Rebecca

Yeah, I might be booking different flights, still waiting for confirmation of stuff

Publicly quitting your job & saying, "I refuse to lend any more credibility to an institution perpetuating a moral panic against trans people" would be pretty influential & would actually get you a lot of respect & people willing to support your work outside of that institution. It's always a choice

How many times do we have to say this but: dead people do not come back. Dead children do not come back. Death is permanent.

What happens in 3 months means fuck all to the deaths happening RIGHT NOW

Albanese says Australia supports US action against Iran and stands with the Iranian people’s ‘struggle against oppression’ Department of foreign affairs warns travellers of risk of reprisal attacks, further escalation and flight cancellations in Middle East

Albanese would 100% have backed the Iraq War if he was PM. Would have supported it harder than Howard.

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Great watching the US do to global tourism what they've done to their own

And thanks to this conflict Qatar Airways have been cancelling flights and I might not fly at all

Thank you

This is not to free the Iranian people & end their oppression. Many civilians will die & region could fall into absolute chaos as both US & Israel want. This is 2 rogue states believing they can bomb anyone, anywhere whose leaders both belong before The Hague. Shame on Albo for backing it.

Already we’re being lied to that this is in self - defence, the 2026 version of “weapons of mass destruction”, the last one killed more than 1 million Iraqi civilians.

What the USA & Israel are doing in bombing Iran is a violation of the UN Charter & international law. This is an illegal war, unprovoked & can’t be justified as self - defence & is without UN Security Council authorisation.

Unsure how to report on this fresh absurdity? Translation: the U.S. and Israel, both nuclear powers who have already flattened Gaza, now claim a moral duty to 'preemptively' bomb Iran. Why? A sudden concern for international law and paranoia Iran might develop the very weapons they already have.

I'm flying to Europe tomorrow and I'd appreciate it if the US, Israel and Iran could stop right now. I do acknowledge that the US and Israel are the aggressors here and Iran is responding.

Small green frog with red eyes and toes perched on the end of a stick.

Here’s a Red-eyed Tree Frog to start your day, one of the wonderful creatures we’ve seen so far in Costa Rica. 🐸

Trans people want to have sex and make art and talk about sports and do all the shit everyone likes, and instead we have to think about Nazi freaks all day. This sucks eggs.

You deserve this SO MUCH 🐣 🪶

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Trans kids, trans adults, trans all of you folks

I’m so glad you live. I’m so glad you’re here and I hope you know there are so many rooting for you, fighting for you and hoping you get to live the best life you can

A Steller’s Jay standing on a rock next to a green colored lake. It is a large Jay with a bright blue body and black shoulder a head. It has a tall black crest with two thin blue lines on its forehead.

A lovely Steller’s Jay wishing you a happy #ThursJay
#birds

Magda Szubanski in remission after stage 4 cancer treatment The Australian entertainer has revealed she is in remission after completing chemotherapy treatment for stage 4 blood cancer

Such excellent news to receive on a Friday

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Billionaires are a societal and moral failure. Tax and legislate them out of existence.

stanley tucci with members of the gold medal winning USA women's hockey team

crying in the club* (*at my desk) bc stanley tucci took the USA women's hockey team out for a meal at his favorite restaurant and they gave him his own jersey

In Australia the systemic failures across these 4 pillars of a civil society can trace the causation of such intergenerational vandalism to Trickledown Economic Policy and the “Thatcherism” of John Winston Fucking Howard
Yet , many those most affected swallow the distraction of Hansen et-al

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Your Nebula ballot is still open for 2 days and 10 hours

Reminder: get those Nebula award nominations in, SFWA members! I would of course humbly suggest my own short story ("Large Emotional Models") from Sunday Morning Transport, but no matter who you nominate, nominations close in 2-ish days! (MW: Hugo noms close *next* month.)

With Alt-Text for those who need it

Sculptures of Ravens in in blue and greenish blue glass sitting on pedestals

The glass and chicken wire ravens by Joan Danziger are amazing 🤩

Dating apps are facilitating LGBTQ+ hate crimes. How can users stay safe? Most current safety initiatives focus on responding to online-enabled harm, not prevention.

"It is important to emphasise that members of minority communities are not responsible for hate crimes, and individual risk mitigation can never be foolproof."

A long haired black cat photographed through a window. She's sitting on the outside windowsill, looking in at the camera with what appears to be an angry facial expression.

I love that this cranky-looking face belongs to one of the sweetest and gentlest cats I've ever known. This was her way of asking me to come outside and give her pats white telling her she's pretty. I obliged, naturally.

A fluffy grey Canada jay perches on the tip of a black spruce tree and looks into the soft light of a lovely winter day. Gorgeous bokeh sparkles in the background.

I will never tire of photographing Canada jays, especially when the lighting is just so lovely - taken at Wapusk Adventures near Churchill, Manitoba on a perfect winter day. #birds