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39 // They/She // Navigating life with my wife and three cats // Gaming or watching some random movie // Enabling my friends to live their best lives In wife with @notcordelia.bsky.social

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Donate to Support Our New Start and Urgent Needs, organized by Nic Frankenberry-Saas Hello! We are a married lesbian couple (a trans woman and a nonbinary wom… Nic Frankenberry-Saas needs your support for Support Our New Start and Urgent Needs

Well - I have a few more apps in, including one that would actually be perfect and get me a work visa, but until then we are still needing help. We need to cover costs to move before the end of the month. Need to hit $3100 at least. Please help or share of you can!

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06.03.2026 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

God, I miss working in Pittsburgh during Anthrocon. I printed so much furry art.

06.03.2026 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YEAH THEY DID

06.03.2026 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The gender marker was introduced as a paranoid reaction to the idea that it was possible to be unsure of someone's gender, and it will always be a mechanism for reprimanding those whose appearance doesn't meet expectations in line with what it says on the ID.

26.02.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1901    πŸ” 295    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

Abolish the legal gender marker entirely. No government can be trusted to have a database of which people have changed theirs, no government has any business tracking what your gender is "supposed" to be in the first place.

26.02.2026 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9801    πŸ” 3484    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 89

Reasons a cis women might have Y chromosomes:

- Twin brother
- Gestating a child with a Y chromosome
- Bone marrow transfusion from someone with a Y chromosome
- Being intersex (we know of XY women who have naturally conceived and given birth)

06.03.2026 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 399    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

Boosting for Vyria

06.03.2026 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

DRAGON AGE DEVELOPERS CREATING ORLAIS:

05.03.2026 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"British female track and field athletes are being asked to cover the cost of their own Β£185 sex tests if they want to compete internationally"

A tax on women courtesy of the Gender Critical.

You know feminism /s πŸ™„

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05.03.2026 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 955    πŸ” 361    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 29

😭

06.03.2026 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shores Of Night - Redux The essential core of Shores Of Night, the Surreal / Weird / Cosmic Horror TTRPG without ableist sanity systems.

I just want everyone to know that , as of this hour, and for the duration of this one hour only, there are 69 hours left to go in my Kickstarter campaign, which I am told is very saucy and quite sensual.

#ttrpg

www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

06.03.2026 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

lol I remember wanting to die the first time I tried it a few years ago. It's rough. Tempted to busy out Just Dance but I know it'll be just as rough.

06.03.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I no longer play WoW sadly, but I picked WotLK because that is both when I started playing and the best raid Ulduar.

06.03.2026 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are other games I've sunk more time into - and ones where the whole series is my special interest (DA) - but these are probably the games that tweaked something in my core or just really felt great playing them.

06.03.2026 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
For the Student Who Said Grammar Doesn’t Matter When People Are Dying

What can kill is unclarity.
The misplaced modifier, for instance:
Having no hope, the wind didn’t move him.
Did the wind have no hope?
Clearly the writer meant,
Having no hope, he wasn’t moved by the wind.
But someone no doubt had told the writer
about the passive voice, to avoid it
at all costs, like passion,
and the writer, feeling with a chill
how costly life can be
when we are passive (the lover’s last knock
unanswered at the door),
opted for this construction.
Having no hope, the wind didn’t move him.
The difference
is between mystery and confusion,
between the wind’s stillness and a soul
that won’t be opened.
And why not? Why can’t
the wind hope?
I don’t know. I just know
it matters. Everything matters. What is erasing
what. Who is bombing whom.
It took me all day to misunderstand correctly:
Forgetting their children, the conquerors
destroyed them.

β€”Joseph Fasano

For the Student Who Said Grammar Doesn’t Matter When People Are Dying What can kill is unclarity. The misplaced modifier, for instance: Having no hope, the wind didn’t move him. Did the wind have no hope? Clearly the writer meant, Having no hope, he wasn’t moved by the wind. But someone no doubt had told the writer about the passive voice, to avoid it at all costs, like passion, and the writer, feeling with a chill how costly life can be when we are passive (the lover’s last knock unanswered at the door), opted for this construction. Having no hope, the wind didn’t move him. The difference is between mystery and confusion, between the wind’s stillness and a soul that won’t be opened. And why not? Why can’t the wind hope? I don’t know. I just know it matters. Everything matters. What is erasing what. Who is bombing whom. It took me all day to misunderstand correctly: Forgetting their children, the conquerors destroyed them. β€”Joseph Fasano

It matters.

