Eithiriel DeMeré

Folks in music and tech especially:

For Bandcamp Friday, I have a bunch of weird recordings I've done over the decades that never fit Life Toward Twilight. They are all a tad dubious but I had fun with them.

@leftisttj420.bsky.social It's almost time for those Halloween-Xmas outfit combos.

Incredible.

I only smoke girl blunts.

OUTSIN is valid in Words With Friends. ❤️‍🔥

Curly willow canopy against a wall of graffiti in West Oakland.

Cozy asf. 🥰

Currently unavailable. 🖤

New term of endearment just dropped. NONPAREIL nonpareil [ ˌnɒnpəˈreɪl ] Noun * an unrivalled or matchless person or thing * a flat round confection made of chocolate covered with white sugar sprinkles.

Rudbeckia in muddy sunset, rust-and-gold. Apropos end-of-summer.

What do ‘strong borders’ actually do for ordinary people? Our latest newsletter explores how borders are weaponised to scapegoat migrants, and why systems built to ‘protect’ by excluding others ultimately leave everyone more vulnerable.

Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you’ve seen live. 1. Venetian Snares 2. Daedelus 3. Evol Intent 4. Björk 5. Explosions in the Sky 6. The Decemberists 7. Of Montreal 8. Cat Power 9. Phantogram 10. Nine Inch Nails

this is so good

One of my favorite fun albums: LP by Discovery, the 2009 synth-pop side project of Wes Miles (Ra Ra Riot) and Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend). 2009 electropop / synth-pop blending indie electronic, R&B, electro-funk, and hip-hop influences.

I wish people understood how much more impactful for networking small, value-oriented, authentic spaces are than big high “status” spaces where you’re one of many.

YES.

bonobo - drift

We’ve now been running our HRT harm reduction kits project for 1.5 years - let's take a look at the stats so far ⬇️

chelsea wolfe - death is not the end

The color of the sky in Seattle is outer space #464f54

🖤 Black Trans Lives Matter 🖤 Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) x Omni Commons x Food Not Bombs East Bay North Oakland

This radio station out here out of San Francisco isn't half bad. www.kexp.org/bayarea/

*extends neck at you*

all my life since i was 10 i’ve been waiting to be in this hell here with you; all i’ve ever wanted and still do — Alice Notley Mashup of a photo of the poem from a book store in Piedmont + a photo of Lake Merritt in Oakland. https://www.instagram.com/nicholeelizabethdemere/

One of the greatest SF films of all time

Community-based support networks are more important now than ever. A total of 773 bills that would negatively harm trans and gender non-conforming people are under consideration this year across the US. 48 have already been passed. Why not find and join a mutual aid group near you? 🫂

🏳️‍⚧️ Our friends in Fort Worth TX were busy assembling 150 3-month HRT harm reduction kits a few weeks ago! 🙌🏻 They’ll now be distributed to trans folks in Texas by Austin Mutual Aid and partners.

whimsical Berkeley

picotee-patterned roses // Berkeley, California

Classic California wild garden.