MJ Kaufmann

It's OK to snitch on Nazis

ABS

Always
Be
Snitching (on Nazis)

Go read a book.

#books #reading #hammock #fall #monsterhoody

A Conversation with Cybersecurity Community OG and EH-net Founder Don Donzal - Phillip Wylie In this podcast episode, host Phillip Wylie interviews Don Donzal, the founder of the Ethical Hacker Network, aka EH-net. Don is a cybersecurity professional, mentor, and community advocate. Don recently gave a talk about his almost two-year sabbatical, where he learned lessons about work-life balance and finding enjoyment in daily routines. Don shares his personal…

A Conversation with Cybersecurity Community OG and EH-net Founder Don Donzal

a medieval style digital drawing of an androgynous brown-skinned knight on horseback on a hill, stabbing a long gold spear into a blue dragon on the ground. the knight has a gold halo behind their head and wears a suit of silver armor with a nonbinary flag striped tunic and a trans flag as a cape. their horse is white, with blue tack with trans pride trim. there is black gothic text at the top and bottom of the image reading “A world without trans people has never existed and never will.” there’s an ornate pale blue border around the image, filled with pink and blue scrollwork, gold hearts filled with colorful flowers, a smiley bat, two smiley moles, and two smiling frogs holding up trans flags.

a world without trans people has never existed and never will

Today we woke up to our public health allies telling the public that they can't trust CDC anymore More than a little demoralizing Because it's complicated The actual scientists at CDC - the ones you should trust - are not in control of public-facing webpages The conspiracy theorists are running the messaging And yet, most of us scientists... are still doing good science It's just not making it out We're still supporting local health departments We're still running our disease surveillance systems We're still on call for emergencies 24/7 Despite intense staffing shortages from multiple waves of RIFs And chronically being under-resourced Those of us left are still working hard to keep everything going We are proud of our mission And we persist, goddammit Yet We can also say... read the CDC webpages with skepticism Don't treat them as the gold standard. Corroborate the information with other trusted, independent sources. Many are still fine, but even we don't know when the political appointees are going to change their content And this is a painful thing for us to say So we just ask that, if you read or say "Don't trust the CDC!" You remember that we're here still trying to serve the nation, throw sand in the gears, and weather the storm

Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC

The typical joke is that they don’t have a health care plan and they’ll never have one.

But they do and it passed last July: taking away four people’s health care to pay for a tax cut for one millionaire family.

A page of human designs. On the left is a full drawing of a girl with a short bob haircut and a sailor dress. She is carrying a basket of flowers through some grass. The middle row is a young man with light hair and freckles and below him is a young man with darker hair that is short. He is wearing a locket. The right row is a young woman with dark braided hair and a coin like necklace with a thick chain. Below her is a man with curly hair.

This is a page of sea folk designs. To the left is a young girl with long light hair. She has scales on her cheeks, hands, feet and shoulders as well as long pointed ears. In the middle row are two sea folk men. One has a metal headband with a pearl center and a metal arm cuff, the other has horns made of coral with twisted hair at the front of his face. The right row has a man with long black braided hair. He wears a tassel as a necklace. The last one has shoulder length hair and a rip in his ear.

This is a page of elf designs. The left has an ancient drawing of an elf who is holding a flower while his garment trails behind him. The other two have rounded faces and shaggy light hair with shorter pointed ears.

A page of objects. The items are as follows: A plumb line (a weighted object used to determine a center line), two small jars with fish elements, a fish comb, a fish mosaic, 3 coins, a tassel, an instrument tuner, soap, an apple, a wolf pin and a necklace

Made some compilations of drawings to show the different humanoid creatures in my project. They're Human, Seafolk and Elves. Also, just a page of some items

The real criminal is the power-drunk fool spewing illegal, unconstitutional decrees, not the brave souls who flip them off and refuse to comply. #CivilDisobedience

Lindsey Graham has been one of the biggest enablers of Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric. South Carolina deserves better than Graham & can get it by electing @drannieandrews.com over Graham.

It is concerning to see the President target public officials for simply doing their jobs. Reminding our troops to follow the law is not sedition, and it should never be treated that way. This is not how a healthy democracy operates, and I will keep focusing on what matters to West Michigan.

CHICAGO RISE THE FUCK UP

WHAT HO!!!

Come play Dread with me on Friday November 21st at noon in the Winged Bull Tavern! I’m beyond excited to work with these fantastic talents 😍😍😍 don’t like scary stuff? Choose another excellent Guildmaster’s session and don’t miss a moment of fun!

