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only sorta here. she/her, late 30s. Retro trans game lister Occasional Boolean-Union contributor

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damn. hoping it at least signifies something

10.10.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2391    πŸ” 474    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 7

Boo, and furthermore, hiss!

09.10.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is very much a cliche but those right-wing Christians really aren't very Christ-like are they.

09.10.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 186    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 2

Plot twist: she does this but only because it's the night before her next electrolysis appointment

09.10.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
16th century painting of Mary Magdalene by Domenico Tintoretto

16th century painting of Mary Magdalene by Domenico Tintoretto

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

09.10.2025 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nature is swanning

08.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every smartphone in the world contains a CPU descended from one designed by a trans woman in the 1980s. The Matrix is one of the most influential movie franchises of all time. Electronic music was pioneered and popularized by a trans woman. I could go on

08.10.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1010    πŸ” 349    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 8
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Banjo's look is quite uncanny,

04.10.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1837    πŸ” 436    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0

there's a reason why half the out and out racists online have AI generated Ghibli profile pics and it's because being pro-ai in and of itself has become a dogwhistle

05.10.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1070    πŸ” 244    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 13
New cover for Animorphs #1 "THE INVASION." A boy with brown hair in a denim jacket, red shirt and green pants back flips into an anole lizard, completing the transformation in four total steps.

New cover for Animorphs #1 "THE INVASION." A boy with brown hair in a denim jacket, red shirt and green pants back flips into an anole lizard, completing the transformation in four total steps.

New cover for Animorphs #2 "THE VISITOR." A girl with blonde hair wearing a black crop top, high waisted baggy green jeans and pink sneakers jumps across the page, turning into a tuxedo cat.

New cover for Animorphs #2 "THE VISITOR." A girl with blonde hair wearing a black crop top, high waisted baggy green jeans and pink sneakers jumps across the page, turning into a tuxedo cat.

New cover for Animorphs #3 "THE ENCOUNTER." A boy with dirty blonde hair in a baggy purple shirt, blue-grey jeans and yellow All star sneakers leaps from the top of the cover downwards, transforming into a red-tailed hawk.

New cover for Animorphs #3 "THE ENCOUNTER." A boy with dirty blonde hair in a baggy purple shirt, blue-grey jeans and yellow All star sneakers leaps from the top of the cover downwards, transforming into a red-tailed hawk.

About a year ago I was approached by Scholastic to pitch sketch ideas for the reprinting of Animorphs. After cryingscreamingbarfing I said YES OF COURSE. I am so grateful to have been chosen and for the enthusiasm everyone has expressed so far. David Mattingly left me some very big shoes to fill!

22.09.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1056    πŸ” 389    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 16
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Tract Dissection - "Who Murdered Clarice?" (#146) - Boolean Union A page containing the dissection for 'Who Murdered Clarice?' published by Chick Publications.

It's Halloween season, and what's spooookier than robbing women of their right to bodily autonomy? It's certainly not the awful screaming of the lambs. The newest dissection of that anti-abortion classic "Who Murdered Clarice?" is now live on the Boolean Union website!

03.10.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

04.10.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1279    πŸ” 1493    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 84
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Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

This should be a resigning matter, no minister of health or leadership at Sandyford should be able to govern over a health service that has a waiting list of over 224 years.

The gender service at Sandyford must be abolished and replaced with primary healthcare

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

04.10.2025 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

When they dig up your bones they'll take one look at you and say "that's your appointment ready now"

04.10.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Gender Clinic Files: Some people in Scotland will never get a gender clinic appointment on a 224-year waitlist.

Gender Clinic Files: Some people in Scotland will never get a gender clinic appointment on a 224-year waitlist.

This system is failing to support people to transition not because it is broken, but by design. The frustrating thing is that this would not be a difficult problem to solve under a different political paradigm. 

Trans+ people do not need to be assessed by gender clinics or diagnosed by psychiatrists to tell us what we already know: we are trans. The healthcare we need, especially when it comes to hormones, is already available to cis people through making an appointment with their GP. 

