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hi freaks! I'm Samantha Riedel. after writing about transgender politics, art, & culture for over a decade, I almost have the hang of it. thanks for reading! website + portfolio : samanthawrites.net irregular newsletter: samanthaistyping.beehiiv.com/subscribe tip jar: ko-fi.com/samanthariedel

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

the ai ads on fox during the world series are actually repulsive. chat gpt is running an ad with a grandma talking to an llm like a friend in her phone that will handle her subscriptions and tell her how to keep her flowers alive. these people have only the husks of what once were souls

I'm gonna be posting all my Game Boy homebrew games on patreon (because I'm not really using patreon for anything else and I need a place to put them)! They're 100% free though! You don't have to like be a paying patron to download them! www.patreon.com/c/boringkate

No donations lately. Going to be homeless soon, during the cold weather season. This will be a problem with my meds and access to a bathroom. If you can contribute or share my story please do. Patreon.com/wordglass Paypal.me/wordglass CashaApp/Venmo wordglass ko-fi.com/wordglass 1/2

"the clear message is that what is happening to you is a second-tier issue—that you don’t really count" Great piece. Gulf of America is a distraction. The JFK Center and that fucking ballroom are distractions. Transphobia, queerphobia, and racism are at the core of the project.

oh shit it's jake animorphs

#OtD 14 Oct 1977 anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was "pied" by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist. She then began praying and burst into tears. Following a boycott, she lost her job as brand ambassador for Florida orange juice. More LGBT+ history here: workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/

sadly it was a typo first day of no food or meds. At least I'm only wretching and not puking. $1000+ in the red. Desperately need help. Please give & share if you can. Thank you. Patreon.com/wordglass Paypal.me/wordglass CashaApp/Venmo wordglass ko-fi.com/wordglass GοFᴜոdМe gofund.me/e4ebfdecf

if you care about incarcerated women - if you care about incarcerated anyone, which you have an urgent moral obligation to do - this is the prison and detention center violence you should be working against. this is the system as designed. that's why it must not exist.

oh dang it's coming out day which means i've been out for 11 years. nifty

jumping triple side kick / liu kang bicycle kicks inspired by donnie yen

NEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...

The 12th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications! As always, these funds are for organizing / community projects led by trans people of color. We are particularly interested in funding existing projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, immigrants, etc.

looked hot at a wedding yesterday so y'all get to see

A few assorted thoughts: - this article is sad af man - bewildering that there are people out there who voted for Trump for the first time in 2024 - truck driver's mom pissed me off so bad

Dakota West was told by Kansas to give up her driver's license. She was born intersex and lived as a girl since childhood. Now, if she wanted to keep driving, she needed a license that said male. She's suing with the @aclu.org. “I’m just a girl trying to have a life like everybody else.”

Great thread to read if you respond to every paywall like someone has shot you in the chest

“Becca Good addressed the media for the first time, saying, ‘I’m Renee Good’s partner, and she was the love of my life.’”

A friend has Covid right now. They have lost their sense of smell and they're having cognitive problems. This hit me today, as it often does: we made, and continue to make, a huge collective mistake in allowing a virus that impacts the brain to transmit unmitigated globally.

Viral reports this week suggested new Google satellite imagery showed unseen destruction in Gaza. But the imagery actually depicts the scene in February 2026. Bellingcat has obtained satellite images from September that show how the destruction has continued. www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...

It’s hard to state how dire this is for me, with my chronic illness being homeless with no access to cold medicine storage or a restroom is extremely difficult.

Marsha Blackburn pushing for a unanimous consent vote on KOSA this afternoon (via @benbrodydc.bsky.social). Blumenthal (who also supports the bills) says their could be objections to derail it.

My latest for @dc.com: Irecommend you a Batman comic based on what your favorite Batman movie is.

please: tag your control spoilers so I don't have to mute everyone on this site named Jesse and Dylan

The crusaders.

I had a conversation w a Lyft driver a few weeks ago that I still think about. I hope this musician, eager to share her art, finds her way to teaching. While the conversation started rocky, Im glad she got an opportunity to talk about her ambitions. Piano teachers are way more valuable than A.I.

Porn is so cool! Shoutout to pornstars!

i bring a sort of "iced coffee" to the interview that managers don't really like

VPN bans are a direct response to age-verification. Legislators are frustrated that people are getting around their surveillance, but rather than rethink their strategy, they're doubling down and banning VPNs. Fight the Flock-ing of the internet.