Auferre 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@auferre.bsky.social
Huge nerd. Sings and codes, not necessarily in that order. Not big on own pronouns, happy to respect yours.
Leave my trans brothers and sisters alone.
Leave my trans brothers and sisters alone.
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
Well, it looks like the microwave fried its own circuitry last night. That explains why it kept resetting recently...
(probably also related to that breaker tripping a couple of times in the last month)
(probably also related to that breaker tripping a couple of times in the last month)
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Well, it looks like the microwave fried its own circuitry last night. That explains why it kept resetting recently...
(probably also related to that breaker tripping a couple of times in the last month)
(probably also related to that breaker tripping a couple of times in the last month)
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
June 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
I'm sorry, you think I'm feeding my TAX FORMS (with ALL MY PERSONAL DATA) into the garbage generator/theft machine/spyware??!
*rising insane laughter*
*rising insane laughter*
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I'm sorry, you think I'm feeding my TAX FORMS (with ALL MY PERSONAL DATA) into the garbage generator/theft machine/spyware??!
*rising insane laughter*
*rising insane laughter*
Well, I'm out of two meds and I just stepped in a puddle of dog pee in the hallway. Today is off to a good start.
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Well, I'm out of two meds and I just stepped in a puddle of dog pee in the hallway. Today is off to a good start.
-feeling a ton of imposter syndrome
-look up recordings of the aria I'm working on
-find several with 1M+ views by incredibly famous artists
-they're all... kind of mediocre?
-okay, maybe I can do this
-look up recordings of the aria I'm working on
-find several with 1M+ views by incredibly famous artists
-they're all... kind of mediocre?
-okay, maybe I can do this
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
-feeling a ton of imposter syndrome
-look up recordings of the aria I'm working on
-find several with 1M+ views by incredibly famous artists
-they're all... kind of mediocre?
-okay, maybe I can do this
-look up recordings of the aria I'm working on
-find several with 1M+ views by incredibly famous artists
-they're all... kind of mediocre?
-okay, maybe I can do this
I don't want to hear any more about the sex lives of writers, thank you.
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I don't want to hear any more about the sex lives of writers, thank you.
Scarleteen is the kind of resource I wish I'd had as a teenager! I'll be contributing to their fundraising drive.
Today is the midpoint of Scarleteen’s $40,000 fund drive to cover the health care costs of the staff and volunteers providing advice, tips, and tools for young people worldwide. 128 people have donated over $8,000 to support our work. Join them today! www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Scarleteen is the kind of resource I wish I'd had as a teenager! I'll be contributing to their fundraising drive.
I discovered to my delight the other day that I had missed Duchess Goldblatt's migration to these shores and need no longer pine over her absence in my weekly meditations.
I'm going to have a nice peaceful day with no bad news if it kills us all.
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I discovered to my delight the other day that I had missed Duchess Goldblatt's migration to these shores and need no longer pine over her absence in my weekly meditations.
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All these attempts to frame it as “oooh, scary foreigners are bringing foreign diseases!” No, you miserable little bookend, pushing the screwworms south was an incredible feat of international cooperation, and the minute it broke up, the screwworms were always coming home again.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
All these attempts to frame it as “oooh, scary foreigners are bringing foreign diseases!” No, you miserable little bookend, pushing the screwworms south was an incredible feat of international cooperation, and the minute it broke up, the screwworms were always coming home again.
Two corporations I won't be doing business with this year for the price of one!
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Two corporations I won't be doing business with this year for the price of one!
Time to mute "Nuzzi".
(All of these excerpts read like my middle school diaries would if I had never heard of the concepts of editors or embarrassment.)
(All of these excerpts read like my middle school diaries would if I had never heard of the concepts of editors or embarrassment.)
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Time to mute "Nuzzi".
(All of these excerpts read like my middle school diaries would if I had never heard of the concepts of editors or embarrassment.)
(All of these excerpts read like my middle school diaries would if I had never heard of the concepts of editors or embarrassment.)
Hm - at 16 I was in a very "classical is the only real music" phase, (which I fortunately got over fairly quickly) and the only album I remember buying that year was a recording of the Verdi Requiem with Jessye Norman.
