“People are working 12 to 13 hours a day just to press enter.”

Sayonara Lara is kind of a perfect example of the cishet habit of using queerness as the object of some fucking metaphor instead of, you know, an actual human experience with its own emotional weight

the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't

I do not understand the folks furious at trans people for responding in anguish when the party that they've been told would protect them treats their existence as negotiable. I do not understand thinking trans folks have political power and responsibility where candidates have none.

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

two years ago, i was allowed to use the women's room at the airport no problem. now, the texas state government can fine the airport thousands of dollars if i use the women's bathroom.

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 7d ago

One of the more insidious phrasings I've seen with the Dems/trans rights discourse lately is the idea that trans people are being greedy and demanding a "maximalist" approach to trans rights. No, you cannot call the state of rights American trans people had as recently as 2023 "maximalist," sorry.

this is literally how all these spineless Dem backtracking statements sound to me

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · last wk.

I want to apologize for remarks I made a few years ago suggesting I believe every human is entitled to respect and dignity in addition to basic human rights. I had no way of knowing at the time this sentiment could be interpreted as applying to people of a gendered persuasion

Shout out to everyone who said it was just a temporary distraction and not a central organizing principle of modern fascism.

Elon Musk’s PAC makes transgender people its multi-million-dollar midterm target

America PAC is attacking Democrats in four competitive Senate races as the trillionaire prepares to spend at least $100 million helping Republicans.

advocate.com

New study on transgender women hiring discrimination paints an incredibly bleak picture. If you can't stealth and don't pass your callbacks plummet 32% This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel

Threaded response because while I don't disagree wholesale, the way this is worded bothers me. 🧵

Technology Connections@techconnectify.bsky.social · 3w ago

Pro-tip: For anyone out there who sees the distinction between generative AI tools for... this and generative AI tools for coding (which includes me) and is surprised the average person conflates the two, 1) you shouldn't be surprised 2) you'd better start articulating that distinction

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

there's clearly no point in scolding most people for their indifference to anti-trans bigotry. the refusal to leave Harry Potter behind, the hemming and hawing about the NYT's puzzles. people won't even put down their toys for us. I cannot express the white-hot frustration boiling in my stomach.

"Prismatic (Lately)" Maybe not proper slushwave but I wanted to give it a certain flavor! Thanks again Kagi, these samples are really fun~

Kagi@kagimusic.bsky.social · 3mo ago

someone sample this

Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 2mo ago

i don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice

being opposed to kink is inherently tied to assimilationism and always has been

Perfect illustration of the AI deskilling project trap. If you want to pretend these things are a tool (they're not) then you're completely beholden to having your tools changed or taken away by a black box system that changes on a whim. You're now completely reliant on the thing they took away.

www.reddit.com/r/WritingWit... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHHAHAHAHAHH *wheezing sounds* HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH

Goddamn

GoNintendo on Bluesky@gonintendo.com · 2mo ago

Miyamoto on why Mario resonates worldwide, and how devs should build games based on their own int... http://gonintendo.com/contents/63068-miyamoto-on-why-mario-resonates-worldwide-and-how-devs-should-build-games-based-on #mario

Been tinkering, shaking the production rust off. Thanks Kagi for making fun samples~

Kagi@kagimusic.bsky.social · 3mo ago

someone sample this

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

and it's great and you should keep tricking the masses like this if you want to because they will never sympathize with trans women so you might as well just do what you want

moby dickgirl@eigenvectrix.northsky.social · 2mo ago

I genuinely think the reason people are so mad at TADC is they sympathised with a trans woman under the mistaken belief she was a Tumblr sexyman, they were artfully manoeuvred into doing so by another trans woman, and they can't make the "it doesn't count" stick and they can't take it back

I also genuinely think that being able to separate "I don't like it" and "it's bad" - or at least understand that the distinction exists - is an important skill not even for an artist, but for any person.

It's not appropriate for cis people to say that trans people are too alarmed, or that certain trans writers are irresponsibly causing trans people to think the sky is falling. I want to take some time in this 🧵 to write personally about how my skies have fallen.

While I still technically have a US passport, the government's hatred of trans people has forced my immigrant wife and I to live in a place I do not have residency (yet) and as a result has effectively left me stateless for who knows how long. I love and miss my home, but I don't love my country.

Nova The CyberMage💜⭐@cybermagenova.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy 4th of July! Here's an unrelated image!

The myth underlying this is that trans people (trans women specifically) were ever "invisible." We were objects of fascination, scorn, mockery, and fetishizing long before 2014 (for about the entire history of mass media really). What really broke a lot of brains was the idea we deserved dignity

Slate@slate.com · 3mo ago

Was the LGBTQ+ movement’s pursuit of “visibility” a mistake? slate.trib.al/VSFkbOe

Using genAI alienates you from everyone else. It doesn't democratize art, it atomizes it. No genAI user is gonna get an outpouring of sincere support from others because even they themselves don't give a fuck about what they're making.

I'm Trans gender ally🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 LOVE YOU🤍