I hate how useless Google search has become. If I’m searching for a business near me, I’ll get a hundred results for businesses in other places that have just set up their SEO to say whatever city the search engine thinks you’re in. All of these results say “San Francisco” but most aren’t even in CA

This was my third Saturday in a row spent dancing. Our neighbors, a salsa instructor and a drummer, threw a big party today and it was fabulous. Last weekend we went to two events at @sfoasis.bsky.social. The weekend before that was my cousin’s wedding, and both families know how to party.

Shopping for a very specific make/model/year/trim combo for our next car, and every single dealer is trying to get me to make an appointment and come in to try other things. I get that they want to make their pitch, but I know what I want already. I just need to find it. The pushiness sucks.

I’ve been getting clocked and misgendered lately, and I’m genuinely having trouble figuring out why. Maybe my voice? I think I look like a guy. A queer guy, but for sure a guy. But I keep getting called she/her/miss. I hate it. It’s starting to really get to me.

We left the car in Castaic and rented a U-Haul to take us the rest of the way. Got to our hotel around midnight, and finally going to eat dinner from Taco Bell. But we have to get it delivered because the U-Haul can’t fit through the drive thru and the inside is closed.

FennecusKitsune🏳️‍⚧️@fennecuskitsune.bsky.social · last mo.

I’m on an adventure with @tracey.science! We’re headed to a wedding in So Cal, but the car overheated on I5-S on the grapevine and wouldn’t cool down. Got a tow down the mountain and eventually got a mechanic to look at it. Radiator’s got a big crack in it, and the juices have all spewed out!

Moby-Dick; or, It’s Not Gay if We’re Depressed on a Boat

Man, I don’t even like The Proclaimers, but 500 Miles is my pigeon’s favorite song. How am I gonna explain to her that we don’t listen to TERFs in our all-trans household?

Grateful that Sam Nordquist is getting justice. Still gutted it happened to him at all.

Staying at the Madonna Inn, which is usually really nice. This time though, the people in the room above us are playing loud music all day for the second day in a row. It is loudest inside of our room, and almost imperceptible outside. They themselves are also extremely loud.

I’m working on a puppet as a personal project, and trying some new techniques. I sculpted the basic shapes in monster clay, took a 3D scan, made the sculpture smooth and symmetrical in Nomad, subtracted room for mechanisms, and printed a prototype in foam TPU.

I feel like this must have been done at some point, response poems are a storied tradition, but anyway I wrote "Margaret, Bringing Fresh Flowers" today and thought I'd share

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." - Dolly Parton

I hope that wherever Dolly is now, she’s with Carl. You could see how hard it was for her to be here without him, and how much of a toll it took. It’s devastating to lose her, but I can only imagine that’s a fraction of what she felt losing him.

I’ve been busy this week meeting with representatives from local unions about the school board race. I’m learning a ton, and am really glad I’ve been taking notes. I haven’t done handwritten notes in long enough I no longer recognize my handwriting, so that’s weird.

I really enjoyed talking about my transmasculine Kamille headcanon with other Gundam fans at the Star Trek convention. If you understood that sentence we should be friends.

Even though I made him, I didn’t actually get a chance to wear Geordi Bear until Sunday night. I took him around the dealer room during the last hour it was open. I usually overheat in these kinds of suits, and it was 110 in Vegas. I was comfortable! #STLV #mascot #fursuit #startrek #TrektoVegas

Gonna be hanging out with my neighbors this weekend, and that’s pretty cool. We’re celebrating one neighbor’s sobriety milestone, and another neighbor is hosting a brunch. It’s nice to all like each other that much.

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

omg?

Star Trek heads I’ve made, lined up in our #STLV hotel room.

And now he’s wasted so much time, she won’t get to finish her presentation. No time for questions. He’s still talking about something he thinks she should know about.

¡Jared!@jaredhead.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Very strongly agreed, it was taking us out of the panel focus a lot. Also: try and make sure the panel host is a bit of a subject matter expert in whatever the panel may be about. Doesn’t hurt.

When I’m at a panel, I kind of expect the talent to talk more than the host. This was the panel I was looking forward to the most, and this guy wants to talk over the talent and make quips about everything she says.

Cosplay contest finalists #STLV

Still absolutely reeling from today. STLV is always surreal, but wow. I won the cosplay contest? The judges who I admire very much gave the thing I made the highest score? I wasn’t even sure we would make it to finals, let alone win. It’s made better by sharing it with so many great friends.

Highlights of #STLV today were seeing @mikemcmahan.bsky.social react to @tracey.science and @fennecuskitsune.bsky.social’s Dr. T’ana and Dr. Migleemo cosplay photos. The cosplay contest, so much talent! Watching @tracey.science win the contest with @cmdrnyce.bsky.social in Geordi Bear, and buns!

My gabbers are 100% flasted! I’m so proud of everyone involved! Winning best in show, what an incredible honor, and at the biggest Star Trek convention of the decade!!

Tracey🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@tracey.science · 3mo ago

We won best in show at the #STLV cosplay contest! Huge thanks to @cmdrnyce.bsky.social for wearing Geordi Bear and performing the character so perfectly, to @fennecuskitsune.bsky.social for building the cooling system, and @rocketsystem.bsky.social for helping suit up.

Besides celebrating my anniversary with @captkoto.bsky.social , this is definitely the highlight of my trip to #STLV this year! Don't tell me to ham it up on stage if you don't want to win! I still can't believe we won! Thanks for giving me the chance to act a fool in front of the combined audience!

Tracey🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@tracey.science · 3mo ago

We won best in show at the #STLV cosplay contest! Huge thanks to @cmdrnyce.bsky.social for wearing Geordi Bear and performing the character so perfectly, to @fennecuskitsune.bsky.social for building the cooling system, and @rocketsystem.bsky.social for helping suit up.