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@edidin.bsky.social

writer, anticarceral policy cryptid, knitter, comics-industry semi-expat, parent to small human, pirate king of the moon. queer, trans, brain wired weird. kind to reptiles. he/him. https://linktr.ee/edidin LOOKING FOR WORK.

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So I have to start trying to raise some money to cover the remainder of my rent this month. I should’ve been asking sooner, but… it’s really fucking embarrassing, so I stupidly put it off sometimes.

If you can spare anything at all, *please* consider do so using the email address below. Thank you!

28.01.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House.

They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.

If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.

Live here.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...

28.01.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1293    πŸ” 775    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 95

I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:

"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."

28.01.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3157    πŸ” 1596    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 77

I want him held accountable for the harm he has done, but I also want him profoundly humiliated and emotionally broken.

29.01.2026 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The pigeons, in general

29.01.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the pope should pants J.D. Vance on live television while surrounding dignitaries point and giggle.

29.01.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

the neighbors listening at the wall with old-time metal ear horns

29.01.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...”

And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.

29.01.2026 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1115    πŸ” 566    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 28

is there a term for fic that you write because you hate someone? because I have invented an entire narrative about Chuck Schumer fruitlessly and increasingly brazenly angling for a threesome with the Bailies, but I feel like calling that "fan" fiction misrepresents my feelings about Schumer.

29.01.2026 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it really overheard if you said half of it?

29.01.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not.

29.01.2026 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

is there a term for fic that you write because you hate someone? because I have invented an entire narrative about Chuck Schumer fruitlessly and increasingly brazenly angling for a threesome with the Bailies, but I feel like calling that "fan" fiction misrepresents my feelings about Schumer.

29.01.2026 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

I worked at a corporate research firm for a while.

29.01.2026 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is perhaps even worse than the time that a coworker and I accidentally introduced a third colleague to the concept of furries and he promptly googled it.

29.01.2026 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

i think the pope should pants him on live tv while all the cardinals point and laugh

29.01.2026 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh no

29.01.2026 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit this is heinous.

Alejandra says down-thread that Kansas state legislature marked it up and passed it TODAY so quickly that zero resistance could be mounted.

It's the first bill looking to invalidate amended trans birth certificates and licenses.

29.01.2026 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

WHAT

29.01.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not like you're the one who decided to marry him off.

Maybe his wife will turn out to be gay and they will make an Agreement and everything will be okay.

29.01.2026 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

a perfect baby

29.01.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The three-year-old has taken to enthusiastically pointing out every instance of dog pee we pass.

29.01.2026 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone wins!

29.01.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

huh

29.01.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

(To clarify, when I say that I care about people being mean to Antony, I mean that I am emphatically for it.)

29.01.2026 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I care about only three things on Bridgerton:

-People being mean to Antony,

-Nicola Coughlan's groundbreaking representation of the perfect-breasts-having community,

-Benedict's joyful embrace of bisexuality and also of being a rampant slut.

Season Whatever This Is, we're gonna have problems.

29.01.2026 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist.

please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.

28.01.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2109    πŸ” 761    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 31

I feel like misogynoir plays a big role in this as well

29.01.2026 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Were just informed that the kiddo’s imaginary friend’s parents are β€œmuch older than you, her mommy is six and her daddy is eight.”

The imaginary friend in question is seven, but was three last year.

@edidin.bsky.social

29.01.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

As far as I know, Tom Suozzi here still does not have a primary challenger in his district (NY-3 on Long Island).

The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.

29.01.2026 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3853    πŸ” 1542    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 46

YAY IT’S BACK ON

29.01.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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