06.03.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Perfect illustration of how the "podcasters are turning on Trump" narrative is bullshit. These guys still want the camps to churn out black smoke, they just don't want to see video of how the bodies get there.

05.03.2026 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 353    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Not to be THAT feminist, but I knew this was the case before opening the article. Men see fatherhood as an abstract milestone that's a proof of their virility, women see the associated costs.

Not to mention that women not being locked into domesticity is the core of the antifeminist backlash today.

05.03.2026 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1460    πŸ” 361    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 30
Joan Chen portrays a middle-aged lesbian awakening in β€˜Montreal, My Beautiful’
YouTube video by The Canadian Press Joan Chen portrays a middle-aged lesbian awakening in β€˜Montreal, My Beautiful’

MontrΓ©al, ma belle (Montreal, My Beautiful) starring Joan Chen

"This film is the first one in the whole world to put a middle-aged Chinese lesbian, a woman that is a lesbian on the big screen." – director Xiaodan He

04.03.2026 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
BREAKING: Iranian artists TRICKED
US-Israeli joint forces with "paintings on the ground."
Experts believe that the recently contracted OpenAl-driven weapon technologies have
"wasted millions of dollars" worth of missiles.

BREAKING: Iranian artists TRICKED US-Israeli joint forces with "paintings on the ground." Experts believe that the recently contracted OpenAl-driven weapon technologies have "wasted millions of dollars" worth of missiles.

Art really scored one against AI here.

05.03.2026 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2087    πŸ” 499    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 62

Odysseus had his crew lash him to the mast to keep him from doing an interview with Chotiner.

23.09.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3582    πŸ” 547    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 26

I really loved the finale of Scavenger's Reign. So upset that it's not getting another season. So much that I love about it.

05.03.2026 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This drag bill doesn't have the specific wording about trans people that actually got added to last year's version - but it's the same bill nonetheless.

05.03.2026 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would prohibit drag performances in public and another that would target transgender people using locker rooms that align with their gender identity. (Photo by Will Price/West Virginia Legislative Photography)

Hours before the crossover day deadline, West Virginia senators passed two bills that target LGBTQ+ people on Wednesday.

Senate Bill 590 would prohibit drag shows and other β€œadult cabaret performance” on public property or where they could be viewed by a minor. 

Under Senate Bill 1083, transgender people who change in a locker room aligning with their gender identity would be guilty of indecent exposure and made to register as a sex offender.

Senate Bill 590
Senate Bill 590 passed with just two no votes from Democrats Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, and Joey Garcia, D-Marion.

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would prohibit drag performances in public and another that would target transgender people using locker rooms that align with their gender identity. (Photo by Will Price/West Virginia Legislative Photography) Hours before the crossover day deadline, West Virginia senators passed two bills that target LGBTQ+ people on Wednesday. Senate Bill 590 would prohibit drag shows and other β€œadult cabaret performance” on public property or where they could be viewed by a minor. Under Senate Bill 1083, transgender people who change in a locker room aligning with their gender identity would be guilty of indecent exposure and made to register as a sex offender. Senate Bill 590 Senate Bill 590 passed with just two no votes from Democrats Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, and Joey Garcia, D-Marion.

There it is. They finally pushed them through by crossover day. They have not passed both houses yet, but this is the first time since they've been introduced yearly they've made it this far.

WV statehouse is a GOP supermajority, but a very lazy one. They could ram shit through but they don't.

05.03.2026 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So - we're getting the privatization of CPS but Raylee's law dies in the House.

WV just loves protecting kids so much.

Scouring to see if any more anti-trans bills crossed the statehouse before the deadline.

05.03.2026 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Waffle House doing more to fight white nationalist loons than Congress or the US Capitol police ever has.

05.03.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 227    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

There was a brief window when the FedEx Office branded pens were the smoothest things on earth and when I worked there I pocketed a ton of them. I was so sad when 1. We apparently changed the vendor back and 2. When I finally lost the last one (because I always lost them, never ran out lol)

05.03.2026 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

To me, this is the real tism test, not spoons.

05.03.2026 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

5 and it's not even close.

05.03.2026 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

lol the episode I'm currently watching, the IMDb trivia page has someone explaining diegetic music. tbf this is quite literally the first episode where it's a thing. Interesting little bottle episode I guess.

05.03.2026 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0