Gender clinics are unnecessary and exist to segregate healthcare for Trans+ people. Abolishing this system and providing Trans+ healthcare in primary care, at the GP through an informed consent model, would solve many of the issues this data reveals. GPs already prescribe hormones to cis adults. Trans+ adults simply need the same access to this healthcare.

This system is failing to support people to transition not because it is broken, but by design. The frustrating thing is that this would not be a difficult problem to solve under a different political paradigm. Trans+ people do not need to be assessed by gender clinics or diagnosed by psychiatrists to tell us what we already know: we are trans. The healthcare we need, especially when it comes to hormones, is already available to cis people through making an appointment with their GP. Gender clinics are unnecessary and exist to segregate healthcare for Trans+ people. Abolishing this system and providing Trans+ healthcare in primary care, at the GP through an informed consent model, would solve many of the issues this data reveals. GPs already prescribe hormones to cis adults. Trans+ adults simply need the same access to this healthcare.

In Glasgow, there is a 224-year waiting list for gender clinic appointments.

224 YEARS.

This is institutionalised discrimination. It's unacceptable, it's ruining people's lives and it needs to change.

We have the solution. Time for politicians to act.

04.10.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 684    πŸ” 228    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 46

I'm the only Tatsuya Ishida scholar willing to talk bout tats egg theory. the rest are all cowards

03.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 3

and scene

03.10.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 9573    πŸ” 3285    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 59
Protomen Part 3 Album cover - This City Made us

a character stares into the city as in the distance a giant beam of light shoots from the mountains into the cloudy sky.

Protomen Part 3 Album cover - This City Made us a character stares into the city as in the distance a giant beam of light shoots from the mountains into the cloudy sky.

Everyone SHUT THE FUCK UP Protomen dropped pre-orders for Act III theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...

03.10.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 826    πŸ” 452    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 145

What made you think this is an appropriate response to a user bringing up a valid concern?

Im honestly asking. I get that your job is frustrating and you can't please everyone, but do you really think it's appropriate to react this way to marginalized groups who are legitimately under threat?

01.10.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 284    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

This site will NEVER be good I swear to god

01.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally, someone who understands the reason for the season

01.10.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pre-transition - Boy Alex lazes on the couch with a beer and his hand down his pants.

Transition: first months - Girl Alex tearfully applies lipstick in a mirror and says "I gotta be more fem! It's never good enough! It's never good enough!"

Transition: one year -  Girl Alex lazes on the couch with a beer and her hand down her shorts.

Pre-transition - Boy Alex lazes on the couch with a beer and his hand down his pants. Transition: first months - Girl Alex tearfully applies lipstick in a mirror and says "I gotta be more fem! It's never good enough! It's never good enough!" Transition: one year - Girl Alex lazes on the couch with a beer and her hand down her shorts.

27.09.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4292    πŸ” 591    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 14
ATARI GAMES LIBRARY
PLAY GAME
BACK
Fire Truck
PLATFORM: Arcade
RELEASE YEAR: 1978
Featuring a cabinet with two steering wheels, Fire Truck was the first co-operative arcade game. One driver steered the truck's cab, while another piloted the trailer.
Creator Wendi Allen (formerly Howard Delman) says the horn button serves no gameplay purpose - "it was put in just there for fun," she says.

ATARI GAMES LIBRARY PLAY GAME BACK Fire Truck PLATFORM: Arcade RELEASE YEAR: 1978 Featuring a cabinet with two steering wheels, Fire Truck was the first co-operative arcade game. One driver steered the truck's cab, while another piloted the trailer. Creator Wendi Allen (formerly Howard Delman) says the horn button serves no gameplay purpose - "it was put in just there for fun," she says.

*ARCADE ORIGINS
BACK
GAME UBRARY
1979
Lunar Lander
Vector displays were a new technology that allowed games to draw crisp, clean, high-resolution lines. Lunar Lander, designed by Wendi Allen and Rich Moore, was Atari's first vector game. In sharp contrast to other fast-paced arcade games, Lunar Lander was a deliberate, methodical game in which the player had to carefully land a space capsule on the surface of the moon.

