Jen’s so smart & pretty & sweet—you should find a job for her!

Oh girl noooo! 😥🫂 I hope it doesn’t hurt too much and that you feel better soon

While I am staunchly pro-“trans girls reading Nevada,” I should probably tape this sign to the bottom of the “you should read Nevada” sign that I’m always tapping

at today’s shorter, smaller Pokémon Go meetup, I ran into the woman from Australia (or New Zealand, IDK) who, the first time I showed up to one in a skirt, told me (with all apparent sincerity) “it’s great to have more girls around!” 😭

So it was nice to see her. 🩷

I guess, yeah, this is what I’m kinda turning over in my brain.

I know, intellectually, that kids don’t care & are largely not bigoted unless taught… but whenever a kid is around, I still reflexively brace for “mommy, why is that man in a dress?” 😓

My anxiety disorder’s just wrestling with stuff 😮‍💨

(that isn’t the main reason I haven’t been to them for three or four months [main reason: 🥶] …but it’s on the list 😓)

(not everyone at the Pokémon Go meetups has cleared this bar 😑)

a picture of a pokemon and the word no Alt: Pokémon Dialga and a bunch of reverse-rotating clocks and the word “no”

he Dialga’d me 🙀

Kid’s mom, to her *immense* credit, was not playing the game herself but was, instead, fully focused on making sure her kid didn’t chase a Pikachu into traffic.

She was pleasant; she & the friend I was with & I are ~ same age. And—to the point—she was consistent with “she” without making it A Thing

I mean, there’s not an amount I can transition where I don’t give off “this is my Special Interest” vibes at the Pokémon Go meetup

(“step one: are you at a Pokémon Go meetup? Oop, ya fucked up already” lol)

You can bring the girl out in the nerd but you can’t take the nerd out of the girl etc etc

Not sure if it’s an “eh, «plus ça change» 🤷🏻‍♀️” thing or an “I need to transition harder 😤” thing… but it was very funny to me yesterday, at the Pokémon Go meetup, when a little neurodiverse six-year-old (w/mom) *immediately* glommed on to me and decided I was the audience for his Slowpoke knowledge 😅

I was social, with human people, not all of whom I already knew, in-person, outdoors, for *hours* on end. Like at least ten hours total? This might be a record for me in the 2020s, tbh

🏳️‍⚧️💉5️⃣1️⃣☑️ to cap off a pretty excellent weekend 💖

This is shot 2 of trying a four-day cycle. So far I’m feeling positive about it—I went incredibly hard yesterday, by my standards, and honestly managed myself quite well (again… by my standards 😅)

Day-before mood swings lessened? 🤷🏻‍♀️ OK, trial continues

Girl don’t make me say the line!! 😜

this must be the “rewards of being loved” they talk about, that’s supposed to go with the “mortifying ordeal of being known” part

I mean I wish my reading diet were broad & voracious enough to claim that, lol—instead of like two and a half books specifically 😅

I can think of at least two professors I know (and several librarians 😉) who would be much better qualified to comment on the larger category 😅

*two* special interest! *two* friend! (Ah ah ah 🧛🏻‍♀️💜) a red-letter day to be sure. Quick, someone ask me a Pokémon Go question, or something about Transformers 😉

Tonight, a friend messaged me “Hey Jen if you're around can you remind me of something from Woodworking I don't have it handy”

Literally two minutes after that, a totally separate friend messaged me “Hey Jen, I have a question for you about Nevada if you have a sec”

This is a *wonderful* evening 🥰

a black and white typography edit that reads "i am making permanent choices because i want permanent changes." the text is in all caps and is printed over a opened case of tools. the image is textured with very small halftone dots

i ❣️ bodily autonomy

Being the Bait in the Institutional Trap - Mia Murphy How OU administrators fell for an obvious trap and one woman paid the price.

I wrote up my thoughts on the OU/Mel Curth saga into a semi-coherent #highered essay out of an old thread of posts here. Credit goes to @cantb.bsky.social for developing the model of the institutional trap, which is at play here and cost a young woman her job & privacy. miamurphy.com/2026/03/01/b...

😆 I’m just glad you wrote it up! These are good thoughts and deserving of wider recognition 👏 Hopefully they’ll reach the people who need them!!

I think we need to shut down everyone named “Graham” or “Gavin.” Maybe anyone whose name starts with “G,” even. Just until we figure out what’s going on.

Pokémon Go screenshot. Team leader Blanche indicates that a Meloetta has completed Hyper Training by saying “Perfection. Voice Trainin has maximized its potential.”

Pokémon Go screenshot. A Meloetta, now named “Pitch Perfect,” is shown with hyper-trained 15/15/15 stats.

Finally completed Pokémon Go’s arduous Hyper Training process with my Meloetta! Started last summer… about when I came out 😅

She was 10/10/10, “Flat Note;” as the last eight months went by, renamed her “VoiceTrainin;” now she’s 15/15/15, “PitchPerfect”

Welp, guess I’m all transitioned now! Yayyy 🫠

Wish you were here! Well, ok, no—wish *we* were *there* lol 😅

Miss you @chithemonkey.northsky.social 🫂

Jen, Ada and Claire on an outdoor patio in warm light

It us! @buchans.bsky.social @ncc21166.bsky.social 😘

(world news. At least it’s not specifically targeting trans people, this time? I guess?)

Wow, tremendous mistake to check the internet this morning 🙃

is this a euphemism for something I’m not old enough to know about

Ugh, I’m sorry that happened to you 😓 what a shitty dude. I hope he steps on Lego forever.

If there’s anything I could do to help, please reach out. 🩷 The better parts of the world want you as who you genuinely are.