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the thing that drives me insane about genAI/chatgpt bullshit is that brother, the process IS the work IS the entire thing. no artist comes to art for the final result. the final result is inextricable from the fucking labor that came into making it

Today is my birthday and this is just about the best possible coincidental birthday gift I could have imagined - all of the music they're streaming is WILDLY good

at some point you have to stand up and say "I think trannies are worth fighting for and deserve dignity" and that's the one thing no one wants to actually commit to

in order: purchasing on bandcamp, streaming or purchasing from qobuz, streaming from most other platforms (apple music, tidal, deezer, etc.), or pirating (if financially unable to afford other options) are all valid alternatives to supporting the spotify corporation.

Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”

Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."

centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.

"i'm afraid to start HRT because it might be taken away"

they've already taken it away from you by making you afraid they will

make the appointment

i know the desire to fight with these sick freaks is strong but resist the urge and just block. it’s better for your brain.

The future of being trans on the internet The internet has long been a source of information and support for transgender people. Now, trans rights and the internet itself are in a moment of crisis. What happens next?

I've been super proud to work with a bunch of talented authors including @judedoyle.bsky.social and @taliabhatt.itch.io on this package over the past couple months — it's six great stories about the weird, scary moment both the internet and trans people are in

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Just let us live. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

you can't excise trans people from society because transness is an emergent property of free will. if you divide the world up into men and women and say men do this and women do that, some people are going to say that sucks, fuck you, i do what i want. it doesn't get more complicated than that

It's only political violence if it targets white conservatives, otherwise it's the way things are.

It's just a sports ban.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.

three years ago today, at the age of 41, i took my first dose of estrogen.

what the fuck are *you* waiting for?

Folks spend way too much time lecturing trans people and Palestinians about what they gotta say and do to be treated like people with human rights

"The fascists want us depleted, numb, and cynical." - I keep this top of mind daily and I actively refuse.

Life’s already hard.

Be the reason someone feels safer today, not the reason they break.

Alice Correia Barbosa. Say her name. Remember her. Free her. May this regime fall swift and hard.

A Brazilian trans woman, in the US legally under asylum, has been taken and disappeared by ICE.

the dems backing newsom just want a trump of their own. their not-so-ironic worship of him is less a satire of trump & his followers and more an emulation. the glee taken in doing something naughty that you imagine will annoy your enemies is part of the original package too

This is Gavin Newsom introducing and attempting to mainstream the idea that adults should also not be allowed to transition.

That he, and people like him, should have the right to dictate whether we receive medical care, or are denied it.

And you ask why we'll oppose him to our dying breaths?

It turns out that what some people like to call "purity tests" are actually extremely accurate bellwethers for how a candidate is going to behave when things get a little bit difficult

If you cannot go to the bathroom at work, you cannot go to work. If you cannot go to the bathroom at school, you cannot go to school. This effectively bans transgender people from a broad swath of public life in the UK

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

The British media outlet ITV also went on a Jordanian airdrop and simply ignored the Israeli government’s illiberal demands:

www.itv.com/news/2025-08...

Photo of a car's very dusty windshield. There are more than a dozen small pawprints in the dust, scattered down the middle of the windshield. Many smudge down the windshield by a few inches, suggesting rapid, desperate motion.

This remains my favorite cat picture without even having any cats in it.

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