Brendan Quinn

First episode of the new season of Black Mirror hits a lot harder when you’ve had a partner go through (and currently deals with) traumatic brain injury. Oof.

A local business that holds a significant national anti-queer legacy is shuttering its doors at the end of March. I’ll take small wins when I can get them.

With the way things are trending, Monday’s going to be a complete shitshow.

Called out my supervisor to my department director over five months of incompetence. Not the first time, but severity has increased. Wish me luck.

I just want to be able to do a great job for the district I love.

And it looks like it’ll get there with 24 hours. Congratulations to Kelsey and the Arcane Library team!

I need to learn more about the west marches format of RPGs. Backed the new Shadowdark West Reaches set in anticipation of building a local group.

I wonder if all of the different therapists I’m pulling into therapeutic gming would be co-gms and have it be skill focused adventuring.

I’ll be performing speed weddings, and we’ll have tons of resources available for trans folks. Most importantly, we’ll have a lot of people who want you to know you’re wanted, loved, and every bit a part of this community as anyone else.

Tomorrow is going to be B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

Best I’ve fuckin’ got at the moment "We can keep reminding them that we still exist. We still matter."

Transpective: Best I've fuckin' got at the moment

tumbleweird.org/best-ive-fuckin-got-at-the-moment/

By: Cara Nokes

Narrated by @raewittevo.bsky.social
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Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona

#transrightsarehumanrights #transisbeautiful #transpride #WeWillNotBeErased

TAGCON 2025

I don’t think I’ve started blasting out my little queer-friendly gaming convention. If you’re somewhere around eastern Washington, you should totally check us out 💚

We cater to the socially anxious, neurodiverse, and introverted, and we have lots of games :)

tabletop.events/conventions/...

First day of teaching zine design to a bunch of high school students. At one point they were all silent and working independently. That’s probably a pretty decent sign.

Launched www.tcqueer.com today! :)

Part of why folks doing social improvement work burn out is that their friends tell them “I want to do something” when they mean “I want to feel better.” If you aren’t already active, actually knowing what you want is essential. Going to your friends, signing on, then disappearing hurts a lot.

Zine Month 2025: TransQuest Paranormal body horror, cozy cat sims, and the realities of motherhood

In our continuing Zine Month coverage, @rowanzeoli.bsky.social curated a list of crowdfunding projects by trans game designers

The Haunted Game Cafe - A Board Game Cafe in Fort Collins Colorado Board Game Cafe and Retail Store. Board Games, Card Games, Magic the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Role Playing Games, Dice, and More!

@revolushanel.bsky.social YOU HAVE A PLACE CALLED THE HAUNTED GAME CAFE?!

www.hauntedgamecafe.com

(love you, miss all of you, give folks hugs ❤️)

It’s cool if the bad supervisor lets the new guy hop into production databases and make a bunch of undocumented adjustments without communicating it to the rest of the team actually building the application right?

We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...

Building a repository of LGBTQ+ resources for Tri-Cities folks. Our queer friends are having to answer the same questions for folks repeatedly. This will give them a tool to point people toward vetted, reliable sources of information, safety, and community without taking more of their energy.

Louisiana has 6.14 police officers for every 1,000 people, vs Washington's 1.36 per 1,000. And yet, we're actually *safer*, with a violent crime rate that is better than average. We don't need more police, we need more social services. app.leg.wa.gov/committeesch...

No time. Got battles to win.

Some friends are starting a grass roots fundraising collection to purchase wool socks for houseless folks in the Tri-Cities. If you’re interested and in a place to contribute, you can cash app them at $Tricitiesdistro. Please use the comment “gift 🧦”

Washington state sues Trump over transgender youth executive order Washington state has sued the Trump administration over its executive order targeting medical practices for transgender youth.

www.kuow.org/stories/wash...

Third Space Project: Aub’s Lounge: Gourmet Banana Bread & Poetry "Aub’s Lounge: Gourmet Banana Bread & Poetry isn’t just a bakery, it’s a sanctuary for community and creativity."

Third Space Project: Aub's Lounge: Gourmet Banana Bread & Plan B Poetry

tumbleweird.org/aubs-lounge-gourmet-banana-bread/

By: @brendan-tag.bsky.social

Narrated by: @justinfife.bsky.social

#poetry #poetrycommunity #thirdspace #tricitieswa #bananabread

I’ll be teaching zine creation and publishing starting Friday the 21st 💚 if anyone knows of distros I can hit up for bundles, lemme know!

There’s light snow on the ground, and tonight I get to warm up with cribbage, beer, soup, and a cheese toastie at Blackthorne. Anyone who needs a little solace between raging is welcome to join and commiserate 💚

CRM has launched for our community outreach department. Yesterday I met with the two people responsible for teaching and creating a better learning environment for all of PSD’s visually impaired students. They had some fantastic, and immediately functional ideas that I’m currently scoping out.

Called in sick for a mental health day. Sending emails to representatives, dropping off some board games to a cold shelter, running a therapeutic GM session, spending some money at queer owned businesses. Probably start developing some free rpg utilities for remote gaming. Little bits.

For my therapeutic GM groups, the skill that gets mentioned the most for clients is conflict resolution in social settings; i.e. where the solution isn’t punching someone in the face.

I’m plotting out a Shadowdark mega dungeon that’s nothing but a big gala in a palace.

I played Ginkgopolis for the first time on Saturday. I played it three times that day and have two bga games going now. Hands down, one of the best designs I’ve played.

I’m meeting with staff at Phoenix High School (an alternative school for kiddos that do better with project-based learning than a traditional format) to develop a 6-week zine publishing curriculum. I’m gonna make so many bigots mad at me, lol