sports Dad. I will host a tailgate from my Soccer Mom minivan before the game.

report with alt text

community-led arrest preventions or de-arrests are incredibly effective. UK antifascists have done this to great success to protect refugees over the past 5 years. all about how quickly you can get people on the street to crowd the scene

A siamese mix cat at a desk dialing a number on a smart phone. He has a blank look. On the desk are various cat toys (spring, mousey, chew stick) mixed with writing tools. The bg is a bright yellow.

A more zoomed out view of the cat yelling loudly into the phone. The bg is bright red, and filled with the text "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" in white block lettering. On the desk now you can see some ink bottle, a quill pen, post it with an exclamation point, and papers.

Call your reps!! 📣
#art

Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: "Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."

Kurt Vonnegut man

A photo of a sculpture made of colored Sculpey Clay. The sculpture is based on the Richard Scarry drawing of 6 mice riding in a car made out of a triangle block of yellow Swiss cheese. The little happy mice poke their heads out of the holes in the cheese. It's really cute imo, he popped off when he drew this one. The entire sculpture is about three inches long and fits in the artist's hand.

Another angle of the same sculpture.

Another angle of the same sculpture.

The original drawing by Richard Scarry. It has words under it that read "Have you ever seen a cheese car on the highway?" No Richard, I haven't, but I would cry from joy if I did.

I have made CHEESE BOYS

A chicken wing cooking in a cast iron skillet. Everything is on fire. The text reads: Back to basics. Stand by your pan! Unattended cooking is the number one cause of home fires.

Every season is stand by your pan season.

a screenshot from the animated film princess mononoke. a man covered in bandages lays on a straw mat, under a straw blanket. the caption says “The world is cursed, but still, you find reasons to keep living.”

thinking about princess mononoke a lot, these days

Truly so happy for you! I remember the first kickstarter being quite a hit as well. Still have the posters around somewhere, they got quite a few giggles from folks while I was in college.

The week before my period also being the week before the major event I’m running is a little perfect timebomb of stress.

Happy birthday!!!

Unfortunately, I manifested my dream building and now I have to Do Things

The circumstances are “we’re not sure if there is a Federal Trade Commission anymore and we’d like to try something”