Finished reading: Girl’s Girl: A Novel by Sonia Feldman 📚 5 stars. A great find. Reminds me a little of my own childhood: a little what is was and a little what I wished it could have been.
I am devastated. Reggie Bannister, from Phantasm series, passed away August 9th. I loved him from the first Phantasm that I saw so long ago. He was perfect as the ice cream man. The first Phantasm was perfect & his role in Ravager was too close to real life. Rest, my friend, safe from the Tall Man.
Watch the Serpent’s Skin by Alice Maio Mackey. I needed this. So many times watching but each time helps my soul. Gives me strength.
A man child with signs of dementia will leave the world in fire & ashes while his acolytes bow to him. Nothing conservative, religious, or fiscally responsible; only pure greed, hate & insanity. Trump Gives Green Light to U.S. Companies to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
Trump Gives Green Light to U.S. Companies to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals
The practice would align the United States more closely with countries like China and Russia, where spy agencies have long relied on private-sector hackers to help with national security missions.
nytimes.com
If true, I’m so glad they publicized it and are proud of it. It’ll make their convictions after the fall of this dictatorship a little easier. apnews.com/article/ice-...
AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
apnews.com
If a company is making record profits, they dont get to plead poverty and jack up rates … what the actual FUCK!! Fuck BGE! marylandmatters.org/2026/08/11/b...
‘Enough is enough’: Activists push back as BGE requests another rate increase - Maryland Matters
Consumer advocates, environmental groups and workers’ unions rallied Tuesday against the latest rate hike proposal from Baltimore Gas & Electric, calling it unjustified, particularly after the Exelon ...
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Searching obits because that seems less bad than worrying friend(s) ghosted you...
Finished reading: Devour Me, Again The Poems of Bambi Lake by Bambi Lake 📚 🏳️⚧️ A good read. Miss my poetry books! Loved “I”, “Baba”, and “Beanstalk”, the last one was very powerful. I also really liked “You Don’t Love Me So I’m Ugly, And I’m Going To Kill Myself, And It’s All Your Fault!!”
T-Blockers to soothe my soul then Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 Hammer) to see Cushing and Lee.
Never really thought about how much of John Carpenter’s The Thing is a reflection of the emptiness I feel at times. Not necessarily in a bad way but just the emptiness
Question: when do I get to wear what I want when I want? Asking for a friend.
A poem in my new collection talks about aging as a trans person, especially if memory issues arise. Who will protect our identity? Who will let us have respect when we can’t control it? It’s something I think about more and more.
Make America Hell Again. Well done, Worm Hitler, aka RFK, Jr. Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...
Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane
More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.
nytimes.com
Multiple states and low to high end places and never an askew glance from staff. Ever. Sure, other patrons might have stared funny at me or commented or worse, but never staff. Owners, bartenders, and servers would come by, say hi an... https://eos-dawn.com/2026/07/21/multiple-states-and-low-to.html
It’s Just Sports, I Tell Myself, With Nervous Laughter (Autostraddle) 😢
It's Just Sports, I Tell Myself, With Nervous Laughter
"It would have been cool to be on the field hockey team too. It’s fun to get good at things. It’s fun to get to use our bodies. It’s fun to do all of those things together with other people."
autostraddle.com
Great ad for the fall: Republicans give you the shits. On purpose. Vote Dem.
Voyager 1 💗! My heart beats quicker and hope grows every time I think of her and her sister ship!!
After Nearly 50 Years In The Depths Of Space, Voyager 1 Still Sends Messages That Take 23 Hours To Reach Earth - Jalopnik
Even crippled, even without power, even without applause from the beings who first made it, Voyager 1 may yet make itself the Earth's finest achievement.
jalopnik.com
Fuck Musk & any fool who approves this. No one needs or wants this. It is destroying astronomy, both professional and just humans trying to see the night sky.
SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 Starlink satellites to orbit
And each of the new "Gen3" spacecraft will weigh about 4,400 pounds.
space.com
Trump, RFK Jr and explosive diarrhea, a match made in tin foil hat heaven.