Chicago. Parent. Fat. Bisexual. Bipolar II. Loud. Still masking. Kind of cute if you squint. Nerdy, but in a way that's fairly socially acceptable now.
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Fellow Zelazny fan @toomanyjs.bsky.social managed to obtain a deck of Nancy Kolar's "Chronicles of Amber" Tarot cards. This incredible bit of ephemera is hard to find, they were very limited edition and are easily damaged.
He'd like to create archival quality scans.
What's the best way to do so?
Today is Intersex Awareness Day. I am intersex – and did not find out until I was 26!
Intersex people are also impacted by the decision in FWS, but this is much less talked about. Intersex people continue to be subjected to non-consensual medical interventions.
Intersex rights are human rights.
The Murderbot Diaries is ACTUALLY fascist because Murderbot is a cop who enjoys a cop show (Sanctuary Moon) which is copaganda and Martha Wells is brain washing her fans with copaganda and turning us all fascist and also Mensah is a groomer (and fascist) because uh reasons.
DISCOURSE!!!!!
More often than not, I run into the most surface-level possible shit that essentially boils down to "this thing is bad because in < episode/chapter 1 > the < main character > did/said < a thing that wasn't the most perfect deal > and thus < this is a fascist project >
and like
no
In "Over The Garden Wall," Wirt makes Sarah a mix tape of poetry & clarinet music & people use this as evidence that the "real world" setting is the 1980s.
But Sarah doesn't have a tape player.
It's set in the 2000s and Wirt is a weird (complimentary) kid who makes mix tapes that are actual tapes.
Like it's not UNUSUAL that she doesn't have a tape player. It's not "You're never going to believe this - we haven't transitioned from records only yet!" It's "uhhhhh.... a..... tape? I don't??? Have???? a tape deck?????????"
Wirt is a DORK, he's GREAT, that is why he makes cassette tapes!!!!!
You can absolutely find the "tape" on youtube by the way, it's pretty intense, you DO have to work up to it.
Wirt's a talented kid. I hope he learns how to get out of his own way.
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.
We have a brick fireplace (that someone glued plastic brick veneer on top of ?????) with built in book shelves flanking it and we painted it when we moved in 17 years ago and it's looking its age and I want to repaint it so I've spent the weekend boxing up all the books and why. Why are books.
Why do I own so many books. Why bother. Surely I made a commitment a decade ago to living a digital life with a small physical footprint! What happened?
oh yeah. You don't actually OWN digital books and also my kid prefers physical media.
Fuck.
SO MANY BOOKS.
And they're HEAVY.
It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.
I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.
Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted
There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere*
Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines
As a species we decided, “we will survive”
Let’s do that some more
When I was a kid my mom was part of an effort to save trumpeter swans, it was a huge deal they were going extinct at one point there well less then 100 in the wild. Now there are estimated 63,000. I see migrations of them when at one point seeing one would have been rare.
It’s incredible.
Night Vale has always been a 100% independent podcast, while most independent podcasts at a similar level have sold to large companies. Being independent has protected us from a lot of the up and down of the industry, but it's also, to be clear, incredibly fucking hard work and annoying
“You can just start your own studio!” Brother I do not WANT to own a business. I don’t want to be anybody’s boss. I want to write, which is the thing i’m good at!!!
Hello claimants in the Anthropic copyright suit!
The parties filed a stipulated agreement asking for an update to the website.
In this stipulation, there are two important things (although there are more that might matter for individuals).
In 1991, when I was a freshman in college, Magic Johnson was diagnosed with HIV. My roommate (a basketball player and fan) was genuinely devastated. We all assumed this meant he would be dead within a couple of years.
He's 67 now. ❤️
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In 1977, when I was four, an older-than-me girl, Marlene, lived next door. She was the youngest in her family and would regularly indulge my "come over and play?" requests.
The year after we moved, Marlene died of leukemia. Childhood leukemia is now 85%+ curable.
I feel like there's a force field as thin as a bubble's skin between me and wellness and all I need to do to breach it is get ten hours of solid, good sleep but I've never had even one hour of solid, good sleep in my entire life.
"Surely you're exaggerating!"
When I was in high school I woke up one morning and couldn't figure out why I felt so weird. And the answer was that I'd slept well and wasn't exhausted.
Thirty years later and I've never felt that way again.
Every time I eat Jimmy John's I get a very specific stomach ache which is the same stomach ache I get when I eat certain brands of bread. Not all bread! But some brands! So I'm very careful about what bread I buy and where I get sandwiches from.
AND YET I HAVE A JIMMY JOHN'S TUMMY ACHE TONIGHT.
Also while I'm grousing I purchased ice cream sandwiches via grocery pick up and paid for ice cream sandwiches BUT THEY DID NOT MAKE IT INTO MY CAR which means I have ZERO ice cream sandwiches!
Which is probably good because my tummy hurts BUT STILL. (I requested a refund)
I just got hit by a car while crossing the street ! Polling the room: if you rolled a pedestrian up onto your hood and knocked them into the intersection, would you pull over and check if they're okay or would you just kinda drive off? Because what this driver chose might surprise you!
Now, I know what you're thinking. In Over the Garden Wall, when that one pumpkin guy is carving a pumpkin with a knife, is that OK? Yes. That guy is already dead. He can do whatever he wants.
🚨🚨ATTENTION BLUESKY🚨🚨
This account is temporarily an Alberta referendum account. I will try to keep things threaded as best as possible, but there's going to be a lot happening.
Recommended mute words: Danielle Smith, UCP, referendum, seppies, separatists, Rath, Parker, Kenney, Nenshi, Notley
Tomorrow we're doing our first-ever book launch without the help of a crowdfunding platform.
Preorders will open up on our 42nd book, SUPER MARIO GALAXY by @jordanwminor.bsky.social, and we'll debut the book's cover featuring original art by Jack Bloom.
Just in case you ever need it..... Northwestern Immediate Care STREETERVILLE is the only NW Immediate Care that will give you a rabies shot. You're welcome and 😫
This is a "kitty clip". It is a thing a Swedish trans lady makes for the purpose of folding your boy-parts around to make it look more like girl-parts. It has the highest gender euphoria per dollar rating of anything I've done to my body.
I have a lot of bills due the same week at the end of the month alongside having multiple specialist appointments. I could genuinely use the help, I apologize for constantly asking. It's truly been...a horrible year. But hopefully things will get better soon. I have an art book & comic in the qrp
Hey so I just found out that I don't qualify for Disability nor SSI for unique reasons but im still incredibly sick & multiple specialist appts per week. Im stuck between a rock & a hard place. My kofi shop has both my art book and my first chapter of my comic now.
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Look I cannot believe this needs to be said but writing a tie in novel you don't like is not the same thing as committing sex crimes.
Astarion Fans Be Normal For Five Minutes Challenge level: Impossible, apparently
hey all. shop's back. i am running a temporary, scaled back version for the rest of this year with the "sorcerer's choice" options, which let you pick a feature and a vibe and i will pick something cool out for you. nora.jewelry