(It was amazing, but then everything she did was amazing.)
(It was amazing, but then everything she did was amazing.)
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I have an embarrassment of riches to choose from, and this elides excellent albums by Prince, U2, The Smiths, REM, INXS, Pet Shop Boys...
I have an embarrassment of riches to choose from, and this elides excellent albums by Prince, U2, The Smiths, REM, INXS, Pet Shop Boys...
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Hm - at 16 I was in a very "classical is the only real music" phase, (which I fortunately got over fairly quickly) and the only album I remember buying that year was a recording of the Verdi Requiem with Jessye Norman.
(It was amazing, but then everything she did was amazing.)
(It was amazing, but then everything she did was amazing.)
Just finished reading @sjgochenour.bsky.social's A Bloomy Head (queer regency romance/murder mystery with cheesemaking) and now I have a bunch of bookmarks and *feelings*.
(It's amazing, go read it)
(It's amazing, go read it)
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Just finished reading @sjgochenour.bsky.social's A Bloomy Head (queer regency romance/murder mystery with cheesemaking) and now I have a bunch of bookmarks and *feelings*.
(It's amazing, go read it)
(It's amazing, go read it)
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
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It occurs to me now that the discipline of history was not born out of reverence for the past, but rather out of somebody watching the people in charge make the most insane decisions and just being like “if I don’t write this down nobody’s ever gonna believe any of it happened”
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It occurs to me now that the discipline of history was not born out of reverence for the past, but rather out of somebody watching the people in charge make the most insane decisions and just being like “if I don’t write this down nobody’s ever gonna believe any of it happened”
I'd love to ascribe altruistic motives to myself for masking in public places, but honestly I sing for a big chunk of my income and it costs me a lot of money to get sick.
I know theres a narrative around wearing a mask to protect disabled people.
I'm going to be real for a second.
That's not why I wear a mask.
I wear a kn95 or a kf94 to protect myself.
That I might also be protecting others is just a side benefit.
I'm going to be real for a second.
That's not why I wear a mask.
I wear a kn95 or a kf94 to protect myself.
That I might also be protecting others is just a side benefit.
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I'd love to ascribe altruistic motives to myself for masking in public places, but honestly I sing for a big chunk of my income and it costs me a lot of money to get sick.
I want to grow my hair out again but it's annoying the crap out of me, the eternal lament.
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I want to grow my hair out again but it's annoying the crap out of me, the eternal lament.
Met a Pit/Husky mix today – super cute, with the Husky heterochromia – but his owner was paying close attention to him to keep him from jumping on top of a table full of food and I didn't want to distract her.
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Met a Pit/Husky mix today – super cute, with the Husky heterochromia – but his owner was paying close attention to him to keep him from jumping on top of a table full of food and I didn't want to distract her.
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Anyway. More science fiction should have young kids learning advanced social sciences and humanities as a marker of futuristic-ness.
August 20, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Anyway. More science fiction should have young kids learning advanced social sciences and humanities as a marker of futuristic-ness.
Read up the thread from here if you want insight on Trust and Safety for social media sites. Rah has more experience with it than I ever want to have.
People behave really weirdly in large groups, and in ways that break normal people's understanding of social dynamics, and a policy that looks bonkers from the outside is often the way it is because of it!
November 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Read up the thread from here if you want insight on Trust and Safety for social media sites. Rah has more experience with it than I ever want to have.
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Sex ed should be mandatory and all students regardless of gender should study periods, childbirth, PCOS, and endometriosis.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Sex ed should be mandatory and all students regardless of gender should study periods, childbirth, PCOS, and endometriosis.
Me: I am following too many people and can't keep up, I should follow fewer people
Also me, 30 seconds later: ooh, this person sounds neat and posts stuff I'm interested in, I should follow them
Also me, 30 seconds later: ooh, this person sounds neat and posts stuff I'm interested in, I should follow them
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Me: I am following too many people and can't keep up, I should follow fewer people
Also me, 30 seconds later: ooh, this person sounds neat and posts stuff I'm interested in, I should follow them
Also me, 30 seconds later: ooh, this person sounds neat and posts stuff I'm interested in, I should follow them
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.