☣️ THE DISASTYR ZONE ☣️

The NHS has now stopped all medication - puberty blockers and hormones - for trans minors. For most, unless they get drugs from other sources, this means a lifetime, in an increasingly violent and transphobic society, unable to pass. Under Wes Streeting NHS policy is harm and death for trans people.

I’m trying one of those new zero energy drinks that depletes all of your energy

oh hey it's a map of where multifamily housing is limited to

picture of an old white dude in a suit "freak the fuck out and panic sell everything right now. it's fucking over. -warren buffet"

Tweet that says "Scores of "I don't care if it provably causes health problems and death, I wanna violate your clock and life so l can play outside cause I'm more active and thus a better person than you couch potatoes" responses.

Yes. Also lots of rich yt folks being like "well it's better for me personally" when we know DST will disproportionately impact kids and poor people with very early work start times

my grandparents thought the start of WWII meant the 2nd Coming was nigh; my mom and her sisters were confident it’d happen when JFK (a CATHOLIC who totes followed the ANTICHRIST) got elected; I was told it’d drop in the year 2000 (since Jesus’s birthdate was miscalculated by a few years); yada yada

One thing about growing up in Kuwait, is that history classes make sure you’re aware of how much global effort it takes to put out oil fires.

I think *with coordinated effort* it took a year to put out the fires from the gulf war?

Anyway, get involved — I sometimes make phone calls to Georgia.

it feels like my country is an assembly line for producing crimes against humanity which no one will ever punish, or even bother to pretend caring about, and it's making me crazy

It would be cool if things stopped getting rapidly shittier all the time

Bad news and good news: the situation is happening whether you are monitoring it or not

beep beep

“Trump, Look Them in the Eyes” — front page of tomorrow’s Tehran Times with photos of Iranian children killed by US bombing of elementary school

Using all the decorative soaps on international women's day.

winnie the pooh is sitting on the floor in a room ALT: winnie the pooh is sitting on the floor in a room

The belief in trans rights entering the median voters body as Trump makes gas cost $8/gallon

I don't care which it is I just want us to pick one and stick to it 😭

Things look grim in the markets right now, but at least the U.S. economy wasn’t already being propped up by a massive speculative AI bubble that is highly sensitive to rising energy costs.

Hi spade 😀

But we're going to touch the stove and we'll be touching it more than probably ever before. And we're not going to get burned. We're not going to get burned

And yet every one of us who applied for or received grants from the government last year was expected to *instantly* know what these utter morons meant by "DEI" and "gender ideology" and stop doing whatever it was immediately.

if as they’re reporting nobody’s been hurt in the gigantic fire that took out the whole block next to central station, next most important order of business: why was it called ‘Sexy Coffee’

truly i dont know how the UK functions when every singular piece of news and legislation there is like "we banned pornography. you have to pay 1000 dollars to have your face in a national database. we're making it illegal to say bad words. your healthcare is illegal. its illegal not to be racist."

Interactive Buddy/Kick the Buddy. A spherical silver blob guy from a game that centered around putting him through various physical tortures

world has me feeling like him lately

It turns out that there are a lot of things that I can't actually do and that means that there are many things outside of my sphere of influence.

A few years ago I started replacing every "we should" with "I should" and this really helps me to stay grounded.

hey bro can i crash at your place tonight? thanks bro i appreciate it. you don't mind if i sleep at the end of your bed right? okay let me do my little circles now. okay yeah im comfy as fuck now bro. goodnight bro. i love you.

The markup on sterling is usually over 350% at a regular retailer. No joke.

So me making twenty bucks on a fifty dollar ring that I had to sit in auction for four hours to get...

I'm doing my best. I have a wholesaler certificate to buy from the factory. In general, I do much better at auctions.

This post features an abstract scene. A green house is on top of two domes. One yellow the other soft blue. The domes sit on a checkered half oval that is rust orange and cantaloupe orange. The scene is surrounded by white clouds and abstract trees or bushes that are dark green and rust orange. Live Softly is written in the lower left of the scene. The background is a 5 x 3 checkered grid. The far left is a rust color. The middle a blue and green moss color. The right side a lighter version of the middle.

Is it too late to share my New Years promise? Nope. Cool. My promise to myself this year is to share my work more. With more people. In more places. Last year was about making and writing without fear of sharing. Just do a thing and be happy. As Olivia Dean says ... Baby Steps 🤭.

of course they are. kids don't follow rules.

guy on the plane whos desperately waiting for the “no smoking” light to turn off so he can chuff a fat one

Please make sure you’ve kicked enough men in the nutsack today this could be nana’s last International Women’s day you know