Sarah O’Possum (they)

An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.

Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵

Today if you gather with your beloveds &/or relatives, know that you could & should say what needs saying.

Confront bigotry, bias, myths, & lies. Speak on ending genocides, land back, trans rights, & advancing dignity & agency.

Actively disrupt whatever limits collective flourishing & well being.

Alice Brock, namesake of Arlo Guthrie’s ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83 Guthrie’s 1967 antiwar anthem with the refrain “You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant” begins with an eventful Thanksgiving hosted by Ms. Brock.

Sing it a little slower this year…

My suggested solution: only have all-gender bathrooms. Stalls included. Let the transphobes have to hold in until they’re safely back home or have to pull over their car and pee on the side of the road.

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Mourn for the dead, and fight like hell for the living.

#TDoR

I am at the dentist and really want to be able to still talk in 38 minutes so I can ask the dentist if the current time is tooth-hurty.

* - I’m personally super intentional about breaking skin to add art to my body. I want the energy around it to be clear, calm, and uplifting (thus also why I don’t want to be tattooed in a chaotic, loud environment). It felt good to hit that place and be able to add to the collection.

New ink. The last four years have been pretty hard in life-transformation ways, so I didn’t add any artwork to my body*. My blackbird means it’s time to take the pain and loss we’ve experienced and look around with new eyes, and take flight on newly healed wings.

A social media post showing an image of a raccoon with its paw in a peanut butter jar sitting on a transit chair, with a caption “why is there a raccoon eating peanut butter on my bus”, with a responding comment from a user named “raccoon eating peanut butter on the bus” that reads “mind your own fucking business “

Friday mood…

Actually this is more of a comment than a question

IDK who needs to hear this, but no one thinks that because you're attending a presentation rather than giving it, that you lack knowledge on the topic. So there's no need for you to feel insecure and try to one-up the presenter. Just don't do that shit ok?

You are radiant!

The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

Hi everyone.

The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.

We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.

We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.

I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.

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Why the actual fuck is my brain playing “Gagnam Style” on repeat when I’m trying to get work done?

“You've been solving for the wrong problem. It's not that you approach life with perfectionism; it's that you respond to missteps with self-punishment”

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It’s like a whole third set of communications - what you say in front of clients, what you say in front of the whole company, and what you say in the DM’s.

And it’s so healing! I’ve been more willing to remind folks about my pronouns because I know a solid chunk of my team has previous experience.

Know what’s fun?
Get a job at a reasonably ethical company, move up to where you have clout, and every time there’s a job opening push the resumes of every friend that’s queer, trans, POC, polyamorous, disabled, or neurodivergent. Voilá! You now have a diverse work environment.

At a new-to-me dentists office (yikes). Music when I came in was Queen’s “I Want to Break Free”, then moved into “Stranglehold”. I am sure it’s accidental but I love the idea that this was planned.

Image of a fluffy black cat wearing a bow tie, sitting semi-upright on a sofa with a phone on his belly. He is looking vaguely at it.

My very fluffy weirdo, Mishka, watching cat videos.

In this house, we believe All Cats Are Beautiful.

Yuuuuup. Did not think that I’d be old enough and the electorate would be stupid enough to let either of these things happen.

How my various online groups are handling the post-election results:

Queers: “How are we doing with bricks, face masks, and disability resources?”

Trans folks: “Let me help my peers get their passports and documents fixed.”

Scotch drinkers: “Tarriffs are coming, stock up on Lagavulin.”

I have been reviewing applicant resumes. Here are my tips:

Unless the job requires it, don’t post a photo. Especially not one that could double as a dating app pic.
Do not use comic sans font.
Actually have at least 2/3 of the “must have” qualifications.
If you use AI, don’t make it obvious.

Oh hai. Am back.

Awwww back at you, uhm…. Mark? Ronald? Pete?

Please remind me if I don’t find a way to make this happen in the next few weeks. Our community needs this.

We should get you a leather patch that says “Gary’s husband, umm….” to wear on your vest.

“And this is….uhhh…his husband. Greg? Glenn? George? Whatever.”

Next time we’re in the same place, I’ll introduce you and forget your husbands name.

This week at work, I:
Made a reference from “Welcome Back, Kotter” that nobody on my team understood

Admitted I’d never watched “Dude, Where’s My Car?”

Mentioned the movie “Road House” and the whole group got it.

So, ‘90’s Swayze is the tie that bound us as a team.

(And Sam Elliott, of course.)

22 Democrats Sponsor a Bill That Could Censor Abortion Info From the Internet The Kids Online Safety Act is “a blank check” for Republican AGs to "intimidate any way they can," a digital civil liberties advocate told Jezebel.

A vote for KOSA is a vote to let far-right politicians in red states further limit access to abortion for women that need it.