Cantras

Got way lightheaded at swords class and had to sit down somewhat urgently. I guess when the vampire who lives in my phone (@selfcarevampire.bsky.social) tells me to drink water and eat something, i should listen.

This is something we get accused of surprisingly often and all I can say is: yes. Good. I am here to destroy the hopes and dreams of husbands who don't think they have to add value to their wife's life.

This drives me CRAZY. I grew up playing sports w/ boys. I played on a U12 boys select soccer team, b4 switching to a U12 girls team that kept beating us. Nobody had any issue with any of it. Youth sports have never had the strict sex/gender boundaries that “XX-XY” activists are now trying to defend.

Any politician who’s willing to throw away one group’s rights is willing to throw away everyone’s rights. It’s that simple. Every single consultant, pundit and candidate who’s shown a willingness to abandon trans rights needs to be shunned from the party forever

People who think embracing GOP hatred of trans people is the only way for Democrats to win in that part of the country should remember that in 2025, John Ewing became the first Black mayor of Omaha NE by running this ad. He beat Republican incumbent Jean Stothert by 12 points.

Anti-trans Democrats are spreading poison when we can least afford it, during elections in this ongoing fascist takeover. As a strategy, it’s a recipe for failure. As a moral stand, it’s reprehensible. PS I’m the father of young trans woman and I’ll never forgive anyone who makes her life harder.

New in PN: In defense of empathy "Being aware of other people’s feelings, sensitive to them, and able to put yourself in another person’s shoes is pretty much essential for humans to function as a community. But the current conservative project has zero room for that sort of thing."

I think about this a lot! I would say: almost everything has gotten a lot better, except for the number of people trying to make everything worse.

Part of my literal job is to fly out to physical game studios to rescue and recover historical materials that might be endangered and put them in a permanent archive. @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is a 501(c)3 publicly funded to do that, my DMs are open, and I'm free for the next couple weeks...

Intense wealth inequality leads to a shortage of necessities and a corresponding glut of luxury goods, simply by existing. Why? Because a few people with lots of money can only buy so many meals. Food is therefore relatively unprofitable, despite being inelastic. The good money is in yacht-building.

It is not yet walkies o'clock, but the leash was on a low table and LeggyDog pawed at it while looking at me, so I guess it IS walkies o'clock

One in 20 m homicides are committed by police. More police, more homicides. They then pont to those stats saying we need more police. Just sayin' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

School shootings being allowed to persist is a very under-discussed political reality shaping why my generation is more cognizant of the social contract being in tatters. You let us get ritually murdered in school and didn't lift a finger, what other conclusion should I arrive at?

The utility of racial supremacism lies in the belief that there is some innate quality to one race that elevates it above all others, regardless of any lack of achievement, merit or aesthetic appeal. Supremacism is literally and specifically an ideology for losers

The key difference between Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk is that Holmes cost many in the ruling class a lot of money and Musk is making many in the ruling class a lot of money.

Just retrieved the keys I forgot at the mailbox, for the third time, this time the entire set instead of only the mail keys (after I put a colorful clip on the mail keys to prevent this). Fucking miracle that I have not (yet?) walked out the front door having forgotten to put pants on

When politicians say “thoughts and prayers” after every mass shooting. “If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?” -James 2:16

An important thing to note in this period of fascism is that fascists are historically not good at government. Their entire shtick is "oh yeah? Well that's so-and-so's fault." Actual governance requires you to have a solution that is not "well let's fuck those marginalized guys up."

Huh! Pizza Hut has teamed up with Little Free Libraries. Americans can apply through 10/31 to win a red-roofed library with prize pack, & there's a separate contest for people with existing LFLs. littlefreelibrary.org/support/spon...

I will be eternally grateful to have been born in a literate culture where literacy was valued and expected and I still had the time, attention, and freedom to develop a literacy practice. Understanding context, inference, vocabulary, perspective, affect — all powerful, useful skills and values.

Just got called 'the self care game for tumblr millennials' and you know what, hell yeah

M. Night Shyamalan's YouTube channel (which is something he has now) came out of nowhere with this great line.

File under "everything is a scam now"

Removed large spider from compost tumbler, tumbled compost, returned spider. I keep thinking "oh it's almost October and I'll have to do fall stuff" but it's ALREADY October and one of the things I should do is deal with compost.

Yelling at editors for letting the reporter let the police hit new low in passive voice exonerative tense: Man wounded in *officer-related* shooting. <goose chasing meme> HOW IS THE OFFICER RELATED TO THE SHOOTING?