Kestrel Casey

Seeing the whole tattoo, I'm prepared to believe that this one isn't fashy on purpose. But I also think one nazi tattoo puts the rest of your ink under suspicion.

My current theory is that his new tattoo artist read him as "still a fucking nazi" and did the worst possible coverup job to make sure everyone knew

Anyway. I have to wonder if this guy's new tattoo artist was like "I don't believe you're reformed" and did a bad job on purpose.

99% of tattoo artists hate nazis. If you're going to walk into a shop for a coverup, you better look real fucking sorry.

And it's one of the stupid ones, because what is your cover story for why you got that tattooed on you

Hate living in an era in which my knowledge of the tattoo traditions of nazi skinheads is relevant to people running for office on both sides.

Partial bicep tattoo on a very white guy

Also, this 1919 tattoo looks like it might be under crossed hammers. Which is also nazi shit.

I realize this is not the most important thing here, but this is also a bad coverup on several levels.

Doesn't cover the whole tattoo.

Uses green over black which is gonna heal muddy black.

A wolf-and-celtic-knot tattoo is not what you get to convince people you're not a nazi. It just isn't.

Also, you pay to have it done. It's not cheap. If you're a fucking nazi, many shops will just throw you out, too, so you probably have to travel AND pay, just to permanently show people what a fucking nazi you are.

They also recently reduced the "allowance" for housing costs, which can in turn decreased everyone's benefits. Because, y'know. Rents are obviously going down all over the place.

Vermont has done some decent things (triple your "money" at the farmers market, etc) but it is fundamentally a bare minimum program that's always trying to throw you off.

I say this as someone in mandated poverty because otherwise I lose Medicaid, the only insurance that keeps me alive.

Go help a sibling out.

And if haven't heard them yet, here.

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And if you don't like ska, you should reflect on why you hate fun.

Ooh. I wonder if we can bulk-order cute ones. I'll look into that.

It is so damn jarring seeing an actually funny, charming politician

Let alone one with GOOD VALUES

Billionaires, by Marxist Jargon from the album To each according to their needs

May I offer you some local folkpunk in this trying time

marxistjargon.bandcamp.com/track/billio...

They would even be dual-purpose if rolled and packed correctly!

Ooh. That's brilliant, thank you. That's going on the list.

As of right now, the plan is to divide them into Masc and Femme. We're going to knit and crochet the bags to sort by color. The budget max is probably ~$20 per bag.

Everyone gets stickers and buttons. Femme will probably get a nail polish. But what is a masc party favor? WD40?

Let's say a local queer org gives you a little trans care package. It contains syringes for hrt.

What else is in it?

I haven't had the bsky dream yet, but this made me remember the recent one in which I was trying to export challah as a pdf, and now I'm just having a quiet little laugh about brains and tech.

I'll level with you; when I first scrolled by one of those photos, I assumed it was fake. But now I feel exactly the thing you described.

I'm going to apologize in advance if a bunch of Deep Thoughts™ start making their way into posts.

Going through some heavy family stuff right now, which tends to bring on the overanalyzing. Plus, me and millions of my marginalized friends are about to start feeling the government shutdown.

Go forth and improve its circulation!

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place

If you don't understand what happened here, please start with this book.

I did not write this. I have just become a one-person street team for it and if I could make everyone on earth read it, I would. It contains things everyone needs to understand as soon as possible.

How is it that I, a self-selected neo-Luddite, have known about this issue for a year, and this person learned about it yesterday

Dying my hair.

Checking myself all over for dye splotches before leaving the area of the dye towel.

Finding myself going "No, that's a bruise. No, that's a tattoo. No, that's another bruise," entirely too many times.

It'll go on the back, I promise

I figured putting the exact sense of humor on the business card would probably serve me well in the long run

Business card. Top: An old-fashion illuistration of an ambiguously sexed kestrel holding a quill. Scrollwork around the outside. Text: Kestrel Casey, fig 1, author. Roguish characters, haunted worlds, pathos by request.

I think I've finally got the new business card.

If a leggy stranger you were talking to in a bar handed you this, would you keep it?

Hey! Sorry it took me a minute, but I plugged "plucky" into an online dictionary and clicked synonyms like I was falling down a wikipedia rabbit hole until I found the word: Roguish. So, in effect, you were closest without going over. DM me a mailing address so I can send you a little prize.