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a maiden of letters, philosophy, and the psyche’s mysteries

Louder for the coaches wearing the correct t shirt and yet still behaving in an appalling manner: "Either you want trans people in your stands or you want transphobes. You can’t have both. And I can tell you that if you choose the transphobes you will be on the wrong side of history."

Frankie de la Cretaz@thefrankiedlc.news · 21h ago

This is rough but I think it talks about a lot of what is missing from the Cunningham/WNBA discourse. Namely, that trans people are not hypothetical thought experiments. They are real people who are being genocided by our government & any coverage that doesn't center that reality misses the mark.

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closeup of two black plums on the green lid of a round plastic container, in a refrigerator. a red bag of supremo shredded chihuahua cheese is in the background.

The best way to have a good experience during a pandemic is to entirely prevent the pandemic (which may itself come with trade-offs). But once that bridge is crossed, it truly is a matter of comparative unpleasantness. (I prefer "temporarily cut off from in-person interaction" to "morgue trucks.")

Sunny Moraine@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 2d ago

I get the sense that a lot of people feel on some level that there must be a way to optimize things to the point where there’s a Good Option where no one has to suffer anything and it’s like… No, no, sometimes the best available option that does the least damage still sucks ass, welcome to adulthood

Went for a beautiful walk along the beach this morning, cold winds and roaring surf, crashing over and over again, contemplating teeming life at scales and in time incomprehensible to the human mind. Chicago PD helicopter: YOU ARE NOT FREE, NONE OF THIS WORLD BELONGS TO YOU

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog painting but I added a fucking helicopter flying over him

well, Hunters picked up two more runs in the 4th so they’re only down by seven…… but i don’t think this game is gonna be worth staying up late for, alas. hope i’ll be proven wrong!