Oh right #PAXU panel next week , I'll be there but Im joined by some amazing folks you should come listen to while I nod in agreement, come by & nod w/me to the words of @therosecleric.bsky.social, @catieosaurus.bsky.social, @blackgirlmage.bsky.social, @intersectionscch.bsky.social &@naladraws.com

A podcast album cover for Transplanar RPG’s The Chaos Protocol. The graphic features a purple cloudy background with three character illustrations across the image. From left to right, the characters are Lumièra, Xainan, and Seir. Lumièra is a Black person with dark brown skin, curly/kinky brown hair that is partially braided and streaked with white. Xainan is a masculine person with lavender skin, and dark berry red hair cut short beneath a wide brimmed black hat. Seir is an antlered person with a heavyset frame, brown skin, and shaggy black hair with a lion-like tail. There is text that reads: “The CHAOS Protocol.”

For folks heading to #PaxU and itching to kill time on the trip, consider listening to The Chaos Protocol! It’s poetic, fantastical, intense, emotional, trans as hell, and rooted in our signature noncolonial and orientalist approach to storytelling. ✨

Available wherever you pod your casts!

YouTube video by imagobooks Lorna Suzuki AUTHORIZED VLOG - Episode.03

Had your daily giggle yet? If not, check out this short Vlog on how I reduced some of my readers to the dreaded 'ugly cry'! You are welcome to check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfU9... #Readersky #writerscommunity #BookSky 📚🪐⚔️💙

the jinxworld @wordballoon.bsky.social Book club returns! Sunday night. Birds of Prey by @kellythompson.bsky.social & Leonardo Romero. voted on by the jinxworld discord. if you are a member of the discord or the WB patreon you get to be part of the lively conversation. Kelly sent us the script!

Both of my parents (who exclusively attended segregated schools) are only a few years older than Ruby Bridges. Economists could do much better work on segregation if they took the time to understand what it was and what it did to people who are still here.

I guess the songs are pretty solidly anti-shame. Can't have that!

Blikada

Hello! today is 🎂🎉MY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎂

For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!

Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.

blikada.com?pg=1#showComic

Etch-a-Sketch drawing of Calvin and Hobbes bent over an Etch-a-Sketch, Calvin gesturing at it (based on the comic strip where Calvin talks about "high art" and "low art")

Happy 40th anniversary, Calvin & Hobbes!

(a drawing I did back in 2022)

a child wearing headphones is reading a book ALT: a child wearing headphones is reading a book

Hi.

Please give me some book recommendations to listen to on my billion hour flight to PAX on Thursday. Bonus points if they’re written by PoC.

I like sci-fi, urban fantasy, cyberpunk, and adventure, just to name a few genres.

Some controversial ideas of mine:

1. It’s better to say things voters agree with than things they disagree with

2. When in office, it’s important to try to do a good job of governing

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✨Commissions are open! Come check out my new offerings, with more coming soon! Shares are appreciated as always!
vgen.co/MarineBogolo...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Supreme Court, the Voting Rights Act, and the 2026 Elections. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Ellen Katz, University of Michigan Samantha Blencke, Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Deuel Ross, Legal Defense Fund Moderated by Rick Hasen, UCLA School of Law UCLA School of Law is a State Bar o...

Want to make sense of today's ruling in Texas, and voting rights litigation in front of SCOTUS? Join us in one hour for a SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org webinar, "The Supreme Court, the Voting Rights Act, and the 2026 Elections."
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Today is just one long demonstration of the One Special Boy virus that has consumed our polity. Immediate presidency-ending stuff for anyone else from at least Truman to Biden. We're not even pretending to care about the law or the Constitution or any of the norms or duct tape anymore.

I write the things I would want to read but I write for others; I can't write only for myself because I already know what I'm thinking and typing it out is just inefficient. Also I'm an ego monster and want an audience.

Inside the Slow-Motion Magic: A Black Girl Nerds Editorial on Disney’s 'Zootopia 2' Press Day | Black Girl Nerds Spread the loveThere’s a particular kind of magic that happens at Walt Disney Animation Studios, the kind that slips under your skin the moment you step onto the Burbank lot. During the early press da...

During the early press day for Zootopia 2, that magic came alive in an entirely unexpected way when I found myself in a sound booth, headphones on, preparing to ADR the voice of Officer Moledebrandt (voiced by Josh Gad).

Good idea, me first!

Everybody: are you reading/have you read these webcomics? You should!

www.runawaytothestars.com
rigsbywi.com
rice-boy.com/3rdvoice/
www.sbnation.com/a/17776-foot...
www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/co...

I wish another author would have the same ideas as me. I get asked “what are the comps for this title” and I have absolutely zero examples