*ARCADE ORIGINS BACK GAME UBRARY 1979 Lunar Lander Vector displays were a new technology that allowed games to draw crisp, clean, high-resolution lines. Lunar Lander, designed by Wendi Allen and Rich Moore, was Atari's first vector game. In sharp contrast to other fast-paced arcade games, Lunar Lander was a deliberate, methodical game in which the player had to carefully land a space capsule on the surface of the moon.

*!:ARCADE ORIGINS
2022
ASTEROIDS
Notable and Quotable
"Asteroids was initially being developed as a raster game called Planet Grab, with different play dynamics. The object of the game was to claim more planets than your opponent." -
Wendi Allen

*!:ARCADE ORIGINS 2022 ASTEROIDS Notable and Quotable "Asteroids was initially being developed as a raster game called Planet Grab, with different play dynamics. The object of the game was to claim more planets than your opponent." - Wendi Allen

Today I learned about Wendi Allen and the work she did with Atari, thanks to the Atari 50th Anniversary collection.
They mention the name she was credited as back in the 80's once, and then continue to use Wendi for every other mention after.
Just nice to see it carried through

29.08.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Specsavers ad "I want you to take Luna to obedience lessons"

Specsavers ad "I want you to take Luna to obedience lessons"

Who is the trans girl who made this as?

24.09.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 406    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
4 strip comic. first frame, we see Horst Wessel and two other storm troopers carrying a large nazi flag. text reads : Horst Wessel was a young storm trooper recognized as a skilled public speaker by the nazi party. he also wrote the song that became the partys anthem and german co-national anthem until 1945. second frame, we see a portrait of Horst. text reads : in 1930, his landlady hired two men who happened to be communists to evict him over unpaid rent and alleged proxenetism. He died in the fight. thrid frame, we see Goebbels speaking in front of a large crowd. text reads : Goebbels, the nazi chief propagandist, had been looking for someone to turn into a christian martyr for the party and drum up enrollment. he turned wessel's funeral into a major propaganda event full of speeches antagonizing leftists. fourth frame, we see the State Farm Stadium with a large banner advertizing Charlie Kirk's funeral. text reads : thinking about him today for no particular reason.

4 strip comic. first frame, we see Horst Wessel and two other storm troopers carrying a large nazi flag. text reads : Horst Wessel was a young storm trooper recognized as a skilled public speaker by the nazi party. he also wrote the song that became the partys anthem and german co-national anthem until 1945. second frame, we see a portrait of Horst. text reads : in 1930, his landlady hired two men who happened to be communists to evict him over unpaid rent and alleged proxenetism. He died in the fight. thrid frame, we see Goebbels speaking in front of a large crowd. text reads : Goebbels, the nazi chief propagandist, had been looking for someone to turn into a christian martyr for the party and drum up enrollment. he turned wessel's funeral into a major propaganda event full of speeches antagonizing leftists. fourth frame, we see the State Farm Stadium with a large banner advertizing Charlie Kirk's funeral. text reads : thinking about him today for no particular reason.

No particular reason

21.09.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4840    πŸ” 2396    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 50
stylised sun and field on a cereal box

stylised sun and field on a cereal box

Sainsbury's corn flakes, 1973. From the Sainsbury Archive.

Its a little too 'Wicker Man-ish' for me...

www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/se...

21.09.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 18

I'm sorry, Chiitan, but

19.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Pay Real Life Comics using PayPal.Me Go to paypal.me/maegodhavemercy and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

Fuck. Fuck. FUUUUCK.

Our car just got repossessed (literally just now at 11:30 at night), and I don’t have the money to get it out. FUCK.

If you can help, please please help.

PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy

19.09.2025 06:44 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 349    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 12

It's based on the opening text for Snatcher, which Kojima dedicates to the real-life cyberpunks of the world. I used Death Generator by @foone.bsky.social to change the text to play off of @lonthefox.bsky.social and @pseudonymjones.bsky.social's respective posts.

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