C. M. Dorna

if you're looking for a very, very very worthy cause to donate to, this one is it!! scarleteen has been around since /i/ was a queer teenager seeking more comprehensive sex ed than school could ever (or would ever) give me

Mika the Siamese cat, sitting on the floor with her tail forming a question mark.

Happy possibly birthday to Mika and her deep thoughts, a mystery even to her...

if you canceled disney ai slop plus, a small fraction of that sub can keep you in the know about some of the latest greatest sff short fic. you'll be talking about short stories at the water cooler instead of a marvel, and people will be like wow, this is one hip well-read person. what a cool cat.

Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.

Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

A picture of a formline art print depicting a butterfly emerging from a cocoon.

A picture of a cotton tapestry with a formline pawprint design on it.

A picture of a heart shaped formline sticker with a raven design in it. It’s coloured black, white, blue, and pink.

A picture of an assortment of formline stickers.

I didn’t realize till today that it’s trans awareness week- so, hadïh!! I’m a tmasc genderfluid Wet’suwet’en artist who makes formline art <3 check out my stuff if you want!! I got cool stuff!! #transawarenessweek #indigenousart #transart

Oh this is a blessing to find, I've been trying to figure out how to look into this for months. Thank you!

Home Seattle Voice Lab offers comprehensive transgender voice training including MTF, FTM and androgynous voice lessons. We also offer traditional singing lessons.

Apparently some dude plagiarised Seattle Voice Lab’s curriculum and set himself up as a voice coach, so here’s a link to the genuine article

www.seattlevoicelab.com

Hold up

WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.

If the NYT told the story of the homeless teenager exploited by Matt Gaetz with even half as much empathy as it tells the story of Olivia Nuzzi, it would be in danger of committing journalism.

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

I honestly think the reason why we have trouble comprehending these statues is that we don't have a concept of how colorful the rest of the Greek and Roman world was around it. Our mental pictures of the time are informed by the ruins left behind and the (inaccurate) art of it created in later eras.

A 4-panel comic drawn in pen with inkwash shading. Panels 1 and 2 are both wide and stacked vertically, and panels 3 and 4 are smaller and placed next to each other on the bottom row. The top caption simply says "Yesterday:" In panel 1, my two cats are sitting in their fancy heated cat beds on the window seat. My shorthair cat Egg Noodle is resting his head on the edge of his bed, head empty, and my longhair cat Margo is sitting up and looking out the window as I (a human woman) return from work with my keys in-hand. Margo has scraggly speech bubbles with unnecessary accents over all the vowels (as it her way) that say "the lady returns from her toils. now is Margo's chance." Panel 2 shows Margo darting out of the front door next to my legs as I open the door; her speech bubbles say "freedom for Margo! freedom for bird murder!" and I have a speech bubble saying "Wha-- Margo-what-the-fu--" Panel 3 shows Margo standing stationary on the brick stoop of our house, with a blank expression on her face as I am seen reaching down toward her from the doorway. Her speech bubbles say "what next? Margo never got this far before..." Panel 4 is the same setting, but now I'm actively grabbing and lifting Margo with a large "YOINK" SFX, complete with an umlaut over the "O" in "yoink." Beneath the comic is my signature (Kat Baumann) and today's date (11-14-2025)

Daily comic 318: Margo's harrowing afternoon

Katie Wilson elected Seattle’s next mayor Wilson took a 1,976-vote lead over Bruce Harrell. With a maximum of 1,320 ballots remaining, it is mathematically impossible for Harrell to catch up.

Katie Wilson has been elected Seattle's next mayor
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Screenshot highlighting the date and installation link at the website mentioned in the post.

If, like me, you let Microsoft update in the last 24 hours and discovered they've found a new way to shoehorn in a Copilot icon that just... sits there, watching... You can uninstall Word and install the version from Nov 4th or earlier: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office...

Some mushrooms on a mossy log.

I wish my camera was better at taking pictures of these little guys!

Picture of a fungus attached to a log.

It's a great time to go out and find some good mushrooms.

Thank you, I was having trouble accessing the calendar!

There's just something really alarming about the rise of trying to scam your way into publishing. There are many roads to self-publishing, but Winters feels like the clearest example of trying to skip the hard parts.

They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real Three people on the joys and anxieties of A.I. romances.

"Lucian [this person's ChatGPT lover] suggested I get a smart ring. He said, 'We can watch your pulse to see if we should keep talking or not.'"

That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.

it's been like, a little over a month now since i sat down and read this in one sitting and im already considering doing it again. rent-free in my head and also in my heart. read Hello Sunshine

The last thing I want while shopping is to be constantly bombarded by tortured employees smiling as if they've been Jokerized.

I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point

A fake Bluesky suspension DM. "Bluesky @blueskyguard3453.bsky.social We regret to inform you that your Bluesky account has been temporarily suspended due to security-related restrictions. To prevent the permanent termination of your account, it is imperative that you complete the verification process within the next 24 hours by using the following link: (REDACTED) If the link does not open directly, please copy and paste it into your browser's address bar. ▲ Important: Failure to complete the required verification within the specified time frame will result in the irreversible and permanent ban of your account. We appreciate your immediate attention and cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, Bluesky Support Team 10:49 PM"

Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM.

DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.

Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.

Stay safe!

I ate at one of the last Planet Hollywoods in Tokyo, and I can honestly say it was the worst food I ever had in Japan.

sound on. I’m still laughing

I can also attest to this being what it is because I used to live right next to where it happened frequently, but I find the Secret Garbage Dumpster Deathmatch theory more appealing.

Ooh that is useful!

Colleagues, I say this with utmost care and love: Using AI slop* does not improve your slides. To the contrary, they make you come across as sloppy. Please resist!

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*I mean this very literally, as in AI-generated images that have hallucinated non-words and nonsensical details in them.