Rain DeGrey

@raindegrey.bsky.social

Author/advice columnist/educator/podcaster She/they/fae https://linktr.ee/raindegrey https://www.patreon.com/cw/raindegrey

My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago. Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago. Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.

According to NBC News, 72% of the 55 million people who voted early are over 50. So if you are UNDER 50 and you don't want to read a bunch of smug news stories on Wednesday...please show up tomorrow.

We’re gonna end up giving Haley Stevens so much attention and air time that we’re gonna yell her right into MAGA celebrity status. We could just ignore her. She’s literally nobody.

do not funnel your grief over this death into trek and x-men merch, paramount & disney dont need your money. go to plays, give to charities, vote for candidates who will fund public art, and you will make it possible for people like patrick stewart to exist and keep existing. a rising tide lifts all

Jessica Ritchey@jmritchey.bsky.social · 5d ago

If you want more Patrick Stewarts, then you publicly fund the arts and learning programs, so that working class kids can find their way into making a career in them.

when artists said this in 2022 they were laughing at us, so 🤷‍♀️ (but realtalk, I'm glad more people are waking up to it now)

Bro I'm so sick of pretending this isn't weird.
The internet spent 20 years creating tutorials, open-source projects, blog posts & answers for free.
Al companies turned all of it into products worth billions.
And now the same people who created that knowledge are being told they're replaceable.
We built the library.
Someone else started charging admission.