Ketamine gives that man some truly funny thoughts
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h agoSPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
Katelyn Burns
@katelynburns.com
Freelance journalist. @ms.now and Xtra Magazine columnist. Co-founder: The Flytrap. Cancel Me, Daddy podcast co-host. Replies limited to followers only. Check if my post is a joke before flaming me please. For story leads, my signal is kab.80
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 4h agoVideo games have gotten better in the last 40 years
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 14h agoSo this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary
I wrote up Whaley's race and my thoughts on her primary opponent's transphobic bag of tricks. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
Michigan's election dispute reveals how name-change laws are weaponized against trans people | Xtra Magazine
Efforts to list a Michigan statehouse candidate's deadname—from within her own party—reveal the indignities baked into ID systems
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Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 5h agoIn other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
Did you think The Flytrap was going to stay out of The Odyssey discourse? Here's @katelynburns.com on immortality and the courage to say no to it: www.theflytrapmedia.com/the-futile-p...
The Futile Pursuit (and Heroic Rejection) of Immortality
There are few things more human than fearing the sudden non-existence of death.
theflytrapmedia.com
he won by the same margin as Trump, which represented "a huge mandate" back then.
Politico@politico.com · 9h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
I curse the gods for bestowing such stupid enemies upon me
Transphobes Can't Read@lordaslan.bsky.social · 7h agoWait til he finds out what green bananas turn into...
Really good developments in the UK that are worth supporting.
Jess O'Thomson@jessothomson.co.uk · 8h ago🚨 BREAKING We are supporting a legal challenge to the Code of Practice. And we need your help. Join us in fighting back 👇
Another instance of trans people being right and transphobes being wrong.
Transphobes Can't Read@lordaslan.bsky.social · 17h agowow really
Ah the kid must not be an athlete then
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h agoTAPPER: One of the files you released was an image of your daughter naked. It was available for a day before it was removed. Your ex-wife's attorney says it could quality as CSAM. That's shockingly reckless behavior MAX MILLER: I wouldn't say it's shockingly reckless. There was no genitalia exposed
Incredible random fact pull from me on this family vacation. Youngest was wondering when Mickey Mouse first appeared and my mom said 1930s. I said he first appeared as Steamboat Willie in 1928. They looked it up and sure enough I was right.
I feel like the writer here only uses LinkedIn, TikTok, or Insta. Us text based posters are misery personified.
New York Magazine@nymag.com · 22h agoOn social media, a broad consensus is that you can’t admit to struggle — at least not while you’re struggling. Doing so represents a failure so profound it’s almost existential. How did it become mandatory to demonstrate perpetual growth and progress online?
HAPPY FLYTRAP TUESDAY! This week, @katelynburns.com writes about immortality and the courage to reject it (and also The Odyssey): www.theflytrapmedia.com/the-futile-p...
The Futile Pursuit (and Heroic Rejection) of Immortality
There are few things more human than fearing the sudden non-existence of death.
theflytrapmedia.com
It was a pleasure to work on this very intimate piece about the fear of death and heroes' journeys with @katelynburns.com, who found commonalities between The Odyssey, Lord of the Rings, Bryan Johnson, and her own life.
The Futile Pursuit (and Heroic Rejection) of Immortality
There are few things more human than fearing the sudden non-existence of death.
theflytrapmedia.com
Please read my @theflytrapmedia.com piece today about my lifelong fear of death and the afterlife and the futile pursuit and heroic rejection of immortality. www.theflytrapmedia.com/the-futile-p...
The Futile Pursuit (and Heroic Rejection) of Immortality
There are few things more human than fearing the sudden non-existence of death.
theflytrapmedia.com
This is what happens when you tolerate intolerance.
Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d ago“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Please read my @theflytrapmedia.com piece today about my lifelong fear of death and the afterlife and the futile pursuit and heroic rejection of immortality. www.theflytrapmedia.com/the-futile-p...
The Futile Pursuit (and Heroic Rejection) of Immortality
There are few things more human than fearing the sudden non-existence of death.
theflytrapmedia.com
For millennia migration was just a standard thing for humans.
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · yesterday“Here’s a radical thought: what if migration is only a problem to those who want it to be? What if we started seeing the mass movement of people less as an existential threat and more as a simple inevitability of human existence?”
I was once an assistant golf pro at a country club training to do all the certifications. I was a better golfer than most. I could drive the ball 300+ yards easy. When I started HRT, I lost 50 yards on my drive and 30 yards on all my clubs. And my tits and hips changed my whole swing.
The interview is actually quite interesting and not at all like this. Feels like ragebait.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
A random fact about me is that I once watched former NBA player Wally Szczerbiak win a high school state baseball championship in person.
I've had a few cancellations lately so if you like my work, now is a great time to subscribe.
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 2d agoICYMI: my newsletter from Friday was funny! www.burnsnotice.com/ai-company-l...
This is an outgrowth of the rising cost of higher education, making athletic excellence a path to a completely easier financial lifetime.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d agothe obsession with trans women in sports is, apart from the abject bigotry, a symptom of how we take amateur sports participation way too seriously in this country.
Just had my annual political screaming match with my dad, AMA.