Aster Olsen

@asterolsen.bsky.social

✴️ Speculative fiction writer ✴️ Editor @transplantszine.bsky.social ✴️ Spicy link ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://linktr.ee/asterolsen

a lot of what the right does nowadays is create an emotional support system for bigots. bigotry will offend and alienate people in your life, so the right looks provides a counterweight that lavishes you with praise.

If a woman doesn't send a black windowless van to pick you up for your "date" in the secret soundproof room under her house, she isn't worth your time. I don't see why this is controversial.

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The only responsible attitude for liberals and progressives to align on is that all right-wing grievances, claims and believes are not only false, but malicious lies. Nothing passes the mouth of an American conservative in public life that is not meant to harm and destroy the lives of millions.

The inability of even allies to question the recent invention and usage of the term "biological male" while discussing legal rulings against trans women's participation in society that are predicated on this non sensible definition is unfortunate.

5-4 Podcast@fivefourpod.bsky.social · 3w ago

This week’s premium episode is about the terrible media coverage of the latest Supreme Court term, from the tepid criticisms of the mainstream press to the completely batshit reactions from the right.

i don't think it's good to be friendly with fascists. i think it speaks poorly of the character of every dem senator trotting out this trite bullshit. graham defended the ICE agent who murdered your fellow citizen on camera. graham was subhuman garbage, and the world is better off with him dead.

Sen. Adam Schiff@schiff.senate.gov · 3w ago

What I’ll remember most about Senator Graham was his sense of humor and how he deployed it to move his policy positions forward. Though we did not often agree, Senator Graham was never disagreeable.

Being obsessed with sexual selection above all other forms of selection for understanding evolution turns your brain into soup. Or perhaps it is a fundamental lack of curiosity about the world that attracted this protozoan thinker towards this area of study. A morontaxis?

Tim Janicke@timjanicke.bsky.social · 4w ago

In a new #Viewpoint we argue that the binary definition of #BiologicalSex based on gamete size is a scientifically robust framework that is entirely compatible with the diversity of sexual phenotypes and human gender identities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My main problem with FIFA and the world cup is they give you a foul for shoving the English to the ground instead of praise and rewards. It's setting a bad example for children.