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I completely forgot Shakespeare's Sister existed. I had a cassette of Hormonally Yours that I played all the way to death. Little babygoth Heidi would be so disappointed in me.

It's 2025.

Twenty-twenty-five.

I spent the day on poems and I can't
stop thinking in the meter that I used!
Iambic stress and rhyming like a chant,
My voice must sound like I am such a loon.

so some terminology:
needlework: generic term for various kinds of embroidery and related things
embroidery: generic term for making decorative patterns with thread, almost the same thing as needlework

So, this week, I saw an ENT (about sinus issues) and learned that having auditory processing disorder can mask how bad your physical hearing loss is.

And unlike sensory bullshit, I can put a pretty simple device in my ear and just... fix it?

“A source that cannot be verified or remain consistent is useless.”

Shout this sentence from on high.

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Just adding, I'm NOT blasting anyone who doesn't like or want sex- ace spectrum here. But that's different from the shame of sex negativity.

And noting that @samaburime.bsky.social has written papers about purity & anti culture in fandom & online that are fantastic and relevant 🖤

I love that Gen Z/A aren't having sex they don't want & set hard boundaries. But some thought by some is potentially harmful.

We *do* have a moral panic tone, bc it looks more prevalent than it is, especially irl.

And it's hard to see it next to tradwives & not see a sex negative zeitgeist

I think most of the 'puriteens' are online- mostly in fandom where it pops up a lot.

Discourse escapes containment, tho & some of it's applied broadly. It's an extreme position among Gen Z/Alpha. But it's smart to address extremes in thought before they go mainstream

I have nuance I'd offer. 🧵

"22 year olds won't sleep with me" isn't the thing we worry about. That's something totally different.

I'm a Gen X queer mom, very online in a Tumblr and fandom way. My concern is seeing progress in sex positivity immediately backlash- purity culture has fascism DNA.

Obsessed with this slogan 🖤 #appalachia

you cannot separate climate catastrophe from the capitalist system that created it. climate change is the atmosphere reflecting centuries of violent, extractive conquest back to us.

the specter of "crime" has been looming larger and larger in the reactionary mind, even as rates plummet to historic lows (a global phenomenon independent of carceral policies), rationalizing consent for total unfreedom lest someone somewhere shoplift a candy bar or cross an imaginary arbitrary line

Really was one of the dumbest and most harmful things possible for “virtue signaling” to become some kind of epithet. Sending externally visible signals that you are engaging in pro-social behavior is normal, natural, and good, it’s how society works. Other people can’t read your fucking mind.

Myself, I actually would refrain from outright mentioning death because it seems like it'd be catnip for cops/ICE/whatever part of the fascist state. But that's just me.

Mask Bans Are an Insult to Disabled People and Protesters Alike The bans threaten disabled people and protesters alike.

I was quoted in this @teenvogue.com article about mask bans and the harm they pose for the disability community.

This is the kind of inclusive journalism Teen Vogue has been doing for years.

If Bezos purchases them, it’ll be the end to stories about disability, trans rights, immigrant rights etc:

Jesus. They're already terrible about it. You get different answers from different workers, and the Medicare Advantage plans & Medicaid plans (hello, Aetna, fuck you) absolutely use the Delay, Deny, Defend tactics. They've kept my brother from critical meds at least twice.

I'll never discourage protesting. But be smart.

Red flags:

🚩They want you to sign up, RSVP, otherwise take your contact info

🚩Especially on Facebook.

🚩 Collaborated with cops @ past events

🚩Branded/sponsored by an org that polices respectability politics

No phone/burner only. Stay safe 🖤

It's so hot my phone is sweating. Just got a "moisture in the charging port" alarm and like... from what?

Always use a VPN that doesn’t track and doxx you; those are harder to find

He was wrong 😅😅😅

Ah, yeah, he's playing shit from the 70s/80s and idk if they ever did color vinyls then.

@ the entire UK:
There are very cheap & free VPNs. They're easy to use.

Age verification? Used to walk to the corner store to buy glass bottles of Mountain Dew for a quarter.

My son's got a portable one that tucks away easily and wasn't at all spendy 👀